The Latest Breaking News from NAGPUR

NAGPUR: The normal administrative functioning of Maharashtra Social Forestry Department (SFD) has gone for a toss with over 80% of the posts of divisional forest officers (DFOs) lying vacant for the last two years.

NAGPUR: The cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is losing more money almost on a daily basis on account of garbage collection as one of the two operators — AG Enviro Infra Projects Private Ltd — continues to violate its order of not lifting tree debris — trunks and branches of…

NAGPUR: Dr Pawankumar Uikey, in-charge of Kamalapur primary health centre (PHC) in Aheri taluka of south Gadchiroli, an ambulance driver Praful Bat, and his cousin Anil Bat were arrested for their alleged role behind erecting a banner of Maoists on Kamalapur-Damrancha Road in the wee hours of Thursday.

NAGPUR: The functioning of Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC), South East Central Railway (SECR) and State Public Works Department (PWD) have come under the scanner after a 12-year-old boy fell into an open pit and died in east Nagpur on Thursday. All the three entities are shirking responsibility…

NAGPUR: A few former corporators got a jolt after the draw conducted by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) left their seats reserved for Backward Class of Citizens (BCC) or women on Friday. Many political heavyweights were delighted with change in reservations in the second round.

NAGPUR: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday asked the administration to set up a 500-bed hospital for the poor in Tajuddin Baba’s memory on the premises of his famous dargah.

NAGPUR: Two days after TOI’s exclusive report on how Nagpur University’s digital website displayed Pune University’s history, courses offered by Mumbai’s Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University and not own information, both the pages and links were removed from the portal on Friday.

NAGPUR: Covid cases have almost touched the 300-mark in the fourth wave. With increase in number of hospitalizations and some patients turning critical, the demand for drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab too has increased.

NAGPUR: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday asked National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to submit its detailed project report (DPR) on the 100-year-old Ajni railway overbridge (RoB), so it can will approach the government for funds to replace the dilapidated structure.

NAGPUR: Even as Covid-19 cases had been constantly growing for more than a month, authorities as well as treating doctors were not worried as the hospitalization rate was negligible. Even when there were more than 900 active cases in Nagpur district, only 25 patients were in hospitals.

NAGPUR: Genome sequencing of Covid positive samples from the region has shown dominance of new Omicron sub-lineage BA.2.75 in Vidarbha, which is witnessing spike in all the districts. This highly mutated variant of Omicron is more fitter and known to dodge antibodies beside better attaching itself to human cells.