Kharif crops in Vidarbha drying due to lack of rains, Farmers worried
Representational Pic Nagpur: When it rains - it pours. This seemed true for the monsoons in the first week of August, specially in and around Nagpur, Amraoti, Akola etc. But then the rains suddenly stopped. We haven't had a proper...
Two trucks of tainted Abhi Engineering Co caught with stolen material but no action
Nagpur: The tainted Kamptee-based firm, M/s Abhi Engineering Company, is again in the news, of course for wrong reasons. Two trucks of the company, transporting material stolen from Koradi Thermal Power Plant, were caught by security guards. The matter even...
Ministry pushes for WIPO’s training academy in Nagpur!
Representational Pic Nagpur/New Delhi: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has projected Nagpur as the city where World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) should consider opening a regional training academy. WIPO is one of the 17 specialised agencies of the United...
Protest against supply of mid-meals through centralized kitchen food distribution system
File Pic Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had recently inaugurated the supply of mid-meals through centralized kitchen food distribution system. This is said to be joint pilot project started by NMC in association with Akshay Patra Foundation. About 5,000 students from...
Banwarilal Purohit takes oath as Governor of Assam
Nagpur: Senior BJP leader Banwarilal Purohit took oath as Governor of Assam on Monday, August 22, 2016. Chief Justice Ajit Singh had sworn in Banwarilal Purohit as Governor in Raj Bhawan situated in Guwahati. Banwarilal Purohit is the 29th Governor of...
Pathetic Nagpur Roads : Shiv Sena fires salvo at BJP, pulls up CM Fadnavis, Nitin Gadkari!
Nagpur: Firing the salvo back for facing corruption charges in view of pathetic condition of Mumbai roads, the Shiv Sena has now taken BJP for task for the very poor and dilapidated conditon of all the roads in Nagpur. It may be...
Death Diary : When small pox claimed 200 lives in Nagpur on single day!
Nagpur: It would be no surprise if this headline lands you in deep shock! Nagpur saw a huge tall on Republic Day when small pox claimed 200 lives on a single day! We too are shocked to know that Nagpur...
Court granted bail to accused on ground of parity in sensational Arti Borkar Murder case
File Pic Nagpur: In the sensational murder case of Aarti Borkar and attempt to murder case of her husband Anil Borkar registered at Police Station Panchpaoli vide Crime no. 295/2014, the District & Sessions Hudge-2, Nagpur granted bail to the...
Mihan’s Take Off : Tata’s TAL dispatches Boeing Dreamliner’s 5000th floor beam from Nagpur
Nagpur: Nagpur's Mihan added another feather on its cap on Saturday as Tata Group-controlled TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd (TAL) dispatched 5,000th Advanced Composite Floor Beam (ACFB) to aircraft maker Boeing Co. for its 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft, from its aerospace manufacturing...
Coal Irony : Mahanirmiti contractor at Khaparkheda drew coal instead of coal dust, no action yet!
Nagpur: Eyebrows are being raised at the special privilege being provided to a Khaparkheda-based company working on contract with Mahanirmiti in Nagpur. The company had caught the eye of storm some time back when it was found to have been...
Nagpur Today impact: Village Development Officer suspended in MGNERGA scam
However, the action is being seen as knee-jerk reaction to save the skin of mastermind of the multi-crore scam – Saoner Block Development Officer Manik Himane. Nagpur: With the expose of a flourishing scam in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...
Harishchandra Dhawde consigned to flames
Nagpur: Against the normal Hindu rites where the deceased is consigned to flames, the followers, well-wishers and family members of Harishchandra Dhawde had earlier decided against burning him in Gangabai Ghat. They had decided to take the body to their...
Alerted by Mahad tragedy, cops divert heavy traffic on dilapidated Kanhan river bridge
File Pic Nagpur: Alerted by the collapse of a British-era bridge over Savitri River near Mahad on Mumbai-Goa National Highway which resulted in scores of deaths, Nagpur Rural Police have diverted the heavy traffic on the dilapidated Kanhan River Bridge...
Raksha Bandhan celebrated with religious fervor in the city
Nagpur: Most young boys and men were seen proudly wearing colourful Rakees adorning their wrists. It was one day when most boys and men visited their sisters homes (if she is married) or came back to their homes where their...
Thakre announces new Executive with “BJP Free NMC” goal
Nagpur: After a long wait of two and half years, the City Congress President Vikas Thakre announced Executive of the city unit of the party with the induction of 70 percent new and young faces. The exercise is aimed at...
Justice Sharad Bobde appointed Chancellor of National Law University at Mumbai too
Nagpur: Justice Sharad Bobde, who is a Nagpurian educated and trained in law here and has also practised in the Nagpur High court for many years has added another feather to his cap. The chief Justice of India has appointed...
Now Nagpur can order Uber ride through ‘Dial an Uber’!
Representational Pic Nagpur: Nagpur is gradually nurturing its new found love for app based cabs to commute on their daily routes, thanks to the cheaper fares giving a knock out to exaggerated auto rickshaw tarrifs. Now giving a reenergised push...
Banwarilal Purohit appointed Assam Governor
Incidentally, Nagpur Today had flashed a report predicting Purohit could be made Governor in view of nomination of Dr Vikas Mahatme to Rajya Sabha ignoring a stalwart like Purohit. Nagpur: Former Member of Parliament and Managing Editor of The Hitavada...
VHP President Togadia summoned to RSS Head Quarters
Directed to give statements with restraint File Pic Nagpur: The President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Praveen Togadia who had recently worded a strong statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches on cow vigilantism was summoned to the Head Quarters...
Two poachers arrested – was Jai their victim?
Tiger Jai Nagpur: Jai, the 250 Kgs huge and big superstar of the jungles around Nagpur has been missing for 120 days now. He is 7 years old - so considered still in his prime. Much bigger than the average...
No pilots to fly plane to Nagpur: Passengers held up for 5 hrs
Passengers of Mumbai-Nagpur flight held up in Mumbai for 5 hours Nagpur: In what could be mentioned as sheer apathy, the passengers of Air India faced harrowing experience at Mumbai Airport on August 15, 2016. When most of the passengers...
