55-year-old man murdered right at his doorstep, wife injured trying to save him
Nagpur: In another gruesome act, a 55-year-old man was murdered right at his doorstep of his Jattarodi Lane No 2 residence. His wife too sustained injuries while trying to save him from the assailant on June 1, 2016 between 2:30...
Guards’ Union sees insider’s hand, demands impartial probe into Audi Showroom theft case
Nagpur: A delegation of Maharashtra Rajya Suraksha Kamgar Sanghatana, led by Jammu Anand, the other day met MIDC Police Inspector Nalavade and handed over to him a memorandum demanding a thorough and impartial investigation into the recent theft incident at...
Cops on night patrolling ‘enjoy’ free tea & cold-drinks from street vendors freely
Nagpur: In what could be termed as shameful, some cops who were on night-patrol in the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Patrol car were seen enjoying cold-drinks from a city vendor and leaving without paying the street vendor a two days ago. The...
Finally, next NMC polls to be held on Prabhag system as State issues notification
According to an Ordinance titled “The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Township (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016” issued by Governor, now NMC will have 37 Prabhags and 149 wards. Nagpur: With Maharashtra Government issuing an extraordinary notification,...
Local self bodies directed to implement rain water harvesting system strictly
Representational Pic Nagpur: In view of acute shortage of water and lack of storage facilities for rain water, the State Government has directed the local self bodies to strictly implement rain water harvesting system. Following the order, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT)...
ST Bus is pleasant sight for rural folk, it is their transport: Tumane
Nagpur: “The red-coloured ST Bus is a pleasant sight for rural folk. It is their cherished transport. This ST has molded futures of many. The ST Bus ferried thousands and thousands of students to their schools, learn and become distinguished...
Crimes increase alarmingly in Butibori as cops go lax
Nagpur: As laxity of cops comes to fore, unscrupulous elements and criminals become active and commit crimes without any fear of ‘long hand of law’. The residents of Lokmat Colony, Butibori have started drawing attention of all senior police officials and...
Woman molested publicly in Civil Lines, public turn mute spectator!
Representation Pic Nagpur: In an audacious act, a man abused, molested and thrashed a woman right in front of her office in full public view in the posh Civil Lines area on Tuesday afternoon. The accused man has been...
Caterer, 5 cooks booked in food poisoning case at birthday party
Nagpur: A caterer and his five cooks have been booked by Sonegaon police on the charges of utter negligence causing food poisoning to nearly 120 people at a birthday party held in a Jaiprakash Nagar hall here on Monday...
Pulgaon toll rises to 19
Pulgaon/Nagpur: Mortal remains of two more persons recovered at the site of Pulgaon Central ammunition depot fire during a overnight search. The death toll now is 19 (2 officers, 4 Jawans of DSC, 13 fire fighters); 17 injured (2 officers,...
Rs 21 hike in non-subsidised cooking gas cylinder price
Nagpur: A day after hiking the prices of petrol and diesel, oil marketing companies on Wednesday hiked the rate of non-subsidised LPG cylinder by Rs 21. The rate of aviation fuel has also been increased by a steep 9.2 per cent. Petrol...
Pay more for phone bills, travel from today
Nagpur: A slew of additional taxes announced in the Budget will kick in from Wednesday. The 0.5 per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) on all services increases the total tax chargeable on services to 15 per cent, making it expensive to...
Petrol Price Hiked By Rs. 2.58/Litre, Diesel By Rs. 2.26/Litre
Nagpur/New Delhi: Petrol price was on Tuesday hiked by Rs. 2.58 a litre and diesel by Rs. 2.26 per litre, the second increase in rates this month. Prices were last hiked on May 17. “The current level of international product prices of...
Is Nagpur city monsoon ready?
Ghat Road RUB Nagpur: As they say fore-warned is fore armed, one needs to be ready for all eventualities. Almost every monsoon, Nagpur city faces a lot of problems. One of the main problems is the water-clogging at various important...
Nagpur must not lose original identity while developing it as ‘Smart City,’ says Mayor
The stake-holder (NMC) and French Development Agency hold a workshop on revised proposal to be submitted for development of Nagpur as ‘Smart City.’ Nagpur: “The earlier proposal submitted by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for developing Nagpur as ‘Smart City’ was good....
Impressive passing out parade by trainees held at RPTS
Nagpur: An impressive passing out parade of 106th batch of newly recruited girl trainees was held at city’s Regional Police Training School (RPTS) situated in Surendra Nagar on Tuesday (May 31). The trainees completed their training with flying colours and...
Devastating fire at CAD Pulgaon doused, situation under control
Nagpur: The devastating fire that broke out at Central Ammunition Depot (CAD), the biggest ammo depot of Indian Army, has been doused after grueling efforts. Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon is located at about 115 Km from Nagpur. The depot is spread...
120 hospitalised after consuming food at B’day party in Jaiprakash Nagar
Nagpur: A birthday bash in Jaiprakash Nagar in Sonegaon area turned tragic as nearly 120 people who visited the party were taken ill after allegedly consuming food. The incident happened when the guests started developing nausea and suffered stomach ache after...
Nagpur awaits rains as Nautapa draws to an end!
Nagpur: As Nautapa, the nine extremely hot days of summer, draws towards an end, Nagpur is anticipating the significant drop in the soaring temperature which stood at considerably low at 43.1° C on Monday. Tired and exhausted with the soaring temperatures,...
NRHA contribute 1.5 lakh for river cleaning to NMC
Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) under the campaign Sansad Jal, Paryavaran Rakshan Yojana had started 28-day drive cleaning of three rivers which flows through the city - Nag, Pili and Pora and for this NMC had asked City’s trade associations...
Journalism is strength of society & democracy but facing many challenges: S N Vinod
Nagpur: “Journalism is strength of society as well as democracy and this powerful profession will continue to exist only if people connected with it do their job honestly and determinedly to uphold the principles.” These lively thoughts were expressed by...
