Rare honour: Nagpur’s Adv Dharmadhikari named State Govt’s Counsel at Supreme Court
Nagpur: Adv Siddharth Abhay Dharmadhikari from Nagpur has been appointed as Standing Counsel of State Government at the Supreme Court. He has replaced Adv Rahul Chitnis. A notification to this effect was issued on Friday. Adv Siddharth Dharmadhikari has already been...
Bizarre: Illicit relations behind uncle-niece duo’s suicide pact under Duronto Exp in Nagpur
Nagpur: In a bizarre revelation, the couple, who died by suicide pact under Nagpur-bound Duronto Express, turned out to be a 32-year-old married man and his 18-year-old niece. With the establishment of the identities of the couple who jumped in front...
Heady craze: Youths hooked to hookah rising in Second Capital alarmingly
The business turnover for the stuff is around Rs 350 crore annually in Nagpur Nagpur: As the craze of hookah has increased tremendously among the youth, the market of Nagpur city alone has gone into the crores. According to the information,...
Students of Government Engineering College Nagpur meet with accident, one dead
Nagpur: A student of Government Engineering College died and four others were seriously wounded after a car they were travelling into met with a mishap near Air Force Officers Mess, on Wardha Road, under Beltarodi Police Station here, on Friday. The...
Fake MSEDCL officer dupes man of Rs 1.06 lakh in Nagpur over power bill
Nagpur: Posing as an officer of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), a cyber crook duped a middle-aged man of more than Rs 1.06 lakh lakh on the pretext of collecting outstanding power bill online. The victim, Sanjay Sudhakar...
Pachpaoli cops nab 3 robbers, seize motorcycle, cell phones, cash
Nagpur: Pachpaoli Police arrested three robbers, who allegedly looted several people of thousands of rupees by impersonating as recovery agents of L&T Finance Services, and recovered a Hero Honda Hunk motorcycle, seven cell phones and some cash from their possession. The...
Free e-bus service for elderly, Divyang visiting pilgrim spots in Nagpur district
Nagpur: The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday announced a free bus service would be started for elderly and Divyang persons so that they can undertake pilgrimage to various spots in Nagpur district. This was announced by Gadkari at...
Good news: Commercial LPG cylinder price cut by Rs 91.50
Now commercial LPG to cost Rs 2,048 per cylinder in Nagpur Nagpur: Commercial LPG cylinder (19-kg) price has been cut by a whopping Rs 91.50 per cylinder by the oil marketing companies in line with softening international rates. After the cut,...
‘Nirmalya Raths’ to collect puja material during Ganesh festival in Nagpur
Nagpur: Dr Vipin Itankar, District Collector, who is holding additional charge as Municipal Commissioner and Administrator of Nagpur Municipal Commissioner, recently flagged off ‘Nirmalya Rath’ at a function held at the administrative building of NMC in Civil Lines. NMC has deployed...
Covid booster dose at Ganesh pandals in Nagpur
Nagpur: Newly shifted Nagpur District Collector Dr Vipin Itankar said, the administration has planned to provide booster dose of Covid vaccine to eligible citizens outside leading Ganesh pandals in Nagpur city. A meeting with all concerned officials finalised the proposal....
Lakhs of depositors in a fix as RBI cancels licence of Pune’s Rupee Coop Bank
Nagpur/Pune: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of Pune’s Rupee Cooperative Bank, drawing a curtain over the bank that has faced restrictions since 2013. One of the major urban cooperative banks in Maharashtra, Rupee Cooperative Bank has presence...
Nagpur Smart City gets Smart Project Award for Smart Successful Pandemic Recovery
Nagpur. Nagpur Smart City has bagged the award for its effective contribution in ‘Smart and Successful Pandemic Recovery’ by developing a Covid Bed Status App and donated to the Citizens of Nagpur during the hard time of COVID Pandemic....
PSI of Nagpur Rural Police trapped by ACB for Rs 45,000 bribe
Nagpur: A Police Sub-Inspector with Nagpur Rural Police was trapped by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday. According to ACB, PSI Dilip Pundlik Sapate (57), resident of Friends Colony, Nagpur, and attached to Bela Police Station was caught red-handed while accepting...
Blissful 3-Day Mahalaxmi Puja begins from Sept 3 amid Ganesh festival
Nagpur: The blissful and divine atmosphere of 10-day Ganeshotsav will turn more joyous as the 3-day Mahalaxmi Puja, too, begins from Saturday, September 3. The traditional and ancestral three-day Gauri (Mahalaxmi) puja has now assumed bigger dimensions with families giving the...
42 check posts with CCTV cameras to be set up in district to curb illegal sand transport: Nagpur Collector
Nagpur: In a significant decision, the Nagpur District Collector Dr Vipin Itankar has directed setting up of 42 check posts with CCTV surveillance in the district to take strict action against the anti-social elements that dent the revenue of the...
Power game: Second expansion of Maharashtra Cabinet before Diwali
Seven Cabinet and 17 Ministers of State are likely to be inducted in second phase Nagpur: In the Shinde-Fadnavis Government of 19 ministers, there is no Guardian Minister in any of the 36 districts of the state. In view of this,...
Love birds end life on rail track near Nagpur
Nagpur: Two young lovebirds committed suicide by jumping from the running train near Gumgaon under Hingna Police Station, here on Thursday. Cops are yet to identified the body. According to police sources, the incident occurred at around 8 am. Both...
Video: Drunk driver rams Bolero into barricades at Aath Rasta Chowk
Nagpur: Sensation prevailed at Aath Rasta Chowk on Thursday night after a drunk driver reportedly rammed Bolero into barricades. Fortunately, no one got in the incident. The incident reported under Bajaj Nagar Police Station. According to police sources, the accused...
Nagpur Court acquits six accused of killing bookie over cricket betting for ‘lack of evidence’
Nagpur: District and Sessions Court here on Thursday, acquitted six men accused of killing a cricket bookie for ‘lack of evidence’. Additional Sessions Judge P B Ghuge acquitted accused Shrikant Thorat, Rajesh Maske, Raju Shende, Roshan Mohite, Ashish Kale and...
In first, Bhandara cops celebrate Ganeshostav under new SP Lohit Matani, wife Manjeet Kaur
Nagpur/Bhandara: In a bid to celebrate festivals with police personnel and their families, newly appointed Bhandara Superintendent of Police Lohit Matani and his social worker wife Adv Manjeet Kaur Matani have organised special Ganesh Chaturthi festivities at Police Line, Bhandara,...
Air Marshal Vibhas Pande, AOC-in-C HQ MC, IAF visit EEL Nagpur
Air Marshal Vibhas Pande, AOC-in-C Headquarters Maintenance Command, IAF visited private defence manufacturer Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), Nagpur on 29 Aug 22 and interacted with the Managing Director & CEO Shri Manish Satyanarayan Nuwal and other functionaries. During the course...
