Dussehra or Vijayadashami is an occasion when the city of Nagpur attracts the attention of the world. For, on this day, two major annual events in city’s calendar are held. One is ‘Vijayadashami Utsav’ of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the another is ‘Dhammachakra Pravartan Din’ celebration at historic Deekshabhoomi. However, this year, the city will miss grandeur of both the events. Due to COVID-19, the celebrations will be sombre. ‘Dhammachakra Pravartan Din’ celebrations attract lakhs of ..

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD son of a Naik Police Constable (NPC), who was allegedly kidnapped by a gang of criminals from Police Line Takli for ransom, escaped from the clutches of the kidnappers and returned home safely on Friday. Sarthak, son of NPC Kamlesh Jawdikar, a resident of Quarter No. 280/2A/301, Police Line, Takli, was allegedly kidn..

National Web Media felicitated women from different fields with Women’s Excellence Awards on the occasion of Navratri. The women from social welfare, industry, education, media, film industry, etc. were felicitated with certificates and mementoes. BJP MLA Mohan Mate presided over the function held in Patrakar Club while Sunil Kuhi..

  Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, on Friday, quashed a part of two notifications issued by the State Government and identical circulars issued by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) that capped the rates of non-Covid treatment in private hospitals. The High Court found no good rationale or legal power to cap prices in 20 per cent isolation and non-isolation beds in private hospitals/healthcare providers and nursing homes kept for non-Covid patients and for which many hospitals were ..

Maharashtra Govern-ment has transferred 13 Indian Adminis-trative Service (IAS) officers. In the reshuffle, Buveneswari S has been posted as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL). Buveneswari S is an IAS officer of 2015 batch. She was serving as Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad, Bhandara. She has been posted as CEO of NSSCDCL at Nagpur. She was posted at Bhandara in January earlier this year. State Government has ..

  Deaths due to Covid-19 infections in Nagpur district are continuously witnessing decrease which is a good thing, though even a single death should not take place. With doctors too now are speaking positive about coronavirus and admitted the deaths are reducing and it would reduce further. On Friday, in one single day the number of deaths came down to 7 with city and rural both registered a single digit ones. This is third time in last ten days that the district registered single digit ..

The layouts in Nagpur which were given approval for Non-Agricultural land in 2005 and faced the cancelation in 2008, are still lying without construction. Later on, the related agencies kept saying that the plot-holders can carry out construction but it was never on paper. Against this backdrop, the persons who purchased these plots by paying a good sum, for which some of them took loans, are facing financial issues. Some of them are on the verge of getting bankrupt. Rajaram Powar (name changed), ..

Railway Board has come up with measures to tackle congestion on tracks and now focussed on slow moving passenger trains that would now be upgraded to Mail/Express. Among the 362 trains that were selected, three are in Nagpur Divisions, two in Central Railway and one in South East Central Railway (SECR). With change in nomenclature besides increase in speed of trains due to dropping the intermediate stoppages the fares would increase drastically. The change in numbering and speeding of these trains ..

Keeping stock from the media reports appeared about the Forest Department staff was being used as bait to trap the RT-1 tiger in Chandrapur, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued an advisory to Maharashtra Chief Wildlife Warden (CWLW) to nsure the Forest Department employees’ safety during the process of capturing of the male beast...

“THE expenses incurred by civic administration in last six months due to lockdown to contain coronavirus would not be sanctioned from funds of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) as the same were done by by-passing the Standing Committee by the then M u n i c i p a l Commissioner,” said Vijay Zalke, Chairperson, during presentation of civic budget. The announcement by Zalke indicates that ruling party in NMC has not yet forgotten the cold war betw..

THE Criminal Investigation Department (CID), conducting probe into the mysterious firing on the car in which Mayor Sandip Joshi was travelling, has recorded statements of Mayor Sandip Joshi and seven others in the case. Sources informed that the CID officials were examining statements of all persons who had been probed by the Crime Branch of Nagpur Police...

POLICE Commemoration Day was observed at Martyrs Memorial near Police Headquarters at Takli on Monday. Officersandmenfrom differentpoliceunitspaidhomage to their colleagueswhosacrificed theirlives in line of duty. Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar and other officers placed wreaths at the memorial and offered tributes tothemartyrs.SpecialInspector General of Police (Nagpur Range) Chiranjeev Prasad, Additional Commissioners of PoliceDKZalke (SouthRegion) and Naveenchandra Reddy (North Region), Additional ..

