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Nagpur: One more case of cheating has been slapped on gangster Santosh Ambekar and his one accomplice. The gangster has already been arrested on the charges of fraud of Rs 5 crore and extortion based on a complaint lodged by a Gujarat businessman Jigar Pareshbhai Patel, a resident of Kapadvanj, District – Kheda with Sitabuldi police on Saturday (October 12). Patel has accused Ambekar and his henchmen of duping him of Rs five crore and demanding extortion of Rs one crore.

In the latest case, another businessman from Gujarat, Hemant Mohanji Purohit (31), resident of Kisan Apartment, Flat No. 406, Desai Ward, has lodged a complaint with Sonegaon police against Ambekar and his one accomplice named Ramesh alias Ram Patil, aged 38-40. Purohit told police that he runs a firm named Cosmo Plastic Waste and also property dealing. He was searching for a rented godown. Meanwhile, on August 20, 2018, the accused Ram Patil met him near parking slot at Dr Babasaheb Amedkar Airport in Nagpur and ‘assured’ Purohit to help him.

Ram Patil indtroduced Purohit with accused Santosh Ambekar. Ambekar discussed with Purohit a land deal and asked him to deposit Rs 25 lakh in Balaji Firm. Subsequently, Purohit agreed to deposit the amount. Later, the accused phoned Purohit and asked him if he wants to exchange currency notes. The accused Ambekar further lured Purohit that if he deposits Rs 1 core in Rs 2000 denomination, he will get Rs 1 lakh commission.

Agreeing to the “deal,” the Gujarat buinessman deposited Rs 1 crore on Balaji Firm situated at Wapi, Gujarat where Purohit was given a torn Rs 10 note having number 44M 809681. He was told to collect money from Balaji Firm in Nagpur by showing the torn piece of Rs 10 note. However, when Purohit did what he was told to do, he was refused money as was ‘promised.’ When Purohit phoned the accused Ram Patil, he asked him to forget the money of Nagpur Balaji. The accused further threatened to kill Purohit if he insisted return of his money.

Sonegaon Assistant PSI Mohankar, based on Hemant Purohit’s complaint, booked the accused Santosh Ambekar and Ram Patil under Sections 420, 385, 506(B), 34 of the IPC and launched a detailed investigation into the matter.

Gangster Ambekar cheats one more trader from Gujarat, booked

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Nagpur: Acting on a tip-off, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of City Crime Branch nabbed one more accused wanted in the Rs 39 crore Navodaya Bank scam.

The arrested accused, Sameer Bhaskar Chatte (48), resident of ‘Girijashankar,’ House No. 617, behind Nataraj Talkies, Zenda Square, Mahal, worked in Navodaya Urban Cooperative Bank as Chief Executive Officer between 2007 and 2012 when the Rs 39 crore scam was perpetrated. Chatte was rounded up from his residence in Mahal on Wednesday, October 16.

The accused Sameer Chatte has been accused of sanctioning huge loans beyond the bank’s exposure limits without scrutinising properly the mortgage papers submitted by the loan seekers and knowing the parties have no capacity to pay back the loans. The accused Chief Executive Officer Chatte between 2007 and 2012, sanctioned loans to Gladstone Group of wanted accused Sachin Mittal and Balkishan Gandhi, Hingal Group, Jham Builder Group, Joshi Group and other loan seekers without scrutinsing the mortgage papers in connivance with Bank Chairman Ashok Dhawad and Board of Directors.

Moreover, the accused, taking undue advantge of his post, got a loan of 7.50 lakh sanctioned for himself on November 30, 2009 for purchasing a plot without submitting mortgage papers. He paid back some loan amount but stopped returning money when he quit the job on May 16, 2012. The bank record shows the accused Chatte owed the bank total amount of Rs 5.55 lakh including capital loan amount Rs 1.85 lakh and interest Rs 3.69 lakh.

The arrest was made by an EOW squad comprising Assistant PSIs Kishore Chute, Suresh Wankhede, head constable Dnyaneshwar Wankhede, and Woman Police Sepoy Bharti Made.

The main accused in the Navodaya Bank scam are former Congress MLA Ashok Dhawad and his wife Kiran. Dhawad, who was the Bank’s Chairman has been charged with fraud, forgery and criminal breach of trust along with 16 other ex-directors of the bank. In the scam pertaining to misappropriation of funds in Navodaya Urban Cooperative Bank, Dhawad along with 16 other bank directors have been booked by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on the basis of a complaint lodged by the auditor of State Department of Cooperatives. All of them were accused of duping hundreds of investors by distributing bogus loans between 2010 and 2015. Subsequently, the cooperative bank had gone into liquidation after its banking license was cancelled few months ago. Frauds were reported following an audit conducted for financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17 allegedly involving Dhawad and his team of directors.

