Slow pace of industrialization in Nagpur: Is political will lacking?

Nagpur: 'As the BJP-led government turns three on October 31, the chief minister’s much-touted agenda of improving the investment climate in the state remains a work in progress. Even as the government has unveiled a slew of policy measures to...

Teenage girl kidnapped in MIDC

Representational Pic Nagpur: A 33-year old man has been booked by MIDC police on the charges of luring and kidnapping a teenage girl from her house on October 23 morning. Cops have launched a search to trace the girl as...

Sugar trader duped of Rs 1 crore in dubious deal

Nagpur: In a major fraud, a sugar trader of city was duped to the tune of Rs 1 crore by Solapur-based Bhima Coop Sugar Factory, its Managing Director and a private firm of Kolhapur in a dubious deal. According to the...

NIT likely to be dissolved by December

Nagpur: Efforts are being made on war footing level to dissolve the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) by the end of this December this year, 10 months after the decision to dissolve NIT was taken. NIT chairman Deepak Mhaisekar and...

Man rapes MBA graduate on marriage promise

Nagpur: Raping on the pretext of marriage promise has been rampant practice adding to the crime against women in Nagpur. In a similar development a 22-year-old woman lodged a rape complaint against her beau Rajat Bagde, an MBA graduate and...

Ganja worth Rs 2.5 lakh seized from train’s coach at Nagpur rly station

Nagpur: The Crime Intelligence Bureau (CIB) of RPF seized a consignment of 25kg of ganja from the air-conditioned coach of Dakshin Express on Thursday. The consignment worth Rs 2.50 lakh was found in two abandoned bags under the lower berth. The...

Chhath Puja celebrated with zeal and religious fervor at many places in city

Nagpur: Chhath Puja, also known as Pratihar, is a festival celebrated in many parts of the country especially in regions of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh etc. On this day offerings are made to the Sun Lord and his wife...

Almost no investment, falling employment and halt to industrialization : Dimsal 3 years of Fadnavis government

Nagpur: There is no doubt that the BJP governments both at the centre and in Maharashtra were rung in on the plank of development. The youth of India, who had caused the overwhelming Modi wave were hopeful of 'better days' in...

SC verdict in Pintu Shirke murder case likely on Oct 30

Nagpur: The Supreme Court is likely to deliver its ruling in the sensational Pintu Shirke murder case of Nagpur on Monday, October 30, 2017. Earlier, during the hearing held before Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, the prosecution and defence counsels argued for...

Governor to inaugurate All India Flag Day for the Blind

Nagpur: The Governor of Maharashtra Ch Vidyasagar Rao will inaugurate the All India Flag Day for the Blind organized by the National Association for the Blind (NAB) at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai at 11.40 am on Friday, October 27, 2017. Rameshwar...

Video: ‘War of attrition’ between SNDL & Raut escalates

Reliance’s Aerospace Park foundation to be laid on Oct 27

Nagpur: French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation and Reliance Aerospace Ltd will tomorrow lay the foundation stone of an aerospace park which will manufacture aircraft components for the Indian as well as the global market. It is estimated to cost about Rs...

Nagpur set to see major infrastructure push in Bharatmala Project

Repressentional pic Nagpur: The Second Capital City of Nagpur is set to see a major infrastructure push in the Bharatmala Project that was cleared by the Union Cabinet on October 25. The project is the second largest highways construction project...

Swine Flu raises its ugly head with vengeance in Nagpur

Nagpur: After a “lull’ in the year 2016 since its outbreak in 2009, the dreaded Swine Flu raised its ugly head in 2017 with vengeance by claiming 104 lives till now in Nagpur division. In 2016, just 8 positive cases...

Facebook ‘friend’ rapes woman with marriage promise

Nagpur: A Facebook “friend” exploited his ‘girlfriend’ sexually for over three years on the pretext of marriage promise. The accused rapist has been booked. According to the 22-year old complainant, resident of Ambazari area, the accused Rajat Ganesh Bade (24) of...

Cash, gold worth Rs 3.42 lakh stolen from two houses in Ambazari

Nagpur: Burglars struck at two houses in Ambazari area on Wednesday and decamped with cash and gold ornaments collectively worth Rs 3.42 lakh. In the first incident, the complainant, Ramesh Kumaran Memon (57), resident of Plot No. 96/D, 201 Alka Apartment,...

Minor raped by uncle, gets 6 months’ pregnant, doc says its too late to abort

Nagpur: A 15 year old girl and her parents are facing the biggest dilemma of their lives as the girl is 6 months pregnant now after she was repeatedly raped by her uncle, her father's brother. Her uncle had raped...

Tricksters con bizmen in Nagpur, dupe them of Rs 25 lakh

Nagpur: A slew of businessmen in Nagpur are having sleepless nights, for they have been conned by a gang consisting of four tricksters who has duped them to the tune of Rs 25 lakh. The fraudsters, part of the 'Anna gang',...

Nagpur Metro gets nod for construction at KP ground, shifting part of Krazy Castle

Nagpur: Even as the state government has proposed to exempt the projects like metro and mono rail stations from seeking permission of planning authorities to carry out the construction, Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation is already ahead in getting nod for...

Mahdi Bagh Muslims celebrate Diwali with Rangoli, Lanterns

Nagpur: In keeping with their tradition of communal harmony, the residents of Mahdi Bagh Colony, a city-based community of devout and progressive Muslims, celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali with a rangoli making and a lantern making competition. More than 50...