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Nagpur: BJP Corporator and Executive President of newly formed Nagpur Adhoc workers Union Dharmpapal Meshram announced setting up of new Workers union when already there was active workers union under the leadership of NMC’s ruling party.

Meshram informed that this union has been formed with the permission of ruling party leader Sandip Joshi. The President of this union is former Mayor Pravin Datke, Mangesh Gosavi as Secretary have been appointed. There are total 4500 adhoc employees, out of these 2000 are the members of this body.Soon after the registration in the Labour Commissionerate the registration of adhoc employees will begin. Through this organisation efforts will be made to get housing at minimum cost along with financial help.

According to Meshram the union was unable to get justice for the adhoc employee and so the need for this organisation arose. In case the need arise to agitate against ruling party for SC adhoc employees the union will not back out. On compassionate ground 65 dependents were not given jobs when employees died in harness. The union members will make an effort to meet the Chief Minister.The required things given by the Health Department to concerned employees were not given due to the mismanagement of administration.

It may be mentioned that the 17 employees terminated from the NMC were not reinstated and so a few days back they tried self immolation in front of Chief Minister’s residence under the leadership of OBC Cell Vidarbha Chief Subhash Ghate. BJP sacked Ghate which sends out a new message.

Ruling party forms adhoc workers union

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Nagpur: The second phase route of Nagpur Metro Rail Project (NMRP) has been decided. Vasudev Nagar to Dattawadi route bas been finalised in the DPR. The second phase of the project after its extension of the route has become 43.5 kms.

It may be mentioned that the Nagpur Metro Rail Project celebrated its third foundation day on Saturday. Managing Director of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Brijesh Dixit was sharing the information on this occasion. He further said that the report of CRRI (Central Road Research Institute) will be followed for noise level created by running of metro by Nagpur Metro. Under this project special solution for the noise control will be applied. To control the noise a parapet wall with sound barrier or Mass Spring System will installed.

Dixit informed that the problem that arose for Airport Authority of India due to the height of metro has been solved.

Pocket track at three places

At Rahate Colony Square, Agrasen Chowk and Subhash Nagar station extra Pocket Track will be laid. On these tracks arrangements will be made for the extra trains to be parked. On the main track if the metro train fails it will be parked on this track. Besides this whenever the need arises the metro train will be run on this track.

Second phase route of metro ready, metro to run between Vasudev Nagar and Dattawadi

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Nagpur: In a heartwrenching incident, an innocent one and half year old daughter and 60 year old mother of famed journalist and Nagpur Today crime reporter Ravikant Kamble were found murdered and dumped in a culvert behind Sanjoba High School building on Vihirgaon road near Dighori on Sunday morning. Police sources suspected a man named as Ganesh Shahu, who resides in the vicinity, as the perpetrator behind the crime. Ganesh Shahu is already a prime accused in case registeres under section 307 IPC at Sakkardara police station. Shahu, who runs a kirana shop in Pawanputra Colony, has been taken into custody from his house, after blood stains were found on his vehicle and at the ceiling fan, wash basin and walls of room inside his house, which is located above his kirana shop. Later Shahu’s brother and his wife were also picked up for interrogation. Nagpur police crime branch in investigating the case.

Kamble family reside in Pawanputra Colony in Dighori.
His daughter and mother were missing since Saturday evening and the police have been looking for them. The search ended on a tragic note when the bodies of the both the members of Kamble family- Usha Sevkrao Kamble, 60, and Rashi Ravikant Kamble, one and a half years, were recovered from the culvert in Vihirgaon, 3 kms away from Kamble’s residence.

Police sources said Rashi and Usha were allegedly strangulated and then their throats were slit. It is learnt that both of them might have been first murdered at Shahu’s residence and then their bodies were dumped into the nullah. However, police were yet to confirm the theory.

According to the information, Ravikant’s mother Usha Kamble was one of the members of BC. Shahu’s mother, who was also among the members and Usha’s friend owed some money to Usha Kamble. Shahu’s father Shivdharan and his mother Geeta have reportedly gone to Surat to attend a family function.

On Saturday evening, Usha reportedly inquired about her money which allegedly resulted into a verbal dual between Shahu and Usha. However, a puncture shop vendor informed that he had seen both Rashi and his grandmother in front of Shahu’s Shiv kirana stores attached to his residence on Saturday evening. It is believed that the duo were taken inside the house where the duo might have spotted something suspicious. In order to cover up the scene, Shahu could have first strangled them and then slit their throats.

Police sources said while Ravikant was looking out for his missing daughter and mother, Shahu had also visited his home and told Ravikant that his mother had come to his shop where Shahu had given Rs 7000 to her, which his mother had given to him to hand over to Usha.

