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Nagpur: In a relief of sorts, the cash-strapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has received released Rs 6.94 crore towards Stamp Duty grant. In all, the Urban Development Department of Maharashtra Government has released Rs 100crore to 20 Municipal Corporations including Nagpur, as stamp dutyaid. Municipal Corporations get the amount generated through one per cent surcharge levied on stamp duty in case of property transactions in respective jurisdictions.

The arrangement was made to compensate the Municipal Corporations in the wake of abolition of Octroi Duty. Accordingly, the stamp duty grant was awaited by municipal corporations in the State. Providing the civic bodies a relief, Urban Development Department has released the aid of Rs 100 crore on Friday. Among 20 municipal corporations for which this aid has been released, Thane and Pune are the biggest beneficiaries as they have got an aid of Rs 20.20 crore and Rs 19.35 crore respectively. They are followed by Navi Mumbai with Rs 14.81 crore, Kalyan Dombivali getting Rs 13.61crore,and Mira-Bhayander getting Rs 8.47crore. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) ranks sixth in the list as far as receiving stamp duty aid is concerned. NMC has got Rs 6.94 crore aid. Vasai Virar follows Nagpur closely with an aid of Rs 6.34 crore. The amount of stamp duty aid reflects upon the property transactions through sale, purchase, donation etc.

As far as Vidarbha region is concerned, there are three more municipal corporations other than Nagpur. Of these three, Amravati has got an aid of Rs 2.66 crore, followed by Akola getting Rs 55 lakh, and Chandrapur Rs 19 lakh only. Urban Development Department has designated District Collectors as drawing and disbursing officers for the stamp duty aid, and has asked them to draw the amount from Treasury and release it to respective municipal corporations.

Cash-starved NMC gets Rs 6.94 cr stamp duty grant from State

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Nagpur: Two persons were arrested for mercilessly beating four dogs with rods on Sunday morning, till three of them died and one is critical. The two culprits were released on bail on Monday.

According to report, the two culprits Ratan Chamke and Nitin Satpute are into an occupation of pig rearing and often their pigs are roaming in Marwadi Wadi, Nagoba Mandir and other areas coming under Shantinagar police station. Whenever these two would come to catch their pigs these dogs would bark on them. On Sunday morning at 5 am the two of them caught the dogs in a net the used for catching pigs. They started beating the dogs mercilessly with rods on Sunday morning in Shantinagar area. Till the three dogs died while fourth is critical. Though the dogs were wailing in pain none of the on lookers stopped them. On getting the information at around 10 am Save Speechless Organisation’s founder Smita Mire lodged a complaint with the police. In fact after the chargesheet was filed by police the punishment could have been increased but on Monday due weak rules they were granted bail in the court. As per information earlier too these two culprits have cruely killed dogs.

Police have found a CCTV footage were the two are seen beating the dogs. PI Nagarale, Shantinagar police station said that they registered report against them as very cruelly they had beaten the dogs but now they have got a bail. Save Speechless organisation’s founder Smita Mire, many other NGOs and animal lovers have expressed concern over the incident.

NMC’s Veterinary Officer Dr Gajendra Mahalle said that the dogs condition is critical and is being treated in Animal Shelter. Mahalle is of the opinion that the two culprits should get severe punishment and so he would lodge a complaint on behalf of NMC in Shantinagar police station which would make the case strong.

Height of cruelty: 3 dogs battered to death, one critical, arrested accused gets bail

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The matter pertains to the suicide of one Anand Babaria, outside the premises of BSNL Nagpur on 23rd of February 2018 in his car. It was alleged that the deceased was himself a Contactor working for the department and who had done the work of laying optical fiber cables in the National optical fiber network project announced by the Prime Minister. It was also alleged that officials of the BSNL department were not clearing the outstanding bills submitted for the said work. It is interesting to note that the said dispute with the BSNL department had also been referred to arbitration proceedings and the arbitrator had passed an award in December 2017.