Navodaya Bank scam: EOW nabs one more wanted accused Sameer Chatte

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Nagpur: Administrative machinery is all set for conduct of Assembly elections in Maharashtra to be held on October 21. The administration organised various events for mass awareness on importance of exercising franchise in the mega festival of democracy.

A peep into facts and figures:
• Total voters in Maharashtra are 8,98,39,600 including male, female, third gender and Divyang voters.
• Male voters: 4,68,75,750
• Female voters: 4,28,43,635
• Third gender voters: 2634
• Divyang voters: 3,96,000
• Service voters: 1,17,581

Polling centres:
• Total 96,661 Polling Centres in Assembly elections 2019
• Main Polling Centres: 95,473
• Sub-Polling Centres: 1188
• 352 “Sakhi Polling Centres” especially for women and managed by women

Facilities for voters:
•Minimum basic facilities including drinking water, power supply, lighting, ballot papers in Braille language, toilets, special facilities including wheel chairs, ramps, separate queues for Divyang voters.

•Creche arrangement for women voters coming with kids
Ballot units:
•1,79,895 ballot units (EVMs), 1,26,505 control units and around 1,35,021 VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) units have been supplied. These include reserved units.
•Around 6.50 lakh employees will be on election duty. These employees have been specially trained for the poll job. Police deployment will be in place for maintaining law and order and peaceful conduct of the elections.

Documents mandatory for voting:
•Name in electoral rolls
•Any one of 11 types of identity cards including Passport, Driving Licence, Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt/PSUs/Public Limited Companies, Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office, PAN Card, Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR, MNREGA Job Card, Health Insurance Smart Card, Pension document with photograph, Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs, Aadhar Card if voter ID card issued by Election Commission is not with them.

In Nagpur district, the number of voters has also gone up compared the previous Assembly Elections. In 2014, there were 37.04 lakh voters in the district, which is now increased by 4.5 lakhs and the figure is 41.63 lakh. Out of 41,63,367 voters in Nagpur district, 21,31,149 are male, 20,32,118 are female and 100 are third gender who will exercise their franchise in this Assembly elections on October 21. As compared to this year’s Lok Sabha polls there are total 78,527 more voters for the Vidhan Sabha elections.

However, 73,936 new voters between age group of 18 to 19 years will also cast vote. The number of voters in all the twelve assembly constituencies of the district has increased except one.In 2014, the total number of voters in Umred was 2,84,020 and the present figure is 2,84,403, which is just an addition of 383. Whereas, Hingna constituency marked the highest number of voters with 72,843. In 2014, Hingna had 3,03,081 voters and now it is 3,75,924. Voters could still register their names online or offline and the enrollment process will continue tillthe lastdate of filing which is on October 4. Nagpur North constituency have the highest number of voters in Nagpur city with 3,83,663, where as South West is on the second with 3,83,387.

The figures for the other four constituencies are Nagpur South — 3,81,747, Nagpur East — 3,70,882, Nagpur Central- 323957 and Nagpur West — 3,60,819. Similarly, the number of third gender voters also increased this time. In 2014, the number was 46 and now there are 100 voters who are going to cast vote from different constituencies. North Nagpur has the highest 38 third gender voters.

Administrative machinery is all set for conduct of Assembly elections in State

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Nagpur: After the erring citizens who faced penal action from Nuisance Detection Squads of NagpurMunicipal Corporation (NMC) for spitting, urinating in public places and dumping building materials on roads, it was now the turn of hospitals to face the heat.

Acting tough, Nuisance Detection Squads of NMC cracked a whip on 23 hospitals in city for haphazard disposal of bio-medical waste. The offending hospitals were penalised and fined Rs. 2.19 lakh across the 10 Zones of civic body. On Tuesday, one of the squads while on the move found violation of norms in Sitabuldi area where a hospital dumped the bio-medical waste in open. The said hospital was fined Rs. 25,000 by Dharampeth Zone. The action was initiated by team leader Ashish Katre.

The Nuisance Detection Squads of NMC are part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to cleanse the urban space and provide a healthy environment for living in city.

The squads were established on December 11, 2017 and till October 15, 2019, they have taken action against 23 hospitals for violation of rules. Most of the actions were taken in Laxminagar Zone.

23 hospitals face NMC heat for haphazard disposal of bio-medical waste

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Nagpur: It’s been more than 27 years since a dimpled smile; handsome hunk walked onto screens and gradually takes over our hearts over the years. Shah Rukh Khan, who started off on the sets of a TV series ‘Fauji’ in 1989, slowly extended his reign at silver screen to become the undisputed Badshah and King of Romance of Bollywood. From playing negative shades to a romantic hero who always wins the girl, we have seen SRK portraying every aspect of human form, including a ‘dwarf’ in his latest flick.

