Nagpur: Upset over cancellation of fee hike by Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), college managements on Friday stormed the campus of RTMNU on Amravati Road and staged a protest by raising slogans demanding restoration of the fee hike.

Notably, the RTMNU, after 9 years, had decided to increase the fee by 20 percent. According to the government rules and the decision of the High Court and the rising inflation, this decision was worthy in view of the salaries of the employees. But the decision was later kept on hold following strong protests by some student organizations.

Upset over the U-turn by RTMNU on fee hike, the college operators staged a hallabol agitation in front of the university, demanding that the fee hike be kept unchanged. During this protest, it was pointed out that while postponing the decision, the Vice Chancellor did not discuss with the managements or principals of the institutions. This is injustice to colleges and institutions, they said.

The protesting colleges said that in this era of inflation, according to the rules of the government, students have to face many problems including educational facilities and salary of employees. For private colleges, the system runs from the fees received from the students.

The colleges warned of an intense agitation if the decision was not withdrawn soon. A memorandum was also handed over to the Vice-Chancellor on the occasion.

The agitation was participated by the coordinator of the University College Managements Federation, Prof. Diwakar Game, Contact Head Prof Maroti Wagh, Antu Bhivgade, Rajesh Bhoyer, Sanjay Dhanwate, Sandeep Kale, Pandurang Tulskar, Praveen Kadu, Sarika Choudhary, Umesh Tulskar, Balraj, Lohwe, Rajesh Goyal, Borkar, OB Chaudhary, Sunil Shinde, DD Kamdi, Someshwar Chopkar, Praveen Bhange, Uday Tekade and others.

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Nagpur: Special Judge R P Pande on Thursday sentenced 54-year-old Dholchand Yadavrao Chauhan to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) after the charges of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 12-year old girl were proved against him in the court. The court also convicted Chauhan, a resident of Vijay Nagar, Kalamna, for wrongfully confining the minor victim and her friend and sentenced him to three months’ RI.

According to the prosecution, the victim and her friend were playing near their house around 2 pm on May 8 last year. The accused Chauhan lured the girl and her friend to a godown at an open space near his house under the pretext of playing a blindfold game with them. He then blindfolded them and raped the 12- year-old victim. After committing the heinous crime, Chauhan tried to run away as the victim cried for help. Neighbours rushed to the spot and freed the two girls. They then chased and nabbed the culprit and thrashed him. Later, they handed him over to Kalamna police.

Following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, Kalamna cops arrested Chauhan on charges under Sections 376(3), 342 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), read with Sections 4, 8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (PoCSO) Act, next day. Chauhan and the victim’s parents work as labourers.

Police Sub-Inspector Anita Khobragade, who was the investigating officer in the case, probed the matter and charge-sheeted Chauhan. As the charges were substantiated against Chauhan, the court sentenced him to 20 years RI with a fine of Rs 10,000 for the offence under Section 6 of the PoCSO Act. If he failed to pay the fine, he would undergo additional one year RI.

Similarly, the court awarded him three months RI with a fine of Rs 1000 for the offence under Section 342 of the IPC. Additional Public Prosecutor Asavari Palsodkar represented the State. Adv Sushma Nalaskar was the defence counsel.

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Nagpur: In a day-light incident, a youth was hacked to death and his friend was brutally stabbed by five assailants in full public view near Balodyan, Seminary hills on Friday. The murder was fallout of a heated exchange of words between the youngsters over taunting. The five accused have been arrested.

The deceased was identified as Harsh Govardhan Dange (22), a resident of Sai Nagar,Wadi. His friend Aniket Gajanan Kasar (20), a resident of Aade Layout was injured in the attack and undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Gittikhadan police arrested Dipanshu Pandit (19), a resident Ajni and his four accomplices on murder charges. Harsh was a student of Modern College in Wadi while Aniket was ex-student of G.H. Raisoni Polytechnic College, according to police.

