Nagpur

26 candidates’ papers found valid in Nagpur

     Staff Reporter  Of the total 53 candidates who had submitted nomination papers till March 27 for Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, 26 were found valid. Remaining 27 candidates failed to follow the procedure in a proper..

Rashmi Barve disqualified from Ramtek Lok Sabha candidature

    Staff Reporter  Maha Vikas Aaghadi sufffered a major setback as Tushar Thombare, Additional Collector and Returning officer for Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency, rejected the nomination of Rashmi Barve, Congress candidate fo..

Above 400C Nagpur’s highest temp this season

     Staff Reporter  People of Nagpur felt scorching summer heat on Thursday as the city’s maximum temperature soared to 40.2 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature of the season so far. India Meteorological Depa..

MD valued at Rs 55 lakh seized, one held

     Staff Reporter  TEHSIL Police arrested a drug peddler and seized Mephedrone (MD) powder valued at Rs 55 lakh from his house Wednesday night. Identified as Mohsin Khan Hameed Khan (38), the accused is a resident of K..

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 ..

‘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..

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 ..

Quantum leap in economic growth: Gadkari’s vision for Vid

    Team Hitavada   Confident of winning the Lok Sabha election for the third time in a row, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari looks forward to giving an extra-special impetus to growth and development of the region in tune w..

‘Do not limit yourself to school textbooks’

     Staff Reporter  Do not limit yourself. Go beyond school textbooks, read other books too, observe and understand the universe, said S Somanath, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), while interacting..

Hingoli quake: ‘Safe zone’ no longer safe

     By Kaushik Bhattacharya  Three back-to-back earthquakes in Hingoli district of Maharashtra on Thursday created panic among citizens and raised concern among geologists about possibility of self-reactivating of deep-..

Voting day is nearing Have you registered yet?

    Staff Reporter  A lot of people are not aware of their status in voter list, they are not aware at which polling centre they should go and cast their vote. Leaders and officers are appealing to people to vote. To search t..

Environment concern B U R I E D

In the name of development, the contractors of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) have adopted a criminal way of destroying the existing green cover across the city. For, they have started choking full grown trees by dumping construction material and other debris around the tree trunk. Despite pressing reportage by The Hitavada and protests by citizens, the civic body is deliberately ignoring the issue of environment conservation by unabatedly choking trees by dumping construction and demolition (C&D) ..

Here’s why there is such chaos at Munje Sq

‘The Hitavada’ CityLine report ‘Munje Square, Mockery of Civic Order', the organised chaos that has possessed Munje Square today is typical of all major squares in the city. This is the outcome of sustained conflict of provisions in the two central laws namely, Street Vendors Act 2014 and Motor Vehicles Act 2019 (amended MVA 1988). Though all of the three, Centre, State, and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) are collectively at fault for the chaos, evidently, none of them seem to be willing to take ..

Rigorous life imprisonment to Shahu, Nayar in Anil Palkar murder case

ADDITIONAL Sessions Judge Ganesh Padmakar Deshmukh on Wednesday sentenced Santosh Hiralal Shahu and Laxminarayan alias Chandan Balkrishnan Nayar to rigorous life imprisonment in the sensational Anil Palkar murder case. According to the prosecution, Anil Ramdasji Palkar (48), a resident of Plot No 23, Choudhary Layout, Gopal Nagar, near the third bus stop, owned a marriage hall and lawns at Wanadongri. Palkar had rented two shops near Gopal Nagar bus stop -- Laxmi Kirana Stores to Shahu (38), a resident ..

State-level panel to oversee probe into jewellery theft

The State Home Department has formed a special committee called the "State Level Vigilance Committee" to keep an eye on investigations into theft cases where stolen items were sold to jewellers. These new guidelines aim to ensure fairness and efficiency in handling such cases, stated the Government Resolution. One interesting aspect of these guidelines is the focus on treating cooperating traders respectfully during investigations. It's stressed that police officers should maintain professionalism ..

HC summons Municipal Commr and DCP Traffic

The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has sought answers from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) regarding growing parking problem in Dhantoli and Congress Nagar. The court also warned of contempt action against the Municipal Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) for not following the High Court’s orders. They have been summoned on April 17, the next date of hearing into the case. The decision came during a hearing on Wednesday before Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Abhay Mantri. ..

Cong Dilemma continues City leaders push Vikas Thakre for Ngp seat

     Staff Reporter   Wading through a jumble of names of its own members as well as many eminent personalities from different fields, Congress party, locally, appears to have zeroed in on the candidature of former ..

Mosquito population hits highest level in city

     By Dheeraj Fartode   Have you noticed more mosquitoes buzzing around your home lately? You’re not alone. The mosquito population in Nagpur has hit its highest level in the past 15 months. In March alone, ..

New Addition Group of herbivores, birds arrive at Gorewada Zoo

     By Kaushik Bhattacharya  In a major animal exchange programme with zoo outside of Maharashtra, the Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park, Gorewada, on Monday received a number of herbivores and ..

4 Naxals killed in encounter with cops

      District Correspondent  Total four Naxalites, including 2 DVCM level cadres, were killed in an encounter with the Gadchiroli Police in Kolamarka hills near Repanpalli in Gadchiroli district on Tuesday early ..

Parties keeping cards close to chest for Ramtek LS seat

     Staff Reporter  With only a month remaining for the general elections, no party has finalised its candidate for Ramtek Lok Sabha seat. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (Shinde group), both constituents of ..

One lakh Hanuman Chalisa Kendra will be set up across country: Dr Pravin Togadia

     Staff Reporter  “Around one lakh Hanuman Chalisa Kendra is going to be set up in various villages and cities across the country,” mentioned Dr Pravin Togadia, Founder-President of Antarrashtriya Hindu Pa..