y Mumbai's eye in the sky By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 The ruling son-of-the-soil party in the city council is putting the finishing touches to a plan to erect a huge Ferris wheel-like structure at Land's End. Whether any real Mumbaikars want this, or can afford it, is very doubtful, says Darryl D'Monte. Full Article
y Nagpur's land party: risky, unregulated By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 What the developer gives against the money is just a token receipt no land title or legal holding deed. And you are supposed to be owner of one of the plots! But where is the land located? Jaideep Hardikar has more. Full Article
y Lured to sell, driven to buy By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Land rate has soared to staggering Rs.1-5 crores per acre on the outskirts of Nagpur, driven by the hype created by the proposed Multi-Modal International Hub and Airport at Nagpur project and the adjoining Special Economic Zone. Jaideep Hardikar has more. Full Article
y The dull days of White Gold By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Across India, cotton growers make up the largest group of the over 180,000 farmers who committed suicide between 1997 and 2007. There's nothing like an election to spur policy change, though, notes P Sainath. Full Article
y Study the impacts first! By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 The Delhi High Court rules that a proposed thermal power plant cannot come up unless its likely impact on the growth on alphonso mangoes is studied first. Kanchi Kohli reports. Full Article
y The medium, message and money By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 The Assembly elections saw the culture of 'coverage packages' explode across Maharashtra. In many cases, a candidate just had to pay for almost any coverage at all. P Sainath reports. Full Article
y Mass media: masses of money? By indiatogether.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 The same exclusive report, with different bylines, in three rival dailies. Swathes of advertising dolled up as news stories. Is 'paid news' getting institutionalised, asks P Sainath. Full Article
y Cost-effective technology stalled by Pune government By indiatogether.org Published On :: Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 In Pune, bureaucratic meddling and lack of vision are threatening a simple, cost-effective eco-technology which treats heavily polluted water and turns messed-up water bodies into clean ones, reports Surekha Sule. Full Article
y Bombay HC sets aside dubious circular By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Once an offence is disclosed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, then the police must investigate, rules the court, and any government circular that interferes with this must be ignored. Krishnaraj Rao reports. Full Article
y Vidarbha farmers get market-savvy with hi-tech solution By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Reuters Market Light, a professional content service, has been changing the way Vidarbha farmers make decisions on sowing, selling farm produce, and other important matters and increase their profits. Jaideep Hardikar reports. Full Article
y Food security, by definition By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 In the 1960s, Maharashtra ended famine forever by passing an Act that deleted the word 'famine' from all laws of the State. It's an idea that is still in fashion, writes P Sainath. Full Article
y Pie in the planning sky By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 In a city of vast homelessness, can economic growth in the services sector alone lift millions out of poverty? Mumbai's new vision of the future pitches for reclamation and densification, but not jobs and livelihoods. Darryl D'Monte reports. Full Article
y Maharashtra secretly amends RTI Rules By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 The State has quietly pushed through a set of changes to the way it treats RTI applications. Activists discovered it quite accidentally, and are shocked. Krishnaraj Rao writes. Full Article
