MLAs must unite for separate Vidarbha state: Groups
Nagpur. Several organisations fighting for a separate Vidarbha today called on the legislators from the region and requestd them to show solidarity on the issue of Statehood in the Assembly and oppose any resolution on united Maharashtra. Vidarbha Rajya Sanghatana and Vidarbha...
Majhi Metro Project gains steam as first segment launched
Nagpur: In a development that would push Majhi Metro project of Nagpur ahead, the very first girder segment of elevated viaduct on North-South Corridor was launched successfully in the small hours of 3 am on Friday (August 5, 2016). The 2-metre...
Agnihotri hits back at Harde, warns him to stay in limits while criticizing others
Nagpur: Hitting back at the District President of Shiv Sena Satish Harde, who had launched a scathing attack on former Union Minister Vilas Muttemwar for his pro-separate Vidarbha stand, another Congress leader Umakant Agnihotri has warned Harde not to cross...
Kohale rebukes Bawankule for U-turn on awarding contracts
Nagpur: The “usual greed” of reaping undue benefit of power led to an unsavoury incident wherein the City Unit BJP President Sudhakar Kohale reportedly gave a dressing down to Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule for U-Turn on awarding contracts to a...
Gangster Fatode tries to grab farmer’s land in Kondhali deceitfully, arrested by Ambazari cops
Nagpur: The dreaded gangster Sanjay Fatode is at it again. Although he has been arrested by Ambazari police in a new case but before that the gangster reportedly wreaked havoc in the lives of a farmer and his family of...
Structural inspection of old, modern heritage structures and buildings in city soon
Nagpur: The Heritage Conservation Committee, headed by Arun Patankar, has decided to undertake structural inspection of old and modern heritage structures and buildings in Nagpur. A meeting of Heritage Conservation Committee was held at the Shivaji Maharaj Administrative Building Hall of...
Brother-sister duo, couple thrash, molest woman for police complaint against them
Representational pic Nagpur: Pachpaoli police have booked four persons, including a brother-sister duo and a couple, on the charges of beating and molesting a 27-year old woman for lodging police complaint against them. The accused Vishwanath Narayan Sirsikar (36), Devani Narayan...
In Subhash Nagar Cops raid 2 hookah parlours MYST Cafe and Divine Crow
Nagpur: The city police on Thursday conducted raids at two hookah parlours at Subhash Nagar. Police inspector of Pratap Nagar P Gaikwad had recieved information about hookah parlour being operated in MYST Cafe and Divine Crow Cafe situated at Subhash...
Pressure Politics : Chandrashekhar Bawankule got Rs 16 cr road contracts to younger brother!
Nagpur: Controversy surrounding State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule refused to die down after his name cropped up in the job scam. Now it turned out that Bawankule had allegedly abused his position and power to get number of road works...
Why the demand for Vidarbha State?
Nagpur: The separate Vidarbha issue has come alive, again. The issue has been discussed many times on several threads, fought on streets and august houses. What one can see is indeed, the governments (any) in power did not do enough...
3 minor boys, including two friends, go missing in city
Representational Pic Nagpur: Three minor boys, including two friends, went missing from different areas of the city since past 48 hours. Cops have mounted a search to trace the boys. The complainant Chandrakala Santosh Shahu (39), resident of Bokhara Ramnagar, Koradi,...
Goods worth Rs 3 lakh stolen from parked truck in Lakadganj
Representational Pic Nagpur: Goods worth Rs 3 lakh were stolen from a parked truck in Transport Nagar area in Lakadganj between Sunday and Monday last. Cops have launched a search to apprehend the unidentified burglar(s). The driver of the Eicher truck...
Hazare to lead Prabhag 35 citizens’ morcha to NIT, NMC on Aug 10
Nagpur: Citizens of various areas of Prabhag 35 comprising Pardi, Dhanlaxmi Nagar, Rambhumi Society, Sundar Nagar, Swagat Nagar, Bhole Nagar, Ambenagar, Bansinagar, Kshamata Nagar, Maroti Society, Rani sati Nagar, and many more areas will take out a morch to Nagpur...
Getting bogus voters – is this the quality that has endeared Parinay Fuke to BJP?
Nagpur: In 2007 NMC elections, when BJP candidate Ghanashyam Choudhary lost to independent candidate Parinay Fuke by just 26 votes it rang the alarm bells for Fuke, who had a long career in politics planned for the future. He was a Congressman...
Bus Stand in CM’s home town mocks at Swachhata campaign
Nagpur: The Swachh Bharat campaign, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a couple of years ago and being implemented by Nagpur Municipal Corporation with much fanfare, is in fact being mocked at the Bus Stand of MSRTC in the home...
GST: What Will Become Cheaper And More Expensive
Nagpur: Key petroleum products like crude, natural gas, high speed diesel and aviation turbine fuel have been kept out of GST. India’s biggest taxation reform since 1991, GST, will unify the nation and make it an attractive destination for foreign investments. Under...
Energy Minister showed all family members as PAPs; got them jobs after forging docs!
Nagpur: Nagpur District’s Guardian Minister and State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has caught the eye of storm for his alleged role in doling out jobs to his family members and kin against land acquisition for Koradi Thermal Power Plant. He...
MCOCA Court grants bail to Sunil Bhatia, Mangesh Shende in Ajay Raut kidnapping, extortion case
Nagpur: The Special MCOCA Court Judge Salman Azmi on Wednesday granted bail to Sunil Bhatia and Mangesh Shende, both accused in cricket bookie Ajay Raut kidnapping and extortion case. Gangster Raju Bhadre, Divakar Kottulwar and their accomplices have also been...
City witnesses war of words among parties over Vidarbha issue
Nagpur: With the issue of Vidarbha Statehood coming to life again, the city is witnessing war of words being waged by diehard supporters and opponents. The City Unit of Shiv Sena voiced its Akhand Maharashtra slogan apparently targeting the local...
Saga of heroic achievement of 2 lesbians ends on tragic note as both commit suicide
Nagpur: A long story of heroic achievement of the two lesbians, who fought all odds to get married, ended on a tragic note as both reportedly committed suicide by hanging in their Bajrang Nagar house on Tuesday night under mysterious...
Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti to hold dharna at Gadkari’s residence on Aug 9
Nagpur: The August 9 Kranti Din, observed to remember the historic ‘Quit India Movement,’ will witness a dharna agitation being organized at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence in Mahal by activists of Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti over separate Vidarbha issue....
