Nagpur’s Shashank Manohar likely to be next BCCI chief
Nagpur: The wait for the appointment of new Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President may get over soon as according to the sources Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaders of...
Gang of goons attempt to eliminate Nagpur Today scribe for stinging reports
Tushar Dalal Nagpur: In an audacious act, a gang of criminals including a murder convict who has allegedly jumped a parole and said to be absconding since then, tried to eliminate a journalist in the wee hours of September 25,...
Metro Rail works to undergo a rehearsal in certain areas
Nagpur: While the works of Metro Railway have been initiated on Wardha road, the NMRCL (Nagpur Metro Railway Corporation Limited) has planned to carry out a rehearsal in order to ensure its impact on the city traffic and...
Ganesh immersion: No DJs on vehicles, strict action, Complaint on toll free number
Nagpur: The noise pollution during festivities and its ill effects on human health has been taken seriously by the city administration. Those installing loud DJs during the immersion of Ganesh idols on their vehicles and trucks would attract strict action...
RTI activist exposes NMC claims on cleanliness threadbare
Nagpur: An RTI activist in the city has ripped apart the claims of Nagpur Municipal Corporation on cleanliness and the Swachha Nagpur campaign. In a letter sent to Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar, the RTI activist (TRAP Group) Ankita Kamlesh Shah drew...
Vidarbha Neglected Despite Sending Ten MLAs, Says Former MLA
Nagpur: Former MLA and convener of the Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti advocate Wamanrao Chatap said here today that the Maharashtra government has neglected the Vidarbha region despite being represented by ten MLAs, including two cabinet ministers. He produced copies of various...
Mountain of fish perish in Gandhisagar Lake, mysteriously
Nagpur: One of the beauty spots in the Second capital City of Nagpur, Gandhisagar Lake, turned out a spot of curiosity and horror as well for the citizens. The scenario depicted a horror movie. The nearby residents and passersby witnessed...
Narrow gauge section of Nagpur division of Railways closes from October 1 in Satputda vall
Nagpur: The narrow gauge section of Nagpur division of South-East Central Railway (SECR) will be closed for operations from next month as the broad gauge conversion work would be taken up, a senior railway official said. The 622-km network in the...
Nagpur citizens decry DeITY’s insensitive draft which had to be rolled back
Nagpur: How would you feel about someone peeping into your bedroom or your bathroom? Violated, angry and humiliated. Isn’t it? Well that is exactly what the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITY) attempted to do...
CM Fadnavis fires back reply at Sardesai’s open letter, calls him biased!
Nagpur: Following a spate of bans in Maharashtra and certain decisions including the one in Sheena Bora murder case along with other issues pertaining to state government, famed journalist Rajdeep Sardesai had on September 18, wrote an open letter to...
Bhagwat’s remarks create flutter in political circles
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat's views of reservation policy, as published in Panchajanya and Organizer, have created a flutter in political circles on his controversial statement that 'the policy needs to be reviewed.' Bhagwat firmly believes...
Nagpur speaks up – Saudi diplomat should not be allowed to get away with Rape
Nagpur: The Saudi diplomat accused of raping two women has quietly left India! No questions asked, no justice done. This is outrageous and an affront to women world wide. As a diplomat he enjoyed diplomatic immunity, but does it mean he...
Nagpur’s social media community condemns Govt’s diktat on saving chats!
Nagpur: The government may have backtracked on the decision to snoop on social media chats and mails of commoners, but the damage has been already done. Soon after the government projected its National Encryption Policy mandating preservation of chat records...
Aaj Tak should tender public apology for misleading news on onion prices
Yadu Joshi, other members of State Press Accreditation Committee felicitated
Nagpur: The newly nominated Chairman and members of Maharashtra State Press Accreditation Committee were on Saturday felicitated at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan. On the occasion, President of Maharashtra Working Journalists Union and newly appointed Chairman of Accreditation Committee Yadu Joshi...
NIT Contractors’ Association elects new Executive Body
Nagpur: The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) Contractors’ Welfare Association the other day held a meeting at MLA Hostel and elected the new Executive Body unanimously. Vilas Karangale was elected President by voice vote. The elected President thereafter announced names of...
New NIT trustee: BJP corporators intensify their lobbying for the position
Nagpur: The vacant position of a trustee to Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), caused by resignation of NIT trustee Dr Ravindra Bhoyar, is to be filled up soon, and some senior BJP corporator is likely to be appointed to the position...
16 cattle die of electrocution at Jaripatka house; SNDL’s apathy alleged
Cattle lying dead after they were stuck by live wire in a household at Jaripatka on Thursday night. Nagpur: In a gory incident, as many as 16 cattle died in a household at Jaripatka after all of them came in contact...
10-day long Ganesh festival begins with religious fervour in M’rashtra
Nagpur: Ganapati Bappa ala re Nagpurat -- Watch the glimpses; how the devout Nagpurians carry home the idols of Lord Ganesha through the city streets. Dressed in colourful costumes the devout men and women, singing and lurching at drum beats,...
Nagpur included among cities for development of places linked to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
Nagpur: Maharashtra Government is all set to observe the year 2015-16 as the year for Equality and Social Justice and the prime concern will be to focus upon the development of places associated with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. These include development...
Rijiju terms Congress demand to ban Modi’s “Mann Ki Baat” programme unfair
Nagpur: As the political situation in poll-bound Bihar getting hotter and hotter, the contending parties leaving no stone unturned to score an extra point and unsettle the rivals. The Bihar election has taken the shape of Narendra Modi versus Grand...
