
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to set up a unit in Nagpur to help anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur district.
IAF Chief NAK Browne said that the Nagpur will help in evacuating victims of Naxal attacks and also transporting troops.
The IAF has at present deployed six Mi-17 choppers from a unit based in Gorakhpur and they operate from three locations including Ranchi in Jharkhand and Raipur and Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh to support the operations.
"We are going to raise a unit of our latest MI-17V5 choppers in Nagpur by next month which will provide full support to anti-Naxal operations in Jagdalpur by the forces on ground," Browne said....
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05:53 PM, May 29, 2013

Nagpur: A Delhi-bound Air India plane from Visakhapatnam with 174 passengers and crew onboard was forced to land midway in Nagpur on Monday after pilots detected problem in its engine. "The Air India flight AI 452 made an unscheduled landing here after the aircraft developed a technical problem," Dr Babasaheb international airport director AK Verma told PTI. The Airbus 321 aircraft took off from Vishakhapatnam around 9.00 am as per...

10:54 PM, May 27, 2013

Nagpur: A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Visakhapatnam, with 177 passengers onboard made an unscheduled landing on Monday at Nagpur airport due to a technical snag, an airport official said. The incident took place around 10:40 AM and Air India is dispatching an aircraft from New Delhi to ferry stranded passengers to their destination. "Air India flight AI 425 from Visakhapatnam made an unscheduled landing here after the aircraft developed...

06:13 PM, May 27, 2013

New Delhi: 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. Sriganganagar in Rajasthan, with a blistering 47.5 degrees Celsius, was hottest place in the country after Nagpur, which recorded the highest temperature in 59 years. Delhi also witnessed its hottest day of the season and...

06:30 PM, May 21, 2013

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to direct CBI probe in the murder of seven-year-old Yogita Thakre, who was found dead in a car parked at former BJP president Nitin Gadkari's home in Nagpur. A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha dismissed the PIL seeking its direction to transfer the probe from state CID to CBI alleging that the state agency has not conducted a proper probe in...

09:43 PM, May 10, 2013

New Delhi: The Income Tax department has detected alleged tax evasion to the tune of Rs 7 crore in the business transactions of Purti group of companies related to former BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Probing the alleged dubious transactions of the Purti Power and Sugar Limited (PPSL) since 2012, the department has completed assessments pertaining to the last two financial years and has found evasion to the tune of more...

10:27 AM, May 05, 2013

Nagpur: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth at a wedding hall in Kanhan near in Nagpur, where she had come with her parents to attend a marriage celebration, police said on Saturday. Rakesh alias Chakradhar Jagoji Bele (27), working in an office on the top floor of the wedding hall complex, lured the girl on Friday on the pretext of giving her an ice-cream and raped her...

12:47 PM, May 04, 2013

Nagpur/Shahdol: A nine-year-old girl from Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, who was allegedly gangraped by two persons last week, has been brought to Nagpur and admitted to a private hospital here after her condition deteriorated. The victim is being attended to by a team of doctors, after she was shifted to Nagpur on Thursday from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Government Medical College in Jabalpur (MP), hospital sources said on Friday....

06:01 PM, May 03, 2013

Nagpur: The mother of the five-year-old girl, who died after being brutally raped at Ghansaur town in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday said the accused should be given a "harsh punishment" so that no one in future dares to carry out such a heinous act. "The rape accused deserves harsh punishment and should be burnt to death publicly," said the emotionally choked mother of the deceased girl to...

02:10 PM, Apr 30, 2013

A five-year-old girl, who was raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansore town of Seoni, died in a hospital in Nagpur on Monday evening. Her doctor said her condition was deteriorating and she died of a cardiac arrest. ...

08:42 AM, Apr 30, 2013

Nagpur: A five-year-old girl, who was raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansore town of Seoni, died in hospital in Nagpur on Monday evening. She had been admitted in Nagpur hospital for a week. The hospital said the minor died at 7.45 pm after suffering a cardiac arrest. Her body has now been sent to the Nagpur government hospital for post-mortem. The hospital has also informed the Madhya Pradesh government....

10:47 PM, Apr 29, 2013

Nagpur: Even as a young rape survivor is battling for her life in a Nagpur hospital, another little girl's mysterious death still continues to haunt her family. Seven-year-old Yogita Thakre was found dead in former BJP president Nitin Gadkari's compound four years ago. "We haven't got justice even after so much has taken place. Whoever has committed this heinous crime should be punished," said Yogita's sister. Her family says they...

09:27 AM, Apr 26, 2013

The condition of the four-year-old rape survivor in Madhya Pradesh has deteriorated. She is on life support in a hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra. ...

07:18 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Banka: A joint team of MP and Bihar police have failed to arrest the main accused involved in allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh and it is suspected that he might have fled to Nepal taking advantage of the porous border, police said on Tuesday. The minor, who was allegedly raped on April 17, is at present battling for life in a hospital in Nagpur. After search for...

04:56 PM, Apr 23, 2013

The 4-year-old, who was allegedly raped in the Ghansour town of Madhya Pradesh and shifted to Nagpur, continues to be critical. ...

10:39 AM, Apr 23, 2013

New Delhi: In yet another shocking incident of crime against children, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her teenaged maternal uncle at Rahatekarwadi in Nagpur. The minor's mother lodged a complaint against her 16-year-old cousin for allegedly raping her daughter. She claims that her daughter was repeatedly raped between March 30 and April 17. The police have arrested the accused. This is the fifth case of rape which has...

10:17 AM, Apr 23, 2013

Nagpur: The 4-year-old, who was allegedly raped in the Ghansour town of Madhya Pradesh and shifted to Nagpur, continues to be critical. She has suffered severe brain injuries and is on life support. While one of the accused has been arrested, the Madhya Pradesh police have announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh on the main accused, who is still absconding. In Bhopal, women Congress workers thronged the gates of...

08:53 AM, Apr 23, 2013

Bhopal: A four-year-old was allegedly raped in Ghansour town in Madhya Pradesh by a 35-year-old man after being lured with a chocolate. The toddler's condition is critical and she was airlifted to a hospital in Nagpur on Saturday night. The girl was allegedly raped by the 35-year-old man on Wednesday who then dumped her at a cremation ground where her family found her unconscious. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh...

07:50 AM, Apr 21, 2013

Seoni (MP): A five-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansour town, is being shifted to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra in an air ambulance as her condition remains serious. "After taking the consent of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, we are shifting the survivor from Jabalpur to Nagpur tonight by air ambulance as she continues to be in serious condition," Minister of State for School Education...

11:29 PM, Apr 20, 2013

Nagpur: A 23-year-old boy was shot dead by two unidentified persons in Nagpur on Wednesday evening after he confronted them for allegedly misbehaving with his female friend. Roshan Samreet died after he was admitted to a hospital in a critical state. According to an eyewitness account the unidentified persons allegedly approached the girl when Roshan had gone to a nearby shop. His friend called him when the two motorcycle-borne men...

07:50 AM, Apr 18, 2013