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Nagpur: Even as the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has inducted his son Aditya Thackeray in state cabinet while taking back NCP’s rebel turned loyal Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister, he has deferred allocation of portfolios to newly inducted ministers. A media report states that the decision has been bypassed in view of differences that surfaced in the Nationalist Congress Party over the allotment of key ministries. At present, Thackeray and six ministers are handling all departments among themselves.

The report published in Free Press Journal claimed that a section of NCP leaders and newly sworn-in ministers took strong objection to party chief Sharad Pawar’s decision to pick up Anil Deshmukh for the politically sensitive Home department. They were furious as Deshmukh, who was elected from Katol seat in Nagpur district, had made up his mind to join BJP in the run-up to the assembly election.

Although Deshmukh changed his mind in the last minute and stayed with NCP, some leaders feared that his appointment as home minister will send a wrong signal in the rank and file. His proximity with a few BJP leaders may cost NCP heavily in due course of time.

Party insiders said that the high command was not keen to make Ajit Pawar the home minister as his outburst against officers may attract criticism. However, his supporters say that Ajit will be an effective home minister who can exploit his skills to consolidate NCP position across the state.

An NCP minister, who took oath on Monday, told FPJ: “Deshmukh’s selection for the Home department neglecting veterans such as Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and Dilip Walse-Patil had stunned the legislators.

In the past, Deshmukh had looked after portfolios including food and civil supplies and culture but never handled any key portfolio.

His appointment as home minister would not have helped the party to grow and consolidate. Therefore, it was conveyed in strong words to Pawar that Deshmukh should not be considered for the Home Minister.”

He informed that Pawar will talk to party MP Praful Patel, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and senior minister Jayant Patil and a couple of other leaders about the concerns raised by a section of leaders and may reconsider Deshmukh’s appointment as home minister.

Furthermore, NCP spokesman Nawab Malik, who was sworn in as cabinet minister, strongly opposed to take charge of Excise Department citing that he was interested to handle a people-centric department such as Labour. Malik conveyed to party bosses that he wanted to use his ministerial position for NCP’s growth and not to make fortunes.

He also brought to the high command’s notice that he would not able to devote more time for party work if he had to look after Excise department where he had to focus on transfers and promotions and respond to controversies over illegal sale of illicit liquor.

Moreover, former assembly speaker Dilip Walse-Patil supporters were angry for him being considered for the Labour department and not for Home or Finance departments.

“Walse-Patil as the minister of power had been credited with the revival of sector and he is known for his administrative and legal skills. By making him Labour Minister, the party would make injustice on him,” the party functionary said.

Rajesh Tope, who comes from the Marathwada region, is keen to handle Public Health department and not the Food and Drug Administration.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena and Congress had finalised the allocation of portfolios and discussed it with Thackeray. The parties said there were no differences in portfolio allocation and left the decision to Thackeray for releasing the final allotment.

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Drivers, conductors will get weekly off, bonus, overtime, and other perks

Nagpur: In a New Year gift, drivers and conductors of Aapli Bus will get salary of Rs 5000. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to provide salaries of city bus drivers and conductors in accordance with Minimum Wages Act. The move will burden the civic body with Rs 1 crore every month.

According to an agreement negotiated with operators of Aapli Bus service, employees will get salaries as per rules, weekly off, 15 days paid holidays per year, bonus, overtime payment and other perks. This will hike salaries of bus drivers and conductors to the tune of around Rs 5000.

The decision was taken in the Transport Committee meeting held on Monday. The meeting was attended by Deputy Municipal Commissioner and Transport Manager Rajesh Mohite, Labour Officer Arun Piprude, Administrative Officer Ravindra Pagey, Mechanical Engineer Yogesh Lunge, Acccounts Officer Vinay Bhardwaj, Sukir Sontakke; Neelmani Gupta of R K City Bus Services; Parekh of Hansa City Bus; Sadanand Kalkar of Travel Time; Shekhar Admane of Unity Security; Sanjay Kumar Singh of SIS and others.

Chairman of Transport Committee Narendra Borkar told mediapersons that NMC was committed to solving the issues concerning the drivers and conductors of city bus service. Accordingly, some decisions were taken in a meeting called to discuss the demands made by the employees in a memorandum submitted to Borkar after he took charge of the Committee chief. The employees had warned of chain hunger strike from December 30 and also threatened not to issue tickets to the passengers from January 1, 2020. “So far, drivers and conductors were getting work for 26 days in a month. Many employees were working overtime but were still not paid for the same. Now, we have decided that the employees will get salary for 34 days if they do overtime for four days after regular 26 days,” Borkar said.

Borkar further said that in case of action against a staffer, he used to remain suspended for six months. After that he would be allowed to resume his duties after paying penalty following the enquiry. Now, the bus operator will not be empowered to suspend a staffer if any passenger is found travelling without ticket. A committee comprising Suryakant Ambadekar, Chief of DIMTS; Ravindra Page, Administrative Officer; and Arun Piprude, Labour Officer, will be formed to enquiry. The amount of ticket not issued to commuter will be recovered from the conductor concerned within 15 days and he will be allowed to resume his duties, said Borkar.

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Nagpur: Two aged sisters were robbed of their gold mangalsutras at a Satsang pandal at Reshimbagh Ground here on Sunday afternoon. In another incident, a 53-year old woman was relieved of her mangalsutra while travelling in an auto in Ajni police area.

