Cyber Cell busts job racket in name of PM’s Skill Development Scheme, 2 arrested

Nagpur: The Cyber Cell of Nagpur Police Crime Branch raided a call centre in Chandrapur district and busted a job racket being run in the name of Prime Minister’s Skill Development Scheme. The mastermind of the job racket and his...

Nagpur or Venice?? Look what first monsoon rains did to our city!

Nagpur: Finally Monsoons seem to have arrived in the city! It rained heavily yesterday but just for half an hour or so - today rains came early at mid morning and it rained consistently for about two hours. The much needed...

40-year old woman found murdered in Yashodhara Nagar

Representational Pic Nagpur: Tension ran high in Kundanlal Gupta Nagar coming under Yashodhara Nagar police jurisdiction when a 40-year old woman was found murdered in her house on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Rukhmini Raju Bodkhe. Rukhmini was staying...

2 men arrested with tiger bones, nails

File Pic Nagpur: A patrolling squad of Pench Tiger Project has arrested two men who were found possessing tiger bones and nails. The squad, led by Forest Range Officer of Unified Control, Paoni, Pandurang Pakhle detained the two accused Babulal...

Bodies of two men found floating in Gandhisagar Lake

File Pic Nagpur: Bodies of two unidentified men, both aged, were found floating in Gandhisagar Lake (Shukrawari Talao) on Monday. The ace diver Jagdeesh Ramesh Khare (45) retrieved the bodies and informed Ganeshpeth police about the incident. The diver Jagdeesh Khare,...

One more MCOCA convict jumps furlough, goes absconding

Nagpur: Yet another MCOCA convict who was undergoing life imprisonment in murder and rioting case jumped the furlough period and went underground. The absconding convict is now a subject of massive manhunt. A MCOCA convict named Saurabh Vilas Kadlag is...

4 Special Trains between Nagpur-Pandharpur for Ashadhi Ekadashi Yatra

Nagpur: In view of heavy rush of pilgrims visiting Pandharpur on the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi Yatra, Railways have decided to run four special trains between Nagpur and Pandharpur. 01226 Nagpur-Pandharpur Special Train: The train will depart on July 1 and...

Edu Dy. Director Anil Pardhi sleeps over malpractice by schools

Nagpur: The beginning of new academic session in schools has brought forth plethora of problems being faced by the parents, thanks to the Deputy Director of Education Anil Pardhi who is deliberately sleeping on extremism being done by many schools...

Rented flat for commercial use? Get ready to face NMC’s music

Nagpur: Taking a hard stance on the citizens who have rented their residential properties for commercial use, Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Ashwin Mudgal has directed to survey the city and make the list of such properties in all the 10 NMC zones....

Fly Ash Utilization : Mahagenco wants brick kiln owners to set up units at Koradi

Nagpur Surrounded by a multi-crore scam involving sale of 4 units in scrap, Mahagenco is now trying to recycle its ways, quite literally. In yet another move which sources suspect can be turned into scam anytime, Mahagenco Ash Management Services...

Woman tries to end life, hubby blames neighbour’s son

Nagpur: A 30 year old woman has tried to end her life after she consumed poison at her residence. Her husband is blaming their neighbour's 26-year-old son, Saurabh Dhole, for harassing her and forcing her to take the drastic step....

City’s Vaishnavi Pote enters India Book of Records with a stunning feat

Nagpur: Vaishnavi Pote, a student of Bhavan's, Civil Lines, entered the India Book of Records with her stunning feat of memorizing skills. Vaishnavi set a national record in the word memorizing category at an event organized by India Book of...

Video: Thane Crime Branch raids petrol pump in Nagpur for fuel theft

Heavy rains lash city, region

Nagpur: After four days of hide and seek, Rain Indra blessed the city and Vidarbha region with heavy hands on Monday. The pouring in the afternoon, as usual left many streets waterlogged, drains overflowing and thus exposed the Nagpur Municipal...

2 former Congress Corporators Chopra, Mishra along with 250 workers join BJP

Nagpur: Two former Corporators of Congress – Prashant Chopra and Suman Mishra – along with 250 other Congressmen have quit the party and joined BJP at a function organised at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence in Mahal on Monday. The...

Bodies of 4 of a Andraskar family killed in Gulmarg brought to Nagpur

Nagpur: Bodies of four members of a Delhi- based family hailing from Nagpur, who were killed in a cable car accident in Kashmir yesterday, have been brought to the city this evening. Jayant Andraskar (42), his wife Manisha (38), their daughters...

Nagpur celebrates Eid with rainy delights!

Nagpur: Eid can never be so tempting, especially when you crave for hot piping sheerkhurma (vermicelli soaked in milk) loaded with all the dry fruits, followed by the delicious bites of biryani! Yes, as the city goes in for Eid...

People across India sport black armbands to protest lynching of Muslims

Nagpur: Thousands and thousands of Muslim families celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, a festival celebrated to bolster peace and brotherhood marking the end of month-long Ramzan fasts on Monday. However, the revelries were dampened by the recent spurt in instances of mob...

Lupin founder and Chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta passes away

Nagpur/New Delhi: Founder and Chairman of pharma major Lupin, Desh Bandhu Gupta passed away this morning in Mumbai. Gupta (79), founded Lupin in 1968 and created a global pharmaceutical major with a presence in over 100 countries including a unit in...

Nitesh Khonde: meet the Doctor with the gentle healing touch, with Ayurveda instead of surgery!

Nagpur: "If you have a parent who has been advised the costly and painful knee replacement surgery, or any surgery for the spine; if you are suffering from what seems like incurable spondilitis , please give Ayurveda a chance to...