CM should look into demands of MPSC students: Jayant Patil
Nagpur: NCP leader Jayant Patil drew the attention of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis towards the problem of MPSC students and demanded that the government look into it. He said, nearly 10 to 15 lakh students appear for the MPSC exams...
‘Give loan to educated unemployed for starting business’
Nagpur: On the last day of winter session various organisations took morcha among these was Yuva Parivartan Vikas Samiti’s morcha led by Meena Pawar. The morcha started from Ganesh Tekdi Road to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, woman in large participated. She...
Rashtrabhasha ‘deal’: Vikhe Patil too demands sacking of minister for causing Rs 155 cr loss
Nagpur: Reiterating the demand of an NGO, the Opposition Leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil asked the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to remove Minister of State for Urban Development Ranjit Patil for causing a loss of Rs 155 crore to the state...
Govt cheating Dhangar community, says Ramrao Wadkute
Nagpur: MLA Rmarao Wadkute accused the government of false promises and cheating the Dhangar community from years togethers . He was participating in a discussion on Dhanghar community’s reservation demand. He said, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had framed the Indian constitution...
2 men defraud BoI with Rs 15 lakh in bogus car loan deal
Nagpur: Two persons deceived the Trimurti Nagar Branch of Bank of India to the tune of Rs 15 lakh by forging documents and procuring loan for purchase of Toyota car. The two accused, Vishwas Panjabrao Wankhede and Madhav Subhash Babalsare, in...
Cops nab 4 including 3 juveniles, recover material including cash worth Rs 89,500
Nagpur: Crime branch police were successful in nabbing the miscreant one Abdul Raza Nabi Shah, 18, resident of Reshimbabg Flat no. 24 Kharbi and 3 juveniles. They have recovered total material worth Rs 89,500 from them which consists Sony camera...
Vikhe Patil tells CM to either sack Munna Yadav or announce Rs 50,000 reward on his head
Nagpur: The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday found himself in tricky situation when the Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil attacked him directly and demanded sacking of Munna Yadav as Chairman of State Construction Workers' Welfare Board. “You either sack...
Speeding Tata Safari rams auto, driver killed
Nagpur: An auto driver was killed as a speeding Tata Safari car rammed his vehicle on Kamptee-Kalamna Road on Thursday night. A passenger travelling in the auto was injured severely. The accused car driver has been arrested. The deceased Gulzar Sheikh...
3 businessmen cheat cloth trader of Rs 60 lakh in dubious deal
Nagpur: Three businessmen cheated three persons including a wholesale cloth trader and his two friends to the tune of Rs 60.35 lakh in a dubious deal. The accused trio has been booked by Jaripatka police. The three accused businessmen have been...
Free wi-fi facility in ST buses
Nagpur: Prakash Ambitkar and 9 other MLAs raised the contentious issue of free wi-fi facility in the loss-making MSRTC buses. The Transport Minister Diwakar Raote, in written reply, informed the House that the total revenue of MSRTC in the year 2015-16...
Poor quality of farm machinery purchased by Nagpur ZP for farmers figures in Assembly
Nagpur: Poor quality of ‘ploughing machinery’ purchased for farmers by Nagpur Zilla Parishad figured in the Legislative Assembly during Question Hour on the last day of Winter Session. The issue was raised by BJP member Sudhakar Deshmukh. The Agriculture Minister Pandurang...
Bombay HC rejects Governor’s Sanction To Prosecute Congress Leader Ashok Chavan In Adarsh Housing Case
Mumbai/Nagpur: In a relief for the Congress party, the Bombay High Court set aside sanction granted by Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to prosecute Congress leader and former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan in Adarsh housing scam. The High Court said that...
Court verdict has proved Cong, UPA govt’s innocence, says Prithviraj Chavan : 2G case
Nagpur: Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said that the court verdict in the 2G case has now proved the Congress and the UPA government's innocence. It has reiterated that no such corruption took place during the regime of former...
Women legislators complain of intruders at MLA Hostel
Nagpur: Three women legislators of opposition NCP today raised concerns over the security at the MLA Hostel here, saying that two unidentified men rang the doorbell of their room two days ago. Winter session of the Maharashtra legislature is underway in...
All’s well that ends well: Wockhart uses Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest to save middle aged man’s life
Nagpur- A 45 year-old man from Nagpur was detect with atypical chest pain and breathlessness at a local hospital here and was diagnosed to have a large pseudo aneurysm (abnormal swelling) arising from ascending aorta. He was referred to Dr....
Who’s protecting Munna Yadav? Ajit Pawar asks Fadnavis govt
Nagpur: NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Thursday launched a direct attack on chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' close aide Omprakash Munna Yadav and asked the BJP-Shiv Sena government as to who was shielding him. Pawar also asked how Yadav was appointed as...
Four of Jain Family meet watery grave in canal of Pench in Parseoni
Nagpur/Parseoni: Four persons who had gone for joy ride drowned in the left canal of Pench in Parseoni taluka of Nagpur district. The incident took place around 5.30pm. The names of the deceased are Kamlesh Shantilal Jain, 27 Mansar, his...
Yavatmal, Buldana women demand liquor ban in both districts
Nagpur: Demand for liquor ban has been slowly spreading in the districts of Maharashtra. The women in large number from Yavatmal district took out a morcha on Wednesday from the Morris College to Legislative Assembly. Again on Thursday the women...
Drought affected ryots from Buldana distt demand to waive loan
Nagpur: More than 12,000 farmers from Akoli, Gharod, Nirod, Lokhanda and Pala of Buldana district demanded to waive off loan amounting to nearly Rs 35 crore. Under the banner of Athar Gramin Vikas Bahuddeshiya Sanstha the farners took out morcha on Ganesh...
Maharashtra Food Festival opens in city
Nagpur: A food festival showcasing cuisine from all over Maharashtra was inaugurated at South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) in the city on Thursday. The Maharashtra Food Festival, organised jointly by Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and Lokmata Sumatitai Sukalikar...
Bogus insurance officer dupes woman of Rs 2 lakh
Nagpur: A life policy holder woman was duped to the tune of Rs 2 lakh by a conman who posed as an insurance officer. Cops are now searching for the trickster. A resident of Ambedkar Square, Lakadganj, Divya Narendra Hasrajani (48),...
