NAGPUR: A massive explosion at the ordnance factory Bhandara (OFBA) past 10.30am , a key defence establishment about 50kms from Nagpur, killed at least eight workers on Friday. There were 13 workers including two apprentices inside the unit, which makes low temperature plastic explosives (LTPE), when the blast happened.The blast was so severe that it…
NEW DELHI: A 77-year-old woman from Retyakheda village in Maharashtra’s Amravati district was allegedly attacked, humiliated and forced her to drink urine on December 30 after neighbours accused her of practising black magic, police said on Saturday.The incident came to light when the victim’s son and daughter-in-law, who were away for work, returned on 5…
NAGPUR: A Nagpur student has approached Delhi High Court, seeking its intervention to safeguard NEET PG seats reserved for PwD (persons with benchmark disabilities) candidates, which are being converted into general category seats in the third round of counselling.The petitioner Saket Agrawal, along with eight other PwD candidates, filed a petition through counsel Rohit Singh…
NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: With five-star hotels booked, travel itinerary chalked out, aircraft on standby to fly out MLAs to deflect poachers, and post-poll strategies in place, both Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and Mahayuti are ready to ringfence their winning legislators due to fears of a hung assembly. If neither alliance gets a majority, then support of every…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive gathering in Akola on Saturday NAGPUR/AKOLA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a massive gathering in Akola on Saturday, launched a fierce attack on the Congress party, especially targeting what he referred to as its “royal family.” In his speech, he accused the Congress governments in Telangana and Karnataka…
NAGPUR: The key accused in the Ram Jhula accident case Ritika Maloo was arrested by State CID in a midnight swoop on her residence at Deshpande Layout in Wardhaman Nagar on Thursday. The CID moved hours after the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), in an unprecedented move, opened the courtroom at 10.30pm and allowed the…
NAGPUR: A judge drove to hospital a lawyer who suffered a suspected cardiac arrest Saturday in the district court, but the advocate could not be saved. Talat Iqbal Qureshi (65) was waiting for his case to be heard when he suddenly collapsed in the courtroom. Judge S B Pawar rushed down from his judicial dais…
NAGPUR: Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt had given a ‘supari‘ to cops to implicate him and a few other BJP leaders and put them behind bars. Fadnavis was responding to former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh‘s statement that MVA conspired to frame top BJP…
NAGPUR: Nishant Agrawal, convicted for leaking official secrets to Pakistani intelligence operatives, has challenged his life imprisonment in the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court. The court has issued notices to Maharashtra government and other respondents, asking them to respond within two weeks.Agrawal, an award-winning missile engineer at BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) in Nagpur,…
NAGPUR: Four individuals sustained injuries in a series of collisions involving twelve vehicles after being hit by a speeding container in the Mankapur area of Nagpur late Sunday night. According to the Nagpur police, 12 vehicles, including 9 cars, an ambulance and two two-wheelers were hit by the speeding container.Meanwhile, an eyewitness reported that the…
