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Nagpur- Sonegaon police have arrested one Shashank Darkonde resident of Takedi Road, Sitabuldi who is involved in many theft cases.

According to the police, Shashank Darkonde along with his other accomplice burgled a house of one Narendra Dalal in New Lokkalyan Society Narendra Nagar. From here he stole a Vento car, gold and silver ornament total amounting to Rs 6,60.177. The police recovered Vento car and gold and silver ornanments.

After arrest, the police came to know about the other thefts from him. He has burgled three more houses and stolen 1 vehicle, from jurisdiction of Bajajnagar police station 1 vehicle, from Pratapnagar 2 vehicles. Total 8 crimes came to light.

From the accused police recovered goods worth Rs 8,67,077. Sonegaon police are still searching for the accomplice of the accsued. The accused is a resident of Umrer in Nagpur district, he would come to Nagpur only for thefts this was revealed during the investigation.

One held in theft cases, Cops recover Vento car, gold, silver ornaments

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Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court today granted interim protection from arrest to seven accused, directors of RJ Shah & Company and D Thakkar Constructions, in a case related to alleged scam in the Mokhaburdi Upsa Lift Irrigation scheme.

No “coercive steps” should be taken against them till March 5, 2018, the next date of hearing, said the court, seeking government’s reply to the accused’s pre-arrest bail applications.

Anti-Corruption Bureau of Maharashtra police has filed cases against Kalindi Rajendra Shah and Tejaswini Rajendra Shah, both directors of RJ Shah &Company; Vishal Pravin Thakkar, Pravin Nathalal Thakkar, Jigar Pravin Thakkar, Arun Kumar Gupta and Ramesh Kumar Soni.

The ACB filed a 4,500-page charge sheet against the accused last month, after which they moved the court seeking pre-arrest bail.

As per the ACB, private contractors, in connivance with government officials, manipulated the tender process which resulted in a financial loss to the government.

Irrigation scam: seven accused get interim protection

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Nagpur: At a time when the nation is shocked at the whopping $ 1.8 billion fraud involving Punjab National Bank, back home the grass is certainly not greener for the defaulters, albeit in different loan default case. The point in question here is veteran Congress leader Ranjeet Deshmukh who residence in Civil Lines Bhaskar Bhavan is on the verge of auction for his inability to pay off the business loan taken from IDBI bank.

It may be mentioned that Deshmukh along Pallavi Parekh had taken a loan of Rs4.95 crore for setting up a company Percept Web Solutions in Mihan. Deshmukh’s residence opposite MLA Hostel and some other properties were provided as collateral.

District collector office is likely to seize his property on February 20 under Bank Securitization Act.

The business went bust and Percept Web Solutions could not pay off the loan. The loan amount including the interest had reached Rs5.70 crore. IDBI therefore decided to auction the collateral to recover its loan.

Sources in IDBI said that the Percept loan was classified as non-performing asset (NPA). Deshmukh was frequently contacted regarding recovery of the loan but he did not respond. He was issued several notices regarding possession notice, title search repot, mortgage deed, etc but in vain.

Left with no option, IDBI officials sought permission of district collector under The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (commonly known as Securitization Act), for auctioning Deshmukh’s property. District collector has agreed to seize Deshmukh’s property and hand it over to the bank.

When contacted, Deshmukh admitted to receiving the attachment notice. “I had paid off Rs1.95 crore in September. The Parekh’s have not paid their share of the loan. The bank officials should now go after them,” he said.

Loan Default : Ranjeet Deshmukh’s Civil Lines residence to be auctioned

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Nagpur: In a cleverly hatched plan to crack down on the interstate gang which has been giving an eyesore to both the police and public for quite some, three cops smartly masqueraded their looks with the members of specific community and ultimately nabbed the perpetrators.

The finely scripted action went exactly as per the plan and the undercover cops tracked the gang members effectively. The detection branch of Panchpaoli police station has seized 5 guns, 7 magazines and 23 bullets from the possession of the members and also arrested 5 people in this connection. A trader from Yavatmal is also included among the arrested people.

