After immersion, it’s cleaning drive at lakes in Nagpur; Eco movement a long way to go

Nagpur News. Though the call for eco-friendly immersion of Ganesha idols evoked comparatively better response this year, it still appears to be a long way to go. Going by the messy scenes at various city lakes the following day...

Jaripatka ESR cleaning on Sept 20

Nagpur News: Localities receiving water supply from Jaripatka ESR will receive limited and low pressure water supply on September 20 (Friday) evening following its cleaning work taken up by The Orange City Water (OCW). OCW will start Jaripatka ESR cleaning...

Tapan Chakraborti, Kamalesh Ganguly elected president, secy of Swaraswat Sabha Library at Dhantoli

Nagpur News:  Former Director of NEERI and president of local Bengali Education Society, Dr Tapan Chakraborti and Kamalesh Ganguly have been unanimously elected as president and secretary, respectively of the Swaraswat Sabha Library, Dhantoli in its triennial elections, held here...

Pawar pays tributes to Babasaheb Kedar

Nagpur News: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar   visited the residence of MLA Sunil Kedar in Bajaj Nagar to pay his tributes to the Sahakar Maharshi Babasaheb Kedar who passed away recently. Babasaheb Kedar’s son Sunil and the late leader’s wife received Sharad Pawar. In his...

Sell Ads’s hoardings blind commuters, hide traffic signals at prominent squares in city

Nagpur News. Even as the dust over the alleged evasion of property tax for Futala kiosks by Sell Ads was yet to settle, the outdoor publicity and advertising company in Nagpur has been mired into another controversy. The agency which has been...

Thought Shot : Something’s worth about Modi

Nagpur News:  The elevation of Narendra Modi as the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate  will have mixed reaction from India’s population. All parties will surely gear up to propagate his communal image, Godhra riots, fake encounters, his anti-minority speeches etc and...

Collector winks at brazen violation of his own orders on Fariyas Hotel

Nagpur News: Buyers opting for flats at Mumbai-based Fariyas Hotel’s sprawling residential project at Khamla may find themselves in deep trouble as the land in question is tangled in a fierce legal battle between...

NMC’s sanitation workers hit streets, protest against the sweeper machine scam, injustice

Nagpur News: The Nagpur Mahanagar Palika Aiwajdar (Sanitation Workers) Kamgar Sangathana staged vociferous protests in front of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Headquarters in Civil Lines. The protest was targeted at the alleged sweeper machine scam and the protesters demanded stringent actions against...

CM in Nagpur for booth level Cong workers meet; Nag Vidarbha Samiti stages protest

Nagpur News: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan arrived in Nagpur Tuesday morning. At the airport, he was received by Ramtek MP Mukul Wasnik and State Social Justice Minister Shivajirao Moghe. Chavan was in the city to attend a booth level conference...

Dr Zakir Hussain Vichar Manch confers the prestigious awards to prominent persons

Nagpur News: Dr Zakir Hussain Vichar Manch organized a programme for distribution of 3^rd Annual Award at Central Nagpur-based Haj House. The programme began with the citation of Holy Quran in the presence of Spokesman of All India Congress Committee Mim...

Nagpur to take part in the “Bharat Jago Daud” to spread Swami Vivekanand’s great thoughts

The entire nation will simultaneously participate in “Bharat Jago Daud” to provide powerful wings to spread Swami Vivekanand’s most valued thoughts amongst today’s students and youths on September 11. Nagpur News: Come September 11, and the entire Republic of India, Bharat, Hindustan will...

Murky Affair : Property tax chief Hastak spared big fish for self gains; NMC remained ignorant

  Nagpur News: The target set by the Chairman of Standing Committee Avinash Thakre for recovery of Property Tax for the fiscal 2013-2014 looks to be a distant dream. Target itself is going to misfire and the reasons, it appears, are ominous....

Encroachments in Laxmi Nagar Zone removed

Nagpur News: The Enforcement Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), in an anti-encroachment drive removed 70 residential huts near Jaitala Bazaar which were based on the NMC land handed over by the Defence Department in the Laxmi Nagar Zone. Similarly,...

Gadchiroli police arrest top Naxalite leader Prashant Rahi from jungle in Bhanadar Distt

The dreaded Naxal Prashant Rahi was trying to give a shape to a major attack and was in consultations with Naxal Dalams and other Naxalites in the jungles of Devri in Bhanadara District. But this his luck deserted him and...