Doma Ashramshala in Chikhaldara. By: Anil JadhavAMRAVATI: When laughter scares a village, could it be spirits lurking in the shad-ows? Or just troubled minds?In the tribal-dominated pocket of Melghat in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, rumours fuelled an exodus from a govt ashram school last week after some girls were spotted laughing without reason and then going…
Nagpur: Civic authorities have been directed to immediately complete a joint survey of encroachments on govt land and roads across the city, with Nagpur Municipal Corporation, district administration, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), Public Works Department (PWD) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) asked to coordinate the exercise.The directive was issued at a meeting of…
Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday dismissed claims that the reported closure of 36,211 companies reflected an industrial decline in the state, saying the parliamentary figures had been “conveniently interpreted” and did not present the complete picture.In a detailed response addressed to NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on ‘X’, the CM said the data…
A student’s account highlighted the daily 7km trek to school for village girls. NAGPUR: A few days ago when Class 9 student Tina Vaikunthe recorded a reel describing her daily 7km trek to school from Khetapur village in Nagpur district, little did she know the video would go viral and bring the administration right to…
Tribal development department officials said the panic exposed long-standing management lapses at the school, including overcrowded rooms, poor food quality and lack of sanitation. By: Anil JadhavAMRAVATI: At least 608 students left a govt ashramshala in Amravati’s tribal-dominated Melghat after rumours fuelled panic last week about the premises being haunted.It all started after a few…
150 Accounts Used To Fund Banned Betting AppsNagpur: A special squad of the zonal DCP Rishikesh Singa Reddy busted a city-based mule account racket with pan-India and international links. Cops arrested two persons who allegedly created and operated more than 150 bank accounts in the last two months. Sources said that over Rs100 crore was…
Nagpur: The in-house security personnel of public-sector mining company Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) have been empowered to initiate legal proceedings in cases of coal theft and illegal mining. WCL has also issued a toll-free number 1800-233-5506/7 for reporting incidents of coal theft.The move comes after a change in the mines and minerals (development and regulation)…
NAGPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said democracy allows room for divergent and even conflicting viewpoints, and that public-interest issues may sometimes need to be raised forcefully. However, he stressed that such expression must not harm the Constitution or the country’s social and cultural fabric.Speaking at an Independence Day flag-hoisting programme at Kasturchand Park…
The NMC campaign also spotlights an uncomfortable issue for cities: it can be considerably harder to collect a tax than to impose one. NAGPUR: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation is gearing up for one of its biggest property-tax recovery drives, with an eye on recovering pending dues of Rs 1,279 crore between August 20 and September…
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Friday upheld the police decision refusing permission for a proposed Kanwar Yatra from Kalyaneshwar Shiv Mandir in Mahal to Ganesh-Shiv Mandir in Ansar Nagar, Mominpura, effectively ruling that the procession cannot pass through the locality.A division bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Rajneesh Vyas dismissed the…
