Vidarbha is staring at the worst ever drought this year, with an unprecedented crop failure and steep decline in Rabi crop acreage due to depleted water table.
Adding to the woes of farmers is the global economic meltdown and uncertainty in local markets over the prices of commodities, like cotton and soybean. Now the crop is done in by a combination of factor: erratic rainfall, substandard s
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Yesterday I was travelling back to home from Work. I got into Local train from second last station and wanted to get down at last station. Compartment was empty and I was planning to stand at the gate. Suddenly I noticed that one plastic bag was hanging at door's handle. One more guy was standing behind me. I brought this thing under his noti
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After such horrible terrorist attacks, what did I expect? I thought the front page of marathikatta would be full of talk about terrorism, action plan etc. What do I see?
I thought in the comments everyone would be arguing over Deshmukh, money for terrorism infrastructure, plans for combating terrorism.
अकार्यक्षम सरकार आणि गलथान कारभार याच्यावर आपण बरेच काही बोलू शकतो, लिहू शकतो आणि वाचूही शकतो. पण आपण खरंच सुशिक्षित आहोत का? की नुसतेच साक्षर आहोत? बुधवारच्या अतिरेकी हल्ल्याननंतर....
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Everyone here knows I am not a Raj Thackeray lover. But well, we know he can do certain things. He can bring Mumbai to a standstill when he wants. He can get jobs for sacked employees. rnrnSo here is something which he can try and do. rnrnDemand that security in Mumbai should be totally fixed. rnrnSay that VT, churchgate, every other station should be made secure.rnrnSay that coas
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Sunday met Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and said that he would not resign from his post. Patil, after meeting Deshmukh at his official residence 'Varsha' in south Mumbai, said that there is no possibility of his resignation.
Just stumbled upon this blog written by a marathi manoos. It is very balanced written article where he tries to look at the issue more objectively and less emotionally. rnrnHe has a beautiful line which quotes Sant Gyaneshwar "Amrutahuni God maiboli Marathi majhi".rnrnrnNow Mr Raj is claming reservation for Marathi's, he and his party claming that no advertisement in local paper for
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Where there was birdsong, now rests only silence. Urbanisation, and ignorance among the population is seeing bird numbers steadily decline
Older generations will often talk, rather nostalgically, of waking up in Mumbai to the rays of the sun and the melodious sounds of birds. But if the younger generation looks puzzled, there's a reason for it. Mumbai's bird population has been seeing a stea
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Vidarbha (Marathi: विदर्भ) is the eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies:
31.6% of total area and
holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra
It borders the state of Madhya Pradesh to north, Chattisgarh to east, Andra Pradesh to south and Marathwada and Khandesh regions of Maharashtra to west.
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