Nagpur: The 8th ASSOPICON, an International conference of Association of Physiologists of India will be organized by Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Nagpur from October 14 to 16, 2022.

The conference will be inaugurated by the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in the auditorium of AIIMS on October 15, Saturday at 11 am, informed Maj Gen Dr Vibha Dutta, SM Director and CEO, AIIMS Nagpur, on Friday. The inaugural session will be attended by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Ramtek MP Kripal Tumane as guest of honour.

Seminars, research paper presentations, lectures for students have been organized in this conference. The Organizing Chairperson of the conference and the Head of the Physiology Department of AIIMS as well as the founder of the Education Department, Dr. Mrinal Phatak and Organizing Secretary Dr. Prathamesh Kamble will be present on the occasion. Academy of Physiology and Association of Physiology of India — ASOPI — are co-organizers of this conference. ASOPI is the only organization in India which is a member of the International Union of Physiological Societies in India and this organization includes many luminaries related to the field of physiology.

The concept of the 8th ‘ASSOPICON-2022’ conference is ‘Perspectives in Physiology for Individuals, Students, Patients’. In the conference, international experts will provide guidance on various educational aspects related to physiology. Physiology related equipment stalls will also be available during the four-day conference.

Through this conference, a platform will be provided to graduate as well as post graduate students to present their research and around 100 research papers will be presented during this conference. The website https://assopicon2022.com/ has been created for the registration of the conference, informed the Organizing Chairperson Dr. Phatak.

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Nagpur: After South East Central Railway (SECR) spoiled Durga holiday mood by cancellation of trains, now its turn of Central Railway to do the same. During Diwali festival period, the Railways have announced last minute cancellation of trains on Pune-Nagpur-Pune route, according to a report in a local daily.

This is one of the busiest routes and all the trains run jam packed throughout the year as many youth from region are either pursuing higher studies or working in IT and manufacturing sector in Pune region.

According to the report, a communiqué from Central Railway mentioned that a block is being taken between Kashti and Belwandi in Solapur Division for electronic inter-locking work that would disrupt the movement of long distance Mail/Express and passenger trains. All the trains ex-Nagpur are going to be affected for varying period and some of them just around the start of Diwali festival. Though there are some long distance trains to Pune but the station quote in same is quite less to cater to such huge demand

These trains originate from Eastern Railway and SECR Zones and run behind the schedule most of the times. It’s a well-known fact that large number students hailing from Nagpur and other parts of Vidarbha are studying in Pune head home for Diwali festival. Apart from them most of natives are working in Pune and for them also presence at home for Diwali has been a long drawn tradition in families. So most of them book tickets well in advance, on the opening day, which is about 120-days.

Now for all such travellers the Central Railway has dished out a very dry and cold dish by leaving them in lurch at last minute. Another fact is that the bus operators have already jacked up fares on Pune-Nagpur and Nagpur-Pune route and rates are being quoted around Rs 5,000. With CR’s block the ticket rates might zoom in four digits, fear the travellers. Moreover riding in the luxury buses is quite risky as operators in a bid to encash the festive mood maximise on speed and throw safety norms to wind while operating on Pune-Nagpur-Pune route during this season to pocket maximum profit.

According to Satish Yadav, Member, Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee (ZRUCC), Central Railway, this is nothing but mental harassment being perpetrated upon hapless travellers on part of railways. How come railway officials remember block during the festival season and that too when it is all important for people to be at home as part of long honoured tradition. Secondly, Yadav said Railways as per extant policy will deduct clerical charges, Rs. 30 to 60, while refunding the fare to travellers in lieu of cancellation of trains. So in a way travellers are going to be hit by double whammy, not only deprived of festival at home with family members plus also bear financial loss while Railways mint money at expense of passengers.

