Choudhary bags Maharashtra Kesri crown for second time defeating Jadhav
Nagpur: In an exciting bout, defending champion Jalgaon's Vijay Choudhary floored Vikrant Jadhav of Mumbai to retain Maharashtra Kesri title in 59th Maharashtra Kesri Wrestling Championship that concluded at Chitnis Park in Nagpur on Sunday. With this victory Choudhary has become...
Abhay Kolarkar, ‘Man of the RTI’, bares valued but bitter reality, in style
Nagpur: He is fighter. He fights ‘Battle of Information’ and wins too, most of the times. By winning many a battle, he has enriched the citizens across the sections of society with information that would have never been made public....
Kamptee’s Sriram Sena takes lead over ‘original’ one, Saffron brigade wears silence!
Nagpur: Sriram Sena or Shriram Sene as known in Karnataka has been inevitably connected with their excessive ways of moral policing. However climbing to this party’s aggressive acts, an organization from Kamptee known by similar name is gradually creating a...
Khopde retained as City BJP President
Nagpur: Putting all speculations to rest, BJP has decided to retain Krishna Khopde as President of City Unit. In a meeting held on Saturday, majority of top leaders unanimously favoured to hand over the city unit reins to East Nagpur...
Newly formed State Accreditation Committee holds its first meeting
Nagpur: The first meeting of newly formed Maharashtra Newspapers and Publicity Media Accreditation Committee, headed by veteran journalist Yadu Joshi, began here on Saturday. The meeting, being held at Ravibhavan Hall, will continue on January 10 too. All the members...
Kidnapping Drama Ends: Cheers to Chaitanya, Kudos to Smart Nagpur Police!
Nagpur: Thanks to Nagpur police, both city and rural, for their impeccable display of spontaneity and intelligent moves, perhaps a learning from the past, the sensational kidnapping trail has been tracked down in the nick of time. Chaitanya is now home,...
Wadi goes tense as brother of murder accused shot at
Nagpur: Tension ran high and panic was at its peak in Wadi area of the city when a brother of a murder accused was allegedly shot at. The incident reportedly took place on Friday night. However, on the other hand,...
High voltage drama witnessed while body of missing man was being exhumed at Mokshadham
Mess created by Sadar Police Station’s negligent attitude Nagpur: In what could be mentioned as the lackadaisical attitude of the Police officials, the cops attached with the Sadar Police Station had denied or refused to even file a case of Missing...
District Collector streamlines shabby City Survey working with heavy hand
Nagpur: After taking severe beating over corruption prevailing in City Survey Office and shabby working style of its officials, the District Collector Sachin Kurve assured to streamline the working in the crucial department. The result is there to see. The...
SCZCC’s colourful Orange City Craft Mela begins in city
Nagpur: The much-awaited Orange City Craft Mela, organized by South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC), commenced on Friday, January 8. The event will conclude on January 17. Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Vanrai President Girish Gandhi, Basantlal Shaw, Devendra Parekh and...
Stunner: 15 Registers of dispute cases, petitions stolen from Family Court
Nagpur: In a daring act, unidentified miscreants struck at the core of Family Court in the supposedly safe and secure premises of sprawling District Court and decamped with crucial registers, 15 in total, of dispute cases and petitions. The stunning...
Extortion and kidnapping: Nagpur HC seeks reply from ex Cong Minister, former CP, Santosh Ambekar over their alleged involvement
Nagpur: In one of the most high profile political-police-gangster nexus, an old case of extortion and kidnapping a cloth trader has come to hound a prominent Congress leader also a former state minister, Nagpur’s former Commissioner of Police Ankush Dhanvijay,...
Alert Nagpur! You cannot wear army pattern uniforms any more after fresh Army diktat
Nagpur: That Nagpur has been put on high alert post Pathankot attack is the most obvious thing to happen, given the past failed attempt to invade RSS fort in Nagpur and also the recent hanging of 1993 Mumbai serial blast...
Chaitanya returns home safely, rescued by police from Khapa, all 4 accused arrested
Nagpur: Chaitanya Ashtankar, son of teacher couple who was abducted from Sonegaon was safely rescued from the jaws of abductors. Police have arrested four accused in this case. Chaitanya was found in the forests of Badegaon under Khapa police station...
Beware, use or sell of banned nylon ‘manja’ could send you to 5-year jail
Nagpur: Beware of kite lovers as well as vendors. If you are found using or selling the sharp nylon strings called ‘Manja’ during the coming ‘Sankranti’ festival, be prepared to spend five years in jail as the use and sell...
Standing Committee’s flip-flop affairs come to the fore
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its Standing Committee are renowned for running their affairs the flip-flop ways. The NMC is leaving no stone unturned for inclusion of Nagpur in the list of ‘Smart City,’ a project of Central...
City’s vulnerable class in grip of syndicate of private financiers
Nagpur: A syndicate or say mafia (awful word but it is true) of over two dozen private financiers, it seems, have spread a cobweb in the Second Capital City of Nagpur and are trapping the vulnerable class of the society....
FDA raids trader in Golibar Square area, seizes spurious stock of pista
Nagpur: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Nagpur Unit, raided residential premises of a trader in Golibar Chowk area and seized a stock of spurious pistachio (pista). Samples of the spurious pista have been sent to laboratories for analysis and...
Induction training of the 69th Batch of IRS officers in NADT on Jan 11
Nagpur: The Inauguration Ceremony of the Induction Training of the 69th batch of IRS (Indian Revenue Service) at NADT, Nagpur (National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur) is being held on 11th January, 2016 (Monday) at 1.15 PM. Shri Arun Kumar...
Chaitanya’s Kidnapping: Cops get sketch of abductor; CCTV shows suspected vehicle!
Nagpur: Sonegaon police have been groping in the dark as it took help of sketch artist to trace the identity of the accused who is allegedly involved in the broad day night kidnapping of 14 year old Chaitanya Ashtankar from...
Aged woman sets her ablaze in Nandanvan area
Nagpur: Tension ran high in Nandanvan locality when a 70-year old woman set her ablaze in the dead of night at 0030 hours of Friday (January 8) in her house. The elderly woman died on the spot. The reason behind...