SRK is known as much for his acting as his fans. He is one of the superstars who enjoy crazy fandom in India and across the globe. Certainly, Orange City is not an exception. Group of young SRK fans assembled under the umbrella of members of Shah Rukh Khan Fan Club, called as ‘Fansofsrknagpur’ on social networking sites Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Founded on Khan Sahab’s birthday last year, ‘Fansofsrknagpur’ has around 60 members till date, aged between 19 and 30. ‘Fansofsrknagpur’ has also, organized two successful screening of SRKs’ blockbusters DDLJ and Dil To Pagal Hai at PVR Empress Mall.

Trisha Ingle, Tausif Khan, Fehzaan Ahmad and Khalid Ahmad, members of SRK’s this crazy fan club recently visited Nagpur Today office, and had a candid chat about their and world’s favorite superstar….

For Trisha, SRK stands for his decency, attitude and gesture towards women and that what makes him standout among the rest of B-town superstars.

“Be a 6-year-old girl to 60-year-old woman, the way Shah Rukh Khan treats females across the globe with nothing but respect and honor, is the key factor which attracts me towards him,” adds Trisha.

Khalid, who had a privileged to meet his favorite star, idol and inspiration on November 2, 2018 i.e. on SRK’s 53rd birthday, says despite hefty stardom and popularity the actor has, Khan Sahab is still a big heart Delhiwala in person.

Recalling the journey, Khalid added, “I still remember, we were outside his house along with thousands of other fans for Khan Sahab’s birthday. Knowing the situation of fans who travel miles to get a glimpse of favorite star, SRK installs food and water stalls in front of his house Mannat from November 1 to 3. I had a privileged to meet him next day. Though, the meet was for short period of time but the simplicity and gestures Khan Sahab displayed was beyond my expectation. He’s a still true Delhiwala at heart.”

– Shubham Nagdeve

@Fansofsrknagpur celebrates SRK’s smile, simplicity, and stardom!!!

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Nagpur: Heavy unseasonal downpour on Friday evening took Nagpurians by surprise. The rain also crippled normal life as traffic came to standstill across the city. Roads were flooded with knee deep gushing water. Commuters found it difficult to wade through flooded streets. Waterlogging led to traffic snarls across the city.

According to Weatherman, monsoon rains started withdrawing from the region from last week of September marking the most delayed retreat of the seasonal rainfall. The monsoon generally begins in June and starts to retreat by September 1, but rains have continued beyond that date this year and triggered floods in several parts of the country. Monsoon rains were well above average in 2019.

The weather in city was cloudy since morning on Friday but skies later turned blue. However, by evening around 4.30 pm, heavy rain coupled with thunderous lightning took the Nagpurians by surprise. Friday being working day, hundreds of school children and office-goers were stuck in their respective premises.

Unseasonal rain takes Nagpurians by surprise, hits normal life

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Nagpur: “The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, has convincingly ensured the mandatory presence of a high degree of integrity and accountability in all its members, by constantly educating and inspiring them towards professional excellence. Advent of very remarkable GST Regime coupled with the globalisation of businesses and commercial operations, complexities and change in the international legal frameworks, role of Chartered Accountants has become all the more important and encompassing.”, remarked CA Prafulla Chhajed, President, ICAI.

CA Prafulla Chhajed, was deliberating as Chief Guest, on the occasion of `Full Day Workshop on GST’, organized by the Nagpur Branch of WIRC of ICAI. He informed the members present that, in its commitment to take forward its mission of inclusive growth and further empowering students, the ICAI has taken a major decision to waive-off 75% registration fee for the students registering from the newly formed Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and also from 8 North-Eastern States, for all level of CA Course. Also one Representative Office of the Institute is planned at Union Territory of Ladakh, he added.

Chief Guest, CA Prafulla Chhajed, conveyed in crystal clear terms that for ensuring due credibility to the certification and attest functions by CA Members, concept of UDIN has been successfully implemented. Also, Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) which now happens to be the registered trade mark of the ICAI, is gaining acceptability in business and industry as a tool to bring authenticity to the certificates and other prescribed documents, issued by the Chartered Accountants, he added. It also has been able to virtually eliminate any misrepresentation by a third person claiming to be a Chartered Accountant and signing financial documents/certificates to mislead the authorities and stakeholders, he added.