In fact, a deeper probe in the matter revealed that in fact the contactor appointed by BSNL was one private limited company – Mak Infratel private Limited from Delhi and the deceased was only the representative working for the said company. It also transpired that in fact the contactor company itself had not complied with the necessary formalities as we are mandated in the tender conditions as well as the arbitral award and which were necessary for processing of its bills. Failing the mandatory compliances, it was not legally possible for the department to have cleared any of the bills of the contactor company. The department also claimed that the contactorcompany had not returned the balance unused material which was entrusted to it by BSNL, worth of which was over Rs.24 lakh.

In the above circumstances, the death of said Anand, however unfortunate it is, he named top officials of the department including the General manager Telecom Nagpur District Mrs Namratta Tiwari who is an ITS officer and other senior officials claiming that the said officials were responsible for the withholding of bills of the company, leading him into committing suicide. Apart from the written suicide note, the police papers revealed that the deceased had also left behind a video recorded by himself just before his death that gave an account of reasons for his taking the penultimate step of ending his life. During the course of arguments, it was urged that the said video be produced before the court by the prosecuting agency to reveal the truth in the matter and that the said video contains the real reasons for the for the deceased to have ended his life. The prosecution submitted that the video is seized and was being examined by them. It was also strongly urged that in the said video, the deceased gave plenty of personal reasons due to which he was extremely distressed.

And due to which he was ending his life. The District and Sessions judge, considered the law laid down by the Supreme Court as well as the High Court on the point of section 306 of the Indian penal code and as to what constitutes an abetment and more important that without the requisite intention on part of the accused, that the other person should commit suicide, the ingredientsof the offence of abetment of suicide are not made out.

In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the matter, the District judge confirmed the ad interim bail granted to be accused and directed the release of the BSNL officials and the contractor Tripathi. However, be court has put all the accused on strict conditions and has directed them to appear before the police as and when called upon and also to refrain from tampering with the documentary and other evidences and also to attend Police Station as and when called.

The applicants were represented by Senior Counsel Avinash Gupta and Advocate Aakash Gupta, while the state was represented by Advocate Rashmi Khaparde. The complainant also engaged Adv Chauhan to assist the prosecution and to oppose the bail of the applicants.

Court grants anticipatory bail to BSNL officials in suicide case

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Mumbai/Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis on Monday approved Nagpur Metro Region Development Authority’s (NMRDA) ₹ 1,759.71 crore budget for 2018-19.

Meeting held in Mumbai was attended by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, ZP President Nisha Sawarkar, Mayor Nanda Jichkar, MLAs Sudhakar Deshmukh, Vikas Kumbhare, Sudhakar Kohle, Dr Milind Mane, Sameer Meghe, Girish Vyas, CM Additional Chief Secretary Pravin Pardeshi, Principal Secretary of Urban Development Nitin Karir, NMRDA Commissioner Milind Mhaisekar, NMC Commissioner Ashwin Mudgal .

Chief Minister Fadanvis said that NMRDA should plan for constructing at least 1 lakh houses under PMAY. The NMRDA should seek help from MRSAC to keep a watch on reserved plots in this area and delegate responsibility to officers to arrest unauthorized constructions on these plots.

The NMRDA budget presented today has provision for various development works (70 cr), Road and Bridge works (40 cr), Sewage management (10 cr), Musical fountain at Futala and Multimedia Show at Ambajhari Park (30 cr), Development of Sri Mahalakshmi Jagadamba Sansthan Koradi with Government and NMRDA cooperation (122 cr), NMRDA to provide Rs 26 cr for development of Sri Jagadamba Sansthan, Modernisation of museum at Shantivan in Chicholi where personal items used by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar are kept (28.25 cr), Development of Deekshabhumi and Dragan palace under Swadesh Yojana (30 cr), for basic amenities in Dragon Palace premises (20 cr), Houses for low income group under PMAY (700 cr), Building Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Convention Center at Kamptee Road in North Nagpur (89.64 cr) and so on.

