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Nagpur: Panic grew among the residents in the Ashok Square vicinity as a 28-year old man was found dead in shallow waters beside Nag River on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was later identified as Mindraj Aarunuke, resident of Indira Mata Nagar.

According to police few locals who passed by the river noticed the dead body and informed Kotwali police station.
There were no signs of injuries on the body. Cops are working out on every possibility, however, sources said it would be too early to draw any conclusion. Police identified him from a true copy of his Aadhar card recovered from his pocket. Cops however suspect suicide, police sources revealed to Nagpur Today.

The dead body has been sent to Mayo hospital for postmodern.

Police station Kotwali has registered a case of accidental death. Further probe is underway.

Man found dead in Nag River near Ashok Square

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Nagpur : Two job-seekers were duped of Rs 1.41 Lakh by three members of a family, who had assured them jobs in Indian Railways.

Complainant Ritesh Radhesham Sahu (21), a resident of Lodhipura in Bajeriya, was working in a shop at Sitabuldi. Accused Prakash Khandekar, Mandabai Prakash Khandekar and Pravesh Prakash Khandekar, residents of Plot No. 3445/A Kasturba Nagar near Dayanand Park, had met the complainant at his workplace back in January 2017.

Accused Prakash had introduced himself as a Railway official. Luring the victim with the promise of a job in Railways, the accused had collected cash on several occasions from the applicant and his friend Gokul Prajapati.

The matter came to light when the accused sent fake call letter to the aspirant. When the victim learnt the truth, Prakash sought some time but never returned the amount. He also changed his and his accomplice’s phone numbers. Therefore, Ritesh approached Ganeshpeth police station.

Ganeshpeth police have registered a case of fraud under relevant sections and started further probe.

Two duped of Rs 1.41 lakh on promise of Railway jobs

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Nagpur: In a nauseating act, Ajani police has booked a man for allegedly raping his 2-year old niece frequently between June 6 and August 12, 2018.

The accused was identified as Pankaj (42) who lives in same house of the victim. Accused used to take victim to his room and commit this gruesome crime in absence of her mother. However the matter came in to the light when survivor’s mother caught Pankaj perpetrating the appalling act of lust with his niece.

Subsequently survivor’s mother rushed to Ajani police station and filed a complaint against accused.

Ajani police station has registered a case under relevant sections. Further probe is underway.

Man rapes 2-year old niece in Ajani

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NAGPUR: The Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) has increased 20% seats in post-graduation courses for the students of Gadchiroli’s Gondwana University. The admission to these courses started from August 18.

The provisional list for the admission will be displayed on August 23. Students can register their objections and suggestion regarding the provisional list on August 23 itself. The final merit list will be eclared on August 25.

Accordingly, 59 seats have been increased for the faculty of Science and Technology, 92 seats for faculty of Humanities, and 62 seats for faculty of Inter-Disciplinary courses. The students of Gadchiroli’s Gondwana University only can apply for these seats.

The students can choose from among 18 different disciplines this years.

RTMNU increases 20% PG seats for Gondwana University students

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Nagpur: With an envious and commendable track record of serving as first editor of many of the most premium and prestigious publications and electronic media across India, Super Editor SN Vinod has now joined the city’s most popular and youth’s heartthrob enewspaper Nagpur Today. He would be mentoring the young reporters and nurturing the news room with his enriched experience.

In media fraternity, it is often said that SN Vinod has always lived up to the ethics of journalism and has the distinction of maintaining it in letter and spirit throughout his career. On August 1, 2018, Mr Vinod has recently completed his 57 years of serving as Editor. Along with this remarkable feat, he has also completed his 30 years in Nagpur.

Known to promote pure talent in the media world, Mr Vinod has been the founder and first editor of Prabhat Khabar – the most prestigious newspaper simultaneously circulated from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

During his journalism career in Nagpur, Mr Vinod had also served as the first editor of Hindi daily Lokmat Samachar. He also remained editor of Nava Bharat – Nagpur and Bhopal, and Janvada and also worked as a Group Editor in Deshonnati. He also went on to become Group Editor in news channels Saadhna and News Express. Nonetheless, Mr Vinod also served as the first editor of India News, yet another news channels.

