Fadnavis pitches for new jail manual, advance technology in state prisons
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has expressed his content over amends in 30 rules and regulations in existing jail manual which existed since the times of British. He informed that the Central Government too had come up with a new...
Timirathun Tejakade : Power packed performances by jail inmates steal CM’s heart
Nagpur: It was a perfect symphony of performance and pure intent, a kind display of perseverance and reform, and a live demonstration of how a jail inmate can be transformed to become a main stream citizen. Adding to the delight,...
Dilwale’s CP & Berar distributor Manohar Wadhwani hopeful of mega hit ahead!
Manohar Wadwani with SRK,Rohit Shetty and Varun Dhawan at the special show of the movie Nagpur: While the winter chills go down, the heat rises with two big Bollywood releases, all set to scorch big screens this Friday. Here comes...
Women and men tonsure their heads to demand liquor ban in Buldana District
Nagpur: Hair for Indian women is a prestige issue. Indian women are known worldwide for having the most beautiful and long hair in the world. Hair is the crowning glory for any Indian Women. However, it is only for religious...
Citizens hit streets against prostitution, brothels being run in Ganga-Jamuna despite HC order
Nagpur: Hundreds of citizens on Thursday hit the streets protesting against large scale prostitution and brothels being run in city's Ganga-Jamuna area (Red Light area) with impunity despite hard-hitting strictures by Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. The irate local...
Fadnavis inaugurates Gorewada Wildlife Rescue Center, enjoys safari, too
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre that has been set up to treat an array of injured and orphaned animals, rare species of birds, snakes etc. Other dignitaries present on the occasion...
Shifting tigers from Maharajbagh Zoo to Gorewada Zoo stalled
Nagpur: Large cats are always an attraction in any zoo. The majesty of such a large carnivore is spell-binding. The tiger (Panthera Tigris) is one of the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m...
French Envoy visits NMC, holds meeting on Smart City, Metro Rail Project
Nagpur: The French Ambassador to India Francois Richier on Wednesday visited Nagpur Municipal Corporation and held a meeting with Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar, NIT Chairman Shyam Wardhane, Managing Director of NMRCL Brijesh Dixit and other officials in connection with Smart...
Inter-city transport crippled as employees of ST go on strike
Nagpur: The Buses of State Road Transport Corporation commonly called as ST play a vital role in ferrying people from the nearby villages and moffusil areas of Nagpur to the city and similarly taking people to their native villages. The...
Shiv Sena, BJP MLAs strongly protest insult to Shivaji Maharaj by NCERT
Nagpur: Shiv Sena and BJP legislators on Thursday staged angry demonstration in the premises of Vidhan Bhavan against NCERT for ‘heaping insult’ on Great Maratha Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and ‘glorifying’ Mugal Emperors Babar and Aurangzeb in its textbook. The...
Farmer who attempted suicide at AAP rally dies at Mayo hospital
file pic Nagpur: Dragging the winter session towards darker shift, an issue of a farmers’ suicide attempt turned serious when the ryot breathed his last on Thursday morning. Pundalik Thakre, a 50-year-old farmer from Ralegaon taluka in Wardha district had attempted...
Shiv Sena, BJP members clash in Assembly over separate Vidarbha issue
Nagpur: The issue of separate Vidarbha echoed in Legislative Assembly on Day-4 of Winter Session but on a different count. The Shiv Sena member Pratap Sarnaik strongly protested the statement of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis clearing the stand on the...
SNDL’s “Feeder bifurcation project” takes yet another leap
Nagpur: As a part of SNDL’s ongoing “Feeder bifurcation project”, SNDL Nagpur has successfully charged 2 newly installed feeders at Mangaldeep Nagar & Sujata Nagar on December 15 and 16, 2015. SNDL’s O&M team achieved this success in a short...
Rs 24.53 lakh looted from 3 ATMs in city on a single day
Central Bank of India ATM, Hingna Nagpur: In an audacious act, a gang or gangs of desperadoes targeted three ATMs of different nationalized banks and collectively looted staggering cash of over Rs 24 lakh in a single day. The daring...
Govt to celebrate Dr Kalam’s birth anniversary as ‘Vachan Prerna Din’: Tawde
Nagpur: The Question Hour in Assembly on Day-4 of Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature saw a member Dhananjay Gadgil raising the issue of Government’s decision to celebrate Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth anniversary day as ‘Vachan Prerna Din’ (Reading Inspiration...
Venue allotment to Nagpur for World T20 raises eyebrows
Nagpur: The Indian cricket board's (BCCI) decision to award almost half of the ICC World T20 matches next year to only two venues -Dharamshala and Nagpur -has raised eyebrows. These two venues -which will together host 17 out of 35...
State BJP MLAs meet RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi in Nagpur to discuss ‘secret’ issue!
Representational Picture Nagpur: With RSS headquarters in Nagpur where the current winter session of state assembly is going on amidst the heated exchange over Vidarbha statehood, all BJP MLAs on Thursday took the time out to meet RSS general secretary...
What triggered IT raid on Sunil Hitech’s 14 premises? Action likely to continue today
Nagpur: Well known Sunil Hitech Engineers group owned by industrialist Ratnakar Gutte had a bad day on Wednesday as 14 of its commercial and residential premises including 6 in Nagpur were raided by Income Tax sleuths. Although officers of I-T department...
Allahabad Bank, Nagpur Zone sold property under SARFAESI
Nagpur: In pursuance of action under SARFEASI ACT,2002 Allahabad Bank, Nagpur Zone sold the property belonging to Shri. Vivek S Hood Prop of M/s Ramanuj Associates, NPA account of Bank’s Manish Nagar branch situated at Om Nagar, Sakkardara for Rs.88.10...
Fadnavis backs off on Vidarbha promise, passes buck to Centre
File Photo: Ashish Deshmukh leader of Saprate Vidarbha took out a rally (padyatra) from Shahid chouk, Itwari Nagpur Nagpur: In a major setback to the separate Vidarbha aspirations of hordes of leaders and people, the state government backed off on...
CM’s resolution fails to call peace in House, Opposition firm on Aney’s resignation
Nagpur: State Advocate General Shrihari Aney's remarks on the issue of statehood to Vidarbha and the following clarification of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the Legislative Council did not go down well with the Opposition which continued to remain aggressive...