In the first incident, the complainant Ratna Ramanand Bandhile (61), resident of Plot No. 49/50, Gopala Enclave, Manewada Road, along with her sister Shashikala Vijay Ugemuge (60), native of Wardha, had gone to Reshimbagh Ground to attend Satsang around 2.30 pm on Sunday. While taking prasad at the crowded VIP Gate of the pandal, some unidentified miscreants burgled gold mangalsutras of Ratna and Shashikala collectively valued at Rs 43,000.

Kotwali ASI Deepak, acting on complaint of Ratna Bandhile, registered a case against unidentified miscreants under Section 379 of the IPC and searching for the accused.

Similarly, Asha Bharat Chaudhari (53), resident of Plot No. 31/34, near Pani Convent, Sindhi-Karba Road, Wardha, along with husband arrived in city around 4.45 pm on December 23. They boarded an auto at Chhatrapati Square for going to Manewada Square. During travel in auto, some unidentified co-passengers removed Asha’s gold mangalsutra worth Rs 25,000 kept in a bag. On reaching Manewada Square, Asha found her mangalsutra missing.

Ajni ASI Rajendra Patil, based on complaint of Asha, booked the unidentified accused burglars under Section 379 of the IPC and launched a search for them.

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Many goons in lock up as cops take preventive action for peaceful New Year celebration

Nagpur: With a slew of measures in place for safe and smooth New Year celebrations, city police have initiated preventive detentions. Several criminals who pose threat to the peaceful celebration by indulging in hooliganism, set to face police heat. Hundreds of criminals detained as preventive action could see the dawn of new year in custody.

Speaking to Nagpur Today, DCP (Crime), Gajanan Rajmane informed that the police department has prepared the list of notorious criminals posing threat to the citizens. These criminals will be detained for 24 hours for prevention purposes.

“Taking account of citizen’s safety within the boundary of Orange City, each police station has prepared its respective list of offenders who had engaged in cases of assaults and other body offences in the past. Owing to security concerns, these criminals will be detained between December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2020,” said the DCP.

Earlier, the Commissioner of Police Dr Bhushan Kumar Upadhayay has himself also issued directives to the in-charges of all the 10 traffic zones to continue action against drunken driving. Several check-points have been established under Sonegon, MIDC, Sitabuldi, Sadar, Cotton Market, Lakadganj, Ajni, Sakkardara, Indora and Kamptee Traffic Zones.

To ensure their safety on the road, Nagpur Police have issued advisory to follow the traffic norms. To ensure the smooth flow of the traffic, safety of revelers and to avoid any untoward incident on the occasion of the New Year’s Eve, the city Traffic Police department lead by DCP Chinmay Pandit has assembled special squad coupled with modern tech including Speed Gun Vehicles, Breath analyzers, GPR Connectivity etc.

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Nagpur: Team of The TIE Up organized a poetry gathering called ‘Ek Dastaan’ at Poonam Mall, Ramdaspeth, on December 22, 2019. The event had an audience of about 500 people with 60 curated poets from across the city.

The event had a beautiful backdrop along with a stage, well decorated by The team of Unschooled Artist.

The other end of the venue had a photo booth with a vintage background of the name of the event, where the audience could click their pictures.

The event started with the poets, expressing their feelings on stage via performances in multiple languages, namely, Urdu, Hindi, English, and Marathi. These curated poets were given a total of 3 minutes on stage.

The atmosphere was filled with words of poetry and that of the shayaris that the artists had written.

The topics have a wide range of diversity in them, with topics going from politics to heartbreak and everything that stands in between.

Along with these talented and wonderful artists that shone on the stage with their words, there was a performance by a melodious handpan, Pavinder Singh.

The wave of his original songs and the tune of the handpan made the audience concentrate and listen to him with full attention.

Azeem Khan, the founder of The TIE Up, along with Pavan Kharate, and Mudra Kumar hosted the show enthusiastically. The guest of honor, Dr. Nadeem Khan, a distinguished and esteem shayar of the city, also performed a couple of the shayaris that he had written.

The event lasted for 5 hours and it made the atmosphere magical and poetic in the true sense.

This 5th edition of Ek Dastaan, which took place after a whole year was rendered a roaring success.

By Farhan Kazi

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Nagpur: As the last day of previous year touched it’s final destination of dusk, the night gradually transformed into glittering shine in Nagpur to accord a rousing welcome to New Year 2020

Thanks to the joy and revelry that percolated through cold breeze in the city, the citizens displayed the spirit of celebration that certainly surpassed the cloudy day and shivering night. As the clock ticked 12, even the rain God obliged to give a showering applause to the new year.

While the people gave way to the celebration and let loose their exuberance, Nagpur police ensured that there should be no turbulence. Right from the ‘hotspot’ Futala lake to many surprise check joints, every nook and corner of the city had men in khaki, rightfully on duty!

As a result most of the bars in the city that usually remains crowded, reportedly ran the show empty seated on 31st night. “It’s the routine feature every year.

The fright of being caught under breath analysers is enough to keep booze lovers away from bars and public places. We couldn’t even match our daily business for this simple reason,” said a pub owner operating out of plush locality in Nagpur.

However, the police not only ensured the peaceful celebration, but they actually displayed it too! The cops also accorded floral greetings to the citizens and as a friendly gesture they presented roses to the commuters at busy squares.

Editor’s Note
So, while you are in to give 2020 a promising start, we are out to wish you a bright new year ahead. Nagpur Today wishes all the happiness and prosperity to all our readers. Keep showering us with your patronage.

