Congress wants to turn Rahul's Maharashtra tour into a mega event

Congress party in Maharashtra has its hopes pinned on a 'newly recharged' vice-president Rahul Gandhi for its revival. Sanjay Jog reports After a series of electoral debacles, the Congress in......

17 Vidarbha farmers end life in 5 days

As many as 17 farmers have allegedly committed suicide in the agrarian crisis-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last five days, a non-government organisation working for their cause claimed......

NHRC seeks report from Maharashtra on farmer suicides

The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday sought a report from Maharashtra government on a report of seven farmers committing suicide in 72 hours in Vidarbha. The Commission asked the......

10 farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha

Ten more debt-ridden farmers have committed suicide in Vidarbha over the last three days, a non-governmental organisation active in the region and government officials said on Wednesday. Six of......

'PM's package for farmers was a hoax'

Kishor Tiwari of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti discusses the government's apathy towards farmer suicides in an interview with Sreelatha Menon. You were in Delhi to meet the finance minister? I......