Nagpur: News
16 Dec 2024
Amit ShahExcluded from cabinet, Shiv Sena MLA quits all party posts
Narendra Bhondekar, a three-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Eknath Shinde's faction of the Shiv Sena, has resigned from all party posts.
15 Dec 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Maharashtra cabinet expanded: Meet the new ministers
The Maharashtra cabinet expansion took place on Sunday with the induction of 39 ministers in Nagpur.
15 Dec 2024
Ajit PawarMaharashtra cabinet expansion today, over 30 ministers to take oath
The much-awaited Maharashtra cabinet expansion under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will take place on Sunday.
02 Dec 2024
Asaduddin Owaisi'Are we rabbits?': Congress MP on Bhagwat's '3 children' advice
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has ignited a debate with his recent remarks on India's falling population growth.
02 Dec 2024
Asaduddin OwaisiWhy RSS's Bhagwat wants Indian couples to 'produce 3 kids'
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has voiced concern over India's falling population growth, saying the country's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) should be at least three.
29 Nov 2024
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 10 killed as bus swerves to avoid bike, overturns
At least 10 people were killed and around 30 injured in a bus accident in Maharashtra's Gondia on Friday.
29 Nov 2024
DelhiDelhi: 'Bunty and Babli' con duo arrested for laptop thefts
A Delhi-based "Bunty and Babli" con couple has been arrested for a series of laptop thefts.
23 Nov 2024
Lok Sabha ElectionsMaharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis leading in Nagpur South West
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Devendra Fadnavis is leading by 12,329 votes in the Nagpur South West assembly constituency, latest data from the Election Commission of India shows.
19 Nov 2024
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Anil Deshmukh attacked: Sule 'worried'; Kejriwal, other leaders react
Former Maharashtra home minister and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh was injured after his car was attacked with stones in Nagpur district on Monday night.
15 Nov 2024
Bombay High Court'Married or not, non-consensual intercourse with minor wife rape': HC
The Bombay High Court has ruled that non-consensual sexual intercourse with a wife below 18 years of age amounts to rape.
14 Nov 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Modi thinks I carry blank Constitution...since...he never read it: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his allegations that the Constitution book he carries is blank.
29 Oct 2024
MaharashtraNagpur man behind hoax bomb threats to airlines identified
The Nagpur Police have identified the suspect behind a series of hoax bomb threats that caused widespread panic and flight delays across India.
30 Sep 2024
Cardiac ArrestHow HCL reacted to an employee's death at Nagpur office
A senior analyst at HCL Technologies, Nitin Edwin Michael, tragically passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest at the company's Nagpur office.
24 Sep 2024
HaridwarTalcum powder, starch used in antibiotics supplied to government hospitals
A 1,200-page chargesheet has revealed that antibiotics distributed to government hospitals in Nagpur were made from talcum powder mixed with starch.
10 Jul 2024
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)Maharashtra: Ex-CRPF man shoots son for assaulting grandson, arrested
A 68-year-old ex-Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was arrested in Nagpur, Maharashtra, for allegedly shooting his son.
09 Jul 2024
Tamil NaduTN: 61-year-old struck by car, flung 20 feet in air
A 61-year-old woman was hit by a speeding sedan in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district on Sunday.
13 Jun 2024
Anil Deshmukh5 killed in blast at explosives-making factory in Nagpur
An explosion at an explosives manufacturing unit in Dhamna village, Nagpur, claimed the lives of five people on Thursday.
03 Jun 2024
Bombay High CourtEx-BrahMos engineer gets life sentence for spying for Pakistan
A former engineer at BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd, Nishant Pradeepkumar Agrawal, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Nagpur court on Monday for spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
24 Apr 2024
Airports Authority of IndiaWhat is ISHAN, India's push for 'one nation, one airspace'
India has begun the process of consolidating its four airspace zones into a single entity in order to refine and strengthen air traffic management (ATM).
13 Mar 2024
Ministry of Road Transport and HighwaysUK government deploys AI-powered robot to repair potholes
The Hertfordshire County Council in the UK has begun utilizing an artificial intelligence (AI) robot to enhance its road conditions by automatically filling potholes.
