Nagpur

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH and Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav, on Thursday, announced in Buldhana that Ayurveda Gurukulam colleges will be started in the country by the Ministry of AYUSH to promote Ayurveda education, research and quality testing of drugs. He further announced that drug testing laboratory (DTL) facilities will be developed in eight peripheral institutes of the Central Council for Ayurvedic Sciences Research. He was speaking at a programme organised ..

TALENTED skater Shrishti Dharmendra Sharma of WCL, Umrer, once again made a remarkable attempt towards a Guinness World Record with an impressive performance in Limbo Skating. Competing in “Fastest Time to Limbo Skate Under Descending Poles Over 25 Meters – Female,” category, Shrishti completed the 25-metre distance in just 3.366 seconds. Under the target of completing the 25-metre distance in less than 8 seconds, as specified for the record attempt, Shrishti made three attempts and recorded timings ..

The Regional Transport Office (RTO), Nagpur City, has made it mandatory for all dealers engaged in the purchase, sale or exchange of registered used vehicles to obtain an authorisation certificate under Form 29-B, in accordance with Central Government regulations. Issuing a public notice, Deputy Regional Transport Officer Sujit Dongarjal warned that dealers operating without the prescribed certificate would face action under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act and related rules...

As Ganesh Chaturthi arrives, kitchens across the city get busy with one particular sweet. Coconut is grated, jaggery is cooked, rice flour is prepared, and families shape batches of modaks for the festival. Sweet shops, meanwhile, begin preparing them by the thousands to meet the demand from households, offices, and Ganpati mandals. However, as the changing times have brought change in manner of celebration of the festival, it has also brought some variations to the traditional sweet for the Bappa. ..

    Despite directions of visible policing, the CP reportedly did not find a single police personnel on the streets Dheeraj Fartode : DESPITE repeated directions from Commissioner of Police (CP) Vishwas Nangre Patil for foot..

A festive occasion turned tragic on Tuesday when two 13-year-old boys drowned during Gauri immersion at a lake in Zilpa village of Katol tehsil. The deceased have been identified as Ayush Harish Kumre and Darshan Dhanraj Lad. Both were residents of Zilpa village. According to police, several women from the village had gone to the lake at around 11 am for Gauri immersion ceremony. Some children had also entered the lake along with women. The immersion was underway when the villagers noticed that Ayush ..

This Ganeshotsav, ‘Bappa’ is not just sitting on a traditional throne. In several big pandals, he is balancing on one leg, taking unusual poses, appearing in different avatars and is being presented through elaborate artistic concepts. From warrior-like postures to larger-than-life forms, idol makers are increasingly treating the 10-day festival as a stage to showcase creativity and craftsmanship. Large Ganesha idols have always been a major attraction during Ganeshotsav, but the creativity surrounding ..

A major part of Ajni and Wanjari Nagar goes dark after sunset, leaving motorists to navigate through black spots where potholes and squares are barely visible. The stretches most affected are Railway Men's School Square to Wanjari Nagar Water Tank Road, Ajni Railway PRS Office to Medical College Square, and Ajni Police Station to Rameshwari Road in South Nagpur area. On all three routes the street lights are not working since past month, putting citizens in a spot. The absence of street light has ..

 Staff Reporter : The yellow flowers of an Amaltas (Cassia fistula) tree are usually a familiar sign of summer giving way to the monsoon. But one tree in Nagpur has appeared to lose track of the calendar, has begun flowering in September instea..

Four youths from Nagpur had a close shave after they got trapped in the middle of a river near a waterfall at Kukdikhapa in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The youths had gone to Kukdikhapa for a picnic and to enjoy the waterfall. They were standing on rocks near the waterfall when the water level suddenly rose. The surge was caused by heavy rain in nearby areas. The youths were unable to move to safety as the water current became strong. A video showing the four youths trapped near the waterfall ..

The city wakes up to a different rhythm during Ganesh Chaturthi. Before the evening rush fully takes over, Nagpur’s streets begin echoing with dhol-tasha beats, chants of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ and the excitement of devotees carrying their beloved Bappa home. A scooter carefully balancing a small idol, a family bringing Bappa in their car, youngsters carrying an idol on their shoulders and grand processions heading towards decorated pandals - every road tells a different story of the festival. From ..

