Nagpur

   Staff Reporter : Barely a month after passengers were left stranded for hours on the Samruddhi Mahamarg without food and water, Nagpur-based Sanjay Travels has once again landed in controversy. This time one of its moving buses (MH4..

   Business Reporter :  Addressing the convocation ceremony at the Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Nagpur, on Saturday, Atul Jain, Managing Director of VIP Industries Limited, encouraged the graduating students to embrace oppo..

   Saoner Correspondent : A 51-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was killed on the spot after a speeding truck hit the three-wheeler at Malegaon village under Saoner Police Station limits, on Saturday. The accident triggered anger among vi..

   Business Reporter : Panic-gripped consumers further hiked the demand of LPG cylinders, on Saturday, creating a sense of confusion and chaos at various places. Even as the oil marketing companies and gas agencies were highlighting th..

   Staff Reporter : Continuing the ‘please all’ policy, the civic administration continued with tax free budget for the year 2026-27 even as it increased the outlay to Rs 5840.65 crore, an increase of Rs 300 crore over the..

They may not verbalise with clarity their earliest impressions of their daughter Alfiya’s raw talent in boxing, but now looking back on that time several years ago, their faces light up. Bagfuls of medals -- mostly Golds, some Silvers, and rarely Bronzes -- emerge on the centre table of the front room of the house where one can sense a different spark. And then flows story after story of how the little girl first wore the gloves as a childhood play and found her lifetime’s calling...

FOR many families in Nagpur, the summer months of April, May, and June usually mark the season of long-planned international vacations. This year, however, holiday plans to Europe, the United States, and Canada have been thrown into uncertainty as flight routes through the Gulf -- the main gateway connecting Nagpur to western destinations -- have been disrupted by escalating tensions in West Asia. More than 50 per cent of summer international travel bookings from Nagpur to these destinations have ..

Nagpur’s Parnavi Harde won DAIDA Foundation Global Best Thesis Award. Harde’s outstanding thesis was selected as the First Prize Winner of the DAIDA Foundation Global Urban Thesis Award (2025 Edition). There were participants from 24–29 countries and 44 global submissions were there. Representation was from multiple continents. The jury process was very rigorous...

The escalating geopolitical tensions between the United States-Israel and Iran have sent shockwaves through the global energy market, the tremors of which are now being felt acutely on the streets of the city. As maritime supply routes face uncertainty and international fuel prices skyrocket, a critical shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has paralysed local commerce. What began as a distant conflict has rapidly transformed into a domestic struggle for survival, leaving gas agencies unable to ..

The city’s transition towards sustainable urban mobility reached a significant milestone as the 100 EKA electric buses have joined the Aapli Bus fleet. According to data from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Transport Department, this green initiative began on July 14, 2025, with an initial rollout of 15 high-capacity buses, each bus offers a seating capacity for 41 passengers and a standing capacity for an additional 24 commuters. While the city enjoys the 100 operational Eka buses, the full ..

A woman was killed and a teenage girl was seriously injured after a Gaur attacked them in Pendhari village of Saoner tehsil on Wednesday afternoon. The incident has created fear among villagers and led to protests against the Forest Department. The deceased woman has been identified as Reshma Vikesh Dhurve (29), a resident of Pendhari. She is survived by four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. The injured girl is identified as Nisha Keshav Iwanati (16), originally from Boria in Chhindwara district ..

Maharashtra Government is mulling over setting up separate AYUSH university in Maharashtra. The region has not yet decided. But it is giving serious thought to it, considering the rising number of Ayurved, Unani and Homoeopathy colleges. At present Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik has around 1,000 colleges offering Medical, Dental, Ayurvedic, Homoeopathy, Unani, Physiotherapy, Nursing and other courses. Also, over 200 colleges are providing Ayurved, Homoeopathy and Unani courses. ..

Five Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers have died on-duty under the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), and saddest part is, kin of not a single deceased has received any compensation till date. The This is what an RTI filed with NMC’s Health Department has revealed. The finding comes despite a Maharashtra State Government decision of August 2024 that promises Rs 10 lakh to families of ASHA workers who die on duty and Rs 5 lakh in cases of permanent disability...

Nagpur’s primary healthcare infrastructure witnessed an upsurge in public trust, recording a total footfall of over 9 lakh patients, between April 2025 and February 2026. Specifically, the Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHC) treated 9,09,846 citizens, while the Urban Health and Wellness Centres (UHWC), known as Ayushman Aarogyam Mandir, served 8,11,174 residents. This data underscores the critical role of localised medical facilities in decentralising healthcare in the orange city...

