After 15 years, residents of Pardi I & II command area getting daily water supply
20,000 residents turned to Daily from Alternate Supply Nagpur: For the residents of Pardi-I and II command area (Lakadganj Zone), the areas located on tail end of Bhandara Road, now low pressure & alternate day water that too contaminated is not...
Crude GMC authorities make mockery of a dead youth, put kin to painful hardship
Nagpur: A youngster could not find peace even after his death. The insensitive authorities at GMC made a mockery of a dead and put his near and dear ones to hardship as well. The issue is taking the city by...
Accused bookie of IPL Sunil Bhatia booked under MCOCA for scripting Ajay Raut kidnapping case
Arresting Sunil Bhatia sends shivers in other bookies Nagpur: Many other skeletons seem to be tumbling out from the cupboards in Ajay Raut kidnapping episode. Another accused identified as Sunil Bhatia, a city-based bookie named in the infamous IPL spot fixing...
City roads turn ‘black’: Helmet phobia, or rule, grips two-wheeler riders
Nagpur: The Second Capital City of Nagpur is in grip of helmet phobia or say, helmet rule. The picture in roads, now a days, is different, ‘black’ could be an apt word. Wearing of helmet has become a must the...
Bandu Raut takes charge as Chairman of Standing Committee; highlights priorities
Nagpur: BJP Corporator Sudhir (Bandu) Raut on Friday took charge as Chairman of Standing Committee of Nagpur Municipal Corporation in a high-profile ceremony. Almost all top BJP leaders and office-bearers of city except Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister...
25 trucks of WCL coal found thrown at dumping yard, negligently
Nagpur: With the shabby working style of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), pilfering of coal is in full swing. In fact, WCL “invites” stealers by dumping the excavated coal at dumping yard rather than at designated place. The dumping yard is...
Mr. Mayor, Mr. Municipal Commissioner have you turned a blind eye to road users?
Nagpur: Someone wisely said that if you can drive a vehicle on Nagpur roads, you can drive the vehicle anywhere in the world. Driving any vehicle on Nagpur roads is no less adventure than that of James Bond-007. Anyone who...
Bandu Raut appointed Standing Committee’s new Chairman sans name plate!
Nagpur: Amid the series of arrangments that NMC has undertaken to prepare for the appointment ceremony of its new Standing Committee Chairman, it remarkably missed out on one important thing! Guess What? Even as the appointment of Bandu Raut as the...
‘Udyojak Kranti-2016’ will prove boon for Mali community entrepreneurs: CM
Nagpur: “Mahatma Jyotiba Fule and Krantijyoti Savitribai Fule strived for social reforms overcoming the adverse situations. These two great souls provided self-confidence and self-honour to not only the society but also the nation. It is prideful matter that an industrial...
Crime Branch cop killed in hit-and-run accident in Civil Lines
Nagpur: A Police Constable attached to Crime Branch was killed on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding in was hit by an unidentified four-wheeler in Civil Lines area on Thursday night. The four-wheeler driver sped away after the...
15-yr old school boy murdered by four youngsters over a girl; 3 arrested
Nagpur: A 15-year old school boy was done to death in cold blood over a trivial matter in Gaddigodam area of the city. Three accused have been arrested while one is absconding. According to DCP Zone-2 Sanjay Latkar the deceased has...
Silent protest staged at Shahid Square
Nagpur: Four organizations including Swatantra Sangram Sainik Samiti, Mahatma Gandhi Vichar Manch, Jagrat Nagrik Vichar Manch and Jyeshta Nagrik Samiti staged a silent protest at Shahid Square on March 4, 2016 against the dictatorship of present government. The protestors all had...
NMC’s shoddy working on ‘PM’s Housing for All Scheme’ draws BJP flak
A delegation of all BJP MLAs from city and office bearers gheraoed the Municipal Commissioner and vented their anger. Nagpur: A delegation of all BJP MLAs from city and office bearers on Thursday gheraoed the Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar and strongly...
It was Anandam City project that took toll of NMC Executive Engineer not the missing file
The Town Planning Department’s Executive Engineer Mahesh Gupta was suspended following uproar in General Body Meeting over missing pages from a file containing vital information regarding a project. But it was just a ploy. Actual reason was the high-rise project....
Power tariff will be hiked but only after MERC nod: Bawankule
Nagpur: State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has asserted that the authority to increase power tariff rests with MERC (Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission). Power tariff to will be hiked but only after MERC permission. The MSEDCL (Mahavitaran) has submitted a proposal...
Today’s youths should be brimming with patriotism, naturally: RSS chief
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat gave his reaction, for the first time, over the raging controversy engulfing the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Attending a programme in city on Thursday, Bhagwat said, “Today, concerted efforts are being made...
Cheers, CR to run special trains to Nagpur to clear Holi rush from March 22
Nagpur: In a cheering news to Holi revelers who cherish to hop to their favourite destinations for an extra “colour,” the Central Railway (CR) has decided to run special trains to Nagpur, Karmali, Gorakhpur and Bhatni to clear the extra...
Swindlers go on duping spree, pocket over Rs 33 lakh in five cases of cheating
Nagpur: Swindlers went on duping spree in city as five cases of frauds were reported involving money to the tune of over Rs 33 lakh. The victims included a flat owner, a bank, job seekers, loan seekers etc. No arrests...
Goon demands ‘haptha’ from bar owner at knife point in Nandanvan
Nagpur: A ruffian created ruckus in a beer bar and demanded extortion money from the owner at knife point. The goon also threatened to kill the bar owner if he failed to hand over the ‘haptha.’ The complainant Bhaskar Gulabrao Chaple...
When RSS opposed flag hoisting in Nagpur, sent 3 men to jail!
File Photo Nagpur: As the entire nation looks on JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar who allegedly raised anti-national slogans, an old Nagpur incident from 2001 has raised many questions on RSS and its orientation towards 'national flag.' JNUSU President Kanhaiya...
RTO issues post dated challans
Nagpur: Offenders of Motor Vehicle’s Act ought to be punished. Penal fines are usually levied by the RTO flying squad which stops vehicles which are over-loaded, reckless driving, drunk and drive, faulty vehicles etc. While the cops of the Road Transport...
