18 special weekly superfast train trips to be run between Pune-Kamakhya via Nagpur
Nagpur: The Central Railway, with heavy rush of passengers and long waiting lists in mind, has decided to run additional services of weekly superfast train (Train 02512/02511) between Kamakhya and Pune via Nagpur on different days (total 18 trips). 02511 Pune-Kamakhya...
Revolt against Govt, don’t pay taxes, if corruption is not smashed, says HC
Nagpur: In the strongest observation ever that is certain to wake up Maharashtra Government with a hammering jolt, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court expressed serious concern over the growing number of corruption cases and called on the citizens...
Highly-decomposed body found dumped in Imambada nallah
Nagpur: Panic gripped city’s Imambada and surrounding locality when a highly decomposed body was found dumped in a nallah near Isolation Hospital on Wednesday morning. A sanitation worker spotted the skeletal-like body sparking panic. The state of the body is...
Yug Chandak Case : Final verdict to be pronounced on Feb 4
Nagpur: District and sessions court here have deferred the verdict to February 4 in the sensational kidnapping and murder of 8 year old Yug Chandak. The court had earlier held both the perpetrators Rajesh Dhanalal Daware (19) and his friend...
HC notice to top NMC boss over running of sonography, physiotherapy centres from flats
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court issued a notice to Municipal Commissioner after hearing a petition objecting running of a sonography and physiotherapy centres in Indora-based residential apartment. The centre is located in Karamsheel Apartment in the area. The...
2 bogus cops rob woman of her gold ornaments worth Rs 90,000 in Pratapnagar
Nagpur: In the increasing incidents of the kind, two ruffians posed themselves as “policemen” and relieved an aged woman of her gold ornaments worth Rs 90,000 in posh and busy Telecom Nagar area of Pratapnagar Police Station. The victim, Kavita Prabhakar...
Fire breaks out in LIC office near Kasturchand Park; computers, other stuff destroyed
Nagpur: A major fire broke out in the office Life Insurance Corporation situated near LIC Square, Kasturchand Park here on Wednesday. The fire, first noticed around 5-45 in the wee hours, reportedly destroyed five computers, chairs and other material. Although...
Critically injured in gas cylinder blast, GPO Officer, spouse denied admission by hospitals in Nagpur!
Nagpur: A leaking gas cylinder went off in an apartment in Subhash Nagar on Tuesday, leaving a couple critically injured in the accident. The couple has been identified as Shashikant and Sandhya Pande. Ironically, as the couple sustained critical burn...
Tiwari slams Thakre for his tirade against Mayor, Mpl Commissioner over Smart City issue
Nagpur: Ruffled by the castigating statement by Leader of Opposition in NMC Vikas Thakre, who had charged the Mayor and Municipal Commissioner of misleading the citizens over non-inclusion of Nagpur in the list of ‘Smart City,’ the Ruling Party Leader...
Facing heat, cops try to shift blame but 3 thrashed waiters nail the lie
Nagpur: The beating of three waiters allegedly by Ambazari cops has taken new twist and turn. On one hand the cops have vehemently denied their role in the beating incident and charged a security guard in-charge of bashing up the...
RSS set to replace its ‘ideological wear’ with cool uniform!
Representational Picture Nagpur: Rasthriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), headquartered at Nagpur has been the epicentre of all political movements in the BJP. However the party is more associated with its uniform - a khaki shorts, white shirt and a black topi -...
Now, city needs an officer of T Chandrashekhar’s caliber to turn it a ‘Smart City’
Chorus is growing to bring back the mercurial officer and the lost glory of the Second Capital City of Nagpur as well. Nagpur: Embarrassment has been heaped in tons. Beating has been taken severely. Many faces have been left red-faced. And...
The number ‘108’ turning out be life-saver on streets
The State Government’s Health Department in cooperation with ‘BVG India Limited’ has launched a ‘Dial 108’ Ambulance Service under Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services. Nagpur: A phone number has emerged as life saver for hundreds of persons who faced medical emergency on...
Sachin Tendulkar lands in Amravati to lay stone for sports complex
Nagpur: Masterblaster Sachin Tendulkar, the tag he earned from the years of his dedicated cricketing excellence, made a visit on the lands of Vidarbha on Tuesday. Tendulkar reached Amravati this morning to lay the foundation stone of a proposed sports...
Two killed, two others injured in different road accidents
Nagpur: Two persons were killed and two others were injured when the vehicles they were riding in met with accidents in different areas on Monday night. One accused has been arrested in this connection while the other is being searched...
Satnami community meeting held at Adv Wanjari’s office
Nagpur: The members of Satnami community held a meeting in the presence of Adv Abhijit Wanjari, General Secretary of Nagpur District Congress Committee. The meeting was held at Wanjari’s office in Minimata Nagar. Other prominent persons present on the occasion...
Mehul Adwani – the Nagpur guy to watch out for in Bollywood!
Nagpur: He is still in his early 20s and has been bitten by the "acting ka keeda" for the last 8-9 years. He began by taking part in Drama competitions while in college, where he studies Ayurvedic Medicine and got an...
Newly built cement road bares its ugly face and ‘corrupt’ affairs in NMC, too
Nagpur: The shabby affairs being run in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) have comer to the fore again, as anticipated. The speed in which the NMC announced construction of a network of cement roads left the citizens amazed. And the speed...
Youth in hundreds take out candle march to pay tributes to Clint Hale
Nagpur: A senseless murder of a youth who had dared to fall in love with a girl of another area was condemned by his friends, relatives and the neighbors. Youth who are otherwise very busy in tuitions, studies, exams or...
HC raps cops, orders to deposit Rs 10 lakh in suspicious death case of engineering student
Nagpur: Taking the dismal police probe into suspicious death of a student of Ramdeobaba Engineering College seriously, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has ordered the Home Department and Nagpur police to deposit Rs 10 lakh before January 31. The...
Nagpur Today impact: NMC puts ‘blanket ban’ on auctioning of tenders manually
Nagpur: Acting swiftly on Nagpur Today expose and subsequently putting a “blanket ban” on auctioning of tenders manually, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation seems to have resorted to damage-control exercise. The scenario in the civic body was not less than an...