The cops arrested Sikandar Khan alias Sonu, 25, Saddam Khan, 23, Moheb Khan, 26 and Salman Arif Ansari, 25, after laying a trap at Mahendra Nagar in Teka. Interestingly, the gang has been flourishing on code words. They would use word ‘capsule’ for bullet. The pistols they had, were up for sale in the price range of Rs 35,000 to Rs 70,000.

Simultaneously, the trader from Yavatmal identified as Prajwal Chavan, 25 was also arrested.
The gang members have allegedly sold atleast 2 dozen guns in Nagpur. It is learnt that the guns were fetched from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh.

Upon receiving a tip off, PSI PR Ingley and Vinod Dhongade, constables Rajesh Deshmukh, Pradeep Pawar, Vijay Yadav, Vinod Gaikwad, Vinod Barde, Mahesh Jadhav and Swati Mohade hatched a plan.

Ingley along with constables Deshmukh and Swati Mohade wore the attire of specific community. In the story, Swati acted as the lonely wife of gangster who is in jail. She messaged Sikander to meet her on Valentine’s Day. Meanwhile, she also alerted the cops to lay the trap. When Sikander arrived cops waiting in the autorickshaw intercepted him and recovered firearm. Sikander then took the cops to Saddam, Salman and Moheb.

Nagpur cops go undercover to bust interstate gang, 5 nabbed

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Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that there was no need for judicial inquiry into the fire at two restaurants in Kamala Mills compound last year.

The fire at roof-top restaurants 1Above and Mojo’s Bistro claimed 14 lives on 29 December.

BMC’s counsel Anil Sakhre on Thursday said the civic body was already conducting a detailed inquiry, and action had been taken against several officials.

“Twelve officials from the BMC and fire department have been booked for negligence and a departmental enquiry has also been initiated against them. We are taking all necessary steps. So there is no need for a judicial inquiry,” Sakhre said.

He made the submission before a division bench of Justice RM Borde and Justice RG Ketkar which was hearing a PIL filed by former IPS officer Julio Ribeiro, seeking judicial inquiry into the fire.

The bench asked the Maharashtra government to state if it was in favour of a judicial inquiry, adjourning the hearing to Friday.

Kamala Mills fire: BMC informs Bombay HC there is no need for judicial inquiry

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Nagpur: Police have registered a case against one person for forging signature and getting the bank pass book in a lady’s name and then again forging a cheque to withdraw money from the bank.

According to the police, One Rizwan Ahmed Mohommad Abbas ,46 resident of Pipla Dak Bangla, Saoner Road got a bank pass book by forging signature of Sapna Mohommad Mustafa Khan, 35 resident of Railway Quarters, Mount Road, Sadar. Sapna has a account in the State Bank of India, Main branch, Kingsway Road. The accused Rizwan forged signature on the cheque and tried to withdraw Rs 5 lakh.

Before ggiving money to the culprit the bank crossed checked with Sapna. She informed the bank that she had not taken any cheque book nor has she given a cheque to anyone. Bank immediately dishonoured the cheque. After the case went to the court Sapna lodged a police complaint against the culprit.

Man booked for forging signature, tries to withdraw Rs 5 lakh from SBI

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Nagpur: Sensation prevailed in the police department when eight police employees of Nagpur Aaropi Cell were suspended. All the suspended employees belong to Police Headquarter’s Aaropi Cell. They were accused of helping some culprits while taking them to the court and in return they used to get money.

Crime Branch Police Department’s ACP Ashwini Patil on getting the information started investigating and gave the repoort to Police Commissioner Dr K Venkateshan. He immediately ordered suspension of the police employees who had been helping the culprits while taking to the court. These accused used to help specially the gansters and big businessmen and traders. The are reported to have helped Gangster Raju Bhedre, Deepak Bajaj and others.