In August, it was number of deaths, coronavirus positive cases that were haunting everybody. Now everything has changed in ‘positive’ sense--number of deaths declining, number of new Covid-19 cases reducing, recovery rate constantly on rise. Nagpur district is consistently improving in terms of recovery rate. On Tuesday, recovery rate of district not only reached 90% mark but it is up by 2% than the national average. National average of recov..

He had appeared in his M.Phil examination (Marathi) last in 2012. In 2013, he tied the nuptial knot after that he never thought of writing examination. This year with a thought to complete his M Phil, he submitted the examination form with Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). But fate was not with him and the confusion about exam reigned supreme due to pandemic. On Tuesday, he suddenly realised he should enquire abo..

THE experts’ committee appointed by Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court after taking suo motu cognisance of unfortunate deaths of two school going children who had come in contact with high tension line in 2017, has held all stakeholders including all individual violators, local planning authorities -- Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), Nagpur Improvement, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), Nagpur Metropolitan Region Developm..

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ECONOMIC offences are steadily increasing in Maharashtra. As against 14,854 economic offences in year 2018, the State recorded 15,854 cases with jump of 5.6 per cent. The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) ranked Maharashtra third in the country for percentage share in economic offences after Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. According to NCRB, Maharashtra recorded 13,941 economic frauds in year 2017 which rose to 14,854 in year 2018 with jump of 6.54 per cent...

State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday said that land mafias are encroaching houses and residential plots purchased by common citizens with their hard earned money. “It was observed that some officials of concerned department are also involved in such crimes,” said Deshmukh. Addressing a press conference at Police Gymkhana in Civil Lines, Home Minister Deshmukh directed senior police officials to crack a whip against..

He has been taking a lot of efforts to make rural women understand what osteoporosis is for last over 20 years. Earlier, he used to visit villages personally. But he wanted to reach more people, so he started doing it through telemedicine. With the advancement in technology, he realised without moving from his hospital at Sakkardara he can reach the un-reached in just a second. Now, Dr Sanjeev Chaudhary, noted orthopaedic surgeon, a philanthropist has made his mission Mobile. He sits in his chamber ..

Inching closer to providing integrated transport solution to Nagpurians, Maha Metro joined hands with a local auto-rickshaw body for ensuring last mile connectivity. Further to facilitate seamless services, Bharat Rides App was also launched to h..

If negotiating through a curved and narrow Khapri railway overbridge (RoB) was not dangerous enough the current shabby condition of carriageway has made it more treacherous for the commuters. With authorities turning a blind eye to shabby conditions of roads, commuters are safe only due to benevolence of God. What else can explain the horrible conditions on the RoB, driving through it sends shivers down the spine due to faulty design, and non-maintenance is adding to slippery conditions on the narrow ..

With festival season progressing in all its vigour across the city, robbers have started targetting citizens on city roads. Two chain-snatching incidents were reported in Yashodhara Nagar and Hudkeshwar Police Station areas. In the first case, a man robbed a woman of her gold mangalsutra worth Rs 30,000/- near her house in Yashodhara Nagar Police Station area. According to police, the robbery took place at 10.30 pm when Meera Pradip Wai..

A man killed his friend for not making egg curry. The accused was arrested by Mankapur police from bus terminus on Saturday. A man identified as Banarasi (40) was found dead near Shrikrishna Auto garage with wounds on the head on Saturday morning. Mankapur police sent the body for post-mortem and registered a case of murder against unidentified accused. ..

Mumbai University has bestowed the responsibility of holding on-line examinations upon the shoulders of its affiliated colleges, Pune University has not started conducting examinations yet, most other universities are still in a dilemma about holding examinations. Against this backdrop, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), though with some early hiccups, has now streamlined the examinations. On Saturday, it secured 98 per cent success in the endeavour...

Forest Department has come up with an old and unique technique to capture the troublesome RT-1 tiger by deploying one tranquilising expert and veterinarian inside a cage near the bait to trap the beast. The department is using all old and new methods to capture the tiger and this method is also one of them. Clearing the air on confusion over the method, the senior forest officials said, though the technique is unique, it was adopted in the past too. N R Pravin, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), ..

Notorious goon Sumit Thakur was arrested by Gittikhadan Police from his house on Friday night. He was later produced before a special MCOCA court on Saturday and the court sent him to jail. Sumit Rajkumar Thakur (34) is running goon of the city...

Dr Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maha Metro, was presented with the prestigious ‘Construction World Person of the Year 2020’ in virtual presentation ceremony held today. Dharmendra Pradhan Union Minister, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, was chief guest in the event. The award is instituted by Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training (FIRST) Construction Council...

