Rs 34,495 crore MSEDCL dues yet to be recovered: Bawankule
Nagpur: Maharashtra Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule today admitted that Rs 34,495 crore dues of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) are yet to be recovered from nearly one and half crore consumers across the state. The minister gave this information...
Cops make no headway in daring theft at CA’s house in Dharampeth
Nagpur: Even after 24 hours of daring theft at the house of Chartered Accountant Parag Paranjape in Dharampeth, cops have failed to make any headway in cracking the case. The perpetrators of the daylight burglary at the CA’s house, which...
Oppn raises coal shortage, load-shedding in Assembly
Nagpur: The Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and over seven dozen MLAs raised the issue of coal shortage and load-shedding during Question Hour in Assembly on the third day of winter session. In his written reply, the State Energy Minister...
Farmers in Nagpur district heave sigh of relief as loans waived
Nagpur: Finally the farmers in the district heaved a sigh of relief after they got the SMS on their mobiles of loan waiver. Under the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Saman Scheme, total 69,309 farmers in the district have been benefitted...
Winter Session: Cops monitoring ‘invasion’ of morchas in a smart way
Nagpur: With the horde of morchas ‘invading’ the Second Capital City of Nagpur during the Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature, the cops are monitoring the movements in a smart way. The Command and Control Centre of Nagpur Police is keeping a...
Day-3: Oppn continues onslaught, Assembly adjourned thrice
Nagpur: The Opposition onslaught against Fadnavis Government continued on the third day of the Winter Session forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House thrice. The proceedings of the Legislative Assembly today commenced at 10 am. The Speaker called for Question...
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis’ wife Amruta Fadnavis trolled for ‘spreading Christianity’
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis became the latest target of online distort for sharing a photograph from an event that she attended recently in Mumbai. Amruta, who attended a Christmas charity event on Monday, shared a photograph...
ACB registers 4 FIRs in Gosikhurd ‘irregularities’
Nagpur: The ACB today registered four FIRs against irrigation department officials and contractors in connection with alleged irregularities in the Gosikhurd irrigation project in east Maharashtra. The FIRs were registered at Sadar police station in the city against the then engineer,...
Shreesurya Scam: Dagwar tells court he invested 44 lakhs
Nagpur: In a jam packed court, finally the most awaited trial of Shreesurya investment began at 3 pm before the District and Sessions Judge Munghate in Nagpur. One of the investors Shriram Balkrishna Dagwar, retired lecturer from Government Polytechnic College stood...
Chief Minister inaugurates Parliamentary classes
Nagpur: The legislature has been doing a perfect and good work of framing the Acts. Maharashtra Legislature has framed many revolutionary Acts, observed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He was inaugurating the 47th Parliamentary classes organised by Rashtrakul Sansadiya Mandal’s Maharashtra unit....
Maharashtra loan waiver: On 77th birthday, Sharad Pawar tells farmers to start non-cooperation movement against state govt
Nagpur: On Tuesday, NCP president and former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar headed an anti-government rally in Nagpur. The Jan Halla Bol Aakrosh March, which was held on Pawar’s 77 birthday, was attended by around 50,000 people. Senior leaders such as...
Maha Congress chief Chavan bats for open vote in Council polls
File Pic Nagpur: Following a suspected cross-voting by 25 legislators from the Congress and NCP in favour of BJP candidate Prasad Lad in the recent Legislative Council poll, Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan today said these elections should not be...
RIL owes over Rs 1,900 crore in surcharge dues to MMRDA: CM
File Pic Nagpur: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) owes “additional surcharge” of more than Rs 1,900 crore to state- run agency MMRDA for delay in development of plots in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Assembly was informed today. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave this...
Man hangs himself to death
Nagpur: A 55 year old man committed suicide by hanging self. The name of the deceased is Chandrakant Choudhary. According to the police sources, Chandrakant Choudhary, a resident was of Patil Layout coming under Sonegaon police station was alone at home...
Emergency Shutdown: NMC-OCW to plug major leakage near Laxminagar ESR on Dec 13
Nagpur: A huge leakage is developed and detected on Pande layout feeder near Laxminagar ESR on Tuesday evening. The leakage need to be arrested on priority as huge quantity of water is being flowing over the road surface. To plug this...
All-party MLAs stage token hunger strike for reservation to Marathas
Nagpur: All party MLAs on Tuesday staged a token hunger strike at the stairs of Vidhan Bhavan to press for their demand regarding reservation to Maratha community. The agitating MLAs urged the government to fulfil the aspirations of Maratha community...
On his 77th birthday, Pawar hits streets to corner BJP Govt over farmers’ issues
Nagpur: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, despite leg thumb surgery, hit the streets to lead the “Halla Bol’ morcha taken out by the party to corner the State Government on various issues including farmer suicides, loan waiver, etc. Incidentally, Pawar is celebrating...
Massive ‘Jan Akrosh-Halla Bol’ morcha of Congress, NCP takes city by storm
Nagpur: Thousands of workers and leaders of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party gathered in Nagpur for participating in ‘Jan Akrosh-Halla Bol’ morcha that marched towards Vidhan Bhavan on the second day of Winter Session. The enthusiastic workers raised high-pitched slogans...
Tainted land deal for Baba Ramdev’s Food Park at MIHAN figures in Assembly
Nagpur: The “generous gesture” on the part of Fadnavis Government to allot 230 acres of land at throwaway price to Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved for setting up Food Park in MIHAN figured in State Assembly on the second day of...
Assembly adjourned for the day amid Oppn pandemonium over farm loan waiver
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly plunged into pandemonium on the second day of the Winter Session after Opposition members demanded total loan waiver to farmers. Amidst the din, the House was adjourned for the day. Earlier, the House witnessed three adjournments...
Father-son dupe man to tune of Rs 22.50 lakh
Nagpur: A father-son duo duped a person to a tune of Rs 22.50 lakh by selling plot to two persons. According to police sources, Rahul Dupare and Samarpan Dupare, both father-son sold a plot to one Murlidhar Gulhane (61) and took Rs...