Meanwhile, the police forensic team also visited Shahu’s residence and collected samples of blood stains found on Shahu’s vehicle and from various spots of his house. The team has also collected a sack stained in blood from the culvert.

Sources hinted at the personal enmity behind the murder, however police were yet to ascertain the reasons behind the extreme act by the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the citizens around Kamble’s neighbourhood have expressed anger and resentment over the cowardly and inhuman act. Voices are being raised to hand over the worst ever punishment to the culprit.

Further investigation is on.

Shocking : Nagpur Today Crime Reporter’s mother, daughter brutally murdered

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When you call our young and dynamic Crime Reporter Ravikant Kamble, you get a ‘message’ in a stern voice ” you are calling a VIP number. This call could be under surveillance, choose your words carefully.”

I learnt later, it was a ‘dial tone’ and using it was done as a harmless prank by Ravikant. But the very fact, that you half believed it, showed what an impact Ravikant had on not just NT readers but his colleagues too. Always on the go, tracking crime stories even as they were happening, he has thousands of followers to his FB posts, videos, tweets and messages.

Two years ago, he was in the cross hairs of a hardened criminal and would have surely succumbed to the attack planned on him but for his presence of mind.

But his innocent mother, and his even more innocent daughter… one of twins, not yet two, were not so lucky. Yesterday, his mother went for her evening walk as usual, taking one of the girls with her. They did not return. After family members had looked for them in usual places, and made inquiries with relatives etc. he must have informed the police. He also sent whatsapp message on his phone ” my mother and one and half year old daughter missing. If you spot them, or know anything of their where abouts please call!” There was the pleading symbol of hands joined in ‘namaskar’.

How helpless Ravikant must have felt when he posted that ! An intrepid Crime reporter having to ask for any kind of help in locating his own mother and infant mother… what he felt when their bodies were discovered this morning, no one, absolutely no one can imagine. No one should have to…

How happy Ravikant and his policewoman wife were when they were told 2 years ago that they were going to be parents to twins! The good news had come within an year of their marriage, which had been so well attended: by other journalists, his neighbourhood people, his relatives and even Police personnel. Ravi has always been good at collecting people. He had formed a Whatsapp group of reporters like him, criminal lawyers and police officers. When the group turned one year old, he took a cake to the Police Commissioner’s office, requested the CP to cut it and posted the photo…

When I called this same Police Commissioner Dr. Venkatesan a little while ago to ask if they knew anything and a tone of despair and also anger crept into my voice, I found this officer – who I always thought of as sensitive and responsible – being evasive and defensive. (There was no regret, no condolences to offer….nothing of the kind.)

“Please don’t jump to any conclusions Ma’m…let police investigation be over! ” And then he added, very curiously “it is a ‘personal matter’ most probably.”

So?? What do you mean by that statement Mr. Commissioner?

When anyone loses his mother and his little child so tragically, it is ALWAYS a personal matter! And no matter why the crime has been committed, it IS a crime, and a heinous one at that.

That in a busy part of the city two females, one a senior citizen, the other a little girl, are kidnapped from either the road/ or the ground where they were walking; taken away else where and killed in cold blood, it IS a failure of the law and order of the city, whatever the motive for the crime had been.

Did the CP mean to say, the twin murders did not take place by the act of a criminal gang who were riled with Ravikant for his professional activities but for ‘personal reasons’… so the responsibility of preventing it did not lie with the police?

Or did he mean to rule out any possibility of anyone assuming, again,that police are failing to control the crime situation of the city; which is the second capital of the state and home to Fadnavis, the CM and also the Home Minister, and Union Minister Gadkari ?

Year on year, Nagpur has been achieving the dubious distinction of having maximum crime, maximum number of murders and kidnappings and maximum corruption.

When we have to report this significant ‘statistic’ we are told these figures are doubtful, the conclusions reached are not correct.

We are also told, in a rather contradictory way, that some cities have propensity for violent crimes, and Nagpur, unfortunately is one of them… Crimes happen because of the Railways, because Nagpur is the center of the country, because Naxalites hide in forests which surround Nagpur etc. etc. (Thank God they haven’t said yet that crime happens because Nagpur grows the world famous oranges.)

On another and very serious note, what can the police do – they are public servants after all – when the local politicians like to surround themselves with known criminals? When an absconding Munna Yadav, of the Ruling party cannot be ‘found’ for months together despite FIR for attempted murder being filed against him?

Whatever the reason could be shouldn’t the Home Minister and the Law and order machinery gear up to controlling it ? Shouldn’t more police be deployed to such areas?

