Team India lands in Nagpur, Green tops likely in city

Nagpur/New Delhi: Even as the cricketing stars from Team India landed in Nagpur on Wednesday morning to play the second test against Sri Lanka, the opponent Islanders are likely to battle it out with home players on a pitch with...

Nitin Gadkari releases book ‘Vikas Ki Ganga’

Nagpur: Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping and Water Resources, recently released the book 'Vikas Ki Ganga', a coffee table book of Hindi poems, and songs written by Ritupriya Khare. The event was conducted at Khare's residence,...

MNREGS works to be digitalised, says commissioner

Nagpur: The process under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) will be digitalised. The photos of the works right from the first day till completion will be presented as a proof. In the coming days the photos as...

Vidarbha students’ dream shattered as agent dupes them on pretext of getting admission in Ukraine’s College

Nagpur: Often students dream of making their career from foreign university and so are in search of good opportunities. Same was the case with Aishwarya Khobragade and 140 other students from Vidarbha. Aishwarya who belongs to Chandrapur had appeared for NEET,...

Nagpur Doctors sympathize with the family but opine that blaming Fortis is not fair

Nagpur: The nation is collectively shocked to read the sad news of a little 7 year old girl in Gurugram (Gurgaon) dying of dengue and then the hospital concerned handing over a 'bill' of Rs. 16 - Rs.18 lakhs. (Depending...

Deptt’s in RTMNU’s campus sans CCTV cameras

Nagpur: Leave alone the colleges, even most of the departments in RTMNU’s campus do not have CCTV cameras though the University Grants Commission (UGC) had asked the varsities to make arrangement for the security of students. There were also instructions that...

MSRDC urges state govt to relax rules to acquire farmers’ land for Mumbai-Nagpur expressway

Nagpur: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), a nodal authority has proposed to relax the rules related to land acquisition It has done this as it was facing a strong opposition from the farmers over land for the proposed Mumbai-Nagpur...

3 accused planning dacoity arrested while other 3 flee

Nagpur: Miscreants planning to carry out dacoity in city were caught by the Shantinagar police. Total there were six accused but police managed to catch three persons while the other three fled away. The names of three accused arrested are...

Man ends life in Ramkrishna Nagar

Nagpur: A 35 year old man committed suicide by hanging himself in Ramkrishna Nagar coming under Wadi police station. As per police sources, Jeetendra Tirkude tied an Odhani to the ceiling to end his life at 10.30 yesterday night when he...

Pawar urges CM to revive sick industrial units of Vidarbha to contain Naxalites

Nagpur: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Monday urged chief minister Devendra Fadanvis to take immediate steps to revive distressed industries of Vidarbha region. Thriving hubs of commerce once, many of them are in the red now. “I was on a tour...

Slow pace of NIT Ambazari pool’s renovation enrages users

Nagpur: Ambazari Pool Users' Association has threatened agitation over slow pace of renovation of Nagpur Improvement Trust's (NIT) Ambazari swimming pool. The office-bearers have threatened to move Nagpur bench of Bombay high court if NIT does not mend its ways. Association...

‘Power’ Connection : AAP warns agitation if SNDL fails to snap electricity supply of 26 defaulting corporators

Nagpur: Amid the telling silence from the ruling party leaders including those holding ranks in state cabinet, over the issue of 26 corporators defaulting in electricity bills, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now raised its voice. The party has...

Round Table India to hold Annual Area Secys meet from Nov 23

Nagpur: Round Table India has organised a meet of its Annual Area Secretaries on November 23 to 25. Total 16 Area Secretaries and Treasures will participate. National Secretary Piyush Daga and Treasure Akshay Dugar will be first coming to Nagpur...

Round Table 299’s workshop on “Fears & Phobias”

Nagpur: In continuation of RTI Week celebrations, Nagpur Tigers Round Table 299, in tandem with the National Out of The Box Day, organised an LAPD session on 'Fears & Phobias' which was successfully conducted on 17th November by renowned trainers...

Case registered against owner of Port O’ Gomez for molesting woman half his age

Nagpur: In a shocking incident it has been revealed that a case has been registered against 51-year-old Alvin Golmes, owner of the popular restaurant Port O’ Gomez, who had been living with a woman half his age and had been...

NIT gears up to collect development charges for unauthorised buildings

Nagpur: NIT Chairman Deepak Mhaiskar informed that from August 31, 2010 NIT has got the authority to sanction building construction development works coming under the jurisdiction of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. He was addressing the mediapersons here on Monday. Nagpur Improvement Trust...

Motojojo Gathering – Meeting of like minded adventurous Souls!

No water supply in Dhantoli and nearby areas on Nov. 22 for major leakage plugging

Nagpur: In a bid to stop wastage of water through leakages and deteriorated pipelines, Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Orange City Water have planned take 12-hour shutdown on Kanhan WTP 1300x900 mm dia feeder main line on November 22. Major leakages have...

Despite ban sale of nylon manja still on in city

Nagpur: Come December, January and kites start swaying in the blue sky. Manja business is also at its peak during this season. Despite the High Court and National Green Tribunal has banned the plastic coated manja yet some of the...

Nagpur gets India’s first electric vehicle charging station

Nagpur: The city has got India’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging station at one of the petrol pumps. This first EV charging station has been launched by State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in partnership with taxi aggregator Ola. Nagpur is...