List of Cancelled Trains:

Train No & Name Journey Dates
22124 Ajni Pune AC Exp Oct 11 18
22123 Pune Ajni AC Exp Oct 7, 14, 21
12114 Nag-Pune Garib Rath Oct 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18
12113 Pune Ajni AC Exp Oct 8, 10, 12, 15, 17,19
22139 Pune Ajni Express Oct 8, 15
22140 Ajni Pune Exp Oct 9, 16
22141 Pune-Nag AC Exp Oct 6, 13
22142 Nag-Pune AC Exp Oct 7, 14

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Nagpur: A young man was crushed to death as a concrete mixer truck overturned at Chhatrapati Square in Nagpur in the wee hours of Friday. The driver of the 10-wheeler truck was injured seriously and has been admitted to Ayushman Hospital in the city.

The deceased, Sukhcharan Santlal Meravi (33), native of Ward No. 7, Paraswada, district Balaghat, was probably the conductor of the truck.

According to police, the driver of the concrete mixer truck, Bandu Tukaram Gurbande (40), resident of Khaparkheda, was driving the truck (MH-40/Y 3900) recklessly. As the truck reached Chhatrapati Square around 3 am, Bandu lost control over the truck and it overturned, crushing Sukhcharan under it. The grievously injured Sukhcharan was taken to GMCH where doctors declared him dead during admission. The injured driver Bandu was taken to Ayushman Hospital and is being treated there.

Pratap Nagar PSI Madewar, based on a complaint by police constable Amol Lonkar, booked the truck driver under Sections 304(A), 279 of the IPC. Further probe is underway.

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Nagpur district received 87% more rainfall than normal this September

Nagpur: The monsoon, which is retreating, has blessed Vidarbha this year. As much as 1228 mm of rainfall was recorded in Vidarbha during this year’s monsoon. The Regional Meteorological Centre said that the record rainfall was for the first time since 2013. The highest rainfall was recorded in Gadchiroli district, while the lowest rainfall was recorded in the two districts of Buldhana and Akola, according to a report in local Marathi daily Sakal.

According to the India Meteorological Department, this year’s monsoon was influenced by La Nina. Due to its influence, there was heavy rain in the entire country including Vidarbha this time. Looking at the data for the four months from June 1 to September 30, Vidarbha has recorded 1228 mm of rainfall, which is 31 percent more than the average (937 mm). This is the first time since 2013 that it has rained so much. Nine years ago, Vidarbha recorded 1360 mm of rain.

Among various districts, this time also Gadchiroli has ‘won’. The district recorded 40 percent more rainfall than the average i.e. 1799 mm of rain has been recorded here. Similarly, 1642 mm of rain was recorded in Gondia, 1489 mm in Bhandara, 1391 mm in Chandrapur and 1446 mm in Nagpur district.

In comparison, Akola district received only 660 mm and Buldana district received 658 mm of rain. Notably, rainfall reached the average in all the districts. Due to the grace of Rain God, the problem of water in summer will also be solved.

Nagpur district received 87% more rainfall than normal this September. Overall, Vidarbha has received 60% excess rains till date, shows the Meteorology Department data.

The statistics provided by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Nagpur, say the wettest day of the month for Nagpur was September 13, when the city recorded 127.6 mm rain. This is significantly more than the highest rainfall recorded on any day in the last three months. In June, the highest rainfall was 60.4 mm recorded on 26th, followed by 88.4 mm on July 8, and 108.7 mm on August 8.

This September, Gadchiroli was the wettest district in the region, witnessing 323.3 mm rainfall, 60% more than its normal. Nagpur district saw the highest departure of nearly 87%, receiving 301.4 mm rains. However, last September, the district had received 333.4 mm rain. According to historical data, Nagpur city’s all-time highest rainfall for the month of September was recorded in 1891, when it received 627.1 mm rainfall.

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Nagpur: Sadar Police have booked one Faris Qadri for allegedly impersonating as a journalist and threatening the owner of Bullock Cart Bar & Restaurant to extort money from him here, on Friday. Notably, a video had also gone viral where Qadri was seen hassling cops and hurling abuses at them in drunk state.