“What to do Madam, people do not want to be transferred to Nagpur. They do not come here… they go on leave and keep on extending it” is another ‘excuse’ one has heard often too.

Or is it the simple fact that Mumbai, by dint of being a metro that is the commercial capital of the country and the seat of the Maharashtra government, is where all VIPs live and maximum police have to be deployed here for ‘their safety?’

Please, please wake up at least now!

We plead you not because a young colleague has lost his daughter – he had named his daughters ‘Hansee and Khushi’ – how excited he had been when he knew he had twin daughters! – but because NO ONE should have to see this day in their lives. Whatever the reason…

Sunita Mudaliar- EX Editor

Fifty plus mother and two year old daughter of NT Crime Reporter murdered in cold blood…

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Nagpur: In view of the significant rise in the domestic flyers from the city airport, IndiGo and other airline will start flights from Bhopal to Delhi, Mumbai and Nagpur by March end.

Anuj Agrawal, Member (HR) of Airports Authority of India (AAI), said the more flights to Delhi, Mumbai and Nagpur from here will start soon and once number of flights increase, fare will also come down. Agrawal was in the city to address officials of AAI in two days HR conclave which concluded on Sunday.

“AAI prime job is to provide infrastructure and modern facilities to create world class Airports. In Bhopal, we have terminal building of international standard with all modern amenities to cater 700 passengers per hour. Aviation is expanding fast. Nearly 30 per cent increase in domestic passengers has been registered,” he said.

Bhopal Airport director Akashdeep Mathur said that many facilities have been upgraded at Bhopal Airport for the convenience of the passengers and to make their journeys more comfortable. “We will continue to ensure better facilities to air passengers in the days to come. We have many food and beverage service outlets and retail outlets at the Airport,” he added.

Air Traffic controller Rakesh Bahari said that Indigo’s move may encourage other airlines to use Bhopal airport’s night parking facilities. Once other airlines realize that Bhopal is well equipped, they may also utilize the services here, he added.

IndiGo flights to Bhopal from city by March end

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Nagpur: Even as the row erupted over the decision of Vasantrao Naik Institute of Social Sciences and Arts (Morris College) to send nine teachers for a 42-day residential training to Pune, the institute had to pull out names of four teachers. It may be mentioned that some faculty members and students had expressed concerns over the lack of teachers after they would be sent. Some students said Psychology and Geography subjects have practicals and need teachers to be present in lab. The college had asked teachers to conduct practicals and internal assessment before leaving.The training is scheduled to start from February 20.

Joint director of Higher Education department, Pune, Mohan Khatal said that training is essential but it is the college’s job to send teachers in batches so that academic activities are not disturbed.

Faculty members said the training, being held ahead of summer exams and NAAC inspection, is aimed at improving administrative efficiency.

“Teachers from across the state are getting training every year. What is the output? How much efficiency has been achieved in their work? The department must make this public,” they said.

Regional joint director Anjali Rahatgaonkar defended the move though she said that the training is organized 3 or 4 times a year.

“Teachers don’t want to go but the training is compulsory. It is the director’s duty to see that academic activities are not affected,” she said.

She added that during winter session the entire head office and mantralaya staff were asked to attend the training. “No exemption was given that time, so how can teachers be allowed to skip,” she asked.

Training Row : Morris College pulls out names of 4 of 9 teachers

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Nagpur: Fortunes turned for a nondescript village Borkhedi, 40 kms from Nagpur, when the state government on Sunday signed a MoU with IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services (IOT) to set up a Rs 500 crore petroleum terminal in Borkhedi, around 40km from the city.

The proposed plan envisions a mega inland terminal by 2020 that will stock petroleum products of state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL).

Rajesh G, President, Terminalling, IOT said, “The project would indeed provide a much needed fillip to the ever-increasing energy demands of eastern Vidarbha, and the benefits of our state-of-the art technology would benefit our customers with enhanced safety and efficiency.”

IOT is a joint venture between IOC and Oiltanking GmbH (Germany), one of the world’s leading independent tank terminalling companies.

Upon completion, Nagpur can stake claim to be the only second such facility in the country, after Raipur, as it will stock petroleum product for more than one company.

Rajesh said, “The project challenges the established norm that oil terminals are captive assets serving only their parent company. The new terminal would be an ‘Inland Common User Terminal’, storing petroleum products for IOC and HPCL.” He added that the current terminals of these companies, located at Khapri, if relocated, could also benefit development plans for the Railways and Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN).

The proposed terminal would provide services to the two state oil companies th its throughput capacity of 1.4 million kilolitres. Fuel would be supplied at the terminal through tank wagons by railway and be distributed through tank trucks to the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli and parts of Wardha. As on date, IOT is operating 15 terminals in India through various business models

The MoU was signed at the Magnetic Maharashtra conference at Mumbai, which was held to attract investments in state.

