Unidentified man run over by train in Mankapur
Nagpur: An unidentified man was run over by a train in Mankapur area on Thursday evening. Body of the the man, about 35 years of age, was found lying on the tracks near Tajnagar slums around 7 pm on Thursday....
Woman, posing ICICI Bank official, cheats aged man
Nagpur: A con woman, posing as ICICI Bank official, duped a senior citizen to the tune of Rs 30,000. The accused trickster is being searched by Sitabuldi police. The complainant, Jawahar Rawal, resident of Lendra Park, Ramdaspeth, told police that he...
Maharashtra cabinet clears draft bill of Journalists Protection Act
Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet today gave its approval to the draft Bill on the law prohibiting attacks on journalists (Journalists Protection Act). The bill will be tabled in both the Houses of the state Legislature tomorrow, the last day of the...
Two-day “Elets Smart City Summit-Nagpur” begins on April 7
Nagpur: The two-day “Elets Smart City Summit-Nagpur” is being organised in the city by Nagpur Municipal Corporation in association with Noida-based Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd is commencing on Friday, April 7 at Hotel Le Meridien. Mayor Nanda Jichkar will inaugurate...
Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti stages ‘Rail Roko’ at Sevagram
Nagpur: Pushing forward its demand of separate Vidarbha and loan waiver to farmers, Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti (VRAS) activists on Thursday staged ‘Rail Roko’ andolan at Sevagram. Coming from all parts of Vidarbha, the activists sqauuted on the tracks in...
Court acquits NMC employee charged with demanding and accepting bribe
Nagpur: A court in the city on Thursday acquitted an NMC employee who was charged with demanding and accepting bribe. The Special Judge A V Dixit acquitted the accused named Manohar Rathod on the ground that the prosecution “miserably” failed...
Crime Branch proving to be nemesis for crime world as DCP Sharma is ‘Man on a Mission’
Nagpur: Crime Branch of City Police Force, with its giant strides, is unequivocally proving to be nemesis for the crime world of Second Capital City of Nagpur. With the notable accomplishments in his kitty, the effervescent Deputy Commissioner of Police...
Cash-starved NMC finds ways to ‘rob’ its employees of salary hike and promotions!
Nagpur: Baffling are the ways of cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) working! On the one hand the local body runs a campaign to cleanse the rivers with participation of citizens and on the other hand ‘robs’ its employees of their...
BSP leadership’s double standards leave party Corporators red-faced
Nagpur: The recent development on political front shows that the city unit of BSP is a divided house. The party leadership is being slammed for adopting double standards when it comes to key decisions. For example, in the very first...
“The cow had 20 Kgs of plastics in her stomach!” remembers Pushpendra, an animal messiah of Nagpur
It was a glittering 'Pet Show' in the city. Owners were doing the ramp walk on stage with their 'award winning' pooches: tiny Lhasa Apsos, pretty Pomeranians and majestic Great Danes when in walked Robbie and Push. A calf with...
Kamptee PS wins 2nd prize in Yashwant Panchayat Raj Abhiyan
Nagpur: Kamptee Panchayat Samiti has won second prize in Yashwant Panchayat Raj Abhiyan, for the year 2015-16, in Nagpur Division. The prizes under Yashwant Panchayat Raj Abhiyan will be distributed in a ceremony to be held in Mumbai on April...
Beejotsav – Seed festival begins tomorrow
A group of dedicated Environmentalists, Organic farmers, even Nagpur Urban farmers are coming together in their annual festival Beejotsav 2017 or NAGPUR SEED FESTIVAL 2017 which begins tomorrow, 7th April. They are inviting Nagpurians to "Come with friends and family...
Maharashtra govt approves de-notification of highways in three towns
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Maharashtra government has approved proposals from three municipal corporations seeking to change the status of the highways passing through their respective areas to city roads, in a bid to get around the Supreme Court order on liquor ban....
Pushed on the defensive, Fadnavis, CM of state with most farmers suicides, says will study UP model for farm loan waivers
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the Maharashtra government will study the Uttar Pradesh model for waiving off farm loans to see how relief can be provided to farmers in his state. Addressing the Legislative Assembly here, Fadnavis said, we...
Bombay HC refuses to discharge money lender couple in debtor’s suicide case
Nagpur/Mumbai: The Bombay High Court refused to discharge a money lender couple from a case arising out of an FIR filed against them by wife of a deceased debtor who committed suicide by hanging himself. Justice A M Badar was hearing...
Two siblings aged 9 years killed, 6 others injured in auto-truck collision near Butibori
Nagpur: In a ghastly road mishap, two siblings aged 9 years were killed and six others were injured seriously when the autorickshaw they were travelling in was rammed by a truck near a village coming under Butobori police jurisdiction on...
Tehsil cops nab auto driver who had decamped with woman’s purse containing booty worth Rs 1.35 lakh
Nagpur: In a swift action, Tehsil police succeeded in nabbing the auto driver who had on March 27 decamped with a woman’s purse containing Rs 1 lakh in cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 34,500. It may be recalled, the complainant...
Medical student hangs self in hostel room at GMCH
Nagpur: Close on the heels of a sensational suicide by an engineering student who jumped from Hotel Taj room in Mumbai, another suicide of a medical student has been reported in Nagpur. Karishma Raut, a second year student of Bachelor of...
PM Modi to visit Nagpur on April 14
File PicNagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Nagpur on April 14 to participate in a slew of programmes. While the visit was announced during Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's visit to the city on Tuesday, the schedule is...
Shriram Janmotsav Shobhayatra begins from Poddareshwar Ram Mandir after CM performs puja
Nagpur: The colourful Shriram Janmotsav Shobhayatra got off to a start from Poddareshwar Ram Mandir here on Tuesday to mark Ram Navami celebrations. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis performed puja of idols of Lord Ram, Sita, Laxman and Hanuman kept in...
Paschim Nagpur Shobhayatra commences with religious fervour
Nagpur: A Shobhayatra marking the Janmotsav of Lord Ram was taken out from Ram Mandir in west Nagpur. In its 44th year, the Paschim Nagpur Shobhayatra commenced after the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis offered puja of Lord Ram, Sita, Laxman...