Besides the budget, administrative sanction has been accorded to Khadka-Kirmiti-Shivmadka, Sumthana-Panjri and Sumthana-Parsodi schemes under NMRDA. Under the Swadesh Yojana sanction has been accorded to development of religious pilgrim places of Waki, Adasa, Dhapewada, Paradsinga, Chhota Tajbag, Telangkhedi, and Girda. Musical Fountain and light and sound show and laser show at Futala tank and light and sound show on the life of Swami Vivekananda at Ambajhari Park have been sanctioned. Extension till October 31, 2018 has been given for submitting applications for declaring unauthorized plots/layouts/construction as pacification structures. Sanction has also been granted to NMRDA pattern of 188 posts.

Nagpur Metro Region (NMRDA) ₹1,759.71 crore budget for 2018-19 approved

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Nagpur: Are you still getting calls from your bank, mobile wallet and credit card companies to share your Aadhaar number? Do they still insist on your Aadhaar number even when you have already shared other documents with them? If you have been getting such calls you can always turn the request down as the Supreme Court has already extended the deadline for linking of Aadhaar card.

There have been cases reported where third party administrators (TPAs) are asking for Aadhaar number for processing of health insurance claims. In case of denial by policy holders they are delaying the claim settlement. In such a situation one is left with no option but to share Aadhaar number as very few can fight when their loved ones are fighting with an illness in a hospital.

If you come across such a situation, it is always good to tell the person on the other side to show you documents where it is written that submission of Aadhaar number is mandatory. You can always deny and argue with the person citing the recent Supreme Court direction that sharing of Aadhaar number has not been mandatory yet.

The five judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, said, “We direct that the March 31, 2018, deadline for linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes stand extended till the matter is heard and judgement is pronounced by the constitution bench,”

The question arises when it is not mandatory why financial institutions have been pressing so hard for it. Why consumers facing unnecessary harassment on the hands of these institutions when it is not compulsory yet. Financial institutions on the other hand complain that they are asking for Aadhaar card because of pressure from the government. In such a scenario shouldn’t government and financial institutions wait till the final verdict of the Supreme Court is out.

Given how busy our lives are it is not fair to bombard us every now and then with the mail, message and call on linking of Aadhaar. And what if we link the Aadhaar and Supreme Court says that it is not mandatory, wouldn’t be people who have already linked their Aadhaar number be at loss.

It is a request to all financial institutions from stop asking for Aadhaar until the final judgement is out. Till then please stop harassing the common man in the name of Aadhaar.

Here is How to Stop Annoying Calls to link your Aadhaar number

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Nagpur: The three girls in their adolescence were all excited to celebrate the birthday party of their pilot friend at Amravati. They were thrilled that they had got a friend who was a pilot and so were going with two other boys to Amravati. It was the richness that had fascinated them. They were proud to have a rich friends, but fortunately the Child Line team spotted them. Suspecting something fishy, the team quickly swung into action. All the five of them including the two boys and three adolescent girl were taken into custody for interrogation. The real thing came clear before the Child Line team. The three girls were sent home. The entire episode came to light on Monday afternoon at Nagpur Railway station.

The students need to be guided properly in their adolescent age as this is time when they need proper guidance or else they wander about. Thanks to the Child Line which found the three innocent girls and handed them over to their parents before they could commit any mistake.

The girls are students of 12th standard and their financial condition is not so good. These girls met the two boys in Amravati and had become friends with them. Compared to the financial status of the three girls these two boys were from affluent families. Out of the two boys one of them was undergoing pilot’s training while the other one was doing his graduation. The third boy is said to be a students of 12 the standard.

According to report the two girls reached Nagpur railway station’s platform No.1 in the afternoon. The excitement could be seen on their face. The childline team spotted them and since the girls were adolescent were taken into custody. Inquiry was carried out with the help of RPF of five of them. The girls parents were contacted and sent home. Child Line personnels also contacted the parents of the two boys who by evening were there.