Borkhedi near Nagpur to have Rs 500 cr petroleum terminal by 2020

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So finally it all boiled down to money. An exact sum of Rs 7000/ that Sahu family owed Usha Kamble, 50 + years old mother of Nagpur Today Crime Reporter Ravikant Kamble. His wife Rupali, ironically, is a constable with city police. Their innocent infant daughter Rashi, also became a victim of this crime, by dint of being a witness and because her loud cries could have alerted neighbours.

Usha and her grand daughter Rashi alias Apeksha had gone out together on Saturday evening purportedly to visit a jewelry shop as Ushatai had told her husband before stepping out at 5.30 p.m. When they did not return for some time, her husband tried calling her , but her mobile phone was switched off. Around 10 pm, Ravikant informed the police when he returned from his work. He sent Whatsapp messages to all his groups of friends pleading for some information, any information in their whereabouts but to no avail. Finally, they found only the bodies of the two stuffed in gunny bags and thrown away under a nullah some distance away. Their throats had been slit.

Police have arrested a grocer Ganesh Sahu, his wife Rupali, two brothers Ankit and Akshay along with cousin Siddhu for questioning in this connection. Prime suspect Ganesh had tried to mislead the investigation earlier and even joined Ravikant and cops in trying to trace his missing mother and daughter.

Ravikant too expressed shock when Ganesh’s name came up as suspect as latter had been courteous with the family and Ganesh’s mother Geetabai was a friend to Ushabai. “I used to purchase chocolates for my daughters from Ganesh’s shop. He behaved lovingly with them,” he said.

Police have said prima facie murder appears a fallout of a monetary dispute over Rs 7,000. Ushabai, who a local financial scheme, was miffed with Ganesh who had defaulted on periodic payments as per their deal. Ushabai apparently severely berated Ganesh in presence of his customers. That angered him leading to the double murder. Ganesh’s parents had gone to Surat. Upon interrogation, he told police he killed them on the first floor of his home at about 6 pm and packed the bodies in gunny bags from his shop. Later, he took the bodies in his car and dumped them into a nullah some 3 km away.

The bodies have been sent for autopsy, the DCP had said.

The last rites were conducted at 12.30 p.m. today at Dighori ghat.

Kamble family double murder solved

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Nagpur: A pall of gloom prevailed over Pawanputra Colony in Dighori as the people in the area were under deep shock and despair over the brutal murder of innocent one and a half year old Rashi Ravikant Kamble and her grandmother Usha Sevakrao Kamble. As the bodies arrived at Nagpur Today crime reporter Ravikant Kamble’s residence on Monday afternoon, his wife – the mother of Rashi, wept uncontrollably while the tears rolled out of the eyes of everyone present around. The wave of sadness gripped the entire Kamble family and their neighbourhood as they saw the faces of Kamble’s mother and daughter for one last time.

Rashi’s face still had that innocent smile on her face as she was being taken for the last rites – the end which was not expected to be but even her destiny could not save her from cruel hands of criminals, who did not think twice before slitting her throat along with that of her grandmother.

Heavy police bandobast was put right from Kamble’s residence to the Dighori ghat where the funeral was performed.
Hordes of citizens along with people from media fraternity and members of Nagpur Union of Working Journalists were present at the ghat.

DCP Nilesh Bharne who supervised entire police arrangment remained present till the end of the ritual.
Kamble’s mother and daughter were reportedly murdered over the issue of money which his mother had given to one Ganesh Shahu who runs a kirana shop in Pawanputra Colony. The duo were allegedly murdered by Ganesh Shahu and few accomplices whose names were yet to be ascertained.

It was DCP Bharne who first raised suspicion over Shahu. Bharne was present at 2.30 am during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when the cops were trying to trace missing Usha and her grand daughter Rashi.

Its was Bharne’s efforts which led the case to resolution within hours. He reportedly doubted on Shahu right from his first meeting with him. He appeared suspicious from his behavior and the condition of clothes he was wearing at that time. Bharne had reportedly deployed two policeman to keep an eye on him. Eventually the case was resolved when the sniffer dog first started barking at the Shahu’s vehicle which was later found stained with washed away blood spots. When Shahu’s house was checked the case turned clear when more blood stains were spotted at various places into the rooms.

Tearful eyes bid bye to NT Crime Reporter Kamble’s mother, daughter

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Nagpur: Various press associations and media houses across Maharashtra have condemned the brutal killing of Nagpur Today crime reporter Ravikant Kamble’s mother Ushatai and his innocent one and half year old daughter Rashi.

