Canine menace: Stray dogs maul around 9000 people every year in city
Nagpur: The stray dog menace continues to hound city of Nagpur as 9000 people on an average get bitten every year. And with the onset of monsoon, the menace is certain to increase to dreadful magnitude. The number of stray...
Two mango trees axed in Narendra Nagar sans Garden Department’s nod
Nagpur: It’s been barely 24 hours since Nagpur Today reported need of trees and casual approach of people towards environment in the city. However, in utter disregard, two mango trees were axed mercilessly in Shrinagar Colony, Narendra Nagar, on Tuesday...
When city poets took shayari to soothing levels!
Nagpur: To introduce Aspiring poets of the city to the finer nuances of Urdu “Dastan-e-Ghazal”- a day-long workshop was organised by the poetry community of the city, ‘Dark room Poets’ at Glocal Square. Ghazal writing as a form of poetry has...
UGC scheme for skill-based education under NSQF
Nagpur/New Delhi: University Grant Commission (UGC) has issued public notice regarding its scheme for providing skill based education under National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). The public notice is at UGC’s official website. The National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) is a...
Preparations for Monsoon Session in Nagpur in full swing
Nagpur: Preparations for Monsoon Session of Maharashtra Legislature, being held in Second Capital City of Nagpur from July 4, are going on in full swing. The government machinery is leaving no stone unturned for ensuring hassle-free session. The work...
Father-son duo attacks two brothers over petty issue in Kotwali
Nagpur: A father-son duo assaulted two brothers with wooden rods and injured them seriously over a petty issue in Kotwali area here on Monday. The trouble started when one of the accused Rohan Rajkumar Pancheshwar (20) pelted stones in front...
Car driver burgles Rs 1.10 lakh from house of Vadattiwar’s kin in Ramdaspeth
Nagpur: A car driver burgled Rs 1.10 lakh cash from the house of a relative of former Congress Minister Vijay Vadattiwar in Ramdaspeth. The accused has been arrested. The former Minister’s sprawling house ‘Kamalatai Nivas’ is situated at Plot No. 5/6,...
Rs 100 cr fraud crops up at Dena bank in Nagpur
Nagpur: Yet another banking fraud has surfaced in Nagpur on Monday. It is learnt that various persons have systematically defrauded the Dena Bank of Rs 100 crore in 19 separate cases. On Monday, the Crime Branch registered offences against...
Third round of admissions under RTE till 25 June
Nagpur: The third round of admissions under the Right To Education (RTE) has started from 14 June after the third draw was held on 13 June after a long wait of two months. District Coordinator of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan...
Transporters’ strikes may paralyze services in coming days
NAGPUR: Protesting the hike in diesel process and to press for their other demands, truck owners and operators have started nation-wide indefinite strike from Monday. A large number of truck operators from Vidarbha are participating in the strike called by...
Mayor inspects Smart City’s town planning project
Nagpur: Mayor Nanda Jichkar took stock of the proposed town planning project to be undertaken by Nagpur Smart City and Sustainable Development Corporation Limited under its area-based development at Punapur, Bharatwada and Pardi. Municipal Commissioner Virendra Singh, CEO of Smart...
Round Table Asia Pacific Meet 2018 held at Singapore
Nagpur: The two day 2018 edition of Round Table International ASPA (Asia Pacific) Region Meet was held in Singapore from June 16 and 17, 2018.The weekend started with a welcome party where the host table welcomed all the international...
Bank official booked for raping live-in partner with marriage promise
Nagpur: Gittikhadan police booked a bank official on the charges of raping a woman after maintaining live-in relationship with her for three years on the promise of marriage.The accused has been identified as Pritesh Parteki (24), resident of Ekta Nagar,...
NMC’s ‘Smart watch’ to keep track of top babus, too
Nagpur: To discipline the truant higher officials and lower rung employees, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Administration equipped heads of various departments (HoDs) and others with GPS-enabled watches. The move comes after the sanitation workers and inspectors were provided...
Two lewd men booked for molesting 2 minor girls
Nagpur: Two lewd men were booked for outraging modesty of two minor girls in separate incidents reported on Sunday.In the first incident, the accused Dinesh Kohad, residing in Pachpaoli area, on Sunday around 6.30 pm, called a 14-year old girl...
Manservant burgles Rs 1.10 lakh from woman’s locker in Ramdaspeth
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Nagpur: A manservant burgled Rs 1.10 lakh cash from the locker of a woman in whose house he was employed. The accused has reportedly been arrested. A resident of Plot No. 5/6, Kamalatai Nivas, Ramdaspeth, Shiv...Jet Airways to allow only one bag weighing 15 kg on domestic flights
Domestic travellers of Jet Airways who are habitual of carrying more than one baggage in flight will no longer be able to do so as the company has recently announced that it will allow only one check-in baggage. As per the...
1.82 lakh families in district to get Food Security Scheme benefits
Nagpur : National Food Security Scheme covers above poverty line (APL) persons having saffron ration cards also. The scheme will benefit 8.50 lakh persons in 1.82 lakh families in Nagpur district, said Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Guardian Minister. Addressing a press conference at...
Water Supply in Dharampeth,Hanuman Nagar and Part of Nehru Nagar Zone to remain affected on June 18
Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation Pench Project Cell has planned an interconnection of Shree Nagar new ESR on Omkar Nagar 900 mm feeder line at Shree Nagar Square on June 18 (Monday). This interconnection work will require almost 15-hours of shutdown which...
IAF ready for any contingency: Air Chief Marshal
New Delhi: The operational preparedness of the Indian Air Force to take on any contingency was displayed in the recent 'Gaganshakti' exercise, Chief of Air Staff B S Dhanoa said on Saturday. "The operational preparedness of the IAF to take...
Maharashtra: Biometric system for attendance now mandatory for junior colleges
Nagpur: Coming down heavily on coaching-centers, Maharashtra Government has ordered all junior colleges offering science stream to install biometric attendance system. The order that came out on Friday is to ensure that students don't forego their classes in colleges for the...