23 Sep 2023
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Flood-like situation in Nagpur city after heavy rains
Heavy rainfall in Nagpur city of Maharashtra for the past 24 hours has resulted in severe waterlogging in low-lying areas, PTI reported.
12 Aug 2023
MurderBJP leader Sana Khan murder: Husband arrested, body remains missing
Sana Khan, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Nagpur, Maharashtra, who went missing 10 days ago, has reportedly been murdered by her husband.
05 Aug 2023
Bombay High CourtWho is Justice Rohit Deo, and why did he resign
Justice Rohit Deo, a Bombay High Court judge, announced on Friday that he has resigned due to "personal reasons" and sent his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu.
06 May 2023
Air IndiaScorpion bites passenger on Air India's Nagpur-Mumbai flight: Report
A passenger onboard an Air India flight from Nagpur to Mumbai was stung by a scorpion last month, an official statement from the airline revealed on Saturday.
21 Mar 2023
Nitin GadkariMaharashtra: Nitin Gadkari receives threat calls at Nagpur office
Union minister Nitin Gadkari's Nagpur office in Maharashtra reportedly received threat calls from an unidentified caller who allegedly demanded a Rs. 10 crore ransom.
06 Mar 2023
MaharashtraNagpur: 15-year-old delivers baby after watching online videos, kills newborn
While do-it-yourself (DIY) videos online are helpful in learning various skills and overcoming several daily obstacles, they do come with many knowledge limitations.
24 Jan 2023
Madhya PradeshWhy Dhirendra Shastri,'miraculous' head of MP's Bageshwar Dham, is trending
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, a 26-year-old self-styled godman and head of Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district who claims to have psychic powers, has recently made the headlines as a polarizing figure.
14 Jan 2023
Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari receives death threat calls
An unidentified person on Saturday threatened to kill the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari following which security around his office and home was beefed up, IANS reported.
11 Dec 2022
MaharashtraPM Modi flags off new Vande Bharat train in Nagpur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially flagged off Phase I of the Nagpur Metro rail project on Sunday.
13 Oct 2022
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Conflict tiger which killed 13 persons captured in Gadchiroli
The conflict tiger, CT-1, which killed 13 persons in three districts of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra over the last 10 months, was tranquilized and captured by the forest department in Gadchiroli district on Thursday.
07 Aug 2022
MaharashtraNagpur: Parents kill minor daughter during 'black magic' ritual
A five-year-old girl allegedly lost her life in a black magic ceremony in Nagpur on Sunday.
16 Jun 2022
IndiaNagpur: People throng ATM 'faultily' dispensing 5 times extra cash
People in Maharashtra's Nagpur reportedly rushed to an automated teller machine (ATM) after it started dispensing five times extra cash to customers due to a technical glitch.
09 Jun 2022
Social MediaTwo 'husbands' approach cops against woman for eloping with third
Two men approached police officers at Bharosa cell, seeking their assistance in reuniting with their estranged wife.
27 Apr 2022
MaharashtraTop 5 tourist places near Nagpur
Nagpur, famous for its oranges, is the winter capital of Maharashtra and a proposed smart city.
03 Apr 2022
MaharashtraVideo: Chinese rocket re-enters Earth, light-up skies over Maharashtra, MP
A blistering streak of light slashing through the night sky caught skywatchers off guard in regions of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, leading them to believe it was a meteor shower.
14 Dec 2021
MaharashtraNagpur woman cooks up fake gang-rape story 'to marry boyfriend'
In Nagpur, more than a thousand policemen spent five to six long hours scanning CCTV footage from across the city and questioning dozens of people.
14 Sep 2021
Boat CapsizesAmravati: Four drown, seven missing after boat capsizes in river
Four people drowned and at least seven others were missing after their boat capsized in the Wardha river in Maharashtra's Amravati district on Tuesday, police said.