Condemning the act, the Nagpur Union of Working Journalists (NUWJ), Tilak Patrakar Bhavan Trust, Patrakar Club of Nagpur and the Maharashtra Union of Working Journalists (MUWJ) and Mumbai Press Club have demanded immediate arrest of the culprits and hand out harsh punishment to them.

The NUWJ President and Chairman of Divisional Accreditation Committee, Nagpur Division, Bramhashankar Tripathi, NUWJ General Secretary, TPB Trust General Secretary and MUWJ Secretary Shirish Borkar, TPB Trust President, Press Club President, MUWJ President and Member of State Accreditation Committee Pradip Kumar Maitra and other office-bearers have demanded immediate arrest of all the accused involved in this sensational incident and unravelling of the mystery behind the case.

Meanwhile Mumbai Press Club in its statement by the club’s secretary Dharmendra Jore has also condemned the ghastly killing Kamble’s mother and daughter.

Expressing grief over Kamble’s loss, the Jore stated, “The incident is shocking. We are deeply concerned about the safety of working journalists and their families.”

Ravikant Kamble, who is a crime reporter with news website Nagpur Today, had lodged a complaint of the kidnapping on Saturday. Sadly, his mother and daughter were found murdered on Sunday morning in a school building in the middle of the city.

Mumbai Press Club has also raised the demand that the culprits be arrested immediately. The police should ensure that the accused are punished in a manner which proves a deterrent against carrying out such gruesome murders, the release state.

“We stand in solidarity with the affected family”, Jore added.

Press associations across State condemn murder of Ravikant Kamble’s mother, daughter

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Nagpur: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will show jeweller Nirav Modi his right place. “Modi government will put Nirav Modi in his right place. He will face the consequences for the sins he has committed,” Ramdev said here. Addressing the media, the yoga guru said whether its Lalit Modi or Nirav Modi, whosoever is doing this shameful act, he is insulting the nation. “Whether it’s Lalit Modi or Nirav Modi, whoever does this kind of shameful thing, that in itself is a disgrace to the country. People put a bad name to the country by doing such kind of scams,” Ramdev added. The PNB has lodged two financial fraud complaints of Rs. 11400 crore and Rs 280 crore against Nirav Modi, his family members and Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali Gems.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a formal case charging four- Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and Mehul Choksi- on January 31 over Rs. 280 crore fraud. The agency has filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The PNB detected the scam in which jeweller Nirav Modi acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking from one of its branches for overseas credit from other Indian lenders. The scam started in 2011 and was detected in the third week of January this year, after which the PNB officials filed a complaint with the CBI on January 31.

PM Modi will show Nirav Modi his right place: Ramdev

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Nagpur- Gitanjali group’s Mehul Choksi co-accused in Punjab National Scam which created a sensation all over the country has not spared Nagpur too. A jeweller Deven Kothari of Nagpur was cheated by Mehul Choksi to a tune of Rs 2.40 crores on pretext of giving franchise of Geetanjali Group. Kothari has been fighting the case in the court from last two years. This has given a new dimension to Mehul Choksi fraud.

Addressing a press conference regarding the fraud Deven Kothari and his lawyer Adv Gajendra Saoji informed that in year 2013-2014 on pretext of giving franchise of Gitanjali Group’s Gili, Sangini and Didamas brands jewellery he was asked to give deposit Rs 90 lakh for Asim jewellery company and Rs 90 lakhs for Gitanjali Groups through cheques.

Kothari sent 6 cheques of Rs 30 lakhs each in the name of both companies. Soon after this there was a demand for Rs 47 lakhs for actually sending the jewellery. Kothari transferred money to Gitanjali group through RTGS but the company sent jewellery worth Rs 95 thousand only and that too of inferior quality. On complaining Kothari was told it was employees mistake and so again the jewellery would be sent but again Rs 10 lakhs were demanded. Once again the amount was transferred through RTGS.

Kothari once again complained to the company as it had sent jewellery at a higher rate. Kothari personally met Mehul Choksi and asked him to cancel the contract. Choksi promised to return Rs 1.80 crore through cheque. Kothari sent back the jewellery of the said company. But after this there was no communication from the company so in year 2015 Kothari lodged a FIR against the Gitanjali Group in Sitabuldi police station.

Adv Saoji informed that the Gitanjali Group registered fake case against Kothari in Mumbai’s Andheri and another police station. Soon after this Kothari filed a case in the court against Gitanjali Group and Mehul Choksi.