May all your dreams turn into reality in 2020. Happy New Year! Stay blessed.

Nagpur greets 2020 with rains as cops keep revelry in check

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Nagpur: Amid cloudy day and chilling night the City Police busy with peaceful and safe bandobast on the streets on the occasion of New Year’s Eve, extended their greetings to Nagpurians in the wee hours of Wednesday.

All the top officials of Nagpur Police including Commissioner of Police Dr Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Joint Commissioner, Ravindra Kadam, Additional Commissioner, Shashikant Mahavarkar, DCP (Crime) Gajanan Rajmane visited various spots in the city and extended their New Year’s wishes by giving a rose and a greeting card to Nagpurians.

In Pic: Nagpur Police extend New Year’s greeting to citizens

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Nagpur: The Cabinet expansion undertaken by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has sparked unending talk on various aspects. The exercise is being dubbed “It’s different.” “A daring gamble.” “Time-tested politics.” And so on.

The Maharashtra Cabinet expansion on Monday saw induction of 36 ministers. NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s nephew, Ajit Pawar, took oath Deputy Chief Minister, Uddhav’s son Aditya becoming Cabinet Minister and 34 other leaders from Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress getting berth in the ministry.

As far as three partners of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, Congress and NCP stuck to old guards as veteran leaders of both the parties became ministers with exception of one or two. From Nagpur district, NCP’s Anil Deshmukh and Congress’ Sunil Kedar found place in the expanded Cabinet. Another senior leader of Congress, Dr Nitin Raut, was inducted in Uddhav Thackeray Cabinet at the time of government formation. All these three ministers are old guards.

Sanjay Raut gets ‘taste’ of Pawar politics:

“It will take 100s of births to understand Sharad Pawar” or ” Sharad Pawar taught us how to form government with minimum MLAs” were the statements of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress’s Maha Vikas Aghadi’s Man-of-the-Match Sanjay Raut made few days ago. But, ironically, Sanjay Raut has ‘failed’ understand Pawar in this birth itself. Sanjay Raut, who played the most crucial role in formation of this Maha Vikas Aghadi is not only miffed with everyone but he also chose to skip the swearing-in ceremony on Monday. MLA Sunil Raut, brother of Sanjay Raut, who was promised a berth in the Cabinet was not in the list of those who made it yesterday. This is Sharad Pawar, Mr. Raut! No need to be surprised if it was Pawar who must have insisted on dropping Sunil from entering the Cabinet.

“Mr. Raut, you could have met Pawar 3 times in a day during those “Minimum Common Programme” days, but where are you now? Also heard your brother is ‘thinking’ of leaving the party. Tell him not to do so, as it will finish his career,” is the talk now..

Uddhav’s daring!

To leave the likes of Diwakar Raote, Ramdas Kadam, Deepak Kesarkar, Tanaji Sawant, Dr. Deepak Sawant & Ravindra Waikar from the Cabinet and giving newbies a chance to prove themselves is a daring move in itself. A total of 16 Ministers from Sena are sworn-in till now. Out of which 3 are Independants and one Abdul Sattar is an import from Congress. Two Ministers are Thackeray’s themselves so it leaves only actual 10 Shivsainiks who are Ministers today. What was BJP offering? 18 Ministers and plus 2 in the Centre????

But to leave veterans like Raote & Kadam is a gamble which one thinks should go in Uddhav’s favour. All the 6 Ministers dropped. A close source said, Uddhav was tired of their attitude especially the senior people. It is not a good sign for you if you advice or try and overpower/defy Uddhav’s decisions in Sena. Raote and Kadam just did that, and plus many of the 6, mentioned above, are allegedly very corrupt and Uddhav wanted to give a facelift to the party.

Ahead of the Maharashtra Cabinet expansion, the Shiv Sena had said that old guard is not ready to give up ministerial berths for young leaders and they should come out of the illusion that the state government cannot do without them. Without naming anyone, an editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also underscored the need for coming out of the psyche that one should get only a lucrative portfolio in the government “to serve the state or country”, and questioned the intention of such leaders. Government departments like relief, rehabilitation, information technology, skill development, school education and health are also important, but nobody is ready to take charge of them, the Sena had alleged, without naming its allies.

Dissent brews in Congress:

According to reports, the Maharashtra cabinet expansion on Monday has left several Congress MLAs, including senior leader Prithviraj Chavan, upset after they were not inducted.

Alleging that the party loyalists have been ignored, six Congress MLAs — Chavan, Naseem Khan, Praniti Shinde, Sangram Thopte, Amin Patel and Rohidas Patil — reportedly met senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge last evening and shared their concerns, reports said. On Monday, Congress leaders Ashok Chavan, Dilip Walse-Patil, Dhananjay Munde, Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar and KC Padvi were sworn-in as ministers in the Maharashtra cabinet.

NCP MLA quits:

Hours after the cabinet expansion, an NCP MLA from Beed district resigned as he called himself “unworthy of politics”. Majalgaon MLA Prakash Solanke, however, clarified that his decision was not related to non-induction. “I have apprised NCP leaders about my decision to step down. I will meet Legislative Assembly Speaker (in Mumbai) on Tuesday and hand over my resignation letter. My resignation has nothing to do with the Cabinet expansion,” he was quoted as saying by a news agency.

Cabinet expansion: Is it ‘different’ or ‘daring gamble or ‘time-tested politics’?

