Crime Branch busts hookah parlour operating at Brother’s Cafe, Mount Road
Nagpur: Unit 2 of the Nagpur Crime Branch on Wednesday busted a hookah parlour operating under the guise of a cafe at Brother’s Cafe, Mount Road, Sadar. Besides seizing 10 hookah pots and other materials worth Rs. 29,900, the...
HC raps ECI for holding up vital medical purchases
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court reprimanded Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday for showing lack of concern for welfare of citizens, especially medical emergencies, when the poll code of conduct is in force. The High Court’s criticism...
Chain-snatcher who robbed two women nabbed in Nagpur
Nagpur: Wadi Police of Nagpur arrested a scooter-borne robber who was involved in two chain-snatching incidents recently. Cops recovered four gold beads, a pendant and a Honda Activa (MH-40/AZ-3912) from his possession. Identified as Rupesh Ramesh Tikle (28), the accused is...
Flesh trade racket busted at OYO hotel in Nagpur, five men held, 5 girls rescued
Nagpur: Social Security Wing (SSB) of the Nagpur Police’s Crime Branch on Wednesday busted a prostitution racket at OYO Hotel Yes-24 at Balaji Nagar, Hingna Road in MIDC area of the city, and rescued five girls dragged into flesh trade...
Unseasonal rain wreaks havoc in Nagpur, uproots trees, disrupts power supply
Nagpur: The Second Capital of the State witnessed a sudden mood swing in weather as the early morning sun was covered by dark clouds around 10 AM, while the Regional Meteorological Department issued a warning of thunderstorms and lightning for...
Nagpur GMCH Dean, 10 other doctors booked in negligence case
Nagpur: Ajni police have registered a case of negligence against Dr Raj Gajbhiye, Dean of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), and 10 other doctors in connection with the death of a woman patient during surgery in 2019. They were...
Nilesh Kakkad awarded PhD by RTMNU
Nagpur: Nilesh Rajnikant Kakkad has been awarded PhD by the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). Kakkad’s research topic was “A Comparative Study of Work-life Balance and Job Satisfaction of Male and Female Employees working in Private Sector in Nagpur...
Thunderous rain lashes Nagpur, streets, low-lying areas flooded
Nagpur: The weather scenario in the month of May has baffled Nagpurians as thunderous rains lashed the city on Thursday flooding the streets and low-lying areas triggering chaos. Several roads and residential areas have been inundated, said reports. The local...
Demolition work of bridge at Ambazari Lake overflow point sans prior notice
Nagpur: With citizens' convenience taken for granted by authorities in Nagpur, the pending work on demolition of low height bridge at Ambazari overflow point was started from Wednesday without any prior notice. The commuters on the road from Ambazari T-Point to...
HC warns NMC of contempt for systematically misleading court on Swami Vivekananda statue
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday rapped the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for misleading the court about the location of the Swami Vivekananda statue near Ambazari Lake dam. “You have systematically misled us.Why haven’t contempt proceedings...
Video: “Are you colour blind?” HC asks NMC on difference between ‘Green Zones’!
Nagpur: With all eyes set on the Vivekananda Smarak hearing at the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Today brings you exclusive insights from experts! At Wednesday's hearing, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) was again at the receiving...
Suspecting infidelity, man axes wife to death in Koradi, arrested
Nagpur: Koradi police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his middle-aged wife with an axe here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Indira Bharadwaj; cops have booked accused husband Giridhar Bharadwaj on charges of murder and placed...
Auto driver arrested for molesting minor school girl in Nagpur
Pic from the video short by alert Citizen Nagpur: In a shocking incident, an auto driver was booked under Sections of POCSO Act after he was found molesting a minor school girl inside his auto near Green Planet Colony, Omkar...
Nagpur’s Naveen Agrawal Named Resource Person by HCMRIPA
Nagpur. In a remarkable feat of recognition and expertise, Nagpur’s own Naveen Maheshkumar Agrawal, Registrar of Dada Ramchand Bakhru Sindhu Mahavidyalaya, has been included in the list of resource persons by the prestigious "Harish Chandra Mathur Rajasthan State Institute of...
Nagpur faces CCTV crisis: CP calls for installation of 900 more cameras at vital spots
Nagpur: With an alarming number of approximately 650-700 public CCTV cameras reported dysfunctional across Nagpur, Commissioner of Police Ravinder Singal was compelled to chair a high-level review meeting with concerned agencies on Tuesday. The city's law enforcement heavily relies...
In Pics: Short circuit triggers fire at Orient Grand at Ashok Chowk, Nagpur
Nagpur: Material worth thousands of rupees was gutted at the Orient Grand hotel, located at Ashok Chowk in Nagpur, after a short circuit triggered a fire here on Wednesday. According to the fire department, they received a fire call on Wednesday...
Fake currency mastermind arrested in Nagpur
Nagpur: One of Central India’s biggest fake currency mastermind, Parvez Ahmed Patel alias Pappu, was arrested by Jaripatka police of Nagpur in connection with a case in which cops have already invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act...
Notorious drug peddler arrested with MD worth Rs 5.08 lakh in Sakkardara, Nagpur
Nagpur: The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Nagpur Crime Branch arrested a notorious drug peddler, Iqbal Sheikh, and seized 50.81 grams of MD drugs worth Rs 5.08 lakh from his possession in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to police sources, the sleuths...
Gittikhadan police book 3 persons for cheating woman, many others in land deal in Nagpur
Nagpur: A recent land deal scandal in Nagpur has brought Prasanna Pardhi, the proprietor of Samadhan Bar in Bajaj Nagar, back into the spotlight for fraudulent activities. Pardhi, already embroiled in several legal cases, is now implicated in a dubious...
Nagpur’s Alfiya Pathan bags Asian U-22 silver in boxing
Nagpur: India boxer Alfiya Pathan of Nagpur bagged a silver medal in the Asian U-22 Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. In the gold medal clash, a former youth world champion Alfiya lost her light heavyweight (81kg) to Diana Magauyayeva...
CP felicitates 5 Pachpaoli cops for foiling suicide bid by ex-TTE in Nagpur
Nagpur: Swift action by four patrolling cops of Pachpaoli Police Station in Nagpur foiled a suicide attempt by a 62-year-old former railway Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) on Monday. The man had hanged himself at his residence at Lashkaribagh after a...
