24.33% voting in by-poll for Prabhag 35(A) seat
Nagpur: Around 24.33 percent polling was recorded at the end of voting at 5.30 pm in the by-poll for the Prabhag 35(A) seat on Wednesday. The exact percentage would be known only after the official figures are released by the...
Mayor reviews arrangements for Chhat Puja celebration at Ambazari Lake
Nagpur: The Mayor Nanda Jichkar on Wednesday visited Ambazari Lake and reviewed various arrangements being made by Nagpur Municipal Corporation for the upcoming Chhat Puja to be celebrated by North Indian community from October 24 to 27 this year. Chhat fast...
Fadnavis signs up as ‘decision maker’ on petition website
File Pic Nagpur/Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has signed up as a 'decision maker' on a global social change technology platform, giving him a chance to engage directly with citizen issues and campaigns. Fadnavis launched his official decision maker profile...
President honours Dr Mahadeo Meshram of Nagpur with ‘Jeevangaurav Puraskar’
Nagpur: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday honoured Dr Mahadeo Meshram with Jeevangaurav Puraskar (Lifetime Achievement) for his distinguished service in the medical field as well as outstanding contribution in the welfare and uplift of adivasis and orphans. Dr Mahadeo...
Of a flyover constructed “illegally” and the ‘demolition plan’
Nagpur: The town is agog with talk of ‘proposed’ demolition of flyover constructed from Manas Square to Jaistambh Square in front of Nagpur Railway Station. The city MP and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari himself has found glaring shortcomings in the...
Where is Vidarbha? Will we ever get it?!! asks BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh
Nagpur: We won so many seats here based on the promise we made to create a separate state - but where is Vidarbha ? Will we ever get it?!! An anguished Ashish Deshmukh, a popular Youth leader of Central India asks. Ashish...
Rain rain go away! Incessant showers wreck Soyabean and Cotton crops
File Pic Nagpur: The incessant downpour in Nagpur District for past three days has adversely affected the Soyabean and cotton crops in and around the region. The unseasonal rain which lashed the city has had poor impact on ready for...
‘No Diwali gift’: Mayor rejects NMC employees’ demand on payment of DA arrears
Nagpur: Thousands of employees of Nagpur Municipal Corporation ‘expecting a Diwali gift’ in the form of payment of ‘Dearness Allowance’ (DA) arrears were left fuming when the Mayor Nanda Jichkar totally rejected their demand in this regard. On the other...
Review: iBall Compbook, is it worth its price of 15k?
Nagpur: New iBall Compbook Marvel 6, looks very similar to its predecessor iBall Compbook Exemplaire, but benefits from newer technology. The price is still the same, so we hope that iBall has managed to iron out some of the problems...
Petrol to be cheaper by Rs2, diesel by Re1 across Maharashtra from midnight
Nagpur/Mumbai: Following a diktat from the Central government to reduce state taxes on petrol and diesel, the Maharashtra government slashed the petrol price by Rs2 and diesel by Re1 a litre from Tuesday midnight. The decision to reduce the value added...
Khel Khel mein: NMC’s sloppy attitude leads to encroachment over playground, sports-lovers whine for space
Nagpur: NMC’s inaction in upholding the Public Utility Land near Gittikhadan Square in Mauja Boregaon, has landed it in the list of encroached government land with several others in the line. A playground in the area, has landed in a...
Nagpur Spirits organises a session on ‘The Science of Selling’
Nagpur: Nagpur Spirits Round Table 258 organized a one of its kind Leadership and Personality Development Session on 'The Science of Selling' conducted by marketing wizard Sanjay Singh. In his seminar Mr Singh demonstrated the various techniques and formulas that help...
Resident doctors protest withdrawal of guards
Nagpur/Mumbai: Resident doctors at public hospitals in Mumbai carried out black ribbon protests and a candlelight march on Monday to protest the withdrawal of Maharashtra State Security Corporation guards from hospitals in the State. The 1,100-odd armed security guards have been...
Metro Officials investigate the Ambedkar Sqaure accident, fined imposed on contractor companies
Nagpur: After investigating the accident that occurred in Ambedakar Sqaure, two executive engineers have been suspended. Also, ITD Cementation Company and AGIES, to which the engineers belonged, have been fined for Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 2 lakh respectively for...
Among the farmer deaths due to pesticides, 5 in Nagpur district
Nagpur: Those who sweat under the sun and toil to produce crops for our consumption kept on dying and the Agriculture department, supposed to be their saviour, continued to remain bystanders. Out of the farmer deaths recorded in Vidarbha due...
104th kidney transplant at Wockhardt Hospitals in city
Nagpur: On Friday morning the transplant team of Wockhardt hospital, received a call from a hospital from Sawangi that there is patient who has been declared brain dead after being in a comatose state since his admission. Ashwin Vilas Bansod, a...
Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis is ‘gift’ of UPA Govt: Ahir
Nagpur: Clearing the Central Government’s stand on contentious Rohingya Muslim refugees, the Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said that the problem is “gift” of UPA Government. “There is no question of providing refuge to Rohingya Muslims as is...
Home Ministry committed to take narcotics menace head on: Ahir
Nagpur: Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir on Monday said that Ministry of Home Affairs is committed to take the evil of narcotics smuggling being done from neighbouring and other countries head on. “Serious efforts are being made...
No more humming ‘Pass me the Hukkah’? Nation soon to have a law against Hukkah Bars: Hansraj Ahir
Gujarat modal might be implemented in the entire nation Nagpur: Union Minister of state for home, Hansraj Ahir has informed that soon a law might be passed against the operation of Hukkah parlours in the state as well as the country....
Demonetisation move hit poor people hard, admits Gadkari
Nagpur: The Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, and Water Resources Nitin Gadkari on Sunday admitted that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation decision hit the poor people hard as severe cash crunch left them struggling on one count...
20 dead, 50 critical, whether by suicide or poisoning, who cares when farmers die?
Nagpur: When Maharashtra agriculture minister Pandhurang Phundkar visited Yavatmal district on Friday, October 6th, some farmers led by the convener of the committee for justice to the farmers’ rights Devanand Pawar threw some cotton plants on his convoy protesting the...
