Everything you need to know about Amravati Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Amravati Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Nagpur, May 1 (IANS) At least six policemen were killed and three injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree in Maharashtra's Amravati district early Wednesday, police said.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Thirteen states in India have 325 most accident prone spots, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday.
Amravati (Maharashtra), April 13 (IANS) A passenger in a state transport bus set himself on fire, even as the bus continued to ply, over an argument with the conductor on the ticket fare in this Maharashtra district, a police official said here Saturday.
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Alleged Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers Monday again targeted Indiabulls finance company's office in a Maharashtra town, even as five MNS men were arrested for the attack on the firm's Mumbai office a day earlier, police said.
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) After nearly a fortnight, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Sunday renewed his attack on the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance.
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) As the crucial budget session of the Maharashtra legislature opens here Monday, the opposition is set to attack the the ruling Congress-NCP government on issues like the Bhandara rape case, drought, and the irrigation scam.
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) The rail budget Tuesday brought a much anticipated announcement -- of air-conditioned (AC) coaches on the suburban trains used by nearly eight million commuters daily and considered Mumbai's lifeline.
Jaipur, Jan 17 (IANS) Authorities are working overtime to beautify the Rajasthan capital ahead of a three-day Congress party meeting that starts Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) TRPs and sensationalism in the media are realities that need to be transformed slowly, with personal ethical standards playing the guiding force, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI): Asserting that digesting and disseminating news content in ethical manner is a challenge for media persons, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Tuesday called upon the young aspiring journalists to innovate and incubate ideas so as to match the contemporary trends.
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray kicked up a storm once again when he said that the perpetrators of the recent Delhi gang-rape were from Bihar.
Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) The central government's direct cash transfer of subsidies to bank accounts of beneficiaries will kick-off in six districts of Maharashtra Tuesday, an official said.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Dr. CP Joshi has urged state chief ministers to make road safety a social movement in partnership with schools and universities.
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Rock sculptures dating back to between 4,000?7,000 BC have been found in a well?preserved condition in the forests near Kudopi village in Sindhudurg district of coastal Konkan region, an official said here Tuesday.
Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) Bangladesh has expressed deep shock at "Israeli atrocities" and violence in Gaza in recent days that has caused loss of lives of Palestinian civilians and posed renewed threat to regional peace and stability.
Perth, Nov. 2 (ANI): A mother from Bunbury, Western Australia, has demanded an apology from her daughter's school after they gave the Year 6 student detention for hugging her friend goodbye.
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Indiabulls Power Ltd. Monday announced the successful boiler lighting of the first power unit of its proposed power plant in Maharashtra, an official said.
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Nearly 11,000 poor people have availed free medical facilities under a Maharashtra government health initiative since it was kicked off three months ago, a top official said here Wednesday.
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) RTI activist Anil Galgali Friday petitioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accusing the Maharashtra government of neglecting the State Information Commission (SIC) by not filling various key posts.
New Delhi, Sep.12 (ANI): Stating that India's commitment to Palestine was given voice by none less than Mahatma Gandhi in the days of India's own struggle for independence, President Pranab Mukherjee said New Delhi has been consistent and persevering in its commitment to the Palestinian cause.
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) After a lull of three days, Mumbai and large parts of Maharashtra experienced incessant torrential rains since early Monday, throwing normal life out of gear, even as five people were killed in a wall collapse incident in Amravati, officials said.
Mumbai/Pune, Aug 2 (IANS) Home Minister R.R. Patil said it was "premature" to term the apparently-coordinated low-intensity explosions in Pune as an act of terror.
Pune, July 22 (IANS) With her earlier choice of post-retirement home mired in controversy, President Pratibha Patil, whose term ends July 24, will now settle down in a consideably smaller bungalow in this city, popularly known as Maharashtra's pensioners' paradise.
Nagpur, July 15 (IANS) Over 120 farmers, farmers' widows and youth have enrolled for a free computer training centre set up by a non-resident Indian from Oman in a Maharashtra village.
Amravati, June 20 (IANS) Three labourers from Orissa and Chhattisgarh were killed in a landslide on the Amravati-Mumbai national highway near Badnera in this district Wednesday evening, highway police said.
Raigad (Maharashtra), June 10 (IANS) A weekend trip turned tragic for three engineering students, including a girl, who drowned off the Harihareshwar Beach on the Konkan coast here Sunday, a police official said.
Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) People in the coastal Konkan and south-central parts of Maharashtra received respite from the sweltering heat as the monsoon hit many parts of the region Wednesday, a day ahead of its normal schedule, a top weather official said here.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Friday said that the digitization of cable TV will offer more options and choices to television viewers.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party MP Wednesday accused the UPA government of being a "murderer" a day after five farmers committed suicide in Vidarbha in Maharashtra.
Nagpur, April 23 (IANS) Widows of Vidarbha farmers who ended their lives unable to bear the stress of high debt have found a good Samaritan in an Oman-based industrialist.
Melbourne, April 12 (ANI): A Swedish study has found that there is no reason to ban texting or talking on cell phones while driving.
Carrying forward the tradition of introducing new trains in every budget Mr. Dinesh Trivedi gave the gift of 75 new train in the Railway Budget 2012 presented in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni here on Friday said her ministry in consultation with the HRD ministry was in the process of constituting a committee to review the mushrooming of media training institutes across the country.
New Delhi, Nov. 22 (ANI): Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday denounced the demand of Vidarbha region as a separate state saying adequate measures are being taken for the development of the region.