In his complaint, Sohansingh Arjun Singh Wadhwa (68), a resident of Amar Sajjan Tower, Mangalwari, told police that Qadri often visited his Bullock Cart Bar & Restaurant on Mount Road, Sadar, to consume liquor. After consuming liquor, Qadri never paid the bills by threatening him and his son of dire consequences, he added.

Wadhwa also told police that Qadri demanded Rs 10,000 from him after threatening to ‘expose’ him and his son in the media.

On the basis of the complaint, cops registered an FIR against Qadri and started investigation.
Earlier also, two criminal cases were registered against Qadri by the Nagpur cops.

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Taps of residents of Kalamana & Wanjari ESR areas

Nagpur: NMC-OCW put up a major 450 meter By-pass pipeline of 450 mm dia near Wanjara Railway crossing. Interconnection work of by-pass line is going on (in progress). The earlier 450 mm dia pipeline crossing railway track has developed major leakage which is not only dangerous for railway track but people of Kalamana ESR and Wanjari ESR areas were deprived of drinking water supply.

Now after by-pass water supply line the earlier line will be disconnected completely and residents will soon start getting water supply at their taps.

Watch Sachin Dravekar Explain all bout NEW taps work and benifits :

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Nagpur: Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Anti-Corruption Wing on Friday caught B U Waghmare, In-Charge (Civil), Niljai Sub-Area of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Wani Area, Yavatmal, red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a contractor for clearance of his pending bills.

Contractor Anil Kumar Singh, a resident of Chandni Nagar,Ward No 6, Ghugus, district Chandrapur, was awarded two work orders for replacement of GI sheets of transformer shed at Wardha river sector and repairing of potholes at Naigaon Main Road in WCL’s Niljai Sub-Area.

After successfully executing the works, Singh approached Waghmare requesting him to clear his bills worth Rs3.97 lakh. Waghmare demanded Rs 14,000 from him to clear the bills.

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Nagpur: Cable tangled in a truck brought down a traffic signal at Liberty Square in Sadar area here, on Saturday morning. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.

The traffic was brought to standstill for a brief time as the traffic signal fell between the roads. Some locals made attempts to clear the road and informed Sadar cops.

The fallen signals were subsequently cleared from the road. As there was less traffic on the road owing to morning time, no one was injured in the incident. However, if the same incident would have occured in the evening, the consequences would have been dire.

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Nagpur: There are ample opportunities for mineral resources, mining,agro -based & other manufacturing & service industries in Vidarbha,but it is necessary to explore & accelerate the industrial development of Vidarbha by turning them into reality remarked Shri Harshdeep Kamble newly appointed Principal Secretary, Industries, Govt of Maharshtra.

On his first arrival in Nagpur after assuming office. Delegation of COSIA Vidarbha under the leadership of CA Julfesh Shah met him & discussed many issues & problems faces by Industries in Vidarbha region.

Several suggestions were given by COSIA Vidarbha on various industrial issues & to promote MSMEs in the region about which he assured to address on priority & take it to logical conclusion. Principal Secretary Shri Harshdeep Kamble, being originally of Vidarbha, has an unwavering spirit to do something special for the industrial development of Vidarbha during his tenure. He expressed his strong desire to organize various types of events for industrial growth and awareness about various policies & Schemes of Govt. especially for Vidarbha. Chairman COSIA,Vidarbha CA Julfesh Shah urged him to organize the signature event of State Govt to promote investments ‘Magnetic Maharashtra’ in Nagpur and assured that all the industrial organizations of Vidarbha will strive hard to make this mega event successful.COSIA team also assured that they will work tirelessly & extend their unstinted support and cooperation to make it happen as a very fruitful & successful event of Maharashtra.Issues relating to power tariff,backlog in disbursement of incentives,Export promotion schemes,ESIC issues,issues relating to Package Scheme -2019 etc were also deliberated.

