DO YOU know, even a simple transaction to book food on-line can leave you with an empty bank account? It is happening in the city in a brazen manner. Customers booking on-line orders for food are losing huge money to cyber crooks. This is the story of loyal customers of Gayatri Bhojnalaya, situated in Dharampeth, who are getting duped by an on-line fraudster. The fraudster has the audacity of mocking at the cyber cell unit of Nagpur police whenever it tries to trap him. Whenever anybody gets suspicious ..

Bird flu in poultry birds has been confirmed in Waranga area of Nagpur district here on Tuesday. The results of the testing of samples submitted earlier have been received from the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal and the sample of Waranga has been found positive for Avian Influenza. “We have send five samples from Nagpur district to Bhopal in which only one sample of Waranga has been found positive,” District Collector Ravindra Thakare to The Hitavada. About 650 ..

Nagpur Obstetrics and Gynecological Society (NOGS) that mainly works for Gynaecologists or for the women facing several gynaecological issues. But, now it has come up with a unique initiative. The organisation will be helping youngsters, adolescents to resolve their issues mainly arises during that age, through tele consultation. NOGS under the leadership of Dr Vaidehi Marathe and Secretary Dr Rajasi Sengupta has decided not to remain limited to the ambit of NOGS but to take up public-oriented issues...

“One should perform one’s duties selflessly without expecting praises from people. Today’s felicitation event and this huge gathering is for one such person -- Dr Govind Prasad Upadhyay, who dedicated his entire life to the service for others,” said Governor of Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit on Monday. Purohit was the chief guest at ‘Padma Shri Dr Vikram Marwah Chikitsak Hindi Seva Samman’ award function conducted by Vidarbha Seva Samiti at Press Club. He felicitated Dr Govind Prasad Upadhyay with ..

A group of women set five motorcycles of alleged liquor smugglers afire in Yerla village after they assaulted two youngsters on Sunday. The accused are allegedly involved in smuggling of liquor and the women are demanding stern action against them for last few months...

Indian Railways is feeling the heat of complying with stringent norms prescribed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) relating to environment protection at railway stations. In the operative part, the Tribunal underlined the need for reducing noise pollution and ensuring that the same is as per ambient norms. Among the directives to Railways in the operative part of the order, the Principal Bench at New Delhi, underlined observation of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that noise-level at stations ..

Outgoing Chairperson of Standing Committee, Vijay Zalke, trained guns on civic administration for short circuiting annual budget of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Giving vent to his pent-up feelings, Zalke, on Wednesday, claimed the stance of Municipal Commissioner in applying cut to sanctioned development proposals are bad in law and same needs to be reviewed...

  By Vikas Vaidya : Election of Dayashankar Tiwari with 107/107 votes shows the party’s strong presence: Datke My tenure will surely add to the Party’s solid chances of winning 2022 Municipal elections: Tiwari   People are talking a lot about the defeat that Bharatiya Janata Party witnessed in recently held Graduates’ Constituency polls which was a stronghold of the party. Most feel there is a wave of despondency in the party after the defeat. They are ..

Wanjari Nagar bridge that slopes down at Ridge Road is on the verge of opening. But in a haste to open it, the authorities forgot to notice a flaw that would lead to chaos at the junction where the bridge meets Ridge road. When people from Wanjari Nagar bridge will reach the Ridge Road, they may have to navigate their way with the traffic coming from T B Square. Nobody had thought about the sudden meeting of vehicles coming from bridge and those approaching from T B Road Square...

State Government has released an aid of Rs 1 crore to the parents of Naik Bhushan Rameshrao Satai, who was martyred in mortar shelling by Pakistan in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir in 2020. Naik Bhushan Satai was a resident of Katol in Nagpur district. General Administration Department of State Government issued a Government Resolution in this regard on January 15...

MPCC Chairman and State Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Saturday hit out at BJP-ruled Union government over new farm laws and alleged that the laws will destroy farmers by making them slaves of big industrialists. Thorat was speaking at massive tractor rally organised by the Congress party to protest against the new farm laws and rising fuel price. At the onset, farmers gheraoed Raj Bhavan at Civil Lines in the tractors raising demand to repeal the new farm laws. Hundreds of women made bhakars ..

Finally, The Institute of Military Law (IML) has been shifted from Kamptee in Nagpur district to Delhi. It was in the offing for past some time, and an auction of unserviceable old items was conducted in December 2020. Though many in the Armed Forces establishments knew about the development, the shifting of the IML from Kamptee to Delhi took place silently. It was only after some of the State Government departments, suppliers, and others received a mail a few days ago that people came to know ..

Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) is banking on Variable Messaging System (LED Display) at 51 major intersections in city to raise revenue. Bhuvaneshwari S, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NSSCDCL, said that under the Nagpur Safe and Smart City project, VAMS were installed at all major squares. Now, plan is to monetise these assets through display of social message and advertisement. Through this LED screens, information about various schemes of Central Government ..

The effect of COVID-19 would continue in 2021 too. Like other sectors, education sector also suffered in terms of examinations, in terms of taking classes, etc. Now, there is another problem that is likely to be faced by students, universities, colleges. This year the two examinations - first and second semesters - are likely to be held simultaneously as the admissions are conducted late and so beginning of acadmic year also was delayed. ..

Inching closer to concept of paperless office, Indian Railways has launched Human Resource Management System (HRMS) to integrate everything related to establishment matters of nearly 12 lakh employees on its rolls in one single application. ..

The much-awaited 1,14,000 Covishield vaccine doses meant for healthworkers working in private and Government hospitals of Nagpur region reached Nagpur city in the wee hours of Thursday. These vaccines came from Serum Institute, Pune. The administration has sent them to six districts of the division early in the morning itself by vehicles fitted with cold storages. The vaccination drive will begin on January 16. This will be the first dose of the vaccine to be given to the healthworkers who have registered ..

At end of the one-month amnesty scheme for clearance of arrears of Property Tax, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) reported accruals of Rs 32 crore. While the amount may not seem big but nearly 25,000 citizens have zeroed their tax liability and this is one positive news from the drive, said Milind Meshram, Deputy Commissioner (Revenue), NMC...

Finally, India has got her first indigenously developed 9 mm machine pistol in ‘Asmi’. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army have jointly developed it. It is a matter of pride for Nagpur that the pistol ‘Asmi’ has been designed and developed by Lt Col Prasad Bansod, who hails from the city. Lt Col Prasad Bansod, who is currently posted at Infantry School, Mhow, is son of Anil and Anjali Bansod, who are both retired teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya. His parents reside ..

political activities have gained momentum within Congress Party to find a suitable leader who could replace Balasaheb Thorat as Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee Chief (MPCC). Name of Nana Patole, the Speaker of Maharashtra State Assembly is being considered strongly. In case Patole’s name gets green signal, Congress may propose to make ex-Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, the Speaker of Maharashtra State Assembly. By appointing Sandhya Sawalakhe as President of Party’s Women wing, Congress has ..

A WAVE of anger has spread in the city after the loss of another innocent life due to banned Chinese manja. Twenty-year-old Pranay Prakash Thakre was killed near Imambada on Tuesday after the deadly Nylon thread slit his throat. He died on the spot with his respiratory tract cut off by the manja. This was the third death related to kite-flying in the last fortnight. People are furious with the utter failure of the enforcement agencies, including Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Nagpur City police, ..

South East Central Railway (SECR) Nagpur Division is gearing-up for a record as it prepares to run longest distance for a Kisan Rail in the country from Chhindwara to Tinsukia. The Kisan Rail that is going to start on January 15 would traverse a distance of 2354 kms within three days aimed at capturing new market for the farmers produce. Along side, three motor-cum-parcel vans (VPU) are going to loaded by Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) for dispatching raw material to its Tinsukia factory...

Tipeshwar and Painganga Wildlife Sanctuaries of Vidarbha have been awarded ‘good’ rating in Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries (NP&WLS) released by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Monday. Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar released the MEE of 146 NP&WLS in the Country. The MoEFCC with the technical assistance from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has conducted the MEE report. The assessment ..

With the drive to administer COVID-19 vaccine to health workers beginning on January 16, District Collector Ravindra Thakare reviewed the preparedness of the same. In Nagpur district, 12,000 healthworkers have been registered for the drive and the procedure would be performed at 15 places. The COVID-19 vaccines have not reached yet but are likely to arrive by January 14. The meeting was attended by Chief Executive Officer of Nagpur Zilla Parishad Yogesh Kumbhejkar, Deputy Director of Health Services ..

Though civic polls are still a year ahead, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has for the first time giving it quite an importance going with series of meetings held by its top leader Praful Patel in city during recent times. While Patel is holding cards close to his chest, but the way he is making himself visible indicates a possibility of NCP is keen to expand its base outside its traditional Western Maharashtra strongholds...

Everybody has taken serious cognizance of the tragedy at Bhandara District Hospital. The authorities in Nagpur have also started taking steps so that such incidents should not take place here. On Monday, Nagpur Municipal Commissioner B Radharkrishnan, Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari took stock of the situation separately and passed necessary instructions. According to sources, Government as well as private hospitals will be under scanner of the civic body as far as applying fire safety norms are concerned...

MAHARASHTRA Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that economic offenders and anti-social elements would be dealt with sternly so that justice would be meted out to citizens. After hearing complaints of about 68 persons, mostly victims of property-related crimes, at a special grievance redressal camp organised at Police Gymkhana, Deshmukh directed the officials concerned to look into the problems faced by them on priority and initiate appropriate action against the offenders...

