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According to police sources, the miscreants had looted Rs 40,000 and a mobile total worth Rs 56,000 at knife point from Indian Oil Petrol Pump at Padole Chowk. The 6 accused attacked the petrol pump employee Sanjay with knife. The Pratapnagar police registered a case of dacoity.

The Crime Branch Sleuths were also investigating into the case. Crime Branch Police Department Unit number 5 had received an information so they immediately arrested five persons including Vinod Meshram. Vinod Meshram had been planning dacoity on another petrol pump with his accomplices On receiving the information Crime Branch Police Unit 5 reached the spot with officials and employees and trapped Vinod Meshram and others. Two accused managed to escape.

The accused had looted two petrol pumps. Police are investigating into the matter. Presently Vinod Meshram and his accomplices are in the custody of Crime Branch police.

Five arrested in petrol pump dacoity case, two manage to flee

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Nagpur: Bhrashtachar Virodhi Janman President Sanjay Agrawal has alleged fraud by the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) in Agriculture Department’s vacant land near Futala lake by giving it to inexperienced contractor for development under the political pressure. The contractor violating the agreement let out the shops at a high rate to more than 18 businessman. The matter went to court when the shopkeepers refused to pay the rent. After additional extension to the contractor, the NIT dismissed him. Soon after this the shopkeepers have been trying to deal with NIT directly. In this entire episode the NIT and NMC faced a loss of crores of rupees. Since both the administrations are not serious about the matter, because of this the shopkeepers and contractor are enjoying.

According to Agrawal, the contract was given to Sale Ad by NIT on 17 Feb 2010 to construct 20 Food Kiosks and for this the contractor was to give Rs 16,27,004 during the first year, second year Rs 17,89,704, third year Rs 19,68,675, fourth year 21,65524 and fifth year Rs 23,82,097 as rent to NIT. But the contractor constructed more than 20 Food kiosks and gave them on rent. The kiosk were constructed on the parking place showed in the sanctioned plan.

Agrawal has informed that at contractor has to give Rs 41,31,790 rent and Rs 11,16,782 of government service tax in Surat. As per the NIT total Rs 52,84,572 is pending at contractors end. For clearing the pending amount the NIT served notice to the contractor on 5 Aug 2016, 2 Sept 2016, 30 Nov 2016, 6 April 2017. Crores of rupees of the NMC’s Property Tax Departments is pending with contractor as well as shopkeepers. Till 2015 the amount pending with Messrs Sale Ad is Rs 1,52,983, Kaveri Creation Rs 18,15,419, Om Associates Rs 22,34,370, Sikander Pal SIngh Rs 11,14,472, Mohammad Shakilk Rs 9,67,747, Shailendra Sharma 4,39,383, Babbu’s Rs 26,664, Shahnewaz Khan Rs 5,51 560, Divya Fast Food 8,17,129, Gayatri Fast food 7,88,282, Shilpi Ajay Bagadi Rs 13,06,281, Rahul Nagulkwar 6,86,388, Shravan Chintaman Inawate Rs 4,08,563, Kamlesh Sahani Rs 4,68,660, Subroto Sinha Rs 1,46,456. According to the shopkeepers’ sources no one has paid the pending amount and so it went on increasing.

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Agrawal has accused NIT and NMC of being partial. He said that for a small amount the the administrations do not hesitate to seize the property or acution but these big people with whom amount is pending are being protected and so action should be taken against the person protecting them. Both the administrations should recover the pending amount in time or else they would have to knock the doors of court. The administration will be responsible for the heavy loss.

NIT, NMC faces heavy revenue loss as Futala shopkeepers enjoy

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Nagpur: With the transfer of Indian Airforce’s 219.58 hectare of land to Maharashtra Airport Development Company has cleared all the hurdles in construction International Airport. In exchange of this land MIHAN has given its 377.59 hectare of land to Indian Airforce.

District Collector Sachin Kurve and Indian Airforce Station Commandant and Group Captain A K Chourasia in a meeting at the District Collectorate signed the important documents of transfer and tranferred the to Maharashtra Airport Development Company.

Prominent among those present on the occasion were Additional Collector and Mihan Project Rehabilitation Officer Prakash Patil, MIHAN’s Technical Adviser S V Chahande, Chief Engineer S K Chatterjee, Wing Commander Manoj Mehta, Squadron Leader Kale, S Singh, C P Singh, Estate Officer Nikhar, District Superintendent Land Records Suryakant More and City Land Survey Officer Bhushan Mohite.