According to police, Harsh and Aniket were standing at a Tea Stall near Raisoni College at around 3 pm on Friday where the accused Dipanshu was already present. A heated exchange of words took place between Harsh and Dipanshu over alleged taunting. Soon after, Harsh and Aniket left the spot and went to the Balodyan area in Seminary Hills on a two-wheeler. When they were sitting near a tea stall in Seminary Hills, Dipanshu and his accomplices came to the spot on two-wheelers and attacked Harsh and Aniket with sharp-edged weapons. Harsh was stabbed in the stomach while Aniket received injuries in the thigh. The assailants fled the spot leaving Harsh and Aniket in the pool of blood.

The profusely bleeding youths were rushed to a hospital by the police where Harsh succumbed to the injuries. Aniket’s condition is also critical.

An offence under Sections 302, 307 and 34 of Indian Penal Code was registered by Gittikhadan police. The accused persons are being interrogated to ascertain the reason behind the murder. Similarly, the cops are checking criminal records of the five accused.

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Nagpur : Kala DARSHAN exhibition concluded at Chitanvis Centre. Organizers ‘josh’ rose high because of more than expected footfall of visitors. Paintings and Sculptures of 40 handpicked artists were exhibited and live demonstrations of different fine arts were arranged every day. This three-day event was enriched by the presence of the painters whose works were exhibited. The motto was to let each artist narrate the story behind his creation, says Chandramani Besekar, the Director of the organizing institution, Lord Foundation of Fine Arts. The exhibition was inaugurated on 13th Sep in the august presence of the Director of Cultural Centre for Resources & Training (CCRT), New Delhi, Rishi Kumar Vashishtha. Eminent artists Tuka Jadhav and Harihar Pande were the guests of honor. Prof. Pramod Babu Ramteke and Prof. Kashinath Salve were the Invitee Masters.

On being asked about the monetary response, Besekar candidly accepts that Nagpur still has a long mile to go in art appreciation. Nagpurkars have the taste for good art but its availability at Nagpur was poorly informed and this is where his ‘no profit no loss’ foundation comes in to provide a platform to opportunity-deprived artists. Niranjan Gohane, a participating painter from Nagpur grieves about poor opportunities at Nagpur for those who wish to be full-time painters. Being an IT Professional, Gohane started his own website to overcome the locational disadvantage. But not every artist is such tech savvy and that’s why platforms like this exhibition are a must, at least for hinterlands like Vidarbha, other painters feel. Besekar said the entire exhibition cost was borne from the funds doled by his friends. Suresh Moon, the CMD, and Rajiv Gaikwad, the Director of Lord Foundation of Fine Arts are the people whose efforts made this possible.

Bijay Bilal demonstrated the live landscape water colour painting on the opening day of the exhibition. On the second day, Rajiv Gaikwad, Sanjay More, and Umesh Charole demonstrated Caricature and Cartooning. Kunal Ukey shown a demo of Pottery on closing day. The closing ceremony ended with a vote of thanks by organizing body members and the artists present at the ceremony.

“Our next event will be on Music. Providing platform to young and deserving singers will be the goal. Going to announce soon.”

– Chandramani Besekar,Director – Lord Foundation of Fine Arts

Retd. Station Director – Aakashwani

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Nagpur: Acting tough, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), on Friday, bulldozed the new set-up put up at land allocated to Muslim Library (ML) Canteen at Mominpura. Two squads of anti-encroachment unit were deployed to remove the tin sheds erected on the 13,400 sq.ft land.

The civic officials received a complaint about the functioning of a new restaurant in the ML Canteen land and hence action was initiated to clear the encroachment. As per orders of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court dated March 31, 2017, the land allotted to Muslim League was to be utilised for library. However commercial exploitation was being carried out by opening a restaurant that was in violation of norms.

Nagpur Municipal Corporation issued a notice to office bearers of Muslim League to pull down the commercial structure. On Friday, the NMC deployed JCB to demolish the tin sheds that were again put on and cleared the land of encroachment.

According to another report in local English daily, after 94 years, the NMC has taken back possession of the sprawling 13,400 sqft land leased out for Muslim Library at Mominpura in Central Nagpur. The civic body has sealed the library which was closed for a long time, as per the report.

