Parents and grandparents accept Harlequin baby with open arms
“Parmeshwarani Je Pan Dile Amala, Tey Amala Sweekar Ahey” Nagpur: The birth of a Harlequin baby is a rare occurrence. While speaking to Nagpur Today, International President of Comhad*, UK Dr Uday Bodhankar said that Harlequin babies are rare and the...
With ZP chief’s post reserved for SC woman, Congress found napping in rural areas
Nagpur: Maharashtra Government, in a draw held on Friday (June 10), announced reservations for posts of Zilla Parishad Presidents of 34 districts across the State. Accordingly, the post of Nagpur ZP President has been reserved for woman from Scheduled Caste...
Lady gives birth to Harlequin baby in Lata Mangeshkar Hospital
Nagpur: In what could be called as a rare occurrence, a lady gave birth to a Harlequin baby in Lata Mangeshkar Hospital in the wee hours i.e. 12:45 am of June 11, 2016. While speaking to Nagpur Today, Dr Yash Banait...
Majhi Metro starting to take shape with constructions gains steam at various sites
Nagpur: The ambitious Nagpur Metro Rail Project, popularly called “Majhi Metro” is taking shape by leaps and bounds. The construction is in full swing at various sites. And in order to update the citizens on the progress of the Metro...
Shabby feat: These 87 Corporators never raised a question in GBMs
Nagpur: The 5-year term of present House of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is coming to an with the next elections slated in February 2017. The City Fathers (Corporators) who got elected in the last poll are flexing their muscles for...
Two sloth bears mowed down by speeding vehicle
Nagpur: Man-animal conflict has been there for some time now. Man is slowly infringing into the territory to lay roads or to extend his habitat. In this process, often either man or animal is injured or killed. In one such...
Removal of hazardous tower hoardings (ad posts) along Wardha Road demanded
Nagpur: Senior BJP Corporator Avinash Thakre, in a letter sent to Municipal Commissioner, has demanded immediate removal of tower hoardings (ad posts) erected between Somalwada Square and Pride Hotel on a stretch of Wardha Road terming them ‘very dangerous’ and...
India-US ties stretch from ocean to space: PM Modi to US Congress
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges applause as he arrives to address a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2016 Hailing the India-US partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday...
Motorcycles stunts @ Futala , action initiated against forty seven bikers
Nagpur: On many roads like the Futala Road and deserted stretches one can find teenagers performing stunts like wheelies, standing on bike, making circles on roads etc. The way they move on the roads with their horns blaring can give a...
With Cabinet expansion on cards, race among aspirants on for a berth
File Pic Nagpur: With the exit of Eknath Khadse over dubious land deal and corruption charges and the talk of ‘long-awaited’ Cabinet expansion gaining steam, the race among BJP aspirants to grab a berth in Ministry has begun in right...
Unholy nexus of uniform and stationery traders with school managements fleece parents
Nagpur: With the next academic session slated to start soon, the business of the uniforms, stationery (school books, notebooks, pens, pencils, geometry box, covers, etc), and other paraphernalia is on full bloom. The nexus that many leading shops selling uniforms and...
Comedy for a cause once again in the city
Nagpur: This year too, the Nagpur Round Table-83 is organizing a Comedy Show titled “Comedy for a Cause” at Pallacio Hall of Centre Point on June 26, 2016 from 7 pm onwards. Stand-up comedy till recently was synonymous with slapstick humour...
Weird weather in city puts citizens to discomfort
Nagpur: The Second Capital City of Nagpur is facing a weird weather since the past three days. Every morning, just as summer season, the weather is very hot. By late morning, the climate becomes very humid and unbearable. To add...
Dawood is not in Pak hence no question of handing over him to anybody: Abdul Basit
Dialogue between India, Pak is only way to ensure peace, stability: Pakistan High Commissioner Nagpur: “Talk, talk and only the talk between India and Pakistan is the only way to ensure peace and stability in the region. Unless the meaningful and uninterrupted...
Reliance CDMA users go haywire in Nagpur; Hordes of handsets defunct
Nagpur: Hordes of Reliance CDMA mobile service users in Nagpur have been going through the deep frustration and disgust as they look in awe at their now defunct mobile numbers. The customers are crowding at the Reliance stores across the...
Leaking anti-tank mines were stored at Pulgaon ammunition depot
Pulgaon/Nagpur: Defective anti-tank mines leaking TNT, a powerful explosive material, and stored for the last nine years in a shed at the Central Ammunition Depot in Pulgaon may have triggered the explosion during a fire last Tuesday that killed 19...
When heat turns you mad, mad turns dutiful in Nagpur’s busy traffic!
Nagpur: Many considered them as mad, while others found their act as weird and bizarre, but they all just could not ignore them. The scene that they created on busy Shankar Nagar and Law College squares, certainly made way for some...
Property mutation may land you in quagmire of corruption at Nagpur revenue deptt
File Pic Nagpur: So you just bought the property, say agriculture land! Now get ready to face a mountain of tasks before you get it mutated in your name! District Collector Sachin Kurve may be patting himself and claiming that he...
Messy affairs: NMC ‘offering’ duct service to operators sans DoT nod
Nagpur: Adding yet another chapter of messy affairs, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has been found offering duct services to operators without the authorized permission from Department of Telecommunication (DoT) for IP-I licence. The fact come to the fore when the...
NMC’s Fire Brigade men lack expertise in handling ammo fires, reveals Chief Fire Officer
Nagpur: In a damning revelation, the Chief Fire Officer of NMC’s Fire Brigade Rajendra Uchke has exposed the shortcomings in dousing the fires of CAD Pulgaon magnitude. The Fire Officer himself accepted that the fire personnel of Municipal Corporation lacked...
RTI stunner: Banking industry loses Rs 4.64 lakh crore in bad loans in India
Representational pic Nagpur: This RTI reply will leave you stunned. And the stunner is banking industry of the country. A staggering Rs 4,63,941 crore of public money has been lost by public sector banks and private sector banks in India....