The heart-rending fire incident that took place at Bhandara District Hospital can take place in any of the Government hospitals including those run by Nagpur Municipal Corporation at Nagpur. The reason, these hospitals too have not done their fire safety audit and electrical safety audit. They too are in danger zone because of several reasons including the age of the building, the congestion, etc. Public Works Department (PWD), Electrical Department, Corporation are lacking coordin..

The tree counting process by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) of Ajni Railway Colony has proved the claims of NHAI wrong here on Saturday. NHAI claimed that 1,940 trees were going to be felled for the Inter-Modal Station (IMS) project at Ajni, while environmental activists and citizens have estimated that more than 7,000 small and big trees of the locality would be sacrificed for this project. Meanwhile, after strong criticism from the environment activists ..

“There are no words to describe the painful tragedy of Bhandara hospital in which ten families have lost their beloved ones. We can only try to console the grieved families. I would speak to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the regard. Health Minister Rajesh Tope has already ordered probe into the case and facts will come to fore in the enquiry. No guilty will be spared and at the same time necessary steps will be taken to avoid such incident at any hospital across the state,” said Praful Patel, ..

Sensation prevailed in Ajni area when a history-sheeter was brutally murdered by three persons in a saloon in Hawrapeth area of Ajni police station, police officials said. The accused have been arrested by the police. The deceased was identified as Sumit Pingale (23), a resident of Chandra Nagar, Howrahpeth. Devendra Joshi (52), his son Nihal Devendra Joshi (24), both residents of Chandra Nagar, Hawrapeth and Rishab Raut (25), a resident of Alankar Nagar, were arrested by the police in the evening ..

In a desperate attempt to make good the losses from passenger ticket sales due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic, Railways have belatedly woken up to the need of re-starting services of popular trains on various circuits. At Central Railway, about four trains ex-Nagpur and one from Amravati are mooted to be restarted on urgent basis. The Chief Passenger and Traffic Manager (CPTM), CR, has sounded an SoS to Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME), CR, about need for readying rakes of 24 trains identified ..

THE alleged erotic asphyxia case in which an engineer lost his life at Maharaja Lodge, Dahegaon (Rangari), took a new turn with Khaperkheda Police arresting the young girl on murder charges following a complaint lodged by the victim’s father on Saturday. Identified as Mehazbin alias Heena Samad (20), the accused is a resident of Teka Basti. The deceased, Ziauddin Salauddin Ansari (29) was a resident of Plot No. 433, Teka Nai Basti. Cops registered an offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code ..

The workers of Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh will stage ‘Ghantanaad’ agitation in front of the residence of Maharashtra Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh on January 11 at 9.30 am. The agitation will be held for its demand to fill more than 12,000 vacant posts of police personnel in the State. The recruitment process in Police Department is pending since last three years and despite the slogans given by the State Government from time to time, the Mahavikas Aghadi-led State Government had stalled the process...

Usually, January is the month when students of Class XI start preparing for ensuing examinations. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic and Maratha quota complexities, the admission process itself got delayed and the delay has extended into January. As a result, despite conducting three regular rounds and two special rounds, as many as 27,012 seats of Class XI are still vacant in Nagpur. As per the details, COVID-19 pandemic last year first cast shadow of uncertainty over conduct of examinations. ..

SEVERAL representations by different bodies of pharmacists in the State had been made to the Maharashtra Government to implement e-Aushadhi portal in the interest of patients and hospitals. As a result, after a long debate over the portal, the Government of Maharashtra finally issued an order to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) to implement e-Aushadhi portal in the State.Now, it would be easy for the stakeholders in pharma trade to streamline the supply of medicines. This web-based ..

In a new year gift for the civic employees, Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B has approved implementation of recommendations of 7th Pay Commission from month of January paid in February. On Friday, Vijay Kolhe, Chief Accounts and Finance Officer (CAFO), Nagpur Municipal Corporation, issued a notification intimating about the 7th Pay scales for civic staffers and tasks to be completed before hand for smooth implementation of the same. Earlier, Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari had broached up ..

Lack of resources often dash hopes of talented students from economically poor background from making it to the top. However, two girl students from Surendragarh Hindi Secondary School run by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) have shown that ‘if there is consistency then no power on earth can stop one from achieving success’. The two have made city proud after their model got selected for satellite that is proposed to be launched in space. For Swati Vinod Mishra and Kajal Ramnaresh Sharma, it is ..