Those suspended were Two Assistant Police Inspector (APSI), 4 Police Naiks and 2 police constables. The names of the suspended are APSI Dasharath Chinduji Durve, Sanjay Vikramsingh Thakur, Police Naiks Ajay Krishna Neware, Suresh Kawduji Bele, Munindra Kashinath Bhangey, Harshad Bhaskarrao Powale, Constables Jayant Krishnaji Zade, Maonj Namdeo Kodpe.

It may be mentioned that whenever the accused where taken to the court every time these persons used to on the duty. The axe may fall on the officials also who used to give these accused the duty of taking them to court.

It may be mentioned that Raju Bhedra and other accused have been sent from Nagpur Central jail to other jails.

8 police employees of Police Aaropi Cell suspended

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Nagpur: In a deadly mishap which unleashed a trail of death on Friday noon, as many as five students, including 2 girls and 3 boys, on board an SUV died on the spot after their vehicle hit a stationary truck on Wadi road. One of the deceased has been identified as Nisha Nikam, daughter of Police Inspector Rajendra Nikam of Nagpur city crime branch, NDPS squad. Three more students sustained serious injuries however their condition was reportedly critical. Two of the survivors have been admitted to Meditrina hospital whereas the the lone girl survivor was being treated at another private hospital in Wadi. All of them were reportedly studying in Hislop college. So ghastly was the accident that the Ertiga vehicle (MH40-AC 9209), in which all the eight students were travelling, was damaged beyond recognition.

Soon after the accident the residents around the spot rushed to move out the entagled bodies of the students. The dead bodies have been sent to to the Mayo hospital for postmortem.

Sources said all the eight students were approaching towards Nagpur on Amravati road on Friday afternoon. As they approached near Wadi the boy driving the vehicle suddenly lost control over the steering wheel and rammed the SUV into a truck (MH43 Y7936) parked by the road side. Two girls including daughter of PI Nikam along with three boys died on the spot. Three others including two boys and a girl were rushed to the hospital as they showed some movements.

Wadi police have registered the case of accidental death under section 304 A. The names of deceased were yet to be confirmed till the time of filing the report.

More details are awaited.

5 students including PI’s daughter killed in road mishap in Wadi, 3 others injured

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Nagpur: Following its commitment of providing clean, safe and sufficient water to every household OCW has started its ESR Cleaning for the fourth consecutive year. NMC-OCW plan to clean Laxmi Nagar (New) ESR on 17th Febrary2018 (Saturday) and Khamla ESR on February 21 (Wednesday).
Owing to the Laxmi Nagar (New) ESR cleaning, water supply to following areas will remain affected on 17th Feb 2018 (Saturday) are:Surendra Nagar, Dev Nagar, LIC Colony, Nargudkar Layout, Vikas Nagar, Damodar Society, Santaji Colony, Old Ajni, NIT Layout Ajni, Dhote Layout Ajni, ChunabhattiAjni, Ambika Nagar, Borkute Wada Ajni, Prashant Nagar, Samarth Nagar, Sahkar Nagar, Rahul Nagar, Gajanan Nagar, Hindusthan Colony wardha Road, Pragtisheel Colony, Rajiv Nagar, Priyanka Wadi, Part of Chatrapati Nagar, Navjivan Colony, Neeri Colony.

While Owing to the Khamala ESR cleaning, water supply to following areas will remain affected on 21th Feb 2018 (Wednesday) are:
Pandey Layout, Sneh Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Tapovan Complex, Jaiprakash Nagar, Central Excise Colony, Chattrapati Nagar, Doctor Colony, Panchdeep Nagar, Mehar Baba Colony, Pavanbhumi, SavitriVihar, Paryavaran Nagar, Cosmo Politiyan Society, Ujjwal Nagar, Kurve Nagar, Rajin Nagar Wardha Road, Rahul Nagar, Somalawada, Pioneer Society, Engineer Society, Bante Layout, Sita Nagar.