SN Vinod also holds the distinction of being the youngest editor in journalism. While in English, journo MJ Akbar is considered as the youngest editor to join his first assignment in similar capacity at the age of 23, in Hindi Mr Vinod is regarded as the youngest editor to join any publication for the first time. On August 1, 1961, at the age of 20, Mr Vinod joined as an Editor of a newspaper named Swatantra which was published and printed on broadsheet those days in Bihar, the state where he is often revered as Big B of Journalism.

Such is his aura that a book titled ‘Bihar mein patrakarita ka itihaas’, entirely dedicated one of its chapters to Mr Vinod’s prolific journey in journalism.

Team Nagpur Today has welcomed Mr Vinod as its mentor and is looking forward to excel under his able leadership..

Super Editor S.N.Vinod joins Nagpur Today as Editor in Chief

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NAGPUR: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the dividing line between the “state” and the “party” was blurred under the BJP-led government.

Speaking at a panel discussion in Nagpur, the former Union minister also said that the UPA government which was accused of lacking a “strong leader” delivered better economic growth.

He was speaking on the topic ‘Conflict in Democracy’.

To a question about the alleged use of “street violence” by those in power, Sibal said, “This is a problem which arises when there is no difference between the state and the party.

“The reason why this is happening on the streets is that the party is ruling the government, but the government is not ruling this nation.

“If the BJP comes back to power, this will continue, and if there is a coalition government, this will not happen,” he opined.

The senior Congress leader argued that coalition politics produced much more economic growth for the country than a government led by a strong leader, in an apparent swipe at the Narendra Modi regime.

“We (UPA government) had GDP (growth) of 8.1 per cent for 10 years. According to this government, we had no strong leader, but yet we delivered and it is the coalition that delivered, not a party which had absolute majority,” he said.

“The quality of democracy in the country is now different from that between 2004 to 2014, but democracy is still alive, no matter who is in power,” Sibal said.

“However, the nature of democracy has changed and the reason why the nature of democracy has changed (is) because we have a centralised system of decision-making (now),” he said.

The government is being run solely by the Prime Minister’s Office, he claimed.

“Key institutions in this country are now suspected of collaborating with the government. It is true of the Election Commission, CBI, Enforcement agencies, Income Tax, so they are long arms of the government,” the Congress leader said.

“Earlier, the party in power did not amalgamate itself into the state, the two remained separate; but now for the first time in our history, there is no difference between the party and the state,” Sibal said.

“Nagpur controls India”, the eminent lawyer said, alluding to the RSS which has its headquarters in the city.

No difference between party and state under Modi regime: Kapil Sibal

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Nagpur: Students of Gaikwad Patil International School had a miraculous escape as speeding truck rammed into school bus on Saturday afternoon.

The tragedy occurred near Dogargoan toll plaza today at 1.30 pm. The speeding truck reportedly lost control and crushed rear portion of school bus.

Fortunately no causality reported.

“The bus was taking turn when a truck knocked us from behind crushing glass of emergency exit window. It was fortunate that no children suffered any sort of injuries,” told Chandrashekar Muthad, traffic head, Gaikwad Patil International School to NT

Gaikwad Patil International School’s bus meet with mishap near Dogargaon Plaza

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Nagpur: Lakadganj Police on Friday arrested a woman from red light area ‘Ganga Jamuna’ for purchasing a minor girl and dragging her into flesh trade.

Accused Bilkesh Man singh Dhanawat, was wanted in a case registered under Sections 344, 366 (A), 370 (A), 372, 373, 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),read with Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 of Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) and Sections 4, 8, 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) Act, registered at Lakadganj Police Station.

Bilkesh (53), a native of Badnapura, district Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)had purchased the girl from her mother for Rs three lakh when she was 12 years old.

Bilkesh along with other accused Suman Dhanawat and Naini Dhanawat then forced the girl into prostitution in the red light area. Cops had earlier arrested the victim’s mother. After the minor girl was rescued by the police,her father had taken her legal custody from the district and sessions court.

Freedom Firm, an NGO, had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court praying to keep the girl in Karuna Shelter Home as she was rescued twice from the red light area. In2017,the victim was 18 years old.

It was apparent that in the year2011whenthegirlwasforced into flesh trade, she was hardly 12 years old. As per the orders of the High Court on the PIL, the victim was kept at Government Karuna Shelter Home. Bikesh Dhanawat was arrested by senior PI S V Khandekar, WAPI Rakhi Gedam, HC Vijay Hatkar, NPC Prashant Chachne and WPC Rupaliunder the supervision of DCP (Zone II) Chinmay Pandit, DCP (Zone III) Rahul Maknikar and ACP (Lakadganj) Walchandra Mundhe.

