State Govt accepts amended Human Organ Transplant Act, 2011
The Maharashtra's Organ Transplant Act will now be called Organ and Tissues Act. Nagpur: In a major decision, the Maharashtra Government has accepted the amendments made in the Central Government's Human Organ Transplant Act, 2011, announced the Medical Education Minister Vinod...
NMC-OCW snaps water supply of 475 illegal consumers in a month
208 double lines also disconnected Nagpur: Beware illegal consumers!!! Especially, those who are illegally fetching water without legal/ metered water connection or people who are receiving water supply from two water supply lines (double lines) at their residences. After giving opportunities and...
CM assures ‘Dry Day’ in State on Mohd Paigambar’s birth anniversary
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that ‘Dry Day’ will be declared in the State on the occasion of Mohammed Paigambar. The announcement came after a delegation of MLAs belonging minority community led by Leader of Opposition in Assembly Radhakrishna...
Dilwale or Bajirao Mastani…? Which one will Nagpur go for?
With two mega budget and highly optimistic Bollywood biggies released worldwide, Friday fever has gripped Nagpur like nothing! While some are crazy for Shahrukh-Kajol starrer Dilwale, others are willing to go for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus starring Ranveer Singh...
Women and men tonsure their heads to demand liquor ban in Buldana District
Nagpur: Hair for Indian women is a prestige issue. Indian women are known worldwide for having the most beautiful and long hair in the world. Hair is the crowning glory for any Indian Women. However, it is only for religious...
Citizens hit streets against prostitution, brothels being run in Ganga-Jamuna despite HC order
Nagpur: Hundreds of citizens on Thursday hit the streets protesting against large scale prostitution and brothels being run in city's Ganga-Jamuna area (Red Light area) with impunity despite hard-hitting strictures by Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. The irate local...
Fadnavis inaugurates Gorewada Wildlife Rescue Center, enjoys safari, too
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre that has been set up to treat an array of injured and orphaned animals, rare species of birds, snakes etc. Other dignitaries present on the occasion...
Shifting tigers from Maharajbagh Zoo to Gorewada Zoo stalled
Nagpur: Large cats are always an attraction in any zoo. The majesty of such a large carnivore is spell-binding. The tiger (Panthera Tigris) is one of the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m...
Technofun 2015 organized by GNI, Nagpur
Nagpur: Guru Nanak Institutions recently organized Technofun-2015 at its Campus, Dahegaon, Kalmeshwar Road, Nagpur. The idea behind Technofun was to give students a practical exposure about various fields of engineering and learn with fun experience. The program was inaugurated by hands...
French Envoy visits NMC, holds meeting on Smart City, Metro Rail Project
Nagpur: The French Ambassador to India Francois Richier on Wednesday visited Nagpur Municipal Corporation and held a meeting with Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar, NIT Chairman Shyam Wardhane, Managing Director of NMRCL Brijesh Dixit and other officials in connection with Smart...
Inter-city transport crippled as employees of ST go on strike
Nagpur: The Buses of State Road Transport Corporation commonly called as ST play a vital role in ferrying people from the nearby villages and moffusil areas of Nagpur to the city and similarly taking people to their native villages. The...
Shiv Sena, BJP MLAs strongly protest insult to Shivaji Maharaj by NCERT
Nagpur: Shiv Sena and BJP legislators on Thursday staged angry demonstration in the premises of Vidhan Bhavan against NCERT for ‘heaping insult’ on Great Maratha Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and ‘glorifying’ Mugal Emperors Babar and Aurangzeb in its textbook. The...
Farmer who attempted suicide at AAP rally dies at Mayo hospital
file pic Nagpur: Dragging the winter session towards darker shift, an issue of a farmers’ suicide attempt turned serious when the ryot breathed his last on Thursday morning. Pundalik Thakre, a 50-year-old farmer from Ralegaon taluka in Wardha district had attempted...
Shiv Sena, BJP members clash in Assembly over separate Vidarbha issue
Nagpur: The issue of separate Vidarbha echoed in Legislative Assembly on Day-4 of Winter Session but on a different count. The Shiv Sena member Pratap Sarnaik strongly protested the statement of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis clearing the stand on the...
Woman robbed of gold booty worth Rs 1.30 lakh while boarding Star Bus
Nagpur: A Bhandara-based woman who had come to Nagpur along with relatives for attending a marriage ceremony was relieved of gold ornaments worth Rs 1.30 lakh by four con women when she was boarding a Star Bus near ST Bus...
Aged man knocked dead by moped in Wadi
Nagpur: An aged man who was crossing the road near Navnit Car Showroom on Amravati Road was knocked dead by rashly driven Scooty moped on Wednesday. The accused rider of moped has been arrested. According to police, the deceased, Gulabrao Natthuji...
SNDL’s “Feeder bifurcation project” takes yet another leap
Nagpur: As a part of SNDL’s ongoing “Feeder bifurcation project”, SNDL Nagpur has successfully charged 2 newly installed feeders at Mangaldeep Nagar & Sujata Nagar on December 15 and 16, 2015. SNDL’s O&M team achieved this success in a short...
Govt to celebrate Dr Kalam’s birth anniversary as ‘Vachan Prerna Din’: Tawde
Nagpur: The Question Hour in Assembly on Day-4 of Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature saw a member Dhananjay Gadgil raising the issue of Government’s decision to celebrate Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth anniversary day as ‘Vachan Prerna Din’ (Reading Inspiration...
Prison inmates to display artistic talents during “Timirathoon Tejakade” event
Nagpur: Who said that prisoners can’t be reformed or rehabilitated? Except for a very few (5%) most of the inmates in various Central Prisons are people who have committed violent crimes at the spur of the moment said ADGP S K Upadhyay....
Drought is biggest threat but Govt has provided relief to distressed farmers: Fadnavis
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday termed the scourge of drought as the biggest threat to farmers and they are facing it since the past four years. The rainy days are getting lesser and lesser. This year, the month...
State Govt is committed to reduce burden of students’ school bags: Tawde
The Education Department has initiated action to ensure that the school bags weigh 10 percent of weight of students. Nagpur: “The Maharashtra Government has taken a policy decision to reduce heavy burden of school bags of students. Accordingly, the Education Department...