Adolescent girls’ excitement ends on a sour note

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A resident of Ganeshpeth, the deceased has been identified as Manoj Maharkar (32). Manoj was going to Hingna from Gumgaon on his bike (MH-49/AW/2736) around 4.30 pm on Monday. As he neared Sukdi Gupchup village midway, the recklessly driven tipper truck (MH-31/DS 8729) rammed Manoj’s motorcycle from behind with great impact. Manoj lost control over his bike and fell on the road. He received serious injuries and died on the spot. A team of Hingna police reached the spot and started investigations. Manoj’s body was sent to Government hospital for autopsy.

Hingna police constable Dudhkohale, based on a complaint lodged by Vivek Anant Morone (58), booked the truck driver Pralhad Dashrath Bawarkar (48), resident of Walni Khadan, under Sections 279, 304(A) of the IPC and arrested him.

Tipper truck knocks motorcyclist dead in Hingna, driver arrested

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Nagpur/New Delhi: Income Tax department has decided to keep its offices open on March 29, 30 and 31 despite public holidays to help people who wish to file their IT returns at the last minute.

The last date for filing belated returns for Assessment Years 2016-17 and 2017-18 and revised returns for Assessment Year 2016-17 is March 31. But March 29 and 30 are holidays on the account of Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday respectively and, last day of the Financial Year 2017-18, March 31 is a Saturday.

“Therefore, to facilitate the filing of Income Tax Returns and completion of associated work, all Income Tax Offices throughout India shall remain open on 29th, 30th and 31st March 2018 respectively,” the department said in a statement

The ASK Centers will also be kept open on these days. All efforts will be made to provide assistance to taxpayers and to facilitate the filing of returns by them, it said.

Income Tax offices to remain open on public holidays for last minute IT return filing

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Aurangabad: Senior literary, thinker and ‘Asmita Darshan’ founder editor, Dr Gangadhar Pantawane passed away here on Tuesday due to prolonged illness, family sources said.

He was 81 and is survived by two daughters.

Pantawane was ill since falling down at his residence two months ago.

Born on June 28, 1937 in Nagpur , he came to Aurangabad for college education.

Pantawane was the head of Marathi department of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University.

Marathi writer Dr Gangadhar Pantawane passes away

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Nagpur: A building contractor has been booked by Jaripatka police on the charges of causing death of a labourer negligently.

Construction of a new building is going on opposite Samsung Galaxy Showroom, Kadbi Chowk, Bezonbagh. The deceased Shymrao Mahadeo Harde (41), resident of Plot No. 23, Parvati Nagar, was working at the building as labourer. Around 5.30 pm on Monday, a portion of slab caved in and fell directly on Shyamrao and another labourer. Shymrao was injured grievously and was rushed to Mayo Hospital for treatment. However, doctors pronounced him brought dead. On being informed, a team of Jaripatka police reached the spot and started investigations. The cops prima facie found that the building contractor Kanak Vipin Agrawal, resident of Plot No. 32, Kalpataru Colony, had not taken safety measures and the work was also of inferior quality leading to caving in of slab portion.

Jaripatka PSI Temgire, based on complaint lodged by Harish Mahadeo Harde (33), booked the accused Kanak Agrawal under Section 304(A) of the IPC. Further probe in on.

Contractor booked for causing death of labourer negligently

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Nagpur: Just before the 105 convocation of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University had made an announcement of the postponement of 118 examination from March 24 to April 8 as the 105th convocation of RTMNU was to be held on 24 March. This announcement was made on March 20 just four days before examination and now again 12 additional examinations have also been postponed to 8 April. Total 130 exams have been postponed. Nagpur University has issued the notification.

These examinations include BSc Forensic Science, BCA, BSW, BA, MSc, Master of Library and Intercepts and MSc Tech. There is no change in the timing of examination only the date has been changed. It may be mentioned that a senate member Pravin Udapure had opposed the universitie’s decision. He said that the students are busy studying for the examination and might not see the notification published in newspaper. The student would reach their respective centres on 24 March to appear for the exam and this would create a problem.