Laxmi Nagar (New) ESR Cleaning on Feb 17 & Khamla ESR on Feb 21

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G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur organized the event “ROCK BAND” under cultural program, ANTARAGINI-2018 on 12/02/2018. Total Nine bands with 40 participants from different Institutions had performed in the event. Mr.Abhijit Kotriwar and Mr.Devashish Guru were the judges for the event. Arbor Band from Nagpur was the first winner.Large number of students and faculty members from all department were present. Prof. Sujesh Ghodmare was faculty coordinator and Mr. Prasad Khannade worked as the student coordinator with his team. Dr. Preeti Bajaj, Director G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur congratulated the winners of rock band.

G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur organized the event “ROCK BAND” under cultural program, ANTARAGINI-2018.

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Nagpur: Taking up the cause of 17 former employees of NMC and appealing to his own government proved costly for the President of Nagpur BJP OBC Cell. Till yesterday Subhash Ghate was the President of Nagpur BJP OBC Cell but on Friday through a letter he was removed from the post. Subhash Ghate was trying to get back the jobs of OBC community’s 17 former employees of NMC. It is feared that Subhash has been punished for agitating and constantly talking against his own government. He was even arrested for trying to commit suicide infront of Chief Minister’s Nagpur residence. As per Subhash, he had gone their to stop the other persons who were trying to commit suicide.

According to Subhash he has not received any such letter stating that he has been removed from the post and in case such action has been taken, he accepts it for the OBC community and will continue to work for the party as loyalist.

The real issue

The 17 former employees of NMC have been fighting for appointment in various departments of NMC despite the court’s order. During 1993 there were 256 surplus employees and 106 employees were terminated from their jobs. In 1997 the present chief Minister had ordered reinstatement of these employees. After this order out of the 106 only 89 were taken back on job while 17 have still not got justice. The had gone to the court too. In presence of Town Planning Department Chief Secretary T C Benjamin and during the tenure of Chief Minister Vilasrao Desmukh the hearing of these employees was held. The orders for reinstatement were given. Subhash Ghate was fighting for their cause. When the BJP government came to power he was hopeful that this case will be settled but such thing did not happen. After the agitation at Ramgiri, NMC administration received letter from Town Planning Department for re-appointment of 17 persons. But according to Subhash Ghate in this letter there was no direct order and nothing was clear.

Fighting to get justice for 17 ex-NMC employees proves costly for BJP office bearer

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Nagpur: Nagpur being the second captial will receive special fund, informed Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar. He was talking to the media persons after the district planning review meeting held at the Divisional Commissioner’s Office. In this meeting some public representatives informed Mungantiwar about the funds received during earlier BJP-Shiv Sena alliance government.

Finance Minister assured that he would inquire into the earlier decision taken as per rule and then make available the funds. Mungantiwar said that he did not have exact information about this and he had just heard about it. From whatever information he got he came to know that Nitin Gadkari was the State Minister during this period and because of his efforts the then Chief Minister Manohar Joshi had make provision for the funds for second capital.

From the year 1995 to 99 the funds were given but then the govt stopped giving funds. Finance Minister was in Nagpur to review the funds given to districts under the district planning before the budget. He told the media persons after the GST was implemented Maharashtra is the best performing state. In this budget the government has paid special attention to increase the irrigation sector. The work that has been done in this one year was not done in last seven years. He said that his government has been successful in bringing the irrigation sector growth to 9.4 per cent from 5.8 per cent

‘Separate Vidarbha not possible now’

Answering to the question over separate Vidarbha the Finance Minister did not give clear answer rather tried to dodge. According to him it is necessary to pass the resolution on the basis of majority in Legislative Assembly for forming a separate state. Even though if he has a mind to give separate Vidarbha yet due to insufficient number it is just not possible.

Second capital will get special fund from State Govt, says Sudhir Mungantiwar

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Nagpur: After Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court refused to entertain their pleas, three agents of Shreesurya Group on Friday withdrew their applications for quashing of FIRs lodged in Akola. A division bench comprising justices Vasanti Naik and Arun Upadhye held that each complaint in the scam would need independent investigations.

The criminal application was moved by accused Mohan, Mangeshi and Mukund Pitale, praying to quash the FIR filed by one of Shreesurya’s investors in Akola. Counsel Anand Deshpande, appearing for the petitioners, contended that a second FIR in connection with the same crime cannot be lodged, as first one was already in existence.

