Many Nagpurians win attractive prizes in Haldiram lucky draw
Nagpur: It was a happy day for some lucky Nagpurians who won the coveted prizes in the lucky draw organized by Haldiram’s Thaat Baat. The lucky draw was held for Thaat Baat’s customers during its flagship thaali festival. The festival...
City lad Chirag Tapadia scores 99.91% in CAT-2015
Nagpur: The city lad Chirag Tapadia, made his city proud by scoring 99.91 percent marks comprising three sections of subjects in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015. The results of CAT 2015, gateway for entry into the prestigious IIMs as...
Beware, use or sell of banned nylon ‘manja’ could send you to 5-year jail
Nagpur: Beware of kite lovers as well as vendors. If you are found using or selling the sharp nylon strings called ‘Manja’ during the coming ‘Sankranti’ festival, be prepared to spend five years in jail as the use and sell...
Mayor directs NMC to come out with simple-language posters for awareness on infectious diseases
Nagpur: Mayor Pravin Datke on Friday directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Administration to come out with simple-language posters to spread awareness on contagious diseases among common people. The Mayor also directed the NMC to hold an exhibition of the...
Standing Committee’s flip-flop affairs come to the fore
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its Standing Committee are renowned for running their affairs the flip-flop ways. The NMC is leaving no stone unturned for inclusion of Nagpur in the list of ‘Smart City,’ a project of Central...
City’s vulnerable class in grip of syndicate of private financiers
Nagpur: A syndicate or say mafia (awful word but it is true) of over two dozen private financiers, it seems, have spread a cobweb in the Second Capital City of Nagpur and are trapping the vulnerable class of the society....
FDA raids trader in Golibar Square area, seizes spurious stock of pista
Nagpur: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Nagpur Unit, raided residential premises of a trader in Golibar Chowk area and seized a stock of spurious pistachio (pista). Samples of the spurious pista have been sent to laboratories for analysis and...
Induction training of the 69th Batch of IRS officers in NADT on Jan 11
Nagpur: The Inauguration Ceremony of the Induction Training of the 69th batch of IRS (Indian Revenue Service) at NADT, Nagpur (National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur) is being held on 11th January, 2016 (Monday) at 1.15 PM. Shri Arun Kumar...
Chaitanya’s Kidnapping: Cops get sketch of abductor; CCTV shows suspected vehicle!
Nagpur: Sonegaon police have been groping in the dark as it took help of sketch artist to trace the identity of the accused who is allegedly involved in the broad day night kidnapping of 14 year old Chaitanya Ashtankar from...
Aged woman sets her ablaze in Nandanvan area
Nagpur: Tension ran high in Nandanvan locality when a 70-year old woman set her ablaze in the dead of night at 0030 hours of Friday (January 8) in her house. The elderly woman died on the spot. The reason behind...
RPF cracks down on 82 pestering hijras in running trains
Railways acted tough against 5088 offenders on various counts during year-long drive. Rs 22.30 lakh fine recovered. 185 passengers sent to jail. Nagpur: The gangs of trutiyapanthis or hijras or kinnars (transgenders), who are normally cold-shouldered by people in general and...
Tricksters pilfer over Rs 7 lakh from man’s ICICI Bank account
Nagpur: Cyber crime perpetrators struck in a big way by pilfering over Rs 7 lakh from bank account of a gullible man. Cops have launched a search to apprehend the fraudsters. The victim is elder brother of complainant Abdul Azim Mallik...
Rural Market has challenges but is highly attractive’ says Suhas Buddhe
Nagpur: Marketing Forum of Vidarbha Industries Association had organised a talk on “How to market your product in Rural Market” by Suhas Buddhe, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Biocare (India) Pvt. Ltd. He is the first generation entrepreneur and has a leading...
Wrestling championship held in Nagpur after 28 years is a matter of prestige: Bawankule
51st Maharashtra Kesri State-level Wrestling Championship gets underway in a dazzling ceremony Nagpur: The 51st Maharashtra Kesri State-level Wrestling Championship was inaugurated in a dazzling ceremony with some of the students of Vyayam Shalas (Gymnasiums) displaying skills of wielding swords, lathi...
Student of Montfort School kidnapped by car-borne gang in Sonegaon area
Chaitanya Subhash Ashthankar, a Class VIII student of Montfort School, was abducted while he was returning home around 2.45 pm on Thursday. Nagpur: In a sensational incident, bringing memories of Yug Chandak case alive in the minds of citizens, a 14-year...
Trucks in WCL’s mines found transporting coal without valid documents!
File pic Nagpur: It could certainly termed pilfering of coal in massive magnitude as numerous heavy trucks transporting the coal are being run on the basis of bogus documents. The 10 and 12-wheelers trucks operate in Indar Colliery, Kamptee-Gondegaon Opencast...
174 batteries stolen from police godown right near HQ
Nagpur: This incident could give the citizens an idea of crime situation in City of Nagpur. The burglars did not spare even the garage-cum-godown of Police Motor Transport Department situated bang near Police Headquarters on Katol Road in Gittikhadan area....
Two wrestlers found doping: Committee denies allegations
Nagpur: Wrestling is a compound skill of physical prowess and techniques. However often athletes, sports personnel use certain drugs to enhance the physical prowess and strength. Two participants of the Wrestling championship were allegedly found doping by Deepak Khirwadkar, a close...
City Youth Congress protests attack on party workers in Assam
Nagpur: Activists of city unit of Indian Youth Congress, led by Bunty Shelke, on Thursday staged protests against ‘cowardly’ attack on Congress workers in Assam apparently by BJP workers. The activists took out a padayatra from Darodkar Square C A...
Maharashtra Govt withdraws transfer of Niswade
Nagpur: In another significant move, the Maharashtra Government has decided to withdraw the transfer order of Dean of Government Medical College and Hospital Abhimanyu Niswade. Recently the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court had stayed the transfer orders of GMCH Dean...
Car with Congress sign bumps off divider, races on it near Aath Rasta square in Nagpur
Nagpur: Early noon hours of Wednesday caught the attention of every commuter passing through the stretch from Aath Rasta Square to Khamla Square as a speeding Maruti Swift car bearing registration number MH-04 DW 501 hit a divider and raced past...
