Nagpur

Class 7 girl, who was set on fire after being sexually assaulted, dies in hospital

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Saturday May 25, 2013

A Class 7 girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and then set on fire at an under-construction building in Nagpur has died at a hospital in the city.

Nagpur: Class 7 girl sexually assaulted and burnt, battles for life

Written by Sanjay Tiwari | Friday May 24, 2013

An under construction building in the busy Manish Nagar area of Nagpur became the site of a horrific crime on Friday morning. A minor girl was found there burning. The doctors at Government Medical College and Hospital attending to her said she had s...

After all-time high yesterday, mercury drops a degree in Nagpur

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2013

There was some respite from scorching heat for people in Nagpur today as the mercury marginally dropped to 46.6 degree Celsius against the all-time high of 47.9, in the city yesterday.

Heat wave unabated, Rajasthan's Sriganganagar sizzles at 48.2 degrees

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Normal life remained affected as most parts of the country continued to reel under intense heat wave on Wednesday, with mercury in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district settling at a sizzling 48.2 degrees Celsius.

Heat wave sweeps through country, Nagpur experiences hottest day in six decades

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Heat wave conditions sweeping large parts of the country worsened, killing three persons in Madhya Pradesh, while Nagpur on Tuesday witnessed its hottest day in six decades at a sizzling 47.8 degrees Celsius.

Heat wave: Three die in Madhya Pradesh; Nagpur equals its all-time highest temperature

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (With inputs from PTI) | Wednesday May 22, 2013

An intense heat wave is sweeping most parts of the country and has already claimed three lives in Madhya Pradesh since yesterday. Mercury levels in the state have been hovering around in the mid-forties, which is way above normal for this time of the...

Spot-fixing: Ex-Ranji player detained, allegedly introduced Ajit Chandila to bookie

Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from PTI) | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A former Ranji player was detained today by the Delhi Police in connection with the spot-fixing scandal that has cast a shadow on the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League.

Heat wave grips north India; Delhi experiences season's hottest day

Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with inputs from IANS) | Monday May 20, 2013

It was a blazing weekend across northern and central India with Delhi recording its hottest day of the season on Sunday at 46.1 degrees Celsius - five notches above average. Other states like Haryana and Rajasthan experienced hotter temperatures.

At 47 degrees Celsius, Nagpur hottest in India

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 19, 2013

The orange city on Saturday recorded a maximum temperatures of 47 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place in the country, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said in Nagpur on Sunday.

Mercury touches 47 degree Celsius in Nagpur

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

The city recorded its highest temperature in the season at 47 degree Celsius even as entire East Maharashtra region continued to reel under intense heat wave.

Man given death sentence for killing fiancee in Nagpur

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

A Fast Track Court here today awarded death sentence to a youth for killing his fiancee and life imprisonment to his friend for helping him in the crime.

How Sanjay Dutt spent his first night in jail

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent his first night after returning to prison reading spiritual books. The Maharashtra Government authorities are yet to decide if he should be kept at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai or if he should be shifted elsewh...

Dyslexic pilot flies half-way around the world

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013

Braving the inability to read numbers and symbols, 21-year-old dyslexic Malayasian pilot Capt James Anthony Tan has managed to fly half-way around the world in a tiny, single Cessna 210 Eagle aircraft.

At 46 degrees, Nagpur records highest temperature in Vidarbha

Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2013

After touching season's high in Nagpur on Thursday, the mercury dropped slightly to 46 degree Celsius in the second capital of Maharashtra on Friday.

Doctors' emotional ordeal: Treating sexually abused children

Saurabh Gupta | Friday May 10, 2013

Treating patients of child abuse is not an ordinary task by any standards. Doctors and nurses of a private hospital in Nagpur that has seen two such cases in a couple of weeks say it takes a huge toll emotionally.