Kothari gets threatening calls

After the Gitanjali Group received the court notice Deven Kothari started getting threatening calls. Threatening calls were made over mobile by Gitanjali Group to withdraw complaint. About 10 to 15 persons came to the shop of Kothari and gave him life threats

Many may have been duped

Just as Gitanjali Group has cheated Kothari similarly on pretext of giving franchise it has duped jeweller from Wardha, Yavatmal and Chandrapur. All over the country the Group might have given franchise. Manging Director of Gitanjali Group Santosh Shrivastav in a interview to a channel informed that many jewellers have been duped by crores of rupees. Similarly, jewellers have been supplied sub standard material at a very high rate. The jewellers were given life threats like Kothari.

Mehul Choksi does not spare Nagpur jeweller too, swindles Rs 2.40 cr

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Nagpur- One of the farmers in the sit-in-agitation of MLA Ashish Deshmukh committed suicide on Monday by consuming insecticide behind the pendal. The agitation has been launched to get compensation for the bollworm and hailstorm damaged crops. From Monday they started the hunger strike and the suicide incident took place in morning.

According to report, Dilip Mathuji Lohi, 52, resident of Laxminagar, Katol is originally from Kohali, Kalmeshwar Tehsil. His in-laws stay at Ladgaon, Katol and so he had come to stay at Katol along with the family. For some days he worked in Agriculture Produce Market Committee but was later terminated from work. He bought an auto to earn his livelihood.

He would also take the farm on contract. This year he had taken Jeetendra Wanjari’s farm on contract. He had grown cotton in 4 acres but due to bollworm it was damaged and the wheat and Chickpea (Gram, chana ) where damaged due to hailstorm. He was quite worried as he would not have got back the production cost. After his dinner on Sunday night he left the home and did not return and Monday morning he was found dead behind the pendal by BJP’s Vijay Mahajan at 7.30 am.

A insecticide bottle was found near him. Mahajan informed Lohi’s relatives Vinayak Mankar and PSO Satishsingh Rajput. He was immediately rushed Rural Hospital where the doctors declared him dead. He leaves behind his wife and a son

Farmer consumes insecticide to end life behind agitation’s pendal of MLA Ashish Deshmukh

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Nagpur: Even as the mystery deepens over the involvement of other people, apart from Ganesh alias Golu Ramcharan Shahu (26) in the sensational double murder of 55 year old Usha Kamble and her one a half year old grand daughter Rashi in Pawanputra Colony in Dighori, the court on Tuesday sent Shahu for police remand for four days. Shahu who resides at Pawanputra Colony on plot no. 34 was presented in the court on Tuesday afternoon.

The police sought Shahu’s remand to find out his real motive behind murdering Usha and her granddaughter – the deceased mother and daughter of famed journalist and Nagpur Today crime reporter Ravikant Kamble. The cops also wanted to investigate involvement of other people in the murder. The murder weapon was still not traced yet.

Shahu was booked under sections 302 and 364 of IPC. On Monday, the police added sections 2, 3 and 5 of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Actrocities) Act. After adding these new sections Assistant Commissioner of Police Kishore Supare has taken over as the investigation officer in the case. Supare said he would be probing involvement of more persons in the murder case as he could not have done it alone. Police are also interrogating Shahu’s relatives including his wife.

Police sources said that accused Ganesh Shahu had revealed that dispute over Rs 7000 resulted in the murder of duos. After slitting the throats of Usha and Rashi with sharp-edged weapon at his residence, Shahu allegedly packed the bodies in sacks and threw in a culvert near Durga lay-out, behind Vihirgaon on Umred raod. The bodies were recovered on Sunday morning. The last rites were performed at Dighori ghat on Monday afternoon.

Kamble’s mother-daughter murder case : Accused sent to 4-day police remand

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Nagpur: Pushing various demands to the fore, over 1000 drivers and conductors of various buses plying in the city like Aapli Bus and Green Bus including the Red Bus drivers remained off roads on Tuesday. Morever the emergency bus services were also hit as the tyres of some buses that were parked outside depot for emergency trips in morning were punctured. Union Bhartiya Kamgar Sena, a workers’ unit of Shiv Sena, has submitted a charter of demands to NMC Commissioner. The Union has also warned of strike on Tuesday if the civic body and the state government do not meet the demands.

Currently all minimum wages and benefits are given in totality to public transport drivers and conductors , as per motor vehicle act. All operators and Labour Commissioner has verified and upheld the same is true and correct.
But Union BKS, Shiv Sena has demanded that driver and conductor of city buses to be shifted to Mumbai Act where in wages are higher.

It may be mentioned that Ministry of Maharasthra State Transport is held by Shiv Sena representative who would have to decide whether such category can be shifted as per rules or not they have to decide. And financial difference between the wage have to be provided by the state to the local bodies.