CA Prafulla Chhajed, conveyed about the steps and initiatives taken for creating newer opportunities for the Small and Medium practitioners, and providing knowledge enrichment and growth avenues for all professionals. He ensured the members present to keep no stone unturned in the matter of empowering the members with respect to extending education and knowledge in the required areas including the Goods & Service Tax Act. He congratulated the Team Nagpur Branch ably led by CA Suren Duragkar, Chairman, for their untiring efforts in the matter of serving members and students concerned and in the process helping the Institute itself, in executing the policy decisions aimed at lending upper edge to CA members of the Institute. He assured all possible help from Central Level for Nagpur Branch, to serve for the betterment of profession. He appealed the members present to play our due role in the matter of Swacch Bharatof the Government of India. He concluded sharing his words of wisdom by adding that our remarkable track-record as a partner in nation building, sincerely necessitates that we all should contribute our individual as well as collective might, to make this initiative a grand success.

CA Jaydeep Shah, Hon. Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, graced the occasion as Guest of Honour. He whole heartedly shared words of appreciation for the President, CA PrafullaChhajed, for the long list of activities and initiatives, he has taken for the sake of CA Members and students as well. He extended his words of praise for the untiring efforts of Nagpur Branch in organizing various programs at frequent intervals including the one with respect to updating members to effectively serve the clients in the matter of GST Compliances.

CA Abhijit Kelkar, RCM, took the opportunity to extend warm welcome to the Hon. President ICAI and the members present. He updated the members with respect to the happenings at Regional Level, for the benefit of members and students of the fraternity. He wished all success to the Team Nagpur, for carrying their endeavours, before concluding his remarks on the occasion.

CA Suren Duragkar, in extended warm welcome to the Hon. President of ICAI and appreciated his efforts to strengthen the image of the Profession. He said that after 2013, president of ICAI is visiting Nagpur first time. He could not stop himself from sharing that, right from the day when he took charge as Chairman of Nagpur Branch, he was having a feeling of gracious presence of none other than ICAI President, in the month of October, to address the audience in a very crucial seminar on GST. The same happened because of the sincere wish for the CA Members of Nagpur Branch, he added. Adding words to his deliberation, he briefed the President and members present about the due efforts of Team Nagpur to ensure best possible service to the fraternity. He duly expressed his gratitude to the speakers being CA Bimal Jain from New Delhi and CA Venugopal G. from Bengaluru, for agreeing to share their rich treasure of experience and knowledge in the most happening field of GST. He appealed the members present to take maximum benefits from the deliberations of the speakers and wished them a joyful and effective learning sessions.

On the occasion of mega event, Nagpur Branch released its updated Directory of 2500 Plus members at the auspicious hands of CA Prafulla Chhajed, Hon. President ICAI. CA Julfesh Shah, former Vice Chairman WIRC, played his role as Convenor of Directory Committee for ensuring team efforts in the matter of compiling relevant information of members. Members were happy to find the much needed `Thread of Communication` in the form of Nagpur Branch Directory which will ensure effective communication amongst themselves and with the concerned stake holders relying on the services of Chartered Accountants.

CA Bimal Jain from New Delhi, a very sought after Faculty for GST, very effectively dealt with the topic – `GST Burning Issues and way forward’. He shared his rich treasure of knowledge and compelled the audience to stay sited at their respective places, during his effective deliberation with respect to prevailing provisions to comply with of the GST Laws, which ran for more than 2 hours.

CA Venugopal G. from Bengaluru, also played his role effectively and lent due updation to the knowledge bases of delegates with respect to the journey of the Act, so far. He along with Mr. Jain, resolved the querries of members very effectively, in the Question Answer session.

Taking the opportunity, inauguration of newly renovated `Loya Bagri ITT Lab’, was effected at the auspicious hands of CA Prafulla Chhajed, Hon. President ICAI. The said inaugural was conducted by CA Harish Rangwani, Executive Committee Member.

CA Kirit Kalyani, Vice Chairman of the Branch, very effectively coordinated the inaugural event for the Full Day Workshop on GST, which proved very beneficial for the 250 odd members present on the occassion.

Technical sessions were coordinated by CA Jiten Saglani, Treasurer and CA Akshay Gulhane, Executive Committee member. Vote of Thanks was duly proposed by CA Saket Bagdia, Secretary of the Branch.

Prominently present on the occasion were CA Rajesh Loya, CA. Mahesh Rathi,CA Anil Parakh, CA Kailash Jogani, CA. Sudhir Surana, CA Kavita Loya, CA Satish Sarda and a large gathering of CA Members.