IN A major breakthrough, Unit-IV of Crime Branch arrested two hardcore criminals and seized a sword and 10 other sharp-edged weapons after raiding the house of one of the two accused in Ajni area on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Pratik Sunil Fulzele (21), a resident of Plot No23. Gajanan Nagar, near Omkar Nagar Chowk, and Kartik Ashok Sharma (25), a resident of Plot No 76, Hawrapeth. Accused Kartik Sharma, who is involved in several offences of serious nature, including murder, was ..

Expressing concern over the pathetic condition of Ambazari Lake embankment at overflow point, Sandip Joshi, Mayor, has asked Irrigation Department to carry out repairs without wasting much time. Also, he has asked Maha Metro to remove the debris dumped on the banks of the lake immediately. ..

Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), on Thursday, issued fresh guidelines in tune with the State Government’s ‘Mission Begin Again’. The new guidelines offer further easing of restrictions. In tune with the State Government’s fresh directives, NMC guidelines issued by Radhakrishnan B, Municipal Commissioner, state that stamping of air, train passengers with indelible ink will be immediately ‘done away with’. The domestic passengers arriving at ..

Medical Teachers appointed through Divisional Selection Board (DSB) have begun their agitation to press their demand to regularise them. There are some teachers who are working as DSB even for the last 20 years because of which they are deprived of several benefits given to the regular teachers by Government. With no solution in sight these teachers have decided to make their fight more aggressive. Their firmness to get fulfilled their demand was evident as they began their symbolic agitation on Thursday ..

Maha Metro is all geared up for resuming its services in city from Friday in the post-COVID phase. It has taken several steps and precautions to ensure safety of commuters and its own staff. Further, it has offered 50 per cent discount in fares to attract the commuters. Ahead of resuming the services, Maha Metro conducted trial run of the metro train in Sitabuldi stretch on Thursday. Also, it deployed staff to carry out disinfection of train coaches as well as common areas at metro stations. Maha ..

Maharashtra Cabinet, on Wednesday, gave its nod to extension of Nagpur Metro to connect cities near Nagpur with air-conditioned metro train instead of passenger train. The total Rs 333.60 crore project will connect Nagpur with Bhandara, Wardha, Ramtek and Narkhed through broad gauge network connected to Nagpur Metro network. As per Maha Metro, Nagpur-Bhandara corridor will be 59.2 kms long and will have nine stations. The 78..

Vishram Ramchandra Jamdar, a versatile personality, well-known in education field, industry sector, science community, social faction passed away on Wednesday early morning. He was unwell for quite some time and was hospitalised too. He was 73. He leaves behind wife Prerna, sons Shree and Praful, daughters-in-law Mrunal and Ojas, daughter Deepti and son-in-law Sachin Deshpande, and a host of relatives to mourn his loss. Last rites w..

National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) statistics for the year 2019 placed Nagpur on eighth position in crime rate among 19 metropolitan cities of India. With crime rate of 422.5 per lakh population, Nagpur ranks first among metropolitan cities in Maharashtra, followed by Pune with 260.3 and Mumbai with crime rate of 220.9. Shockingly, the rate of murder in Nagpur stood at 3.6 murders per one lakh population, which was the sec..

Cyber police of Nagpur arrested five fraudsters including four Nigerian nationals from New Delhi for allegedly duping a retired Army nurse of Rs 41.70 lakh. The police also attached their bank accounts with balance of Rs 18 lakh. A total of 13 mobile phones, 18 credit cards and Rs 16,040 cash was seized by the police during the raid, police official said. According to police, the Cyber police was probing the case of the fraud. Reena Samsher Singh (56), an ex-Army nurse and a..

Mahindra&Mahindra transported its first export consignment of 101 tractors to Bangladesh ex-Ajni Goods Shed of Central Railway’s Nagpur Division. For CR today’s consignment put its Nagpur Division in league with major loading stations of country as significance of the traffic captured by field officials got registered in transport sector. The excellent infrastructure at erstwhile CONCOR siding provided the launching pad to push Ajni Shed for bulk transport across country as envisaged by Railway Board. ..

MAHARASHTRA, with 3,41,084 Indian Penal Code (IPC) cases in year 2019, is ranked second on the National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) recent list, which is topped by Uttar Pradesh with 3,53,131 IPC cases. However, crime rate in Maharashtra, which was 280.62 cases per one lakh of population in year 2018, has decreased marginally to 278.4 in 2019. According to NCRB, a total of 51,56,172 cognisable crimes comprising 32,25,701 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 19,30,471 Special and Local Laws (SLL) crimes ..

