AFTER drawing blank in the probe into the mysterious firing on Mayor Sandip Joshi for more than six months, Director General of Police (DGP) Maharashtra Subodh Kumar Jaiswal transferred the probe to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Nagpur in a hope to get a breakthrough. Top rank officials confirmed the information and said that the case was discussed with State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh who instructed DGP Jaiswal to transfer the probe to CID Nagpur. The investigation will ..

   By Dheeraj FartodeAFTER drawing blank in the probe into the mysterious firing on Mayor Sandip Joshi for more than six months, Director General of Police (DGP) Maharashtra Subodh Kumar Jaiswal transferred the probe to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Nagpur in a hope to get a breakthrough. Top rank officials confirmed the information and said that the case was discussed with State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh who instructed DGP Jaiswal to transfer the probe to CID Nagpur. ..

  Tukaram Mundhe, Municipal Commissioner, has warned of another ‘lockdown’ if Nagpurians do not follow the guidelines issued while relaxing lockdown under ‘Mission Begin Again’. “If people do not follow the guidelines, some stricter decisions will have to be taken. Decision to impose lockdown will have to be taken,” Mundhe stated in a press release. From Monday, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Police administration will keep a watch over people ..

The much-awaited meeting of Board of Directors of Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) turned out to be eventful as it voted for having a full time Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the helm. The meeting finally laid to rest the role of Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe in NSSCDCL, it will be limited to co-ordination. In short, Mundhe’s claim of being appointed as Officiating CEO was annulled as Chairman Pravin Pardeshi said there were never any instructions ..

“It is because of the continuous inspiration, guidance and encouragement from my teachers and principal; I could achieve success in Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations. I also would like to attribute my success to my parents who worked very hard to make me stand strong in education,” says Mohammed Sunelwala, a topper of 10th Standard ICSE from MSB Educational Institute. He secured 99.2 per cent and stood joint topper. He was was Head Boy in the school. Sunelwala tells, “Principal ..

Aditya Jajoo, unlike other toppers, is a versatile boy as he not only kept performing in extra-curricular activities but also in academics. His parents were assured about his success due to his own initiative as far as study is concerned...

FRIDAY evening brought a rude shock for the city of Nagpur as Lt Gen (retd) Ravindra Thodge, former Master General Ordnance in the Indian Army and a Consultant to Ministry of Defence, passed away at a city hospital due to complications after second angioplasty. The highly respected figure of Nagpur was not only an illustrious officer but al..

Continuing action against Shiv Sena’s suspended city unit chief Mangesh Shyamraoji Kadao, Crime Branch on Friday raided his office in Bharat Nagar and seized hundreds of incriminating documents including blank stamp papers and bank cheques with signatures. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Detection Gajanan Rajmane informed ‘The Hitavada’ that stamp papers, blank cheques, property papers and agreements were seized from the office. ..

Intending to make full use of Regional offices set-up across the State, Dr Nitin Raut, Energy Minister, directed Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) to delegate powers regarding execution of the projects. During a review meeting held in Mumbai, Dr Raut was surprised that the Regional Offices have become while elephant as Head Office failed to delegate powers. The meeting was about review of ongoing devel..

JCI Nagpur Pharma honoured Veerbhan Kewalramani, founder President of JCI Nagpur Pharma, with Kamal Patra Award for his outstanding achievement in medicine wholesale business, entrepreneurship, social work, and as JCI member. Veerbhan Kewalramani is Vice-President of Nagpur District Chemists’ Association, City President of Vishwa Sindhi Seva Sangam, ..

Jaripatka police booked eight persons for kidnaping a teenage boy and attacking him after removing his clothes at Jafar Nagar ground. The accused also shot a video and circulated it on social media, police officials said. According to police, the victim (17) had circulated a cartoon on social media...

Mayor Sandip Joshi and Sandeep Jadhav, Ruling Party Leader in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), jointly filed a petition in High Court seeking inquiry against Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe for acting in illegal manner as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation...

Maharashtra’s Environment and Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray complimented civic officials for success achieved on COVID-19 management in Nagpur city. Interacting with bureaucrats of State through video conferencing, Thackeray applauded Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and said latter’s leadership was key point in keeping infection rate in city to minimum. Thackeray interacted with officials of Nagpur, Nasik and Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday morning taking stock of the ..