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Nagpur: After completion of one month in office, Mayor Sandeep Joshi on Tuesday interacted with media and highlighted the works done and to be done in his tenure.

Joshi said he interacted with citizens during his “Walk and Talk with Mayor” initiative and sought suggestions and complaints from them. “Over 100 Suggestions and Complaints boxes have been set up at various places in city. Through these boxes, citizens submitted their suggestions and complaints. The complaints were resolved zone-wise in ‘Complaints Redressal Camps’ organised across the city.

Major decisions in past one month:

Menace of private buses: Admitting the fact, the menace of private buses operating on city streets, the Mayor elaborated, “To work on the menace of private buses, Pravin Datke Committee is constituted. The committee will study and submit its report.

Tentatively we have identified six spots at various directions where these buses would stop in the outskirts. They would not enter into the city. NMC bus will operate to and fro these spots wherefrom it would pick up the passengers. Every care of the safety of the passengers would be taken.”

Encroachments on footpaths: Joshi said that NMC will not only clear encroachment on footpaths but will also repair them. At most of the places the condition of footpaths is very bad.

It needs to be attended, Joshi made it clear. It will be a part of encroachment-removal drive. “When I took over as Mayor, I gave priority to anti-encroachment drive,” Joshi said.

Public toilets: It was a long pending demand of people as they don’t have a place where they could ease themselves. “We are starting these public toilets to be run at 87 places and will be maintained by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).

It will start from Wednesday. We are thankful to Petrol Pump Dealers Association who are helping us a lot. At the same time there will be 57 urinals to be run by Corporation. The responsibility of cleaning the urinal will be bestowed upon the nearby shop.

A board will be displayed near that shop about putting responsibility on it,” pointed out Joshi and added there will be mobile toilets for female to be called as ‘She’. One will remain at Kriplani Point while others will operate at market places.

Dog sterilisation: The Mayor further said that dog sterilisation would be another priority. Dealing on statistics about the number of strays of dogs, he explained, “There are 90,000 stray dogs at this juncture. We have sterilised only 10,000. With this speed, the dog population would cross 1.5 lakh next year. It will create lot of problems. We can’t kill them and we don’t want to. We calculated the amount to be paid for sterilisation which was too much.

We discussed the issue with some NGOs, who came forward. We have to spend Rs 12 crore. But it will be done on warfooting. NGOs will monitor, plus the procedures will be performed under camera so that nobody should get involved in any scam.”

Open plots with garbage to be seized: The Mayor said that action would be taken against open plot owners where garbage is dumped. “There are several open plots people bought and did not do any construction work on it. These plots have become garbage dumping points.

Being in the middle of the city, it gives a wrong picture to everybody. We have decided to take action on such plot-owners.We will give them notice asking to clean the area, a board in that regard would be put on display at the plot.

A particular time limit would be provided. If the owner fails to do the cleaning work, NMC will seize the plot. I along with Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar are working on it. In fact the first action we have decided to take on the open plot in front of Radhe Mangalam Karyalaya near Padole Square.”

Khau Galli to get functional from Jan 9, Gadkari to inaugurate: Finally, Nagpur Municipal Corporation has decided to start ‘Khau Galli’ near Gandhisagar lake, in front of Raman Science Centre.The Khau Galli will start functioning on January 9, 2020 when Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate, informed Joshi.

He said, “Structure is ready near Raman Science Centre. Somehow things did not work and the structure remained unused. We got 78 applications and 32 stalls will be allotted. We will try to keep variety of stalls so that it can attract people.”

One month in office: Mayor Joshi counts works done to change face of Nagpur City

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Nagpur: The Reserve Bank of India Employees Coop Society Ltd, Nagpur, organised a programme to distribute New Year 2020 calendar and gifts recently.

The programme was inaugurated by Nagpur RBI General Manager G Ramesh and Deputy General Manager Avinash Chand.

President of Reserve Bank of India Employees Coop Society Ltd Mahesh Gupta highlighted various welfare schemes of the Society on the occasion.

Other office-beares present at the programme include Secretary Vijay Kohad, Vice President Nagorao Thakre, Treasurer, Sanjay Somkuwar, Joint Secretary Girish Nandanwar, Joint Treasurer Sunil Lanjewar, Directors Rajendra Hedau, Rajendra Tijare, Sachin Gaur, Karuna Sontakke, Vidya Gajbhiye, members and employees.

RBI Employees Coop Society holds function to distribute New Year calendar, gifts

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Nagpur: As Nagpurians celebrated dawn of New Year albeit under cloudy and numbing chill, the hoteliers had a field day and earned moolah. Following rain and shivering cold, many of the revellers preferred to celebrate New Year indoors mainly in warm, cosy homes. They ordered their choice of food from various hotels. And the hoteliers, taking advantage of the rush, played ‘tricks’ to earn easy money. A number of customers were supplied less quantity of food as compared to regular orders placed on other occasions.

Though the chilling weather failed to dampen spirit of revellers on the New Year’s Eve, the online food orders placed by many of them spoiled their New Year celebration to some extent as the food quantity was compromised. Owing to unprecedented weather which marked the last day of the year, most of the Nagurians booked their roofs as the revelry spot with music, booze and of course, food! However, the food orders placed online were reportedly found much less than the usual and thus ruined the mood.