The report further said that the NMC had leased out the land in three phases for the library between 1928 and 1938. But a major portion of the land was utilized for commercial purposes. Also, NMC had not renewed the lease 30 years after the deed. The lease was not renewed citing construction and operation of ML Canteen since 1956 and other commercial activities. But NMC issued the first notice for the violations in 2003. The matter had been pending since then due to various litigations.

A team of NMC Enforcement Department led by Assistant Commissioner Ashok Patil had demolished ML Canteen in May. Right under the nose of NMC Gandhibagh Zone officials and police department, the Canteen was restarted by constructing a temporary structure.

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Nagpur: Despite heavy rains, Nagpurians in parts of the city are facing water woes. With rains continuing to lash the catchment area, Kanhan River has swollen because of which Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) are still submerged in sand.

According to Orange City Water (OCW ), water level in Kanhan River is still above 272 metres. Due to flooding, the WTPs are submerged in sand and hence inaccessible. Though rains as such have not stopped, the severity is down. The Water Resources Department (WRD) has conveyed that water level in Kanhan River may recede by Saturday. Hopefully, thereafter, the situation may normalise from Sunday provided there is no rainfall or it’s just light rains.

The incessant rain due to withdrawal of South West Monsoon has also led to sharp inflow in dams and the opening of all the gates of Navegaon-Khairi Dam has further increased the level in Kanhan River. This resulted in submergence of the intake wells of Kanhan Water Treatment Plant (WTP). Timely intervention by the OCW officials led to deployment of swimmers as they inducted trained scuba divers that is paying rich dividends as the strainers of the intake well on the left bank is continuously being cleaned enabling lifting of the river water from Jackwell.

However, the right bank’s dry wells are not accessible due to excessive river water current that brought along tonnes of sand that is deposited around the intake well leading to seizure of the pumping unit. Once water level recedes, OCW is hopeful of starting pumping of water from Saturday evening as scuba divers would be able to clean the system.

As of now, only partial pumping (60%) is on with three pumps (instead of normal five pumps) leading to cuts in daily quota of drinking water in four zones of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), Ashi Nagar, Satranjipura and Lakadganj and Nehru Nagar.

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The authorities have advised all the candidates to beware of false promises made by various fraudsters and touts during Agniveer recruitment

Nagpur: Vidarbha’s first Agniveer Army recruitment selection process at Nagpur’s Mankapur Sports Complex from Friday night. Around 60,000 male candidates from Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondia, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal, Amravati, and Akola districts will appear for the Agniveer recruitment rally for the next few days. This recruitment will be done district-wise. It started with the test of 2000 candidates from Gondia and Goregaon Talukas of Gondia district.

The Indian Army and the district administration made all preparations to conduct ‘Agniveer’ Recruitment Rally at Mankapur Stadium here. The candidates, who have applied for the rally, have been allotted specific dates to appear for the rally. The rally has received overwhelming response with close to 60,000 registrations. The Indian Army and the district administration have joined hands to make the event a great success. The authorities have advised all the candidates to beware of false promises made by various frauds and touts. The entire recruitment process is automated and no person can influence the result of any candidate. They should have faith in their own capabilities, stated Wg Cdr Ratnakar Singh, Public Relations Officer (Defence), Nagpur, through a press release.

Meanwhile, Dr Vipin Itankar, District Collector, also paid a visit to Mankapur Sports Complex on Thursday night and took stock of the preparations for the rally. He reviewed the seating arrangement for the candidates, cleanliness, drinking water availability, mobile toilets etc. According to a statement issued by the district administration, for the first ‘Agniveer’ Recruitment Rally in Vidarbha, around 150 staff will be deployed by the Indian Army.

City bus service on ‘self-paid’ basis shall be available for the candidates even at night from bus-stand and railway station to Mankapur Divisional Sports Complex. The candidates bringing their own vehicles should park vehicles at Kasturchand Park and not park them on roadside. Apart from the candidates carrying admit cards, no one else shall be given entry to the venue of the recruitment rally. Food stalls with paid service shall be available at Mankapur Sports Complex for the candidates.

