Man arrested for raping girl by doling out life threats
Nagpur: A 31-year old man was arrested on charges of raping a girl and also threatening to kill her if opened her mouth. The accused has been identified as Yogendra Gajanan Nikhare. The Wadi-based girl (31) was apparently known to...
SNDL extends timings of bill collection centres
Nagpur: SNDL, acting on a feedback, has taken a proactive step by deciding to extend the timings of all of its 51 collection centres up to 7:30 in the evening so that people can pay their bills even after their...
“High Debt to GDP is the root cause of world economic crisis” Dr. V Aditya Shrinivas at VIA
Nagpur: Dr. V. Aditya Srinivas, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Economist from the BSE Brokers Forum delivered a talk on “Indian Economy in Bright Spot – in Global Gloom,” at a meeting organised by the Economic and Finance Forum of...
PIL in HC seeks CBI probe into multi crore irrigation scam
Nagpur: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL), drawing attention towards multi crore scam in Vidarbha’s irrigation projects, has been filed in Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court by Janmanch. The PIL has sought CBI probe into the multi crore irrigation project...
Missing girl found murdered; love affair emerges as a motive
Nagpur: Tension ran high in Panchgaon area on Umred Road when a young girl was found brutally murdered. A team of cops from Kuhi Police Station rushed to the spot and launched an in-depth investigation into the murder. Preliminary probe revealed...
Verdict in Yug Chandak kidnapping & murder case now on Jan 30
Nagpur: The anxiously and angrily awaited verdict in the macabre Yug Chandak kidnapping and murder case, slated to pronounce on Thursday (January 28), will now be delivered on January 30. After the prosecution and defence completed their arguments in the...
Gangster Goldie, accomplice booked under MCOCA
Nagpur: Taking a tough action, Jaripatka police have booked the hardcore criminal and gangster Hardeep Singh alias Goldie Kulwant Singh Bhullar (28), resident of Viktubaba Nagar, Patankar Square and his accomplice Zuzar Singh Kashmira Singh Dhillon (26), resident of Viktubaba...
‘SHIKHAR-2016’ Annual fest of Guru Nanak Institutions, Nagpur Inaugurated
Nagpur: ‘SHIKHAR’ the Annual fest of Guru Nanak Institutions, was inaugurated on a grand note at the Campus, Dahegaon Kalmeshwar Road, Nagpur. The Inaugural ceremony commenced with the felicitation of Chief Guest Anil Sole, Guest of Honor Jai Singh, Bablee Meshram,...
Eateries on university land demolished
Joint action by NMC, NIT, University and Revenue Department Nagpur: In what could be mentioned as a pro-active action, a big team of Revenue Department including Patwaris, SDO and other officials, NMC Staff, NIT Officials, University Officials escorted by the Police...
Alert traffic cop saves man’s finger, cut and separated by nylon ‘manja’
Nagpur: Displaying exemplary alertness and swift action, a Traffic Policeman not only rushed an injured man to hospital but saved his finger that was cut and separated by nylon ‘manja’ of a kite. The rare incident occurred on Manewada Ring...
Free Health Check Up camp organized to mark R-Day celebrations
Nagpur: An organization Naazma Welfare Society and Public Trust organized a Free Health Check Up camp to mark Republic Day celebrations. In the camp, medicines were distributed to needy patients, blood testing and blood donation camp was held. The camp...
Metro Man E Sridharan to grace Nagpur Metro Foundation Day function on February 18
CM Devendra Fadnavis hammers out dispute between NMRL, MSRTC; paves way for Metro route at Ramjhula Nagpur: Nagpur Metro will be celebrating its first Foundation Day on February 18. On this day, the Nagpur Metro Company was established and the construction...
Dead Palm trees on road dividers: An accident waiting to occur
Nagpur: Our Nagpur city’s civic administration Nagpur Municipal Corporation in their haste to appease the visiting ministers, MLA and guests of the city had planted trees on road dividers between RBI Square and LIC square. These Road dividers are so...
VED reinforces idea of Refinery in Vidarbha
Nagpur: In a statement made a month ago, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Oil & Natural Gas, GoI, had expressed his intention of the Ministry setting up a refinery in Konkan, the west coast of Maharashtra. The Vidarbha Economic Development Council (VED)...
Is KP Ground becoming an MP bus-stand?
Nagpur: Apart from beggars and vendors defacing and dirtying one of the land-marks of the city Kasturchand Park Ground, Private Bus Operators of buses ferrying passengers to Madhya Pradesh have joined the band-wagon. Men, women, children of the Pardhi tribe who...
NMC’s Revised & Proposed Budgets for 2015-16, 2016-17 presented; no fresh taxes
Nagpur: The Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar on Wednesday (January 27) presented the Revised Budget for the financial year 2015-16 and the Proposed Budget for 2016-17. Both the Budgets are being sent to Standing Committee for its approval. Citizens were spared...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat gives Runadhar Trust’s cheques to kin of deceased ryots
Nagpur: Runadhar Charitable Trust, a noble initiative to provide skill development training and monthly monetary assistance to the kin of Vidarbha farmers who committed suicide, was officially inaugurated at the hands of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on the occasion of Republic...
140 prisoners in Nagpur jail go privileged, given SBI ATM cards for shopping
The pilot project, first of its kind, was launched in Nagpur and will be extended to nine other Central prisons soon, said Maharashtra Additional Director General of Police (Prisons), Dr Bhushan Kumar Upadhyaya Nagpur: The inmates in Central Jail in Nagpur...
Second murder within 12 hours rocks Nagpur
Old enmity renewed at funeral ending with murder in Dhantoli area Nagpur: It was a second murder within 12 hours. Sometimes one should adhere to old adages of let sleeping dogs lie. An old dispute which had died a slow death...
Lovelorn youth opens woman’s bogus Facebook account, arrested in an apt operation
Nagpur: Nandanvan police, in a well-planned operation, traced a man and arrested him on the charges of opening a bogus Facebook account in the name of a woman and writing obscene messages in the social network. The fictitious Facebook account...
Maharashtra’s first solar power operated water supply plant commissioned in Nagpur
Nagpur: The first solar power operated mini-water supply plant of Maharashtra has been commissioned in Hingna village of Mouda Taluka in Nagpur district. The major objective of the plant is to facilitate villagers to get pure water supply for a very...