While some found barely 6-7 small sized pieces of chicken inside a Butter Chicken ‘handi’ costing between Rs 500-600, some were shocked to discover 750 gms of Biryani packed in a small box and placed in standard size box. Thus the quantity of Biryani was compromised by the hotelier. On being contacted, the owners of respective food outlets refused to acknowledge the less quantity served as claimed by the revelers on the pretext of prestige of their hotel.

Deprived of food in sufficient quantity, some revellers had no option but to place couple of more orders. Some welcomed the New Year with “half tummy”, the young ones specially went to bed waiting for their food.

Speaking to Nagpur Today, Tejaswini Nayak said, owing to chill coupled with showers, she along with her family and friends decided to stay back at home to cherish the memories they made last year. But the celebrations soon went to south as the food ordered by them was found low in quantity.

“We were around 12-15 people at the roof top. Though we had snacks and starters in place on the New Year’s Eve, we were thinking to order main course at the stroke of the midnight to welcome the year 2020. We had ordered two Butter Chicken ‘handies’ from a Sadar based prominent hotel. However, soon as the order arrived we were taken aback as both the ‘handies’ had roughly around 6-7 small sized pieces of chicken compared to regular large size 12.

On being informed, the hotel staff ruled out such possibility. Left with no options we had to place new orders by pitching in more money. While others kept on waiting in the zest of the New Year, my younger siblings fell asleep before the next order could reach us,” said Tejaswini.

“I simply can’t understand or judge the mentality of the hotel owners serving online food deliveries on New Year’s Eve. Do they assume that the person who placed the order is drunk and can’t differentiate? Or they want to capitalize the situation of the New Year to earn extra bucks by compromising the quantity? We ordered snacks for “obvious” purposes.

However, were quite pissed to find only couple of chicken nuggets in it. We simply barged inside the food outlet which was couple of kilometres away from our home, and showed ordered food to the owner. Following which he provided us the standard quantity,” said Vaibhav Shigane.

Mohammad Aquib had travelled miles to cherish an end of the year 2019 along with his friends and family. He had placed orders for special Biryani between 750 gm and 1 kg. However, he informed Nagpur Today that the standard box which usually has the Biryani had another smaller box placed in it which had Biryani and a sweet.

On being informed the respective hotel, the owner claimed that the order has been placed right, if he has problem with the order feel free to weigh the box.

– Shubham Nagdeve

New Year revelry: Hoteliers play ‘less quantity trick’ to earn moolah over ‘online food orders’

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Nagpur: A New Year party turned bloody as a group of revellers attacked two friends murderously with sticks, knives and stones in Wathoda police jurisdiction on Tuesday night. No arrest has been made in this connection so far.

The complainant, Saurabh Shekhar Urkude (19), resident of Plot No. 86, near Nagoba Mandir, Shrawan Nagar, Wathoda, and his friend Javed Ali (32) were enjoying New Year party near Ghasidas Mandir. Saurabh, Javed and the accused group youths namely Sandeep alias Tushar Paradkar, Vishal alias Falli Gupta, Manish Lakhodkar, Akash Rewatkar, Prakash Kosre, Badal and Vicky Patil, all residents of Shravan Nagar, were dancing during the New Year celebration around 11.30 pm. During dancing, the two friends and accused pushed each other which resulted in a quarrel.

As the wordy duel was going on, the group of seven accused attacked Saurabh and Javed with sticks, knives and stones with the intention to eliminate them. Saurabh and Javed suffered injuries on eyes, head, face and legs.

Wathoda PSI Bakatwar, acting on Saurabh’s complaint, booked all the seven accused under Sections 307, 324, 143, 144, 147, 148, 149 of the IPC and started probe. No arrest has been made in this connection so far.

Two friends attacked murderously at New Year party in Wathoda

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Nagpur: Recognizing efforts and hard work to bring Nagpur city on global map, “NAGPUR FIRST’S GLOBAL NAGPUR AWARDS 2019” ceremony was recently held to recognize and felicitate individuals and organizations, Business Enterprises, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Professionals whose deeds have put Nagpur on the global map, during the 6th Annual Global Nagpur Summit 2019.

The award was presented to 11 categories on 20 Dec 2019, at Persistent systems Kulguru Kavi Kalidas Auditorium, I. T. Park, Gayatri Nagar, and Nagpur.

Dr. Harish Kulkarni, Founder Director, R.S.T. Regional Cancer Center, Nagpur and Consultant Clinical Oncologist was awarded this “Global Nagpur Award 2019” in Health category.

The award was presented in the presence of H.E. Tang Guocai, Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Mumbai and Shri Anand Sancheti and Dr. Ved Prakash Mishra, Shri Vijay Phanshikar, Editor, The Hitavada and other invitees.

At the outset, H.E. Tang Guocai, in his address praised the initiative of Nagpur First to honour outstanding individuals of Nagpur and highlighted India and China the fastest growing economies of world role in the region.

Dr. Harish Kulkarni conferred Global Nagpur Award by Nagpur First

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Nagpur: Around 600 offenders faced the police heat for drunken driving on New Year’s Eve. In a special drive to curb driving under influence of liquor, squads of police booked 592 offenders, mostly youths. The drive which was launched from 31 night lasted till 6 am of Wednesday, January 1.

Most of the traffic offenders were on roads for the purpose of partying on the eve of New Year.

A posse of policemen, including women personnel, were deployed to check any untoward incident on the eve of New Year across 10 traffic zones. Besides drunken driving, many party revellers were penalised either for riding two-wheelers without helmet or moving at a high speed.

