Lokshahi Divas to be held on Sept 7, Monday

Nagpur: The Lokshahi Divas will be held on September 7, 2015, from 10 am to 12 noon, at Chhatrapati Sabhagruh in the Collectorate, here. All grievances on record of taluka-level grievance redressal day, but not disposed of even within a...

Two Irrigation Department clerks land in ACB trap for bribe of Rs 8000

  Kamalesh Aakre and Mahesh Sathavane Nagpur: Continuing their crackdown on graft, Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday took two clerks of Irrigation Department into custody for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 8,000. With the trap of two clerks today, the ACB...

Bogus bank employee dupes lady doctor by seeking ATM card details

Nagpur: A trickster pretending to be a bank employee dug out details of ATM Card from a lady doctor and later withdrew Rs 24,000 from her account fraudulently on Thursday. The victim, Dr Malti Umesh Khade (53), resident of Plot No....

OROP demands: Veterans from Nagpur region stage chain-hunger-strike

Nagpur: We need them to stand on our border, we need them to stand guard in unlivable conditions, we need them to perform their role away from their families and loved ones, but our government does not feel it their...

PETA, PFA celebrates vegan Janmashtami in a unique manner

• To be attired like Krishna with cow
• Dairy-free Dahi-Handi

Seminar on “Dimensions of Gender Justic-Armed Forces: A Legal Prospective

Nagpur: Justice BP Dharmadhikari, Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) inaugurated a daylong symposium on “Dimensions of Gender Justice – Armed Forces : A Legal Prospective at Institute of Military Law, Kamptee on 04 Sep 2015. The symposium was conducted to...

Nirmal Nagari builder has to pay double charges as penalty for power theft, reveals expert

Nagpur: An Electrical Engineer, a Power Expert, the Energy Forum Chairman of VIA and one of the Directors of MSEB Holding Company R B Goenka revealed that the offence pertaining to mega power theft as committed by the builder of...

Nagpur HC grants bail to Hem Mishra, arrested for naxal connection

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Mumbai High Court has on Thursday granted conditional bail to Hemant Mishra, who was arrested on the charges of his involvement in naxal activities. The single bench comprising Justice A. S. Chandurkar okayed Sharma's bail upon...

MADC-Mihan head office likely to be shifted to Nagpur

Nagpur: The MADC-Mihan head office at Mumbai is likely to be shifted to Nagpur. A decision to this effect may be taken by the state government with a view to provide momentum to MADC-Mihan as it is functioning at present...

Nirmal Nagari builder applied his own charges on 2 & 3 phase meters

Nagpur: The recent raid on Nirmal Nagari Township by Spanco Nagpur Discom Limited (SNDL) has not only exposed a mega power theft but also opened a can of worms, pertaining to serious irregularities in the township. Sources revealed that a...

5 traps within 24 hours: Another City Surveyor, woman cop in ACB net for bribe

Nagpur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Nagpur Range, is definitely on rampage, and flying high, too. Within 24 hours the Bureau has successfully trapped five Government employees and two private citizens for demanding and accepting bribe money in various amounts. On...

Vijay Darda’s article sparks controversy; Community members agitate at Nagpur Lokmat Office

Nagpur: Around 200 members from 3-4 groups belonging to specific communities gathered outside Lokmat Bhavan on Thursday afternoon, in retaliation to an editorial article regarding reservation, published in Lokmat newspaper about three days back. The members shouted slogans and staged...

One arrested, one absconding in Ganesh Gaikwad murder case

Nagpur: Under the jurisdiction of Yashodhara Nagar police station, a police case was registered against two accused of murdering Ganesh Gaikwad on the ground of certain alleged illicit relationship with cousin of one of the accused. The accused are named...

Mother, son die on spot; 11 injured in a jeep-truck collision

Team was going for immersion of ashes at Ambala tank File Pic Nagpur: Under the jurisdiction of Parsheoni police station, a tragic road accident with head on collision between a truck and a jeep occurred  on Chhindwara-Nagpur road, at 6.30 am...

Cops crack Rs 4 lakh robbery, society peon himself emerges mastermind

Nagpur: Lakadganj police cracked the sensational Rs 4 lakh robbery case within 48 hours. Shockingly, the complainant himself emerged the mastermind of the robbery plan and is now cooling his heels in custody along with two other accomplices. Cops have...

Duronto trains to make commercial stoppage at technical halts, Nagpur most benefited

Nagpur: The Railways will provide commercial stoppages to the non-stop Duronto Express at places where presently there are technical halts. Owing to the decision on providing commercial halts, reservation for journeys starting from January 1, 2016 (bookings for which open today)...

Power of Approach : SNDL’s no action on Nirmal Nagari for major electricity theft!

Nagpur: A curious case of safer exit through power of political approach has surfaced with the builder of Nirmal Nagari, the township which was recently raided by SNDL for major power theft. The Builder of Nirmal Nagari was not only found...

PETA to organise ‘vegan Dahi-Handi’ in Nagpur

Nagpur: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and People for Animals (PFA) will organise a 'vegan Dahi-Handi' in Nagpur on Friday ahead of Janmashtami celebrations. The event will be held to encourage devotees of Lord Krishna to...

Power plants pollution poses health hazard in Vidarbha; Mahagenco rests on pvt controller

Nagpur: Mahagenco, which operates mega power plants at Koradi, Khaparkheda, Chandrapur and Akola, has caught the eye of storm again with the alarming rise in pollution from all its power stations in Vidarbha. Moreover, questions have been raised over its...

Sahukari debts worth Rs 58 lakh waived off for 326 farmers in district: Kurve

Nagpur: As many as 326 Sahukari debt-ridden farmers of Mauda, Ramtek, Narkhed and Hingna taluks of Nagpur district were relieved of their debt-burden worth Rs 58.24 lakh, informed district collector Sachin Kurve. He said this while presiding over a meeting of...