Chairman,COSIA Vidarbha CA Julfesh Shah led the delegation in which Vice-Chairman duo Sudarshan Shende and Vaibhav Agarwal and Treasurer Nitin Alshi were present.. On this occasion, Joint Director Industries of Nagpur Shri Gajendra Bharti, General Manager DIC ,Nagpur Shri Shivkumar Muddamwar,Smt Supriya Bawankule,GM,DIC Wardha were also present.

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Nagpur: The All India Vayusainik Camp for the year 2022 was conducted at Jodhpur from 24 Sep 22 to 05 Oct 22. Teams from all the seventeen Directorates of the National Cadet Corps from across India participated in the competition. The Maharashtra Directorate team comprised of 38 Cadets and 02 Associate NCC Officers. The cadets participated in various competitions during the 12 day camp. The competitions that were conducted were Flying, Aeromodelling, Firing, Drill, Line area, Best Cadet and Health and Hygiene.

The team won various medals across all disciplines. The team was adjudged best in Firing, best in Flying and Ground subjects and was awarded the prestigious Best Contingent award. The various medals and trophies won by the team include, Best cadet in senior division boys (Gold, Silver and Bronze), Silver medal in Best cadet competition for senior wing girls, silver medal in Aeromodelling (static) and bronze medal in health and hygiene.

The team comprised of Cadets from the three NCC Air Wing Units of Nagpur, Mumbai and Pune. The team was selected during the inter-group competition held at Nagpur. The team underwent rigorous training in three camps that were conducted by No 2(Mah) Air Sqn NCC in Nagpur under the Command and control of Wg Cdr Manoj V Mudliar, Commanding Officer No 2(Mah) Air Sqn. The cadets were trained in all the disciplines like Flying, Aeromodelling, Firing, Drill, Line area, Best Cadet and Health and Hygiene.

The Champion team was felicitated in a function organized at MLA hostel by the Group Commander, Gp Capt B Chauhan. The All India Vayusainik Camp was conducted after a gap of two years due to the pandemic. Maharashtra retained the Championship that they had won in 2019 when the camp was last conducted.

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Nagpur: Tension has risen over the removal of huts erected on reserved land in Jayatala in Nagpur. As soon as the anti-encroachment team of the NMC started action, the citizens started protesting. These huts (Encroachment) were erected on land reserved for 24 meter wide roads near Renuka Housing Cooperative. Citizens surrounded the team that came to remove these huts. Even after that, the administration took action and removed 19 huts.

Shiv Mandir was built illegally at this place, along with a statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar was also erected. There was also strong opposition to the removal of this temple and statue. Even after that, the team took action. Ashok Patil, Assistant Commissioner Kiran Bagde, Anand Lamsonge, Enforcement Inspector Sanjay Kamble and the team took this action.

2 months before the court order

Mukesh Taiwade, a partner of M/s Mukesh Infrastructure, filed a petition in the High Court to remove this slum. On August 17, the court passed an order on this petition which lasted for three years. In it, instructions were given to remove the illegal construction. There was a little delay in the operation as the police force was not available due to festivals and celebrations. As soon as the team was received, action was taken on Friday. On September 1, 2022, the zone issued a notice to the slum dwellers and directed them to vacate the premises within 15 days. After it was ignored, the encroachment holders had asked for time back. However, the team refused and took action.

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Nagpur: If you have a confirmed ticket then the fun of travelling is something more enjoyable. Every passenger tries to get a confirmed ticket. With stranded travellers struggling with an overloaded booking portal, tech-savvy side-street agents and touts have been found to be hoarding seat reservations and selling them off at a premium. The ‘Vigilance Team’ of the Railways is paying special attention to the Nagpur Section to prevent the loot of needy passengers.

Due to the doubling of the number of passengers due to Diwali festival, the waiting list has got longer. Looking at the experience of every year, many people have already booked tickets in advance. So the ‘waiting list’ is already slowly increasing. Travelling a day before and two days after Diwali is a strenuous exercise. Most of the people stay away from home in connection with studies or work. Wherever they are, everyone goes to their respective homes to celebrate Diwali.