As many as 3,000 policemen including 350 traffic cops were on the streets for bandobast. The police had identified some points in the city and woman police officers were also deployed in plain clothes for security of women.
Following is break-up of police action in 10 zones:

Traffic Zone Drunken Drive cases
MIDC 63
Sonegoan 43
Sitabuldi 50
Sadar 48
Cotton Market 59
Lakadganj 60
Ajni 48
Sakkardara 56
Indora 80
Kamptee 85
Total 592

600 offenders face police heat for drunken driving on New Year Eve

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Nagpur: A policeman from Nagpur excelled at 41st Maharashtra Masters Athletics Championship by winning gold medals in 100-metre, 200-metre and 400-metre race. The Athletics Championship was organised at Sangli from December 27 to 29, 2019.

Naik Police Constable (NPC) Kailash Pardhi, posted at Police Headquarters, Nagpur, displayed his sporting talent and won gold medals in 100-metre, 200-metre and 400-metre race. He also played a role in winning gold medal by Nagpur District Masters Athletcs team in 400X100 relay race.

The 41st National Masters Athletics Championship 2020 will be held at Imphal from January 9 to 14, 2010. Kailash Pardhi will represent Maharashtra State Masters Athletics team in this contest.

The NPC Pardhi gave credit for his success to Commissioner of Police Dr Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Joint Commissioner of Police Ravindra Kadam, DCP (Headquarters) Vikram Sali, as well as Reserve Police Inspector Thakur. Pardhi received coaching and guidance from office-bearers of Nagpur District Masters Athletics Association namely Helen Madam, Patil, Yadav and Bhoyar.

City cop wins gold medals in 41st Maharashtra Masters Athletics Championship

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नागपूर : महापौर पदाची शपथ घेतल्यानंतर यांनी शहरातील विविध समस्या आणि त्यावर नागरिकांच्या सूचना मागविण्यावर भर दिला. त्यासाठी त्यांनी शहरातील विविध उद्यानांमध्ये जाउन ‘वॉक अँड टॉक विथ मेयर’ उपक्रमांतर्गत नागरिकांशी संवाद साधला. आपल्या शहरातील विकासासाठी काय उपाययोजना करता येउ शकतील यासाठी शहरात विविध ठिकाणी १०० ‘सूचना व तक्रार पेट्या’ लावून त्या माध्यमातून सूचना व तक्रारी मागविल्या.

‘तक्रार निवारण शिबीर’च्या माध्यमातून झोननिहाय तक्रारींचे निराकरण करण्यात आले. याशिवाय शहराच्या सर्वांगिण विकासाकरीता विविध स्वयंसेवी संस्थांच्या सूचनांचा अंतर्भाव करण्याकरीता ‘ब्रेकफास्ट विथ मेयर’ उपक्रमांतर्गत स्वयंसेवी संस्थांच्या प्रतिनिधींशी चर्चा केली तसेच ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मंडळांशीदेखील संपर्क साधून त्यांच्याकडून विविध सूचना आमंत्रित करण्यात आल्या होत्या.

विविध माध्यमातून माझ्याकडे दाखल झालेल्या शेकडो सूचना आणि तक्रारींचा आलेख.

‘वॉक अँड टॉक विथ मेयर’
महापौरपद ग्रहण केल्यानंतर २४ नोव्हेंबरपासून ‘वॉक अँड टॉक विथ मेयर’ उपक्रमाद्वारे शहरातील विविध उद्यानांमध्ये जाउन नागरिकांशी संवाद साधला. नागरिकांच्या सूचना आणि तक्रारी जाणून घेतल्या. २४ नोव्हेंबरपासून १० उद्यानांमध्ये भेट दिली. ‘वॉक अँड टॉक विथ मेयर’ अंतर्गत प्रत्येक उद्यानामध्ये सुमारे ३०० ते ४०० नागरिक उपस्थित होते. प्रत्येक उद्यानामध्येच नागरिकांनी महापौरांपुढे समस्यांचा पाढा वाचला. मोकाट कुत्रे, मोकाट जनावरे, कचरा, अतिक्रमण, रस्त्यावरील खोदकाम, उद्यानांमधील असुविधा, प्रसाधनगृहांमधील अस्वच्छता, ग्रीन जिम, गडर लाईनची समस्या अशा विविध समस्या नागरिकांनी मांडल्या. यामध्ये सर्वाधिक २५ तक्रारी कच-याच्या समस्येबाबत होत्या.

