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Vidarbha’s medium towns see big shifts in water and sewage systems under India’s AMRUT initiative.

Nagpur voices shaped Bollywood across decades, from Usha Timothy to Rahul Vaidya, leaving lasting marks on Indian music.

Vidarbha's historic forts are falling apart. Get inside the urgent story of neglect, bias and fading heritage in Maharashtra.

Step into Amravati’s Zamindar Bungalow for rare colonial-era design secrets, family stories and Vidarbha heritage.

Inside Vidarbha’s orphan welfare journey over five years, tracing missed aid, community efforts and young lives caught in-between.

From Sholay to Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Nagpur’s single screens kept films alive for months, shaping the city’s cinema culture.

Maharashtra sets the stage with ₹3,268 crore for AVGC-XR, sparking growth and innovation in Vidarbha’s creative technology landscape.

From tendu leaves to bamboo, see how Vidarbha’s forests fuel incomes, tribal livelihoods and rural growth.

Vidarbha’s heritage urban projects reveal funding gaps and coordination failures reshaping historic sites and cultural landmarks.

Orange clusters, packaging hubs and AVGC-XR parks signal Vidarbha’s rise in agro and creative industries.

Sweeping protests erupt across Maharashtra, including Vidarbha, after the Special Public Security Bill’s passage, drawing widespread opposition.

From rituals to medicine and timber, the Saja tree shapes tribal life in Vidarbha, standing as a sacred and vital presence.

Uncover how house help in Vidarbha shapes survival, challenges norms, and defines urban family life in Maharashtra.

Three women shaped Vidarbha’s past through regencies and rule, leaving a trail of records that reveal their power and influence.

Step into the world of Bada Deo, Vidarbha’s Gond god, and uncover ancient myths and captivating tribal rituals.

Tribal devotees revive ancient rituals atop Surjagarh’s peaks as mining controversies reshape Vidarbha’s sacred yatra.

Farmers in Vidarbha burn cotton stalks and crop waste, fuelling pollution while vast untapped economic value goes up in smoke.

National Bio-Energy Mission brings a surge of renewable energy to Vidarbha by converting cotton waste into power.

Tribal yatras of Vidarbha reveal sacred caves, hills and rivers where thousands gather in rituals, worship and community bonds.

Broken Ganesh idols and neglected rules are choking Nagpur’s lakes with plaster and paint, raising serious pollution concerns.