Vidarbha industries to get cheaper power by March says Minister Bawankule
Nagpur: This was one demand that was raising its head vociferously since this government came to power riding on an unprecedented popularity wave in Vidarbha. When power is generated here, why don't we get it a cheaper tariff? Demanded many Nagpur...
Poverty and frustration lead farmer couple of Yavatmal to commit suicide
Nagpur: Mohan and Sheela Rathod are/ were marginal farmers who were left with just 3 acres of land when family divisions took place. With this one 'asset' they aspired to put their two sons through school and get them a...
Nagpur Round Table 83 holds Blood Donation Camp
Nagpur: The sight of blood causes anxiety, alarm, fright and sometimes even fainting. But without blood there would be no transport of oxygen, regulation of temperature, or metabolism of our body. The blood plays the most vital role in our...
Nagpur HC cancel’s Saibaba’s bail plea, charges Arundhati Roy for contempt
Nagpur: A single-judge bench of Bombay High Court at Nagpur has canceled the bail of GN Saibaba, the former Delhi University professor accused of having links with the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit. He had been arrested in May 2014 under...
House was prorogued without playing the national anthem: Fadnavis criticises Council chairman
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday criticised the Chairman of the Legislative Council Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar for proroguing the Upper House "without playing the national anthem". Fadnavis said he would soon meet the state Governor to apprise him of...
Council witnesses curious but high-voltage moments on last day
Nagpur: The Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad), apart from noisy scenes, witnessed a few interesting and dramatic events on the last day of Winter Session on Wednesday. Amid high-pitched uproar and exchange of hot words between the ruling and opposition benches,...
Investment in agriculture is a must, says CM in interaction with Chief Editors
Nagpur: “Agrarian situation in Marathwada has turned grim following scanty rain in the past 3-4 years making it necessary to make available irrigation, agriculture pumps and electricity connections to farmers among other facilities. If funds are earmarked every year for...
Govt initiated host of measures for progress of Vidarbha, Marathwada: Mungantiwar
Nagpur: Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, replying to the marathon debate on the issues of Vidarbha and Marathwada initiated under Rule 293 in Legislative Assembly, first took a dig at NCP leader Jayant Patil. “People in Vidarbha and Marathwada must...
CM rips apart Oppn charges on various issues, including scams, in a last day blitz
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a last day blitz, ripped apart all charges and allegations leveled by Opposition on various issues during the Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature. No scams: “My Government is transparent. The Opposition’s claim of Rs 4000 crore...
Ambazari PSI Gondale found dead under mysterious circumstances
Nagpur: A Police Sub-Inspector attached to Ambazari Police Station was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the midnight of Wednesday (December 23) in Yashwant Nagar area of city. The deceased, PSI Dashrath Govindrao Gondale (57) of Ambazari Police Station and resident...
Protesting computer operator, participating in morcha, dies of illness
Nagpur: One of the computer operators, participating in morcha agitation under the banner of Maharashtra Rajya Sanganak Parichalak Sanghatna since December 15 to press for their various demands, died of illness on Tuesday evening. Identified as Rahul Gajanan Chokhandre (32),...
CM touched by farmer’s gesture who drops father’s 13th day ritual to donate for relief fund
Nagpur: Peasants are mostly known for their pain and agony in the backdrop of severe agrarian crisis that has become a bane for them for quite some years. But this act of a farmer Gajanan Sarode from Matakhed village in...
Bail applications of five co-accused of Wasankar scam gets rejected by High Court
Nagpur: Bail applications of five co-accused of Wasankar scam including Bhagyashree and Vinay Wasankar; Abhijeet Chaudhari and Deepak Bajaj rejected by High Court on December 22, 2015. The co-accused of Wasankar Scam seems to facing heat at the High Court too. The...
Debt Recovery Agents of HDB Financial Services thrash debtor
In-spite of RBI guidelines, recovery agents of number of Private Banks' harass defaulters the age-old way Nagpur: Debt Recovery Agents of HDB Financial Services entered a house in Nandanvan area and beat-up the debtor. A case has been lodged in Sakaradhara...
Vast difference is being seen in BJP leaders’ ‘Kathni aani Karni’: Vikhe Patil
The BJP leaders had promised Vidarbha people that ‘Vikasachi Ganga” (overall development) will be brought to the State if came to power. What happened to that promise? asked the Opposition Leader and added that the Ministers in the Government have...
Youth Congress activists stage agitation at City Survey Office
Nagpur: Activists of Nagpur Loksabha Youth Congress, led by its President Bunty Shelke, on Tuesday staged agitation at City Survey Office in Civil Lines to highlight problems being faced by common people who visit the office for their works. The...
Five Nagpur Youngsters leave for ‘Jagriti Yatra’ today
Nagpur: While adult Indians leave for char dham yatras, Amarnath yatra, Kasi yatra or Mecca yatra, these lucky five get to do a yatra of 12 Indian cities/ towns/ villages of 12 different states travelling together with hundreds of other...
Sanjeev Kumar appointed new Managing Director of MSEDCL
Nagpur: Sanjeev Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1993 batch, took over as the Managing Director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. on Monday (December 21, 2015). Prior to this appointment, Sanjeev Kumar was working as Joint...
Nagpur Jail to see hi-tech security system with Israeli touch soon
Nagpur: Security system across prisons in Maharashtra would go hi-tech with Israeli touch as the BJP- Government has decided to seek help of the Jewish Government in this regard. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday informed the State Legislative Assembly...
PWD Committee’s report on Metro-Ramjhula dispute soon
Nagpur: An expert committee of Public Works Department (PWD) is soon going to submit its report over a dispute surrounding Nagpur Metro Rail and Ramjhula projects. This information was given to Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court by Maharashtra Government....
Munde alleges exposing of scams in four departments
Nagpur: NCP MLC and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde pushed the Fadnavis Government on the edge by claiming that they have exposed four scams perpetrated by four ministers of concerned departments. The departments are Education, Food and...
