Young woman dies in freak road mishap

Nagpur: In a freak incident, a 27-year old woman lost her life after falling from a running tractor. The incident took place in Yashodhara Nagar area here on Thursday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Sarita Prakashmani Uke, resident of...

Video – A Tale of a Tank: neglect of several leakage complaints resulted in bursting

Cash-starved NMC spends lakhs for President’s visit but leaves retired employees in the lurch

Nagpur: The cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) that has “opened its coffers” to make sure the upcoming visit of President memorable one is leaving its retired employees in the lurch. At a time when the civic body which is not...

Video – Sneak Peek: Mata Rani in the making

Nagpur: The pandals are set, lighting mounted and sound checked. With the festival of Navratri, comes Pandal hopping. All dressed up, we all will be visiting several pandals of Nagpur admiring the idols of Maa Durga. But, how many times...

Dawood is hiding in Pakistan, Iqbal Kaskar tells IB officials

Mumbai/Nagpur: Intelligence Bureau (IB) sleuths on Thursday intensely grilled Iqbal Kaskar, the brother of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, for four hours. Kaskar, who is in 8-day custody of Thane police in an extortion case, reportedly told his interrogators that the...

City cops conduct full dress rehearsal for President’s visit

Nagpur: Ahead of President Ram Nath Kovind’s day-long visit to Nagpur, city police carried out a full dress rehearsal on Thursday. The President is arriving in city by special Indian Air Force plane at 10 am on Friday, September 22. Tight...

Power breakdowns: Consumers sweat & fume but MSEDCL, SNDL choose to turn a blind eye

Nagpur: Nagpur city hosts two development agencies (NMC & NIT), four road owners (NMC, NIT, PWD & NHAI), and two power franchisees (Mahavitaran & SNDL). For want of coordination and cooperation the entire system has collapsed in the city. Specifically...

India Peace Centre celebrates International Day of Peace with a Cycle Rally

Nagpur: The India Peace Centre and its partners celebrated the International Day of Peace in a unique way. With a belief that Peace is the only way in which approach towards sustainable efforts which would result in Sustainable peace, a...

Ae haaloo!! Shake legs to Garba for Navratri has begun

File Pic Nagpur: Nagpur is ready to witness playing of Garba, Dandiya, Fasting and scrumptious food as the nine day celebration of Goddess Durga’s nine avatars has started. The festival of Navratri which commemorates the triumph of good over evil is...

580 liquor bottles seized from Nagpur Railway station

Nagpur: In a big move, RPF has arrested two smugglers with 580 bottles of liquor of an estimated worth of Rs. 40,600. As inform the sources, to monitor liquor smuggling, a team has been formed under Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,...

Kavi Suresh Bhat Auditorium, an architectural marvel and pride of place in Nagpur

Nagpur: Kavivarya Suresh Bhat Cultural Auditorium, an architectural marvel and pride of place in Nagpur, will be dedicated by President of India Ramnath Kovind in a glittering function to be held on September 22 at 4 pm. A galaxy of...

Video : Water tanks bursts open in Hansapuri, turns surrounding into pool

Nagpur: A huge water tank atop a concrete structure in Hansapuri area has burst opened on Thursday morning, creating a large pool of water around. This tank has been the prime source of water supply in the area. Sources said there...

After not being granted with the funds, private schools to deny admissions under RTE

Nagpur: After not being provided with the funds under Right to Education, the private school owners of the state have declared that they will not be considering admissions under the Act, from the next session. The schools are to be...

Teenage girl kidnapped in MIDC, cops hunt accused youth

Representational Pic Nagpur: A teenage girl was allegedly kidnapped by a young boy from her own house in MIDC area on Wednesday. Cops have launched a massive search to trace the girl as well as the abductor. The mother of the...

RSS, NMC issued HC notice over construction at Smruti Mandir

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has issued notices to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) over latter's decision to build a compound wall and internal cement roads for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) Smruti Mandir...

Despite monitoring, problem tigress mauls farmer in Bor forests

Nagpur/Wardha: The Bor tigress has once again preyed upon its kill after it had mauled two villagers and injured four in Brahmapuri from where it was captured. In a fresh incident, the problem tigress killed a farmer in Wadala (Wardhpur)...

South Korea might invest 45k crore in Mumbai-Nagpur expressway

Nagpur: After three months of finance minister Arun Jaitley’s visit to South Korea, it is be rumoured that South Korea might invest a sum of Rs. 45,000 crores in the ambitious Mumbai-Nagpur expressway project. As states a central government source, Seoul...

HC quashes FIR filed against suspended Dahegaon Rangari Sarpanch Chaudhary

Representational Pic Nagpur: In a relief to suspended Sarpanch of Dahegaon Rangari Gram Panchayat Archana Chaudhary the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR registered against her at Khaparkheda Police Station on 18.7.2017 for the offences punishable...

Video: Traffic cop assaulted by unruly mob on Manewada Road

Tainted contractor “manages” to save Patansaongi Toll Plaza contract but at a price

Nagpur: The tainted Mumbai-based contractor Pravin Pandey who had found himself in hot soup for failure to submit mandatory bank guarantee to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) towards toll collection at Patansaongi-based toll plaza has managed to save his...