Jaripatka goes tense as young boy dies suspiciously

• Relatives of the deceased boy allegedly blamed negligence on the part of a private hospital’s doctor for his death.

NMC school celebrates Bar Sheshrao Wankhede’s 101st birth anniversary, social gathering

Nagpur: Bar Sheshrao Wankhede Vidyaniketan, Ramdaspeth on Thursday celebrated the 101st birth anniversary of city’s first Mayor Bar Sheshrao Wankhede and school’s social gathering. The chief guest of the function was Mayor Pravin Datke while Education Committee Chairman Gopal Bohre,...

Rani Laxmibai Resident Sainik School, Waddhamana episode: How can hunger produce soldiers at sainik school?

• Hunger forces girls to relinquish school
• Irresponsible school management needs punishment for failing to keep up commitment to run the school

Movie ‘Nagpur Gangster’ to be made on Akku Yadav

Mumbai/Nagpur: Gangster Bharat Kalicharan aka Akku Yadav was killed by 200 women in Nagpur district court in 2004, which attracted worldwide attention. It is said that he killed a dozen of people and managed to get acquittal from court. He...

Vidarbha Neglected Despite Sending Ten MLAs, Says Former MLA

Nagpur: Former MLA and convener of the Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti advocate Wamanrao Chatap said here today that the Maharashtra government has neglected the Vidarbha region despite being represented by ten MLAs, including two cabinet ministers. He produced copies of various...

Ernst and Young consultants for Mumbai-Nagpur highway

Nagpur: Ernst and Young has been appointed as the consultant for the ambitious Mumbai-Nagpur communication highway project. The decision was taken at the meeting of the board of directors of Maharashtra State Road development Corporation (MSRDC) here, Maharashtra government said in...

Traffic on Ganesh idol immersion days to be regulated at various places in city

Nagpur: Police Department in the city through a notification, signed by Joint Police Commissioner Rajvardhan, has undertaken a massive exercise to regulate traffic for the immersion of Ganesh idols. The traffic moving in the direction of Futala Lake, Gandhisagar, Naik...

N Srinivasan in Nagpur; to meet Sharad Pawar

Nagpur: ICC President and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association chief N Srinivasan arrived here tonight by a special flight to meet former BCCI president and Mumbai Cricket Association chief Sharad Pawar, who is currently on a tour to drought-hit Vidarbha. He has...

160 persons arrested for illegal trafficking of minor minerals in district, informs Collector Kurve

Nagpur: In a major action, the District Administration cracked down on illegal trafficking of minor minerals over a period from April to August this year and arrested 160 accused persons by filing 80 criminal cases against...

Bawankule’s intervention results in Reliance Polyester workers mopping up moolah

Nagpur: The mediatory role played by Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has resulted in hundreds of employees of Reliance Polyester Industries mopping at least Rs 22 lakh compensation each. This is the first time that such kind of settlement was reached...

Town Hall witnesses stormy NMC general meeting on Wednesday

Nagpur: The Town Hall, Mahal on Wednesday witnessed a terrific uproar during the general meeting of NMC over the issue of corruption of various types. As soon as the proceedings of the house started, the Opposition...

Mountain of fish perish in Gandhisagar Lake, mysteriously

Nagpur: One of the beauty spots in the Second capital City of Nagpur, Gandhisagar Lake, turned out a spot of curiosity and horror as well for the citizens. The scenario depicted a horror movie. The nearby residents and passersby witnessed...

Reservation remarks: RSS faces severe protest in the city

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh is anti-Dalit: P L Puniya Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat's reservation-related remarks worked like pelting a stone at hornets' nest. The Wednesday witnessed wide-spread protest against RSS. Even Congress leader and Chairman of National Commission for...

NMC nominates Bhushan Shingne for NIT trustee post

Shingne commits to deal with 572-1900 layout issue Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in its general meeting unanimously passed a resolution to nominate Bhushan Shingne for the post of NIT trustee. Ruling party leader Dayashankar Tiwari on behalf of BJP proposed...

Two road robbers land in custody while looting a Jail employee

Nagpur: By a quirk of fate, two road robbers landed in police custody while trying to loot an employee of Central Jail. The incident took place at 11.30 on Tuesday night. The Nagpur Central Jail employee, Yogesh Laxmanrao Patil (36), resident...

Prisoner beaten up in Central Jail

Prisoner suffers heart attack the fourth time Nagpur: Every Central Jail is a place which houses prisoners who are convicted for various crimes. However, in spite of the security measures, often in-fighting among prisoners has occurred.  Many convicts who often land...

Narrow gauge section of Nagpur division of Railways closes from October 1 in Satputda vall

Nagpur: The narrow gauge section of Nagpur division of South-East Central Railway (SECR) will be closed for operations from next month as the broad gauge conversion work would be taken up, a senior railway official said. The 622-km network in the...

Cyber cafe owner held for running fake website

Mumbai/Nagpur : The Mumbai Cyber Cell arrested a cyber cafe owner from Nagpur on charges of cheating by running a fake website. The accused, Granth Mahipal Rane, is a resident of Nagpur and had been duping candidates by promising them...

Nagpur citizens decry DeITY’s insensitive draft which had to be rolled back

Nagpur: How would you feel about someone peeping into your bedroom or your bathroom? Violated, angry and humiliated. Isn’t it? Well that is exactly what the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITY) attempted to do...

More than 1.5 lakh Indian Muslims on Haj Pilgrimage to Mecca

Nagpur has sent 850-900 Haj pilgrims Mumbai/ Nagpur: This year's Haj Pilgrimage records inclusion of 1.5 lakh Indian Muslims, joining tens of thousands of othersacross the world, each of them, on the annual journey of individual faith to holy...