y It's not fun anymore By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Tamasha, a traditional dance form in Maharashtra for ages, is now dying. Audiences have new preferences, fashioned more by Bollywood than tradition. Ramesh Menon reports. Full Article
y Not your land anymore By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Adivasis in the Thane region face official as well as illegal efforts to separate them from their lands, which are increasingly in demand to meet growing urban needs. Freny Manecksha reports. Full Article
y Drought in Maharashtra: The real story By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 The fact that the state's most drought-prone regions have continued to devote precious resources for highly water-intensive sugarcane cultivation and sugar production indicates that there is more to the region's water crisis than climatic conditions alone. Parineeta Dandekar analyses. Full Article
y Cutting sugar: The bitter reality By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Thousands of landless villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada region are forced to take up sugarcane harvesting for lack of better livelihood alternatives. Shirish Khare visits the region and uncovers the rampant exploitation and hardships for workers that these contracts entail. Full Article
y A new fast-yielding jackfruit By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Jackfruit from the farm of Maharashtra's Prakash Sawanth yielded fruit in a record two years, an unheard of agricultural phenomenon in the country. Shrikrishna D reports on the many specialities of the new variety. Full Article
y Travelling afar for solutions nearby By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 The plan to erect 12 dams in order to meet the water requirements of cities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is not only objectionable from an environmental perspective, but also undermines the priorities laid out by the 12th Five Year Plan. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports. Full Article
y Moulding the young as change agents By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:15:45 +0000 While formal education on climate change is largely structured around doctrines and laws targeted at mature minds, some have realised the importance of building awareness and inspiring action among the younger brigade.Angelica Pereira reports from Mumbai. Full Article
y Why Fadnavis mustn't be soft on motorists By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 06:49:26 +0000 Sachin Tendulkar’s letter to the Maharashtra CM Fadnavis, urging him to reduce toll posts in the state, may just encourage the state further to execute its plan of exempting private cars and SUVs from such charges. Darryl D’Monte argues why that is entirely unjustifiable. Full Article
y Thirty-four years of irregularities and failures By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:56:15 +0000 The recently released CAG audit report on Maharashtra has heavily criticized the time and cost overruns in Gosikhurd irrigation project in Vidarbha. Himanshu Upadhyaya analyses the report to list the shortcomings of the project. Full Article
y Bhoodan betrayal in Bihar By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000 The lofty aim of land re-distribution to the poor fell short for a number of reasons, but the most cruel of them is that the state failed to play its role. Videh Upadhyay urges change, even at this late hour. Full Article
y Criminals as leaders -- yet again? By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Elections in Bihar move into the final phase today. Polling began on 18 October with the first of four phases. For a total of 243 seats in the State Assembly, 1607 candidates have been in the running. Of these, 446 candidates (nearly 2 competitors per seat) have criminal records. Varupi Jain reports. Full Article
y Playing politics with floods By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 An indifferent political system, trading of charges between state and central governments, and the apathy of the Water Resources Department have together created and compounded the misery of floods in Bihar. When floods struck this year, all the measures collapsed like a house of cards, which again is not a new phenomenon, writes Dinesh Kumar Mishra. Full Article
y Kosi breaches repeatedly, governments merely fiddle By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Since 1963, there have been repeated breaches in the Kosi's embankments, causing tremendous loss and tragedy. Yet, Bihar's governments have made little headway and argue each year as if the problems were new, says Dinesh Kumar Mishra. Full Article
y Bihar's bridges, way to a new work culture By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 In a state dreaded for its work culture environment and record of poor public entrepreneurship, the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam, which was on the verge of being liquidated, has now turned the corner and built over 330 bridges in three years. Ramesh Menon chronicles the inspiring journey. Full Article
y They hit back, "and it felt good" By indiatogether.org Published On :: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 A public hearing on NREGA in a remote village in Bihar created a confrontation between a leader accused of corruption and the workers who exposed him. Rajesh Veeraraghavan was there and he recorded this story. Full Article
y An eye for empowerment By indiatogether.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Mritunjay Tiwary has brought eyesight to tens of thousands of people through his eye hospital in rural Bihar. But his vision of development extends much farther. Ruchi Choudhary reports. Full Article
y Politics, through the eyes of Bihar’s Dalit students By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:46:31 +0000 Initiatives under the ‘My Space My unManifesto’ campaign to bring about a political reawakening and engagement among Dalit youth have led to a new-found consciousness and perspective among them. Manisha Prakash reports. Full Article
y National waterways in need of a new course By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 07:35:42 +0000 The Centre gears up to take national control of the Kosi and Gandak and turn them into commercial waterways. Shripad Dharmadhikary and the Manthan team report on findings from a recent visit to the region. Full Article
y Bollywood सेलेब्स के वर्कआउट वीडियोज़, जो लॉकडाउन में भी बॉडी को रखेंगे Active By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Saturday, March 28, 2020 02:34 PM लॉकडाउन के कारण सिर्फ आम जनता ही नहीं बॉलीवुड स्टार भी घरों में बंद हैं, लेकिन किसी भी स्टार ने वर्कआउट करना नहीं छोड़ा है. बॉलीवुड सेलेब्स घर पर ही योग, रनिंग और कई तरह की एक्सरसाइज कर रहे हैं. Full Article
y Coronavirus Myths And Facts: कोरोना वायरस से जुड़े इन भ्रमों की जानें सच्चाई By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Monday, March 30, 2020 12:19 PM आइए जानते हैं कि कोरोना वायरस को लेकर फैले मिथ की वास्तविकता आखिर क्या है... Full Article
y कटरीना की तरह Flat Belly पाने के लिए करें ये काम, फॉलो करें उनका फिटनेस मंत्र By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 08:41 PM कटरीना के फिटनेस को लेकर बात करें तो वह अक्सर वर्कआउट करती नजर आती हैं. वह वॉटर योगा से लेकर पिलाटेस तक करती हैं. Full Article
y B'Day Spl: कपिल शर्मा ने इन टिप्स की मदद से घटाया था अपना कई किलो वजन By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Thursday, April 02, 2020 11:03 AM लोगों के सामने आने से पहले कपिल का अंदाज, उनकी बॉडी और किस्मत के बारे में बहुत कम ही लोग जानते थे. क्या आप उनकी सफलता के साथ-साथ उनकी बॉडी ट्रांसफॉर्मेशन के बारे में जानते हैं? Full Article
y Lockdown में सोफे को बनाइए अपना जिम और कम करिए Belly Fat By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Saturday, April 04, 2020 07:48 AM कुछ लोग ऐसा सोच रहे हैं कि काश 21 दिनों के जिम खुले होते तो वो अपने पेट की चर्बी को कम कर पाते. जिम न खुले हो तो क्या आप अपने लिविंग रूम में रखे सोफे को अपना जिम बना सकते हैं और पेट के हिस्से के फैट को बॉय-बॉय बोल सकते हैं. Full Article
y Sunday Special: Lockdown में खुला नशे से निकलने का रास्ता, कितने तैयार हैं हम? By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Sunday, April 05, 2020 01:12 PM लॉकडाउन में नशा करने वाले लोगों के मन बैचेन जरूर होंगे, लेकिन उन्हें संयम बरतने की आवश्यकता है. इस स्थिति में लोग कैसे नशे से छुटकारा पा सकते हैं आइए जानते हैं. Full Article
y पीरियड्स में भी रहेंगी Happy, अगर रखेंगी इन जरूरी बातों का ख्याल By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Tuesday, April 07, 2020 12:21 PM पीरियड्स (Periods) के दौरान हाइजीन का पूरा ख्याल रखें... Full Article
