Patole alleges huge corruption by BJP leaders in road works
NAGPUR: Attacking ruling party leaders for the poor standard of road construction in Nagpur, former Member of Parliament and State vice-president of Congress party Nana Patole alleged that the tenders of road construction works were allotted to close aides of...
Centre declares six varsities as ‘Institute of Excellence’
NAGPUR: The Union Ministry for Human Resources Development (HRD) has named six universities from India as ‘Institutes of Excellence’ with an aim to enable them to compete with world-class universities. Of the six institutions, three are government-run universities while three...
Pawar toes Raj Thackeray line, refuses to speak in Hindi
Nagpur: The senior NCP leader and MLA Ajit Pawar toed the line of Raj Thackeray of “Marathi Manoos”and Marathi language. Talking to media persons at Vidhan Bhavan, Pawar bluntly refused to speak in Hindi. When a scribe requested Pawar to speak...
Bawankule rules out liquor ban in entire State
Nagpur: The State Excise Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday ruled out liquor ban in entire State. He also forcibly reiterated that prohibition enforced in Chandrapur district would not be revoked. The Minister was speaking in Legislative Assembly on the call attention...
WATCH : Petrol pump delivers ‘water fuel’ in Wardhaman Nagar, faces Shiv Sena wrath
Nagpur: You must have heard or experienced petrol pumps cheating people by filling less fuel. But in an outrageous incident, a fuel outlet in East Nagpur – Pal Petrol Pump -- situated beside...Cruel joke: Farmers in Beed district get Re 1 as crop insurance money!
Nagpur/Beed: In a kind of joke, thousands of farmers in Beed district, who lost their crops due to inclement weather last year, were shocked to find Re 1 being deposited in their bank accounts by insurance companies. Furious over the...
Job seeking woman raped for two years
Representational Pic Nagpur: A job seeking woman was exploited sexually by a man acquainted with her. The accused lured the woman with a job, spiked her food with sedatives and raped her at a hotel and different places several times....
Pawar demands lowering of senior citizenship age limit to 60 years
Nagpur: In a calling attention notice in Assembly, NCP leader and MLA Ajit Pawar demanded that the State Government should immediately lower the age of attaining senior citizenship to 60 years from 65 years, on par with the...
European firms keen to set up facilities in MIHAN
Nagpur: Nearly 400 acres of land at Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) has been reserved for the aviation sector and some European companies have evinced interest in setting up their facilities there, Maharashtra Airport...
Insults of saints will not be tolerated: Gajbhiye
Nagpur: The NCP MLC Prakash Gajbhiye on Tuesday protested the controversial statement of Sambhaji Bhide regarding saints of Maharashtra, in unique style. Disguising in the attires of Sant Tukaram, the NCP leader squatted on the stairs of Vidhan...
Kedar raises irregularities in LED bulb installation
Nagpur: Congress MLA from Saoner on Tuesday raised the issue of massive irregularities in installation of LED bulbs under Khapa Nagar Parishad. The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in written reply, informed the Assembly that LED bulbs were installed on...
NMC’s Workshop Deptt scam echoes in Assembly
Nagpur: NCP leader and MLA Ajit Pawar and others raised the issue of corruption in procuring automobile spare parts by officials of NMC’s Workshop Department during Question Hour on Tuesday, the second day of second week of Monsoon...
1328 buildings in Nagpur are illegal, CM tells Assembly
Nagpur: Leader of Opposition in Assembly Radhakrushna Vikhe Patil on Tuesday raised the issue of high number of illegal buildings in Nagpur. The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a written reply, informed the House that Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)...
Cong’s Nitish Rane too opposes oil refinery project at Nanar
Nagpur: Congress MLA Nitish Rane staged protest at the stairs of Vidhan Bhavan and opposed the proposed oil refinery project at Nanar in Rajapur Tehsil of Ratnagiri district. “The local residents are up in arms against the project....
Illegal dance bars continue to flourish in Nagpur despite police crackdown
File Pic Nagpur: Irrespective of police crackdown, illegal orchestra bars, infamously called dance bars, continue to flourish in the Second Capital City of Nagpur. A reply to the poser under Right to Information (RTI) has revealed that at least 12 bars...
Suspended Prof. Sen’s salary to be done as per norms, says varsity VC
Nagpur: Rashtrasant Tukodaji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) has refuted the allegations that it has withheld the salary of head of English postgraduate department Shoma Sen, who was suspended on June 15 following her arrest by Pune police over...
995 infants died in state in 5 months, reveals Pankaja Munde
Nagpur: Exposing yet another alarming trend, the number of infants dying in Maharashtra has peaked new height. From September 2017 to January 2018 ie in just 5 months as many as 995 infants in 0-6 months age bracket died in...
In just a yr, 22 died in Nagpur mental hospital; 33 in Pune
Nagpur: In a shocking revealtion in the ongoing monsoon session of state assemly, Minister for public heath Dr Deepak Sawant has come out with death count in the mental hospital in Nagpur during last one year. He also...
Woman sneaks away with Rs 1.18 lakh gold chain from Rokde jewellers, alleges worker
Nagpur: An unidentified woman has allegedly sneaked away with a gold chain worth Rs 1,18,395 from a jewellery showroom at Badkas chowk in Mahal area. The showroom worker Ashwin Mukesh Domle, 28, resident of Seminary Hills, in his...
PDS shops making lakhs of rupees on grains meant for poor
NAGPUR: In yet another case of cheating poor people, the owner of Meenakshi Grahak Sahkari Sanstha, a PDS (public distribution system) shop, at Darshan Colony was found duping ration-card holders by allotting them only five kg of grains...
School asks to torn books to reduce schoolbag weight
Nagpur : To overcome the problem of heavy schoolbags, a renowned school in Nagpur has advised its students to torn their books and bring only particular pages as per the class time-table. The Central and State government had taken initiatives to...
