School van, Aapli Bus collide at Nagpur’s Panchsheel Chowk; many students hurt
Nagpur: Three to four school students sustained injuries after a school van collided with a Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)-operated 'Aapli Bus' at the busy Panchsheel Chowk on Friday morning, triggering panic among commuters and passers-by. According to preliminary information, the accident...
Wife arrested for man’s murder in Nagpur; hired killers after repeated domestic feuds
Nagpur: In a major breakthrough in the murder of a 45-year-old man in Bhandewadi, the Nagpur Crime Branch has arrested the victim's wife and one of her alleged accomplices for conspiring to kill him. Police claim the woman had earlier...
NMC dismisses pension scam reports
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has categorically denied allegations of a pension scam, asserting that the revision in the employer's contribution under the National Pension System (NPS) was carried out strictly in accordance with State Government directives and after...
Housing society office-bearers booked for Rs 10 lakh land fraud in Nagpur
Nagpur: A housing society President and Secretary have been booked for allegedly duping a buyer of nearly Rs 10 lakh by selling him a non-existent plot in Gittikhadan, exposing a major land fraud involving forged layout documents. The accused, identified as...
Nagpur’s Narendra Nagar RUB passes first monsoon test, remains flood-free
Nagpur: Long regarded as one of Nagpur's most flood-prone railway underpasses, the Narendra Nagar Railway Under Bridge (RUB) has finally shown signs of overcoming its perennial monsoon woes. For the first time in several years, the underpass remained free from...
70.6 mm rainfall in Nagpur in 36 hrs; IMD issues Orange Alert for Vidarbha on July 3, 4
Nagpur: The first spell of intense monsoon rainfall brought much-needed relief from scorching heat across Nagpur but simultaneously exposed glaring gaps in the city's monsoon preparedness, with widespread waterlogging, uprooted trees, power outages and massive traffic congestion disrupting normal life....
ACB Nagpur honours prosecutors, court officers for securing convictions in corruption cases
Nagpur: Reinforcing that the fight against corruption does not end with trapping accused public servants but culminates in securing their conviction in court, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Nagpur Range, felicitated government prosecutors and court liaison officers for their outstanding role...
Nagpur road rage horror: Cop dragged out of car, beaten in public; 14 arrested
Nagpur: A shocking case of road rage that exposed the growing menace of reckless biking and mob violence unfolded on Nagpur's Mankapur Ring Road, where an on-duty police constable was allegedly dragged out of his private car, brutally assaulted...
Nagpur Rocked by Double Murder Within Hours; Woman Found Dead, Man Killed in Separate Incident
Nagpur: A wave of panic swept across Nagpur after two separate murder incidents were reported within a span of just a few hours, sending shockwaves across the city and raising fresh concerns over law and order. Police have launched investigations...
Dr Bhimaraya Metri gets 5-year extension as Director IIM Nagpur
Nagpur: President Droupadi Murmu has approved the extension of Dr. Bhimaraya Metri for another five-year term as Director of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIM N). The letter of approval by the Union Ministry of Education, as per...
3 more arrested in Maharashtra TET scam; paper to be held online from next year
Mumbai: Three more accused have been arrested in the Maharashtra TET scam. The police have arrested three individuals, including Kapil Dahiya. The arrested individuals are Sonu Singh, Mithun Singh. Amid the TET paper leak controversy, the Maharashtra Government has announced that...
Crime Branch seizes MD drugs worth Rs 1.40 lakh; two arrested
Nagpur: Continuing its crackdown on narcotics trafficking, the Nagpur Crime Branch arrested two alleged drug peddlers and seized MD (Mephedrone), mobile phones and a two-wheeler collectively valued at around Rs 1.40 lakh during a raid in the Sadar police station...
Elderly woman electrocuted by live streetlight cable in Tajbagh, Nagpur
Nagpur: A 60-year-old woman died after allegedly coming into contact with an electrified streetlight cable in Nagpur's Tajbagh area on Wednesday night, triggering public outrage and allegations of gross negligence against the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and the contractor...
HSRP deadline ends; RTO cracks down, 56 motorists fined on Day One in Nagpur
Nagpur: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) and Nagpur Traffic Police have launched a citywide enforcement drive against vehicles operating without High Security Registration Plates (HSRP), with the grace period for compliance officially ending on June 30. From July 1 onwards,...
Rs 1.53-crore Shivshahi bus stolen from Nagpur recovered in Amravati
Nagpur/Amravati: In a major breakthrough, the Amravati Police recovered a Shivshahi bus worth Rs 1.53 crore, stolen from Nagpur's Imamwada Bus Stand, within 24 hours of the theft and arrested an alleged inter-state vehicle thief believed to be involved in...
Flesh trade racket busted in Nagpur’s Ganga Jamuna area; woman rescued
Nagpur: In a major crackdown on alleged immoral trafficking, the Social Security Department of the Nagpur Crime Branch raided a suspected prostitution racket operating from the Ganga-Jamuna locality under the Lakadganj police station limits on Thursday, rescuing a young woman...
New Nagpur CP studies crime hotspots before rolling out action plan
Nagpur: Barely days after assuming charge as Nagpur Police Commissioner, Vishwas Nangre Patil has begun laying the groundwork for a comprehensive crime-control strategy, with a detailed assessment of the city's crime profile taking precedence over immediate enforcement measures. Rather than rushing...
NMC plans round-the-clock security, better lighting to protect historic Amrai forest
Nagpur: In a major push to safeguard the nearly 300-year-old Amrai urban forest near Nagpur Airport, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Standing Committee Chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare on Wednesday directed civic and Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) officials to strengthen security, improve...
Heavy overnight rain keeps Nagpur Fire Brigade busy; 18 emergency calls received in 12 hours
Nagpur: Heavy overnight rain coupled with gusty winds disrupted normal life in several parts of Nagpur, prompting the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's Fire and Emergency Services Department to respond to a series of emergency calls involving uprooted trees and waterlogging. Between...
NMC’s Rs 9-crore pension lapse hits 1,000 retirees hard
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has landed in the eye of a major financial and administrative controversy after it allegedly failed to comply with a Maharashtra Government directive on employer contributions under the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (DCPS), leaving...
Vice-President hails Chartered Accountants as ‘Ambassadors of Trust’ at ICAI’s 78th CA Day Celebration
Nagpur: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) marked its 78th Chartered Accountants Day with a grand national celebration at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, where Vice-President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan called upon the institute to continue upholding...
