Retired officer trapped in sextortion racket in Nagpur, duped of Rs 7.25 lakh
Nagpur: The audacity of cyber criminals in Nagpur continues to rise unabated. In a shocking case of sextortion, fraudsters targeted a 60-year-old retired health officer from Ajni and extorted a hefty sum of Rs 7.25 lakh by subjecting him to...
Bid to film obscene video of student in Nagpur Metro Station toilet sparks safety fears
Nagpur: A shocking incident involving an attempt to record an obscene video of a young woman inside a metro station restroom has raised serious concerns over women’s safety at Nagpur Metro premises. The incident occurred at the Nari Metro Station...
AI ‘leopard’ clips trigger panic in Nagpur, Forest Dept warns against fake sightings
Nagpur: The city was gripped by fresh panic on Friday after AI-generated videos and images showing a “leopard” casually walking in front of a Nagpur school went viral on social media. The fabricated visuals struck a raw nerve, as residents...
Sambare Elected President as HCBA Nagpur Announces 2025 Election Results
Nagpur: The High Court Bar Association, Nagpur, declared the results of its Executive Committee elections on Friday, marking a decisive mandate across key posts. Adv. A. R. Sambare scored a commanding victory in the presidential race, securing 1003 votes, far ahead...
Electrical material worth Rs 1.44 lakh stolen from flat in Shantinagar
Nagpur: Shantinagar Police have registered a case after electrical equipment worth Rs 1,44,462 was stolen from a residential construction site in Mahesh Nagar. The complainant, Mohammad Nawab Kavar Mohammad Kasim (50), a resident of CA Road, Gandhibagh, reported that his new...
Externed criminal arrested in Khaparkheda
Nagpur: Khaparkheda Police arrested a 33-year-old externed criminal after he was found roaming suspiciously in the jurisdiction late on Thursday night, reportedly with the intention of committing a crime. Between 11.50 pm on December 11 and 1.49 am on December 12,...
Man with sharp weapon nabbed in Yashodhara Nagar
Nagpur: The Yashodhara Nagar Police arrested a 25-year-old man late on Thursday night for allegedly carrying a sharp weapon while moving suspiciously near a mosque in the Azri–Majri area. Between 9 pm and 10 pm on December 11, a patrolling unit...
HCBA Nagpur elections today; multiple candidates in close contests
Nagpur: THE High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Nagpur elections will be held on Friday, December 12, with lawyers gearing up for a series of closely fought contests. After the withdrawal of nominations, the final list of candidates has been released,...
Maharashtra unveils bold 2025 Industries Policy to power trillion-dollar economy
Nagpur: In a sweeping overhaul of its economic strategy, the Government of Maharashtra has launched the Industries, Investment and Services (IIS) Policy 2025, a comprehensive blueprint aimed at transforming the State into India’s first trillion-dollar economy and a globally competitive...
Repeat disaster: Height barrier on Gowari Flyover smashed for the fourth time
Nagpur: In yet another glaring reminder of poor planning and zero enforcement, the height barrier installed by the Public Works Department (PWD) at the entry ramp of the Shaheed Adivasi Gowari Flyover (Rahate Colony side) met the same disastrous end...
Winter Session: VIP convoys, diversions, morchas paralyze Nagpur traffic!!
Nagpur: The city is buckling under unprecedented traffic mayhem as the Winter Session enters its peak, turning Nagpur’s heart into a suffocating maze of barricades, diversions and VIP-driven standstills. What used to be routine seasonal inconvenience has exploded into a...
Nagpur’s AI success story: MahaCrimeOS to be adopted across all 1,100 police stations
Nagpur: Maharashtra’s experiment with artificial intelligence in policing has taken shape in Nagpur, where the MahaCrimeOS platform, an AI-powered investigation system, has been quietly transforming the way cybercrime cases are handled since April. What began as an initiative of the...
Hammer-wielding miscreants attack Aapli Bus in Nagpur, Halba protest linked
Nagpur: Panic gripped the city after unidentified miscreants suddenly attacked a city bus near Lakadganj Police Station on Thursday. The incident occurred when the bus was travelling from Vardhaman Nagar towards Lakadganj. According to police sources, two unidentified individuals approached the...
Nagpur City RTO Kiran Bidkar suspended in Mankapur school bus mishap case
Nagpur: Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Thursday informed the Legislative Assembly that Nagpur City Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Kiran Bidkar has been suspended for dereliction of duty in connection with the Mankapur accident that claimed the life of a schoolgirl. Responding...
Shinde, BJP leader Chavan meet in Nagpur to discuss civic poll strategy
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and state BJP president Ravindra Chavan met on Thursday night in Nagpur to discuss the upcoming municipal corporation elections, including in Mumbai and Thane. The meeting between Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, and...
‘Maharashtra almost Naxal-free,’ says CM Fadnavis, echoes Centre’s 2026 target
Nagpur: Maharashtra has inched closer to wiping out Naxalism, aligning with the Central Government’s target of making the country completely Naxal-free by 2026. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the State’s steady progress is the result of long-term planning, aggressive policing,...
HC heat forces NMC to remove 2,803 illegal hoardings across Nagpur
Nagpur: Stung by scathing remarks from the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) launched an aggressive crackdown and removed 2,803 illegal banners and hoardings within 24 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. The clean-up came...
Massive lighting theft exposes security lapse at Nagpur’s Ram Jhula Bridge
Nagpur: In a glaring example of systemic negligence, a major theft has rocked the iconic Ram Jhula Cable-Stayed Overbridge, where as many as 22 high-value projectors and 66 LED lights from the state-of-the-art illumination system were stolen without anyone noticing...
Winter tightens grip: Nagpur shivers at 8°C, coldest in Vidarbha
Nagpur: The winter chill intensified across Vidarbha on December 10, with Nagpur emerging as the coldest spot in the region after the minimum temperature plunged to 8°C, the lowest of the season so far. The city also ranked as the...
19-Year-Old Hotel Worker Dies After Hot Water Accident at Le-Meridien, Nagpur
Nagpur: A young hotel employee died after suffering critical burn injuries caused by hot water at the five-star Le-Meridien Hotel on Wardha Road. The incident took place within Beltarodi Police Station limits. The deceased was identified as 19-year-old Sachin Shivaji Jadhav,...
DRI busts Rs 192-crore MD factory in Wardha jungle; mastermind, 2 aides held
Nagpur: In one of the biggest narcotics crackdowns of the year, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a fully functional mephedrone (MD) manufacturing plant concealed deep inside dense vegetation in the remote Karanja (Ghadge) region of Wardha district, barely...
