Nagpur's dilemma: coal or metropolitan region?

Farmers say developing metropolitan region a better deal

Low MSP for cotton may ruin many Maharashtra farmers

Untimely rains have damaged cotton and soyabean crops all over the state

Reservoir levels dip in Maharashtra, may hit major power plants

Koyna hydro power plant already closed due to water crunch

Illegal GM cotton spreads across India

In a replay of Bt cotton saga, Monsanto's Roundup Ready Flex is being grown in at least three states without clearance

GI tag for Nagpur orange to benefit both farmers and consumers

The move will give a boost to the export of the variety; help growers get a premium price for the fruit

Centre wants to ban a host of pesticides: Here’s why

Centre proposes banning monocrotophos, methomyl and carbofuran, three Class I pesticides associated with high levels of toxicity that resulted in …

A pair too rare

Gaolao breed of cattle is cherished for its capacity to carry load and quality milk, but only 3,000 of them are left

Divided colours of Maharashtra irrigation scam papers

Truth behind irrigation mess yet to unravel

Reservoir of corruption

How irrigation projects in Maharashtra harnessed money, not water

Maharashtra CM’s let-down for cotton growers

Pleads election code of conduct to postpone minimum support price decision

Large-scale germination failure in soybean, Maharashtra farmers hit hard

Could speed up decline of the crop in the region

Unprecedented floods hit Vidarbha’s drought-prone districts

Monsoon brings intense rainfall episodes; about 700,000 hectares agricultural land damaged

Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages

Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats

Drinking water shortage to hit Maharashtra as drought worsens

In the Vidarbha region which is facing 30 per cent rainfall deficit in the first half the monsoon, the situation is very grim

Forest fires singe Maharashtra

Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them

Will Maharashtra's decision to charge fee for green clearance lead to greater transparency?

Industry objects saying it will increase their costs; activists say it can prove beneficial since state environment appraisal committee and EIA …

Climate change threat to food produce in India, says study

'Erratic rainfall and rising input costs forcing farmers to migrate'

Half of Yavatmal’s soil not meant for cotton: study

District known for farmers' suicides has shallow soil depth which has very little capacity to retain water; report recommends switch to …

Vidarbha gets its first generic medicines shop

Challenge to popularising these stores is to get doctors to prescribe low-cost generic drugs

Permanent farmer status for Maharashtra farmers who lose land to projects

Till now, the status was granted to farmers and heirs only for ten years from time of land acquisition

Angry Vidarbha farmers vote for BJP

Congress loses its bastion for failing to implement poverty alleviation schemes and inadequate disaster relief for farmers in distress

Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects

Construction work began without environmental clearance

Maharashtra diverting water from Vidarbha farmers to power plants: Greenpeace report

71 more thermal power plants are in various stages of approval in the region

Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority

Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24

Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols

With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies