Indian 'transfusion tiger' dies Nov 19, 2008
The chief wildlife officer in Nagpur, Bimal Majumdar, told the BBC that the two cubs were found last week near Chandrapur, a forest area. India's tiger population has declined rapidly in recent years. (BBC News -- Science)
Vidarbha's Kalawati threatens suicide Jul 26, 2008
"My kids keep demanding good clothes. How do I tell them that I can hardly manage a square meal for them? I married off my four daughters with great difficulty and incurred debt. I can no longer sustain this and may have to end my life like my husband,'' she said in her speech. With the modest help coming their way, her daughter, Papita, said she would now sew clothes for the villagers with the machine and her neighbours too appeared willing to help. Her sons, Pritam and Chetan, were happy that... (India Times, India)
Drought danger looms in Vidarbha Jul 20, 2008
The mainly paddy growing belt of Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli are eagerly awaiting rains as the paddy saplings lying in the nurseries could not be transplanted because of the prolonged dry spell. Cotton, soya cultivation has been hit in Wardha and Nagpur districts. (India Times, India)
Carcass of beheaded 'tiger' found Jul 6, 2008
CHANDRAPUR: A beheaded and skinned carcass of an animal, suspected to be that of a tiger, was found in Sindewahi forest range under North Chandrapur Forest Circle of Maharashtra on Saturday morning. The claws and tail of the animal were also missing. (India Times, India)
56 NGOs raising funds, cadres for naxals in state Mar 17, 2008
The officer said: Run by educated people, these NGOs are instrumental in conducting brainwash sessions of the new recruits, who are primarily locals and tribals from Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Bhandara, and Yavatmal districts. . (Daily News & Analysis)
G Das: This waiver is immoral Mar 9, 2008
Like many farmers in his village of Mahakurla in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, he borrowed money from his bank last year. He repaid it diligently, in instalments and on time. (India Times, India)
Obituaries in the news Feb 10, 2008
Amte, who was diagnosed with leukemia last year, died Saturday in his sleep in a clinic he founded for the disabled in Chandrapur in the state of Maharashtra, said his son, Vikas Amte. The elder Amte was universally known as Baba, or father. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Baba Amte passes away Feb 9, 2008
NAGPUR: Noted social activist and Magsaysay award winner Murlidhar Devidas Amte alias Baba Amte died at his 'Anandvan' ashram in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Saturday. He was 94. (India Times, India)
Anti-naxal police team sent to Raipur Jan 24, 2008
CHANDRAPUR: Two police teams from the anti naxal cell of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts have been sent to Raipur to interrogate two naxal commanders Meena and Malti, who were arrested in Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday along with a huge cache of arms and cash. Police suspect their connection with naxal activities in Chandrapur and Gadchiroli ... Sources said their connection with Chandrapur came to the fore when Meena, during the course of interrogation divulged about her residential... (Times of India)
Naxal attack in Gadchiroli Dec 13, 2007
CHANDRAPUR: Naxalites set ablaze three vehicles - two tippers and a truck - of a contractor on Wednesday evening. The incident took place near Haldwahi Tola village in Chamorshi tehsil of Gadchiroli district, said the police. (India Times, India)
60000 cases of AIDS in Maharashtra Nov 27, 2007
Mundhda admitted that 184 cases of children infected with HIV were registered at the Yavatmal referral centre and that the patients were from districts of Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Akola, Amravati, Washim and Adilabad in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Of them, 169 children tested positive. (Times of India)
Nagpur fake medal query put on hold Nov 27, 2007
It may be mentioned here that recently a farmer from Nagbhid taluka in Nanded village of Chandrapur district was felicitated with Krishi Bhushan award 2005-06 for developing a new variety of rice, HMT rice. However, he was shocked when he came to know that the gold medal presented to him by the state government was of low-standard silver and only had gold polish on it. (India Times, India)
The Cross and the Communist Sep 2, 2007
"He later severed links with the AICUF and moved on to working for labourers in rural areas. He was also a union leader in the thermal power plants at Chandrapur.". Arun Ferreira was a sociology student at St Xavier's College, but by his time, the radicalism in the AICUF had petered out. (India Times, India)