In 2002 when the MIHAN Project began Indian Airforce had handed over the land for MIHAN Project and it was decided that Indian Airforce would be given 400 hectare of land.

It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had been continuously following the land transfer case with the Defence Ministry. Similarly, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had a meeting with the then Defence Minister Manohar Parikar on 17 May, 2015 and discussed with him the transfer of land in two phases.

Soon after this the process between the Indian Airforce and Maharashtra Airport Development Company regarding the land began in 2016. District Collector Sachin Kurve followed the land transfer case and completed the process. Guardian Minister also followed up the MIHAN project with Indian Airforce.

Out of the 400 hectare of land 377.59 hectare has been transferred to Indian Airforce. This is an important phase for the progress of MIHAN Project. This will give a boost the tender process started by the government for International Airport Development.

Due to the efforts of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule the land transfer process gained monmentum and so District Collector Sachin Kurve and Indian Airforce Station Commandant and Group Captain A K Chourasia could complete the entire process. Since the land transfer document were handed over by Indian Airforce to Technical Adviser this will boost development of MIHAN.

CM thanks Union Minister for land Transfer

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis thanked Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for the of transfer of land by Indian Airforce to Maharashtra Airport Development Company. With this historic decision Maharashtra Airport Development Company’s development will gain momentum.

Indian Airforce transfers land to MIHAN for International Airport

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Nagpur: The BJP MLA from Katol in Vidarbha, Ashish Deshmukh, expressed disappointment at the Maharashtra governments reply to his letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the issue of a separate Vidarbha state.

The reply, by the governments General Administration Department, stated that Deshmukhs demands had been forwarded to the concerned departments.

Deshmukh had written the letter on December 6 last year asking Fadnavis to pursue efforts to bring about statehood for Vidarbha.

Accusing the government and Fadnavis of ignoring demands for statehood, Deshmukh said the governments reply was an insult to the people of Vidarbha.

Ashish Deshmukh calls states reply to his Vidarbha statehood letter an insult to its people

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Nagpur: The growing clamour against the top and now defunct Congress stalwarts has created quite an uproar into local party circles. Few days back, speculations were rife that Satish Chaturvedi’s years of ignorance towards strengthening party at local level has prompted Congress high command to decide on his exit. Now it seems another leader from the Congress trio Dr Nitin Raut is on the radar. This turned evident on Friday when giving a rude shock to Dr Raut, the Congress party on Friday admitted ex-IAS officer Kishore Gajbhiye into party fold in presence of Rahul Gandhi.

Insiders believe that since the decision was taken in Delhi with Rahul Gandhi personally welcoming him, it was a clear indication from the party that the Chatruvedi-Raut duo has lost the confidence among their party bosses.

It may be mentioned that Gajbhiye had contested 2014 assembly elections on BSP ticket and had secured 55,187 votes and stood second relegating Raut to third place. Similarly BJP’s Dr Milind Mane had secured 68,905 votes and had defeated Gajbhiye by a margin of over 13,700 votes. In the backdrop of open rebellion by party heavyweights like former ministers Satish Chaturvedi, Nitin Raut and Anees Ahmed, this smart move by MPCC President Ashok Chavan has rattled the trio, particularly Dr Raut.

This situation may put his betenoire and former MP Vilas Muttemwar and his protege city president Vikas Thakre on advantage. Sources said now they will try to scuttle Raut’s ticket in 2019 polls. Already, the factional feud has intensified with party issuing notice to Chaturvedi who in tum has accused Muttemwar as B team of faction.

Gajbhiye’s entry into Nagpur Cong turns a bad sign for Nitin Raut

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Nagpur: Four miscreants entered the site Office of Metro Depot Eco Park coming under Sonegaon police station, and beat up Site Engineer Ravikant Kinkar and when his colleague Ashish Meshram tried to intervene the attacked and injured him. Police who were informed about the incident have arrested the accused one Akshay Sudhakar Kodpe and are looking out for Pratik Salve and other two accused.

