Round Table India extends flood-relief to Assam
Nagpur: With its motto, as, 'Service to Mankind is Service to God, or may it more simplistically be put as 'manav seva hi madhav seva hai,' the Round Table India, an NGO, extended necessary relief to...
Running car catches fire near Kamal Square, lucky escape for driver
Nagpur: Driver of a car had a providential escape when the running vehicle suddenly caught fire. The fiery incident occurred near Kamal Talkies Square on Sunday night. Fire Brigade personnel doused the burning car but not before a loss of...
Fire Brigade pulls youth out of well alive in Laxmi Nagar
Nagpur: In a well-timed operation, Fire Brigade personnel acted swiftly and pulled out a youth, who had fallen in a public well, alive. The incident was reported from Laxmi Nagar area on Sunday. The youth has been identified as Manoj Manetkar,...
NMC highlights Smart City concept with adroit power point presentation at high-profile workshop
Nagpur: Going into Smart City mode, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Administration on Saturday organized a glittering workshop at Raje Raghujirao Bhosale Nagar Bhavan (Mahal Town Hall) for power point presentation on various aspects of the ambitious project. During the...
YCOU launches B Sc (General) course for primary teachers
Nagpur: Yashwantrao Chavan Open University (YCOU) has launched B Sc (General) study course from the academic session 2015-16 for regular in-service primary teachers of private grant-in-aid schools run by Nagar Parishads and Mahanag Palika and Zilla...
Purandare pays a goodwill visit to Gadkari
Nagpur: Maharashtra Bhushan Awardee and Playwright of Shiv Sangram Mahanatya as well as its director, Balasaheb Purandare paid a goodwill visit to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari here in the city on Saturday. It was his first...
Bang meets Gadkari, urges for solution to truckers’ strike
Nagpur: Nationalist Congress Party leader and NCP Nagpur District (Rural) president Rameshchandra Bang met Union Transport Minister Nitini Gadkari on Saturday at latter's residence and handed over a memorandum of demands of truckers who are on...
Prajwal Dwivedi bags Gold Medal in Under-14 CBSE West Zone Taekwondo Championship
Nagpur: Making Nagpur a proud city, Prajwal Dwivedi, a student of Narayana Vidyalayam, won Gold Medal in Under-14 CBSE West Zone Taekwondo Championship held at Nagpur. The four-day championship, which began on September 30 and concluded on October 3, was...
Gadkari urges DD Kisan to highlight success stories of farmers as inspiration for others
Nagpur: Swamped by a deluge of disturbing reports over farmers’ suicides, their plights, and other ravages afflicting the farming community, the Union Minister for Shipping and Transport Nitin Gadkari on Saturday urged DD Kisan to showcase success stories of farmers...
Major fire breaks out in MIDC company, loss put in lakhs; no casualties reported
Nagpur: A major fire broke out in a company manufacturing vehicle spare parts on Saturday morning. The fire reduced a number of goods to ashes and put the company, based in MIDC’s Nipani village, to loss in lakhs. However, no...
Truckers maintain ‘halt’ even on 3rd day of their strike
Delhi/ Nagpur: As the nation-wide strike by transporters continues even on its third day, the supply of goods has been affected in various parts of the country. The truckers are demanding abolition of toll system while government is...
Maha Rajasva Abhiyan Camp in New English HS, Mahal, on Oct 4
Nagpur: A camp under the auspices of Maha Rajasva Abhiyan will be held on October 4, Sunday, at New English High School, Mahal, from 9 am to 3 pm in the interest of needy citizens and...
VED meets Governor to resume Brahmanaad programme of SCZCC
Nagpur: A Vidarbha Economic Development Council (VED) delegation comprising Vilas Kale, Past President, Vinita Mathur, Vice-President, Narayan Gupta, Treasurer, Pradeep Maheshwari, Joint Secretary, Navin Malewar, Executive Member, met His Excellency Vidya Sagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra, to discuss issues related...
Motorcyclist knocks aged watchman dead in Yashodhara Nagar
Nagpur: An aged watchman going for duty was knocked dead by a rashly driven motorcycle in Yashodhara Nagar area on Friday night. The unidentified motorcyclist has been booked and being searched by cops. The deceased Mohan Gariba Sahare (67), resident of...
Taxpayers lost 53.45 crore due to FICN; while commercial banks earned 13.35 crore – VTA
Nagpur: The counterfeit currency threat is growing unabated in India. Unfortunately its printing & quality is so superior now that it has become almost impossible to make the distinction as counterfeiters are now employing sophisticated methods and materials which have...
Renowned Kolhe couple conferred with ‘Arogya Dnyaneshwari’ Award
Nagpur: The renowned couple Dr Ravindra and Smita Kolhe, who have devoted their entire life for the cause of Melghat tribals and fighting against malnutrition, have been conferred with ‘Arogya Dnyaneshwari’ Award in a function held...
Wasankar Scam : Ex-minister, corporate in EOW’s net!
Nagpur: More high profile beneficiaries are started to tumble out of the multi-crore Wasankar Investment Scam that duped hundreds of people. As Justice Suryawanshi of Special Court of MPID (Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act) acted tough on the incident,...
Excise Deptt seizes huge cache of illicit liquor from Mahal area
Nagpur: Even as the entire nation including Nagpur city is observing October 2, 2015 as Gandhi Jayanti, which also happens to be a declared ‘Dry Day’, the officials of the State Excise Department raided the house...
Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri paid glowing tributes on their birth anniversaries
Nagpur: Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister late Lal Bahadur Shastri were paid glowing tributes by Nagpur Municipal Corporation on their birth anniversaries that fall on October 2. The Mayor Pravin Datke,...
BJP celebrates Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, gives ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign a boost
Nagpur: The City Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on October 2 celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary at Variety Square. The party linked the ‘Beti Bachao’ Campaign to the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Women’s Wing of the party organized...
Madhai’s guest lecture at VNIT deals with array of ‘Digital India’ aspects
Nagpur: A guest lecture on the topic “Digital India – an initiative by the Government of India” was delivered by Rajesh Madhai, Head of Delivery Services at Tata Consultancy Services at VNIT under the banner of...