JUDICIAL Magistrate First Class Vinayak Patil, on Thursday, remanded Shiv Sena’s suspended city unit chief Mangesh Shyamraoji Kadao to police custody till July 17. Facing charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust, extortion, obscene acts and issuing life threats in a case registered at Sakkardara Police Station, Kadao (45) was produced before the court by senior Inspector Bharat Kshirsagar of the Crime Branch. Seeking 10-day police custody rema..

Maharashtra State Police Headquarters, on Thursday, promoted 59 Assistant Police Inspectors (APIs) to the rank of Police Inspector (PI). The list includes 17 in Vidarbha region. The orders in this regard were issued with the signature of Rajesh Pradhan, Special Inspector General of Police (Establishment). As per the orders, 17 APIs have been promoted to the rank of PI. These 17 APIs include 10 in Nagpur Division and seven in Amravati Division...

Dr Suhrid Deshmukh, a native of Nagpur based in Boston for last eight years, was recently awarded the prestigious ‘National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps)’ award in recognition of his groundbreaking research. Along with his team, Dr Suhrid Deshmukh won the award for work on novel-algorithmic framework for ‘Stochastic Modelling, Design Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis’ of electronic devices (like printed circuit boards) extremely critical in energy efficiency and transportation ..

A group of engineering college students of different colleges came together and invented an e-Sanitizer, a unique product probably in the world. Every Nagpurian feels proud as a girl from the city is part of that team of five students. The name of product is WizCleanzer liquid free e-Sanitizer, a completely automated device accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Caliberation of Laboratories (NABL). This Government certified product invented by diligent group of students...

With the advent of technology, most young doctors depend on more and more investigations instead of going for clinical diagnosis. Sometimes patients and their relatives get fed up of those investigations. There is another angle to this particular aspect. Nowadays, taking patients especially the old age ones to the hospital is a difficult task. Dr Alankar Ramteke, Arthritis specialist, thought can anything be done as far as making proper diagnosis for ..

A team of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) nabbed a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) attached to Ajni police station, red-handed when he was accepting Rs one lakh in cash as bribe from a man. The accused PSI was identified as Rajeshsingh Keshavsingh Thakur (56). An ACB official informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the complainant is a resident of Borkar Nagar, Bara Signal Road, and working as parcel contractor with Railways. He met one Nitin Narnawre and decided to purchas..

Sitabuldi police booked seven persons for duping two businessmen brothers of Rs 5.55 crore. The fraudsters created bogus documents of properties and promised huge returns to the victims on the investments, officials said. The accused have been identified as Jahid Mirza Baig, a resident of New Colony, near Punam Chambers, Sadar; Gautam Singh, a resident of Jafar Nagar; Bunty Shailendra Shaw, Ashish Jain, Naim Khan, all residents of Nagp..

The Southwest Monsoon this year made a good start in Nagpur district so far. After excess rainfall in June, the first week of July also experienced good amount of rains in the district. Till date Nagpur district received 116.9 per cent of rainfall to normal which is 16.9 per cent above normal. However, most of the Tehsils in Nagpur district including Nagpur City, Nagpur Rural, Kamptee, Parsheoni, Mauda, Katol, Narkhed, Saoner and Kalmeshwar experienced above normal rainfall. Rem..

What others learnt from coronavirus outbreak is another aspect, but Nagpur Police have brought so many positive things out of it. Nagpur Police under the leadership of Dr Nilesh Bharne, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime), has not only served the poor and needy by becoming the bridge between them and NGOs but also provided jobs to them. Now, Nagpur Police have introduced two projects out of Atmanirbhar concept and it will work under ‘Together We Can’...

The civil services have the specialties like Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS) etc. Considering the importance of health sector, no specialty services was formed in the format of civil services. In the year 2017, Dr Vedprakash Mishra committee had initiated Indian Medical Services. But, the report was gathering dust. With coronavirus outbreak everybody realised the importance of health sector. Most of the states roped in the persons having ..

THE office-bearers and workers of women’s wing and women corporators of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged demonstrations in front of the residence of Dr Nitin Raut, Energy Minister of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister of district, against hiked electricity bills...