The prolonged delay in completion of the Kalmeshwar flyover on the Nagpur–Katol Road (NH-353J) continues to cause inconvenience to thousands of commuters, with the authorities concerned expecting the work to be completed by December. However, the current pace of work on the ground has raised doubts over whether the deadline can be achieved. The flyover had become the centre of controversy earlier this year after a newly constructed ramp was demolished and rebuilt despite the project being nearly 90 ..

Five days after ‘Bail Pola’ celebrated the enduring bond between farmers and their bullocks, the animals are facing a quieter decline in their role on farms. Nagpur and Amravati regions together have 16.60 lakh bullocks, but mechanisation is steadily reducing their use as farmers seek faster operations and lower labour dependence. “The cost of keeping bullocks has to be seen along with the labour involved. A tractor can finish the same work much faster, and we do not need to keep a person just to ..

   Staff Reporter :  Hartalika and Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated on the same day this year, on Monday. Founder of Shani Shaktipeeth and Astronomy Park at Shri Kshetra Chauki, Jyotish Acharya Bhupesh Gadge, said the rare coi..

   Staff Reporter : A 70-year-old man hacked his daughter-in-law to death with an axe over suspicion that she had performed black magic on his son and caused his death. After the murder, the accused attempted suicide by jumping into a..

   Staff Reporter : Facing inconvenience due to humidity for last many days, Nagpurians heaved a sigh of relief after heavy rains lashed the city on Saturday afternoon. The city recorded 61.5 mm rainfall in just two hours. Rain started..

   Staff Reporter : What was supposed to be a quick ride for two youths, turned into a fatal mishap on Sadar flyover late Friday night. A 22-year-old man and his 15-year-old brother-in-law were killed after their sports bike went out o..

   Bhandara Correspondent :  Nine people, including six women and three children, lost their lives after an ill-fated Mahindra Bolero SUV they were travelling in, rammed into an Eicher truck from behind. The ghastly accident took place..

Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC) is exploring possibility of developing a modern jail in Wardha, one designed to meet modern standards with capacity to house up to 1,000 inmates. The present Central Jail is spread over 15.5 acres and was developed by the British in 1845 and condition of the structure is not that good. The Maharashtra Government with a view to increase the jail capacity is combining the project with redevelopment of existing jail land, it is now centrally ..

To upgrade the under-construction Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh International Agricultural Convention Centre in Dabha, Nagpur, into a world-class facility, the Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC) has requested the State Government to release an additional fund of Rs 200–250 crore. Around 70 per cent of the construction work is already complete, and MSIDC expects the project to be fully operational within six months of receiving the extra funds. The State Government has already ..

A white Mahindra Scorpio Classic moving quietly through traffic or parked by the roadside may appear inconspicuous to motorists. But behind it, radar and camera systems could be scanning vehicles, detecting violations and recording evidence without the offender even realising that they have been caught. Nearly 18 months after radar-based enforcement vehicles were introduced, four such vehicles are now patrolling Nagpur district every day, creating a mobile surveillance network covering both the city ..

Nagpur has never been a city short of flavour. There is the bold, fiery Saoji food, the tangy and spicy tarri poha that starts the day, and the many versions of street food that have become part of the city’s everyday vocabulary. But the city’s palate has also travelled far beyond its familiar favourites. Today, one can find restaurants making authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas, Japanese dishes, Korean food, and in smaller corners of the city, Parsi and Irani cuisines. Restaurants are no longer selling ..

Three fire stations in the city which were constructed more than a year ago, have adequate infrastructure, equipment and vehicles in place, but lack neded workforce. Due to inadequate manpower in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) Fire and Emergency Services Department, these stations remain idle. A severe manpower shortage in the NMC’s Fire Department has kept the established fire stations at Pachpaoli, Wathoda and Pardi non-functional as the city continues to expand and so do its fire-safety ..

In the ongoing city-wide hospitals audit drive, launched by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to enforce clinical establishment standards across the city, NMC has completed the inspection of 383 private hospitals and healthcare establishments. The ongoing scrutiny, initiated following directives from the civic general body, aims to inspect all 660 registered medical facilities across the ten municipal zones. During the extensive verification exercise, civic teams detected bed-capacity discrepancies ..

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice JN Patel (Retired) to submit his inquiry report into the affairs and functioning of the Nagpur District Central Cooperative Bank (NDCCB). A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil S Kilor and Justice Rajnish R Vyas passed the order while hearing a civil application filed in a long-pending Public Interest Litigation. The High Court had appointed Justice Patel as the authorised officer to conduct ..