Solid rocket propulsion stage demonstrator ‘Kalam-5’ which is going to be used in India’s first-ever privately designed and developed rocket ‘Vikram-1’, has been successfully test-fired by Solar Group’s Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) and Skyroot Aerospace in the Solar Group’s Rocket testing facility in the city recently. Kalam-5 is a solid propellant motor and uses exactly same propellant, materials, and interface as the third stage of the Vikram-1 launch vehicle. The propulsion system provides ..

PANIC gripped the residents of Tailor Lane at Chhaoni in Sadar area after a middle-aged woman was charred to death in a devastating fire that broke out in a three-storeyed commercial-cum-residential building on Thursday morning. Though the building housed a shop and godown of aerosol-based car freshener and illegally stocked firecrackers, it was alleged that the owner had taken no fire safety measures. Quick action by firefighters from Fire and Emergency Services Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation ..

Though some black spots on Nagpur roads have been removed, there are still black spots on city roads that can lead to serious accidents. The Sansad Sadasya Apghat Niwaran Samiti under the leadership of Dr Vikas Mahatme has taken serious cognizance of it and made the authority to swing into action. Recently the committee had discussed the issue with District Collector Ravindra Thakare and pointed out 14 such black spots in MIDC and Sonegaon traffic zones It is Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology ..

Dr Sameer Dinkar Kulkarni, a post Graduate in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a recipient of prestigious BI research fellowship of Birla Institute of Technology is successful in enhancing the anti-oxidant activity of Lauki/Dudhi juice (Bottle Gourd). He has also received a patent for his research. According to Arvind Bhaskarwar, a member of Hridaya Mitra Mandal, “Hridaya Mitra Mandal, Nagpur is promoting bottle gourd juice since year 2000 for reversal of heart arteries blockages as well as controlling ..

With State Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam are round the corner, All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed some leaders as Senior Observers for overseeing election campaign management and co-ordination in these states where polls would be held in 2021. Names of city leaders Dr Nitin Raut, Guardian Minister and Mukul Wasnik, senior Congressman are in these leaders. Dr Nitin Raut has been given the responsibility of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry while ..

TRAGEDY struck an old woman living in penury when her only 12-year-old grandson living with her was killed under a train while chasing a snapped kite in Koradi Police Station area, on Wednesday. This is the second incident in the city when a kid’s love for kites resulted in accidental death...

TALKING tough, newly-elected Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari reminded that he has in past won President’s medal in debate contest while indicating that he is ready to take on the State Government and civic administration if situation comes to such a pass. Replying to query about what seems to be tug of war between ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and civic administration, Tiwari said he has been past master in Wadvivad (debate) and is ready again for the same if the situation demands...

MANDAR and Rajendra Uttelwar, Sachchidanand Nagar and Smita Shashikant Pathak of Ulhas Nagar were the winners of Fort-Making Contest and Rangoli Contest respectively conducted by Vidarbha Award Winners Welfare Association (VAWWA). The prize distribution function was held on Sunday on the occasion of Savitribai Phule Jayanti and 20th foundation day of the sanstha. ..

Monday was a historic day for not only Nagpur but also Vidarbha region. For, permanently functional office of Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat was inaugurated at Vidhan Bhavan in Nagpur. Nana Patole, Speaker of Legislative Assembly, cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Nagpur office of Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat. Narhari Zirwal, Deputy Speaker; Anil Parab, Parliamentary Affairs Minister; Dr Nitin Raut, Guardian Minister of Nagpur district; Sunil Kedar, Animal Husbandry Minister, and several ..

After a gap of almost 10 months, schools in the city re-opened on Monday. However, there was a cautious response from students and their parents, as COVID-19 pandemic is still not over. The response was better in case of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) schools than that in other schools in the city. As per the norms, consent letter from parents was a necessary condition for allowing students to sit in classrooms. At the entrance of schools, school staff checked if the students had brought duly ..

The stage is set for the first on-line election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation slated for Tuesday. The administration is holding a special general body meeting through video conferencing mode wherein the election is listed on the agenda. Perhaps in the country, this is going to be first such experiment wherein Mayor’s polls are being held using the technological advancement against backdrop of COVID-19...

Responding to the notification issued by Maharashtra Government about re-opening of schools initially with Class XI, X, XI and XII after 8-months, some schools have prepared themselves taking all the Covid-19 rules into account. Some schools because of meek response from students regarding attending schools from Monday, have decided to not to start off-line classes...

Two months after 17 vehicles were damaged by goons in Narendra Nagar area, three cars were set on fire by anti-socials in Imambada late Saturday night. The incident left the residents of Untakhana Layout terrified. The cops are checking the CCTV footage to identify the culprits. A police official said that cars of Amol Patil (38), Sankalp Sivcharan Wankhede (32) and Viveksindhu Taksande (40) were set on fire by an unidentified person. Many cars were parked in front of the houses of residents. However, ..