Urban and rural populace breathing poisonous and polluted air from thermal power plants
Contracts of sand mining at Beena ghat cancelled for illegal acts
Nagpur: With the series of damning reports by Nagpur Today exposing illegal excavation of sand, the District Administration swung into action and cancelled the sand mining contracts of Beena ghat. Apart from the reports, the District Administration and District Mining...
Contractors to boycott online auction of sand ghats on Sept 20
Nagpur: A group of prominent sand ghat contractors of Nagpur district on Saturday (September 17) announced they will boycott the auction of sand ghats to be conducted by Collector’s Office on September 20, 2016, for various reasons main being bar...
Another 24-year-old young man murdered over a petty reason
Nagpur: Hardly after 12 hours of a 29-year-old being murdered by smashing his head with a stone, another 24-year-old youth was murdered over a petty reason in Trimurti Nagar Square on September 17, 2016 around 5:30 pm. The deceased is identified...
Son attempts to kill 75-year-old father
Nagpur: In an atrocious incident, a son attempted to kill his own father in Vihirgaon area. The victim is identified as Ramrao Khorgade aged 75 years and a resident of Vihirgaon on Umred Road under the jurisdiction of Hudkeshwar Police Station His...
Nagpur Metro’s ‘Click and Win Selfie Contest’ starts tomorrow
Nagpur: Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) has organized a Selfie Contest for the youth of Nagpur in its Information Centre. The contest is a unique inclusive approach by Nagpur Metro to involve the youth of the city. There are...
Absconding two-wheeler rider who attacked traffic cop arrested
Nagpur: The two-wheeler rider, who went absconding after attacking a Traffic Police constable murderously on Friday, was arrested on Saturday morning. The arrested accused Suryakant Arun Vyas has booked under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and other relevant sections of...
1,78,701 Ganesh idols immersed, 147 tons of Nirmalya collected in city
Nagpur: This Anant Chaturdashi, the culmination of 10-Day Ganesh Festival, witnessed 1,78,701 idols being immersed at various water bodies including artificial tanks and 147 tonnes of Nirmalya collected. The Dharampeth Zone saw the most number of idols – 39,500 –...
23 passengers hurt as two ST buses collide near Kondhali
Nagpur: At least 23 passengers were injured, three of them seriously, after two ST buses smashed into each other on Saturday morning. The mishap occurred five kms away from Kondhali. The two MSRTC buses, Katol-Wardha and Kondhali-Saoner, collided head-on with...
11 fans of Rinku Rajguru robbed of mobile phones in Hilltop
Nagpur: Eleven fans of Marathi movie star Rinku Rajguru were robbed of their mobile phones when they had gone to Hilltop area where a massive crowd had gathered to have a glimpse of the heroine on Friday. Notably, Rinku Rajguru, who...
This aided school in Ramtek area is on ventilator!
Nagpur: Even though Nagpur District boasts of home to top ministers, including Chief Minister, the condition of several government aided schools and colleges is poor, to say the least. One such age-old school-college in Talva village (situated centrally between Kanhan...
6 conmen grab woman’s land, sell plots to many people with forged documents
Representational Pic Nagpur: A group of six conmen usurped land of a woman and deceived many people by selling them plots with the help of forged documents. All the accused, including two brothers, have been booked. The accused Avinash Dharyashil Kakde,...
Speeding truck knocks man dead in Kalamna
Representational pic Nagpur: A rashly driven truck knocked a middle aged man to death in Kalamna area here on Friday noon. The driver of the killer vehicle has been arrested. The deceased Chandrakant Harjivan Pathak (55), resident of Raghuvanshi Nagar, Kalamna...
Youth stoned to death in Hudkeshwar, Forensic team reaches spot
Nagpur: In another barbaric incident, a 29-year-old youth was killed by smashing his head with a stone. According to sources, the deceased is identified as Manoj Huddar aged 29 years and resident of Sawarbandhe Layout area. The murder is said to...
Another cop attacked by a drunken youth in Nagpur
Nagpur: In what could be termed as unfortunate, a youngster caught during the 'drunk and drive' campaign, seriously injured a traffic cop at Santra Market on Friday at 9.30 pm. This is fourth attack on on-duty police official in last...
Maharashtra hikes VAT on petrol by Rs 1.50 per litre
Nagpur/Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday hiked the value added tax (VAT) on petrol by ₹1.50 per litre. This is expected to generate an additional revenue of Rs 600 crore, a senior official said. The state has not touched diesel prices, fearing...
‘Sairat’ heroine Rinku takes Hilltop, Nagpur by storm as she visits Ekta Ganesh Mandal
Nagpur: Rinku Rajguru, who gained nationwide fame for her portrayal of Archi, the female lead in Marathi blockbuster 'Sairat', took the Hilltop area of the city by storm, virtually. Rinku arrived in the city on Friday and took ‘darshan’ of...
Two car-borne goons nabbed, 3 guns, live cartridges seized
Nagpur: Despite busy in keeping a tight vigil during the Ganesh immersion, a squad of DCP Zone 4 and Hudkeshwar and Ajni police jointly succeeded in arresting two car-borne goons who were carrying three guns – two country-made pistols and...
Rampant sand mining at Beena sandbed, 300 trucks deported in 24 hrs
Nagpur: Leaving a big hole in the pocket of revenue department, illegal sand mining has been going on for the last 24 hours from Beena sandbed, located on the bank of Beena river on Kanhan-Khaparkheda stretch. Till the time of...
MNS activists serve breakfast, food to cops on immersion duty
Nagpur: The activists of Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were in action, on a different note. The activists, led by City Unit Vice President Prashant Pawar, served hot breakfast and food to hundreds of policemen deployed for bandobast duty...
Nirmalya campaign bears fruits with 80% success
Nagpur: Concerted green efforts on the part of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and a host of voluntary organizations and environment agencies to prevent pollution of water bodies during immersion bore fruits. The Nirmalya campaign turned out be a high success...
