Vidarbha MLAs create ruckus over Agri minister’s apathy: Paddy issue

Nagpur: Rajesh Kashiwar MLA and more than 12 other MLAs raised the issue of damage to paddy crop due to change in climate and pests in paddy regions of Vidarbha like Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Chandrapur and Gondia. Replying to this Agriculture Minister...

Video: People voted for development says CM Fadnavis, Congrats PM

Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was happy BJP over the thumping success that BJP got Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. He said the results showed that Prime Minister Narendra has firm support of common man. In this election Congress tried to belittle...

Surbhi Jaiswal awarded Maharashtra Jyoti Gaurav Puraskar

Nagpur: Surbhi Jaiswal, Team Lead of Green Vigil Foundation has been awarded with “Maharashtra Jyoti Gaurav Puraskar” by Maharashtra Rajya Shahar Evam Gramin Patrakar Sangh in recently held Award Ceremony at Vidarbha Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Nagpur. Surbhi Jaiswal has been awarded...

Cops raid Firangi restaurant seize hooka material

File Pic Nagpur: Police raided a restaurant in Sai Sainath Apartment and seized hooka material worth Rs 21,000 and booked two brothers. According to the police, Senior PI Narendra Hiwre of Panchpoli station was on night patrolling at around 1.30...

Power Bill without connection : High level probe demanded into MSEDCL glitch

Nagpur: In a strange case MSEDCL asked a farmer to pay an electricity bill of Rs 7,900 even though he is yet to get a connection. Now MSEDCL is claiming that it had provided a connection but the infrastructure had...

Tutor’s suicide : 4 booked for extortion, abetment

Representational Pic Nagpur: Paresh Jamgade who claimed to be part of a socio-economic party, along with three of his accomplices has been slapped with charges of extortion and abetment to suicide on Saturday by Jaripatka police. The case has been...

Khaparkheda Shootout : Accused still out of police radar

Nagpur: The sensational firing incident in Khaparkheda where a man shot his rival dead is yet to be resolved by the police. Suraj Kawle, who is likely to have shot dead his rival Akash Panpatte, alias Ashish at Khaparkheda on...

One killed four injured as truck hits auto on Kalamna Road

Nagpur: One person died while four others including two kids were injured when a three-wheeler APE was hit by a truck on Kalamna Ring Road on Friday afternoon. The name of the deceased is Mehboob Ali Muqdar Ali, 42, a...

Special artifacts created by artists gathering dust in workshop

Nagpur: Former NMC Commissioner Shravan Hardikar and the then Mayor Pravin Datke had joined hands and organised competition in December’s third week 2016 to create artifacts from waste material lying in NMC premises. Now nearly a year has passed but...

Rs 2.30 lakh stolen from a doctor’s car

Nagpur: Some unidentified persons stole Rs 2.30 lakh from a doctor’s car. According to police, Dr Sangram Wagh, 44, resident of Kanamwar Nagar, Wardha Road parked his car MH 31 EU 130 in front of Mayur Title near Ashirwad Apartment in Dhantoli...

NGOs face difficulty in planting trees on side of the roads

Nagpur: For the construction of cement roads numerous trees have been felled. It was also said that new tree would be planted and for the same space would be left. But nothing of this sort has happened. The contractors have...

NMC’s Workshop Department’s step towards Clean India Mission

Nagpur: Municipal Corporations seem to be strictly following the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Clean India campaign in the big and small cities. In Nagpur too, under the guidance of Municipal Commissioner Health Department’s Chief Dr Pradeep Dasarwar has been continuously trying...

National Green Tribunal orders arrest of 12 District Collectors for negligence

Representational Pic Nagpur/Pune: National Green Tribunal has given the orders to arrest and present before it the 12 District Collectors of the state who defied the orders to control Fluorosis disease caused by water containing fluorides. Regarding this it has...

Air Marshal Hemant Sharma hands over Vintage HPT 32 trainer Aircraft to Raman Science Centre

Nagpur: Indian Air Force has gifted a IAF trainer HPT-32 ‘Deepak’ that was decommissioned from service to Raman Science Centre, Nagpur on 15 Dec 17. The aircraft was formally handed over to Raman Science Centre by Air Marshal Hemant Sharma...

Road to Samruddhi Corridor is still far, far away!

Nagpur: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's dream project Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Corridor seems to be taking more time than planned to take off, thanks to the hurdles in land acquisition. This was evident from reply submitted by the government in legislative...

Sena MLA leaves CM Fadnavis red-faced, claims he got Rs 37 lakh as loan waiver

Nagpur: An MLA from alliance partner, Shiv Sena, on Friday left chief minister Devendra Fadnavis red-faced after he claimed he was on the list of beneficiaries for the farm loan waiver scheme. The embarrassment came a day after the chief minister...

Video: Tandoori Nights- Epicurean extravaganza

Grant towards hostel rent for Maratha students

Nagpur: Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil today informed the Legislative Council here that the government was coming out with a scheme where students from the Maratha community will get a grant for hostel expenses. Each student will get Rs 10,000 per...

BJP MLA demands review of Shivajis birth date

Nagpur: BJP MLA Suresh Halvankar today triggered some heated exchanges in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by demanding that a committee of historians be set up to review the birth date of iconic Maratha warrior king Shivaji. The dispute over king Shivajis...

OCW lodges complaint against Water Purifier Company at Gittikhadan PS

Nagpur: Initiating a stern action against water purifier company representatives, who were allegedly spreading rumours and misleading information that Nagpur Municipal Corporation & Orange City Water is supplying polluted water at consumer’s taps, OCW have lodged a complaint against water...