So these days the waiting list would increase. The Nagpur-Pune, Nagpur-Mumbai route is very busy. Trains are always full on this route. This route has the longest waiting list during Diwali. The agents and touts become active and indulge in black marketing of tickets taking advantage of this opportunity.

Railways has also planned to make everyone travel from the reserved berths. Special trains will also run. The waiting list is long and additional coaches will be arranged as and when required. This year special vigilance system of Railways is ready and attention is being paid to Nagpur Division of Central Railway. Apart from this, teams of RPF and Crime Branch are keeping an eye.

Special attention on waiting list:

The rush of travellers is increasing due to Diwali. The Railway is paying special attention to the waiting list. If the waiting list is long, additional coaches will be arranged by the order of the Headquarters. A special team of RPF is monitoring the black marketing of tickets, said Vijay Thul, Commercial Manager, Central Railway.

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Nagpur: A team of Studio Sakha conducted the ‘The Nagpur Tale’ with an attempt to establish a ‘Heritage Dialogue’ within the Professors of architecture, eminent practitioners, eminent artists, architectural students and the residents of Mahal, Nagpur.

The ‘Heritage dialogue’ is an initiative taken by team Studio Sakha, under the leadership of Ar. Sandeep Pathe (Conservation Architect and Principal Architect, Sakha) with an attempt to redefine the ways of conducting a heritage walk within the historic core of Nagpur city. The initiative aims to establish an introductory overview about the forgotten walled city of Nagpur, the walk started from Gandhisagar Lake and lead towards the Gandhi Gate or Jumma Darwaja and explored the neighbourhood of Mahal, Nagpur.

The objective of the heritage walk was to educate the principles of fortification and its relationship with city planning, it aims in making citizens understand the value of each gate, using the old maps it re-imagine life in the 18th century Nagpur City. The dialogue emphasised on how the old city is slowly fading and getting forgotten in the overall journey of being a metro city.

The old maps sourced from Gazetteer and Museum published by The Nagpur Tales were the point of attraction among the participants and heritage enthusiasts.

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Padma Vibhushan Dr Raghunath Mashelkar honoured with Nagarjuna Award and Padma Bhushan S Nambi Narayanan with Acharya Bharadwaj Award, in a felicitation programme in Nagpur

Nagpur: Nagpurians on Sunday were blessed with the good fortune of hosting, and listening to, two of the pioneers in the field of Indian science and technology — Padma Vibhushan Dr Raghunath Mashelkar and Padma Bhushan S Nambi Narayanan.

Responding to their felicitation in a glittering ceremony, both the eminent Indian scientists and innovators pitched for ancient Indian science and technology getting due recognition at International level. They also discussed how Indian sages and seers pioneered ancient technologies far before the world did.

Hindu Research Foundation and Maitree Pariwar Sanstha launched the first International award to honour acclaimed scientists and scholars of India and the world. Dr Mashelkar and S Nambi Narayanan were honoured in the ceremony organised jointly by these two organisations at Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Sabhagruha, Persistent Systems, IT Park in Nagpur. Dr Mashelkar, former Director of National Chemical Laboratory and former Director General of CSIR, was honoured with ‘Nagarjuna Puraskar-2022’ at the hands of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways.

S Nambi Narayanan, a former ISRO scientist who developed ‘VIKAS’ liquid engine and on whose life is based the movie ‘Rocketry’, was honoured with ‘Acharya Bhardwaj Puraskar-2022’ at the hands of Swami Vigyananand, Founder President, World Hindu Congress. The award comprised shawl, shreeful, memento, and Rs 1 lakh cash.

Addressing the gathering, both the eminent scientists of world repute shared in brief their stories of struggle and overcoming the odds, and also enlightened the audience about the rich tradition of science and technology in India.

“The Indian civilisation has a strong tradition of science and technology. Ancient India was a land of sages, scholars and scientists. Research has shown that from making the best steel in the world to teaching the world to count, India was actively contributing to the field of science and technology centuries before the modern laboratories were set up,” said Dr Mashelkar. However, he rued, the world never recognised Indian traditional knowledge. But, he added, Indian scientists in the modern era, with their work, were compelling the world to acclaim India’s traditional science.