The results of Class X and XII examinations conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be declared between July 11 and 13, highly placed sources disclosed. The board had already made it clear, it would not conduct the remaining examination of Class X. The scores obtained by the students will be treated as final. In case of Class XII examination the Board took different stand, according to which students of Class 12 will be giv..

The office-bearers and workers of women’s wing, and women corporators of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged demonstrations in front of the residence of Dr Nitin Raut, Energy Minister of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister of district, on Monday, against inflated electricity bills. Manisha Kothe, Deputy Mayor; Maya Iwnate, Archana Dehankar, Nanda Jichkar, all of them former Mayors of the city; Shivani Dani, Manisha Kashikar, Lata Yerkhede, ..

Notwithstanding public outcry about supposed high power bills, consumers of Mahavitaran promptly paid Rs 143 crores till end of June signifying their faith in the billing system of the public distribution company. About 4.40 lakh people in Nagpur Circle of Mahavitaran, comprising Nagpur and Wardha districts, chose to pay the bill of entire three months that were distributed in month of June. Meanwhile recognising the difficulties of citizens, the company has further extended last date for payment ..

Mystery shrouds over the untimely death of Rajnish Dass, a Technician with Electrical Department of South East Central Railway’s Nagpur Division, has deepened further as the spot where he was found stuck is supposed to be no man’s land. Dass was on day duty on Sunday at sub-station located at premises of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) office. As per new information, Dass was found stuck in a trench near the electrical sub-station leaving everyone further puzzled. No railway employee even during ..

Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, on Monday, came down heavily upon top officials for their shocking indifference and lack of enthusiasm in undertaking tasks suggested by experts and endorsed by the court to save Lonar crater lake. During a special hearing of PIL related to conservation and protection of Lonar crater, a division bench consisting of Justice Sunil Shukre and Justice Anil Kilor put the top officials on notice and expressed acute displeasure over the apathy displayed by them towards ..

Several colleges of Nagpur region figured in the list of top colleges in the country in the survey conducted by ‘India Today’. The magazine has been doing this activity for the past several years in which survey is conducted on its own and ranking is declared as per the overall performance of the institutions. In this survey Nagpur’s Government Dental College and Hospital came in top 10 in the country...

Good downpour on July 4-5 brought down the temperature by 2-3 degreeS Celsius all over Vidarbha. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), recently predicted good monsoon rains over Central India including Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in the first week of July. In June month there was excess rainfall all over Vidarbha including Nagpur. However, a week-long dry spell in the last week of June raised the discomfort in Vidarbha. IMD predicted normal monsoon this year and there will be dry spells ..

Nagpur city’s clean air plan does not contain information on the sources of air pollution, finds a new independent analysis by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and Urban Emissions. The analysis stressed that information on emission sources is crucial to tackle air pollution in Nagpur. At present, as per the said analysis, over 80 per cent of the actions mentioned in Nagpur’s plan involve ‘overseeing, planning, proposing, preparing, investigating, identifying, ensuring, banning, initiating, ..

Covid Care Centre has become operational at Nagpur Central Jail from Sunday with admission of 34 asymptomatic prisoners infected by novel coronavirus. Seven symptomatic patients are being treated at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) and Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital (IGGMC&H). Jail Superintendent Anup Kumre informed ‘The Hitavada’ that three barracks were turned into Covid Care Centre where asymptomatic prisoners will be kept...

Three persons working in Gujarat-based investment firm duped a senior citizen to the tune of Rs 2.01 lakh by promising handsome returns on his investment. The accused are identified as Vishwasare, Rahul, Arman Rao and others. According to police, the accused met Harish Dharmaji Anchalwar (68), a resident of Plot No. 7, Saket Nagar, and encouraged him for investment in their company...

A short outing turned tragic when two youngsters, including a 15-year-old boy, met watery grave in the Dhawasa (Heti) lake in Karanja taluka of Wardha district. Three others had a lucky escape. The deceased have been sidentified as Umri residents Tejas Raju Chopde (15) and Harshal Sanjay Chaudhary. Tejas, Harshal and three others had come to Dhawasa (Heti) to meet a friend. The six friends then went to a lake in the village...