CA stand for high degree of reliability, integrity, ethical values and financial discipline – President, ICAI

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Nagpur: The notorious gangster Santosh Shashikant Ambekar, already under arrest in cheating and extortion cases, has now been booked by Lakadganj police for exploting a teenage girl sexually for four years. The ganster also threatened to defame and kill his victim. The hardcore accused indulged in the heinous crime between March 1, 2011 and October 11, 2019.

According to police, the accused Santosh Ambekar (49), resident of Itwari, near Doshiwadi, used to phone the teenage girl, now 23-year old, frequently and forced her to talk to him. The gangster also stalked her and tried to talk her. However, from the year 2015, Ambekar lured the survivor with money and costly gifts. Further, on various pretexts, he took the helpless girl to different places including his residence, first floor office, hotels in Ghatkopar in Mumbai and Bangalore-based Aman One Resort and raped her forcibly with the threat to defame and kill her. The gangster abused the girl sexually over a period of four years from 2015 to October 11, 2019.

Lakadganj PSI Ingole, based on the complaint lodged by the survivor, booked the accused gangster Santosh Ambekar under Sections 354(A), 354(D), 376(2)(N), 506(B) read with Section 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Further investigation is underway.

Gangster Ambekar booked for raping a teenage girl for 4 years with threat to defame and kill her

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Nagpur: The special squad of DCP Zone 5, Neelotpal on Friday nabbed an absconding goon Tarun alias Sanjay Jain from Kamptee and also seized an illicit liquor stock from the possession of a Kalamna based youth.

Following the secret information, the special squad of DCP Zone 5, comprising API Prashant D Annachhatre and Constables Vinod Sontakke, Suraj Bharti, Chetan Jadhav, Prabhakar Mankar, Ravindra Raut, Mrudul Nagare, first arrested the absconding criminal Jain (25), a resident of Gora Bazar, Cantonment Kamptee during the night patrolling. Jain has two offences registered against him at Yashodhara Police Station and was absconding from quite some time.

Following his arrest, the special squad received another tip about a Kalamna based youth, having illegal country made liquor stock in his possession. Acting swiftly, the cops rushed to Kalamna and arrested accused Rajesh Parmesh Ramteke (19), a resident of Chikhali Gajanan Mandir, near Kalamna Market. Besides an Activa moped, police have also seized liquor stock worth Rs 7,488 from the possession of accused.

DCP Neelotpal’s squad nabs absconding goon in Kamptee, seizes liquor stock in Kalamna

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Nagpur: Pachpaoli police have foiled an imminent dacoity bid by arresting a gang of four armed robbers near Shiv Nagraj Hanuman Mandir in the wee hours of Saturday. One gang member managed to flee from the spot taking advantage of the dark. Cops have seized three swords, one knife, nylon rope, and other materials from the possession of accused.

During the night patrolling duty, API S S Suroshe received secret information about the gang assembled beside a law near Shiv Nagraj Hanuman Mandir. Acting swiftly on the information, the squad of Pachpaoli police led by API Suroshe rushed to spot and surrounded a group of five men at around 2 am. However, one accused managed to flee from the spot owing to dark. On asking the reason behind assembling at this time of an hour, the men failed to give any satisfactory reply. Following this cops searched them and found swords, knife, ropes and other material in their possession.

The names of the accused were given as Saurabh Sudhir Wasnik (23), a resident of Lashkaribagh, Ankit Suryakant Chavale (21), Shubham alias Zingya Janaklal Dhanore (20), Paras Gopal Batho (22), all residents of Tandapeth. The absconding accused has been identified as Vishal Vijay Meshram (23), a resident of Balabhaupeth, Bapu Kuti Nagar.

Pachpaoli police have booked all the accused under Sections 399, 402 of the IPC read with Sub-Section 4, 25 of the Indian Arms Act.

Pachpaoli police nab gang of 4 robbers planning dacoity

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Nagpur: Pratap Nagar police have booked an Accounts Manager on the charges of defrauding his company to the tune of Rs 52 lakh.

The accused, Amit Santram Apreja (41), resident of Plot No. 10/B, Gokuldham, Jai Durga Nagar, Godhni, worked as Accounts Manager at M/s SMS Company Limited situated at 20 STPI, Gayatri Nagar, Parsodi. He was working at company’s Wardha Bridge Project site. Between December 16, 2012 and July 22, 2019, the accused Amit tampered with the company’s Ledger Book and showed his wife and other persons as creditors. Later, he withdrew money through cheques in the name of his wife and other persons as well as cash fraudulently. The accused Amit Apreja defrauded his company collectively to the tune of Rs 52.19 lakh.

Pratap Nagar API Thorat, based on a complaint lodged by Abhishek Anil Mehta (37), resident of Plot No. 404, Maharshi Kapil Apartment, Swavalambi Nagar, booked the accused Amit Apreja under Sections 420, 406, 408 of the IPC and launched probe into the matter.

