Next NMC polls on Prabhag system may prove ‘gainful’ for BJP, say the strategists
Nagpur: The ruling dispensation in the State as well as in NMC, after lengthy deliberations and weighing pros and cons, has decided to conduct the next Nagpur Municipal Corporation election on the basis of Prabhag system. The next NMC polls...
Students appearing for CBSE maths paper shocked over difficult question paper
Nagpur: Once again the CBSE is in the news for the wrong reasons. The Class 12 CBSE Mathematics Paper scheduled for March 14, 2016 has made students bewildered again this year because of the way it was set. While speaking to...
MIDC cops apprehended huge cache of liquor worth Rs 1, 31, 100/- meant for Holi
Nagpur: With cricket mania and Holi festival fast approaching, many other allied illegal business including betting, bookie, illegal liquor or drugs do brisk business on the sly in the city. Ahead of the cricket match between India and New-Zealand and...
NCOAT NIRMITI shall nourish the talent of our young Indian Dream-weavers: Karan Bagaria
Nagpur:“The feast of Advanced Technology that NCOAT NIRMITI has offered us (Corporates, Academicians and Students), shall nourish the talent of our young Indian Dreamweavers”, observed Director of Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd. and an eminent industrialist and speaker Karan Bagaria,...
India can’t get carried away by success: Virat Kohli
Nagpur: Their amazing run of form in the shortest format of the game winning 10 out of their 11 matches has made MS Dhoni and his troops hot favourites when they take on a spirited New Zealand side, here in...
Inter-School General Knowledge Contest prize distribution held in Kamptee
Nagpur: The prize distribution ceremony of recently held Inter-School General Knowledge Contest was organised on Sunday. The General Knowledge Contest was organised by Kamptee-based Earth Foundation & Welfare Society in the auspices of Padmabhushan Dr Khalilullah Public Library, Kamptee on...
Jewellers on indefinite strike sell tea and vegetables to draw attention of government
Nagpur: Soon after the Union Budget was presented by Union Cabinet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, jewellers in the city downed shutters with a demand to rollback the 1% additional Excise Duty levied on gold jewellery. However, this time round, they...
Heat Action Plan to be inagurated on March 15
Nagpur: The ambitious Heat Action Plan (HAP) in Nagpur, the first city in Maharashtra, will be inaugurated on Tuesday (March 15) at the hands of Sujata Saunik, Principal Secretary of State Public Health Department. The Mayor Pravin Datke will preside...
Govt to auction property of Talatule to pay pending dues of Selu farmers
Nagpur: Sticking to its assurance of paying the pending dues of Selu farmers the State Government has got its acts together. Making a statement in the ongoing State Budget Session being held in Mumbai, the Cooperation Minister Chandrakantdada Patil said...
4 employees of a MIDC company booked for theft
Nagpur: MIDC police have booked four employees of a company on the charges of stealing an air cooling pump worth Rs 70,000. The accused Yadav Kavale, Jaideep Baghel, Roshan Ramteke and Dilip Dhole were working in MIDC-based M To Monark...
Two minor kids go missing from different areas
Nagpur: Two minor children, a boy and girl, went missing and reportedly kidnapped from different areas on Sunday. Cops have mounted a search to trace the kids. In the first incident, the complainant Sanjay Wamanrao Gudadhe (45), resident of Plot No....
Beware crazy fans: Tricksters offering T20 World Cup tickets may take you for a costly ride
Remember, the India-New Zealand match, The first big match of the World Cup, has been sold out. In fact, all the matches featuring India have been sold out across the country. No tickets are on the offer except through genuine...
4-day holiday for banks on a trot may leave customers high and dry
Nagpur: Bank customers, specifically the ATM dependents, are in for a sort of trouble as the banking sector will have a long vacation following the co-inciding dates of list of holidays. Starting March 24 banks will be closed for business...
Chhagan Bhujbal Appears For Questioning In Corruption Case
Mumbai/Nagpur: Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal appeared before the Enforcement Directorate today in a money laundering case connected to the Maharashtra Sadan construction scam. Defying prohibitory orders, his supporters gathered outside the ED office and raised...
Excise on jewellery to stay, but jaitely ready to ease rules
Jewellers' association digs in, says strike to continue till excise is completely withdrawn NewDelhi/Nagpur: The finance ministry has ruled out rolling back excise duty on jewellery, but has shown preparedness to solve real issues of jewellery industry regarding implementation of excise...
Cops foil dacoities, arrest 11 members of two gangs in Jaripatka, Pachpaoli
Nagpur: In a swift action, police foiled two imminent dacoities in different localities by arresting eleven members of two gangs. Lethal arms and other material to be used in the dacoities were seized from the possession of arrested gang members. Jaripatka...
Not the right time for me to return, says Mallya
London/Nagpur: Two days after tweeting that he is an international businessman, not an absconder, and denying that he has fled India, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Sunday said he has already been branded a criminal in the country and therefore,...
Rahul Gandhi Asked To Explain British Citizenship Charge By Ethics Panel
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Rahul Gandhi has been asked by the parliamentary ethics panel to explain whether he once declared himself a British citizen on the legal papers of a company in the UK. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan reportedly referred a complaint by...
Pervert boy rapes 7-yr old girl in Kalamna, arrested
Nagpur: In a heinous act, a 22-year old pervert boy raped a 7-year old girl on the pretext of giving her wheat flour. The lewd accused has been arrested. According to police, the 22-year old accused Akash Jaiswal, resident of Kalamna...
High on Hookah# Cops raid another joint at Heritage Hotel in Sadar; Manager booked
Nagpur: Even as the dust refused to settle on the issue of thriving hookah parlours in Nagpur, particularly in Sadar area, yet another such den was raided in the dark of the nights on Sunday at Hotel Heritage in the...
T 20 World Cup: India, NZ teams arrives, all tickets sold out, teams to practice today
Nagpur: Both India and New Zealand teams have arrived in the Orange City for thw ICC Twenty-2o World Cup opening tie to be played at VCA Jamtha Stadium on Monday. While Indian team under the leadership of MS Dhoni arrived in...
