13 yr old hangs self after mother refuses to give Rs 5; cops probing murder angle
Nagpur/Amravati: In an incident that draws worrying lines to the parents raising their teen kids, a 13-year-old boy committed suicide in Amravati Municipal Corporation school. The deceased Alkesh Rameshwar Mohod, a resident of Kapilvastu Nagar, was the student of Std....
Wasankar scam :Police raid on Tajshree Group
Nagpur: The city Crime Branch conducted raids at showrooms and offices of Tajshree Group promoted by Avinash Bhute for his links with the Wasankar scam. The Crime Branch seized 120 Honda City cars and 137 two wheelers from his gowdown...
Cash-strapped, debt-ridden NMC seeks fresh loan from BoM to pay old dues
Nagpur: The cash-strapped and debt ridden Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is again planning to procure a hefty loan from a bank. In a meeting held on Tuesday, the Standing Committee of NMC gave its approval for the process to take loan...
Ravindra Jain shifted to Wockhardt Hospital, critical but stable
Nagpur: Renowned music composer and singer Ravindra Jain who had suffered paralytic stroke during a visit to Nagpur and admitted to Platina Hospital in critical condition was on Tuesday shifted to Wockhardt Hospital. The legendary musician and singer has been...
I purchased petrol from Bhole Petrol Pump and set myself ablaze to end life, says Nikita
In her statement given to the Magistrate, Nikita said she was undergoing tremendous mental stress and felt dejected. However, Nikita has not stated the reason for mental stress causing rounds of speculations over the suicide bid. Now, she has been...
Why our highway toll tax could soon be going up instead of going away?
Nagpur: When we traveled from Nagpur to Amravati by road some months ago, it was shocking to see the amount of toll we had to pay for a short distance of 160 kms approximately. It...
RTI expose: Marriage mess tops list of reasons for suicides; sex rackets too thrive
Nagpur: The lifestyle has changed, drastically. The environment has changed, visibly. With these disturbing changes, a disturbing trend has come to light. A scan of information points out a spurt in suicides by womenfolk with married ones forming...
Police Mitras to be reintroduced to maintain law and order: DGP Dixit
Nagpur: Director General of Police Praveen Dixit addressed the media in the city on October 6, 2015. To begin with he claimed that he is happy to have got an opportunity to visit the city, where...
Immersions take a huge toll on Gandhisagar & Futala
Nagpur: Green Vigil Foundation, a well-recognized NGO thriving in the field of Environment protection and Sustainable development, conducted a scientific study to analyse the impact of Idol immersion and Nirmalaya disposal during Ganesh festival on the lakes of...
Cricket betting ring busted, six fixers arrested in Koradi area
Nagpur: Crime Branch of Nagpur Police busted a cricket betting racket and arrested six fixers. Betting was going on in full swing in Vanjra area coming under Koradi Police Station over India-South Africa Twenty20 cricket match. On a tip-off, the...
Don’t miss out on becoming a voter! Fresh registration drive from Oct 8
Nagpur: Be it assembly elections or lok sabha polls, the voter turnout every year is remarkably low as compared to the registered number of voters. However most of who are willing to vote doesn't have registration. They are either migrants...
Judge Advocates Basic Course inaugurated at IML, Kamptee
Nagpur: Judge Advocates Basic Course, Ser-25 (JAC-25) was formally inaugurated at Institute of Military Law (IML), Kamptee by Col Sandeep Kumar, Commandant on 05 Oct 2015. The course is being attended by 2 officers of the Indian Army, 04 Officers from...
Deepak Bajaj denied pre-arrest bail
Nagpur: The judge of special court of Prevention of Corruption Act KGRathi has dismissed anticipatory bail plea of secretary of Jaripatka"s SindhuEducation Society and principal of Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School Deepak Khubchand Bajaj, who is accused of amassing property...
NMC polls on ward basis
Nagpur: State government has taken decision to hold municipal corporation elections on ward basis. Till government does not take any decision in this regard, untill then elections will be held on one ward-one representative basis, informed State Election Commissioner J...
SEC J S Saharia assures of action if complaints received against CM
Nagpur: Like a seasoned bureaucrat that he is State Election Commissioner (SEC) J S Saharia was answering to a question by the media personnel. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis had made a declaration that Kalyan-Dombivali...
How can NMC send projected amount for LBT compensation?
Nagpur: As the LBT is gone from the purview of Nagpur Municipal Corporatin, the civic body appears ina hurry to mop up compensation. So much so that instead of sending the actual figures, NMC dispatched projected revenue loss due to abolition...
Nagpur-Mumbai bullet train plan grinds to a halt!
Nagpur: The ambitious Nagpur-Mumbai bullet train project seems to be nowhere near reality as the railway officials say the State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is least interested in the project. One of the first high-speed lines conjured up by the previous Democratic...
City Youth Congress calls college bandh to protest Gajendra Chauhan’s appointment as FTII chief
Nagpur: Indian Youth Congress (IYC), led by Bunty Shelke, on Monday called for ‘college bandh’ to protest appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) as well as extend support agitation of students being...
‘American Gandhi’ Bernie Meyer pays goodwill visit to NMC
Nagpur: Washington resident Bernie Meyer, regarded as ‘American Gandhi,’ on Monday paid a goodwill visit to Nagpur Municipal Corporation where he was received whole-heartedly by Mayor Pravin Datke. The Mayor welcomed Meyer by offering him a Tulsi sapling and a...
Gadkari inaugurates Madar River restoration project work in Narkhed
Nagpur: Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday inaugurated the Madar River Restoration project by performing ‘Jalpujan’ in Narkhed Taluka. The ambitious project has been undertaken by Dr Ashish Deshmukh, an MLA from Katol-Narkhed area under Jalyukta Shivar Campaign....
Parking woes galore in Dhantoli area
Insensitivity of the citizens, rich and powerful too comes to fore Nagpur: Human beings are supposed to be the only intelligent being in the animal kingdom. Feelings, emotions are best observed only in human beings. However, sensitivity...
