WCL cautions people on mischievous recruitment propaganda
Nagpur: The Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) has cautioned the people that some anti-social elements and selfish persons are making mischievous publicity and creating confusion among unemployed youths that recruitment is being done in the WCL on several posts....
Drug peddler arrested, heroin worth Rs 92,000 seized
Nagpur: Tehsil police on Thursday seized heroin worth Rs 92,000 and arrested a drug peddler. However, another drug peddler managed to dodge police and went absconding. On Thursday around 6.30 pm, the Senior Police Inspector of Tehsil Police Station received a...
Shat-Ayu College students soak in Ganesh festival revelry
Nagpur: The students of Shat-Ayu College of Professional Studies celebrated Ganesh Festival with great pomp and gaiety. Ganesh Festival is celebrated as the birthday of lord Ganesha, This festival is also known as Vinayak chaturthi or Ganeshotsav. Shat-Ayu...
It is elite mind that spurs ‘Urban Naxalism’: Bhumkal Sanghatana
Nagpur: A panel discussion on 'Urban Naxalism' was held by Bhumkal Sanghatana at Baburao Dhanwate Hall of Maharashtra Rashtrabhasha Sabha, Shankar Nagar, on Thursday. A senior journalist Devendra Gawande, who was one of the panel members, said that...
SVM holds Jansanvad Sammelan on status, implementation of land tenure rights
Nagpur: The city-based Shahar Vikas Manch (SVM) on Thursday conducted Jansanvad Sammelan on status and implementation of land tenure rights in Nagpur. The programme, held at Vidarbha Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, was chaired by senior social worker Roopchand...
CCTV camera captures con man decamping with goods from electrical shop in Pratap Nagar
Nagpur: A con man posed as customer and decamped with electrical goods worth Rs 13,569 from a shop on Pratap Nagar Main Road on Monday, September 17 evening. However, the CCTV installed at the shop has caught the...
Sex racket busted in Kalamna, woman, auto driver arrested
Nagpur: Close on the heels of busting of a high-profile sex racket being operated at Hotel KP Inn near Ajni Square, Kalamna police raided a house and arrested a woman who was making available rooms for flesh trade...
Indian Coffee House at Sadar gets a sip of SC relief
Nagpur: Coffee connoiseurs and patrons visiting at 60 year old Indian Coffee House being run in LIC owned building in Sadar, takes a sip of relief as the Supreme Court put the stay on vacating the eatery. Over the years,...
Cops gear up for peaceful, smooth Ganesh Visarjan in city
Nagpur: With Visarjan (immersion) 48 hours away, city police have geared up to ensure the event passes off peacefully and without hassles for the thousands and thousands of devotees who would throng artificial ponds and major lakes to accord grand...
Sitabuldi cops nab robber within hours
Nagpur: A miscreant who had robbed a middle aged man of cash on the pretext of demanding a bidi at Mor Bhavan Bus Stop in Sitabuldi was nabbed by cops in a swift action on Thursday. In fact...
Heavy rains forecast over the weekend over Vidarbha
The climate has changed suddenly today. From dry and hot to grey and wet.This wet spell is expected to continue over the weekend and last till Monday. This is due to low depression area over the Bay of Bengal...
Senior banker to serious cyclist – what is Sachin Deva saying?
Sachin Deva, was in Nagpur last night on his way from Khardungla in Ladakh - the highest road in the world! - to Kanyakumari, the tip of India where the Indian ocean and Bay of Bengal meet. He began his...
Bappa’s Visarjan : Citizens up for eco-friendly immersion
Nagpur: This Ganesh festival, Nagpur shows more of its eco-friendly side as most of the citizens are preferring immersion of their deity's idols in artificial tanks, for the betterment of water bodies. This was evident from the response the NMC's...
Experts point out best of bamboo plantation
Nagpur: The fastest growing plant species bamboo recently became the talking point in the town as the nation observed world bamboo day. To mark the day Maharashtra bamboo Development Board (MBDB) and Rotary Club of Nagpur Elite jointly organised...
ACP’s son duped of Rs 8.25 lakh in mobile recharge fraud
Nagpur: The fake promise of getting an online mobile recharge agency proved dearly to an unemployed youth who ended up losing Rs 8.25 lakh before the dubious plot of tricksters. The youth is said to be the son of retired...
Girl, who was attacked by jilted lover in Laxmi Nagar, dies after 3 months
Nagpur: Frustration and anxiety grew large among the people as the innocent girl Sanika Thugaonkar who after battling for life for the last 3 months eventually breathed her last on Thursday. She succumbed to her injuries during treatment in a...
NMC collected Rs 1.10 cr fine from over 10 k people for dirtying heritage spots
Nagpur: Even as Nagpur has been vying to earn the elusive smart city tag, there are many citizens out there who turn the city roads, public places and even heritage sites into full filth. They do not even...
Moharram Mourn : 7 killed in fatal mishap on Kalmeshwar road
Nagpur:Seven people died on the spot and six other sustained severe injuries after a speeding truck hit an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place on Kalmeshwar road, reported police. Sources said that the auto-rickshaw (MH/49/AR/4007),...
Bizarre twist: ASI Shejul’s daughter accuses ACB of implicating her father in false case
Nagpur: In a major twist, the daughter of Pratap Nagar ASI Bhagwan Shejul, who was trapped by ACB for demanding Rs 5 bribe from a man, has accused the ACB of implicating his father in a false case. Neha Shejul...
Bawankule reviews CCTV surveillance operation at Zone 5 office in Jaripatka
Nagpur: “For a single police official it is impossible to look after safety and security of 1000-1200 citizens. However, with the CCTV surveillance, a single police official can guard more than 10,000 citizens,” said Guardian Minister Chandrashekar Bawankule...
Minister rushes to city, asks NMC to curb outbreak of Dengue, Scrub Typhus, other diseases
Nagpur: Alarmed over increasing patients of Dengue, Scrub Typhus, Swine Flu, Fileria and other infectious diseases in the Second Capital City of Nagpur, the Minister of State for Urban Development and Home Affairs Dr Ranjit Patil rushed...