The administration has made arrangements for food (free) for the candidates who clear the test and stay back for medical examination. NMC and Zilla Parishad have made arrangements for medical officers, ambulances, and emergency medical kits.

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Nagpur/Gondia: Amid the preparations for setting up of the pandals for the Navratri festival, a tragic incident took place in Gondia. Jitendra Madavi, an artisan labourer engaged in pipe fitting and decoration work, suddenly got electrocuted and he fell on the ground from a height and died.

The incident took place at Durga Chowk near Subodh Chowk in Ganesh Nagar area of Gondia on Saturday between 7.30 am and 7.45 am. After the tragedy, there was chaos in the premises and the decoration employee was taken to the District KTS Hospital in a serious condition. However, doctors declared him brought dead.

Dr. Pawan Yadav of KTS Hospital informed the City Police Station about the accident. The police have started an investigation by registering a case of accidental death.

It is learnt that a decoration businessman named Pitambar Tidke of Chhota Gondia was given the task of decoration of the pandal on behalf of the Durga Utsav Committee. This morning 5 to 6 artisan labourers were engaged in the work of pipe fittings for setting up the pandal. During this time, the cables of electric pole number 620/26 located nearby came in contact with the pipe of the pandal. As a result, Jitendra Tikaram Madavi (33), resident of Pindkepar, Gondia, received a shock and he fell on the ground from a height. He was immediately taken to the District KTS hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.

Police reached the spot and investigating the cause of the accident.

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Nagpur: The Orange city is all geared up to witness the India Vs Australia T20 match scheduled on September 23, 2022 at VCA Jamtha Stadium.

However, Nagpurians have been confused about the ticketing system. Nagpur Today team contacted VCA CEO Farokh Dastoor to clear the confusion. Watch this report.

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Nagpur: The concept of New Nagpur was stalled for many years. But, in good news for Nagpurians, the Urban Development Department recently gave an indication that the way to implement this concept has been cleared. The development works of Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) worth Rs 1,353 crore have been approved by the Urban Development Department. A network of water channels and sewage lines of more than 1,000 kilometers will be laid in this project. It is believed that the foundation of New Nagpur will be laid through this development work, according to a report in a local Marathi daily.

Nagpur city has grown rapidly in the last few years. Small towns and villages on the border of the city like Besa, Beltarodi, Pipla, Bahadura, Kamptee, Koradi, Wadi, Hingana, Butibori have also been urbanized. Therefore, the discussion over new Nagpur has also started. This discussion which has been going on for many years now seems to be turning into actual action at the administrative level. NMRDA was set up by the then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the planned development of villages and towns surrounding Nagpur city.

Nearly 750 villages were included in the NMRDA area. NMRDA has implemented building regulations in these areas. Now NMRDA Commissioner Manoj Kumar Suryavanshi has taken steps for the development of these areas as well. Recently, Principal Secretary of State Urban Development Department Sonia Sethi came on a Nagpur visit. She had held a meeting regarding the development of Nagpur city. Under the Amrit-2 scheme of the Central Government, development works were approved in 13 villages included in Sector South B and 11 villages included in Sector East A of NMRDA. This project will benefit the citizens of 81 square km area.

According to the report, Rs 565.25 crore water channel network will be laid in Sector South B under this project. A total of 565 km of water channel network will be laid. Rs 220.90 crore will be spent in Sector South-B and Rs 344.36 crore in Sector East A. Apart from this, there is also a project worth Rs 788.87 crore to extend the sewage line network. A 522 km sewage line will be constructed along with two sewage treatment plants. Out of this, 220 km of sewage line will be constructed in Sector South B and 302 km in Sector East A.

A total of 24 villages are included in Sector South B and Sector East A. Sewage and water channel networks will be spread in an area of 81 square kilometresAround 8.50 lakh citizens of this area will benefit from this project. Interestingly, road works have been started in this area. Therefore, a large residential area will be created in this area and it will also help to reduce the stress in the city of Nagpur.