South Central Zone and Cultural Centre (SCZCC), under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, will be organising a ‘Kala Mahotsav’ on March 13 and March 14, from 6.30 pm onwards at the SCZCC premises. Mayor Neeta Thakre has been invited to inaugurate the festival. Notably, Padma Shri Dr Bharati Bandhu and renowned actor Dr Nitish Bharadwaj will be performing at the event. On March 13, ‘Kabir Gayan’ will be performed by Dr Bharti Bandhu, a renowned singer from Chhattisgarh. He is known for popularisin..

Industrial units, restaurants, hotels, eateries and other commercial category consumers across the city are facing severe shortage of LPG for the past couple of days. Many industrialists, restaurant and hotel owners on Tuesday told The Hitavada that they are running from pillar to post to get an LPG refill. The worst-affected are the consumers running small eateries, tea stalls, roadside dhabas and restaurants, many of whom are left with no other option but to shut down their businesses in a day or ..

A 2 MW solar power plant constructed under the Nagpur Metro Rail Project at the Hingna and MIHAN depots in Nagpur has remained idle because the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has not granted operational clearance despite the facility being fully ready since March 2025 and the net-metering application pending since April 2024. The project, built at an estimated public investment of about Rs 7.5 crore based on MahaMetro’s installation cost of around Rs 3.75 crore ..

A separate policy will have to be brought regarding free holding of plots on lease in the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) area, said MLA Pravin Datke in the Legislative Assembly through a point of interest. Minister Madhuri Misal assured that a decision will be taken to free hold the lands of Nagpur Improvement Trust during the session itself. MLA Pravin Datke raised this issue in the Legislative Assembly during Budget session of State Legislature. Datke said that about 9,000 plots have been given ..

With prediction of a harsh summer this year, citizens are gearing up to beat the heat and despite advances in technology, the earthen pots still rule the roost in households. No doubt, each of the household has a fridge, yet a sip from the earthen pot is enough to quench the thirst. Seasonal sellers of earthen water pots have begun setting up roadside stalls across the city in areas including Dhantoli, Sitabuldi, Khamla, Dharampeth and Ramdaspeth and elsewhere as summer temperatures have reached 40 ..

With Japan’s average age standing at 44 years and India’s at just 22, a golden door of opportunity is opening for young Indians looking to build global careers. This promising message was the highlight of a special session delivered on Tuesday by Noriaki Abe, Minister of Political Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in New Delhi, during his visit to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur. Speaking at the institute’s Indo-Japan Research Centre (IJRC), Abe explained that the two nations have formalised ..

 (Top) The partial construction of the boundary wall has reduced the park to a mountain of debris, and damaged some of the green gym equipment. (Right) Open slope leading to the nullah right beside the park, without any signage or barricades. By..

Spend just a few minutes with him, and you realise his deeply sensitive mind -- and sensible ways. In a few more minutes, you realise that you are in the company of a very important signatory of the country’s aluminium research, development and design movement -- and has a say in every scientific development in that regard, as a pivot, as an anchor. Over the past 35-plus years, the country’s scientific thinkers and planners have treated aluminium not just as ‘a’ metal but as a concept and wove a range ..

Expressing regret over the delay in Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Medical College in Nagpur, MLA Prvin Datke questioned why the proposal for the medical college was not sent till now. While raising the issue in State Assembly on Monday during Budget Session of Maharashtra State Legislature, Datke stated that the medical college will add to the existing facilities in Government Medical College and Hospital, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH). A meeting of the Employees’ ..

Former Mayor Maya Iwnate was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. On Monday, she received the election certificate in Mumbai. She was among seven candidates from Maharashtra who were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. For Iwnate’s political career, it’s a silver lining as the election to Parliament’s Upper House marks a significant milestone. Coming from Adivasi background, her dedication and devoted work for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prompted the party bosses to utilise Iwnate’s rich experience ..

The death toll in the explosion at SBL Energy Limited, an explosives and ammunition manufacturing company located in Raulgaon in Katol tehsil, has risen to 23 after another injured worker died during treatment on Monday, Nagpur rural police officials said. The officials said that the deceased has been identified as Seema Vijay Dhurve (27). She had suffered around 70 per cent burn injuries in the blast and was undergoing treatment at Orange City Hospital in Nagpur. Despite continuous efforts by specialist ..