According to police, Kaustubh Kale was present in the Site office of Metro Depot, Eco Park along with Site Engineer Ravikant Kinkar and Ashish Mehram when suddenly accused Akshay and Pratik along with two other accomplices entered and for no reason they started abusing Kaustubh Kale and started breaking the things. The accused then beat up Ravikant and when Ashish Meshram tried to intervene they attacked him. The miscreants snatched a mobile worth Rs 6000 and fled from there.

Kaustubh Yogendra Kale, 27 resident of Laxminarayan Apartment Yavatmal lodged a complaint against Akshay Sudhakar Kodpe, 19, Parsodi, Pratik Salve,19, Khamla and two other accused in Sonegaon police station.

Miscreants attack Metro Depot, beat up 2 employees

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Nagpur: Two woman died of burn injured in two separate incidents. One woman got burnt while cooking meals and the other as boiling water fell on her.

According to police in the first incident that took place on 8 Feb, a 59 year old woman Anita Dongre, resident of Indora Bhandar Mohalla, Jaripataka was cooking meals on the gas stove when her clothes caught fire and received burn injuries. She was admitted in a private hospital but while undergoing treatment she died.

Police have registered a case of accidental death.

In the second incident one Vastlabai Larokar, 57, resident of Pardi Bhandewadi received burn injuries yesterday evening when she was carrying bucket of hot water her leg slipped and she fell down and the hot water fell on her. She was immediately rushed to Mayo Hospital where she died during the treatment.

Kalamna police has registered a case of accidental death.

Two women die of burn injuries in separate incidents

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Nagpur: A cynic youth, in a fit of rage, set himself on fire in a hotel at Sauncer, near Nagpur and caught hold of a girl standing near him on Saturday. Soon the hotel staff rushed to douse the fire.

The entire horrifying incident was captured in the CCTV camera installed at the restaurant. The footage, a copy of which is with Nagpur Today, clearly shows that the enraged youth, identified as Navneet Junghare was engulfed in flames. He barged into the restaurant and plunged onto the girl. The girl tried to escape but the boy managed to grab her. Police have registered a case of attempt to murder against the youth.

Sources informed that the youth had spilled petrol all over his body to immolate himself. He has been admitted to a hospital where his condition was reportedly critical.

Both the man and woman has been referred to Nagpur hospital for better medical treatment. Navneet reportedly poured petrol over himself near the hotel located close to Bajaj Chowk. The girl’s father was also present at the time of incident.

Spotting the act, the staff rushed with buckets of water and doused the fire.

Sources reported that that youth is currently facing the charges of making viral the obscene picture of a girl belonging to his village. The girl who was attacked was said to be the witness in the case. Sources reported that due to this reason, the youth tried to kill himself and the witness.

Video : Boy sets himself on fire, plunges on girl in Sauncer

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Nagpur/Pune: The techies’ death saga is back to haunt IT circles of Pune yet again. This time it has Nagpur connection. A 30 year old married woman from Nagpur who had shifted to Pune for work recently, met the tragic end on Friday night when she fell down from the 12th floor of a building on Park Street in Kalewadi in Pune. Police has identified the deceased as Pallavi Udayan Majumdar (30) who has been residing at Park Street. Hailing from Nagpur, She was working a software engineer in a private company in Pune.

However police suspect that Majumdar committed suicide by jumping from the 12th floor of the building. Assistant Police Inspector Abhijit Jadhav, who is investigating the case, said no suicide note has been found. Police is trying to ascertain the cause behind the incident.

Majumdar was married to a software engineer, who works in Hinjewadi IT Park, and the couple has a six-year-old son.

Accident or Suicide? Techie from Nagpur falls to death in Pune

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Nagpur -The medical administration has ordered to remove the prescription rights of the residential doctors. Before this order there were many complaints that despite having medicine in hospital still some senior doctors of Medical College Hospital had been asking the patients to buy medicines from outside. Resident doctors had been writing prescription to get the medicines from outside. Senior doctors would avoid giving prescription and would ask the resident doctors to prescribe medicines of a particular company. Some doctors had prepared a list of medicines. But the moment bribery case came to light it created a sensation among most doctors. Soon some doctors stopped prescribing medicines from outside.

Medical College Dean Dr Abhimanyu Nisawade in order to put an end to all this has asked the Heads of all Department Associate Professors, Assistant Professors to prescribe medicines from outside only if the medicines are not available inhospital. The Resident doctors should not be asked to prescribe medicines, such orders have been given to all heads of Department, it is reliably learnt. With these orders though the resident doctors have heaved a sigh of relief, but has increased pressure on senior doctors. The senior doctors would often as their Juniors to prescribe the medicines.

