Odisha claimed an edge over Maharashtra in Sambalpur, while Haryana put up a stubborn fight against Delhi in Lahli. ...
06:43 PM, Dec 01, 2012
At Bangalore, Karnataka need 245 runs to earn an outright victory against Odisha. ...
07:02 PM, Nov 26, 2012
In other matches, Vidarbha and Baroda wrest back momentum against Maharashtra and Haryana respectively. ...
08:32 PM, Nov 25, 2012
After two rounds of matches, Vidarbha is placed second in Group B with seven points behind Delhi. ...
05:53 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Gadkari has defended himself against any wrongdoing in land deals in Vidarbha. Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal had alleged that the BJP president's factories are robbing farmers of their land and irrigation water in Maharashtra. He accused Gadkari of grabbing farmers' land and corruption in collusion with NCP's Ajit Pawar. Purti Charitable Trust got this land on lease for 11 years with Rs 50,000 rent. It was...
08:40 AM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: In a dramatic twist to the controversy, the Vidarbha farmer, who had gone missing after he was named by India Against Corruption (IAC) while bringing out revelations against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, surfaced on Friday and alleged that politics was being played over his land. Dismissing the allegations made by anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, farmer Gajanan Ghadge said that the BJP president had not taken...
04:26 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: The wife of a farmer from Vidarbha, Gajanan Ghadge, named by India Against Corruption while bringing out the revelations against BJP President Nitin Gadkari, has told CNN-IBN that her husband has been missing since the controversy began. Durga, the farmer's wife, said that she is living in fear and does not know whether or not she should file a complaint. "My husband has been missing since that announcement on...
11:34 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday congratulated Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for "showing courage" in launching a departmental inquiry against officials of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) in the irrigation scam and said it was a "good step forward". "It is a good thing that the Chief Minister has ordered a probe. But the probe should be taken to its logical conclusion," said Uddhav. "Chavan...
08:42 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ordered an enquiry against 45 senior officials of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Council (VIDC) in connection with the multi-crore irrigation scam. Chavan, who was in Thane on Sunday, confirmed that he had approved the probe while denying that there was a delay of two years in taking the decision. The engineers, including VIDC's former chief executive director DP Shirke, will now face probe...
04:05 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Mumbai: An enquiry has been ordered against 45 senior officials of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Council (VIDC) in connection with the multi-crore irrigation scam, sources said on Sunday. The sources added that the 45 included the ex-director of the VIDC, DP Shirkhe. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar resigned late last month after being charged with giving clearances to as many as...
11:32 AM, Oct 07, 2012
Mumbai: A political crisis is unfolding in Maharashtra after Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of corruption. While other NCP Ministers have followed suit, party chief Sharad Pawar says there's no threat to the state government. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has refused to accept the resignation and has sought time to come to a decision. An unexpected resignation by Ajit Pawar threw the Congress-NCP government...
07:44 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: A tragedy occurred in Thane after the Vidarbha Express collided with a local train, which had already got derailed near Kasara. One person died and 21 others were injured in the incident. The Central Railways has announced Rs 5 lakh for relatives of the deceased and rs 1 lakh for the injured. Two of the injured have been admitted to the Kasara government Hospital and four others have been...
08:44 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: The Vidarbha Express on Thursday collided with a local train in Kasara near Mumbai, killing three and injuring at least 31 people. The Vidarbha Express, which was going towards Nagpur, collided with a local train that was already derailed. According to reports, while a total of four bogies of the Vidarbha Express got derailed in the accident, S-9 and S-10 bogies of the train got severely damaged. The incident...
10:55 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: A scorching heat wave is on across the country with the rising mercury killing 5 people in Odisha. The districts of Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Angul are among the worst affected in the state. The mercury, meanwhile, touched 43 degrees in capital Bhubhaneswar on Monday and frequent power cuts and water shortage added to people's woes. Meanwhile, Vidarbha in Maharashtra on Monday recorded the highest maximum temperature this...
10:12 AM, May 22, 2012
Yavatmal: Four cotton growers here committed suicide in the last three days as the local administration stopping relief aid to crisis-ridden farmers because of the code of conduct in place for coming local bodies elections, a local organisation fighting for farmers' cause alleged on Saturday. "All the officials are busy because of the ensuing local body election and the State Election Commission has stopped relief aids for farmers which has...
10:59 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Farmer suicides in Vidarbha have been occurring since the last 15 years but they only came to light around 2005. Post that the government announced several schemes and packages for the cotton farmers, including the much hyped Prime Minister's package. But Vidarbha still has just 4 per cent irrigated land, major loadshedding which has caused the per acre production of Vidarbha to be just 2 quintals of cotton...
08:58 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Mumbai: A mother's tears, a son's shaved head are telltale signs that death has struck the household in Vidarbha's Wardha district. Kamlabai Bhoyar's 28-year-old son Umesh committed suicide on November 17. He was worried about the Rs 1.5 lakh loan he'd taken. It's a double tragedy for Kamlabai, whose older son Vishwas Bhoyar also committed suicide 2 years ago. Her 5-year-old grandson Sumit is all she has left. But even...
06:43 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is expected to hold an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing row over cotton prices. Farmers from Vidarbha have been protesting and demanding that the minimum support price be raised from Rs 3,300 to Rs 6,000 per quintal. They argue that cotton production cost this year was much higher that the minimum support price offered by the government. ...
07:42 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Opposition BJP-Shiv Sena combine is planning to hold rallies in Jalgaon and Nagpur in support of cotton farmers. The cultivators want the government to raise the minimum support prices from Rs 3, 300 to Rs 6, 000 a quintal. "The government has money to bail out Mallya but no money to give to the cotton farmers. If the government doesn't agree to the demands of the cotton...
08:54 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Mumbai: Cotton farmers from Vidarbha and Northern Maharashtra are up in arms after the government set a minimum support price lower than market rates. The ongoing agitation in the state turned violent in Amravati as farmers pelted stones on State Transport buses and government vehicles. With Municipal polls around the corner, the Shiv Sena and the MNS too jumped in, adding fuel to the fire. Police has detained 30 people....
06:45 AM, Nov 17, 2011
