Mayor reviews arrangements for Chhat Puja celebration at Ambazari Lake
Nagpur: The Mayor Nanda Jichkar on Wednesday visited Ambazari Lake and reviewed various arrangements being made by Nagpur Municipal Corporation for the upcoming Chhat Puja to be celebrated by North Indian community from October 24 to 27 this year. Chhat fast...
Youth molests, attacks minor girl with razor blade in Nandanvan
Nagpur: In an audacious act, a pervert youth molested a 16-year old girl and also attacked her with a razor blade in Nandanvan area here on Tuesday night. The accused has been booked. A resident of Nandanvan the 16-year old girl...
Father-son duo attacked with sword by 4 goons over petty issue in Pachpaoli
Nagpur: A father-son duo was assaulted with sword by four goons over a trivial issue of bike headlight focus in Pachpaoli area here on Monday night. According to police, the complainant, Praful Mukund Gaekwad (15), resident of Ashok Nagar, near Ram...
Fadnavis signs up as ‘decision maker’ on petition website
File Pic Nagpur/Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has signed up as a 'decision maker' on a global social change technology platform, giving him a chance to engage directly with citizen issues and campaigns. Fadnavis launched his official decision maker profile...
Gang of drunk vandals ransack restaurant in Bajaj Nagar, attack owner; 3 arrested
Nagpur: A gang of drunk hooligans vandalised a restaurant in Bajaj Nagar and also attacked the owner for refusing to serve food to them in the late night on Tuesday. Three vandals have been arrested and others are being searched. The...
President honours Dr Mahadeo Meshram of Nagpur with ‘Jeevangaurav Puraskar’
Nagpur: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday honoured Dr Mahadeo Meshram with Jeevangaurav Puraskar (Lifetime Achievement) for his distinguished service in the medical field as well as outstanding contribution in the welfare and uplift of adivasis and orphans. Dr Mahadeo...
Of a flyover constructed “illegally” and the ‘demolition plan’
Nagpur: The town is agog with talk of ‘proposed’ demolition of flyover constructed from Manas Square to Jaistambh Square in front of Nagpur Railway Station. The city MP and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari himself has found glaring shortcomings in the...
SC defers judgement in Pintu Shirke murder case to Oct 25
Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its judgement in the sensational Pintu Shirke murder case of Nagpur to October 25, 2017. The Division Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said that the judgement in...
Where is Vidarbha? Will we ever get it?!! asks BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh
Nagpur: We won so many seats here based on the promise we made to create a separate state - but where is Vidarbha ? Will we ever get it?!! An anguished Ashish Deshmukh, a popular Youth leader of Central India asks. Ashish...
Rain rain go away! Incessant showers wreck Soyabean and Cotton crops
File Pic Nagpur: The incessant downpour in Nagpur District for past three days has adversely affected the Soyabean and cotton crops in and around the region. The unseasonal rain which lashed the city has had poor impact on ready for...
‘No Diwali gift’: Mayor rejects NMC employees’ demand on payment of DA arrears
Nagpur: Thousands of employees of Nagpur Municipal Corporation ‘expecting a Diwali gift’ in the form of payment of ‘Dearness Allowance’ (DA) arrears were left fuming when the Mayor Nanda Jichkar totally rejected their demand in this regard. On the other...
Gang of burglars busted, stolen Jaguar bathroom fittings seized
Nagpur: The Crime Branch Unit 4 of city police busted a gang of five criminals involved in theft of high-end bathroom fittings of Jaguar Company from a distributor’s godown. The cops have recovered the stolen goods and a Bolero...
Petrol to be cheaper by Rs2, diesel by Re1 across Maharashtra from midnight
Nagpur/Mumbai: Following a diktat from the Central government to reduce state taxes on petrol and diesel, the Maharashtra government slashed the petrol price by Rs2 and diesel by Re1 a litre from Tuesday midnight. The decision to reduce the value added...
Khel Khel mein: NMC’s sloppy attitude leads to encroachment over playground, sports-lovers whine for space
Nagpur: NMC’s inaction in upholding the Public Utility Land near Gittikhadan Square in Mauja Boregaon, has landed it in the list of encroached government land with several others in the line. A playground in the area, has landed in a...
Old woman dies of electric shock in Jaripatka
Nagpur: An aged woman lost her life due to electric shock when she accidentally touched a “live” cooler. The tragic incident took place in Jaripatka jurisdiction on Monday evening. The deceased Gangabhagarathi alias Devikabai Baburao Shende (62), resident of Indora Barakholi,...
Mother-son attacked with knife by man over old dispute in Old Kamptee
Representational Pic Nagpur: A mother-son duo was attacked with knife and injured seriously by a man over old dispute. The incident took place in Old Kamptee on Sunday night. The injured have been admitted to Mayo Hospital. The accused has...
38 mobile phones, cash stolen from Paradise Mobile World in Mankapur
Representational Pic Nagpur: Unidentified burglars struck at a mobile shop in Mankapur and decamped with 38 cell phone handsets and cash collectively worth Rs 4.75 lakh in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. A resident of Shrikrishna Nagar, Godhni Road,...
17-year student raped by youth with ‘marriage promise’
Nagpur: A 17-year old student was raped frequently by a youth by ‘promising’ to marry her. The accused has been booked but not arrested so far. The accused, Nikhil Vasantrao Hatwar (24), resident of Nandanvan area, befriended the 17-year old girl...
30+ young Rohini Singh vs the Might of the Modi Ministry – a new definition of David vs Goliath!
"Intimidation and harassment are tools often used by powerful people to get journalists to toe the line. As someone famously once said and I paraphrase, news is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. I don't know about...
Nagpur Spirits organises a session on ‘The Science of Selling’
Nagpur: Nagpur Spirits Round Table 258 organized a one of its kind Leadership and Personality Development Session on 'The Science of Selling' conducted by marketing wizard Sanjay Singh. In his seminar Mr Singh demonstrated the various techniques and formulas that help...
Why forest officials in so hurry to shoot Bor Tigress?
FILE PHOTO Nagpur: Environmentalists have raised hackles over the hurried manner in which the forest officials have issued shooting orders for problem tigress in Bor Tiger Reserve where the big cat killed 2 people after being brought here from...
