NMC needs Rs 500 to tide over crisis but gets Rs 150 crore only from State Govt
Nagpur: As against the demand of cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the State Government has released Rs 150 crore as special grant to the civic body to tide over the financial crisis. The funds are likely to be...
Would you take bloody sanitary napkin to temple? Smriti defends Sabarimala ban
Nagpur: Union minister Smriti Irani bats for a ban on women to Sabarimala. Speaking to ANI, this is Irani's bizarre explanation: "I have a right to pray, but not a right to desecrate. I am nobody to speak...
October heat pushes power demand at record 24962 megawatt in State
Nagpur/Mumbai: With unprecedented heat in the month of October, the power demand in Maharashtra shot up to 24962 megawatt. On Monday, October 22, the electricity demand peaked to a record 24962 mw. The power demand in MSEDCL areas...
Shoot tigress T1 as last resort, says HC as it refuses to modify orders
NAGPUR: Dismissing the last plea filed by a Mumbai-based organisation - Earth Brigade - and wildlife enthusiast Dr Jerryl Banait, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has declined to stay the order by Forest Department to tranquilise and if...
Smriti Irani makes surprise visit at RSS headquarters in city
Nagpur: Yesteryears' favourite bahu on small screen and Union textile minister Smriti Irani on Monday sprang a surprise to the Nagpurians as she visited the city without following any official security protocol. Irani reached Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters here...
RPF busts Rs 65 lakh rly tickets black marketing nexus in Nagpur
Nagpur: In what is said to be one of the biggest seizures in the recent cases of railway ticket black marketing in Nagpur, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Central Railway, on Sunday raided an office of travel company and...
Go Air flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur airport as woman passenger dies
Nagpur: Even as a woman passenger on board a Kolkata-bound GoAir flight died, the flight had to make an emergency landing at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport on Monday morning. Dipansha Jitendra Gangwani (43) was travelling with her husband...
Auto-rickshaw driver robbed at Munje Chowk, 4 goons arrested
Nagpur: An autorickshaw driver was reportedly robbed of his mobile phone and cash, allegedly by four youths owing to the professional rivalry. Dhantoli police have arrested four youths in this connection. Those arrested have been identified as Badal...
Hoteliers lament delay in fire policy for old buildings
Nagpur: 8th Annual General Meeting of Nagpur Residential Hotels Association (NRHA) held recently at Hotel Darshan Towers. President Tejinder Singh Renu, Immediate Past President Prakash Trivedi, Vice President Inderjeet Singh Baweja, Secretary Deepak Khurana, Treasurer Vinod Joshi, Joint Secretaries Deepak...
Crime branch busts online flesh trade being operated from Futala lake
Nagpur:Continuing its action against the illegal sex dens flourishing in cozy and plush corners in the city, the crime branch has busted an online flesh trade being operated from Futala lake and arrested a man hailing from Nandia in West...
Pacheriwala, Dr Sharma elected President, Secretary of NCCL
Nagpur: Vishnukumar Pacheriwala and Dr Anil Sharma were elected unopposed President and Secretary respectively of Nagpur Chamber of Commerce Limited (NCCL). The NCCL elections were held during its 82nd Annual General Meeting at Shikshak Sahakari Bank Auditorium recently. Pacheriwala...
Cops issue fatwa to NMC contractors, end agitation or face arrest
Nagpur: Taking serious note of agitation launched by NMC contractors which entered 10th day, the administration has sought help from police. Subsequently, police served a written notice to the contractors and asked them to end their agitation or they...
NVCC felicitates Ashish Kale, Pragati Sarda
Nagpur: The Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVVC) on Monday felicitated Ashish Kale for being elected President of Federation of Automobile Dealers Association and Pragati Sarda for receiving licence of commercial pilot at the young age of 20. The NVCC President...
NMC’s seizer action against Property Tax defaulters in Mangalwari Zone
Nagpur: The Mangalwari Zone No. 10 of Nagpur Municipal Corporation on Monday carried out warrant action and seizer against defaulters of Property Tax. During the action, NMC seized Hero motorcycle (MH-49/AM 8954) of Narsing Narsayya Venkateshwar for pending dues...
Mayor fetes students of NMC’s Kaladalan Sangh for winning prizes in acting, folk dance contest
Nagpur: The Mayor Nanda Jichkar on Monday felicitated a team of student artistes of Kaladalan Sangh of Education Department of NMC for winning four prizes in acting and folk dance in district-level competition held recently. The competition was...
RTMNU’s Men’s and Women’s Chess Tournament opens at PIGCE
Nagpur: The Men’s and Women’s Chess Tournament of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) was inaugurated at the premises of Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi College of Engineering (PIGCE) on Monday. The inaugural ceremony of Chess Tournament was attended by Jyotiba College of...
Day 1 of Disconnection Drive: Connections of 37 consumers snapped
Nagpur: On day 1 of Drive against High Value Private Consumers, Nagpur Municipal Corporation & Orange City Water have snapped almost 37 connections of high value private consumers across city. It may be mentioned here NMC-OCW have decided to initiate stern...
I will think of campaigning for Cong in Assembly polls in 4 states if invited: BJP leader Yashwant Sinha
Nagpur: The former Union Finance Minister and rebel BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Monday said that he would give a thought of campaigning for Congress candidates in the coming Assembly elections in four states if the party sends a proposal...
Video of a cop singing “Bhar Do Jholi Meri…” goes viral, draws accolades
Nagpur: The social media is abuzz as a video of a crooning policeman has gone viral. The video shows the unidentified cop singing “Bhar Do Jholi Meri...” a qawwali from Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ movie. The musical...
Over 20 doctors at Mayo Hospital down with dengue, patients at mercy of god
Nagpur: When the doctors at a government hospital are down with a major disease the plight of the patients could well be imagined. The scenario is dreadful, to say the least. The Mayo Hospital in city is going...
Top NMC boss arrives on Sunday after one month leave & goes to Mumbai on Monday!
Virendra Singh’s Mumbai visit triggers speculations over his transfer
Nagpur: The babus in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) were agog and expecting the Municipal Commissioner Virendra Singh, who showed his face on Sunday after a month long leave, would take...