Yet 12 more RTMNU exams’ date changed

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• Long weekend and few bank holidays coming ahead of 31^st March
• More than 1.5 Lac consumers have their prompt payment dates in next 2-3 days
• SNDL decided to extend the dates till 31^st March to benefit consumers by passing on discount
• SNDL has also initiated the ‘collection-on-call’ facility for office-goers who are busy in FY closing

Nagpur: An upcoming long weekend is around the corner with Mahavir Jayanti on Thursday (29^th March), Good Friday (30^th March) followed by just one day of working on 31^st of March which would again be followed by another day off on 1^st of April (New financial year). The closure of financial year is of great importance to many organizations, and most of the individuals work beyond their regular timings to close it well. In such a scenario it is likely that utility bills and other pending chores may take a backseat for a while.

This may include electricity bills which might remain neglected for sometime and may cause inconvenience later. To help people avoid this inconvenience, SND Limited Nagpur has decided to extend the prompt payment dates for all such consumers whose prompt payment dates are falling between the 28^th and 30^th of this month. This also means that a large number of payment centres of SNDL Nagpur would be operating during regular timings on all of the holidays ahead till the 31^st of March. It was observed that more than 1.5 Lakh consumers had their prompt payment dates falling during these bank holidays. In view of this, SNDL team decided that in larger interest of the public, the consumers should not be deprived of prompt payment discount, however small the amount maybe. It was thus decided that the consumers may pay off their complete bills till 31^st of March and avail the prompt payment discount even on the last day of this financial year. It may be noted that prior to the last prompt payment date, the utility offers a ‘prompt payment’ discount of 1% of the current bill (devoid of any arrears). This discount is offered by the distribution franchisee to cultivate a discipline of timely payment of utility bills amongst citizens.

Collection-on-call till 31^st March 2018

Besides the above, the franchisee has also come up with another facility till 31^st of March. Considering the pressures of financial year closure on consumers from various walks of life, SNDL has initiated a ‘collection on call’ service. Under this facility, one or more consumers from same office can make a phone call to the SNDL toll-free number 1800-313-9600 and ask for this facility. SNDL collection team would visit the office and collect the bill payments and also issue instant receipts. The consumer has to inform his/her consumer no to the visiting officer of SNDL to initiate payments.

Both the above facilities have been launched keeping in mind the pressure on its consumers during this period where everybody usually works extra hours for closure of financial year books of accounts in their respective offices. It is expected that both these facilities would help these consumers avoid any inconvenience such as disconnection and penalties later.

SNDL relaxes its bill payment dates in view of upcoming holidays and financial year end

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Nagpur: On Pench IV Feeder Main (1400 MM Dia.) from Pench 4 Water Treatment Plant at Godhni, One major leakage has been observed in front of Tuli School of Hotel Management. Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Orange City Water have planned to plug a major leakage on March 29 (Thursday).

The leakage needs to be arrested on priority basis. For this, it is required to take minimum 12 Hrs. of Shutdown on Pench IV Feeder Main from 11:00AM to 11:00 PM on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Water supply will remain affected in Nara ESR, Sugat Nagar ESRs, Civil Line DT, Shreenagar DT, Omkar Nagar ESR, Dhantoli ESR, Mahalgi Nagar ESR, Partially Bezonbagh ESR, Partially Indora ESRs, Partially Boriyapura feeder main on March 29.

The areas to remain affected following the shutdown are:
Nara ESR: Nirmal society,Aradhna colony,Shambhu nagar,Shivgiri layout,Noori colony,Tavakkal society,Arya nagar, om nagar, nara gaon, welcome society, Devi nagar, preety society.

Nari/Jaripatka: Bhim Sq.,Hudco colony,Nagarjuna colony,Kasturbha nagar, Kukreja nagar,Martin nagar,vishvas nagar,khushi nagar,LIG colony,MIG colony,Sugat nagar,Kabir nagar,Kapil nagar,kamgar nagar,ramai nagar,dixit nagar, Sanyal nagar, chaitanya nagar,Sahyog nagar,Manav nagar,Shende nagar,Rajgruh nagar,Lahanuji.