The villages included in the project:

Sector South- B: The villages include Besa, Beltarodi, Pipla, Ghogli, Hudkeshwar Khurd, Shankarpur, Gotalpanjri, Gharhari, Rui, Varoda, Panjri, Kiranapur, and Kanhanalgaon.

Sector East-A: The villages are Pandhurna, Tarodi Khurd, Tarodi Buzurg, Bidgaon, Kapsi Khurd, Powari, Adyali, Vihirgaon, Goni Sim, Kharbi, and Bahadura.

According to Manoj Kumar Suryavanshi, Commissioner, NMRDA, the Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had directed to prepare a detailed plan for this project. Accordingly, a project report of a sewage line and water channel was prepared in the NMRDA area on the city boundary under the Amrit-2 scheme. This project will be the foundation of New Nagpur. Technical approval and provision of funds will also be done by November, he stated.

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Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has invited mountaineer Santosh Yadav to be the chief guest at its annual Dussehra function in Nagpur. This is for the first time that a woman chief guest has been invited for the event.

RSS took to social media platforms to announce the development. In the last 97 years, this is for the first time that a woman has been invited for the event as a chief guest. The event is all set to be held in Reshimbagh ground.

राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ का वार्षिक विजयादशमी उत्सव 5 अक्तूबर, 2022 को नागपुर में सम्पन्न होगा। इस उत्सव में प्रमुख अतिथि सुप्रसिद्ध पर्वतारोही पद्मश्री श्रीमती संतोष यादव जी होंगी और परमपूजनीय सरसंघचालक डॉ. मोहनजी भागवत का उद्बोधन होगा। pic.twitter.com/H720QwuYBn

— RSS (@RSSorg) September 15, 2022

Who is Santosh Yadav?

The 54-year-old mountaineer hails from Joniyawas village of Rewari district in Haryana. Yadav is the first woman and the youngest to scale Mount Everest twice– in 1992 and 93. Mountaineering fascinated Yadav from a young age. As per reports, she could see the Aravalli range from her window which used to fascinate her and that’s how she learnt mountaineering.

In 1994, Yadav was awarded the National Adventure Award which is now known as the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award. It is considered to be India’s highest adventure sports honour. She was also awarded the prestigious Padma Shri for her achievements in March 2000.

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Nagpur: Two con women tricked and robbed an elderly woman of her gold ornaments worth Rs 24,000 in Old Kamptee police area on Friday afternoon. Cops are searching for the two accused women.

The complainant, Shakuntala Bhanudas Shambharkar (70), resident of Bhim Nagar in Old Kamptee, was walking towards Uppalwadi on Durga Chowk Road on Friday. Midway, between 11.30 am and 12.15 pm, two women, aged 25-30, sitting in an auto stopped Shakuntala and told her they are government employees. The con women lured Shakuntala to start her Rs 5,000 salary from the government and for this her photos are needed. With this trick, the accused women asked Shakuntala to sit in the auto. Further, the two women asked Shakuntala to remove her gold earrings and chain as she will not get the salary if the gold ornaments are seen in the photos. Believing them, Shakuntala removed her gold ornaments worth Rs 24,000 and handed them over to the two accused women. Later, the accused asked Shakuntala to disembark from the auto and fled from the spot.

Old Kamptee API Ghuge, based on the complaint of Shakuntala, booked the two unidentified accused women under Sections 420, 170, 34 of the IPC and searching for them.

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Nagpur: ‘Alcoholia’, the first song of much awaited Saif Ali Khan-Hritik Roshan starrer Vikram Vedha was launched, via live screening, in Second Capital of the State, on Saturday. Hirtik Roshan who turns item boy for ‘Alcoholia’ was seen letting loose and tuning to Desi mode to vibe the song where ‘Vedha’ and his gang can be seen rejoicing. Members of Hritik Roshan Fan Club from Nagpur along with media were the special invitees for this special event, which was organised at Movie Max, Eternity Mall.

