Mobile tower fraud : Farmer duped of Rs 73 k
Nagpur: A fraudster duped a man to the tune of Rs 73,000 on the pretext of installing mobile tower in his farm at Katol. According to complainant, Nilkanth Baliram Kalambe (49), a resident of Plot No. 13, Balaji Nagar,...
Man dies after being hit by speeding train near Narendra Nagar
Nagpur: A 40-year-old man was run over by a speeding train near Narendra Nagar under the jurisdiction of Beltarodi police station. A police official said that the incident occurred on Thursday at 5 pm when the man was crossing railway...
Another spell of rain in city, min temperature to dip
Nagpur: Like last month, February too has brought surprise showers to the city. It started raining in the city around 11.45pm on Thursday and continued in intervals till the wee hours. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Nagpur, the...
ICAI 70th Annual Function
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) celebrated its 70th Annual Function on February 7, 2020 at New Delhi. The event was graced by Shri Om Birla, Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha as a Chief Guest and Shri Anurag...
Scientist-Student connect program at CSIR-NEERI concludes
‘Jigyasa’, the scientist-student connect program at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) concluded on 7th February 2020 after a five-day long tightly packed schedule with lab specific activities, onsite experiments, science lectures, science quiz, visits to laboratories, interaction with scientists,...
30 kids fall ill after taking mid-day meal at school in Nagpur
Nagpur: Around 30 students fell ill on Friday after consuming mid-day meal at Hudkeshwar based Aashatai Mule School. According to sources, the students had ‘Khichdi’- mid-day meal following which they had complained of abdominal pain. All were rushed to Government...
Seven including two foreign plays to be staged at 21st Bharat Rang Mahotsav in Nagpur
Nagpur: The 21st Bharat Rang Mahotsav’s (BRM) parallel theatre festival organized by National School of Drama (NSD) will be organized on February 9 and will continue till February 15, 2020. The seven-day festival is also being hosted simultaneously in other...
47 sliver ornaments donated to Sai Mandir went missing
Nagpur: Confusion surrounds Sai devotes across the second capital of the state as 47 sliver ornaments donated to Sai Mandir, Wardha Road reportedly went missing. The matter surfaced when, charity commissioner had ordered a check for the gold and silver...
Hinganghat Case : Nikam appointed as prosecutor of lecturer who was set on fire by a stalker
Nagpur/Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has appointed well-known lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as special public prosecutor in the case related to the incident where a 25-year-old woman lecturer was set on fire by a stalker. Ankita Pisudde, the woman, suffered 40 per...
Fake Invoice racket of over Rs. 100 Crore busted in Nagpur
Nagpur: On the basis of specific information regarding issuance of Fake Invoices and availment of fraudulent Input Tax Credit, simultaneous searches were conducted by the officers of DGGI, Nagpur Zonal Unit on 5th February 2020 and 6th February 2020 at...
Fake job promise : Woman duped of Rs 1.30 lakh
Nagpur: Dhantoli police have booked a 39-year-old man for allegedly duping a Friends Colony resident woman to the tune of Rs 1,30,000 between October 15, 2018 and February 27, 2019 on the pretext of getting her job. The accused identified...
Weather twisted to rainy tale in Nagpur; pinching cold returns
All Pics by Sandeep Gurgate Nagpur: Even as the weather took extreme turn on Thursday to unleash a bout of freeze with sudden rains across Nagpur along with entire Madhya Pradesh and many parts of Chhattisgarh, the city wore a...
Video: Miscreants break into godown, steal cigarettes worth Rs 30 lakh in Hudkeshwar
Nagpur: Hudkeshwar police have rounded up three burglars allegedly for breaking into a godown located in Pawar Nagar and decamped with cigarettes worth Rs 30 lakh on Sunday, February 2, 2020. The cops have nabbed accused identified as Saurabh Sunilkumar...
US Consul General visits RSS founder’s memorial
Nagpur: US Consul General in Mumbai David J Ranz on Thursday visited the memorial of K B Hedgewar, founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, in Reshimbagh area. He was accompanied by RSS's Nagpur unit chief Rajesh Loya as he paid tribute...
Banned tobacco worth Rs 75 lakh seized in Wadi
Representational Pic Nagpur: The Social Security Branch (SSB) of city Crime Branch on Wednesday raided AMS Transport under Wadi Police and seized a cache of banned and scented tobacco worth Rs 75 lakh. Besides arresting accused identified as Ajay...
Young woman duped of Rs 64 k by a man she met on matrimonial site
Nagpur: A 29-year-old woman was allegedly duped by a guy she met on matrimonial site between November 28, 2019 and December 10, 2019. The accused has been identified as Pranay Dattaram Narnaware had fleeced the amount of Rs 64,000 citing...
Fire at Bank of Baroda at Saoner
A FIRE broke out at the building of Bank of Baroda at Saoner on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze was reported at 6 am and around three fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames at Mulmule mansion,...
State govt grants Rs 4 lakh to treat Hinganghat girl, who was burnt alive
Nagpur: Wardha district administration has granted Rs 4 lakh to the Orange City Hospital and Research Institute (OCHRI) for the treatment of the 24-year-old lecturer, who was allegedly set afire by a jilted lover in Hinganghat on Monday morning. The...
School headmistress murdered along with uncle in Sakkardara
Nagpur. Sensation prevailed in Sakkardara area on Wednesday evening, as the news of double murder of a school headmistress and her elderly uncle spread like a wildfire. The deceased have been identified as Manjusha Jayantrao Natekar (55) and Ashok Kate...
Hinganghat teacher “critical but stable” : Hospital
Nagpur: The condition of the 25-year-old woman lecturer who was set on fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district was "critical but stable", OCHRI hospital authorities said on Wednesday. Navi Mumbai-based National Burns Centre director Sunil Keswani, who was flown to Nagpur to...
Villagers access specialist care through CLaW’s health camp
CLaW (Conservation Lenses and Wildlife) had recently organized a Medical Camp in Shivni, Tadoba as a part of CLaW Arrogya. CLaW has been organizing 'Spread the Warmth campaign' since past couple of years to distribute warm clothes for the...