Patni promoter to venture into power generation Jun 13, 2007
PPPL is also believed to be in discussions with the Maharashtra government for implementing a 500-MW pit head power project in Chandrapur district. Amit Patni will be in charge of the new entity, while Gajendra Patni will be responsible for much of the fund-raising. (India Times)
Corporates to invest Rs 100 crore in AIDS treatment centres Mar 31, 2007
Being set up at a cost of around Rs one crore each, four such centres have already been established at Wadi in Karnataka, Vellore in Tamil Nadu in collaboration with Catholic Medical College by cement major ACC and at Chandrapur and Mumbai in Maharashtra by Ballarpur Industries and the Godrej Group respectively. Das said that as a result of this initiative, over 1,000 companies affiliated with the chamber have agreed to follow the guidelines for the control of HIV/AIDS at workplaces. (Zee News)
India Inc joins war on AIDSAddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1960727,0008.htm", "India Inc joins war on AIDS"); Mar 30, 2007
The world s first corporate ART centre was set up by cement company ACC in Karnataka in January, said Shefali Chaturvedi, head of social development initiatives, CII. Ballarpur Industries has a facility in Chandrapur near Nagpur and Godrej in Mumbai. ACC is also collaborating with the CMC hospital at an ART centre in Vellore. (Hindustan Times, India)
Maharashtra Budget 2007-08 Highlights Mar 23, 2007
Funds provided to complete thermal projects at Parli, Paras, Chandrapur, Khaparkheda, Koradi and Bhusaval. State is expected to receive 4,000 Mega Watt power from eight private sector power projects with generation capacity of 12,500 Mega Watt. (Business Standard)
11 killed in Nagpur road mishap Mar 6, 2007
NAGPUR: Eleven persons were killed and 21 injured when a vehicle carrying them turned turtle in Chandrapur district on Tuesday, police said. Loading. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Micro-finance: SBI's rural India agenda Mar 3, 2007
Running the VRC and the village knowledge centre are the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation with the support of SBI. A VKC is functioning at Anandvan, Warora (the leprosy asylum set up by Baba Amte) in Chandrapur district of eastern Vidarbha. RATE THIS ARTICLE. (India Times)
Maha blacks out after power grid trips Feb 26, 2007
"This resulted in the overloading and shutdown of generating units at Chandrapur, Parli, Koradi, Uran power stations and even the Tarapore Atomic power station," said Pandey. This had a cascading effect leading to shutdown of power at the 500 mega watts Dahanu power plant of Reliance Energy Limited, which supplies power to the western suburbs. (India Times, India -- Community News)
No-power day! Feb 19, 2007
Dotonde said the Maharashtra State Electricity Generation Company Ltd's (MahaGenco) plants at Chandrapur, Parali and Koradi, which had been closed, have started generating 200 MW, thereby improving the power availability by 400 MW.. Loading. (India Times, India)
Sainath: Jungle Belt Theater Feb 18, 2007
"See our audiences," says a proud Sadanand Borkar in Nawagaon, Chandrapur district. That's where the play is now being staged. (Zmag.org)
Nagpur blows fuse over load-shedding Feb 7, 2007
On Monday too, police had to resort to caning on the protestors in Chikhaldara, Chandrapur and Kalmeshwar, in rural Nagpur. The gap between the demand and supply is more than 5000 MW today, and the scheduled load shedding efforts are inadequate to bridge the gap, MSEDCL's Deputy PRO Sudhir Jadhav told DNA.. (Daily News & Analysis)
New Form Of Sleeping Sickness Discovered In India Stems From Deficiency In Natural Immunity Protein Jan 23, 2007
A farmer in India, from the village of Shivani (district of Chandrapur) 140 km from Nagpur in the central State of Maharashtra, has recently been identified as the first confirmed case of human trypanosomiasis recorded in that country. Human trypanosomiases are endemic in Africa and South America : respectively sleeping sickness caused by the parasites Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodiense, and Chagas disease induced by T. cruzi. (Science Daily)
MIDC hires IDFC for consultancy Jan 12, 2007
The projects include a 270-hectare airport at Parule village in Sindhudurg district of Kokan, a textile SEZ over 104 hectare at Kagal in Kolhapur district, a 250-Mw power SEZs at Usar in Raigadh district and a 1,000-Mw power SEZ at Bhadrawati in Chandrapur district. The MoU was signed by Maharashtra Industries Minister Ashok Chavan on behalf of MIDC and Rajiv Lall, chairman and managing director of IDFC.. (Business Standard)