Makers of Vikram Vedha organised a special launch of the song ‘Alcoholia’ starring Hrithik Roshan, which was broadcast live across 15 cities. Besides Nagpur, audiences from Lucknow, Patna, Indore, Surat, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Noida, Nasik, Varanasi, Ranchi, Aurangabad, Mumbai & Delhi participated in this special launch event.

Hritik, along with all the team members of Vikram Vedha, addressed the press conference via video link from Mumbai. He has appealed to audiences to watch Vikram Vedha in theatres near them, from September 30.

Earlier this month the trailer of Vikram Vedha was launched amidst much fanfare. Soon after its release, the trailer created a frenzy with its content, action-packed visuals, whistle-worthy dialogues and high-on-recall background music.

Vikram Vedha is presented by Gulshan Kumar, T-Series, and Reliance Entertainment in association with Friday Filmworks and Jio Studios and YNOT Studios Production. The film is directed by Pushkar and Gayatri and produced by Bhushan Kumar, S. Sashikanth and Reliance Entertainment. Vikram Vedha will hit the big screens globally on September 30, 2022.

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Nagpur: Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Ordnance Factory in Ambazari, had a miraculous escape after a short circuit caused a fire inside the school, here on Saturday afternoon. The fire caused panic among school children who were in their classes.

However, when contacted, the Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rajendra Uchake, said that the Control Room of the Fire and Services Department has received no complaint in this regard. “Perhaps, there could be a minor fire at the school and school authorities have doused it on their own,” he clarified.

According to police sources, the fire occurred when classes were going on in this school. Though, the incident created panic among both school students and teachers; fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident.

This incident again highlighted the need for fire safety measures in all schools and educational institutions.

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Nagpur: In a tragic incident, a woman died after falling from Sitabuldi Flyover and her husband was severely injured, after a recklessly driver car knocked them here, on Saturday night. The incident reported under Sitabuldi Police Station.

The incident took place around 7 pm on Shaheed Govari fly-over, said an official of the Sitabuldi police station.

The deceased was identified as Anita Roosevelt Bilpe (30), a resident of Circle Line, Wardha. Her husband was injured in the incident.

According to police sources, the couple was driving on their moped when a Baleno car, driver by Abhilash Manatkar knocked them on Sitabuldi Flyover. The impact was so severe that Anita was tossed off the flyover. She died on the spot after falling. Her husband was, subsequently, rushed to hospital. Manatkar was accompanied by the daughter of a Head Constable attach to Lakadganj Traffic Zone.

Sitabuldi police have registered a case and probing further.

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– Japan, Uganda, Thailand, Maldives, and Indian Players Enjoy Metro Ride,Players Laud Nagpur Metro Services

NAGPUR: Badminton players from across the globe, who are in Nagpur for the ongoing prestigious tournament, enjoyed a Metro Ride today (Saturday). Other than India, players from Japan, Uganda, Thailand, and Maldives enjoyed the Metro Ride. The players were accompanied by their coaches and organizers of the international tournament presently underway at Mankapur Indoor Stadium.

The team boarded Metro from Airport Station and travelled to Khapri Station and then to Zero Mile Freedom Park Station. The players thoroughly enjoyed Metro Ride. International Badminton Player and a Nagpurian, Ms Malvika Bansod was full of praise for the Nagpur Metro services. “It would be an honour to be Maha Metro Brand Ambassador,’’ the young and acclaimed Badminton Player said.

The cleanliness impressed her the most, she said and added, that though this has been her first ride, she would prefer Metro Ride to other transport means, while commuting in Nagpur in the future. It is a matter of pride that city boasts of such a Metro service, which has incorporated Nagpur’s history and tradition in its project, Ms Bansod said. “I would recommend Metro services to others,’’ she assured.

Badminton coach from Japan Ms Satoko Suetsuna found the Metro ride very comfortable and the cleanliness in the train and at the station reminded her of Metro services in Japan, she said. Thailand Coach Shri Nitipong Saengsila said that he was inspired by the architecture of the metro stations. The Metro stations are worth visiting and watching atleast once, the Thailand coach further said.

