Minor Athletes in Nagpur Turn to Theft Over Steroid Addiction; ₹90,000 Stolen From Medical Store
Nagpur: A shocking case has emerged from Nagpur’s Kotwali police station area, where two 17-year-old minor athletes allegedly stole nearly ₹90,000 from a medical store to fund their steroid addiction. The incident has raised serious concerns not only about juvenile...
Yellow Alert Issued as Heatwave Returns to Vidarbha
Nagpur: Barely a week after a brief spell of weather activity brought temporary relief, Vidarbha is once again reeling under an intense heat surge, prompting the India Meteorological Department to issue a ‘Yellow Alert’ for Nagpur, Akola and Amravati districts...
AI-Powered Smart Traffic Signals Go Live Across City
Nagpur: In a major step towards transforming urban mobility and strengthening road surveillance, the Nagpur Traffic Police and civic authorities have accelerated the rollout of the ambitious Intelligent Integrated Traffic Management System (IITMS) across the city. The high-tech project, designed to...
‘Save Amrai’ Campaign Cleans Historic Sonagaon Site, Citizens Remove 10 Sacks of Waste in Nagpur
Nagpur: Residents and morning walkers from the Hanuman Nagar area in Nagpur have launched a “Save Amrai” campaign to restore and protect the historic 300-year-old Bhosale-era Amrai and well located at Sonegaon. Around 20 youngsters and senior citizens came together on...
RTMNU Petitioner Alleges Pressure Over Results Scam Exposure
Nagpur: The deepening crisis surrounding the chaotic examination and result system of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University took a disturbing turn on Friday after the petitioner who exposed the delays and alleged irregularities claimed before the Nagpur Bench of the...
Qatar Airways Restarts Nagpur-Doha Flights From May 21
Nagpur News: In a major boost for international connectivity from Nagpur, Qatar Airways is set to reinstate its direct flights between Nagpur and Doha effective May 21, 2026. The return of the much-awaited service comes as a relief for business...
3-Year-Old Nagpur Boy Battling Blood Cancer Gets ₹3 Lakh Aid From CM Relief Fund
Nagpur: A three-year-old boy from Nagpur suffering from blood cancer has received a major financial lifeline after the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Medical Assistance Fund sanctioned ₹3 lakh for his treatment. The child, Vivek Kiran Deshmukh, a resident of Savitribai Phule Nagar...
Nagpur Police launch ‘Mission Mukti 3.0’ to rescue homeless from streets
Nagpur: After rescuing 482 vulnerable people from the scorching heatwave conditions gripping the city, Nagpur Police have now launched the third and most aggressive phase of its humanitarian campaign ‘Mission Mukti’, turning policing into a lifeline for the city’s homeless,...
Revenue Officer risks life in midnight chase as illegal excavation mafia runs amok in Nagpur
Nagpur: In a spine-chilling late-night crackdown that exposed the growing terror of the illegal excavation mafia in Nagpur district, a courageous Naib Tehsildar risked his life by clinging onto a speeding excavator for nearly three kilometres while the accused desperately...
Nagpur News: Woman Traffic Police Constable Attacked Over Challan
Nagpur: A shocking incident unfolded at the busy Shatabdi Square in Nagpur after a man allegedly attacked a woman traffic police constable during action against a traffic violation. The incident created chaos in the area and briefly disrupted traffic movement...
Shiv Sena (UBT) protests outside RTO office in Nagpur over inaction on overloaded vehicles
Nagpur: Tension prevailed outside the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Nagpur after leaders and workers of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) staged a protest alleging inaction against overloaded vehicles. The demonstration was led by party leader Nitin Tiwari, who accused the...
MSEDCL’s maintenance work hits power supply in parts of Nagpur
Nagpur: The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), popularly known as MahaVitaran, undertook a scheduled power shutdown in several parts of Nagpur on Wednesday, May 6, due to routine maintenance and repair work on power lines under the Civil...
Fire guts Timber Mart in Kalamna, losses worth lakhs reported
Nagpur: Panic gripped residents of Minimata Nagar in Kalamna late Monday night after a massive fire broke out at a timber warehouse, reducing large quantities of wood stock to ashes. The blaze erupted at Ramashwari Timber Mart around 1 am, prompting...
MIHAN-SEZ exports soar 40% in FY 2025-26, manufacturing drives surge
Nagpur: The MIHAN-SEZ, widely regarded as India’s largest multi-product Special Economic Zone, has recorded a robust surge in exports, registering nearly 40% growth in the financial year 2025–26. The rise underscores the zone’s expanding industrial footprint, even as a marginal...
Nagpur: MahaRERA Issues Notices to 391 Projects
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority has issued show-cause notices to 391 housing projects in Nagpur for failing to submit mandatory quarterly progress reports (QPRs), putting a large section of the city’s real estate sector under scrutiny. The action is...
Maharashtra mulls digital SSC, HSSC exams after spike in copying cases
Nagpur: Taking serious cognisance of the rising number of malpractice cases during the recently concluded SSC and HSSC examinations conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, the State Government is now considering a major shift...
IIIT Nagpur Student Suicide: 2nd-Year CSE Student Jumps from Hostel, Probe Underway
Nagpur | May 4, 2026 A tragic incident was reported early Monday morning at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Nagpur campus, where a second-year engineering student allegedly died by suicide after jumping from...
Savarkar Filed 5 Mercy Pleas, Saw Cow as ‘Useful Animal’: Grandnephew in Court
Pune: In a significant development during a defamation case hearing, Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, told a special MP/MLA court in Pune that the Hindutva ideologue had filed five mercy petitions during his imprisonment under British rule. The statement...
Bargi tragedy: Search ops expanded to trace 4 missing
Army divers and disaster response teams on Saturday expanded their search at Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh to locate a man and three children still missing after the cruise boat tragedy that claimed nine lives two days ago, officials said. With...
Commercial LPG price hiked by Rs 993, to cost Rs 3,104.50 in Nagpur
Nagpur: Despite mounting pressure to raise fuel prices amid the Iran war disruption, the Central Government has decided to keep the domestic LPG rates unchanged. However, the price of commercial LPG (19 kg) has been increased by Rs 993 (on average). With...
Protests Mark Maharashtra Day in Nagpur
Nagpur: While Maharashtra celebrated its State स्थापना दिवस with enthusiasm across the state, Nagpur witnessed strong protests as voices demanding a separate Vidarbha state grew louder. On Friday morning, a large number of youths gathered at Samvidhan Square from different parts...
