Nagpur: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Thursday informed the legislative assembly that regional transport officer (RTO) Ravindra Bhuyar, along with motor vehicle inspectors (MVIs) Yogesh More and Ganesh Virane, has been sent on compulsory leave pending an inquiry into allegations of corruption and irregularities in the transport department.Bhuyar, who is currently posted as the…
Nagpur: After lashing Nagpur city over the past week, the southwest monsoon has taken a pause. Several areas remained dry on Monday while a few localities witnessed only light showers in last couple of days. But several parts of Vidarbha witnessed good showers, helping further reduce the rainfall deficit in the region.As per the India…
Heavy traffic congestion on Karve Road in Pune due to the rain on Sunday Pune: The showers that Pune district and the ghat areas experienced in the 24 hours from 8.30am on Saturday to Sunday somewhat quelled fears at least for now of the El Nino effect and its long shadow on the monsoon this…
Nagpur: With govt inviting suggestions on the proposed Mineral (Holding and Inquiry Appeal) Rules, 2026, the Vidarbha Economic Development (VED) Council has flagged key concerns, saying the draft lacks a provision for issuing a warning before initiating civil penalty proceedings and fails to provide for proportionate penalties for minor violations.The proposed penalties are nearly ten…
Nagpur: Frontal organisations have incited locals of Gadchiroli against acquisition of their land for industrial projects like the JSW Group’s steel plant or the airport, thus stalling the process, said district’s co-guardian minister Ashish Jaiswal on Saturday. The counter, he said, is making lucrative offers that would prompt locals to themselves come forward to give…
Lakhs participate in the 21-day annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur Pune: With the month-long Ashadhi Wari set to coincide with the Election Commission’s door-to-door voter verification exercise, political parties and sections of the administration are increasingly sceptical about whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls can be completed within the timeline from June…
Nagpur: Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday pitched an ambitious vision for Nagpur as an ‘aerotropolis city’, while formally handing over the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport to GMR, describing the move as a turning point in central India’s aviation and economic growth story.The Nagpur airport was conceptualised as an aerotropolis…
Nagpur, June 25, 2026: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday asked the GMR Group to complete the second phase of the modernisation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport by 2029, asserting that Nagpur’s ambitious aviation expansion should not be pushed beyond the tenure of the current Maharashtra govt.Speaking at the formal handover ceremony of the…
Nagpur, June 24, 2026: Union Civil Aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday pitched an ambitious vision for Nagpur as an “aerotropolis city” while formally handing over the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport to the GMR Group, describing the move as a turning point in central India’s aviation and economic growth story.Speaking at the…
An uprooted tree crashed onto a parked car at Purushottam Chowk, Dadar TT, on Wednesday. Fire Brigade and BMC personnel cleared the fallen tree amid rainfall. No injuries were reported Mumbai: The overnight downpour in the first 24 hours of the much-delayed monsoon onset pushed the city’s rain gauges into triple digits, with several pockets…