It may be mentioned that the bus strike at the time when 12th boards have started from Tuesday, the students are likely to be affected the most. About 1.6 lakh Nagpurians commute everyday through city buses.

The bus strike on Tuesday has badly affected the normal life. These services are covered under ESMA act which also covers medical and other such emergency services. As per the act, if Principal Sceretary Maharashtra clears the request of NMC Commissioner, the same may be implemented in few hours and Nagpur Police can order all to resume duty immediately.

NMC Sabhapti and Transport Manager has already given orders in writing to all operators to approach industrial court against illegal wrongful strike.

Meanwhile a section of bus operators have alleged that drivers and conductors are being misguided that they will get included in Mumbai Adhiniyam Category by way of strike

City bus drivers, conductors on strike today, students suffer most

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Nagpur/London: Puting Nagpur yet again on the global fashion map, city-based designer Vidhi Wadhwani has given Nagpurians moments of pride as she got to display her collection at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter’18 – an international fashion event held at Freemasons Hall in London recently. Vidhi managed to put her collection ‘Solistice’ in prime league of hot and trendy fashion. Her wonderful creations were presented on the runway by some of the top models in the industry. She displayed her collection under her label Wadhwani – The original while she named this collection as ‘Solstice’ A/W ’18. Interestingly she was only designer from India to participate in the event.

Wadwani’s collection featured structured cuts, seamless drapes, moulage, 3D handcrafted textures through deconstruction and fabric manipulation and gave the viewers a spectacular show where luminosity and darkness entwined together, inspired by the juxtaposition of light and shadow created during the day and night.

Being the only designer from India, Vidhi took over London, with her collection that resonates with the carefree nomadic easy-going muse, who doesn’t confirm to the usual and thrives in her world where everything is possible. The front row saw an array of names like Perri Shakes Drayton, Naomi Isted and Olivia Cox in Vidhi’s creations.

The A/W’18 line was especially focused on being season less- on the lines of See now!

Buy now! The separates comprised of structured dresses, deconstructed jackets and sheer skirts and soft layers, geometric appliqué and block-printed organzas in monochrome’s and metallics.

The USP of the pieces lied in her signature appliqué and cutwork, intricate detailing and breathtaking delicate textures. The silhouettes were easy and the vibe was edgy yet sophisticated.

The label embodies the spirit of femininity and strength through its western and diffusion-line of occasion-wear for the 21-45 age-bracket.

The label embodies the spirit of femininity and strength through its western and diffusion-line of occasion-wear for the 21-45 age-bracket.

The USP of the brand lies in its unique hand-done textures, draping and intricate detailing that make each piece subtly converse with its wearer.

Nagpur’s Vidhi Wadhwani leads India at London Fashion Week

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Indian television’s favourite Jamai Raja and heartthrob of viewers, actor turned host Ravi Dubey recently visited Nagpur on a brief promotional tour of his new reality show Rising Star Season 2, in which he has made his reality TV debut as an anchor. Ravi was also accompanied by two of contestants in his show – Rohanpreet Singh and Hemant Brijwas. The show is currently being aired on Colors channel.

While Ravi Dubey pulls off every character he portrays with a touch of perfection, he was equally excellent as he indulged in some lighter talks with Nagpur Today. Gelled up like a pro, Ravi was quick and witty in all his replies. Not only this he has all praise for our anchor Farhan who interviewed him. Briefing about the show Ravi said that it’s very challenging and equally interesting to host show which is being aired without any editing. He chose to dub Rising Star 2 as fully an organic show.

During the chit-chat session with NT, Ravi also revealed his love for little son ‘Moyo’ and ofcourse his pet is like his son to him.

Conscious on calories, Ravi is gradually shifting to being a vegetarian and avoids red meat. Ravi also shared his fitness regime and disclosed what keeps him fit and alivt throughout the day!

Watch this exclusive video for more….

NT Video : TV’s heartthrob Ravi Dubey reveals his ‘organic’ side!

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Nagpur: The absconding BJP leader and chairman of Maharashtra State Construction Workers’ Welfare board Munna Yadav, who was booked in an attempt to murder case along with her sons Karan, 22 and Arjun 19, has been reportedly spotted in Koradi temple on Tuesday. A picture of Munna Yadav performing some puja at Koradi temple along with his family members is currently getting viral on social media. Nagpur Today could not confirm whether this picture was of Tuesday or some old one, but it is breaking the internet for now. The picture is being flooded with comments raising question over functioning of police. The users are alleging foul play on the part of police who have been on the hunt of Munna Yadav for last couple of months.

Meanwhile, the police are also trying to ascertain the date of this picture. If the picture turns out to be of Tuesday then it would be a big blow to Nagpur police.

