Heavy rain in Nagpur uproots trees, crushes car near Medical Square
Nagpur: As the Southwest Monsoon has made an unusually early onset in Vidarbha, heavy rain lashed Nagpur between 5.30 pm and 8.30pm on Wednesday. The downpour with stormy winds caused extensive damage in the city with trees uprooting and roads...
GoDaddy Told to Suspend Haldiram-Like Domains
Nagpur: In a significant legal development, the District and Additional Sessions Judge R.S. Patil (Bhosale) has directed GoDaddy to suspend all domain names resembling “Haldiram” until the next hearing. The interim order comes in response to...
Nagpur Police Launch ‘Garud Drishti’ to Monitor Social Media and Strengthen Cyber Surveillance
Nagpur : In a major stride towards integrating technology with public safety, Nagpur Police on Tuesday unveiled ‘Garud Drishti’, a cutting-edge social media monitoring and intelligence platform, along with a newly established cyber lab equipped with 30 advanced workstations. Commissioner...
Video of liquor, hookah party on street in Nagpur’s posh Dharampeth sparks outrage, 5 held
Nagpur: In a disturbing display of street lawlessness, a group of men were caught on camera openly consuming alcohol and smoking hookah near a hospital in the upscale Dharampeth area of Nagpur -- an incident that has reignited...
Nagpur Woman Who Crossed into Pakistan via LoC Returned to India
Sunita Jamgade, a 43-year-old woman from Nagpur who went missing earlier this month, has been handed over to Indian authorities after she crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan from the Hunderman village in Kargil. Pakistani officials returned her...
Symbol of change: PM Modi mentions first bus service in Naxal hotbed Gadchiroli in Mann Ki Baat
The village of Katezari in Gadchiroli district, once notorious as a Naxal hotspot, recently welcomed its first-ever state-run bus -- 77 years after Independence Nagpur: In the 122nd episode of his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra...
Monsoon reaches Maharashtra
The southwest monsoon has arrived in Maharashtra and is expected to advance to Mumbai and some other parts over the next three days, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. The monsoon advanced into some more parts of the Arabian Sea,...
India Becomes World’s Fourth-Largest Economy, Surpasses Japan: NITI Aayog CEO
New Delhi: India has officially become the fourth-largest economy in the world, overtaking Japan, according to NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam. Addressing the media after the 10th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday, Subrahmanyam highlighted that...
New Nagpur Announced—But Has MIHAN Been Forgotten?
In a move that has sparked both excitement and skepticism, the Maharashtra government has given in-principle approval to a brand-new urban development initiative—‘New Nagpur’, a proposed hi-tech city to be developed under the Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA). Billed...
Allegations Fall Flat: 210 Muslim Students Enrolled at Dayanand Arya Girls School, Court Grants Interim Relief to Secretary and Staff
Nagpur: The controversy surrounding the Dayanand Arya Girls School, run by the Arya Vidya Sabha, took a significant turn after allegations made by a dismissed principal were countered with concrete evidence. The former principal had alleged that the school denied...
Historic: Supreme Court declares Zudpi jungle land as forest in Vidarbha
Nagpur: Bringing curtains down on the protracted dispute surrounding the status of Zudpi jungle lands in Eastern Vidarbha region, Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that they will be considered as Forest land. Similarly, the apex court limited utilisation of Zudpi...
Symbiosis Law Student Suspended Over Operation Sindoor Post; HC Orders Probe by May 25
Nagpur: A final-year LLB student of Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur, has been suspended with immediate effect for allegedly posting content on her official Instagram handle that contradicted the Government of India’s official statement regarding “Operation Sindoor” and for other disciplinary...
Covid-19 comeback: 257 new cases in India, Mumbai reports 2 deaths
Nagpur: A new wave of Covid-19 is sweeping through parts of Asia, with countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand seeing a rise in infections. The surge is mainly driven by new Omicron sub-variants, particularly JN.1 and its descendants such...
LeT terrorist, brain behind attack on RSS HQ in Nagpur, shot dead in Pakistan
Nagpur/New Delhi: Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Razaullah Nizamani Khalid alias Abu Saifullah Khalid, who was the brain behind the 2006 attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, was killed by three unidentified gunmen in Sindh province of Pakistan on Sunday, officials said....
CJI Bhushan Gavai’s Protocol Overlooked During First Visit to Maharashtra
Mumbai, May 18: In what is being viewed as a significant breach of protocol, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was not accorded the customary reception by top state officials during his first visit to Maharashtra after assuming...
Revealed: Missing Nagpur Woman Crossed into Pakistan from Kargil LoC to Meet Online Pastor
Kargil/Nagpur: It has now been revealed that the 43-year-old Nagpur woman, earlier reported missing from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kargil, Ladakh, crossed into Pakistan to meet a pastor she had reportedly befriended online. The woman, identified...
Nagpur School Booked for Denying Admission to Minority Student
Nagpur: A case has been registered against the secretary and a teacher of Dayanand Arya Kanya Vidyalaya in Jaripatka for allegedly denying admission to a girl student belonging to a minority community on religious grounds. The action was taken following...
Nagpur Woman Goes Missing from LoC Village in Kargil; 15-Year-Old Son Left at Hotel
Nagpur/Kargil, Ladakh – A 36-year-old woman from Nagpur has gone missing under mysterious circumstances from Hunderban, the last village in Kargil district near the Line of Control (LoC), on May 14. The woman had checked into a hotel in Kargil...
Nagpur’s SDAL Launches ‘Bhargavastra’ to Tackle Drone Swarm Threats
Nagpur-Based Solar Defence Unveils ‘Bhargavastra’: A Low-Cost Counter-Drone Breakthrough for Swarm Threats Nagpur: In a major advancement for India’s indigenous defence capabilities, Nagpur-based Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited (SDAL) has unveiled its latest innovation — ‘Bhargavastra’, a low-cost, hard-kill counter-drone system...
Weather Department Issues Thunderstorm Alert for Vidarbha
Nagpur – The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning for thunderstorm activity across several districts in Vidarbha late Wednesday evening. According to the IMD, over the next three to four hours, parts of Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Washim, Yavatmal,...
Justice BR Gavai Sworn In as First Buddhist Chief Justice
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was on Wednesday sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India (CJI) today, becoming the first Buddhist and only the second judge from the Scheduled Castes to ascend to the nation's highest judicial office. His elevation...