It may be mentioned that the two doctors one resident doctor and other a Lady Assistant Professor had to face ACB’s inquiry for no fault of theirs. In Medical’s Opthalmology Department a patient of Retinopathy was asked to give a bribe of Rs 3000 for administering injection in the eye, this created a sensation. And taking a lesson from this the medical administration removed prescription rights of residential doctors.

Shortage of medicines puts departmental heads in problem

The Medical College has the right to buy the medicines on Rate Contract (RC) But in the month of August the RC , limit ended. After five months the government woke up and extended the limit on 17 Jan and that to upto 31 Jan. But a condition was put that if in between the Haffkine Cporporation’s medicine supply is regular the extension will be cut short. But this company till now has not provided necesary stock to Medical College. This has put senior doctors in tight spot because of the orders that prescription should be given.

Now resident docs of medical college cannot prescribe medicines

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Nagpur: A man was arrested after he tried to self-immolate in front of the Chief Minister’s House in Nagpur.

The Nagpur Police has also detained four others who were accompanying him.

They had allegedly been removed from their service in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).

The detained people were among the 17 people who have not yet been reinstated by the NMC following the sacking of 106 surplus employees in 2002.

Man attempts self-immolation near CM house in Nagpur

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Nagpur: At a time when the citizens were just facing the seasonal transition – the phase when one season enters into another, the sudden showers on Sunday changed the entire scenario and brought it back to cool again! In a surprising event, Nagpurians were caught unaware on Sunday when heavy spell of rains and hailstorms hit the city, bringing life to standstill for sometime. Various areas around Nagpur were reportedly hit by hailstorms blanketing the entire area with thick white sheet. The temperature in Nagpur slipped by 2 degrees following the sudden change in weather. This is not the first time that the region saw rainfall during winters. Last January too Nagpur and Gondia had witnessed showers.

Met sources informed that Nagpur received 7.2 millimetres of rain. The maximum temperature was recorded at 26 degree Celsius, which was seven degrees below normal. The unexpected rainfall was caused due to confluence of winds, said the sources. “In Nagpur, hailstorms were reported in Northern and Western parts,” he added.

As per the weather forecast, no significant changes are expected in the temperature for the next two days. However, the maximum temperature in Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh is expected to drop by two-to-three degree Celsius. According to weathermen, rainfall during winters doesn’t bring the temperature down on a large scale.

The unexpected rains and hailstorm reportedly affected winter harvest at many places in the region, with standing crop of cotton, wheat, grapes and chickpea in Jalna, Beed, Buldhana, Washim, Amravati and Akola districts of Vidarbha and Marathwada region getting destroyed due to heavy rains. Sources claimed that two lives were lost in Amravati and Gondia districts due to lightning.

As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), dry weather conditions are likely to prevail in the region.

Apart from Vidarbha, rains and hailstorms are expected to occur in neighbouring states, including Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Weather forecast shows that almost all districts including Akola, Amravati, Gondia, Chandrapur, Buldhana, Wardha and Yavatmal are expected to receive thunderstorms with hail till February 14, and then witness partly cloudy sky for the remaining week.

Weather Shift : Nagpur sees sudden showers, hailstorms

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The bike driven by Ashok was hit by a truck near Bharat Apartments, around 500 metres from Wadi police station. Yadav’s bike then collided with another two-wheeler, injuring its driver Dhananjay Mahalle.

The truck was also hit from behind by a bike whose driver sustained minor injuries but left the spot immediately.
The truck driver, Ishwar Gamit, a resident of Tapi in Gujarat, fled the place but was later arrested after he turned up at the Wadi police station.

It was learnt, Yadav, had borrowed a bike from a friend for a ride to Wadi. He filled petrol at a pump near Bharat Apartments. The bike was hit by the truck after Yadav tried to cross the divider through a narrow gap. The riders had worn helmets which too were damaged in the accident.

Wadi police rushed Yadav and Wakode to Mayo hospital where they were declared dead. The Wadi police have registered an offence against the truck driver.

2 killed as poorly lit stretch on Amravati road causes mishap

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Nagpur/New Delhi: Following the backlash received over Mohan Bhagwat’s alleged disrespectful statement against the Indian army, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Monday said that his speech was being misrepresented.

