Sakhi Mandal’s Diwali exhibition-cum-sale on Sunday
Nagpur: With the Festival of Lights Deepawali round the corner, Sakhi Mandal, Telecom Nagar, is organizing an exhibition-cum-sale where a variety of items ranging from apparels, decorative to snacks will be available for Diwali celebration. The exhibition-cum-sale is being held...
Housemaid burgles gold booty worth Rs 2.87 lakh from a Sitabuldi house
Representational Pic Nagpur: A housemaid reportedly burgled gold ornaments worth Rs 2.87 lakh kept in an almirah by her employer residing in Sitabuldi area between 10 am and 12 noon on Thursday. Cops have launched a search to...
A sort of victory – October 14, 1956: the day Ambedkar became a Buddhist
B.R. Ambedkar at a public meeting in Delhi, 1955 "Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in Nagpur on October 14, 1956, that is, exactly 60 years ago today. I shall come presently to the ceremony and its coverage in the Bombay Chronicle,...
Teenage girl crushed to death by truck near Pardi Square
Representational Pic Nagpur: A 16-year old girl was crushed to death by a speeding truck near Pardi Square here on Thursday evening. In another incident, a 55-year old man was also killed when the motorcycle he was riding was hit...
Family demands CBI probe into Eknath Nimgade murder
Nagpur: With no breakthrough in sight in the sensational daylight murder of senior architect Eknath Nimgade on September 6, 2016 in busy Gandhibagh area, the efficiency of cops is coming under cloud. The demand for a CBI probe is also...
CM Fadnavis announces fee waiver to students below 6 lakhs family income
Mumbai/Nagpur: Taking a giant leap in the education development in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced implementation of slew of schemes that ensure fee waiver to the students who belongs to low income group family. The schemes -...
Mega play ‘Sab Ka Malik Ek Hai’ brings Shirdi at Koradi
Nagpur: Thousands of devotees who had thronged at Shree Mahalakshmi Jagdamba Devi Mandir at Koradi on the night of October 12 for a moment experienced they were with Saibaba in Shirdi. A play named 'Sab Ka Malik Ek Hai,’ based...
Patients in CM’s Fetri village get treated by Apollo doctors through telemedicine
Nagpur: Taking a giant stride on medical services front through digital network, some seriously ill patients in Sub-District Hospital of Fetri village near Nagpur were treated by doctors of Mumbai’s Apollo Hospital through telemedicine. This feat was made possible by...
NMC caught off guard after Navratri as lakes are littered with puja material
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) was caught off guard after Navratri festivity. Unlike the measures initiated by the civic body to protect various water bodies from being polluted during the immersion of Ganesh idols, the authorities were found in...
CM to inaugurate mega Divyang camp in city on Oct 14
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate a mega Jaipur Foot (artificial limb) distribution camp at 12 noon on Friday (October 14) at Yeshwant Stadium. The camp is being organised from October 14 and October 25. At least 2,000 Divyangs...
Woman taken for a ride by “would-be hubby” for Rs 2.50 lakh
Representational Pic Nagpur: A 36-year old woman was taken for a ride by her “would-be husband” at the expense of Rs 2.50 lakh. Now, the conman is the subject of a hunt by Kalamna cops. The Shikshak Colony, Bharat Nagar resident...
SRPF Jawan heckles, threatens Police Inspector on duty in MIDC
Nagpur: A Police Inspector and Naik Police Constable were abused, heckled and threatened in separate incidents in MIDC and Ambazari jurisdictions. One of the accused reportedly is an SRPF Jawan. In the first incident, the Police Inspector Vinod Keshav Rai (42),...
Budding engineer from city dies in bike-truck crash on Pune-Mumbai Expressway
Nagpur: In a tragic incident, a budding engineer from Nagpur was killed on the spot along with his friend when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a speeding truck on Pune-Mumbai Expressway in the wee hours of Thursday (October...
Boy rapes minor girl with marriage promise, elder siblings force abortion
Representational Pic Nagpur: In an atrocious act, an 18-year old boy exploited a minor girl sexually by doling out marriage promise to her and when the girl became pregnant, the boy’s elder brother and sister played a wicked role by...
4 goon try to murder teenage boy in Jaripatka over old enmity, 3 arrested
Nagpur: Four goons attempted to murder a teenage boy by attacking him with a knife over old enmity in Jaripatka area on Wednesday. Three of the accused assaulters have been arrested and hunt is on to nab the fourth one. The...
Rohith Vemula’s mother extends moral support to BSP in UP poll
Nagpur: Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula, a PhD student at Hyderabad Central University who committed suicide in January 2016, said that she will create mass awareness against “destructive” policies of BJP during campaigns in the next Uttar Pradesh elections....
Couple jumps into Futala Lake in suicide pact
Nagpur: In a sensational incident, a husband-wife duo on Wednesday morning jumped into Futala Lake and ended their lives in a suicide pact apparently owing to their miserable economic condition. However, the exact reason behind the suicide pact could only...
Double tragedy: Two persons drowned in Khadan tank in Beltarodi Shankarpur
Nagpur: In a double tragedy, two persons drowned in a Khadan-type tank in Beltarodi Shankarpur area here on Tuesday night and Wednesday noon. According to details, activists of a Durga Mandal were immersing the idol at the Khadan-type tank spread over...
RTI surprise: NHAI penalized no contractor for any flaws in six years
Nagpur: An RTI reply by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has sprang a surprise by revealing that no contractor was penalized for any irregularities in construction of various stretches of National Highway in the past six years (January 1,...
Fadnavis rules out repealing of Atrocities Act
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday assured the Dalit community that notwithstanding the demand from a section of the society, the legislation on Prevention of Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Tribes will not be abolished. Addressing a huge gathering at...
Gadkari, Vivek Oberoi visit Koradi Devi Mandir
Nagpur: Union Minister for Surface Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari along with wife Kanchan visited Shree Mahalaxmi Jagdamba Mandir of Koradi during Navratri. The Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi, Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and a host of other dignitaries accompanied Gadkari...