26 Aug 2021
MaharashtraNagpur: Prostitution banned in red-light area for next two months
Days after imposing Section 144 of CrPC in a prominent red-light area in Nagpur in Maharashtra following complaints of open solicitation by commercial sex workers (CSWs), the police have now issued a notification banning prostitution to be carried out in that area for the next two months, an official said on Thursday.
20 Aug 2021
AfghanistanAfghan man deported from Nagpur has joined Taliban
An Afghan national, who was deported to Afghanistan from Nagpur in June this year after he was found staying in Nagpur illegally, has apparently joined the Taliban, and his picture holding a rifle has surfaced on social media, a senior police official said.
19 Aug 2021
MaharashtraCreative work will help prisoners get back to mainstream: Judge
If prisoners get involved in creative work and arts during their jail term, it will help them in changing their mindset and get back to the mainstream, Nagpur's Principal District and Sessions Judge SC More has said.
19 Aug 2021
MurderTwo brothers kill man for affair with their teenage sister
Two brothers allegedly murdered a man who was in a relationship with their teenage sister, in Nagpur city of Maharashtra on Wednesday, police said.
03 Aug 2021
Fraud CasesTwo persons duped on the pretext of doubling money
Two persons were duped of Rs. 4 lakh by fraudsters on the pretext of doubling their money using a chemical in Nagpur city of Maharashtra, police officials said on Monday.
15 Jul 2021
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Seven persons injured in a bus-truck collision
Seven persons traveling in a bus were injured after the driver of a truck that was running ahead of it suddenly applied brakes when a mentally ill man hurled a stone toward his vehicle near Nagpur city, a police official said on Thursday.
28 Apr 2021
India85-year-old gives up hospital bed for 40-year-old, dies at home
Sending out a message of courage and sacrifice during a grim health crisis, an 85-year-old man voluntarily walked out of a Nagpur hospital asking doctors to offer his bed to a younger patient.
14 Apr 2021
MaharashtraCOVID-19 surge stretching Nagpur GMCH doctors to the limit
Amid a massive rise in COVID-19 cases, doctors at Nagpur's premier Government Medical College and Hospital said that they were dealing with unprecedented patient numbers, stretching the health infrastructure and the efficiency levels of staff thin.
10 Apr 2021
MaharashtraNagpur hospital fire: Woman patient among four dead, two critical
The fire at a private hospital in Nagpur has claimed the lives of four patients- one woman and three men- and also left two other patients critical, officials said on Saturday.
06 Apr 2021
MaharashtraFour booked for duping Nagpur man of Rs. 40 lakh
Police has registered a case against four persons for allegedly duping a 52-year-old Nagpur resident of Rs. 40 lakh on the pretext of providing admission to his daughter in a medical course, an official said.
26 Mar 2021
HoliHoli and Shab-e-Barat celebrations banned in Nagpur
The civic body in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Friday issued a notification banning Holi celebrations and Shab-e-Barat processions in public and private places amid the rise in COVID-19 cases.
12 Mar 2021
MurderWoman arrested for killing husband who had five wives
A woman has been arrested in Nagpur for allegedly killing her husband, a police official said on Thursday.
11 Mar 2021
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 7-day COVID-19 lockdown in Nagpur from Monday
Nagpur city and some adjoining areas are set to go on lockdown starting March 15 (Monday), the district administration announced on Thursday.
25 Jan 2021
Bombay High CourtGroping without skin contact is not sexual assault: Bombay HC
In a controversial ruling, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court observed that groping a minor's breasts without "skin-to-skin" contact doesn't qualify as sexual assault.
11 Jan 2021
Health & WellnessExplosion in equipment could have triggered fire that killed newborns
The fire that took the lives of 10 newborn children on Saturday could have been sparked by an explosion in one of the radiant warmers kept at the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Bhandara District General Hospital, Maharashtra, officials involved with the probe have indicated.
09 Jan 2021
IndiaMan dies as rope around neck turns fatal during sex
A 30-year-old man died in Nagpur on Friday allegedly due to suffocation after a rope tied around his neck during sex with a woman proved to be fatal, the local police said.