y Immunity बढ़ाने के लिए बेस्ट हैं ये ब्रेकफ़ास्ट By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Wednesday, April 08, 2020 06:45 PM लहसुन में कई ऐसे एंटी-माइक्रोबियल गुण पाए जाते हैं जो कई तरह के बैक्टीरिया और वायरस से लड़ सकते हैं, जैसे कि थायम जैसे अन्य जड़ी-बूटियों और मसालों में होता है. दरअसल, लहसुन में पाया जाने वाला कंपाउंड एलिसिन इंफेक्शन को होने से रोकता है. Full Article
y New York में स्वास्थ्य अधिकारियों ने दी मास्टरबेट करने की सलाह लेकिन... By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Friday, April 17, 2020 01:56 PM NYC Health Department ने लॉकडाउन के दौरान लोगों में बढ़ रहे स्ट्रेस को देखते हुए कुछ विशेष हेल्थ गाइडलाइंस जारी की हैं. इन गाइडलाइन्स में विशेष तौर पर लोगों की सेक्स लाइफ पर ध्यान दिया गया है. Full Article
y Lockdown में Anxiety की शिकार हुईं ऋचा चड्ढा, ऐसे पहचानिए डिसऑर्डर के लक्षण By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Friday, April 17, 2020 01:41 PM बॉलीवुड एक्ट्रेस ऋचा चड्ढा (Richa Chadda) लॉकडाउन में घर बैठे-बैठे एंग्जाइटी की शिकार हो गई है. ऋचा ने खुद इसका खुलासा इंस्टाग्राम पर पोस्ट में किया है. ऋचा ने इंस्टाग्राम पर पोस्ट करते हुए लिखा, 'कई लोगों की तरह मैं भी लॉकडाउन के पहले हफ्ते में एंग्जाइटी के साथ उठी. Full Article
y आयुष मंत्रालय ने बताया Immunity बूस्टर है काढ़ा, जानिए इसके और भी फायदे By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Friday, April 17, 2020 01:37 PM कोरोना महामारी के बीच देश के कई हिस्सों में मौसम बदल रहा है. बदलते मौसम में कई लोगों को खांसी, जुकाम, बुखार, गले में खराश जैसी समस्याएं हो रही हैं. ऐसे में आयुष मंत्रालय द्वारा लोगों को काढ़ा पीने की सलाह दी गई है. Full Article
y खाना स्वादिष्ट होने के साथ साथ HEALTHY होना भी जरूरी, ये तरीके करेंगे आपकी मदद By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:19 PM खाना सिर्फ टेस्टी होना ही जरूरी नहीं होता बल्कि हेल्दी होना भी जरूरी होता है. इसके लिए आपको कुछ खास बातों को ध्यान में रखना जरूरी है. Full Article
y क्या आप तैयार हैं विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के #HealthyAtHome चैलेंज के लिए? By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Friday, April 17, 2020 01:30 PM दुनियाभर में लोगों की मानसिक स्थिति को देखते हुए विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन (World Health Organization) के प्रमुख डॉक्टर टेड्रॉस एधनॉम ग्रेब्रेसस ने पूरी दुनिया को एक चैलेंज दिया है. Full Article
y Delivery Boy में मिला कोरोना पॉजिटिव, फूड ऑर्डर करने से पहले जान लें ये बातें By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Friday, April 17, 2020 04:46 PM लोगों का मानना है कि बाहर से खाना ऑर्डर करने में सेफ्टी और हाईजीन एक बड़ी समस्या होती है. डॉक्टरों का कहना है कि कोविड-19 फूड के माध्यम से नहीं फैल रहा बल्कि यह एक रेसपिरेटरी बीमारी है जो कि सांस से संबंधित है. Full Article
y शहद में लहसुन को भिगोकार खाने से बढ़ेगी Immunity, शरीर से बीमारियां रहेंगी दूर By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Saturday, April 18, 2020 08:57 AM डॉक्टर्स के मुताबिक, इम्युन सिस्टम कमजोर होने के कारण शरीर को बीमारियां आसानी से घेर लेती हैं. Full Article
y ब्रेकफास्ट में जरूर खाएं ये 5 चीजें, बन जाएंगे Healthy By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Monday, April 20, 2020 03:09 PM लॉकडाउन की बोरियत को दूर करने के लिए लोग कई तरह की रेसिपी ट्राई कर रहे हैं, जिसका एक अच्छा साइड तो है लेकिन सेहत के लिए लिहाज से रोजाना स्नैक्स खाना सही नहीं है. Full Article
y लॉकडाउन के बाद Grocery Shop पर गिर सकती है गाज, जानें क्या हो सकता है उनके साथ By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 09:38 PM लोग ग्रोसरी का सामान लेते वक्त दुकानदार से 6 फीट की दूरी बनाकर रख रहे हैं. मुंह पर मास्क पहन रहे हैं और हाथों में ग्लव्स पहन रहे हैं. बार-बार हाथों को सैनिटाइज कर रहे हैं. Full Article
y ये है मॉडीफाइड Royal Enfield, सिर्फ 5 सेकेंड में पकड़ लेती है 100 की स्पीड By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Monday, February 03, 2020 09:50 PM वीडियो में यूट्यूबर अभिनव भट्ट दिखाया है कि यह बाइक सिर्फ 5 सेकेंड में 100 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा की स्पीड पकड़ लेती है Full Article
y Auto Expo 2020: मारुति ने पेश की 32kmpl के शानदार माइलेज वाली Swift Hybrid By hindi.news18.com Published On :: Wednesday, February 05, 2020 08:49 PM Suzuki Swift Strong Hybrid अभी जापान के मार्केट में उप्लब्ध है. जापान की सड़कों पर दौड़ने वाली स्विफ्ट 32 किलोमीटर प्रति लीटर की फ्यूल एफिशिएंसी देती है Full Article