Shri Rishwan Shiyam and Shri Brian Kasirye, Badminton players from Maldives and Uganda respectively, said that they would appreciate similar metro services in their countries too. Earlier, the players, coaches and tournament organizers visited Airport Metro Station and paid obeisance to Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, at the Bapu Kuti there. They also enquired about the Hangout Centre and Library there. The players also had a halt at the Khapri Metro Station.

In their last leg of the Ride, the players went around the Zero Mile Freedom Park. They watched the Battle Tank, the placards giving information about the freedom struggle, the amphitheatre. The players and others were welcomed by Shri Sudhakar Urade, General Manager (Operations) and other Maha Metro officials. The officials gave them detail information about the Nagpur Metro Project.

Shri Mangesh Kashikar, Secretary Nagpur Badminton Association, Shri Vishwas Deswandikar and Mr. Milind Deshmukh, both Technical Coordinators, Smt Rucha Pande and others were present during the Metro Ride.

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– Engineers’ Forum’s Special Lifetime Achievement Award to Maha Metro MD Dr Dixit

NAGPUR: Maha Metro MD Dr Brijesh Dixit was conferred with Special Lifetime Achievement Award by Engineers’ Forum, here today (Saturday). The award was presented at an event organised on the occasion of Engineers’ Day and held at Vanamati Hall. Dr Dixit was selected for this award for his contribution in the field of infrastructure and engineering.

Dr Dixit is currently attending a meeting of Asian Development Bank, received the award in online format. The award was physically received on his behalf by Shri Anil Kokate, Director (Strategic Planning). Replying to his felicitation, Dr Dixit credited the award to the entire Maha Metro team. “At one point of time, Maha Metro employed 11,000 workers in Nagpur and Pune. This award is a recognition to tireless efforts put up by employees and all those associated with the organization in these 6-7 years,’’ he said.

“Public Transport is not in good shape, which leads to congestion of two and four-wheelers on city roads. This results to congestion and pollution on the roads. This is where Metro services are important and we had the aim to provide high quality transport service in cities of Nagpur and Pune,’’ he said. He thanked Governments of India and Maharashtra, local bodies and citizens of Nagpur for their help in executing the project.

Dr Dixit was felicitated by Shri Prakash Kulkarni, President and Shri Keshav Tayade, secretary of Engineers’ Forum respectively. Engineers’ Day is celebrated every year to commemorate birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna M Visveswaraya for his contribution in the field of engineering.

*Dr Deepak Pathak, Professor, IIT, Mumbai and Padmashree* recipient, was felicitated by Engineers’ Forum on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Deepak Pathak, spoke about the extensive use of 5D BIM by Maha Metro. “I was associated with Maha Metro as part of the team which worked on 5D BIM,” he said and added that it has revolutionised project execution by reducing cost overruns. It was Dr Dixit’s decision to introduce 5D BIM in the project, he said and lauded his role in taking such a major decision while executing Metro project.

The theme of Engineers’ Day for the current year is – `Smart Engineering for Better World’. Dr Atul Vaidya, Director of National Engineering Environmental Research Institute (NEERI) presided over the function. Addressing the gathering, he spoke about the challenges posed by urbanization. This leads to stress on civic system, he said and cited example how this has been impacting cities in some ways.

It may be recalled that Dr Dixit was felicitated at 4th World Record Holders’ Meet held at New Delhi for being chosen in top 100 record holders for excellence in world stage 2022 by Asia Book of Records & India Book of Records. Geospatial World – a prominent media platform with diverse activities – had conferred `Excellence Award for Metro Project’ on Maha Metro Nagpur recently.
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Nagpur: Aditi Tembhurnikar and Sachit Kale of Nagpur topped the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT CET ) in State respectively in PCM and PCB group. Sachit Kale and Aditi Tembhurnikar both scored 100 percentile.

Neeraj Kakraniya of Amravati also scored 100 percentile in PCB group along with Aditi Tembhurnikar. Similarly, Sharayu Deshmukh of Akola also shared the position of topper in PCM group with Sachit Kale.