The Shreesurya Group collected funds from over 5,500 investors, many of them senior citizens, with guarantee to double the amount invested in a couple of years. The group floated variety of businesses including construction, milk supply, restaurants, gymnasiums, hospitals, transport, insurance, and others. The schemes went bust in 2013. After complaints in Pune, Amravati and Akola, the Joshi couple was arrested.

Both Joshi and his wife have either withdrawn or transferred crores from their bank accounts some months before the offence was registered and they were arrested. Bank statements revealed the couple had transferred the entire amount in just a month.

Shreesurya Scam : Agents pull out pleas as HC refuses to accept

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Nagpur: Giving a boost to the irrigation sector, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to build check dams along with bridges in the state. Hundred such structures will be built including 35 in Vidarbha. This will irrigate between 40,000 to 50,000 hectares. A pilot project has been launched in Buldhana district. NHAI contractors need earth for road works. They will take away the silt thus effective storage of water bodies will increase

Addressing the two-day groundwater conclave ‘Bhujal Manthan’ on Friday, Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari said that NHAI would also desilt dams. “A pilot project has been launched in Buldhana district. NHAI contractors need earth for road works. They will take away the silt and the effective storage of the water bodies will increase,” he added.

The minister said that river-linking projects also would be taken up in the state. “Rainwater in Konkan goes into the sea. We will build five to six dams in the region and transport the water to parched Marathwada region. We will also link Narmada river with Tapi,” he further said.

Turning to the national scene, Gadkari said that water of Himalayan rivers was not being used fully. “We will build three dams in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. This will double the water in Yamuna river and provide water to Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. We will also build Pancheshwar project on Indo-Nepal border. It will bring more water into Yamuna and also generate 6,000 MW electricity,” he added.

“India is not using its full share of water of rivers that flow into Pakistan. We will, therefore, build dams in Kashmir on these rivers,” the minister said.

Batting for river-linking, Gadkari said that Godavari water was being transported to Krishna river through the Rs10,000 crore Polavaram dam and canal project. “We will also do river-linking in Tamil Nadu,” he said.

“Indravati river in Gadchiroli district has lot of water but it is not possible to build a dam on it because of dense forest. We will transport the water to Tamil Nadu. I have sought no objection certificate from governments of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh for this purpose,” Gadkari said.

On the present initiatives of the central government, the minister said that there were several projects which were incomplete in spite of the spending hundreds of crores of rupees. “We have decided to provide funds for completing projects on which more than 50% work is over. 99 projects have been included for funding and out of that 28 are in Maharashtra. Also, 350 more projects are in the pipeline,” he added.

The minister urged farmers to go in for testing of groundwater. “I had started dairy business in Dhapewada but it failed because water was not suitable for cattle,” he said.
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union minister of state for water resources, UC Singh, principal secretary (water resources), government of India, state minister for water resources Girish Mahajan and KC Naik, chairman of Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) also expressed their views in the convention.

NHAI to build 100 check-dams including 35 in Vidarbha, pilot project picks up in Buldhana

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Nagpur: Rebel BJP leader Yashwant Sinha once again trained his guns at BJP government at centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring farmers’ plight. BJP MLA from Katol Ashish Deshmukh went a step further demanding the resignation of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Sinha was in Katol to attend Deshmukh’s indefinite strike seeking justice for hailstorm hit farmers in his constituency.

The former union minister has been launching attacks on BJP from several platforms. His son Jayant Sinha is the union minister of state for finance.

Meanwhile, former NCP minister Anil Deshmukh staged a road blockade in Katol over BJP government’s failure to address problems of farmers. He alleged that the state government was fooling the farmers.

“I feel like a culprit owing to my political allegiance with BJP”, said Sinha while addressing the farmers on the third day of the strike on Friday. “Promises made to the farmers by the current government is yet to see the light of the day. Farmers today are facing the worst times since independence due to government’s apathy and ignorance. Unlike developed countries who focus on agriculture and its subsequent spending, our political leaders especially the current ones only speak rather than actually act on it,” added Sinha.

