Rs 1.53 lakh stolen from steel trader’s shop on Ghat Road
Nagpur: Unidentified miscreants struck at a steel trading shop on Ghat Road in Ganeshpeth area and burgled Rs 1.53 cash between Saturday night and Monday morning. A resident of Deshpande Layout, Trimurti Nagar, Chandu Kisanrao Bhurne (40) owns a shop named...
4 goons try to murder pan thela owner over Rs 500 in Yashodhara Nagar
Nagpur: In a dreadful incident, four knife-wielding goons chased a paan thela owner, attacked him and tried to kill him in broad daylight as he refused to pay them extortion money. The incident took place in Yashodhara Nagar on Monday...
Nagpur Dahi Handi : Girls rule the roost this Janmashtami
Girls on Top ... Hostel girls became a part of all the fun and festive rage to emerge winners at Ganesh Mandal's dahi-handi competition in Hiwri Nagar. Nagpur: Move aside boys... it's girls' turn to have all the fun!! This...
Cops seize mobile phones of women NCP activists for posting gang rape survivor’s image
Nagpur: Posting images of a gang rape survivor on Whatsapp group has been proving dearly to the two women NCP activists every other day. Now Umred police have reportedly seized the mobile phone of both the NCP activists, Alka Kamble...
Nagpur: Fuel prices up for 10th consecutive day
Nagpur: Citizens are yet to receive any respite from rising fuel prices, as the rates of petrol and diesel have risen for the tenth consecutive day. In Nagpur, petrol prices were hiked by 16 paise to trade at Rs 86.68 per...
Self-medication through Google let to death of MIDC youth, reveals probe
Nagpur: An internet savvy, or rather net addictive youth had to pay with his life the cost of seeking medical advice from Google - the master search engine around the globe. The deceased, idetified as Paritosh Suresh Chikhalkar, 27, ...
RTMNU to honour 4 teachers
Nagpur: Nagpur University (NU) has selected associate professors Prakash Itankar and Chandrashekar Sakhale for this year’s ‘Best teacher’ award which will be conferred on Teachers’ Day on September 5. Itankar is working with NU’s postgraduate department of pharmaceutical sciences while...
Kin kills goon in broad day light at Lokhande Nagar
Nagpur: Former externee Praveen Wanjari, alias Pappu, who had 16 offences against him, was stabbed to death allegedly by his nephew Shubham Wankhede and his friend at Lokhande Nagar in full public view on Monday. It is learnt that the...
Students running away from engineering, polytechnic
NAGPUR: The effect of depleting number of jobs has been visible since last few years as admissions to engineering and polytechnic have also reduced drastically. After the State’s CET Cell completed admission process for the new academic session on August...
Bawankule asks ZP to spend all development funds before Dec 30
Nagpur: Pushing the development works ahead, the Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule directed the Zilla Parishad authorities to spend all the funds received from District Planning Committee as well as various government departments on development projects before December 30, 2018. “Speed...
Is development of railway station being sidelined?
NAGPUR: Preparing for the Lok Sabha elections due next year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has become too active since last few weeks regarding ongoing development works in the city. He has assigned numerous tasks to almost everyone from the Collector...
Nagpur Round Tablers get an interactive session on personality development
Nagpur: Round Table India Conducts a personality development session for their Nagpur members. Charter Chairman of Ludhiana Round Table 188 and Round Table India’s National Facilitator Narender Agarwal were in Nagpur to conduct a leadership and personality development event aptly...
Hukka parlour raided at Hotel Tomorrow Land in Khaparkheda
Nagpur: Police have raided a hookah parlour being illegally run at Hotel Tomorrow Land off Koradi road under Khaparkheda police station. The cops have seized 6 hukka pots, 2 tobacco flavour worth Rs 3000 and Rs 12,000 in cash from...
Govinda Aala re aala……
NAGPUR: With the soothing spray of rain here comes a beautiful festival, inviting the melody of Lord’s Krishna’s flute, “Janmashtami”. It’s an occasion where people learn team work to achieve height and taste the sweet juice of life. Vidarbha Institute...
State’s new health insurance for MLAs, MLCs
NAGPUR/MUMBAI: The State government has started a new health insurance scheme for the present and former members of Legislative Assembly and Council and their families. The State has entered into an agreement with New India Insurance Company and will pay...
2,222 criminals scanned under ‘Operation Crackdown’
Nagpur: The Nagpur Police have investigated records of as many as 2,222 criminals in just six days after Commissioner of Police (CP) launched ‘Operation Crackdown’ against all the history-sheeters to check criminal activities in the city. The ongoing drive has...
UGC invites proposals for extension of B.Voc courses
Nagpur: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited proposals from institutes which run Bachelor of Vocational courses (B.Voc) for extension of the vocational courses and college community programmes which are being run under National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). The deadline for...
Gram Panchayats directed to fight spread of Scrub Typhus
NAGPUR: After nine patients died of the Scrub Typhus in Nagpur district so far, District Health Officer Dr Yogendra Sawai has directed all gram panchayats to immediately spray pesticides in their respective areas. He also directed officers at all primary...
Tuition teacher rapes minor girl with marriage promise
Nagpur: A tuition teacher has been booked on the charges of raping an 18-year old girl by luring her with marriage promise. The accused has been identified as Kishore Hood, a resident of Jaripatka. The accused allegedly promised to marry the...
Two goons rob aged woman of gold ornaments in Shantinagar
Nagpur: Shantinagar police are searching two tricksters who robbed an elderly woman of her gold ornaments on Sunday evening. According to police, the complainant Nirmala Devaji Dhakate (65), resident of Lalganj Khairipura, near Mehendibagh Bridge, was going to purchase puja material...
Dacoity foiled in Mankapur, gang of 6 robbers arrested
Nagpur: Mankapur police foiled a dacoity plan by arresting a gang of six robbers in the wee hours of Monday. Cops have also seized lethal weapons from the possession of arrested accused. The Police Sub-Inspector Gurnule at Mankapur Police Station received...