A statement issued by Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, Manmohan Vaidya, read, “Bhagwatji had said that if situation arises and the Constitution permits, Indian army would take six months to prepare the society whereas Sangh Swayamsevaks can be trained in three days, as Swayamsevaks practise discipline regularly.”

To this effect, Vaidya added, the statement was not a comparison between the Indian army and the Sangh Swayamsevaks, but a comparison between general society and swayamsevaks, when given the opportunity to be trained by the Indian Army.

Bhagwat’s statement sparked an outrage on social media following his speech in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur where he was reported to have said that RSS was capable of preparing military personnel in three days for which the Indian Army would take six to seven months.

Bhagwat’s speech being misrepresented: RSS

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Mumbai: Bombay High court on Monday reprimanded Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) lawyer and sought an explanation on “if terrace was illegally occupied, how you could give a license to operate even an eating house at the premises?”

The question was followed by the Ex top cop Julio Rebeirro’s PIL filed in Kamla Mills tragedy case.

BMC lawyer in defence told the Court, “The eateries had obtained permissions by misrepresentation of facts with the help of some BMC officials and initially 12 BMC officials have been found at fault.”

The lawyer, in his further explanation, said “An inquiry has been initiated by ADDL. Municipal Commissioner against various BMC departments and officials to fix the responsibility and take action.”

Kamala Mills owner Ramesh Govani and Mojo’s Bistro waiter Sayeed Ali are in judicial custody till February 12 in this connection.

Earlier in the month, families of two people, who lost their lives in the fire, strongly opposed the granting of bail to the five other accused – Yug Tuli, Yug Pathak, Abhijit Mankar, Jigar Sanghvi and Kripesh Sanghvi – by a Mumbai court.

The BMC, in its reports, had confirmed that the fire started from Mojo’s Bistro and spread rapidly to ‘1 Above’ restaurant.

Kamala Mill tragedy: Bombay HC slams BMC

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According to report, Tekchand Kanojiya has a shop Mohan Dry Cleaners at Anil Sagar Apartment in Wardhamannagar. Today around 9 am the fire broke out and the material, furniture in the Laundry was reduced to ashes.

On receiving the information the fire tender and police reached the spot and within an hour managed to douse the fire after a great struggle. The fire did not cause any damage to the apartment. But in the fire the clothes which dry cleaned clothes and which were to to be cleaned were reduced to ashes causing a loss Lakhs of rupees.

The reason behind the fire is reported to be short circuit.

Fire in Wardhamannagar Laundry

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Nagpur/NewDelhi: Reliance Power today said state- run Coal India has been directed by the Delhi High Court to immediately commence coal supplies to the Unit-I of Butibori power project.

“The Delhi High Court in its Order dated January 31, 2018 has granted interim relief to Butibori Thermal Power Plant (TPP) and has directed Coal India Ltd (CIL) to immediately commence the supply of coal to Unit 1 of Butibori Plant, equivalent to Annual Contracted Quantity of 1.23 million tonnes per annum through its subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Ltd,” Reliance Power said in a BSE filing.

Reliance Power has set up 2 x 300 MW Butibori Plant near Nagpur through its subsidiary Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd (VIPL), which is supplying its entire power to Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (Distribution Utility), which distributes electricity to over 28 lakh consumers in Suburban Mumbai under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement approved by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission.

While coal is being supplied to Unit 2 by Coal India through its subsidiary Western Coalfields Ltd, the supply was not commenced to Unit 1 of the Butibori Plant despite a valid Letter of Assurance (LoA) issued by the Coal India subsidiary pursuant to the recommendations of Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term) comprising of Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Power, CIL, Central Electricity Authority and Railways among others, in 2008, the company said.

The LoA had promised supply of 1.23 million tonnes per annum of coal for Unit 1, it added.

The coal supply issue was pending for nearly four years after the commissioning of the unit and commencement of power supply to Reliance Infrastructure Ltd in April 2014 under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement approved by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission.

The Delhi High Court, has noted that the Butibori Plant has fulfilled the pre-requisite of SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) Policy, wherein Fuel Supply Agreements are to be signed with existing LoA holders, and has a case for having an FSA executed in its favour, it said.