Indora-II (Morning supply): Maya nagar,chauks colony,laghuvetan colony.

Civil Line DT: Civil lines,Marim Nagar,Ravindranath tagore road,VCA Road, Palm Road,Government Press

Dhantoli ESR: Dhantoli, Congress Nagar, Humpyard Road, Takiya Slum.

Omkar Nagar I & II ESR: Ramtake nagar, Rahate nagar tolly, Abhay nagar, gajanan nagar, Jogi nagar, Parvathy nagar, bheem nagar, jai beem nagar, jaiwant nagar, shatabdi nagar, kunjilal peth, Hawarapeth, balaji nagar,Chandra nagar, nalanda nagar, rameswari,Banerjee layout.

Mhalgi Nagar ESR: Ashirwad nagar, Rukmini nagar, gurudev nagar , shriram nagar, sanjay gandhi nagar, sartaj colony, Mahatma gandhi nagar, mhalgi nagar,gajanan nagar, new prerana nagar.

Sree Nagar DT: Shri nagar, Sunderban, 85 plots, suyog nagar , saket nagar, Aravind society, Borkute layout, PMG society, vijayand soc.,santaji soc,dobi nagar,mhada colony etc.

Bezanbagh(Evening supply): Dayal society,Dayanad nagar,sindhu society,Gurunanak nagar,BABA Hardasam ashram road,Bank colony,Vasanshah Sq.,Sangeet Building,Main bazar Rd,Hemu colony,Kamal Ful sq.,Juna Jaripatka,Mahaveer nagar,nankani line,Mahatma fule nagar,Friends colony,Mahesh patang galli, Imress mill sq., Bezonbah B layout,sindhu baludhyan,Varpakhad, Mukund society,Janta Hosp. area,Nazul Layout,Tin Chal, Lumbini nagar, Sindhu society, Kunger colony, Khadan Layout.

The inconvenience caused to the citizens due to leakage repairing work is highly regretted.

Toll Free No: Citizens can make any water related query, complaints at OCW on a Toll Free Helpline- No 1800-266-9899.

NMC-OCW to plug major leakage on Pench- IV WTP line on March 29

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Nagpur: Cornered over Bhima-Koregaon riots, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday thundered that the guilty, even if his family member is involved in it, will not be spared. “Investigations in Bhima-Koregaon riots are going on. The guilty, howsoever big, even if my family member is involved in the incident, will not be spared. Make no mistake about it,” Fadnavis declared while making a statement in Assembly over law and order situation in State.

Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar and other Opposition leaders have demanded immediate arrest of Sambhaji Bhide Guruji in connection with Bhima-Koregaon riots. However, the Chief Minister has given clean chit to Sambhaji Bhide Guruji by saying that he has no role in the riots.

Prakash Ambedkar had on Monday met Fadnavis. In the meeting the Chief Minister had told Ambedkar that no evidence was found about involvement of Bhide Guruji. The woman who lodged a complaint against Bhide Guruji has also withdrawn her complaint, Fadnavis said adding appropriate action will be taken against those guilty.

Even my family member will not be spared if involved in Bhima-Koregaon riots: Fadnavis

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Nagpur: The traffic signals regulate road traffic, avert traffic jams, curb haphazard traffic, and most importantly, avoid accidents. The signals play the role of policemen, albeit, silently and systematically. But the same traffic signals at major squares in Nagpur have either gone ‘dead’ or have been shut down owing to ongoing Metro Rail work and other development activities such as cement roads.

With the Metro Rail work progressing fast along second phase of Ramjhula work, installation of traffic signals at this junction has not been taken up so far. But the vehicular traffic is going on smoothly thanks to “traffic controllers” of Metro project. The ‘traffic controllers’ have assumed the responsibility of traffic cops and doing their new job with aplomb.