Around 500 farmers were part of the strike, which began after the region experienced hailstorm on Tuesday resulting in destruction of the crops. The indefinite strike started by Deshmukh began on Wednesday at Katol, demanding the government to provide relief to the farmers through loan waiver and funds.

Further slamming the PM, Sinha said, “Our prime minister addressed the youth on methods to deal with exam stress as he has exemplary experience in the arena. I also expected him to speak on the issue of farmers and the crippling problem of farmers suicides but hardly did he address the real problem that is weakening our nation.”

Ashish Deshmukh added, “Fadnavis must resign. Not only has he failed to live up to the expectations but the ignorant attitude towards real issues have made the public lose faith in him. The fact that farmer issues have become mere political agendas to garner votes is a serious issue. Numerous farmers are claiming they their affiliation to BJP has resulted in nothing but fake promises and loss.”

Condemning the policies of the government, Deshmukh added, “The policies never reach the actual farmers resulting in farmer suicides. One needs to introspect on the policies that has been created by the government, yet farmer suicides are increasing every day,” adding that the strike will continue till the demands of the farmers are met.

BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh demands CM’s resignation over agrarian crisis

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Nagpur: Nothing can match this irony and negligence on the part of staff at police control room! The fatal accident near Waddhamna on Amravati road that killed 7 students brought to the fore the alarming lapses on the part of the people on duty. In a shocking height of insanity and ignorance of the staff deputed at police control room, understood to be crucial in times of emergency and fatal accidents, the policewoman on duty responded like a naive and instead rebuked the citizen who called up at the emergency number to report the accident.

It may be mentioned that the joyride turned into a tragedy for eight Hislop college students when seven of them were killed as the car they were travelling in lost control and rammed into a parked trailer near Highland Park, around 21 km away from city, on Amravati road. The mishap occurred at about 3.15 pm on Friday.

Immediately after the accident, the citizens kept calling at the emergency number 100 to report the deaths, to no avail. The lady cop on the other end reportedly took the incident in ‘true blue sarkari style’ without showing any sign of emergency.

In one of the two audio clips which is doing the rounds on Whatsapp, an alert citizen is heard informing the lady on duty but she tried to shrug off her duty and asked the citizen to call at certain number. When the man insisted on taking the report, she got irked and instead rebuked at the man.

Interestingly in another clip the conversation showed that woman on duty does not even know the area under which Waddhamna falls. Like an amateur, the police woman started inquiring without giving a damn to the urgency during those crucial moments.

This incident has exposed the casual approach of the emergency duty staff at police control room.
Meanwhile, the deceased have been identified as Vishal Rathwani (21, BCom 2nd year), Divya Paku (21, BCA 1st year), Satyanand Singh (20, BCCA 2nd year), Dhiraj Pathade (20, Bcom 2nd year), Nisha Nikam (21, BA 2nd year), Maitrey Awale (22, BMS 2nd year) and Evana Parveen Khan (22, Bsc 2nd year). Shahbaz Zafar Alwi (22, Bcom 2nd year) is the sole survivor. Evana is daughter of an Army officer posted in Assam while Nisha is daughter of a police inspector posted in city crime branch.

Unconfirmed reports said there was a liquor bottle and cigarette packet in the vehicle but it’s not known if any of occupants had consumed them.

The mangled car had to be pulled out from under the trailer where it had got stuck. Eyewitness Harpal Singh, also one of the rescuers, asked his driver to move the trailer so the car could be retrieved. “We had to use iron rods to break the car’s door open,” he said. “Some of them (victims) were still breathing at the time,” he said.

Dubious Duty : Lady cop at emergency number irked as citizens reported fatal accident

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Nagpur: The death of 7 students on Amravati road on Friday afternoon not only brought a pall of gloom among the family members and friends of the deceased but also added more pain to their agony as a video surfaced on Instagram on Saturday.

This video is shot in the Ertiga vehicle in which all the eight students were travelling. The students were seen gelling up in heartful chatter and funny takes on each other, without knowing the dark clutches of death awaited them on road further.