On October 21, 2017, both Munna Yadav and Mangal Yadav’s gangs clashed with each other in Chuna Bhatti area. Police sources said that on October 20, Santosh Yadav, the son-in-law of Mangal Yadav visited his in-laws at their house.

At that time the relatives of Munna Yadav allegedly threw stones at his vehicle. Next day Mangal’s sister Manju Yadav came to her in-laws’ home and at 9.30 am when her kids were playing in the courtyard, Munna Yadav’s son Karan was busy bursting the crackers. As her children were also playing around, Manju asked Karan not to burn crackers.

This led to a verbal spat between the two. Meanwhile Manju’s mother Krishna Yadav also reached there and tried to intervene but the fight was escalated by then.

Soon Mangal’s brother Gabbar Yadav also reached there. Munna Yadav, his son Arjuna, Bala Yadav’s wife Laxmi also followed to the spot and reportedly attacked Gabbar and Manju with iron rods, swords and bricks.

Later Manju immediately called Mangal and Papa Yadav. Mangal then rushed to the spot with his son Sagar, brother Papa and friend Anis Mudliar.

Picture of Munna Yadav spotted at Koradi temple gets viral

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Mumbai: The State Government has signed an agreement on Monday with Vidarbha Industries Association (VIA) for setting up a Defence Material Production Hub with the help of Tata Technology Limited on the 20 acres of land in Nagpur’s MIHAN Project. In this project nearly Rs 188 crore are expected to be invested. The State Government has prepared a special policy for setting up industries related to Aerospace and Defence sector, under Make in India. ‘Defence Hubs’ will to be established in Nagpur, Pune, Ahmednagar, Nashik, and Aurangabad.

For VIA, Defence Industries Association (DIA) was working for setting up the Defence Material Production Hub on the 20 acres of land in Nagpur’s MIHAN Project. Due to the efforts of this Tata Technology has come forward to set up this Hub. On Monday Tata signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for setting up the project on 20 acres of land in MIHAN, in this it will invest Rs 188 crores. For this, Vidarbha Defence Hub and Industrial Cluster will be set up. Tata Tech facility Centre will also be set up in MIHAN. First of all for the Defence Material Production human resource will created and after this Tata will raise the facilities. After this Defence Production companies will invest in the cluster, such is the plan.

Former Chief of Ordnance Lt General Ravindra Thodgey will be the President of the cluster. Harsh Gune who has 20 years of experience in auto sector will be the CEO. Artillery Division’s Retired Officer Major General Anil Bam, DIIH’s Dushyant Deshpande and VIA’s Suhas Budhe are there. VIA’s President Atul Pande took special pains for the agreement.

Nagpur, Amravati Skill Centres
As a part of the Defence Production Hub the youths from Nagpur and Amravati will get a chance for training in Defence and Air sector.

The companies here in order to get jobs for the youths will start Skill Development Centre for flying in these two places. Tata Technology will spend Rs 30 crores for each centre. Through these two centres every year 6000 youths will be trained for defence and Air sectors. For this an agreement was done in Monday’s meeting.

All round planning for the production of defence material is necessary and all round skill is more important in this. More attention will be paid on setting up four centres for Engineering, Automobile, Aerospace and explosives. Under the policy this will be first of its kind Hub in State.

Rs 188 crores Defence Hub to come up in Nagpur

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Nagpur: Three red bus operators entrusted by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to ply city buses on Tuesday approached the court to seek stay order on the strike called by drivers and conductors under the banner of Shiv Sena-affiliated Bharatiya Kamgar Sena Nagpur Union.

The operators have made six respondents —Bhartiya Kamgar Sangh, its secretary Dilip Panickar, Nagpur division president Bhaurao Rewatkar, vice-president Raj Sarode, secretary Ambadas Shende and treasurer Vishal Raut.

In a petition submitted in the court, the operators prayed it to pass ad-interim orders directing the agitating to not to act upon the notice of strike dated on January 19, last month during the pendency of this application. “Pass interim orders directing the respondents and its members and followers from conducting dharna in front of any of the offices of the city operators and also direct them to not to instigate, intimidate or force the non striking employees.

In its plea, the operators urged the court to direct the respondent, its members and followers to not to restrain the ingress and exits of the vehicles, passengers and the essential material or parts required for the day to day business.

“Hold and declare that the respondent, its members and followers have engaged in unfair labour practice contemplated in item 1, 2 and five of the The Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971. Grant any other relief, which the court deems fit in the facts and circumstances of the case.

Allow the present complaint with costs and grant any other relief as this court deems fit in the facts and circumstances of the case,” they prayed.

Bus operators approach court, demand stay on drivers-conductors’ strike