The drought situation in Maharashtra has worsened with more villages being supplied water through tankers, an official said on Monday. The number of villages and hamlets depending on water tankers for survival went up to 7,075 from 6,488 last Monday. ...
05:05 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Mumbai: As the nation remembers Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, there is a shame for the India he fought for. CNN-IBN travelled to Maharashtra's malnutrition capital Melghat, where thousands of kids continue to suffer from malnutrition. In June 2012, Surjabai Tota, 18 years of age and weiging just 28 kg and her new born daughter weighing a little under a a kilo, died. The deaths uncovered a little known...
09:21 AM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Fifteen people were burnt to death, in Buldhana district of Maharashtra, following an accident that involved two buses. Sources say 57 others have been injured out of whom 35 are said to be critical. The injured have been rushed to the nearest hospital. Sources added that the toll is expected to rise. The two buses met with an accident on the Nagpur-Aurangabad highway. One of the buses was...
09:57 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Maharashtra state power distribution company offices have been attacked by angry mobs in different parts of Mumbai. A mob ransacked the office on Monday night. They were protesting against load shedding. The office was wrecked, and furniture was set on fire. The protestors from areas like Buldhana, Badlapur, and Nallasopara were angry at the unreasonably long load shedding for the past two days without warning. The state...
10:44 AM, Oct 11, 2011