Watch this video here….

Viral Video : Moments before death, Hislop students uploaded their fun on Instagram

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Nagpur: Nagpur district administration has decided to construct two public toilets in the city for members of the transgender community.

The move comes after representatives of the Sarthi Trust, which works for the community, met District Collector Sachin Kurve and demanded separate public toilets for transgenders.
“We have decided to set up two (public) toilets for the transgender community in Pachpaoli and Sitabuldi areas.

The sites were suggested by the trust,” Kurve told a news agency.

Nikunj Joshi, CEO of Sarathi Trust, said there were about 1,200 transgenders in the city.
“We apprised the collector and deans and civil surgeons (of government hospitals) about health concerns of transgender community, and the discrimination they sometimes face.

“We requested for separate (public) toilets as well as separate medical wards for transgenders,” he added.

Now Nagpur to have toilets for transgenders

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Nagpur: Minister of State (I/C) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Giriraj Singh inaugurated the National SC-ST hub conclave in Nagpur. This was organised to encourage the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) belonging to members of the SC-ST community.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) with an aim to achieve the mandate under the Public Procurement Policy.

The event has been organised along the lines of the Public Procurement Policy, 2012 that mandated 4 per cent of total procurement of goods and services made by Central Ministries and CPSEs to be from Micro and Small Enterprises owned by SC & ST entrepreneurs.

The participants will deliberate upon steps to be taken to fulfill Public Procurement Policy mandate for SC-ST entrepreneurs.The programme is expected facilitate a common platform for the different stakeholders including CPSEs, Industry Associations and State Government.

For inclusive growth of SC-ST Entrepreneurs, the programme aims at combining efforts taken by all the stakeholders towards creating a supportive ecosystem. It also aims to hold interactions with industry associations and incubators to understand their expectations about NSSH programme while also on-boarding them to play a larger role.

From his official twitter handle Giriraj Singh informed about the inaugural in a tweet.

Giriraj Singh opens National SC-ST State convention in Nagpur

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Nagpur: India’s biggest Medical Entrance Exam known as NEET 2018 (National Eligibility Entrance Examination) of CBSE Board will be held on 6th May 2018 at the various examination centres across all over India Country. The Board has announced few important details regarding rules and dress code for both boys and girls. The exam authorities have decided to implement strict dress code pattern in the examination. Candidates will have to wear light half sleeves clothes not having big buttons, brooch/badge, flower etc. with Salwar or Trouser. Candidates will have to wear Slippers not shoes.

Male applicants have to wear light coloured clothes such as Jeans, Shirt having half sleeves only, Pant. The shirt buttons have to be medium in size and not bigger. Wearing Kurta Payjama will not be allowed. Only Sandals or slippers are allowed not shoes in exam hall.

Female candidates will have to wear light half sleeve clothes which should not have brooch or badge, big buttons, flowers etc. with trouser or Salwar. High Heel slippers or Sandals will not be instead flat slippers. Even shoes will not be allowed for female candidates.

The female candidate will not be allowed to wear ring, pendants, necklace, nose ring, earrings, or any kind of jewellery as the jewellery has to be checked before entering into the exam centre or hall.

Female Muslim applicants have been allowed to wear traditional dress like Hijab or Burqa. Those candidates wearing traditional dress have to come in the prescribed time before the commencement of test to undergo the checking process.

The candidates have been barred from taking things like -Stationery items such as textual material (written or printed), Geometry / Pencil Box, paper bits, Plastic, Calculator, Pouch, Pen, Writing Pad, Scale, Pen Drives, Log Table, Eraser, Electronic Scanners or Pen etc.

Various other barred items or things are wallet googles, hair pin, hair band, handbags, belt, scarf, cap, tabeez / charm etc.

Communication devices such as digital watches, mobile phones, Bluetooth, Microphone, earphone, health band, pager etc, Camera or Watch of any type, any metallic item have been barred

All other items or things which can be used for unfair means.

NEET authorities implement strict dress code for candidates