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BJP’s Ashish Dubey files papers

      Staff Reporter  Total 22 nominations were filed by candidates from Jabalpur Parliamentary Constituency till last day of filing nominations for the General Elections-2024, on Wednesday. Similarly, BJP candidate..

Forest Deptt team nabs 4 accused for hunting wild animal Sehi in Seoni

      Our Correspondent SEONI,     The Forest Department team has arrested four accused for hunting wild animal Sehi under Lakhnadaun forest range of Seoni district. The matter is of Narayan Tola adja..

Sanskardhani celebrates Festival of Colours peacefully

    Staff Reporter   Spreading the message of humanity and peace, Jabalpurians celebrated the festival of colours ‘Holi’ with great enthusiasm in Sanskardhani. Amidst the vigilant eye of police on suspicious activ..

BJP’s Star Campaigners PM, Amit Shah among 40 names

     Bhavana ‘Aparajita’ Shukla   Ruling BJP on Tuesday late night released its list of 40 star campaigners for the Lok Sabha polls in the State, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Min..

On Slow Track: Metro project to take over 3 years for completion

      Staff Reporter  Although Metro officials are working tirelessly to ensure that Metro train becomes available to people at the earliest but it would take time to construct the first route of AIIMS to Karond are..

Congress ramps up media team

     Bhavana ‘Aparajita’ Shukla  As the D-day nears, Congress has restructured its media team. Most prominent among these is K K Mishra’s nomination as advisor to the State party Media Cell. In view of ..

5-star hotel owner Nadir Rashid dies; investigations on

     By Bhavana ‘Aparajita’ Shukla Nadir Rashid, owner of the famed 5-star Hotel Jehan Numa Palace, was found dead at his residence Shamala Kothi on Wednesday morning, triggering speculations and subsequent int..

Bhopal Cyber Police bust multi-state fraud syndicate

     Staff Reporter  In a major crackdown on cyber crime, the Cyber Crime Branch of Bhopal Police has apprehended four individuals from Jaipur, Rajasthan, and Kasaragod in Kerala, for their involvement in a complex FedE..

BJP’s Nagpur LS candidate Nitin Gadkari files papers

     Staff ReporterFlanked by large number of supporters, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency Nitin Gadkari submitted his papers on the last day of filing nominations, on Wednesday. On way to ..

High Court confirms noose to Palatkar who massacred five

     Staff Reporter  The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed the death sentence awarded to Vivek Gulabrao Palatkar, convicted in the sensational Pawankar murder case, by the District Court. Palatkar had ..

Ex-MLC Dr Madhukarrao Wasnik passes away

     Staff Reporter  Dr Madhukarrao Shyamraoji Wasnik, former MLC, a visionary educationist, popular paediatrician, and a committed social worker in the Vidarbha region passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 90. He lea..

Additional Collector Parate dismissed

     Staff Reporter  Maharashtra Government has terminated services of Additional Collector Chandrabhan Parate as his Scheduled Tribe certificate was termed invalid by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. Parate belongs to Halb..

Congress’ Rashmi Barve files papers for Ramtek

    Staff Reporter  Rashmi Barve, former President of Nagpur Zilla Parishad and candidate from Ramtek Lok Sabha (LS) constituency submitted her nomination papers on Wednesday. She is being fielded in the LS polls by Congress ..

Union minister Gadkari files nomination for Nagpur LS seat; says NDA will retain power

Union minister Gadkari files nomination for Nagpur LS seat; says NDA will retain power ..

Done but ‘not dusted’: Encroachments reappear in city!

     By Naman Atolia   From recent times, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has emerged as the talk of the town due to the anti-encroachment drives. Ironically, in a case where the corporation is carrying out t..

Five planning robbery in Crime Branch net

     Staff Reporter  On Tuesday, Crime Branch personnel arrested five individuals namely Aslam Khan (26), Shahrukh Khan (25), Asrad Khan (23), Taha Qureshi (24) and Yaavar Khan (24) while planning to commit robbery in th..

LS Poll: 33 candidates file 43 nomination papers

    Senior Special Correspondent  With the announcement of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the process of filing nomination papers has began for the first phase of voting in the State. According to the State Election Commission,..

All eyes on Chhindwara: Oppn raises eyebrows over Digvijay Singh’s conspicuous absence

    By Bhavana ‘Aparajita’ Shukla  Filing nomination is a part of election process, mainly election results hold curiosity after the announcement of party candidates. But Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath’..