Lakadganj police arrest woman for dragging minor girl into flesh trade

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Nagpur : A teenager jumped a signal and rammed his bike into a moped on Saturday evening at Law College Square. The teenager was soon nabbed by traffic cops posted at the square.

He was riding at a speed of around 80-90km per hour. According to cops, the teenager was riding a sports bike while his ‘friend’ was riding pillion. The biker was coming from Ravi Nagar Square and was heading to Sitabuldi. The woman riding on the moped was traveling from WHC Road towards Civil Lines. Traffic cops at Law College Square told sources, “The teenager jumped the signal, while the woman was crossing the square after getting the green singal.

The sports bike directly dashed the moped after which all of them fell.” The teenager’s friend and the woman were soon rushed to a private hospital by the passersby with the help of traffic police. The duo sustained serious injuries while the teenager was taken to Ambazari police station.

Two injured as damaged city buses, rams bike into moped

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NAGPUR: A lady constable from Mankapur police station allegedly assaulted a shop owner with a bottle and snatched away Rs 50,000 from him at a shopping mall in Mankapur area.

As per information, the lady constable, along with few other women, entered a shopping mall and started threatening the shop owners in the mall. She then entered a shop and snatched Rs 50,000 from the counter. When the shop owner resisted, he was hit on the head with a bottle.

The owners of adjoining shop came to the rescue of the victim and locked the accused lady constable and other women in the shop, and they rushed to the police station. The police didn’t register a report till the filing of this report.

Video: Shop owner assaulted by lady constable in Mankapur

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NAGPUR: Keeping in view the increasing water crisis in the city, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to make water harvesting mandatory at all new buildings of 1500 square meter or more area. The decision was made at the NMC’s water committee meeting, presided over by its chairman Pintu Jhalke at the NMC headquarters on Saturday.

The committee decided that maps of all new and upcoming construction of 1500 square meter or more area would be sanctioned only if the proposals of new buildings have details about installation of rainwater harvesting systems. It will also be mandatory for the builders to submit to NMC a certificate from the Groundwater Survey Department on successful installation of rainwater harvesting units. A proposal in this regard is expected to be presented in the next general body meeting of the NMC.

While discussing construction of Water ATMs in the city, the meeting decided that a Water ATM would be started on trial basis in Laxmi Nagar zone under State Assembly’s South-West Nagpur constituency.

NMC to make rainwater harvesting mandatory

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Environmentalist, Activist and Free Lance writer Sulabha Chakravarty met with a tragic end this morning while driving back from the hill station of Pachmarhi early this Sunday morning.

Nagpur Today has learnt from sources close to her that she was driving the car herself and was alone in it when the accident happened. She apparently lost control of the car and it slipped in to a pond on the side of the road. The car was fished out later with Sulabha inside.

Prima facie it seems she died of drowning.

A student of Tata Parsi school and later SFS college, Sulabha was actively involved in the NGO Kids for Tigers.

Sulabha leaves behind husband two sons. She is being mourned by a large group of friends who knew her for her work and her friendly and affectionate nature.

Her sudden death is sending shock waves across the city.

Sulabha Chakravarty of Kids for Tiger dies in an accident

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No ATM will be replenished with cash after 9 pm in cities and 6 pm in rural areas from next year even as two armed guards will accompany crisp notes in transit as per a new directive issued by the home ministry.

The deadline for putting money in the ATMs located in Naxal-hit areas is 4 pm while private cash handling agencies must collect money from the banks in the first half of the day and transport notes only in armoured vehicles.

In a notification, the Home Ministry said the new Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) would come into effect from February 8, 2019 in view of the spurt in incidents of attacks on cash vans, cash vaults, ATM frauds and other internal frauds leading to increased sense of insecurity.

There are over 8,000 privately owned cash vans plying across the country, operated by non-bank private agencies, and they handle over Rs 15,000 crore daily on behalf of banks.

Some times, the private agencies keep currency overnight at their cash vaults.

‘No cash loading of the ATMs or cash transportation activities shall be done after 9 pm in urban areas, after 6 pm in rural areas and before 9 am or after 4 pm in the districts notified by the central government as Left Wing Extremism affected areas,’ the notification said.

