Vidarbha-statehood activists observe 'black day'
According to reports, activists demanding separate statehood for Vidarbha, and separation from Maharashtra, observed a 'black day' across the region on Sunday. Pro-statehood supporters unfurled​ the Vidarbha flag at several places, and agitators pelted stones at state transport buses in Yavatmal. The Union government merged Berar, Vidarbha and the Central Provinces with Maharashtra on May 1, 1960.