Accounts Manager dupes M/s SMS Company Ltd of Rs 52 lakh

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Nagpur: Tehsil police have rounded up a 19-year-old teenager allegedly for indulging in vehicle lifting activities. The cops have also recovered three mopeds and a Pulsar 220 bike from his possession.

The accused has been identified as Mustakin Abdul Faheem. Tehsil police received a complaint of vehicle theft where complainant Manmohan Babulal Sharma, a resident of New Itwari told cops that some unidentified miscreants lifted his Pulsar 220 bike (MH/49/AG/8044) from the basement parking of his house. Following which cops launched the probe into the matter.

During the investigation, cops received information about one Mustakin Abdul Faheem has the stolen bike. Acting swiftly on the information, the squad of Tehsil police comprising Senior PI Ajaykumar Malviya, API Dilip Sagar, PSI Swapnil Wagh, Constables Shailesh Dhabhole, Praveen Manapure and others surrounded Mustakin and sought papers of the bike. However, when Mustakin failed to provide papers the cops brought him to the police station.

During the scanning of records, cops found that Mustakin has already an offence of vehicle lifting registered against him. Following which police interrogated him, it is when he succumbed to police pressure and confessed that he had lifted three more mopeds besides the bike.

Cops have booked accused Mustakin under Section 379 of the IPC and placed him under arrest.

The arrest drive was supervised under the guidance of DCP Zone 3, Rahul Maknikar and ACP Pardeshi, Kotwali Division.

Tehsil police arrest teenager, recover four stolen vehicles

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Nagpur: As the Government of Maharashtra has declared holiday on October 21 on account of voting in Assembly elections 2019, the State Labour Commissioner has directed all private companies, establishments, shops, factories and industries to grant paid holiday to all employees so they can exercise their right to vote.

A notification in this regard was issued by State Government on September 25. The said notification is applicable to all establishments under Industries, Energy and Labour Department, including hotels, restaurants, factories, shops, shopping malls, cinema theaters, retailers, information technology companies, private companies.

The notification further instructed employers to seek permission from concerned district authority in case of any emergency for not declaring holiday in the event of election and thereafter, employers in such emergency situation shall provide only two to three hours of paid-leave to all employees for exercising their right to vote.

Paid holiday for workers of private establishments for voting on Oct 21

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As per instructions of Hon. High Court, the Orange City Water (OCW) has started a special cell for registering as well resolving pothole complaints pertaining to potholes on road.

Special Cell comprising of OCW senior officials will co-ordinate and resolve complaint addressed within stipulated time. The communication details of OCW Special Cell are e mail: complaints @ocwindia.com & Whats App @ 8080528558

Along with this, OCW has introduced a Consumer Self-service portal, a digital platform which will also provide consumer their personalized data, allow them to complete transactions, raise query and also get to know the status of their complaint.

Portal can be used by valid consumers only which is initiated after the process of registration. Registration is monitored by verification process and OTP. CSSP and its registration link is available in Consumer Corner page of OCW website www.ocwindia.com. Along with special cell, Nagpurians can also lodge complaints at OCW 24×7 Toll Free Helpline No 1800-266-9899 For more information about water supply consumers can contact OCW Helpline No 1800 266
9899.

OCW Special cell for pothole complaints

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Nagpur: Tight security is in place as city police have geared up to ensure peaceful, trouble-free voting process for Assembly elections on October 21. Total 8 constituencies come under Nagpur City Police Commissionerate.

Voting will be held in total 2677 Polling Centres situated in 842 buildings. Strict police bandobast has been made sensitive places and at other centres for free, fair, peaceful elections.

To maintain law and order, 10 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), 14 ACPs, 84 Police Inspectors, 242 APOs/PSIs, 4871 policemen, 1295 women police personnel besides police personnel in plainclothes will be on duty under direct supervision of three Additional Commissioners of Police.

Apart from city police force, six companies comprising 600 armed jawans of Central Police Force have been deployed. Similarly, 1900 homeguards including 1000 from Maharashtra and 900 from Madhya Pradesh have been drafted for poll duty.

Police have taken preventive action against 6866 criminally minded persons under sections 107, 109, 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Action has also been taken against 222 persons under Sections 151(1), 153(3) of the CrPC.

30 criminals have been detained under MPDA Act and 89 goons have been externed from city limits. 61 criminals of 11 gangs have been booked under MCOCA. Action has also been taken against 110 persons under Prohibition Act.

City police will be keeping close watch on criminals on polling day on October 21. Cops are ensuring polls are held in complete security.