MHT CET was conducted for admissions to engineering, pharmacy, agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries courses. There are 13 students, who aspire to get admissions to engineering and agriculture courses scored 100 percentile while 14 students willing to get admissions to Pharmacy and Fishery science courses also got 100 percentile.

Students from Vidarbha dominated the list. Apart from Sachit Kale, Aditi Tembhurnikar, Neeraj Kakraniya and Sharayu Deshmukh the other students who passed with flying colours include, PCM group: Vedant Tayade with 99.99 percentile, Akola; Prasanna Nage with 99.97 percentile, Buldhana; Vedant Parkhe with 99.96 percentile, Amravati; Astha Chavan with 99.95 percentile, Nagpur. In PCB group: Sakar Bande with 99.99 percentile, Akola; Bhagyashri Bilbile with 99.99 percentile, Akola; Prajakta Lihitkar with 99.99 percentile, Nagpur (topper in Scheduled Caste category); Rajratan Dahiwade with 99.98 percentile, Amravati; Sakshi Meshram with 99.96 percentile, Nagpur (stood second from Scheduled Caste category); Khushi Randive with 99.93 percentile, Nagpur (stood first from among the students of Scheduled Tribe category).

Maharashtra State CET Cell had conducted the examination in August. 56,435 students appeared from Nagpur region of which 26,894 appeared for Pharmacy and Fishery Sciences (PCB) while 29,629 students appeared for engineering and agriculture courses (PCM). Aditi is a student of Dr Ambedkar College, Deekshabhoomi. Bhadant Arya Nagarjun Surei Sasai (President) , Kamaltai Gawai (Ex Lady Governor), Advocate Anand Fulzele, N RSute, V M Gajghate ,Dr Chandrashekhar Meshram(Neurologist), Dr Pradeep Aaglawe, member Param Pujya Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti, Dr. B A Mehere (Principal), Dr. Kabir Rawlekar ( Vice Principal), entire junior college faculty of Dr Ambedkar College congratulated and appreciated the endeavour.

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Nagpur: Two con women tricked and robbed an elderly woman of her gold ornaments worth Rs 24,000 in Old Kamptee police area on Friday afternoon. Cops are searching for the two accused women.

The complainant, Shakuntala Bhanudas Shambharkar (70), resident of Bhim Nagar in Old Kamptee, was walking towards Uppalwadi on Durga Chowk Road on Friday. Midway, between 11.30 am and 12.15 pm, two women, aged 25-30, sitting in an auto stopped Shakuntala and told her they are government employees. The con women lured Shakuntala to start her Rs 5,000 salary from the government and for this her photos are needed. With this trick, the accused women asked Shakuntala to sit in the auto.

Further, the two women asked Shakuntala to remove her gold earrings and chain as she will not get the salary if the gold ornaments are seen in the photos. Believing them, Shakuntala removed her gold ornaments worth Rs 24,000 and handed them over to the two accused women. Later, the accused asked Shakuntala to disembark from the auto and fled from the spot.

Old Kamptee API Ghuge, based on the complaint of Shakuntala, booked the two unidentified accused women under Sections 420, 170, 34 of the IPC and searching for them.

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Nagpur: Braving the thought of evening rains, the cricket lovers from Second Capital of the State have showered overwhelming ardour on India vs Australia match scheduled at Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, Jamtha here, on Friday, September 23, as the online sell of tickets were sold out within minutes of sale.

Notably, the sale of match tickets was commenced on Sunday at 10 am. However, within minutes, the tickets showed sold out. This has left many cricket fans disheartened. Several fans took the matter to Twitter, questioning the transparency of the online sale.

Speaking to Drishti Sharma of Nagpur Today Farokh Dastoor, VCA CEO informed that such things often occur when it comes to cricket matches.

“Keep aside match in Nagpur, the tickets of Ind vs Pak which is scheduled in T20 World Cup are also sold out! So there’s nothing new when it comes to tickets being sold out within minutes of online sale,” he clarified.

Although, when questioned about black-marketing of the tickets after the online sale, the VCA official refrain from commenting on the matter and said “I can’t comment on that.”

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