COVID-19: Nagpur reports 3,676 fresh COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths
Nagpur: The worsening Covid situation in Nagpur District has already started losing its silver lining — fewer deaths — as the district recorded 26 Covid related deaths besides 3,676 fresh novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Saturday. Following which the recovery...
Lockdown in Nagpur? Know all about restrictions, what’s open and what’s not
Nagpur: Amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nagpur district administration announced strict measures till March 31. Nagpur district guardian Nitin Raut had on March 11 announced restrictions from March 15 to 21. On Saturday (March 20), he convened...
Temp drops as unseasonal rains lash Orange City
Nagpur: Temperature dropped drastically as unseasonal rain lashed the Orange City for consecutive two days on Thursday and Friday. The City witnessed a drop in temperature by 8 degrees Celsius mainly due to rain and cloudy weather. Rainfall was reported...
3 cops suspended as video shows them drinking liquor in ACP’s office
Nagpur: Three policemen including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), have been placed under suspension for consuming liquor in the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Lakadganj Division, with some civilians. The incident came to light after a video that...
Preference to pre-registered citizens at NMC-run vaccination centres
Nagpur: With a view to control the transmission chain of novel coronavirus, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has urged citizens to get themselves vaccinated at the earliest and appealed them to preferably pre-register their names. To speed up this campaign, civic...
Staff crunch cripples NMC’s Fire Brigade
Out of 611 sanctioned posts, 433 posts are vacant Nagpur: With the summer season at the doorstep of Second Capital City of Nagpur and fire tragedies a regular feature, the Fire and Emergency Services Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)...
Special Squad of DCP Vinita Sahu raids illicit hooch dens in Bhivsenkhori, materials worth ₹ 4 lakh seized
Nagpur: Cracking down on illegal hooch dens and illicit breweries ahead of Holi, the Special Squad of DCP Zone II Vinita Sahu along with the staff of Sitabuldi and Dhantoli Police Station conducted raids on eight illicit distilleries in Bhivsenkhori...
Stringent lockdown in Nagpur extended till March 31, with some concessions
Nagpur: The week-long stringent lockdown imposed in the Second Capital of the State has now been extended till March 31 due to Unprecedented surge in novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, Guardian Minister Dr Nitin Raut announced on Saturday. Raut took the...
Two booked for molestation
Nagpur: Two men were booked by Bhivapur police for molesting a woman following a police complaint lodged by her husband with police. The accused have been identified as Shankar Gopal Hiwse (55) and Vaibhav Shankar Hiwse (22), both residents of...
Couple booked for duping man in fake land deal
Nagpur: Hingna police have booked a couple for duping a man by fraudulently executing a saledeed of a residential plot in own name.The accused are identified as Pravin Vishwanath Ramteke (44) and Pradhnya Pravin Ramteke. According to police, complainant Pankaj...
Man booked for raping teenage girl
Nagpur: Gittikhadan police have booked a 44-year-old man for raping a teenage girl. According to police, accused Sheikh Israil Sheikh Hussain, a resident of Gousiya Colony, sexually exploited the 19-year-old victim when she came to the hous of relative of...
Biodiversity conservation is necessary to obtain sustainable benefit for future generation : H.R. Bakhru
National webinar on "Biodiversity Conservation" organized Joint venture of National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and Dada Ramchand Bakhru Sindhu Mahavidyalaya, Over 100 participants from India and abroad Nagpur. A one day National Webinar on...
Nagpur reports 3,235 fresh COVID-19 cases, 35 deaths; active cases cross 25k mark
Nagpur: The Nagpur District reported 3,235 new novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 35 more COVID-19 deaths on Friday. A total of 1,245 patients were discharged in the day following which the recovery rate has dropped to 83.78% and the total...
Missing son of Nagpur Crime Branch official found dead at Fortune Mall parking
Nagpur: Tension grips Dhantoli area after a dead body of a Police Sub-Inspector’s (PSI) 26-year-old son was discovered in the parking of Fortune Mall, here on Friday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Abhishek Baghel (26), son of Crime...
Gawli moves HC, seeks parole for wife’s surgery
Nagpur: Underworld don Arun Gawli, serving life imprisonment in Central Jail at Nagpur for murder of Shiv Sena Corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar in 2007, has moved the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court for parole citing wife Asha’s surgery. His parole...
Uber partners with Robin Hood Army to provide free rides worth INR 50 Lacs for vaccinating India’s senior citizens
Gurugram, 18th March, 2021: Uber today announced a partnership with the Robin Hood Army, a zero-funds and volunteer based organisation, for providing free rides worth INR 50 Lacs to its #SeniorPatrol programme for supporting the vaccination of senior citizens. Uber’s...
Fresh Covid-19 wave grips 236 cops in Nagpur in single day
Nagpur: The second wave of Covid-19 pandemic seems to be getting a fresh grip over police personnel in Nagpur as 236 cops tested positive for the infection in a single day on Thursday, when the city entered the...
Bawankule warns of stir over OBC reservation issue
Nagpur: Senior BJP leader and former Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule launched a scathing attack on Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government for miserably failing in defending reservations granted by then BJP Government to Marathas and OBCs. Referring to Supreme Court verdict that...
Alleged police informer killed in Beltarodi, 3 arrested
Nagpur: A day after he was brutally assaulted by some miscreants over issue of buying them liquor, a 19-year-old alleged police informer succumbed to injuries here on Friday. The deceased Raj Kavre, a resident of Parsodi village under Beltarodi Police...
RTI shocker: Over 15,000 ineligible farmers usurp Rs 11.32 cr under PM Kisan
Nagpur: A shocking revelation, as many as 15,241 ineligible farmers in Nagpur, Bhandara, and Gondia availed the financial assistance of Rs 2,000 under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN) scheme. Now, the respective district administrations have started recovering the...
NMC pasting stickers at homes of Covid positive patients to curb spread
Nagpur: Alarmed over surge in Covid-19 cases and home quarantine patients violating isolation guidelines, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to paste stickers on their homes. In the past few days, a flying squad set up at 10 Zones noticed...