S Nambi Narayanan led his team to develop the ‘VIKAS’ engine and helped India leapfrog into the era of PSLV rockets. He also envisioned and worked towards developing a significantly more advanced Cryogenic Engine indigenously, to help India launch heavier satellites to higher orbits. “There is no match to Indian traditional knowledge. Our sages and seers were the pioneers in medicines, astronomy and other technologies. Indian Space and Research Organisation or ISRO named its first satellite after Aryabhatta and second one after Bhaskaracharya to recognise the contribution of both the sages in the field of space technology,” he said

S Nambi Narayanan spotted city-based former ISRO scientist Dr Prakash Mujumdar in the audience and said, “My colleague Dr Mujumdar is here. He was witness to our struggle for liquid propulsion systems.”

Gadkari, who was the chief guest, emphasised on promotion of Indian values and ancient technology. “We are on the path to becoming ‘Vishwaguru’ (world leader). To achieve this goal, we have to do more research on our ancient science and technology. Knowledge is power, and conversion of knowledge into wealth is the future. Conversion of knowledge into wealth is possible only after using spirituality with ancient science,” he observed. He added that it was high time for India to develop an education system based on ancient technology. Swami Vigyananand presided over the event. He shed light on the ancient Indian knowledge systems and how modern-day politics kept people away from studying those.

Dr S Arunan, Director, Mangalyaan Project, ISRO; and Prof Madhusudan Penna, Vice-Chancellor, Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, were the guests of honour. Prof Penna also expressed his thoughts on this occasion. Dr Anita Tidwe compered the event. Dr T S Bhal, former Additional Director General of Police, made introductory remarks and also proposed a vote of thanks.

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Nagpur: In what can be considered as a game changer for Nagpur city, sources claim that the G20 summit has high possibilities to be held in the city.

Sources also revealed that a team was sent by the Centre to analyse the city– if it is perfect for the summit or not. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has already started beautification of places and will undertake greening of 375 earmarked public spaces during the winter season.

Around 375 sites will be upgraded aesthetically in Delhi. However, if Nagpur makes it to the list the beautification of the city will be done by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). It can also be seen as a major relief to Nagpur as the citizens will witness better roads and footpaths.

The G20 Summit is all set to be held in India next year in September and over 200 meetings will be held during the summit.

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Nagpur: The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said, “All that’s old is not gold. Old, which is no longer usable, should be scrapped. Similarly, useful old things are definitely gold and should be accepted.”

Gadkari was speaking at a function to confer awards to former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan and ex-Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr Raghunath Maheshelkar, by the World Hindu Congress and Maitree Parivar Sanstha in Nagpur.

According to a report in local Times of India daily, the Union Minister further touched upon Hindutva. In lines with what RSS leaders like Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat often say, Gadkari stressed that people of India, irrespective of their faith, have the same lineage. “There is an image vs reality problem for Hindutva, Hindu and the Hindu way of life. Irrespective of beliefs, it is a value-based way of life. There is a need to research on the Hindu way of life and values. However, due to politics or political limitations, Hindutva is often termed to be a narrow thought. On the contrary, it is pluralistic and tolerant towards others,” said Gadkari.

“When Swami Vivekananda went for the World Religion Congress at Chicago, he did not say that his religion was supreme. Rather, he said whatever may be the practice it ultimately reaches the same God,” added Gadkari.

The ToI report further quoted Gadkari as saying that the dictionary meaning of the world secularism is respect towards all religions and not being non-aligned to faiths. “However, lately non-alliance to religion has become the meaning of secularism. Certain misconceptions that were created during the British Raj also need to be cleared,” said Gadkari.

“Swami Vivekananda had said the 17th century was that of the Mughals, the 19th of the British and 20th of America as superpowers. The 21st century belongs to India. This relates to the Hindu way of life and values which includes people of all faiths — those who pray in mosques or churches,” said Gadkari.