After the directions of Delhi High Court, both units of Butibori Plant would be getting assured coal supplies from Coal India subsidiaries under 100 per cent FSA/ MoU (fuel supply agreement) and mitigate the uncertainties in supply of 600 MW quality and reliable power to citizens of Mumbai, it added.

CIL asked by Court to supply coal to Reliance Power’s Butibori Unit-I

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Nagpur- In the district 5 persons died including 4 farm labourer in Mansar who died as lightning struck them and in Buldana 7 persons were injured as heavy rains accompained by hails lashed the districts in Vidarbha all were sent to Primary Health and from there to Medical College Hospital.

Once again in the Vidarbha farmers are forced to face problem as on Sunday the unseasonal rains lashed Kamptee Saoner, Khaperkheda while rain accompained by hails lashed Buldana, Akola, Jalna, Gondia and other parts causing a damage to Maize, Jowar, Soyabean, Chickpea (Chana), Wheat crops. Besides this, it also destroyed Citrus Limetta (commonly known as Sweet Lime), Bannas, Oranges, Pomegranate and others.

In Wardha district some part experienced thundred storm accompained by heavy rains which damage the cotton crop. Suddenly, the weather changed in the district on Sunday dark clouds started hovering over some parts of the district and around 10 am, it started raining amidst thunder.

In Hinganghat too the heavy rains were experienced for full one hours and the farmers have been affected due to this. From two days in Selu weather was cloudy and on Sunday there was just a drizzle. The rains has affected the telecommunication service. Due to the sudden rains the farmers and traders in Kalamna market had to face a loss in lakhs and crores.

Five persons dead 7 injured as heavy rains accompained by hailstorm lash Vidarbha

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Mumbai/ Nagpur: The Indigo aircraft from Hyderabad to Raipur and the Emirates aircraft going to Dubai from Singapore were allegedly said to be just 200 feet away from each other. Indigo Airbus A-320 and Emirates Boeing B-777 breached the minimum separation of 1,000 feet that has to be maintained between two planes. The incident occured on Jan 28 and the incident came to light after after officials confirmed that one of the controllers at the Nagpur ATC tower was grounded as a standard operating procedure . The conformation came during an inquiry initiated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) .

A somewhat similar incident had occurred less than a week after a mid-air collision was averted between two aircraft in Mumbai airspace by allegedly three seconds, investigation is underway.

In the Nagpur incident radar controller was probably not at his seat when the incident took place informed a senior officials privy to the investigation. An official said, “an unauthorised officer was asked to take charge until the time the senior radar controller in question returned to her seat and handled the channel.”

While Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said he could not comment on the matter as it was under investigation, a senior AAI official privy to the probe confirmed that one of the senior radar controllers was grounded as his role in the accident is being scrutinised.

The radar controller in question was will remain derostered until a preliminary report is released by the investigative agency, according to another AAI official.

Near miss in Nagpur airspace, ATC staff grounded

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Nagpur: It is difficult to imagine what it feels to get lost in a foreign land and that too with a language problems. This feeling was experienced by an Iranian Woman who got separated from her husband at Nagpur as the train left in which she was travelling leaving her behind.

According to the report, an Iranian couple was on India tour and were travelling by Mumbai-Howrah mail and were on their way to Kolkatta. The train stopped at Nagpur railway station and this Iranian lady got down to geyt some things. In search of things she went to the next platform. By this time the train left. She started weeping when she did not find the train. One of the coolies spotted her worried and crying he tried to ask her but in vain as both could not under stand each others language.

The coolie in order to help her out took her to the station in-charge. But since the foreigner lady knew only Persian language he could not help. The station in-charge immediately called for RPF. PSI H L Meena could somehow make out that the lady was an Iranian.

He took the help of mobile app Google translator spoke to the lady. It proved beneficial for him. She narrated the entire episode how she got lost. The lady did not know in which coach she was travelling. She only told her husband’s name was Teharian Mirza Beiki. Soon after this RPF contacted the SECR control room.

Control room then contacted over mobile the CTE H Harikrishnan who was on duty. On getting the information he found the Iranian lady’s husband in coach S 2 and seat number 11. Teharian Mirza Beiki asked to get down at Bhandara and the n brought to Nagpur. On Nagpur station it was a happy reunion of the Iranian couple.

Iranian lady gets lost on Nagpur rly station, mobile app helps to reunite couple