Smooth traffic at major squares despite ‘dead’ signals thanks to Metro ‘traffic controllers’

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Nagpur: In a significant move aimed at quelling dissidence in Nagpur unit of the party, the Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed Nitin Raut, former Maharashtra Minister, as the Chairman of Scheduled Caste Department of All India Congress Committee in place of K Raju, press release issued by party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.

The party expressed its appreciation for the hard work and contribution of K Raju who is stepping down from the responsibility as Chairman of SC Department.

Nitin Raut appointed Chairman of SC Department of AICC

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Nagpur: An annual regional sports meet “Chak de” – Khelo Nagpur Khelo will be organised under the aegis of the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, in Nagpur. The event consist of Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Football, Wrestling, Skating, Bodybuilding, Chess, Carrom, Badminton, Athletics, Volleyball, Basketball, Cricket, Cycling, which will be held for twenty days at different venues at a time organised for the Nagpur players.

Artists, designers, illustrators and creative minds from across the world are invited to design the logo for the first edition of this annual event.

The design should capture the artistic impression of what “Chak de” Khelo Nagpur Khelo means. A jury of carefully chosen experts will pick the designs. The selected designs will receive the following prizes and certificates –

First Prize – Rs. 11,000 and a certificate, Second Prize – Rs. 5,000 and a certificate, Third Prize – Rs. 3,000 and a certificate, Special Mention –Certificate of Appreciation

Those participating in competition bears certains in mind before designing.

Create a logo for “Chak de” with the tag line “Khelo Nagpur Khelo” along with the Logo. An additional line – Khasdar Krida Mohotsav to be added with the Logo. All written matter in the design must be in Devnagari script only. The artist will have to submit the design concept as a single image. The artist can additionally use mock ups to show how their design will look. A short paragraph not to exceed 200 words describing your idea should be written.

The design should be presented as a soft copy image in standard CMYK A4 format (210 mm X 297 mm) in 300 dpi as a jpeg image as per attached template. The design has to be mailed to khasdarkridamahotsav@gmail.com using the template given in the link below. https://goo.gl/FX1LKe

Artist can share their design on social media websites ONLY AFTER the competition results are out with due credit to “Chak de”. The winning logo chosen for the event will be the copyright of the event organizers. Date for submission of entry is from 29th March to 5th April, 2018. Last entry will be entertained till 5th April, 2018 till 6 pm. Entry is free. One / Two entry per participant will be allowed.

Artists invited to participate in logo contest

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Nagpur/Chandrapur: In an appalling incident reported from Ballarpur town of Chandrapur district, two students of a Sainik School were thrashed and ill-treated by Director Colonel over alleged leak of question paper. The two students, to save themselves from the savage beating, escaped from the school and after treading jungles managed to inform their relatives about the incident. The merciless beating and ill-treatment has sent shock waves across the region.

The two students – Jagdish Bhatti and Mohit Ujjwalkar – study at Sanmitra Sainiki Vidyalaya situated in Ballarpur, Chandrapur district.

There is no official word on the incident from the school administration as yet.

According to the two victim students, a few days ago a question paper allegedly was stolen and leaked. The role of school peon in the leak of paper was being suspected. However, the Director Colonel of this Sanmitra Sainiki Vidyalaya, turned all his anger on Jagdish Bhatti and Mohit Ujjwalkar and subjected them to savage beating by rods and ill-treatment like hardcore criminals. The two students were even tied to a tree and thrashed severely. The battered and bruised students, to escape the wrath of the Director Colonel, managed to flee the school by jumping compound wall. After treading a few kilometres in jungles, the two students sought help of passers-by and informed their relatives about the shocking incident.

Harjit Singh Bhatti and Manoj Ujjwalkar, both relatives of the students, said that they received phone calls from school informing them that Jagdish and Mohit ran away from school. The information triggered panicky and the relatives started a search for them. But it was only after they received calls from Jagdish and Mohit that the entire sordid episode came to the fore. The two students were admitted to a hospital with injuries on their hands, legs and even at private parts.

The relatives of both Jagdish Bhatti and Mohit Ujjwalkar have lodged complaints with police and demanded strictest action against the accused Director Colonel of Sanmitra Sainiki Vidyalaya.

