RSS ideologue MG Vaidya backs Aney, want Maharashtra divided into four states
Nagpur: It seems Maharashtra will soon go the same way as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The three states were divided while the BJP was in power there, whereas only Andhra Pradesh split into Telangana under Congress rule. Now...
ZP presents Rs 36.86 crore ‘development-oriented’ Budget for 2016-17
Nagpur: The Nagpur Zilla Parishad on Tuesday presented its Rs 36.86 crore Budget for 2016-17. The Budget, tabled by the Chairman of Finance Committee Mukesh Chauhan, showed hike of over Rs 5 crore as compared to last year. Last year...
Why second Advocate General’s resignation is CM’s embarrassment?
Nagpur: In less than a year and a half, the Devendra Fadnavis government has lost two Advocate Generals, both resigning within months of taking over office. The previous one, Sunil Manohar, had quit last year in June seven months into...
Green Vigil observed World Water Day
Nagpur: World Water Day (WWD) is a Global event observed annually on 22nd March focusing on the significance of water resources, its conservation, water related issues, inspiring citizens to take action to make a difference for sustainable management of water...
Mysterious murder of a man in Lakadganj cracked, accused nabbed
Nagpur: Lakadganj police and Crime Branch jointly cracked a mysterious murder case and nabbed the accused after a painstaking investigation. According to details, a person named Manoj Ramdas Waman (40) used to cleaning job at Lakadganj-based Khante Country Liquor Brewery. He...
Bookie’s diary spills beans over journalists-crime nexus in Nagpur; Financial deals exposed!
Nagpur: If reliable sources are to be believed, a murky tie-up between three city journalists and city-based cricket bookie Sunil Bhatia has come to the fore. Among the journos include two crime reporters from arch rivals Hindi dailies from Nagpur, along...
Leaders from Vidarbha come out in support of Aney over separate statehood
Nagpur: Senior Congress leaders from Vidarbha today came out in support of Shrihari Aney, who resigned from the post of Maharashtra Advocate General following a controversy over his remarks on separate Marathwada, saying he had only echoed the sentiments of...
Midnight ripples: 3 goons kidnap 18-yr old girl from her home in Pratap Nagar
Nagpur: In an audacious act, three ruffians abducted an 18-year old girl from her home itself that too in the presence of her mother. The midnight kidnapping created ripples in Pratap Nagar area. Cops have mounted a hunt to trace...
2 eve-teasers thrash cop in busy Dhantoli area
Nagpur: A policeman, who tried to save a girl from clutches of two eve-teasers, was heckled and thrashed by the two offenders in the busy Dhantoli area on Monday evening. The complainant Police Constable Duryodhan Chindhuji Bhoyar of Dhantoli Police Station...
Shrihari Aney quits as Advocate General over Vidarbha row?
Nagpur: According to a senior BJP minister, Maharashtra’s advocate general, Shrihari Aney, who is under fire for his remarks supporting statehood for Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, has resigned from his post on Monday following a ruckus in both Houses of...
Bogus tax man relieves house owner of Rs 15000 in Lakadganj
Nagpur: A conman, posing as a tax man, relieved a middle-aged man to the tune of Rs 15,000 in the name of illegal construction. The incident took place in Lakadganj area on Monday afternoon. The accused trickster is being searched...
‘It is very unfair to target a hard working woman like this’, Says a hurt Amruta Fadnavis
Nagpur: Recently, the Congress party, led by senior leader Digvijay Singh has really gone to town making a big noise about Axis Bank, Worli branch getting some Maharashtra government SRA business. There have been tweets galore pointing out to the...
Zero-Budget Natural Farming is need of the hour
Nagpur. Vidarbha Economic Development Council (VED) and Anacon Laboratories Ltd. held a workshop jointly with Vidarbha Vaibhav, “Sheti Vyavasayatun Aarthik Samruddhi” on Monday, March 21, 2016, especially for farmers at the R G Maheshwari Sabhagruha, Mor Bhawan, Sitabuldi, Nagpur addressed by...
NIT Budget for 2016-17 aims at making Nagpur a smarter city
Nagpur: The Budget of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) for 2016-17 was on Monday presented by Acting Chairman Sachin Kurve. Other dignitaries present on the occasion include Pandit Ghughe, Sandeep Bapat (Executive Officer of NIT), Adhari (Trustee), Sudhir (Bandu) Raut (Trustee),...
Nitish Rane bays for Aney’s head over his separate Marathwada demand
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Maharashtra Advocate General Shrihari Aney was at it again. Aney stirred a hornet’s nest when he demanded separate statehood for Marathwada. Aney’s demand triggered angry backlash with Opposition parties and the ruling Shiv Sena demanding sacking of the...
DCP (Traffic) Tangde initiates tree plantation drive in all police stations on World Forestry Day
Nagpur: Just as any other conscientious citizen, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bharat Tangde has initiated a tree-plantation drive to observe the World Forestry Day on March 21, 2016 at Police-Stations in the city. While speaking to Nagpur Today, DCP...
Sugarcane vendors occupy foot-paths and parking space in front of Empress City Mall
Tribulations to road-users: 45 minutes to traverse the stretch Nagpur: While the Traffic Department is striving to maintain traffic for smooth movement of vehicular traffic, some unscrupulous people, road-side vendors and traders break laws and infringe upon foot-paths and parking space...
Altaf H Vali duped of Rs 3.56 lakh by a tricky customer in camera deal
Nagpur: A trickster systematically duped a renowned business firm of the city to the tune of Rs 3.56 lakh. The accused fraudster has been booked and being searched by cops. The complainant Adnan Anwar Vali (42), resident of House No. 150,...
Two car-borne bootleggers arrested in Tehsil, Panchpaoli
Nagpur: Tehsil and Panchpaoli police on Monday arrested two car-borne bootleggers, including one hailing from dry Chandrapur District, and seized liquor and two cars collectively worth over Rs 11 lakh. In the first incident, Tehsil police, acting on a secret information,...
Two men try to rape woman at gun point over property dispute in Panchpaoli
Nagpur: In an outrageous incident, two men tried to rape a 42-year old woman at gun point as a sequel to raging property dispute and revenge against police complaint filed against them earlier. The two accused have been booked. The two...
Corporators squirm as NMC polls draw closer
Nagpur: Uneasy lies the heads wearing crowns! The Corporators in Nagpur, who are also called City Fathers, are squirming as the election to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) are drawing closer and closer. With election blues hounding their gray areas the...
