The Latest Breaking News from NAGPUR

NAGPUR: Asian chess queen Divya Deshmukh won the seventh game of the World Junior championship to remain in sole lead with eight points from nine rounds at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Tuesday.

NAGPUR: Asian champion Divya Deshmukh utilized her opening advantage well to outplay Russia’s Kseniya Norman to remain in lead in the World Junior girl’s chess championship currently in progress at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Monday.

NAGPUR: On a pleasantly cool Sunday morning, Nagpur's Gopal Palandurkar and Adarsh Bhure scripted history at the University track by winning a silver and bronze medal in the 100m race of the 72nd Maharashtra state senior athletics championship.

India is currently experiencing unprecedented heatwaves, with both Delhi and Nagpur registering record-breaking temperatures that have raised significant concerns across the nation. Just days after Delhi's scorching 52.9 degrees Celsius, Nagpur has now reported temperatures soaring past the 50-degree mark.

NAGPUR: The current heatwave across the region could well be a blessing for Nagpur athletes during the 72nd Maharashtra State Senior Athletics Championship, which begins at the Nagpur University track at Ravi Nagar from Saturday.

NAGPUR: Divya Deshmukh chose Sharjah, famous for its deserts, to end her title drought on Wednesday.

NAGPUR: City's Alfiya Khan Pathan claimed a silver medal in the Asian U-22 Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. In the final bout of the light heavyweight (81kg) category, Alfiya went down fighting to local favourite Diana Magauyayeva 4-1.

NAGPUR: To avenge her break-up, a jilted woman along with her two aides hurled acid at a 29-year-old labourer at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) premises in Kalamna on April 25.

Omar Abdullah said he was “up against Delhi’s might and Nagpur’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)“.