Cops foil armed dacoity, arrest 4 members of gang in Panchpaoli
Nagpur: Panchpaoli police on Tuesday evening foiled a dacoity by arresting a gang of four robbers including an externed criminal in a swift action. Cops have seized arms and other lethal material from the arrested desperadoes. A search is also...
Nagpur Airport: Deer spotted on runway again
Nagpur: While the incident wherein a pig came in front of the aircraft of President Dr Pranab Mukharjee is yet to fade from memory, another animal was spotted around the runway area. This time it"s a deer. Earlier, the DGCA...
Swine flu : 3 deaths reported in a single day
Nagpur: Swine flu cases are on the rise again, as three deaths have been reported in a single day in the city. Three patients including one woman undergoing swine flu treatment at Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) succumbed to...
RSS focus on social equality, population control
Nagpur. The 3-day meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal of RSS that concluded on Sunday (October 1) deliberated at length various social issues and also stressed on expanding and spreading its activities in certain specific areas. The Publicity Wing of the RSS, in...
NMC’s Junior Engineer, Sanitary Inspector suspended for corruption
Nagpur. Cracking the whip, Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar on Tuesday suspended a Junior Engineer and Sanitary Inspector for indulging in corrupt practices. According to sources, the Junior Engineer who faced the action has been identified as A J Varambhe who is attached with Gandhibagh...
Uddhav warns Fadnavis Govt to break alliance if BJP insists on KDMC mayor’s post
In what may further intensify Shiv Sena's standoff with its ally, its chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said his party was ready to tread its own way in future if BJP insists on having its mayor in the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal...
Two Sitabuldi traders booked for selling bogus electronics goods
Nagpur: Sitabuldi police have booked two traders under charges of selling bogus electronics goods in the name of branded company’s goods. The two accused have been identified as Vijay Chandumal Chang (32), resident of Shanti Nagar Colony and owner of Sunny...
Slow Move of Postal Department: Only 2 ATMs opened in 5 years
Nagpur: Despite all efforts to update the functioning of Post and Telegraph Department, under the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, there seems to be no much progress in the functioning of department, which is known for its snail's...
Held up layout-development-works to be started soon: NIT
NCP delegation assured Nagpur: A delegation of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) comprising NCP city president Pravin Kunte, ex-corporator Vedprakash Arya, NCP leader in NMC Raju Nagulwar and Anil Ahirkar met the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) chairman Shyam Wardhane and urged him...
No takers for Tur dal imported from Africa. Does not cook, complain users
Nagpur: There has been a huge outcry over rising price of dals, specially Tur dal leading Govt. to import huge quantities of it from Africa which is being supplied to markets by Dal mill owners. It has finally become available just...
Proposed NMRC regulations need vital amendments for best results – VTA
Nagpur: Government of Maharashtra through its Urban Development Department (UDD) in public interest has proposed modifications vide Notification No. TPS-2414/477/CR-248/2014/UD-9 regarding addition of New Regulation along with appendix ‘W’ in Development Control Regulations (DCR) of Nagpur City in regards to...
SC rejects Deepak Bajaj anticipatory bail plea, ask to surrender on Nov 12
Nagpur: City-based educationalist Deepak Bajaj will have to surrender to the cops since the Supreme Court has also rejected his plea for an anticipatory bail on Monday. The apex court bench comprising justice Kurian Joseph granted him interim protection for...
Panchayat polls: Congress humiliates BJP in Wardha District; mixed bag for parties in rest of Vidarbha
Nagpur: In the Nagar Panchayat elections results of which were announced on Monday, Congress humiliated Bharatiya Janata Party in Wardha District by bagging 16 seats out of total 17 in Karanja Nagar Panchayat while in Ashti, the party emerged victorious...
NMC doctors to get pay hike for curbing private practice
NAGPUR: In a significant move the Standing Committee of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) green signalled a proposal to pay 35% of doctors' basic salary as Non-Practising Allowance (NPA). The Committee later forwarded the proposal to the NMC's House for its approval...
Road near Ambazari overflow to be widened
Nagpur: In view of ongoing construction of Swami Vevekanand Memorial at Ambazari Overflow site, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is leaving no stones unturned for making the spot beautiful and an attraction for visitors. The Standing Committee on Monday approved widening of...
Christian brethren observe All Souls Day with solemn reverence
Nagpur: Christian brethren including Catholics, Protestants and Presbyterians observe All Souls Day with solemn reverence on November 2, 2015. While speaking to Nagpur Today, Presbyter-In-Charge of All Saints’ Cathedral Reverend Satish Nanda gave a brief historical preview of All Soul’s Day....
Smart City drive: domestic garbage collection process revised
Nagpur: Keeping the upgraded status of orange city as Smart City in view, the NMC health department has brought a change in domestic garbage collection process, which will be introduced in the coming week. Accordingly, wet garbage will be collected...
Jolt to CM Fadnavis as BJP tastes crushing defeat in Nagar Panchayat polls in Nagpur District
Nagpur: In a major embarrassment for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday faced a crushing defeat in Nagar Panchayat elections in his home Nagpur District. Results of the Nagar Panchayat elections were announced on Monday....
Only 18% convicted in ACB cases; 82% escape ACB trap
Accused manage to get set free Cases pending over past 20 years, delay benefits the accused Where does lie fault in system? File Pic Nagpur: It is said that the hands of law are so long that no one an escape, yet the...
‘Online access be used by consumers to protect themselves’: Rail Yatri Sangh
Nagpur: Despite all possible care taken and alertness shown, the citizens get inevitably deceived. Therefore, in order to protect them, Online Access has been made available, unanimously said various speakers during a programme organized for awareness of consumers at Lohia...
Couple takes students for a ride, dupes them in lakhs by opening bogus tuition class; hunt on
Nagpur: In a first of its kind, a husband-wife duo, in a well-planned conspiracy, took dozens of students for a ride and deceived them in lakhs by opening a bogus tuition class. After collecting huge amounts from the students the...
