NIT approaches SIT for action in alleged land scam by Scientific Society
Nagpur: Appealing a probe and action against Laxmi-Nagar based Scientific Cooperative Housing Society for selling two plots owned by civic agency to two builders 21 years ago, the NIT (Nagpur Improvement Trust) has lodged a complaint with Special Investigation Team...
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s 3-day tour of Nagpur in Nov
Nagpur:The spiritual leader and Founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be on a 3-day tour of Nagpur from November 17 to 19. Fondly called Sri Sri, he will grace “Antarang Varta” programme being organised...
Woman, her two minor daughters burgle gold booty from house in Tehsil, caught
Nagpur: A woman and her two teenage daughters struck at a house in Tehsil area and burgled gold ornaments worth Rs 1.24 lakh. But in a stupid act, accused woman adorned a stolen nose ring to be noticed by the...
ST strike called off after rap by High Court
Nagpur: The employees of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC ) on late Friday night called off their indefinite strike after the Bombay High Court termed the strike “illegal.” All state bus services are expected to resume by Saturday morning....
Dark Diwali: 7 more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
Nagpur: A flurry of measures including loan waiver announced by State Government failed to enlighten lives of farmers in Vidarbha as seven more farmers committed suicide that too on Laxmi Pujan day. Mounting debt and crop failure are being cited...
Aapli Bus crushes two men to death in Jaripatka
Nagpur: Two persons including a teenage boy were crushed to death by a recklessly-driven Aapli Bus near Uppalwadi Bridge in Jaripatka jurisdiction on Friday night. The driver of the killer bus fled the spot fearing public wrath. The angry residents...
Police Commemoration Day observed in city
Nagpur: The Nagpur Police on Saturday observed Police Commemoration Day at Police Headquarters, Police Line, Takli, Katol Road. Observed on October 21 every year, the Police Commemoration Day remembers the sacrifices of ten policemen who died in Chinese firing in 1959....
Govt’s ‘grand gesture’ to Patanjali boomerangs as new cos put investments in Mihan project on backburner?
Nagpur: The ‘grand gesture’ of Maharashtra Government to allot over 200 acres of land at Mihan to Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali at throwaway price seems to have boomeranged in more ways than one. The State Government allotted the land to Patanjali...
“ST employees not listening to even CM,” Raote tells a passenger
Nagpur: A wordy duel on phone between a passenger and Transport Minister Diwakar Raote over the ongoing strike by ST employees left the listeners amusing and red-faced as well. The wordy duel was reported by Marathi news channel ‘Som.’ Passenger: “Solution to...
Passengers see red as ST strike enters Day-4
Nagpur: The red ST Buses are fondly called the ‘Lifeline’ of Rural Maharashtra. However, this very lifeline has put thousands of bus passengers across Mumbai stranded as employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) went on an indefinite...
Two brothers try to strip a woman in Mankapur on Diwali day
Nagpur: In a shameful incident, two brothers allegedly tried to strip a neighbouring woman on Laxmi Pujan day over a dispute. The two accused brothers also attacked and thrashed the woman’s husband and son. The incident took place in Mankapur...
Teenager stabbed to death, father injured by family of four in Kalamna
Nagpur: A teenager was stabbed to death and his father injured critically when four members of a family attacked them over playing of songs on Laxmi Pujan day in Kalamna area. All the four accused have been arrested. The complainant, Bindabai...
NMC invited to send nominations for ‘SKOCH Mobility Award 2017’
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has been invited to send nominations for ‘SKOCH Mobility Award 2017’ in transport, roads and infrastructure categories. The ‘SKOCH Mobility Award 2017’ ceremony will be held on December 2017 at Constitution Club of India,...
Farmers’ deaths : 5 lethal pesticides under scanner as state proposes ban
Nagpur: In the wake of rampant deaths of farmers due to spray of pesticides in cotton fields of Vidarbha, particularly in Yavatmal where 21 of 39 deaths were registered, the state agriculture department has identified five lethal pesticides and sought...
Mum-Nagpur Expressway: MSRDC submits list of cos
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has submitted a list of 33 international and domestic consortium who have bided for the construction of Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, to the Union Home Ministry for seeking a security clearance. Two weeks ago, the...
Mahadiscom to rope in pvt players in 6 cities including Nagpur
Mumbai : Pitching for letting private players operate and maintain its network, Mahadiscom, the cash-starved electricity distribution company of the Maharashtra government, is planning to invite international bids to implement franchisee model in six more locations. Currently, the model is...
10,000 more homes under PMAY across Maharashtra
Mumbai/Nagpur: This week, the state’s committee for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) will discuss sanctioning of projects comprising 10,000 affordable dwellings across Maharashtra. In the last few days, 60 projects comprising a total of 1.82 lakh affordable homes have got...
Festive Feel : This Diwali, let’s not burn but light up our lives!
So Diwali is here and the pleasing, enchanting and the most cherishing times of the year are at your door step... It’s the most awaited time, for you get to sit back, relax and enjoy the festivities with family and...
Petitions against the Rs 46,000 crore Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway should be dismissed, says Maharashtra government
Nagpur/Mumbai: Maharashtra government has asked for the petitions filed against Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's pet project -- the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to be dismissed and costs to be imposed on farmers for filing petitions against it. The hi-tech expressway, also...
Video: This Happy Diwali let’s check out what’s the happening Mithai at Haldirams’!
Do you have an ‘Oppo’ smart phone? Does it heat up often? Be ready to be dodged by the service centre
Nagpur: What would you do if your newly purchased costly phone has an issue and the service centres keep on diverting you with illogical claims instead of resolving your issue? Well you must have undergone the same if you have...
