POCSO Act not meant to punish minors in romantic relationships: Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was enacted not to punish minors in a consensual relationship and to brand them as criminals, the Bombay High Court has said while granting bail to a 23-year-old man who...
JEE Mains: Bombay HC refuses to order relaxation of 75% condition for IIT/NIT admissions
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to order the relaxation of the 75 percent minimum 12th Board standard score eligibility criteria for admission to IIT, NIT, IIIT and CFTI/GFTI through JEE Main and JEE Advance exams. A division...
Former Nagpur DCP Vinita Sahu conferred with ‘Stree Shakti Rashtriya Puraskars 2023’ by Maharashtra Governor
Nagpur: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais presented the 'Stree Shakti Rashtriya Puraskars 2023' to IPS Vinita S, the former Nagpur Deputy Commissioner and incumbent Commandant SRPF, Pune, at a special function organized at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, recently. Vinita S, along with 29...
Ambedkar Bhavan demolition: Nagpur court orders cops to book 4 Garuda directors
Nagpur: The District Court in Nagpur has ordered Ambazari police to register an FIR against four directors of Garuda Amusements Park Pvt Ltd for illegally demolishing Ambedkar Bhavan at Ambazari Garden. The court was approached after the police did not...
Hotelier Prince Tuli absconding; What exactly happened in 1901?
Nagpur: With the clubbing culture developing in Nagpur, the brawls, too, unfortunately have increased. Various incidents reported in the city led to Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar making stringent guidelines for clubs, bars and restaurants. However, it seems like the rules...
CR orders probe into goods train running backwards incident near Koradi
Nagpur: The Nagpur Division of Central Railway has ordered inquiry into the goods train moving backwards incident between Godhni-Bokhara in which a car driver had a miraculous escape while a motorcycle rider was hurt. Koradi police, after registering an offence...
CP Club fracas: Prince Tuli on the run, dodging Sadar police
Nagpur: Two teams of Sadar police are on the trail of hotelier Prince Tuli who forcefully barged into CP Club and allegedly manhandled the manager for not letting him in. Prince Tuli is on the run and has been dodging...
Summer or Monsoon?? Nagpur recorded 11 rainy days, 81.2 mm rainfall in April 2023
Nagpur: April in Nagpur is famous for its scorching summer heat and dry weather. However, this year the month witnessed abnormal weather, which also served as a sign of the impact of climate change in the region. April this year became...
Cricket bookie accepting bets on IPL match arrested in Ajni
Representative Pic Nagpur: The Crime Branch Unit-3 of Nagpur Police on Wednesday arrested a 36-year-old bookie here for accepting bets on an IPL match being played between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. The accused has been identified as Nitesh Kishore Chaudhary...
Bawankule names State BJP Working Committee; Gadkari, Fadnavis among invitees from Vidarbha
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, ex-MP Datta Meghe and some other party leaders from Vidarbha figure in the list of special invitees of State Working Committee of Bharatiya Janata...
City Survey officer in ACB net in Nagpur for Rs 5000 bribe
Nagpur: An officer of the City Survey Department in Nagpur was arrested on Wednesday for accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths conducted the operation at the City Survey Office in the Administrative Building No. 1...
Bank loan fraud: ED attaches Varron Group assets in Nagpur, other places
Nagpur: In a case of loan fraud, the Enforcement Department (ED) has provisionally attached 12 properties of Varron Group of Industries at Nagpur, Pune, Ratnagiri and Goa worth Rs 12.80 crore. The action was taken as part of the investigation into...
Gold worth Rs 5 lakh stolen from house in Wathoda
Nagpur: In a daring daylight theft, burglars broke into a house in Yogeshwar Nagar area in Wathoda and made away with gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh. The incident was reported to the police by Reena Sudhir Thakur (41), a...
Nasal vaccine for Covid-19 in Nagpur but only for senior citizens
Nagpur: The long wait for the intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 -- iNCOVACC -- made by Covaxin-maker Bharat Biotech is over for Nagpurians. The vaccine is now available, but only for senior citizens -- above 60 years of age and...
Efficiency in action: Nagpur CP completes transfer of 1,109 cops in 3 hours!
Nagpur: Tuesday, May 2 witnessed the Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar overseeing the transfer of 1,109 police personnel in accordance with their preferences and the vacancies available at different units. The transfer process, which involved brief interviews with eligible candidates,...
Arduous terrain makes Gadchiroli Naxal encounters fiercer, more real: Fadnavis
Nagpur: Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister and State Home Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, praised the efforts of the C-60 commandos in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district. He stated that encounters in this district are far fiercer and more real than anywhere else due...
Fadnavis launches ‘Aapla Dawakhana’ in Nagpur
Nagpur: The Government of Maharashtra has launched an initiative to provide basic healthcare services to the common people through the Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray ‘Aapla Dawakhana’. The initiative aims to cater to the basic health needs of the people...
Teenage boy ‘kidnapped’ from Glocal Square Mall in Sitabuldi
Nagpur: A 15-year old boy went missing and reportedly kidnapped from the busy Glocal Square Mall in Nagpur’s Sitabuldi area on Tuesday afternoon. Cops have launched a search to trace the boy. According to police, the minor boy, a resident...
Encounter in J-K’s Kupwara, two terrorists killed
Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The encounter took place near Pichnad Machil area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir, a police official said. Two...
50-year old man dies in house collapse as heavy rain lashes Nagpur
Nagpur: After a spell of heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon, the death of a 50-year-old man was reported from Timki area in Nagpur. Ashok Yerkhede, 50, died after sustaining injuries following a house collapse, said officials from the Nagpur Municipal...
Govt to set up panel to address
The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a committee headed by the cabinet secretary would be constituted to explore administrative steps for addressing some concerns of same-sex couples without going into the issue of legalising their marriage. ...
