Jungle Safari restarts at Gorewada from Nov 5
Nagpur: Jungle Safari, closed due to corona outbreak, is again starting at Gorewada Forest from November 5. However, the 15-km Cycle Safari for the tourists has been limited till Biopark as the stretch of road is in poor condition....
HC orders beautification of Zero Mile monument immediately
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered the District Collector Ravindra Thakare to start beautification of the iconic Zero Mile monument immediately. The High Court order came after the Maha Metro handed over the charge of...
Goswami”s arrest shows MVA govt”s ”Emergency-era” mindset: BJP
Nagpur: Latching on to the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, the BJP in Maharashtra on Wednesday hit out at the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government, accusing it of having Emergency-era mindset and muzzling the free voice. Goswami was arrested...
Fed up with ill health, debt, city lawyer Shrikant Maraskar ends life
Nagpur: A city-based lawyer, Shrikant Wamanrao Maraskar, committed suicide by hanging with a ceiling fan at his residence in Swavalambi Nagar on Tuesday afternoon. The lawyer apparently ended his life fed up with ill health and debt, according to a...
Jaripatka police book cop’s son for rape, threats
Nagpur: Jaripatka police have booked son of a police personnel on the charges of rape and doling out threats to the victim, according to a report. The accused has been identified as Saurabh Tiwari (27). Police acted following a complaint from...
Covid-19 effect: Nagpur sees 22% drop in number of firecrackers shops this year
Nagpur: With uncertainty over mood of people on celebration of Festival of Lights following the Covid-19 outbreak, firecrackers business is likely to bear the brunt. The Second Capital could witness a drop in number of firecrackers shops this year as...
3 gambling dens raided in Dhapewada, six men arrested
Nagpur: The Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Nagpur Rural Police on Tuesday simultaneiously raided three gambling dens being run in Dhapewada in Saoner police jurisdiction. The raiding cops rounded up six persons operating the gambling dens and cash and other...
Video: Speeding vehicle kills leopard on Nagpur-Chandrapur Highway
Nagpur: In a painful incident, a full-grown leopard was knocked dead by an unidentified vehicle near Yensa village on Nagpur-Chandrapur Highway. The mishap occurred around 12 in the midnight on Wednesday. The big cat must have been crossing the...
Arnab Goswami arrested in Alibagh Abetment to Suicide Case
Mumbai/ Nagpur: The Maharashtra CID on Wednesday arrested Republic television editor Arnab Goswami from his house in connection with the death of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik in 2018. A senior police official has confirmed that...
Coal Scam : ED attaches Rs163cr assets of Nagpur co Topworth Urja
Nagpur: The enforcement directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs169 crore of Topworth Urja and Metals Limited (TUML), which has a steel unit and captive power plant at Umred. The company’s earlier directors are being tried by a CBI court...
Nagpur reports 385 fresh Covid-19 cases, active cases at 3,704
Nagpur: The Nagpur district on Tuesday detected 385 fresh novel Corona Virus (Covid-19) cases taking the cumulative number to 1,03,624. In the day 9 people succumbed to the infection taking the total of fatality to 3429 From the total deaths 2428...
2 more Super-Specialists join OCHRI
Nagpur: Orange City Hospital & Research Institute, a unit of Ravi Nair Hospitals Private Limited boasts of more than150 doctors serving needy central Indians through 60 departments and 30 clinics. OCHRI is also NABH accredited & ISO certified...
Women Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship
VIA Lady Entrepreneurs’ Wing conducted a Webinar titled “Women empowerment through Entrepreneurship” on Sunday. Dr Nishigandha Wad, famous actress and celebrity of Marathi and Hindi Cinema was the guest speaker, which was conducted under the able chairmanship of Manisha Bawankar,...
NMC mops up Rs 65 lakh as fine from 16,455 persons for not wearing masks
Nagpur: The Nuisance Detection Squad (NDS) continued its punitive action against the violators of COVID-19 guidelines, particularly against the people not wearing face-masks at public places. So far, the NDS has taken 16,455 persons to task and recovered a fine of...
CR’s Nagpur Division posts best ever performance on freight front
Nagpur: In a clear sign of economic recovery, Indian Railways two divisions in Nagpur posted best ever performance on freight front during the financial year in the month of October. The lockdown period saw Railways aggressively focussing on freight and...
Actor Vijay Raj booked for molesting co-star in Balaghat
Nagpur: Renowned actor Vijay Raj has been booked allegedly for outraging the modesty of the co-star under Ramnagar Police Station in Balaghat. Raj and team have been staying at Balaghat for the upcoming movie ‘Sherni’. Vidya Balan is the lead...
Bawankule asks Govt to fill up posts of electrical assistants, others in MSEDCL immediately
Nagpur: Former Energy Minister and State BJP General Secretary Chandrashekhar Bawankule along with BJYM activists on Tuesday staged protests against State Government for nagging delay in filling up of over 9000 posts in MSEDCL. “The examinations and recruitment processes...
SC, ST, OBC students being deprived 2nd installment of DBT
Nagpur: The Social Welfare Department provides scholarships are to the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) etc to ensure that higher education is not denied to them due to the...
Metro contractor duped of Rs 6.31 lakh by Mumbai supplier
Nagpur: Dhantoli Police booked a Mumbai-based aluminium goods supplier for allegedly defrauding city-based firm Alucofab Facade Private Limited to the tune of Rs 6.31 lakh. The company has got a sub-contract to carry out Nagpur Metro work at Chhatrapati Nagar...
BJP Corporator Pohane booked for blackening face of NHAI officer with polish
Nagpur: Sadar police have booked BJP Corporator and former Standing Committee Chairman Pradip Pohane and his 25-30 accomplices on the charges of blackening the face of NHAI Regional Officer Rajiv Agrawal with boot polish during an illegal protest on Monday...
Brace up for chilly days as Weatherman predicts harsh winter this year
Nagpur: Brace up for chilly days and nights ahead as Weatherman has predicted harsher winter this year. The Second Capital has been witnessing temperatures dipping with every passing day. In fact, the Nagpurians could feel chill in the air...
