Former MLC Girish Vyas robbed of Rs 50,000 in broad daylight in Nagpur
Nagpur: In a shocking incident, former Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Girish Vyas was robbed of Rs 50,000 in cash by two unidentified miscreants in a cleverly executed daylight theft near Darodkar Square in Nagpur on Sunday. According to police, Vyas...
Be alert: E-challan scam hits Nagpur, crooks target citizens via fake WhatsApp messages
Nagpur: A new wave of cyber fraud is sweeping across Nagpur, with scammers exploiting fake traffic e-challan alerts to dupe unsuspecting citizens. The city’s Cyber Police have flagged this as a dangerous scam designed to siphon off sensitive data and...
After 7 crashes, PWD plans LED-lit height barriers at Gowari Flyover
Nagpur: Seven accidents later, the Public Works Department (PWD) is finally set to act. The department is now planning to install LED-equipped height barriers on the Shaheed Gowari Flyover -- popularly known as the Sitabuldi Flyover -- after repeated collisions...
3 Nagpur women drown in Bagh River during ritual in Gondia
Nagpur/Gondia: A religious ritual turned tragic on Sunday afternoon when three women from Nagpur drowned in the Bagh River near Korni Ghat in Gondia district. The women were part of a group that had travelled to Pagartola village to perform...
Nagpur burns at 43°C, Bramhapuri hottest in Maharashtra at 43.6°C
Nagpur: Even as June 8 marks the normal onset date for the monsoon in Vidarbha, the region continued to reel under a searing heat wave-like condition on Sunday. Nagpur recorded a scorching maximum temperature of 43°C, while Bramhapuri emerged as...
Nagpur: Car Catches Fire Near VNIT Gate, No Casualties Reported
Nagpur – A parked car suddenly caught fire near the VNIT gate opposite Abhyankar Nagar, under the jurisdiction of Bajaj Nagar Police Station. Within moments, the vehicle was engulfed in flames and completely gutted. The fire department was alerted immediately...
AI to patrol Nagpur: Smart traffic surveillance to start at 10 key junctions
Nagpur: In a significant step toward transforming traffic governance in the city, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Nagpur Traffic Police are rolling out an AI-powered surveillance system at 10 of Nagpur’s busiest junctions. The project, which forms part of...
Retired PSI falls victim to Rs 5.5 lakh daylight heist in Nagpur
Nagpur: In a brazen daylight robbery that has raised serious concerns about public safety, unidentified bike-borne thieves decamped with Rs 5.50 lakh from the car of a retired Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) in Nagpur’s Nandanvan area on Friday. The victim, 58-year-old Devendra...
Kargil cops return without Sunita Jamgade due to legal lapse
Nagpur: A Kargil Police team that arrived in Nagpur to arrest Sunita Jamgade — the woman who had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan last month — returned empty-handed due to procedural shortcomings. Sources said Jamgade had travelled from...
Monsoon ready: NMC distributes safety kits to city’s ‘Swachhta Doots’
Nagpur: In a proactive move to shield its sanitation workforce from seasonal health risks, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has launched a citywide initiative to distribute protective gear to its ‘Swachhta Doots’ ahead of the monsoon. Sanitation workers, who often brave...
Nagpur athlete Renu Kaur Sidhu bags 4 medals in Sri Lanka event
Nagpur: Ace athlete Renu Kaur Sidhu of Nagpur won three silvers and a bronze medal in the recently concluded 11th Master Athletics Championship held at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The event saw participation of more than 2000 national and...
Nagpur’s Muslim community celebrates Eid-al-Adha with devotion, unity amid tight security
Nagpur: The city of Nagpur witnessed a vibrant and heartfelt celebration of Eid-al-Adha on Saturday, as members of the Muslim community came together to offer prayers, share festive meals, and honour the spirit of sacrifice. Amid heightened security arrangements, the...
Bawankule fires back at Rahul over voter surge claim: “Was there a scam in 2009 too?”
Nagpur: BJP State President and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has delivered a point-by-point rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi’s recent claims regarding the alleged suspicious surge of voters in Maharashtra. Accusing Gandhi of selective outrage, Bawankule cited past data to highlight similar...
Sudden spike in mercury turns Nagpur, Vidarbha into a scorching oven again
Nagpur: After a brief spell of cooler days, the mercury is once again surging across Nagpur and the Vidarbha region, turning the region into a virtual oven. Despite the early onset of the southwest monsoon over Vidarbha on May 26,...
Two teenagers killed in midnight crash near Tukdoji Square, Nagpur
Nagpur: A tragic road accident claimed the lives of two teenagers in the early hours of Friday after their motorcycle collided with a speeding pick-up vehicle near Tukdoji Square on Manewada Road, under the jurisdiction of Ajni Police Station in...
MIHAN snubbed again: Rafale fuselage to be manufactured in Hyderabad, not Nagpur
Nagpur: In a fresh blow to the long-standing aspirations of Nagpur's MIHAN project, the fuselage of the Rafale fighter jet will now be manufactured in Hyderabad instead of Nagpur, where Dassault Aviation and Reliance Defence had earlier set up a...
Coal block scam: Nagpur’s Manoj Jaiswal found guilty by CBI court in one more case
Nagpur-New Delhi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday convicted JAS Infrastructure Capital Ltd and its then director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal for cheating and criminal conspiracy in connection with the allocation of the Mahugarhi coal block in...
Relief for Vijay Dangre: Court Acquits Him After Manpa Seals Property Without Proper Orders
Nagpur: In a surprising turn of events, the District Court has acquitted social worker Vijay Dangre after revelations that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) sealed his property in Juni Shukrawari, Reshimbagh, without any directive from the High Court. The...
CM Fadnavis visits Police Outpost in Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday visited the Kawande Police Outpost on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border in the Gadchiroli district. This outpost was set up by the Maharashtra Police in March this year. Speaking with a news agency, CM Fadnavis...
Inter Battalion Ops Weightlifting: 100 RAF are champions
Nagpur: The 100 RAF secured first position in the Inter Battalion Ops Weightlifting Competition held at Group Centre Nagpur. As many as ten teams from battalions and group Centres under Inspector General of Police Western Region CRPF Mumbai participated in...
NMC unveils ‘Prithvi’ sculpture, made from discarded plastic bottles
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and UCN Cable Network have jointly erected a ‘Prithvi’ sculpture based on the concept of the threat posed to the earth by plastic near Mahesh Chowk, Traffic Park, Nagpur. Interestingly, this sculpture has been...