The agencies shall provide private security for the cash transportation with the requisite number of trained staff, every cash van shall have one driver, two armed security guards, two ATM officers or custodians.

One armed guard must sit in the front along with the driver and another in the rear portion of the van while in transit.

During loading or unloading, nature’s call, tea or lunch break, at least one armed security guard shall remain present with the cash van all the time.

The ex-serviceman, otherwise eligible, may preferably be appointed for providing security for cash transportation.

Every cash transportation shall be carried out only in secured cash vans fitted with GPS tracking device and it must be ensured that no cash van carries cash of more than Rs 5 crore per trip.

No private security agency shall appoint anyone for the cash transportation unless the person has undergone thorough antecedent check like police, Aadhaar and residence verifications, previous employer check, credit history check and fidelity insurance.

Each of the cash boxes shall be secured to the floor with separate chains and locks that can be opened only by using separate keys kept with different custodians.

The cash van shall be provided with a small CCTV system with at least five days recording facility and three cameras installed in front, rear and inside of the cabin.

A security alarm with GSM based auto-dialer shall be provided with a motorised siren.

The cash van shall be equipped with hooter, fire extinguishers and emergency lights to ensure quick reaction in case of an attack.

The private security agency will ensure that all cash handling, including counting, sorting, and bundling activities shall be carried out in secured premises in accordance with specific guidelines.

The premises shall be designed to include two physically independent areas, one for general office purpose and other for secured cash processing and handling activities and it shall accommodate space for cash deposit, collection, sorting, counting and delivery and dispatch of cash on secured cash vans.

No ATM to be replenished with cash after 9 pm from next year

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Nagpur : In a disappointing news for Nagpur residents, the multiplex culture would be forcing one more single-screen cinema hall to close its doors permanently for movie lovers. Smruti Cinema, one of the favorite movie theatres of Nagpur as well as entire Vidarbha, is likely to be closed from August 30 this year.

Located at the centre of the city, Smruti Cinema was started by Rathi Group in 1985 on a leased plot. Sources said that the theatre has been fighting some legal issues as the land belongs to some other party and there has been pressure to close the theatre permanently. There had been reports since last few months that a multiplex would be constructed on the same place, sources said.

Though no official announcement has been made regarding the closure, sources said that the employees of the theatre have been informed about the August 30 deadline. Around 30 people are employed at the theatre and they all are worried as they will be left unemployed if the theatre downs its shutters.

The news of closing down of Smruti Cinema just a month after the closure of Regent Cinema has also raised many eyebrows.

Smruti Cinema has been visited by many celebrities from Bollywood including Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif, Vidya Balan, Abhishek Bachchan, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai and many others. Cricket team of India and other countries have enjoyed movie shows at this theatre.

Single-screen cinema theatres closed so far in Nagpur:

·Regent Talkies

·Regal Cinema

·Amardeep Talkies

·Narsing Talkies

·Nataraj Talkies

·Shyam Talkies

·Rajvilas Talkies (renovation in progress)

Nagpur: Smruti Cinema to be closed permanently from Aug 30

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Nagpur: In a bid to deliver the food fast and hot, the app-based food delivery system is turning fatal for those engaged in carrying the food to the customers’ homes. In yet another mishap, a delivery boy of on-line food delivery platform ‘Zomato’ was killed in road mishap near YCCE College in MIDC on Saturday night.

This is the second fatal accident of Zomato delivery boy within a fortnight in city. On August 7, a 29-year-old delivery boy – Nilesh Wasnik – of ‘Zomato’ was killed when a speeding car knocked him dead at WHC Road.

Food delivery apps like Zomato, Swiggy and Uber Eats have engaged many boys to pick the order from the food joint and deliver it at users’ doorstep. The boys often speed up their bikes to reach their destination and even jump traffic signals quite often.

According to police, Arjun Ramkrishna Pawar (21), a resident of Jaitala, was returning home on his motorcycle after delivering a food parcel in Hingna at 10 pm. A speeding truck (MH40/BG-7818) came from behind and hit the motorcycle when Arjun was taking a turn near St Xavier’s school.