Tight security in place for peaceful, trouble-free Oct 21 polling in city

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“Every ticket was finalised in my presence,” Gadkari tells ThePrint

Nagpur: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Nagpur MP Nitin Gadkari debunked media reports claiming his party ‘snubbing’ him by not giving tickets to his supporters to contest the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly polls. Gadkari also asserted that it was a “false allegation” that he was being sidelined in the party in the state polls.

In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, the Union Minister said, “I think that this is totally a false allegation. I am not being neglected by the party. I am a strong conviction oriented worker of the party. And these are all false allegations.”

“Every ticket was finalised in my presence as far as Maharashtra elections are concerned,” Gadkari said while denying some senior BJP leaders’ claim that there are only two decision-making leaders, Amit Shah and Fadnavis.

“It is totally a false criticism. Every ticket was finalised in my presence. Devendra (Fadnavis) discussed complete plan with me. Our party is a democratic party, and in all the decisions taken by the party, everywhere my participation was there.”

With Maharashtra going to elections on Monday, the Nagpur MP heaped praises on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and said BJP would get “extraordinary victory”.

“We are expecting record breaking victory because the five-year experience of Devendra Fadnavis government has been excellent. On the basis of my experience I can say they again want the same government in Maharashtra. So I’m expecting that we will get extraordinary victory for BJP and Shiv Sena and Devendra Fadnavis will be the next chief minister,” he said.

On economic slowdown in India:
The MSME minister said the government needs to support the banking system. Acknowledging the problem of slowdown, Gadkari blamed it on past policies of the Congress Government and said the Narendra Modi Government was taking corrective steps to address the situation.

“The world is facing the problem of recession. Some of the problems are because of demand and supply. Some of the problems are because of business cycle and some of the problems we’re facing because of our local economy but India is the fastest growing economy,” Gadkari said.

“Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is very competent and doing extremely well. There are some challenges, but I am always of the opinion that there are some people who convert problems into opportunities and there are some people who convert opportunities into problem,” he said.

Responding to the current economic condition of the country, former PM Manmohan Singh had recently asked the government to take stock of the situation.

Gadkari, however, said: “Already, our Finance Minister has taken a lot of decisions and after the decisions there is friction in the stock market. I feel that infrastructure development is moving fast.”

‘Veer Savarkar is my inspiration:’
On the controversy over the proposal to give Veer Savarkar the Bharat Ratna, Gadkari said he felt sorry for the people who “don’t know the history”.

He said Savarkar is his “inspiration”.
“In the court case, when there was an allegation against Savarkar ji, the court has given a decision that was not guilty and the court decision very clearly indicates that there was no role of Savarkar ji in (Mahatma) Gandhi’s assanitaion. He is the person who dedicated his whole life for the country. I feel very bad when the people without knowing history, make false allegations against him. It is very unfortunate,” said Gadkari.

‘We will stop farmer suicides:’
“We are trying our best to improve the situation. Five years is not a reasonable period by which we can change the situation. But now the things are moving fast, and things are moving towards positive direction. And I’m confident in due course of time, we’ll do the research. My mission is to protect the farmers at any cost within five years. We will stop the farmer suicides. We are taking a lot of policy decisions. We are increasing the irrigation facilities,” he said.

On BJP’s dynasty politics in Maharashtra:
Almost one fifth of candidates fielded by the BJP in Maharashtra elections are from political families. Gadkari, however, refused allegation that the party is promoting family members of established leaders.

“If someone is son or daughter of anybody, this is not his disqualification. But if leaders start asking tickets for their children, that is an issue. Majority of the candidates in BJP are starting their career from a very grassroots level. I started my political work as a small worker and I became president of the party,” he said.

On Ram Mandir
On the contentious Ram Mandir issue in Ayodhya, Gadkari said, “While the policy of the BJP is quite clear, I am hopeful some solution may come even before the verdict. My feeling is (that) before the verdict if it is possible for the court to make coordination and cooperation between the two communities for finding the solution, then nothing like it.”

He said, “We have made this clear many times that we are in support of making Ram Mandir in place of Ram Janmabhoomi. But now the matter is sub judice. But we have faith in our judiciary, the independent, impartial, fair judiciary. Allahabad High Court has already given a clear verdict, on the basis of that we are expecting positive results from the Supreme Court.”

Gadkari debunks claims of BJP ‘snubbing’ him by denying tickets to his supporters

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Nagpur: Nag-Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVCC), a leading organisation of 13 lakh Vidarbha traders, on Saturday held a meeting and took stock of current political sitaution in the country. The NVCC has appealed all citizens to exercise their voting right in the Assembly elections.