याशिवाय मोकाट कुत्रे व जनावरांच्या समस्येंबाबत १७, ड्रेनेज, सिवर लाईन चोकअपबाबतच्या १५, अतिक्रमणामुळे होणा-या त्रासाबाबत ६, कामातील दिरंगाईमुळे नागरिकांना नाहक सहन कराव्या लागणा-या त्रासाबाबत ३, पार्कींगच्या समस्येबाबत ३, उद्यानामध्ये वॉकींग ट्रॅकची आवश्यकता तसेच दुरूस्तीबाबत १, रहदारीच्या समस्येबाबत १, महिला व पुरूषांसाठी स्वतंत्र ग्रीन जिमची व्यवस्था करण्याबाबत १, कच-याचे वर्गीकरण करण्याबाबत २ व उद्यानात इतर आवश्यक साहित्याच्या मागणीबाबत १, वाहतुकीचा होणारा खोळंबा लक्षात घेता सिग्नलची व्यवस्था करण्याबाबत १, अतिक्रमणाच्या विळख्यात असलेले फुटपाथ मोकळे करण्याबाबत २, कच-याचे डम्पिंग यार्ड हटविण्याबाबत २, विविध चौकात असणा-या भिक्षेकरू लोकांमुळे होणा-या त्रासाबाबत १, उद्यान सौंदर्यीकरणाबाबत १, उद्यानातील प्रसाधनगृहाची दुरूस्ती व नवीन प्रसाधनगृहाची निर्मिती करण्याबाबत ३, विद्युत दिव्यांच्या व्यवस्थेबाबत १, वाकलेले धोकादायक विद्युत खांब हटविण्याबाबत ४, अधिका-यांच्या कामचुकारपणामुळे नागरिकांना होणा-या त्रासाबाबत २, डासांच्या हौदासामुळे परिसरात फवारणी करण्याबाबत १, पिण्याच्या पाणी पुरवठ्यामध्ये होणारी दिरंगाई, अनियमीतता व अत्यंत कमी प्रवाह याबाबत ७, रस्त्यावर थुंकणा-यांसंदर्भात १, तलावांच्या स्वच्छतेबाबत १, सामाजिक तत्वांमुळे होणा-या त्रासाबाबत ४, हुक्कापार्लरवर कारवाई करण्याबाबत १, नाले सफाईसंदर्भात २, रस्ता, उद्यान व इतर ठिकाणी साचणा-या पाण्याच्या समस्येबाबत ५, आठवडी बाजार दुसरीकडे स्थानांतरीत करण्याबाबत १, रस्त्याच्या डांबरीकरणाबाबत १, बियरबारमुळे वाढणारा त्रास लक्षात घेता बियरबार कारवाई करण्याबाबत १, सीमेंट रस्त्याच्या कामामुळे होणा-या त्रासाबाबत १ व याशिवाय अन्य अशा सरासरी दोनशेच्यावर तक्रारी मांडण्यात आल्या.

यावेळी नागरिकांद्वारे विविध सूचनाही मांडण्यात आल्या. मनपातर्फे कचरा संकलीत करण्यात येतो. मात्र अनेक ठिकाणी कचरा जाळण्यात येत असल्याने प्रदुषण होते. त्यामुळे कचरा जाळण्यात येउ नये यासाठी कचरा जाळणा-यांवर कारवाई करणे. उपद्रव शोध पथकाद्वारे उपद्रवींवर दंडात्मक कारवाई करण्यात येते. शहराला शिस्त लावण्यासाठी ही कारवाई आवश्यक आहे. मात्र याबाबत लोकांच्या मनात भिती निर्माण होउन ते कोणतेही उपद्रव करणार नाहीत, यादृष्टीने दंडाची रक्कम वाढविणे. शहराच्या इतिहासात यंदा पहिल्यां नागपूरात भिषण पाणी टंचाईचा सामना करावा लागला. त्यामुळे ‘रेन वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग’ ही काळाची गरज आहे. त्यामुळे शहरात मोठ्या इमारतींमध्ये ‘रेन वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग’ सिस्टीम बंधनकारक करणे. उद्यानांमध्ये येणा-या नागरिकांच्या वाहनांच्या पार्कींगसाठी जागा नसल्याने नागरिकांना त्रास होतो. त्यामुळे उद्यानापुढे पार्कींगची व्यवस्था करण्यात यावी. खासगी बसेसमुळे बस स्थानक, गणेशपेठ भागासह शहरातील इतरही भागात वाहतुकीची मोठी समस्या निर्माण झाली आहे. इतर शहरांच्या धर्तीवर नागपुरातील खासगी बसेसही शहराबाहेर थांबविण्यात याव्यात, अशा अनेक सूचनाही ‘वॉक अँड टॉक विथ मेयर’मध्ये नागरिकांनी मांडल्या.

‘सूचना व तक्रार पेट्या’
शहरातील नागरिकांच्या तक्रार व त्यांच्या सूचना आमंत्रित करण्यासाठी शहरातील १०० ठिकाणी ‘सूचना व तक्रार पेट्या’ लावण्यात आल्या होत्या. मनपा मुख्यालय, महापौर कक्ष यासह सर्व झोन कार्यालय, विविध उद्यान, शासकीय कार्यालय तसेच अन्य ठिकाणी १०० ‘सूचना व तक्रारी पेट्या’ लावण्यात आल्या. यामध्ये २७६ तक्रारी प्राप्त झाल्या. तक्रार पेटीमधून सर्वाधिक २५ तक्रारी अतिक्रमण संदर्भात प्राप्त झाल्या. याशिवाय सफाई कामगार व्यवस्थित येत नसल्याबाबत २१, मोकाट कुत्रे व जनावरांचा होणारा त्रास यासंदर्भात १०, स्वच्छता गृह नसल्याबाबत ९, सार्वजनिक ठिकाणी थुंकणा-यांमुळे होणारा त्रास याबाबत ८, खड्ड्यांसंदर्भात ५, चेंबर ब्लॉकची समस्या असलेल्या २, विद्युत खांबांची आवश्यकता असणा-या २, आर.एल.बाबत ३, सिवर लाईनच्या समस्येबाबत १, कर संबंधी १, सीसीटीव्ही कॅमे-याची आवश्यकतेबाबत १, पार्कींगच्या समस्येबाबत २, कौटुंबिक तक्रार १, पालकमंत्र्यांच्या जनसंवाद कार्यक्रमामध्ये मांडल्यानंतर निवारण न झालेली तक्रार १, अवैध व्यवसायामुळे नागरिकांना होणारा त्रास याबाबत १, प्ले स्कूलची आवश्यकता दर्शविणारी १, स्पीड ब्रेकरबाबत २, ध्वनी प्रदूषणामुळे होणारा त्रास याबाबत २, रस्त्यावर कच-याच्या समस्येबाबत २, डम्पिंग यार्ड हटविण्याबाबत १, बेचेंसबाबत १, पाण्याच्या नळासंदर्भात २, दारू दुकान हटविण्याविषयी १, सिग्नलबाबत १, सुरक्षा रक्षकाची नेमणूक करण्याबाबत १, रिकाम्या भूखंडावरील उपद्रवामुळे नागरिकांना होणारा त्रास यासंदर्भात १, उद्यानामध्ये रनींग ट्रॅकची मागणी करणारी १, भूमिगत इलेक्ट्रिक वायरिंग करण्याबाबत १ आणि कचरा पेट्यांच्या मागणीबाबत ३ आणि इतर अशा विविध तिनशेच्या वर तक्रारी ‘सूचना व तक्रारी पेट्या’मधून प्राप्त झाल्या.

