Anganwadi workers court arrest demanding revised payscale

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 14:30

Demanding implementation of the revised payscale and other benefits assured by the central government, thousands of anganwadi workers courted arrest here, sources said.

Dinosaur remains found in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 19:28

Fossilised dinosaur bones and eggs, measuring around 18-20 metres and weighing 10-13 tonnes, have been discovered from the Salbardi area, around 60 km from here in eastern Maharashtra, a geologist said here Saturday.

RSS` national `Manthan Shibir` begins in Amravati

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 16:00

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls scheduled next year, a week-long national `Manthan Shibir` of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) began here Tuesday.

Six ACB sleuths killed in Maharashtra, three injured in road accident

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 20:40

Six ACB sleuths were killed when their jeep rammed into a tree near Kamargaon on Karanja-Amravati road in wee hours on Wednesday, police said.

Two ACB officials, 4 constables killed in road accident

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 10:04

Two Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials were among six killed when the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Amravati.

Man immolates self in bus over ticket fare tiff

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 12:23

A passenger in a state transport bus set himself on fire, even as the bus continued to ply.

Five MNS workers held for attacking Indiabulls office

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 12:15

The Mumbai Police is reported to have arrested five Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers for allegedly vandalising the Dadar office of Indiabulls.

Three children killed in road mishap, 14 injured

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 15:52

Three students of nursery class were killed and 14 others sustained injuries when their school bus collided with another bus at Navsari here this morning, police said.

Pratibha Patil wants to take Prez ‘gifts’ to Amravati

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 14:11

After the controversy over her post retirement home in Pune, former president Pratibha Patil is facing flak over a museum - dedicated to her - being set up in her hometown Amravati.

FDA seizes gutkha, pan masala worth Rs 5 lakh

Last Updated: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 22:12

A joint team comprising sleuths of the district Food and Administration (FDA) and Crime Branch raided a godown here and seized gutkha and pan masala worth Rs 5 lakh.