Various charges for Ganesh Mandals should be waived off, demands Totwani
The Fire Brigade has fixed Rs 2500 only for inspection of the pandal where idol of Ganpati Bappa will be installed. Ironically, the Fire Department charges mere Rs 500 for inspection of temporary firecrackers shop during Diwali festivity. Nagpur: The...
‘Samadhan Shibir’ is best way to reach government at people’s doors: Gangwar
Nagpur: “The Samadhan Shibir, a venture to reach government at people’s doors (Shasan Aaplya Dari) for resolving their various grievances, deservers appreciation. The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should be patted and congratulated for this venture,” Union Minister of State for...
Kharif crops in Vidarbha drying due to lack of rains, Farmers worried
Representational Pic Nagpur: When it rains - it pours. This seemed true for the monsoons in the first week of August, specially in and around Nagpur, Amraoti, Akola etc. But then the rains suddenly stopped. We haven't had a proper...
TV sets theft case at Empress Mall godown solved, 3 employees arrested
Nagpur: Ganeshpeth police solved the TV sets theft case of Empress Mall godown and arrested three persons who happened to be employees of the electronics shop. Cops have recovered seven sets of stolen TVs worth Rs 1.45 lakh from their...
Two trucks of tainted Abhi Engineering Co caught with stolen material but no action
Nagpur: The tainted Kamptee-based firm, M/s Abhi Engineering Company, is again in the news, of course for wrong reasons. Two trucks of the company, transporting material stolen from Koradi Thermal Power Plant, were caught by security guards. The matter even...
State Govt misleading people over scrapping of NIT: Anil Pande
Nagpur: The President of Rajiv Gandhi Vichar Morcha Anil Pande has termed the State Government move to transfer all the powers of NIT to NMC as misleading. “Our organization launched many agitations since the year 2007 demanding scrapping of Nagpur...
Gondia, Amravati among other cities to have developed airports!
File Photo Nagpur/Mumbai: In order to streamline the aviation network in Maharashtra, and connecting tier three cities like Gondia and Amravati through airways, the State Cabinet has now finalised a draft to give the project a go ahead. Sources said that...
4 minor boys, girls go missing from different areas in 24 hours
Representational Pic Nagpur: Four minor boys and girls went missing from different areas of the city in the past 24 hours and were reportedly abducted by unidentified persons. Cops have launched searches to trace the four kids. In the first incident,...
Did depression prompt Prajakta to end life along with son?
Nagpur: Police are pondering in deep and digging it hard to make out what precisely could be the reason behind the extreme step taken by 33-year-old Prajakta Atul Deshmukh. Prajaka, an MBA gold medalist has thrown her toddler son Sarvesh...
Gold booty worth Rs 4.63 lakh stolen from house in Pande Layout
Representational Pic Nagpur: Going to a temple for worship cost a woman dearly as burglars struck her house and took away gold-silver ornaments worth Rs 4.63 lakh. The theft occurred in Pande Layout, Khamla, on Monday morning. The complainant, Rohini Ravindra...
Young man dies in hit-and-run accident in Sonegaon
Representational pic Nagpur: In yet another hit-and-run incident, a young man was killed when the moped he was riding in was rammed by an unidentified vehicle in Sonegaon police jurisdiction on Monday evening. Two friends, Kiran Subhash Gavai (24) of Vyenkatesh...
NMRCL successfully completes launching of First Span of Via-Duct on Wardha Road
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metro Project completed launching of first pre-stressed box Girder on the North-South Corridor between Pier No.14 and Pier No.15 near Pride Hotel at 8pm on Aug 20, 2016. Managing Director Brijesh Dixit, visited the site and expressed...
Ministry pushes for WIPO’s training academy in Nagpur!
Representational Pic Nagpur/New Delhi: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has projected Nagpur as the city where World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) should consider opening a regional training academy. WIPO is one of the 17 specialised agencies of the United...
Protest against supply of mid-meals through centralized kitchen food distribution system
File Pic Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had recently inaugurated the supply of mid-meals through centralized kitchen food distribution system. This is said to be joint pilot project started by NMC in association with Akshay Patra Foundation. About 5,000 students from...
CP Sharda Prasad Yadav transferred, Dr K Venkyatesham is new Commissioner of Police of Nagpur
Nagpur: After months of rumours of his transfer, Commissioner of Police Sharda Prasad Yadav has finally received his transfer. Dr K Venkyatesham who is an Indian Police Service Officer of 1988 Batch is new Commissioner of Police of Nagpur. He...
Banwarilal Purohit takes oath as Governor of Assam
Nagpur: Senior BJP leader Banwarilal Purohit took oath as Governor of Assam on Monday, August 22, 2016. Chief Justice Ajit Singh had sworn in Banwarilal Purohit as Governor in Raj Bhawan situated in Guwahati. Banwarilal Purohit is the 29th Governor of...
ASI of RPF arrested for threatening passenger and fleecing Rs 500
Representational Pic Nagpur: In another act of high-handedness, an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police attached to Railway Protection Force in South Eastern Central Railway threatened an innocent passenger of implicating him in a false case and demanded money. He took...
Pathetic Nagpur Roads : Shiv Sena fires salvo at BJP, pulls up CM Fadnavis, Nitin Gadkari!
Nagpur: Firing the salvo back for facing corruption charges in view of pathetic condition of Mumbai roads, the Shiv Sena has now taken BJP for task for the very poor and dilapidated conditon of all the roads in Nagpur. It may be...
Death Diary : When small pox claimed 200 lives in Nagpur on single day!
Nagpur: It would be no surprise if this headline lands you in deep shock! Nagpur saw a huge tall on Republic Day when small pox claimed 200 lives on a single day! We too are shocked to know that Nagpur...
Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway to benefit farmers with developed land, cash
Nagpur: Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway project has been put on the fast track of implementation as the state government has accelerated the initial procedures to kick start the project. The latest development in the project is that the government has decided to pay...
Traders dupe businessman of Rs 4.40 lakhs
Representational Pic Nagpur: Two traders had allegedly duped a businessman of Rs 4.40 lakhs after procuring goods from him and not paying him. On the basis of the complaint lodged by the victim Mahesh Agrawal, MIDC Police has registered a case...
