Articles by Pradip Kumar Maitra
Ex-MLA Sunil Kedar asks HC to stay jail sentence in cooperative bank fraud
Sunil Kedar was disqualified from the Maharashtra assembly after a special court convicted him in a cooperative bank fraud case in December 2023
Published on May 15, 2024 05:19 PM IST
3 Maoists, including 2 women, killed in encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
The security forces also recovered a significant cache of weapons from the encounter site, including an AK-47 rifle, a carbine and an INSAS rifle
Published on May 13, 2024 09:06 PM IST
Nagpur police book Wadettiwar for remarks on Karkare killing
The senior Congress leader was booked after a formal complaint was filed by Sanjay Bokade, an assistant election officer, alleging a violation of the election commission’s model code of conduct during the Lok Sabha polls
Updated on May 12, 2024 06:54 AM IST
11, including dean of govt hospital booked for patient’s death
Negligence case registered against GMCH dean and 10 doctors in Nagpur after a patient's death during surgery in 2019. Accused booked under IPC section 304(a).
Updated on May 10, 2024 06:24 AM IST
Wild elephant that killed 2 in Telangana tramples 3 more in Gadchiroli
The wild elephant, which killed two persons in Telangana earlier this month, came to Gadchiroli last week
Published on Apr 29, 2024 04:06 PM IST
PM Modi pledges to improve irrigation in Vidharba region
The PM also held the Congress and INDIA bloc responsible for challenges farmers faced in the country and pledged to improve irrigation facilities
Updated on Apr 20, 2024 09:10 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Ramtek constituency in Maharashtra to witness triangular fight
Kishore Gajbhiye, a bureaucrat-turned-politician has entered the race with the support of the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi
Published on Apr 17, 2024 03:19 PM IST
Interview: Opposition lying about threats to Constitution, says Nitin Gadkari
Referred to as the “Highway Man of India”, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, 67, is seeking his third Lok Sabha term from Nagpur
Updated on Apr 16, 2024 07:13 AM IST
Congress opposed Ambedkar, defeated him twice in polls: Amit Shah
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Congress of exploiting Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s name solely for electoral gains
Updated on Apr 15, 2024 08:41 AM IST
Pradip Kumar Maitra, Nagpur
In Bhandara, Rahul highlights Congress’ manifesto promises
Rahul Gandhi promised crop-loan waiver, guaranteed fair price for agricultural produce, filling up 30 lakh vacant government jobs, and ensuring educated youth got one year of apprenticeship in government or private sector with ₹one lakh annual stipend
Updated on Apr 14, 2024 08:00 AM IST
BJP fields heavyweight to deny Congress lone Chandrapur seat it won in 2019
Chandrapur, one of five constituencies voting in the first phase, holds significance as the kunbi and teli communities wield substantial influence in the region
Updated on Apr 13, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Daughter-in-law's accusations come back to haunt BJP MP Ramdas Tadas
Shiv Sena leader accuses BJP candidate Ramdas Tadas of abandoning daughter-in-law, prompting her to contest election for justice.
Updated on Apr 12, 2024 09:59 AM IST
Once again, bullet-versus-ballot fight will unfold in Gadchiroli
Maoist militants have issued a “stern warning” to tribals against participating in polls and announced that those who defy the diktat will face death
Updated on Apr 12, 2024 09:49 AM IST
Nagpur LS election: It's ‘Highway Man of India’ Gadkari vs former mayor Thakre
Gadkari has always said he doesn’t want to beg for votes. However, that might change during the 2024 general elections; his larger-than-life image is at stake
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 09:25 AM IST
PM Modi targets Opposition for “neglecting” Ambedkar
The neglect of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar during the Congress regime and its reluctance to implement his vision of “one nation, one constitution” was the theme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second election rally in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region on Wednesday
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Wardha Lok Sabha seat: NCP (SP) seeks to wrest erstwhile Congress bastion from BJP
NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar joined the party nominee Amar Kale’s nomination rally in Wardha, the only seat the party is contesting in the Vidarba region
Published on Apr 09, 2024 01:40 PM IST
HC reduces Arun Gawli’s life term, asks state to release him from jail
On Friday, a division bench of the court accepted Gawli’s petition seeking premature release under provisions of a 2006 government notification, which sanctions authority to the state government to release prisoners aged 65 years or above
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 08:28 AM IST
Prakash Ambedkar breaks away from MVA, fields 8 candidates
Speaking to media persons in Akola, Ambedkar accused the MVA allies - Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) - of attempting to exploit his party to further dynastic politics, a practice that his party is actively opposing
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur
Gadkari is pitted against Congress candidate Vikas Thakre, a vocal sitting MLA and Nagpur city Congress president
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 03:55 PM IST
Former Cong MLA and state party GS Namdeo Usendi joins BJP
Former Congress MLA Dr Namdeo Usendi joins BJP in Gadchiroli, praising PM Modi's development agenda. BJP confident of winning all 10 Vidarbha Lok Sabha seats. Opposition parties gear up for battle in Nagpur and Chandrapur.
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Three seats remain stuck in the craw for Mahayuti: Here’s why
Internal surveys of the BJP show even successful candidates who have won from Yavatmal, Buldhana and Amravati, may not this time around
Published on Mar 26, 2024 11:44 PM IST
Mahayuti's nomination dilemma for LS candidates in Amravati, Buldhana, Yavatmal
The Sena has replaced Krupal Tumane with Raju Parwe in Ramtek. The BJP has reaffirmed Sunil Mendhe for Bhandara-Gondia and Ashok Nete for Gadchiroli-Chimur.
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 09:09 AM IST
BJP to field candidate from Amravati, leaves Ramtek for Sena
BJP allocates Ramtek seat to Shiv Sena, to field nominee in Amravati for upcoming Lok Sabha elections, despite Sena's historical dominance in Amravati.
Updated on Mar 24, 2024 06:32 AM IST
4 suspected Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Gadchiroli: Police
The encounter which lasted for around two hours, took place in the Kolamarka mountains, bordering Telangana, some 400 kms from Gadchiroli district
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 11:21 AM IST
Farmers’ stir near Delhi is attempt to spread anarchy: RSS
The RSS said that attempts have been restarted to spread anarchy, just two months before the Lok Sabha elections
Published on Mar 16, 2024 05:09 PM IST
RSS to hold key 3-day meeting ahead of Lok Sabha polls in Nagpur
Senior BJP functionaries including party president JP Nadda, general secretary Sunil Bansal and general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh will attend the RSS meeting in Nagpur
Published on Mar 13, 2024 05:08 PM IST
Two cops injured in violence over Dr Ambedkar vs Shivaji welcome arch in Amravati
Two policemen injured in Nagpur as crowd throws stones following a dispute over naming an arch after Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar or Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Updated on Mar 12, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Fadnavis calls Uddhav’s offer to Gadkari ‘ridiculous and laughable’
Thackeray urged Gadkari to join the MVA and contest the elections, advising him not to ‘bow down before Delhi’, drawing a parallel to Chhatrapati Shivaji’s defiance towards the throne of Delhi
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Ex-DU professor Saibaba released days after HC acquits him of Maoist links
The Bombay high court’s Nagpur bench overturned a 2017 judgment of a sessions court in Gadchiroli sentencing Saibaba to life imprisonment
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 04:06 PM IST
Ex-DU prof’s conviction set aside in Maoist case
Bombay HC acquits ex-DU prof Saibaba and 5 others in Maoist links case, citing lack of proof. State challenges verdict in SC. Saibaba's family relieved.
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 05:14 AM IST