Arjun was crushed under rear wheels of the truck and suffered serious injuries. Profusely bleeding Arjun was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

A police officer informed ‘The source that Arjun was not wearing helmet. The truck was also in great speed and driver failed to control the vehicle while negotiating a turn. Police have arrested truck driver Mahesh Shivlal Dupare (37), a resident of registering offence under Sections 279, 304 (a) of the Indian Penal Code. Further investigation is on.

These two deaths of Zomato delivery boys have raised serious concern over operation style of the company.
The law enforcement agency needs to deal with the issue with immediate Effect To save live young delivery boys.
Meanwhile, hundreds of his colleagues and family members stormed into Sitabuldi Police Station and staged a demonstration.

Yet another Zomato delivery boy dies in road accident

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Nagpur:The long wait for McDonald’s will soon be over! Coming up as a delightful surprise for all the food lovers and those who binge on quick food diet, McDonald’s outlet will be opened soon at an upcoming mall near Medical Square.

The Tata Group is coming up with a Trilium Mall in its township Tata Capitol Heights at Rambagh on Great Nag Road. A huge billboard of McDonald’s outside mall area has been catching fancy of food lovers these days.

Even as a major chunk of project is nearing completion, the food enthusiasts are looking forward towards the McDonald’s outlet.

McDonald’s is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

For long, the fast food patrons have been awaiting the arrival of this fast food giant as the bigwigs like Dominos and KFC had entered in, while Panino, yet another local sandwich chain was already doing brisk business. There was a buzz that McDonalds will be coming up at Empress Mall near Gandhi Sagar lake, but soon all the air settled down.

The big ticket size and need for daily quantum of business were cited as reasons behind McDonald’s reluctance to open its outlet in Nagpur. It may be mentioned that McDonald’s never give franchise but runs self-owned outlets across India.

Commenting on the scenario Jayesh Bagde, COO of Panino Foods India Pvt Ltd, told Nagpur Today, “Actually McDonald require a huge business proportions in the form of orders intake. This could roughly accounts for a daily counter of Rs 2 to Rs 2.5 lakh, against the existing players.” Panino is yet another upmarket fast food chain in Nagpur having outlets at various locations in city.

Bagde was of the view that at present Dominos may require daily sale of Rs 75,000 and KFC must be needing orders worth 1.25 lakh a day to stay afloat. On the other hand, Panino, which is fast expanding base in business and servings, stands at daily orders of nearly Rs 30,000-Rs 35,000.

Sources said that arrival of McDonald’s in the town may further trigger a price war among the fast food biggies.

McDonald’s finally arriving Nagpur at Trilium Mall near Medical square

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The UWAN (University Women Association, Nagpur chapter) and PG Dept of Fashion Design of LAD College for women, have organised two days Skill development free training workshop on 17th& 18th Aug in Block & Screen printing for Mentally challenged persons of SVK Sanstha Nagpur,under the project VATSALYA which respects the Dignity of Differently Abled people especially Mentally Challenged.

The major focus of Vatsalya is to sensitize the society about People with special needs and to offer various skill training programs to Mentally Challenged and help them with employment opportunities. SVK’s project Vatsalya run by Mrs.Gayathri Vatsalya,a trained Clinical Psychologist and reciepant of Mother Teresa Excellence Award is the Founder President and Ms.Prerana Masters in Gender Studies from University of Sussex,UK is the Secretary of SVK Shikshan Sanstha

Project Vatsalya has collaborated with the PG dept of Fashion Design, LAD College for women under the Able guidance of Dr.Harsha Jharia Coordinator & Dr Varsha Mankar Head of the dept in organizing a series of skill development training programs in Textile Block & Screen Printing, Bandhani ,cloth bag making etc.

After completion of the training, differently abled persons will be offered a job in the Production unit.

Dr Panna Akhani Director WES ,Dr Deepali Kotwal Principal ,Dr Shyamala Nair Former Principal & Mrs Lily Sinha of LAD College for Women , Nagpur were driving force for the success of this workshop. The P.G students of Fashion design assisted in training the mentally challenged & partially blind participants of Textile printing workshop

Dr Vinaybala Mehata from UWA Pune inaugurated the workshop ,she is also main sponsor for this workshop

Mentally challenged learns block & screen printing in free training workshop

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Nagpur: In two cases of outraging modesty, minor and 27-year old were allegedly molested under the jurisdiction of Wadi and Koradi police station on Sunday.