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Nagpur: In one more road accident, a woman was killed and her husband injured seriously when a recklessly driven truck hit their Activa moped in Wadi police jurisdiction on Sunday afternoon. The truck driver fled the spot and is being searched by cops.

The deceased has been identified as Nandini Sanjay Dhoke (43), resident of Bhanegaon, Tehsil Saoner, district Nagpur. The injured is Sanjay Prabhakar Dhoke (48).

According to police, the couple was going to Gondkhairi double seat on their Activa moped (MH-40/AV 2009) around 3.30 pm on Sunday. Midway near MIDC T-Point road, a rashly driven truck rammed their Activa with forceful impact. As a result, Nandini and Sanjay suffered critical injuries. They were rushed to Alexis Hospital where doctors declared Nandini dead. Sanjay is being treated.

Wadi PSI Pathak, based on a complaint by Satish Badguji Dhoke (43), booked the unidentified truck driver under Sections 279, 338, 304(A) of the IPC read with Sections 134, 177 of Motor Vehicles Act and searching for him.

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Nagpur: Hudkeshwar Police arrested a Manager of Ashmi Road Careers owned by Pyare Khan, a well-known name in transport business, for deceiving his owner to the tune of Rs 17 lakh.

The accused, Balram Nathuram Chaudhari (41), resident of Plot No. 28, House No. 943, Dattawadi, was working with Ashmi Road Careers since 2018 as Traffic Manager of North Zone. Since it was a huge work the company owner had given him more powers like hiring trucks on his own. Ashmi Company has a contract with JSW Steel whose material is transported to North India. Ashmi used to transport the material of JSW Steel. Balram was handling the responsibility. He used to take out material from JSW and cancel the work contract of Ashmi transferring it to Tarika Logistics, a company he floated in his wife’s name.

According to police, the accused Balram Chaudhari charged Rs 50 per tonne more from his own company to be given to another company. The other company employee used to give Balram those extra Rs 50. As per the estimate calculated by Pyare Khan, Balram earned around Rs 30,000 daily. Police said, in the third crime committed by Balram, he used to charge more money from Ashmi pretending that the truck was going on long distance. An employee of Ashmi working at JSW informed all this to Pyare Khan who in turn lodged a complaint with Hudkeshwar Police.

Police have registered offences under section 420, 418 of the IPC and are probing the matter further.

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Formation of the committee is aimed at safeguarding the livelihood of street vendors. With this development, the NMC will identify hawking and no-hawking zones in the city

Nagpur: Finally, the Maharashtra Government has formed an 18-member Town Vending Committee (TVC) for Nagpur city with representation from officials, police and hawkers’ associations — a long-pending proposal aimed at safeguarding the livelihood of street vendors. With this development, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation now inches closer to identify hawking and no-hawking zones.

Municipal Commissioner and Administrator Radhakrishnan B is the Chairman of the Committee whereas Commissioner of Police, Representative of Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) or Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), Joint Commissioner of Police, and Medical Officer (Health) of NMC are the Government nominated members on the committee. The government has also nominated 13 members comprising civic activist Kaustav Chatterjee, Sandip Mankar, Aashish Naik, Devendra Mehar, Sachin Punayani, Working Manager of Bank of India, Hawkers’ representatives Abdul Razzaque Qureshi, Gopichand Ambhore, Pramod Mishra, Neha Ochani, Ritu Mohabe, Maroti Patel and Sandeep Guhe.

However, the appointment of Sandip Mankar as representative of the NGO has come under scanner. Being an active BJP office-bearer, the Eknath Shinde led government has nominated Mankar in place of its earlier NGO representative Vinod Taywade, who is now planning to challenge the notification in the court.

Following the Supreme Court directives and subsequent order from the High Court on implementation of the national policy on street vendors, the government issued the notification on October 6.

Formation of a TVC is mandatory under the Street Vendors’ Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act 2014. But the same was awaited since October 2019. The 18-member TVC comprises seven representatives of hawkers’ associations across the corporation limits, two from NGOs, two from residents’ welfare associations, one representative each from market and traders’ association and nationalised bank.

