Nylon manja coming from Gujarat, UP: Nagpur police inform High Court
Nagpur: The perils of kite-flying season in Nagpur have escalated due to the harmful repercussions of nylon manja, leaving several individuals injured. Nagpur police have pointed fingers at the manufacturing hubs in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh for producing this hazardous...
774 new Covid cases found in India, 2 dead
India has recorded a single-day rise of 774 COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases stands at 4,187, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. Two deaths -- one each from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat -- were reported in a...
20 JN.1 positive found in Nagpur
Nagpur: The JN.1 sub-variant of Omicron is spreading rapidly in Nagpur, with 20 out of 44 recent Covid-19 samples testing positive for the new sub-lineage. However, doctors reassured that despite JN.1’s increased transmissibility and ability to bypass some vaccine immunity,...
Acts of Indiscipline, Misbehaviour: MPCC suspends Narendra Jichkar for six years
Nagpur: The Disciplinary Panel of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has suspended Narendra Jichkar over his acts of indiscipline and misbehavior. A letter has been issued to Jichkar by Prithviraj Chavan, Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel. The MPCC Disciplinary Panel...
NMC warns of stern action against sale, use of banned nylon manja
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has warned of stringent action against sale and use of banned nylon manja. The civic body has stated, sale, stocking of nylon manja is banned. Anyone found selling or even handling the same...
Youth attempts to kill lover’s uncle, own brother in Sakkardara, Nagpur
Nagpur: A love affair culminated in a violent assault when a youth attempted to kill the uncle of his 17-year-old lover and his own brother during discussion at Bhande Plot area of Sakkardara Police Station on Friday in Nagpur. The accused...
CBI nabs bribe accused after a hot chase in Nagpur
Nagpur: Sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were in action, this time quite hectic one on Friday, as they were involved in a hot chase to catch an employee of a private firm involved in a bribery deal...
ARUN CHETAK Unveils the all new 2024 Chetak Premium
Arun Chetak c/o Arun Automobiles, the undisputed leader in the electric mobility sector, proudly revealed the much-anticipated 2024 Chetak Premium today at a special ceremony at their exclusive Chetak showroom The unveiling ceremony was honored by the esteemed presence of...
Pune-Lucknow IndiGo flight halts at Nagpur Airport after medical emergency
Nagpur: The Pune-Lucknow IndiGo Flight 6E338 made an emergency landing at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport after a passenger complained of chest pain. According to sources, a passenger, Mohammad Ahmed Ansari (26), had boarded a flight from Pune to reach Lucknow....
Bribery scandal: 3 more PESO officials under CBI’s scanner
Nagpur: In the wake of arrest of two high-ranking officials from the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO) in Nagpur on charges of accepting bribes, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Nagpur has expanded its scrutiny as it is...
‘Bunty-Babli’ dupes Jaripatka residents of Rs 1 Crore in Nagpur
Nagpur: Jaripatka Police have booked a couple for allegedly defrauding around 50 people of Rs 1 Crore under the pretext of Draw, Chit Fund, and BC. The accused couple has been identified as Harshi and Amit Kakkad. According to police sources,...
Sept 23 Nagpur floods: High-level panel set up for strengthening Ambazari Lake
Nagpur: In response to the High Court directions in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) over Ambazari floods of September 2023, the Urban Development Department (UDD) of State Government has constituted a high-level committee headed by Divisional Commissioner of Nagpur, to...
Train operations come to a grinding halt for 3 hours in Nagpur
Nagpur: Train movement in the heart of the country at Central Railway’s Nagpur Division came to a grinding halt on Friday for nearly three hours after the staff walked out in protest over the death of a colleague due to...
Ranjeet Safelkar, associates walk free in extortion case
Nagpur: In a recent verdict, Ranjeet Halke Safelkar and his associates, Sanjay Haribhau Karonde, Ajay Jawahar Channor, and Rakesh Omprakash Kale, have been acquitted by JMFC 3rd Court Judge Nilesh B Patil. The case involved charges under sections 386,...
Red-tapism: NMC’s plan to build smart toilets in city hits a roadblock
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) move to install smart toilets in the city hit a roadblock because Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) are not issuing No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) for the same. As a consequence,...
Objectionable images, screenshots found in Sana Khan’s phone: Report
Nagpur: The seized mobile phone of the deceased Sana Khan, whose body is yet to be recovered, had several objectionable images and screenshots which were likely to be connected to several persons from different parts of India apart from Madhya...
Manja menace: Banned nylon manja slits man’s throat near Nagpur
Nagpur: The rampant sale and use of banned nylon manja in Nagpur continue to pose a grave threat as incidents of unsuspecting victims, both human and birds, falling prey to kite flying disasters escalate in the run-up to the Sankranti...
1800 students of NMC schools avail benefit of ‘Gift of Health’ initiative
Nagpur: More than 1,800 students of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) schools benefited from the health facility of 'Gift of Health', a joint initiative of Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Rotary Club Nagpur Ishanya. On Wednesday, students of GM Banatwala School...
Mother-son duo killed in ghastly car crash in Nagpur
Nagpur: A mother-son duo was killed in a horrific road mishap on Amravati Road under the jurisdiction of Wadi Police Station in Nagpur on Thursday. The incident once again underlines the perils of movement of stray animals on the highway,...
Maha Cabinet nod for OPS to State employees who joined service after Nov 2005
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal that offers an option of availing the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to the State Government employees who joined the service after November 2005. The decision comes days after the government as...
Two hunters electrocuted to death in Gondia
Gondia: In a heart-wrenching incident that took place on Wednesday, January 4 at village Chandrapur Toli farm complex in Post Katangi of Goregaon tehsil of Gondia district, two men died on the spot after getting electrocuted by electric wires laid...
