Four drug peddlers nabbed with MD powder worth Rs 11 lakh in Nagpur
Nagpur: Acting on a tip-off, Sonegaon police have nabbed four drug peddlers and seized narcotics including MD powder worth Rs 11 lakh from their possession on Thursday. The arrested accused include Mohd Imran Nurulhara Ansari (43), Arshad Ali Ansari Taufiq Ahmed...
‘RSS hospital only for Hindus?’ Ratan Tata once asked Gadkari
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he once told industrialist Ratan Tata that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not discriminate on the basis of religion. The senior BJP leader said this while inaugurating a charitable hospital in...
Mahavir Jayanti celebrated in Nagpur with religious fervour
Nagpur: The 2621st Janma Kalyanak Mahotsav of Bhagwan Mahavir, the last Tirthankar of Jain community, was celebrated with solemn resolve to propagate the principles of Ahimsa in today’s world. Several organisations took out rallies in various parts of the city...
Cheers!! MSEDCL drops power cuts plans as NTPC provides addl 800 MW
War Rooms set up at Nagpur and Wardha to keep an eye power consumption and take on-spot decisions Nagpur: In a good news to tormented Nagpurians, the Maharashtra’s Energy Department has secured a lifeline as it got 800 MW additional...
Youth from esteemed business family booked for molestation, atrocity in Gittikhadan
Nagpur: Gittikhadan Police have booked Rahul Buty on the charges of molesting his female friend and subjecting her to casteist abuse, police said on Thursday. Rahul, who belonged esteemed buisness family which runs slew of businesses across Second Capital of...
In a first, Nagpur CP suspends 17 cops for long absence from duty
Nagpur: Long absence from duty and shirking responsibility proved costly to 17 police personnel of Nagpur Police Department as they were suspended by Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar. This is the first time that so many cops were suspended at...
Four accused found guilty, awarded lifer in gang-rape case in Nagpur
Nagpur: The Additional District and Sessions Court Judge S R Trivedi found four accused guilty of raping a minor and sentenced them to life imprisonment in Nagpur. Judge Trivedi also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the offenders to...
Nilambari Jagdale: Nagpur’s daughter becomes DIG in Punjab Police
Nagpur: A daughter born in Orange City's middle class family has become famous as Lady Singham in the Punjab police. The IPS officer Nilambari Vijay Jagdale has recently been promoted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the Punjab Police....
Over month into protest, CAPF job seekers’ plight still unheard in Nagpur
Nagpur: Despite the protest of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) aspirants have crossed a period of a month in Nagpur, with protestors turning to hunger and water strike to make their demands meet; there’s no avail. Around 100 persons whose...
As NMC babus turn a deaf ear to buzzing music, mosquitoes invade Nagpur
Nagpur: It is the height of inaction on the part of NMC babus! Nagpurians, who are already suffering the brunt of heatwave and power cuts, now the raging mosquito menace has been hounding them and forcing them to spend...
Nagpur celebrates Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti with a slew of events
Nagpur: the 131st birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, is being celebrated across Nagpur with gaiety by lakhs of his followers. At Deekshabhoomi in the city where Dr Ambedkar embraced Buddhism on 14 October...
Chain-snatchers rob woman of her Mangalsutra worth Rs 1.50 lakh in Wathoda
Nagpur: The gang of chain-snatchers seem to have become active again in Nagpur as two bike-borne goons robbed an elderly woman of her gold Mangalsutra worth Rs 1.50 lakh in Wathoda area on Tuesday night. A resident of Plot No 33,...
Attack on Pawar’s home: Mumbai police arrest aide of Adv Sadavarte in Nagpur
Nagpur: A team of Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested an aide of Adv Sadavarte in connection with the attack by ST workers on NCP President Sharad Pawar's Silver Oak residence in Mumbai. Adv Gunaratna Sadavarte has already been arrested in...
After raids, CBI seizes 12 files from EPFO offices in Nagpur
Nagpur: Following the raid, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday seized as many as 12 files from Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in Nagpur. The CBI and the Vigilance Department of EPFO had jointly carried out two-day long searches...
Nagpur police on high alert for four days, 6000 cops deployed for security
17 hardcore criminals banished from city limits within 48 as preventive action Nagpur: The city police went on high alert mode as five big events are taking place in four days. Today, on April 4, Jayantis of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and...
Vidarbha Industries Association will be celebrating 58th Foundation Day on Saturday
, 16th April 2022 at Hotel Centre Point, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur at 5.00 pm. The “VIA & Solar Vidarbha Udyog Gaurav Awards 2021” is to honour entrepreneurs and industrialists for their efforts and untiring work in bringing development and providing employment...
NMC Budget: No increase in tax, projects last option to increase income
NMC Chief Radhakrishnan B presented the revised budget for the year 2021-22 and the proposed budget for the year 2022-23 Nagpur: Following the delay of a few months from the scheduled time, Municipal Administrator Radhakrishnan B on Tuesday presented the revised...
Move to ban entry of morning walkers in Maharajbagh Zoo draws flak
Nagpur: The decision of Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) to ban entry of morning walkers in Maharajbagh Zoo drew a flak from citizens. Notably, Maharajbagh Zoo administration banned entry of walkers in the zoo premises during morning hours from April...
Guardian Minister to launch Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Justice Scheme on April 14
Nagpur: A function to launch Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Justice Scheme – an initiative to make people available the information of different Government schemes with one click -- has been organised on April 14. The scheme will be launched at the...
NIT commissions 8 Sewage Treatment Plants in Nagpur
Nagpur: Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has commissioned eight Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) it constructed in various parts of Nagpur City. The construction of 8 STPs with a total capacity of 63.8 MLD has been completed and at present approximately 48.5...
Annual task: NMC undertakes cleaning of rivers, nullahs in Nagpur
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has undertaken the annual exercise o f cleaning of rivers and nullahs in the city as preparation for the upcoming monsoon season. The task commenced from Beltarodi from where Pohra River flows to Hudkeshwar....