In October 2021, the government had submitted to the High Court that the TVC had been formed, and informed about the appointment of Vinod Taywade and Kaustav Chatterjee as two members from NGO category.

Now with this development, a senior NMC official from the NMC’s market department said the constituted panel would work out details such as earmarking vending/hawking zones in the city and registering the hawkers and vendors, issuing them identity cards and allocating them areas. According to him, a survey would also be carried out to enumerate hawkers and vendors operating in the corporation limits. After the survey and identification of street vendors, the civic body will collect some fees based on the category of street vending.

Sources, however, said with no open spaces available in commercial areas where hawkers have already thrived and increasing with every passing day, it would be a herculean task for the panel to earmark hawking and no-hawking zones in the city. Nagpur has around 65,000 hawkers, but very few were registered with NMC. In the past, NMC had identified 53 hawkers’ zones. After this notification of forming TVC, a fresh process to enrol hawkers and declaring hawking and no-hawking zones will be initiated.

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Nagpur: Unexpected turn of events put the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Supremo Sharad Pawar in the dock. Pawar dodged some harsh questions posed by a group of intellectual Muslims in a programme held at Hotel Tuli International in Nagpur recently, according to a report in a local daily.

According to the report, The NCP President, instead of replying to the questions, preferred to dodge them saying that he would come again on the same forum at a later date. Vidarbha Muslim Intellectuals Forum had organised a programme wherein Sharad Pawar was the chief guest. He was expected to speak on ‘Issues Before Indian Muslims’. Before his speech, some speakers expressed their views.

Most of them appealed to Pawar to understand the problems of Muslims. But, Adv Firdous Mirza posed some tough questions and sought a reply from Pawar. “It is a known fact that Muslims are inclined towards Congress-NCP. Unfortunately, during their regime from 2009- 14, maximum offences were registered against people of our community. We consider you as ours but nobody from your side comes forward and says, ‘You are not wrong’. Are the parties that call themselves secular fooling us? We are confused because a group calls itself secular but does nothing while the present Government in the Centre has done some good things for us like raising the scholarship amount,” said Adv Firdous Mirza.

The report further said that Adv Mirza also pointed out that the Sachar Committee had clearly observed that the condition of Muslims was worse than that of the people belonging to Scheduled Castes. He explained, “We never get our due share in jobs, education. Among minorities, there are some other communities that do not need reservation, but we need it. We agitated in a quiet manner, but nobody responded to it. When the issue of providing reservation to Marathas and Muslims came up, court found Muslim reservation as legal. Despite court calling Maratha reservation illegal, the community got its demand fulfilled, while Muslims are still struggling. In the last two-and-a-half years, we waited for reservations, but in vain!”

Adv Mirza also called for giving more importance to the Urdu medium. He claimed, though students took Urdu language and studied in it, they had to write answers in Marathi. “In competitive examinations and other communications, Urdu should be promoted and we expect your party to take a lead,” he appealed to Pawar.

A stunned Pawar said that he did not expect such a huge crowd from all over Vidarbha for what was supposed to be a ‘closed-door group discussion’. “I have not come here for an election campaign. The issues of any community cannot be discussed in 15 minutes. I agree that the issues are genuine, but we have to sit across, understand the issues, and find solutions to these issues with consensus,” Pawar said.

Pawar agreed with the demand of Urdu getting due importance, but made it clear, “Probably, Maharashtra is leading where Urdu gets due importance. I would suggest looking at Kerala, which has more minority people. Kerala enjoys the highest literacy rate because the minorities there embraced their State language. While respecting other languages, we can not underestimate our State language.” The NCP chief also acknowledged the contribution of Muslims and Urdu in Bollywood’s success.

Dr Aziz Khan, well-known cardiologist, presided over the function. Dr Shakeel Sattar, Raza Baig, Parvez Siddiqui and others shared the dais on this occasion.

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