11 Nov 2020
Joe BidenMeet the Bidens in India: US President-elect's 'distant relatives'
United States President-elect Joe Biden has twice in the past mentioned having a family in India. The 77-year-old Democrat had referenced his distant relatives in 2013 during his maiden visit to India and then again in 2015.
04 Jun 2019
IndiaNagpur woman delivers own baby as hospital staff sleeps on
In a horrible incident of negligence by officials, a 23-year-old woman had to deliver her own child with no medical assistance at a government hospital on Monday.
01 Jun 2019
IndiaGoAir employee wishes mother 'Happy Birthday' in suicide note
In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old GoAir employee allegedly killed himself in Nagpur, the police said on Friday. The deceased hung himself on his mother's birthday on Thursday afternoon, leaving behind a suicide note where he wished her a happy birthday.
16 May 2019
IndiaNagpur: Lizard found in Haldiram's food; FDA closes outlet
In Nagpur, Maharashtra, a man allegedly found a lizard in his food while eating at an outlet of the popular restaurant chain Haldiram's, a Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) official said on Wednesday.
29 Jan 2019
Republic DayNagpur: Cop showers money on girls performing on R-Day, suspended
In a shocking incident, a cop in Nagpur's Nand Village was caught on camera showering notes on girls performing at a cultural function on Republic Day, Saturday.
17 Jan 2019
WhatsAppWife in US, husband in Nagpur; divorce granted via WhatsApp
In a rare incident, a family court in Nagpur, Maharashtra, granted divorce to a couple through an unusual method: a WhatsApp video call, since the woman was in Michigan at the time of hearing.
09 Oct 2018
IndiaGold medalist BrahMos engineer allegedly leaked data to ISI, arrested
On Monday, police arrested an engineer working at BrahMos Missile Research Centre in Nagpur for allegedly leaking sensitive data to Pakistan's ISI and other countries.
26 Sep 2018
Amitabh BachchanAmitabh to start filming for Nagraj Manjule's 'Jhund' in November
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to start working on filmmaker Nagraj Manjule's next 'Jhund' from November.
22 Aug 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Army recruitment drive from October 23 to November 3
An Army recruitment drive for the post of soldiers will be conducted in Amravati city in east Maharashtra in October this year.
25 Jul 2018
EducationOver 50% CBSE Class-12 students seeking re-evaluation get marks increased
There seems to be no end to CBSE's gaffes. A TOI report reveals that over half of the 9,111 Class-12 students who applied for re-evaluation this time had their marks increased.
17 Jun 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Imprisoned farmers also got benefits of loan waiver scheme
The Maharashtra Government's mega loan waiver scheme has benefited even imprisoned farmers, said an official.
07 Jun 2018
Pranab MukherjeeAs Pranab Mukherjee readies for RSS event, daughter Sharmistha disapproves
Sharmistha Mukherjee, former president Pranab Mukherjee's daughter and a Congress leader, took to Twitter on Wednesday to express her discontent over the latter attending an RSS event in Nagpur today.
28 May 2018
Pranab MukherjeePranab Mukherjee to address newly recruited RSS workers in Nagpur
The RSS has invited former President Pranab Mukherjee to address its newly recruited workers on June 7 in Nagpur.
17 Apr 2018
IndiaOla to launch 10,000 e-rickshaws in India within 12 months
Ride hailing service Ola has announced it would add 10,000 e-rickshaws to its platform over the next 12 months.
22 Jan 2018
National Crime Records BureauNagpur man arrested for raping minor daughter for three years
A 45-year-old man, who works as a school peon, has been arrested in Nagpur for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter for the last three years.
30 Sep 2017
Mohan BhagwatVijaya Dashami Live: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's address
While addressing party workers on Vijay Dashami at the RSS headquarters, Nagpur, supremo Mohan Bhagwat asserted that cow protection is not a matter of religion.
10 Sep 2017
HyderabadSemi-high speed rail-corridor to reduce Nagpur-Hyderabad travel-time to 3 hours
Indian Railways is planning to bring down the rail journey time between Maharashtra's Nagpur and Hyderabad to three hours from the current nine hours.