‘Veer Savarkar’s real story was kept out of sight all these years’

     Staff Reporter   “The responsibility of an artist is to raise questions among people through his work,” said renowned actor Randeep Hooda during a press conference held at Hotel Centre Point, on Tue..

Lack of action onsafety report madetwo years ago

     Staff Reporter  Two years after a comprehensive survey by Traffic Police suggested vital safety measures for Nagpur’s flyovers, the authorities are yet to implement important changes leaving commuters at risk...

Hit by speeding car with drunk driver behind the wheel Siblings thrown off Pachpaoli flyover

    Staff Reporter  IN YET another incident of reckless driving and poor safety measures on city’s flyovers, a young man and his sister were seriously injured after their moped was hit by a speeding car throwing them of..

Maharajbag zoo to get 10 black bucks, 3 Chousingha under animal-exchange

     Staff Reporter  Under the animal exchange programme, the Maharajbag Zoo will get 10 black bucks and three four-horned antelope (Chousingha) from Kanan Pendari Zoological Garden, Bilaspur soon. Maharajbag zoo, which ..

Vikas Thakre files nomination for Nagpur LS seat

       Staff Reporter   In a show of unity within Maha Vikas Aaghadi, Congress candidate for Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Vikas Thakre was accompanied by party stalwarts and leaders of the constituents of Maha Vi..

Two earthquakes of 2.8 magnitude strike Nagpur

     By Kaushik Bhattacharya  After Hingoli, now Nagpur district also witnessed two back-to-back earthquakes of 2.8 magnitude each on Tuesday afternoon. The first tremor was felt near Zilpi area at 2.53 pm while the seco..

Parwe joins Shiv Sena May be fielded from Ramtek

      Staff Reporter  Finally, Raju Parwe, MLA from Umred, resigned from Congress and joined Shiv Sena (Shinde group). Mahayuti may field him from Ramtek. With this development, the drama that was going on around Pa..

City Police clamps down on late night music events

     Staff Reporter  To tackle the problem of noisy late-night parties in Nagpur, Commissioner of Police Dr Ravinder Singal has issued a new order under Section 144 (1) (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with instruct..

MSRTC serves notice to e-bus company for delay in supply

      By Kaushik Bhattacharya  Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) served notice to Olectra e-Bus Company, which is supposed to supply 5,000 ‘Shivai’ electric busses to Maharashtra, for ..

Senior citizen loses Rs 36.77 lakh in online fraud

     Staff Reporter  One more case of online fraud has emerged in the city, where a 78-year-old man fell victim to a fraudlent scheme promising high returns on investments in the stock market. According to the police, th..

39.2oC City sees hottest day of season

    Staff Reporter   With 39.2 degrees Celsius, Nagpur witnessed the hottest day of the season on the first day of the festival of colours on Sunday. The maximum temperature in Vidarbha is increasing daily as the scorchi..

Man enters stranger’s home Attemps suicide with knife, succumbs

     Staff Reporter  A stranger attempted suicide after causing chaos in a residential building near Dinanath High School in Dhantoli area. Mona Kumar Rishu Singh (39), residing in Agni Apartments, witnessed the harrowin..

Another Cong leader, this time from Malwa, Manoj Chawla joins BJP

    Senior Special Correspondent   Another Congress leader from Malwa region, Manoj Chawla, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Ratlam, on Saturday, hours after resigning from primary membership of his parent party for &#..

No permanent principal in most of Govt colleges in State

     By Ankita Garg  Though Department of Higher Education (DHE) is conducting College Chalo Abhiyan and many other campaigns to attract the students towards degree programme but the dearth of permanent principals in col..

Bhopal decks up for Holika Dahan today

    Staff Reporter  The first phase of the festival of colours i.e., Holika Dahan will be celebrated in the city on Sunday with great enthusiasm. As per the astrologers, Holika will be lit after the ‘Bhadra Kaal’ ..

Ahead of festival, sweet shops flouting ‘best before date’ display rule

    By Ankita Garg  Although Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has mandated for sweet shops to display ‘best before date’ on all types of sweet items to prevent the customers from purchasing stal..

Revised CET dates out

     Staff Reporter  With the 18th Lok Sabha election schedule out, the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell has published amended MHT CET 2024 dates, which would comprise engineering, LLB, nursing, and other cour..

City’s max temp crosses 100 Fahrenheit mark

     Staff Reporter  After a couple of spells of rains, thunderstorm and hailstorm in first half of March, entire Vidarbha is now heading towards the scorching summer. On Saturday, Akola and Yavatmal districts of Vidarbh..