In another interesting twist, it is learnt that RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Union Minister Hansraj Ahir and Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar among others are members of executive committee of Sanmitra Sainiki Vidyalaya. However, the fact has not been verified.

According to unconfirmed reports , One Union Minister , State Minister in Fadnavis govt and an Hindu organization Chief are the members of executive committee.

—By Narendra Puri

Video: Two students of Sanmitra Sainiki Vidyalaya thrashed savagely by Director

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Nagpur: “Judge B H Loya died of natural causes. Nobody doubted about the cause of his death for three years. Three years after, the English magazine ‘Caravan’ published a report over Judge Loya’s death which is nothing but a blatant lie,” claimed the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis while making a statement in Assembly on Tuesday.

Fadnavis said in clear terms that Judge Loya died of natural causes. Judge Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, had died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of Justice Swapna Joshi’s daughter. He was staying in Ravibhavan. “The rooms were booked by a court assistant hence no room was in the name of Judge Loya,” Fadnavis cleared.

“After the marriage and attending other programmes of the day, Judge Loya returned to Ravibhavan in the night. He chatted with his wife over phone for a long time. At about 4 am, he complained of severe chest pain. After informing his justice friends, he was taken to a multi-speciality hospital. He died in the same hospital,” the Chief Minister said.

Fadnavis further stated that the ‘Caravan’ magazine published a blatantly false report three years after Judge Loya’s death.After the report, Judge Loya’s son and other family members addressed a press conference and said they have no doubts whatsoever on his death.

“The hearing on the matter is pending in Supreme Court and the truth will soon come out,” Fadnavis said.

Judge Loya died of natural death, report in ‘Caravan’ magazine is a blatant lie: Fadnavis

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Nagpur: At a time when forested areas in Maharashtra witnessing a continuous depletion, the frequent fires in vast swathes of jungles, on the other hand, are causing unimaginable damage to ecosystems. The frequent fire events can reduce soil fertility and carbon storage, negatively affecting even those ecosystems whose regular re-growth depends in part on wildfires. The heavy toll of wildlife the fires take is another worrying aspect of the fiery disasters.

Maharashtra has recorded total of 17,976 incidents of forest fires in the past five years. These fires badly affected around 1.25 lakh hectares of woods. Despite concerted efforts by State vForest Department to safeguard biodiversity in forests by controlling fires, the success seems to have eluding them.

According to statistics released by Forest Department, a total of 5844 small and big fires were recorded in forests of state in 2017 with damage to ecosystem in 31,876 hectares. Interestingly, till March 2018, 3000 fire incidents have been reported in state. From 2013 onwards, the incidents of wildfires are on the increase. In 2013, 2928 fires were reported while 2683 in 2014, 1880 in 2015, and 4641 fire incidents were reported in 2016. In the past five years, the fires have taken heavy toll of jungles in 1,16,692 hectares. The count of biodiversity loss is unimaginable.

While single fires can be rejuvenating for certain fire-adapted ecosystems — low-intensity fires promote biodiversity, renew soil nutrients, and may even be necessary for some plants to produce seeds – the repeated fire events can reduce soil fertility and carbon storage, negatively affecting even those ecosystems whose regular re-growth depends in part on wildfires.

The Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests R S Yadav said that the incidents of forest fires are on the decline. The figures are being seen as big mainly due to satellite technology. A number of preventive measures are being initiated to control wildfires. Strike force of fire watchers have been formed that keep a hawk eye of wildfires. 11 firefighting units and 1276 fire blowers have been made available. The number of smart phones and vehicles has been increased.

The climate change may be leading to more fires. Some of the sites were protected from wildfires, while others faced a higher number of fires than normal. As climate change creates warmer and drier conditions in fire-prone areas, it will lead to more fires, which leads to more carbon emissions, which leads to more warming, and ultimately more fires.

Frequent fires in forests taking heavy toll of ecosystem, wildlife in State