Marathoner Akash Uke ends life
Nagpur: A pall of gloom descended over the sports fraternity as the startling news of suicide by well known marathoner, 22-year-old Akash Gyaneshwar Uke, spread like wild fire in the city on Tuesday. A resident of Wakilpeth Hazarewadi in Seraspeth, Akash,...
Comedy for a cause once again in the city
Nagpur: This year too, the Nagpur Round Table-83 is organizing a Comedy Show titled “Comedy for a Cause” at Pallacio Hall of Centre Point on June 26, 2016 from 7 pm onwards. Stand-up comedy till recently was synonymous with slapstick humour...
Weird weather in city puts citizens to discomfort
Nagpur: The Second Capital City of Nagpur is facing a weird weather since the past three days. Every morning, just as summer season, the weather is very hot. By late morning, the climate becomes very humid and unbearable. To add...
City’s firefighter Dhanraj Meshram, killed in CAD Pulgaon fire, bid tearful adieu
Nagpur: Firefighter Dhanraj Meshram, who lost his life in the deadly fire and explosions at Central Ammunition Depot in Pulgaon on May 31, was given a tearful adieu at Nara Ghat in city on Tuesday. The last rites of Dhanraj...
Drought tolerant GM crops is future of our country: Mayee
• Emphasised the needs to allow pending field-trials of GM crops with regards to technology interventions in agriculture in the state • Drought tolerant variants of Sugarcane can mitigate climate change and save20 trillion litres of water in drought hit Maharashtra • Introduction of...
Harvesting of newer, alternate crops will prove a boon for farmers: Dr Mayee
Nagpur: Internationally renowned agriculture scientist, former Chairman of Agriculture Scientists Recruitment Board of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and former co-chairman of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) Dr C D Mayee talked to Nagpur Today and threw light...
5 goons assault man, flee with Tata Safari car, cash in Jaripatka
Representational pic Nagpur: Jaripatka police have mounted a hunt to nab five ruffians who assaulted a young man and also took away his Tata Safari car worth Rs 6 lakh and a cash of Rs 95,000. The incident occurred near...
3 more kids go missing in separate incidents
Nagpur: Continuing the disturbing trend, three kids, two boys and a girl, went missing from different areas of the city in the past 24 hours forcing the cops to launch massive search to trace them. A Tandapeth resident Shakuntala Narayan Pakhale...
Pulgaon blast affects hearing of 119 villagers
Pulgaon/Nagpur: The deafening blast and subsequent fire at Pulgaon Central Ammunition Depot that claimed 19 lives, severely affected the hearing of surrounding villagers. 199 peasants attended the medical check-up camp organised by the public health department on Wednesday at Pulgaon. 199...
Chitnis Park, Yeshwant Stadium to get facelift with Rs 150 cr plan
Nagpur: The historical Chitnis Park in Mahal and Yeshwant Stadium in Sitabuldi are in for a major facelift as Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday directed the NMC Administration to prepare development proposals to the tune of Rs 150 crore....
SSC Result Nagpur: Chaitanya Yeole of Tejaswini Vidya Mandir is city topper scoring 98.8%
Chaitanya wants to pursue engineering from IIT Chaitanya Yeole. Nagpur: Beating the euphoria that the top schools in the city alone churn out the toppers in the city, a student of a lesser known Tejaswini Vidya Mandir situated at Ganesh Nagar...
Rajvi Ambulkar of Somalwar (Ramdaspeth) is the second topper from city scoring 98.6%
Rajvi Ambulkar with her Class Teacher. Nagpur: With the results of the SSC exams of State Board declared on June 6, 2016, it came to fore that girls earn higher grades than boys. This is said to be true across...
World Environment Day celebrated at Raman Science Centre
Nagpur: World Environment Day is an annual event that is biggest and most widely celebrated Global Day for positive environmental action. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 on the day that United Nations Conference on...
Third topper from city in SSC is Harshad Ingole from Somalwar (Nikalas) scoring 98.4%
Somalwar Nikalas Nagpur: Success for third topper came after months of hard work, consistent self studies and confidence. What is different about his success is the fact that he didn't receive any coaching or tutorials from any coaching institutes and...
Burning coal in WCL’s open mine puts lives of miners, others in peril
Nagpur: A Mazri-based open coal mine of WCL is proving to be life threatening to people residing nearby it. The huge quantity of coal kept in open at Naglone mine is often found burning and emitting toxic gases and smoke....
Will Maha Tender system work for NMC or cripple the development?
Nagpur: As the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) was ‘forced’ to abandon the shabby e-tender process run on website www.nmctenders.com and embrace the www.mahatenders.gov.in website of Government Maharashtra for e-tender process from June 1, a debate is gaining steam. Will the...
Nagpur SSC Result 2016 : Girls outsmart boys again, Overall pass percentage 85.34
Nagpur: The SSC exam results of State Board declared on Monday afternoon again showed girls outsmarting boys in Nagpur Division. The overall pass percentage in the State stood at 85.34. In Nagpur Division, 87.73 percent of girls passed the exam while...
Maharashtra Board SSC result 2016 declared: Pass percentage is 89.56%
SSCNagpur: Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has announced the SSC results on June 6, that is, today. This year’s pass percentage is 89.56 per cent The boys have outperformed girls with 85,316 passing the SSC exam...
2 more minor girls go missing in different areas; search on
Representational Pic Nagpur: In increased cases of its kind, two more minor girls went missing and have reportedly been kidnapped in different areas of the city. Cops have launched a search to trace the girls. A 45-year old resident of Old...
World Environment Day observed by NMC and Green Vigil Foundation
On the occasion of World Environment day, celebrated every year on 5th of June, Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Green Vigil Foundation presented a Street Play – Thamti Saanse , Mitati Pehchan at various parts of Nagpur city like, Ambazari Lake...
Man slits throat of girlfriend
Representational pic Nagpur: Fed up with constant demands of girl friend, a labour from Dharm Nagar in Kalamna slit the throat of his beau on Saturday. The accused is Ramesh Hansraj Soni, 35. After killing his girl friend Ishwari Pardeshi Kewat,...
