Former MLA Ashok Dhawad booked for abusing and threatening a lawyer
Nagpur: In a development that could trigger hot political debate, Dhantoli police have booked former MLA and Chairman of Navodaya Bank Ashok Dhawad on the charges of hurling abuses and threatening a member of the bank. The...
Gokul Housing Society, Borgaon residents protest against civic apathy
Nagpur: Tired of inaction on the part of civic authorities in spite of multiple individual complaints, the residents of Gokul Housing Society in Borgaon, Gorewada Road got together and jointly submitted a memorandum signed by around...
BJP West Nagpur Vice-President throws political might to regularize illegal construction
Nagpur: In a clear gesture to flex political muscles to influence the decision of Nagpur Improvement Trust, Vice President of BJP West Nagpur Unit Deepak Girhe is out to save his building from getting demolished by hook or crook. As NIT...
Six kids go missing in city areas in the past 48 hours
Nagpur: The Second Capital City of Nagpur, in recent times, is witnessing a spurt in disturbing incidents of minor kids going missing. In the past 48 hours, six minor kids have gone missing and reportedly been kidnapped. Two more minor...
Nagpur Spirits Round Table 258 organizes ‘Stand-up Comedy Show’
Event of fund-raising for school-building for underprivileged Nagpur: Nagpur Spirits Round Table 258, is going to organize a Stand-up Comedy Show on October 7, 2015, at 8.30 pm and onward at the venue, Palacio, Hotel Center Point, Ramdaspeth, here...
Has NMC’s garbage-bin free dream become obsolete?
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s year-old dream of becoming garbage-bin free city has proved to be farce and not-applicable. One can see many Garbage bins in many places where they should not be present. For instance, a...
RSS-oriented Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Pratinidhi Sabha to hold 3-day meet
Representational Pic Nagpur: A 3-day congregation of Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKA), a unit of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS, will he held at Reshimbagh Maidan, RSS headquarters, here in the...
Nagpur RTO sells Limousine for just Rs 35,000
Nagpur: What do you get in 35,000?--Samsung smart phone? Or A flat screen TV? Or A scooter at the most? What if you get Limousine in Rs 35,000? The car Limousine once selling in lakhs of rupees as its price...
Now, the rates of petrol & diesel are same in the city and rural areas
Nagpur: There's good news for residents of Nagpur as rates of petrol and diesel will go down a bit with the government abolishing local body tax (LBT ) on both the fuels. The decision will hit those living in rural...
Symposium entitled ‘Sangaman-21’ to be held Oct 2-4
Nagpur: A three-day symposium on “creativity and resistance” titled ‘Sangaman-21’ will be held in the city from October 2 to October 4, 2015. The symposium will be participated by authors and artists from across the nation. A film show is...
HC permits petitioner to take legal steps against Honey Singh
Nagpur: Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice Prasanna B Varale, at the High Court here, have disposed of his criminal writ petition filed by city businessman, Anandpal Singh Jabbal for action against famous singer Yo Yo Honey Singh for alleged vulgar...
Petrol, diesel to be costlier by Rs 2 in Maharashtra from today
Nagpur: Maharashtra government has decided to levy a surcharge of Rs 2 on petrol and diesel. The measures, which will come into effect from Wednesday midnight will be in force for five months, state's Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said. The measures would...
Sahukari Karz worth Rs 2,01,47,118 waived off for 1126 farmers in district so far
- In meeting held on Wednesday Sahukari Karz of 564 farmers waived off---Sachin Kurve
Its donkey’s day out in Nagpur!
Saari duniya ka bojh hum uthate hain… Nagpur: We often overhear discussion in our language in which ‘donkey’ is commonly used as reference point – like ‘main gadhe ki tarah kaam kar raha...
Bajrang Dal to oppose Paul Dinakaran’s prayer-meet, Oct 2-4
Nagpur: Local Bajrang Dal unit is going to oppose the prayer-meetings of Christian evangelist Dr Paul Dinakaran to be held on October 2-4, at Kasturchand Park here in the city. According to Bajrang Dal activists during a...
Labourer crushed to death while breaking an old dilapidated building in VNIT campus
Nagpur: A labourer who was hired to break an old dilapidated building in VNIT campus was crushed to death when the portion he was working on him fell on him on September 30, 2015. According to sources,...
‘Take various schemes of government to the slum-dwellers’: Sandip Jadhav
Nagpur: In the just concluded meeting of Galichha Basti Nirmulan va Ghar Bandhani Vishesh Samiti (NMC's Special Committee for Eradication of Slums and Provision of Housing), its chairman Sandip Jadhav, while presiding over the meeting, said,...
NMC-OCW to take up 6-hour maintenance Work at Pench-III WTP on Oct. 1
Affected areas to get low pressure water supply Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Orange City Water (OCW) have planned to carry out maintenance works at Pench III water treatment plant (WTP), in a bid to further strengthen treatment process...
311 tons of ‘Nirmalya’ collected, 1.64 lakh idols immersed during 10-day Ganesh festival in city
Nagpur: The Orange City produced a staggering 311 tons of ‘Nirmalya’ and other puja material that was being used in the 10-day Ganesh festival by thousands of households and mandals. The same huge quantity was collected...
NMC Health Dept lands in soup for gobbling up salaries of adhoc docs, no benefits offered!
Nagpur: More skeletons tumble out of the notorious act of NMC’s Health Department appointing doctors on ad-hoc basis without due permission, and then offering them pay as per sixth pay commission. Moreover, it was learnt that these 12 doctors who were...
Special Star buses to Koradi Mandir during Navratri
Nagpur: In view of large number of devotees visiting the pilgrimage center of Shri Mahalaxmi Mandir, Koradi during Navratri festivity, the Star Bus management has decided to start special buses during this period. The special buses...
