On Sardar Patel’s Birth Anniversary, Thousands Run for Unity in Nagpur
Nagpur: To commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first home minister and former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)has organised ‘Run for Unity’ a 1.5 kilometre race on the occasion of...Red-faced NMC administration snatches chamber of agitating contractors, too
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation administration, fuming over agitation launched by NMC contractors for release of their pending dues, on Monday issued a fatwa and snatched the chamber and office space allotted to NMC Contractors Welfare Association. After the unsuccessful...
Municipal Corporations should focus on assured development of cities: Fadnavis
CM urges civic bodies to create more revenue sources Nagpur: “The biggest challenge in the 21st century is that of existence. In the next 10-20 years, the global temperature is going to be increased by two degrees. The effect of...
Change of Mayor, Deputy, Ruling Party Leader on cards by Oct end
Nagpur: Irrespective of the statement by City BJP President Sudhakar Kohale asserting there is no plan to change Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the Ruling Party Leader, the top party leadership, it is leant, has decided to go ahead with the...
NMC needs Rs 500 to tide over crisis but gets Rs 150 crore only from State Govt
Nagpur: As against the demand of cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the State Government has released Rs 150 crore as special grant to the civic body to tide over the financial crisis. The funds are likely to be...
Cash-starved NMC to get Rs 150 crore special fund from State Govt before Diwali
Nagpur: The cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation has good news. The State Government has approved the proposal of the civic body to release Rs 150 crore out of Rs 325 crore as special grants in this month for completing the ongoing...
Big Bazaar fined for using banned plastic bags
Nagpur: The officials of Nagpur Municipal Corporation have conducted a surprise check on the premises of Big Bazaar located in Landmark building in Ramdaspeth and reportedly seized banned plastic bags weighing 2 kg. However sources claimed that the material seized...
BJP may replace Mayor, Varsha Thakre, Manisha Kothe in the race
Nagpur: With 2019 Lok Sabha elections in mind, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has kickstarted an exercise to replace the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ruling Party Leader as well as Trustees of Nagpur Improvement Trust with new faces who...
Mayor inspects preparations for Dhammachakra Pravartan Din at Deekshabhoomi
Nagpur: The Mayor Nanda Jichkar on Wednesday took rounds of historic Deekshabhoomi and inspected various preparations being made for lakhs of devotees visiting to celebrate Dhammachakra Pravartan Din on Thursday, October 18. After the visit, the Mayor directed the concerned...
NMC contractors to stage ‘Bhik Mango’ agitation for clearance of pending bills
Nagpur: The NMC Contractors Welfare Association has intensified its agitation for pressing their various demands including clearance of their pending bills. The agitation entered the second day. Addressing the agitating members, the President of NMC Contractors Welfare Association Vijay Naidu slammed...
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan turns far-fetched dream in Nagpur
Nagpur: October 2 - a day when a prolong saga of ‘The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ receives a gaiety from people across the nation disguised as a cleaning agents to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. However a nation-wide campaign...
NMC’s spl meet gives green signal to demolish flyover opposite Railway Station
Nagpur: The citizens of Second Capital City of Nagpur would soon witness the ‘gigantic infrastructure blunder’ called Railways Station Flyover to be demolished as the special general body meeting of Nagpur Municipal Corporation approved the proposal amid heated...
‘Aapli Bus’ operators end strike on payment of dues
NAGPUR: The Aapli Bus service resumed from Tuesday evening and it will be regularized from Wednesday. The operators of Aapli Bus had halted the buses since Saturday demanding payment of pending dues. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and the bus...
Under fire, Mayor tries to come clean over taking son on US voyage as ‘Private Secretary’
Nagpur: The Mayor Nanda Jichkar, who is drawing severe flak from all quarters for taking her son on an official visit to United States as her ‘Private Secretary,’ on Friday tried to come clean over the raging controversy. The...
Opposition stages agitation, demands Mayor’s resignation over US trip row
Nagpur:In the heat of controversy over BJP Mayor Nanda Jichkar's official visit to US along with her son, city Congress staged an agitation demanding her resignation. The party leaders took to demonstration in front of Mayor’s office in Civil Lines...
US Trip Slip : NMC officials tight lipped as netas demand Mayor’s resignation
Nagpur: Amid the sheer embarrassment the recent incident has brought to NMC Mayor Ninda Jichkar, the parties have now demanded her resignation over the glitch that they alleged, amounts to graft. It may be mentioned that recently Nagpur Today has...
Mayor Nanda Jichkar takes along Son as pvt secy on official US tour
Nagpur: According to a Times of India news, a stunning revelation, Nagpur Mayor Nanda Jichkar has taken her younger son Priyash, ,on an official tour of the US,whom she has introduces as her private secretary in the Nagpur...
Break on Aapli Bus as conductors remain off duty
Nagpur: Even as the Ganesh festival is adding up to all the vibrance and fervour throughout the city, the commuters are facing hard times coping up with less number of city buses plying on the roads. The reason - less...
Girl students in this NMC school use toilets at homes during recess!
Nagpur: While Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is in full swing across the country and toilets are being built in lakhs, a school in Tajbagh area portrays a dirty picture. Tajabad Urdu High School and Junior College, run by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC),...
NMC’s Green Buses vanish from roads as losses mount
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s “White Elephant” fondly called the Green Bus would soon be a history. The air-conditioned Green Buses, ‘eating’ revenue of the cash-starved local body, are off the road revealing messy affairs of Transport Committee and Transport...
Uproar in NMC Employees Coop Bank’s GBM over recruitment scam
Nagpur: As expected, the General Body Meeting of NMC Employees Coop Bank witnessed uproar over alleged recruitment scam. A former has alleged recruitment scam by the present Board of Directors. However, the bank denied the allegation triggering ruckus in the...