Dr Pragya Yadav is Director-in-chargeof National Institute of One Health at Nagpur

     Staff Reporter  Dr Pragya D Yadav, Scientist-F at the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), Pune, has been appointed as the Director-in-Charge of the National Institute of One..

Abduction bid by fake NIA agents foiled; City’s woman engineer rescued by cops

     Staff Reporter   A woman engineer was saved by police from the clutches of kidnappers who impersonated themselves as officers from the illustrious National Investigation Agency (NIA). The accused were inspired ..

Congress fields Thakre from Nagpur, Barve from Ramtek

     Staff Reporter  Finally, name of Vikas Thakre for Nagpur figured in the 4th list released by Congress of its Lok Sabha candidates. Though City Congress had finalised name of Thakre, people were curious about it. On ..

Solar Industries’ market cap swells by Rs 42,635 cr in last 6 months

     By Niraj Chinchkhede  In a meteoric rise, the city-based Solar Industries India Limited has seen its fortunes skyrocket in recent months. The company’s share price has more than doubled in the last six months,..

‘Environment concern, buried’ - An eye-opener

Thanks to ‘The Hitavada’ for raising an alarming and eye-opening issue in the article published in City Line on March 21, titled ‘Environment Concern, Buried.’ With recent amendments to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Act, it has become very difficult to legally cut a tree, hence, negative strategic planning are being done to illegally bring down full-grown trees. Once a tree is completely choked with construction and demolition waste, there will be hardly ..

The dance of sound!

  By Srinivasan Umashankar : Indian classical music is a reflection of the country’s glorious culture. It has the immense power to heal and transform our body and minds. Music helps us to connect with our inner self, experience divini..

Short reach of outreach RTMNU reaches only 7 colleges to promote its schemes

Expressing surprise over the indifference of Students Development Department, which reached only 7 colleges for the promotion of its schemes, Dr Prashant Bokare, Acting Vice Chancellor of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur asked its head to reach institutions by April 15, 2024. Students Development Department has brought about 30-40 schemes for the benefit of the students. Considering that there are 514 colleges under RTMNU, the Department decided to reach the colleges in a phase-wise manner to let ..

3 file papers for Nagpur LS 1 for Ramtek Lok Sabha seat

On the third day of the issuance of election notification on Friday, three candidates filed nomination papers for Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency while one candidate filed nomination for Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency. The notification for the election was issued on March 20. On the first day, one person filed nomination for Nagpur and no one filed for Ramtek. Dr Vipin Itankar, Collector and District Election Officer, informed, “Five nomination have been filed till now for Nagpur. First nomination for ..

FULL MARKS To be awarded for confusing question in SSC Science paper

Considering confusion over a question in the SSC exam’s Science paper, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has decided to allot full marks to the students who attempted the question. Kapil Patil, MLC and President of Samajwadi Ganrajya Party had raised the issue. He had brought the confusion in the answer to the notice of State Board. The question number 1 (B) (i) in the Science paper was ‘Name the atom having smallest size’. This question created confusion...

Three-year-old girl dies after tumbling down staircase at home

A three-year-old girl lost her life after tumbling down a steel staircase at her home in Sadar area. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Khalasi Line, near Buddha Vihar. The deceased was identified as Shravanya Vishal Khobragade. According to police, Shravanya informed her mother that she needed to use the bathroom...

DGP directs Gadchiroli Police to intensify anti-Naxal operations

In an effort to bolster security measures and ensure the smooth conduct of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla on Friday issued a directive to intensify anti-Naxal operations in Gadchiroli district. Speaking at a high-level meeting with police officials in Gadchiroli, DGP Shukla stressed the need to dismantle the network of Naxals operating in the core jungle areas. The meeting, attended by top officials including ADG Law and Order Sanjay Saxena, ADG Special ..

Rs 1.71 cr deposited in JMC coffers by 4,800

     Staff Reporter  As many as 4,800 taxpayers deposited Rs 1.71 crore as various taxes in the coffers of the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC), on Thursday. JMC administration has extended gratitude to these taxpaye..

Bhojshala.. ASI to start survey from today

      By Bhavana ‘Aparajita’ Shukla  The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is set to begin the scientific investigation of Bhojshala from Friday. The development comes after the order of the Indore..

BJP candidate Ashish Dubey begins campaigning from Panagar

      Staff Reporter  Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha candidate, Ashish Dubey, on Thursday visited a number of areas of Panagar Assembly and solicited people’s support in the upcoming election. While meeting ..