With heavy rains, winds blowing at higher speeds, many trees along the city streets fell down, giving the city fathers an escape from the blame of not caring for greenery. This has been happening constantly. Factually, it is like a slow-poisoning as trees are getting choked making them the fit case for collapse. The development works, concretisation of the roads, and the dumping of waste solid material at the bottom of the trees have choked the water resources of those trees leading them to feel helpless. ..

Central Railway's Nagpur Division is set to notch-up yet another first as it is set for export of 100 plus tractors from its Ajni Goods Depot for Bangladesh. This is the first instance wherein tractors are being exported from city utilising railway facility. The first rake carrying tractors from Mahindra&Mahindra's plant at MIDC, Hingna, would set out for Benapole, the border outpost of Bangladesh, on Tuesday, confirmed Krishnath Patil, Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager, to The Hitavada...

A 37-year-old woman was booked by Kelwad police for hiring contract killers to murder her husband. The police are wondering over the theory of contract killing as the woman hired the killers with a contract of Rs 50,000 but gave just Rs 1,500 as advance. The killers also accepted the contract with the promise of remaining amount would be paid after some time. A police official said that Devka alias Kavita Jaideep Lokhande (37), a resident of Saoner and Chandan Natthuji Diyewar (28), a resident of ..

For years, Gosikhurd irrigation project was in the headlines over poor quality of work and inordinate delays. In the past few years, the picture has been changing. The construction of Left Bank Canal (LBC) of Gosikhurd project had come in for sharp criticism in official reports also. However, over the years, ‘learning from failures’, Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) is getting the entire 23.93 km LBC reconstructed. Gosikhurd nati..

Three woman labourers were killed while two injured seriously after being struck by lightning at Shiva village in Kondhali Police Station area on Sunday evening. The deceased were identified as Archana Umesh Tatode (35), Sharda Dilip Uikey (36), Sangita Gajanan Mungbhate (35), all residents of Shiva village, near Kondhali. A police official said that a group of women labourers was engaged in cotton plucking work by the farm owner Shravan Uikey near Yalkapar village on Sunday. ..

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) has cautioned students not to fall prey to the misleading messages on social media regarding on-line examination that is being conducted at present. The University further appealed examinees to give a call first to colleges if they face any difficulty during the examinations before approaching university...

‘Durga Puja’, the biggest religious festival of Bangali Hindus, is just a few days away. Artisans from West Bengal, who come to city every year to prepare idols of Goddess Durga, are left disappointed. For, orders for idols of Goddess have registered a slump owing to prevailing coronavirus threat. More painful for them is curtailing of height of the idols o..

After initial hick-ups, on third day of the start of final semester examinations on-line on Saturday, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) could conduct the examinations in a smooth manner. The university conducted examinations in four phases instead of in routine three phases. The phase began at 9.30 am and ended at 4.30 pm. All the four phases students did not face any problem barring the minor one that too by..

Despite facing challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, and slump in economic activities, Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station (TPS) has registered a stupendous performance. According to Prakash Khandare, Chief Engineer of Khaperkheda TPS, at least two units of the station registered uninterrupted power generation for 100 days or more. As on September 10, Khaperkheda TPS created a sort of record when its Unit No 4, Unit No 5, and Unit N..

Technical glitch has compelled Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) to cancel the examinations scheduled on Friday. There were 17 examinations scheduled on Friday and all were cancelled. Director of Examinations and Evaluation Dr Praful Sable confirmed this development and made clear the examinations on Saturday would be held as per schedule. On Friday, there were 17 examinations and 4,000 students were to appear in those. Most examinations were of subjects related to Biotechnology. ..

  Nagpur district on Friday experienced one change in daily Covid-19 update. There is a small gap between the number of new cases in rural area and those in Nagpur city. In Nagpur rural 234 tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, while city registered 396 new positive cases. Number of new positive cases has come down drastically to 630. Number of persons recovered in one single day is double than the new positive cases. This has resulted in further improvement in recovery rate that ..

  JARIPATKA Police booked its In-charge Senior Inspector Khushal Tijare, Assistant Police Inspector Vijay Dhumal and five constables, attached to Detection Branch wing of Police Station, for parading six suspects in semi-nude condition, including five juvenile delinquents, after taking them into custody for allegedly looting cash from a beer bar on September 23. The accused cops tied the suspects together with a rope and were made to walk in an innerwear. Cops continued beating them with ..