RBI withdraws Rs 5000 deposit limit
Nagpur/New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has modified its circular of December 19, limiting deposit of old notes to Rs 5,000, exempting KYC (know your customer) accounts from it. 'Please refer to our circular dated December 19, 2016. On a...
Major fire at Bindal Thaat hotel in Gondia, 6 killed, many trapped
Nagpur/Gondia: As many as 6 people were killed while many others are still trapped inside a hotel when a major fire broke out in the building early morning on Wednesday. Onlookers informed that around 11 people have been rescued so...
Caps on ATM withdrawal to be eased after Dec 30, assures govt
New Delhi/Nagpur:Minister of State for Finance Santosh Gangwar has said that the current restrictions on ATM withdrawals will be removed after December 30 and added that there are sufficient cash to cater to people's needs. When he was asked about the...
Winter Chill : Gondia shivers at 7.5 degree, Nagpur touches 8.1
Nagpur: Beating Nagpur, Gondia at 7.5 degree, on Tuesday, has taken the lowest temperature of the season in Vidarbha to another level. On Monday, the city's minimum temperature had dropped down to 7.8 degree being the coldest of the season...
NMC to remain on toes with urban ministry’s sanitation complaint app
Nagpur: Waking up to the worsening state of sanitation in cities, the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has now decided to go digital to maximise its outreach and tackle the problem head on. Back in Nagpur too, the citizens can...
Seven accused in assault case in Cloud-7 Bar and Restaurant granted bail
Nagpur: All seven accused namely Abhilash Krishna Khopde, Rohit Khopde, Mohsin Ramesh Khedikar, Girish Padmakar Giridhar, Rahul Rakesh Yadav, Akshay Subhash Lode and Swapnil Deshmukh were released on bail by Justice P N Deshmukh. However, Justice P N Deshmukh directed...
Gadkari admits highway construction lagging far behind targets
When this NDA government took charge 2.5 years ago, one of the big ticket targets was fast development of infrastructure, specially Highways. At different times, Union Road and Highways Minister of Transport, Nitin Gadkari has made claims of constructing between 25 to...
Old Family Court to be razed to the ground soon
Nagpur: The Old Family Court which was housed next to the Dagdi Building in the District Court premises is finally going to be razed to the ground soon. The Family Court has since been shifted to Suyog Court Building adjacent...
Rs 55 lakhs spent on vehicles only during Winter Session of Legislative Assembly
Nagpur: In order to redress the grievances of Vidarbha and to solve the various problems, an agreement was made to hold at least one Session of Assembly in Nagpur. This tradition has been going on for the last many years...
Nagpur metro performs bhoomipujan of a depot coming up at MIHAN
‘Bhoomipujan” for the Construction of Rolling Stock depot at MIHAN for N-S Corridor was performed today on the premises of the MIHAN depot. The ‘Bhoomipujan’ was performed at the hands of Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director – Nagpur Metro...
Not demonetization, this is demoralization! opine the moneyed too
Hindustan Times this photo of old man crying in a bank touches a raw nerve, his spot at the State Bank of India, New Colony branch, in Gurgaon, went viral on Twitter. (Parveen Kumar/HT) Nagpur: Serpentine queues outside banks and...
Buty Mall cannot go ahead without internal roads : HC
Nagpur: Trouble refuses to settle down on Glocal Square, an upcoming mall in Sitabuldi. The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has dismissed a review petition and reaffirmed its order asking Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) to ensure internal roads in...
Not all crimes are preventable: Joint CP Santosh Rastogi
Nagpur: Barely six hours after Chief Minister of the State Devendra Fadnavis asked people not to malign the name of Nagpur as crime capital, in the last 72 hours, there were as many as 6 murders in the city. While addressing...
Maharashtra state gets new technology to fight wild fires
The Maharashtra Forest Department will now be equipped to fight wild fires sitting in a high tech Control room that will have access to satellite communications. This will allow the department to track forest fires in real time across the...
Third culinary voyage at Haldiram’s that bat begins with Rajasthan’s Rajwadi Rasoi
Haldiram Thaat Baat’s annual Thali Festival ‘India-in-a-Thali Festival 2016’ is making Nagpurians drool over select regional delicacies with its exquisite preparations. They got an overwhelming response to Maharashtra’s “Peshwai Thaat”with which the food festival began. The next station was ...
Shiv Sena takes jibe at BJP’s vision, points out Nagpur’s crime rate, Mumbai-Nagpur eway
Nagpur: The development mindset of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has not gone down well with Shiv Sena which took to an editorial in its mouth piece Saamna to vent its ire. In the run up to the Mumbai civic polls, Shiv...
Deposit over Rs 5000 using old notes can be made only once per account: FM
The finance ministry has, in a new directive, sais that deposit of more than Rs 5000 using old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes can be made only once per account till December 30. No limit on quantity or value of...
Tur dal may touch new low of Rs 90 a kg in retail market
Nagpur: Last year the aam aadmi's dal roti became a national concern when tur dal reaches as high as Rs 200 a kg. Now the wholesale price of tur dal has significantly crashed to Rs 80 a kg, which calls...
NMC nod to flat scheme on vet hospital land raises eyebrows
Nagpur: In yet another telling violation of norms by civic authorities, the town planning department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) town has sanctioned a residential flat scheme on land reserved for a veterinary hospital at Swawlambi Nagar near Ring Road...
Nagpur varsity issues show cause notices to 73 staff for remaining absent during winter exams
Nagpur: Taking a strong stand against the officials absenting from the work during winter examinations 2016, the Nagpur University has issued show cause notices to 73 co-officers. Sources informed that of the 73, 27 of them have already replied while...
Nagpur Murder Trail : More arrests in 2 cases; Wife’s killer still at large
Representational Pic Nagpur: Ambazari police have arrested two more accused, identified as Mukund Khandate and Narendra Senger alias Bablya, in the murder of Nilesh Karauti alias Bagga late on Saturday night. Of the four accused, Mukund's brother Rahul and...
