Stock of scented tobacco, paan masala worth Rs 2.56 lakh seized by FDA
Nagpur: A special squad of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and Zone 5 police jointly raided a godown on Kalamna Road, Kamptee and seized a stock of banned scented tobacco and Paan Masala worth Rs 2.56 lakh. According to...
Pratap Nagar ASI Shejul trapped for Rs 1.50 lakh bribe
Nagpur: In a big action, sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday trapped an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Pratap Nagar Police Station for demanding Rs 5 lakh and trying to accept Rs 1.50 lakh from a man for sparing...
Cops crack down on sand mafia, major royalty evasion unearthed
Nagpur: For quite some the major evasion of royalty on sand ferrying has been the cause of concern for the revenue department. Loads of trucks keep ferrying sand, giving an eyewash to the so called flying squad. Taking serious note...
Empress City residents cry foul, move National Consumer panel to seek refund from developers
Nagpur: Skeletons keep tumbling out of the closet every now and then, in the matter of Empress City, allegedly constructed in violation of series of rules and regulations. Now the residents have cried foul on the part of...
Mobile Command Control Centre to eye Ganesh Visarjan at Futala lake
Nagpur: Even as the ten-day sojourn of Lord Ganesha is nearing its completion, Nagpur police is going hi-tech to keep an eye on the procession and rallies at the time of Ganesh Visarjan. This year Nagpur traffic police will make...
DCP Poddar’s ring stolen from Dhantoli hospital
Nagpur: The Dhantoli police were in for a shock when they learnt that the wedding ring of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Zone-V Harsh Poddar was stolen from a private hospital in Dhantoli area. The police swung into action...
High profile sex racket busted at Hotel KP Inn in Dhantoli
Nagpur : A police team, led by Deputy Commisioner of Police (DCP) of Zone II, busted a high-profile sex racket in a raid at Hotel KP Inn under Dhantoli police station on Wednesday night. As per information, a few Russian...
3 women held with illegal liquor in Sanghmitra Exp
Nagpur: The Railways Protection Force (RPF), under its ongoing drive against illegal trafficking of liquor, arrested three women among four people from 12296 Sanghmitra Express on Wednesday. The RPF seized 618 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 20,150...
No More Free Meals For Economy Class Jet Airways Flyers
Nagpur/Mumbai: Jet Airways on Wednesday announced that it will be stopping free meals on its Economy class from bookings done from September 25. However, flyers will continue to get free beverages, including tea and coffee. The move comes...
HC scraps NMC’s faulty list of unauthorised shrines
Nagpur: Coming to the rescue to hundreds of illegal religious structures on public utility (PU) land and open spaces, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the civic bodies to prepare a fresh list, invite...
Ganpati’s of Nagpur you should not miss to see before Visarjan
CBI sleuths raid Manoj Jayaswal’s Corporate Ispat’s Nagpur office
Nagpur: A Kolkata based 6-member team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday raided the office of coal-scam hit Abhijeet Group's Corporate Ispat Limited – a company owned by renowned industrialist Manoj Jayaswal. The company is currently facing probe...
Opposition stages agitation, demands Mayor’s resignation over US trip row
Nagpur:In the heat of controversy over BJP Mayor Nanda Jichkar's official visit to US along with her son, city Congress staged an agitation demanding her resignation. The party leaders took to demonstration in front of Mayor’s office in Civil Lines...
Corporators wake up to prove commitment for cleanliness
Nagpur: After the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court asked 151 corporators of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to file affidavits as what measures they took and what measures they were planning to keep their respective wards keep and...
Maoists put banners, pamphlets defying security
GADCHIROLI: Around 50 Maoists stormed into Kamlapur village in Aheri tehsil of Gadchiroli on Tuesday night and pasted pamphlets and huge banners before disappearing into the darkness. Villagers said that the Maoists put up the material to commemorate...
Nagpur to have new liver transplant centre at GMC
With over 358 patients waiting to get their liver transplant surgery done in Pune alone, the growing number of patients needing a transplant has now forced the state health department to plan two more new centres for liver transplant surgeries....
Gang arrested in liquor shop loot case
Nagpur: Deputy Commisisoner of Police of Zone Five Harsh Poddar succeeded in arresting the criminals, who were accused of looting cash from a liquor shop by pointing a country-made pistolat the shop owner some one and a half...
Nagpur’s Guardian Minister among the lowest earning MLAs in India
Nagpur: Nagpur District Guardian Minister and State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has found place in the list of lowest earning MLAs in the nation. Bawankule has been accorded this feat in a research presented by multi-research agency Association...
Is PM Crop Insurance Scheme a fraud?
NAGPUR: Disappointed over the poor implementation of Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme, farmers have alleged that the scheme was launched to benefit private insurance companies. Interestingly, the data received from the agricultural department proves the farmers right. The agriculture sector suffered...
Cops seize pistol from drug-peddler’s house
Nagpur: The Crime Branch sleuths, attached to Anti-Narcotic Cell, on Tuesday searched the house of one of the arrested drug-peddlers and seized a country-made pistol and four cartridges from there. On Sunday, Cops had intercepted two cars and seized...
HC raps Tawde, Bhangdia for violating court order
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued contempt notice to Education Minister Vinod Tawde for paasing the order to shift a school at Chimur despite a stay. The High Court also issued notice to Chimur...