Crime Branch rescues two missing minor girls in separate cases from Nagpur
Nagpur: In two separate cases, Nagpur Police’s Crime Branch and the Anti-Human Trafficking Prevention Unit (AHTU) successfully traced and rescued two minor girls who had gone missing from different areas of the city. Both girls were safely recovered on November...
Rs 15 lakh cash, jewellery stolen from house in Gittikhadan, Nagpur
Nagpur: Unidentified burglars decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 21.66 lakh from a locked house in Chintamani Nagar, Bhivsenkhori, under Gittikhadan Police Station limits, on Wednesday night. According to police, the complainant Mohammad Shoaib Rafiq Sheikh (47), a resident of...
Elderly man killed as car hits two-wheeler in Besa, woman driver booked
Nagpur: A 72-year-old man died while another senior citizen sustained injuries after a speeding car rammed into their two-wheeler near Lakshmi Mart Super Bazaar on Besa–Pipla Road in Hudkeshwar on Wednesday evening. According to police, the incident took place around 7:30...
Nagpur-Goa Shaktipeeth Expressway to connect with major corridors, cut travel time to 8 hours
Nagpur: The upcoming Nagpur-Goa (Pavnar–Patradevi) Shaktipeeth Expressway, a major infrastructure project by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), is set to revolutionize inter-regional connectivity across Maharashtra. The expressway will link Nagpur to the Maharashtra-Goa border at Patradevi through a...
AIIMS Nagpur first in Central India to launch NAT Centre for early HIV, Hepatitis detection
Nagpur: In a major healthcare advancement, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur, has inaugurated its state-of-the-art Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Centre for early detection of diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. The facility was...
Unmarked speed breakers on Sitabuldi Flyover pose mishap risk
Nagpur: The Adivasi Shahid Govari Flyover, commonly known as the Sitabuldi Flyover, has once again become a source of concern for commuters, especially near its Zero Mile end. Already infamous for frequent accidents and a service lane riddled with potholes,...
Operation Shakti: Flesh trade racket busted in Nagpur’s Pardi, 3 girls rescued
Nagpur: Under the ongoing “Operation Shakti” campaign aimed at dismantling human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation networks in Nagpur, the Social Security Branch (SSB) of the Crime Branch carried out a successful raid in the Pardi area and busted a...
VNIT Nagpur to Host 4th International Conference on PCEMS 2025
The 4th International Conference on Paradigm Shifts in Communication, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing (PCEMS 2025) Nagpur, Maharashtra — The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, is set to organize the 4th...
NMRDA set to handover land for new Nagpur Central Jail
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) is preparing to transfer 60.16 hectares of land to the State Home Department (Prisons) for the construction of a new and modern Nagpur Central Jail complex on the city’s outskirts. The move...
Nagpur gymnasts excel in Asian Championship
Nagpur: Representing India, Nagpur’s trio of Akshayni Thakre, Garima Wardhe and Sambodhi Hirekhan bagged six bronze medals in the 14th Pre-Youth, Youth, Junior and Senior Acrobatics Gymnastics Asian Championship that were held at the Padem Stadium, Goa. The mega event was...
Four drown in two separate tragedies in Nagpur district
Nagpur: In two heart-wrenching incidents on Wednesday, four persons, including a college student duo and an uncle-niece pair, drowned in separate lakes in Parseoni and Ramtek areas of Nagpur district. Two college students drown In the first incident, two youngsters lost their...
HC quashes MERC tariff hike; power bills likely to drop by 20% unless stayed by SC
Nagpur: In a major relief for electricity consumers across Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has quashed the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) June 2025 tariff hike order, paving the way for a potential 20% reduction in power rates charged by...
Nagpur–Mumbai Samruddhi Mahamarg to Be Under 24/7 CCTV Surveillance
Nagpur: Every vehicle traveling from Nagpur to Mumbai on the 701-kilometer Samruddhi Mahamarg will soon be under constant camera surveillance. The state government has begun installing 1,500 high-definition CCTV cameras along the expressway to improve safety, monitor traffic, and enable...
BJP Appoints Election Chiefs and District In-Charges Ahead of Local Body Polls
Nagpur: Within just 24 hours of the State Election Commission announcing the schedule for the Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swung into full election mode, appointing its district-wise election chiefs and in-charges across...
NMC to Reclaim 44 Acres of Ambazari Land After MTDC Fails to Deliver Theme Park Project
Nagpur: The ambitious theme park project once planned at Ambazari has officially been scrapped. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to reclaim the 44-acre plot it had earlier leased to the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) after the project...
Grand Procession Marks 556th Prakash Gurpurab of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Nagpur
Nagpur: A grand Shobhayatra was taken out in Nagpur on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, to mark the 556th Prakash Gurpurab of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism. The procession, organized under the auspices of Shri Kalgidhar Satsang...
RTMNU E-Sign Forgery Scandal: Nagpur Court Grants Bail to Andhra Man Arrested a Year Later
In a case that has sent shockwaves through academic and legal circles, the Chief Judicial Magisterial Court at Nagpur has granted regular bail to Ratnababu s/o Anandrao Mekatoti of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, who was accused in a sensational RTMNU e-signature...
Marathi youth must focus on skill development to compete in job market: CM Fadnavis
Palghar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has urged Marathi youth to enhance their skills to stay competitive in the employment market, emphasizing that skill development is the key to securing opportunities in the state’s growing industrial sector. Speaking at an event...
Poll code spares NMC: Civic body’s development projects to go ahead in city
Nagpur: Even as the State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday enforced the model code of conduct for notified Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) remains unfazed, and outside its scope. Backed by a fresh Rs 315-crore...
Traffic diversions announced for Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav in Nagpur
Nagpur: The Nagpur traffic police have announced temporary traffic diversions and restrictions in the various areas from November 7 to November 18, 2025, in view of the Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav being organized at the Ishwar Deshmukh College of Physical Education...
Beggar beaten to death at Gangabai Ghat Shelter in Nagpur, accused held
Nagpur: In a grim incident at a temporary shelter near Gangabai Ghat, Kotwali police have arrested a 37-year-old beggar for allegedly murdering another homeless man following a heated argument. The deceased has been identified as Suraj Shankar Meshram (35), a resident...