“Constitution of India has given every citizen right to vote. Country’s future depends on the votes cast in elections. Hence it is foremost responsibilty of every citizen to exercise his or her voting right,” the traders’ organisation stressed.

Voting for State Assembly elections will be held on Monday, October 21. Every citizen must spare time to vote in accordance with the directives of Election Commission. All political parties have fielded their candidates. Now it is the responsibilty of citizens to elect appropriate and capable candidate of their choice, appealed NVCC President Ashwin Mehadia.

The meeting was conducted by Secretary Ramavatar Totla while vote of thanks was proposed by Joint Secretary Umesh Patel.

NVCC appeals citizens to exercise their voting right in Oct 21 Assembly polls

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Orange City Hospital & Research Institute is presently the only multi super speciality private hospital of Nagpur providing services of around 140 doctors through 60 speciality departments under one roof. They continue to add more expertise to provide succor to needy central Indians.

Recently Dr. Tejas Sadavarte, Dr.Nirbhay Karandikar and Dr. Laghuvendu Shekhar have joined OCHRI as Specialists in respective fields.

Dr. Tejas Sadavarte, MBBS, MD (Radio Diagnosis), PDCC in Interventional Radiology has joined as Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Orange City Hospital & Research Institute, Nagpur. After his graduation, he completed MD in Radio Diagnosis from Dr. Vasantrao Pawar Medical College, Nashik and Post-Doctoral Certificate Course in Interventional Radiology from JNMC, Sawangi. He is well experienced in diagnostics & therapeutics interventional procedures. His special interest is in Vascular & Oncology interventions, Neuro- Interventional Radiology and Stroke management. Instead of large incisions required for some surgeries, these procedures are performed through tiny holes made in the skin such that small catheters or needles can be guided to the treatment site for the application of the appropriate treatment. He is skilled in treatment of intracranial aneurysm coiling, embolization of AVM, varicose vein ablation procedures, intracranial stenting and endovascular management of acute stroke and all vascular IR procedures. Dr. Tejas Sadavarte is available in OCHRI OPD on all working days from 1pm to 5pm apart from 24×7 indoor emergency calls.

Dr. Nirbhay Karandikar, MBBS, MS (Orthopedics) has rejoined Orange City Hospital & Research Institute, Nagpur as Specialist Incharge, Pelvic Acetabular Surgery Division. He has done MBBS & MS (Orthopedics) from B.J. Medical College & Sassoon Hospital, Pune. He has the privilege of working with Prof. PVA Mohandas, who introduced Total Hip Replacement Surgery in India. Fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum are among the most serious injuries. Dr. Nirbhay Karandikar has undergone specialist training in Complex Total Hip Replacement, Hip trauma and Pelvic & Acetabular Surgery. He is a leading faculty and has presented many papers in National & International Journals. Dr. Nirbhay Karandikar will provide his expert services in OCHRI OPD from 1pm to 3pm on all working days apart from 24×7 indoor calls.

Dr. Laghuvendu Shekhar, MBBS, MS (Orthopedics), Fellowship in Arthroplasty Dr. Laghuvendu Shekhar has also joined OCHRI as a Joint Replacement Surgeon in Department of Orthopedics. He has done MBBS & MS (Orthopedics) from University of Rajasthan and Fellowship in Arthroplasty from Shalby Hospital, Ahmedabad. He has also completed specialized Fellowship in joints from Brisbane & New York. He is trained in Computer assisted and minimally invasive Knee replacement surgery. He has done more than 1800 joints surgeries. He has presented and published many papers in National & International Journals. Dr. Laghuvendu Shekhar will provide his expert services in OCHRI OPD on every Wednesday & Saturday from 1pm to 3pm apart from 24×7 indoor calls.

For appointments, one may call 9225260606.

Drs Tejas, Nirbhay & Laghuvendu join TEAM OCHRI

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Nagpur: At the crack of the dawn on Monday in Nagpur, the eager electorates appeared to have been in vogue to celebrate the big day of democracy, as the polling kick-started.

Among the prominent lot of voters from Nagpur, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat turned out at the polling booth to be among the early voters.

Bhagwat cast his vote with the start of voting process. Flaunting his marked finger after voting, he appealed to all the electorates of Nagpur to turn out in large numbers and exercise their franchise.

Video : RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat casts vote, appeals all to exercise right

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Nagpur: Brimmed with confidence of BJP’s win and elated over the big day of democracy, Union Transport Minister and Nagpur MP Nitin Gadkari has appealed to vote for the better development.

He termed the right to exercise franchise as the duty of every citizen, he appealed the electorates to turn up at polling booths in large numbers and cast their votes before 6 pm today.

Video : It’s biggest festival of democracy, come & vote, appeals Gadkari