In first incident, 13-year old girl was reportedly molested by her 51-year old family member in Wadi. Accused also threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed anything.

However the matter came into the light when survivor narrated her ordeal to her parents. Subsequently they rushed to Wadi police station and filed a complaint against the tormentor.

The police has registered a case under section 354 (A), 323,506 and subsection Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) act 2012. Further probe in underway.

In second case, reported under the jurisdiction of Koradi police station accused Nilesh Thorat (27) resident of Dahegaon, Amravati apparently congested 27-year old on her way to work, near Sundar biscuit company’s service road and outraged her modesty.

Koradi police has registered a case against the accused under relevant sections. Further details are awaited.

Minor, 27-year old molested in Wadi, Koradi

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Nagpur: Even as the city police are trying to tame the extreme behaviour of drunken hooligans in the dark of the night, few so called pubs being run in plush city hotels are only adding fuel to the fire.

In a similar such incident, a young couple along with their NRI friend were ruthlessly beaten by few hooligans in porch area of Hotel Tuli International in Sadar on Saturday night.

The incident happened when they were stepping out of the hotel after having a party late night on Saturday at Hotel Tuli International’s pub Rythm and Blues, which usually remains open till wee hours on weekends.

Sadar police have booked two people identifed as Arbaaz and Fahad Baig under section 354-B of IPC upon the complaint of victim’s wife. Cops are reportedly on the hunt for these two men and their other accomplices.

The young couple, who was accompanied by the man’s sister and the NRI friend who came to meet them from Phillipines, reportedly had a spat with another youth who was also in the pub at that night. One of the group members reportedly objected to the comment passed by this youth about the man’s wife while stepping out from the pub.

Later when the youths were walking to the parking area from hotel’s porch, 4-5 men reportedly came in the car (Maruti Ritz) and started beating them.

The victim, who runs auto deal business on CA road, told Nagpur Today, “I had gone to unwind along with my wife, sister and these two friends of mine. Actually we had arranged get together along with this NRI friend at Rythm and Blues pub. As we were getting late, we came out of the pub at around 2 am in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. While we reached the porch area, one of the youths commented on my wife, to which one of my friends objected. The matter was settled there only as this man apologised for the same. But as we reached the parking area, few men disembarked from a car and started beating us blue and black. In a bid to save ourselves we ran towards the hotel’s porch area. Meanwhile, those men fled the spot after hearing the police siren.”

The couple later went to Sadar police station to lodge the complaint. They also got the names of the hooligans from the people around.

When NT contacted Sadar PI Bonde, he neither denied nor he commented anything on the matter. Bonde said that he would update on the matter later and excused himself by saying that he was in a meeting.

Hooligans thrash couple, NRI youth after midnight party at Tuli International’s pub

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Nagpur : Despite the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) clearing proposals of transferring land and demolishing Tekdi flyover for Metro Rail project and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari directing authorities to speed up these works, it seems that officials concerned have almost forgotten to demolish the flyover in front of Nagpur Railway Station. This has led to regular traffic chaos in that area.

Over two months have passed since the proposal was cleared but the authorities haven’t started any process whereas the Metro Rail department has been given green signal for transfer of 70,424 square meter of land.

No coordination between NMC and Metro Rail

The NMC has decided to hand over land to Metro Rail but the land transfer is yet to happen and this is reportedly delaying the work. Due to lack of coordination between the officials of Metro Rail and the NMC, the development works, proposed to be undertaken on the road after demolition of the flyover, have also not be planned and finalized., sources said. It was informed that the NMC has to first demolish the Tekdi flyover and then hand over the land to Metro Rail for development works.

Slow pace of work by NMC
As per information, the Metro Rail Corporation has to give 5% of the project cost to NMC against land transfer. Moreover, NMC will have 50% share in the revenue from the malls that are being constructed by the Metro Rail. It was informed in the NMC meeting that its market department had issued 1109 licenses to shop owners at Tekdi flyover. Out of these, around 135 shop owners are running their businesses from these shops.

The eligibility of these business owners will be valiated and they will provided shops at the proposed business complex to be constructed by the Metro Rail Corporation. The NMC will again have 50% share in the revenue from this business complex. As per sources, the NMC is dillydallying the work of validation of elegibility of the shop owners.

Delay in demolition of Tekdi flyover affecting Metro Rail work