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...
8 Vidarbha players to go under IPL hammer on Dec 16
Nagpur: Eight cricketers from Vidarbha will go under the hammer at the upcoming auction for the IPL 2026 to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16. Three Vidarbha players including Shubham Dubey, Yash Thakur and Harsh Dubey have been...
Drug peddler with MD powder worth Rs 59,300 arrested in Nagpur
Nagpur: Continuing their crackdown on drug peddlers under Police Commissioner Ravinderkumar Singal’s “Operation Thunder” initiative, Yashodhara Nagar Police arrested a 25-year-old man late on December 9 for possessing mephedrone (MD) powder. Around 11:20 pm, a police patrol team was conducting rounds...
Winter Session sees a ‘leopard’ walk Into Vidhan Bhavan: MLA Sonawane’s unique protest
Nagpur: The ongoing Winter Session in Nagpur witnessed an unusual and eye-catching moment on Wednesday when MLA Sharad Sonawane arrived at the Vidhan Bhavan premises dressed as a leopard. His dramatic appearance was a symbolic protest meant to draw the...
Maha recorded 30 lakh dog bite cases in 6 years: Deputy CM Shinde tells Assembly
Nagpur: Maharashtra is grappling with a massive public health and civic challenge, with over 30 lakh dog-bite cases reported in just six years and 30 deaths due to rabies between 2021 and 2023, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde informed the...
Leopard strays into Nagpur’s Pardi area, injures six; captured
Nagpur: Panic gripped the Pardi area of Nagpur on Wednesday morning after a leopard strayed into the residential locality and injured at least half a dozen people before being captured following a high-risk rescue operation by the Forest Department. The incident...
‘Gangs of Wasseypur-style’ extortion racket exposed at Nagpur Railway Station
Nagpur: A shocking case of “Gangs of Wasseypur-style” extortion and death threats has surfaced at Nagpur Railway Station, where workers employed by contractor firm ISF Services were allegedly forced to return half their salaries as protection money. According to workers, local...
‘Sweet as orange, spicy as Saoji’: Shinde’s flavour-packed praise for Fadnavis
Nagpur: In a moment that blended politics with poetry, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday served up a colourful description of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, calling him “Sweet as Orange and Spicy as Saoji” — a line that...
IndiGo to Fly Nearly 1,900 Flights Today as Network Restores
IndiGo is facing a major operational crisis, cancelling over 2000 flights daily since Tuesday due to staff shortages and new crew regulations. Passengers at major airports, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Kolkata, are dealing with long delays and rising airfares....
11 of 13 STPs dead, Nag River choking: Minister Munde orders high-level probe
Nagpur: In a damning revelation, the Maharashtra Government has ordered a high-level probe after discovering that 11 of Nagpur’s 13 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) have been lying defunct, allowing millions of litres of raw, filthy sewage to flow unchecked into...
HC heat forces Hudkeshwar Police to invoke MPID; Inspector apologises
Nagpur: In a significant development underscoring judicial vigilance in matters involving public financial interest, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice Anil L. Pansare and Justice Raj D. Wakode on December 8, 2025 recorded that the Hudkeshwar...