London, Nov 17 (ANI): Glastonbury has been named UK's best major festival at this year's UK Festival Awards.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Vice Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of Republic of Korea, Han Man Lee, met Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi here today to discuss the areas of bi-lateral cooperation.
Pune, July 2 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Saturday said that a Bill would be introduced in Parliament enabling the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) becoming a centre for excellence.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Japanese Ambassador to India Akitaka Saiki called on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi here on Tuesday.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has claimed that Tottenham's last-ditch bid to sign Charlie Adam stemmed from "an illegal approach" by another player's agent.
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Dec.27 (ANI): The Amravati Museum in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district is attracting tourists from across the globe.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Nov.27 (ANI): The right approach to tackling Naxalism can be illustrated by this incident at Lohri, where a few months ago a carnage had taken place when the Naxalites attacked a police party. We decided to hold a social security awareness campaign in the villages. But the Naxalites sent out warnings against it and closed the main road to traffic.
London/New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Indian authorities have announced they will try to recover and retrieve thousands of allegedly looted objects held in Western museums.
London, Apr 17(ANI): Murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling's stepfather has been found dead at his flat in Torquay, Devon, a year after admitting he would "drink himself to death".
Nagpur, Jan 20 (ANI): In wake of the Telangana Statehood issue, the Vidarbha Sangram Samiti in Vidarbha region has called for a shutdown on Wednesday demanding the creation of a separate Vidarbha state.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked Election Commission to take steps to conduct free and fair polls in Akkalkot constituency in Solapur district of Maharashtra where one of its activists was murdered.
Mumbai, Sep. 30 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday announced that the Congress would take action against party rebels within two days.
Mumbai, Sep 29 (ANI): With only a day left for withdrawal of nomination papers for the 13 October assembly elections in Maharashtra, the state-ruling Congress party hoped that rebels would withdraw from the poll fray.
New Delhi, Sep. 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil's son Rajendra Shekhawat has been given congress ticket from Amravati constituency for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.
Mumbai, Aug.22 (ANI): A defence lawyer representing Mumbai-based TV actress Urvashi Dhanorkar has denied that her client is guilty of child abuse.
Mumbai, Aug 22 (ANI): TV actress Urvashi Dhanorkar was arrested here today for physically abusing her 10-year-old maid.
Amravati (Maharashtra), Aug. 7(ANI): Activists of Shiv Sena on Friday torched bus of Madhya Pradesh State Transport Corporation to vent their anger at the central government's decision to divert water from the region's Upper Wardha Dam to neighbouring state, Madhya Pradesh.
Nagpur, June 20 (ANI): A number of farmers seeking rainfall in Nagpur city organised wedding of two frogs on Saturday to please the Rain Gods and hoped their region would soon receive monsoon showers.
The unprecedented heat in the month of April, the highest-ever in 50 years in the corresponding month, and the heat wave sweeping across the northern, eastern and western parts of India has thrown the normal life out of gear.
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Maharashtra's 13 Lok Sabha constituencies notched a low turnout of 17.14 percent till 11 a.m. Thursday, officials said. Polling has been peaceful barring a pre-dawn attack by Maoists that was foiled by security personnel.
New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has proposed to increase the frequency of several train services while introducing the Interim Railway Budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha today.
Bangalore, Jan 6 (IANS) The sale of mortgaged shares of Satyam promoters by Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) has further reduced their minority holding in the beleaguered IT bellwether, a company official said Tuesday.
Bangalore, Jan 6 (IANS) Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) Ltd has sold over 24.5 million equity shares of besieged Satyam Computer Services that were pledged with debenture holders lenders, the leading non-banking financial firm said Tuesday.
Amravati (Maharashtra), Dec. 15 (ANI): Hoards of angry Shiv Sena staged a violent protest here on on Monday in front of the residence of Mahesh Deshmukh, a lawyer who had agreed to defend the case of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone captured militant of Mumbai attack.
Nagpur, Dec 15 (IANS) A lawyer who offered to legally represent Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist in the 26/11 carnage caught alive by Mumbai Police, was Monday the target of wrath of Shiv Sena activists.
Washington, November 12 (ANI): Daniel Craig, who starred along side late Paul Newman in the 2002 movie "Road to Perdition," has revealed that he felt the 'thrill' in acting after witnessing the veteran actor's dedication and commitment towards his profession.
Nagpur, Oct 20 (IANS) Even as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray dared the government to execute the non-bailable warrant from Jamshedpur against him, police Monday arrested over 150 MNS workers following assaults on non-Maharashtrian candidates appearing for railway recruitment examinations in Mumbai Sunday.
Nagpur, Sep 27 (IANS) Addiction to smoking almost cost a young woman her two-year-old marriage. She has salvaged it for now by signing an affidavit that binds her to divorce without alimony if she takes a puff again.
Nagpur, Sep 27 (IANS) Addiction to smoking almost cost a young woman her two-year-old marriage. She has salvaged it for now by signing an affidavit that binds her to divorce without alimony if she takes a puff again.
Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Sept 7 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil would flag off Amrawati-Mumbai express train today on the second day of her visit to Vidarbha District in Maharashtra.
Amravati, Sept 6 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil today laid the foundation stone of the Finlay textile mill at Achalpur in Amravati district of Maharashtra.
Nagpur, Sept 6 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil will arrive here this morning on a two-day visit to Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