तक्रार निवारण शिबीर

नागरिकांच्या तक्रारी सोडविण्यासाठी प्रत्येक झोनमध्ये तक्रारी नोंदविण्यात आल्या. यानंतर या सर्व तक्रारींवर सुनावणी करून त्या तक्रारीबाबत आवश्यक कार्यवाही करण्याबाबत महापौर कक्षामध्ये ‘झोननिहाय तक्रार निवारण शिबीर’ घेण्यात आले होते. तक्रार निवारण शिबीरामध्ये झोननिहाय ४६२ तक्रारी दाखल करण्यात आल्या होत्या. याशिवाय वेळेवर २०० ते २५० नागरिक आपल्या समस्या घेउन पोहोचले होते. सकाळी १० ते रात्री ८ वाजतापर्यंत या सर्व तक्रारी जाणून घेत संबंधित प्रशासनाला आवश्यक कार्यवाहीचे निर्देश देण्यात आले. निर्धारित कालावधीमध्ये तक्रारी न सुटल्यास त्याबाबत पाठपुरावाही करण्यात येणार आहे.

मागील एक महिन्यात प्रामुख्याने घेतलेले निर्णय

· खासगी बसेस शहराबाहेर – या करिता तात्काळ ज्येष्ठ नगरसेवक प्रवीण दटके यांच्या नेतृत्वात समिती गठीत करून तात्काळ निर्णय घेण्याचे निर्देश

· शहरातील वाढते अतिक्रमण – स्थायी निर्णय घेण्याकरीता ज्येष्ठ नगरसेवक दयाशंकर तिवारी यांच्या अध्यक्षतेत समिती गठीत. समितीचा अहवाल सभागृहाच्या पटलावर

· महापौर सहायता निधी – ज्येष्ठ नगरसेवक संजय बंगाले यांच्या अध्यक्षतेखाली समिती – समितीचा अहवाल सभागृहाच्या पटलावर

· मोकळ्या भुखंडावर कचरा – मोकळ्या भुखंडावरील कचरा साफ न केल्यास भूखंड ताब्यात घेण्याकरीता सुचना फलक लावण्याची कायदेशीर प्रक्रिया प्रारंभ

· शहरातील सर्व पेट्रोलपंपांची स्वच्छतागृहे १ जानेवारी २०२० पासून जनतेकरीता खुली

· शहरातील सर्व मुता-यांच्या स्वच्छतेची जबाबदारी मनपाच्या कर्मचा-यांची राहिल

· महापौर निधी केवळ शहरातील सुलभ शौचालयाच्या निर्माणाकरीता, ‘टी’ शौचालये निर्माण करण्याचे आदेश

· मोकाट कुत्र्यांच्या नसबंदी करीता नवीन दर निश्चीत करून शहरातील व शहराबाहेरील अनेक स्वयंसेवी संस्थांना आमंत्रण

· मध्यंतरी काही कारणामुळे बंद पडलेला ‘नागपूर गौरव सोहळा’ या वर्षापासून पुन्हा प्रारंभ

· मागील ४ वर्षापासून प्रलंबित असलेला ‘खाउ गल्ली’चा प्रश्न सुटला. ९ जानेवारी २०२० पासून जनतेच्या सेवेत

येणा-या काळात नागपूर महानगरपालिका नागरिकांना दर्जेदार सुविधा प्रदान करण्याबाबत कटीबद्ध असून एक जबाबदार महानगरपालिका कशी राहिल यासाठी प्रयत्न करणार.

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Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur organized AICTE Sponsored 6th International Conference on Management Practices, Innovations and Research (MPIR-19) on 20th and 21st December 2019. It included sessions by industry experts, professors from national and International institutions.

The Chief Guest of the Conference was Dr. Pramod M. Padole, Director, VNIT, Nagpur, The Guest of Honor was Gp Capt. Sidhartha Mondal, General Manger BrahMos Aerospace DRDO, Nagpur and Mr. Erling Gabrelsen, Founder, PALAM AS, Bergen, Norway was the Special Invitee.

This International Conference was aimed at providing a platform to share the need of industries with the changing time and the role of technical education and institution to cater those needs. The theme of conference is Business Trends and Innovations in Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship & General Management, IT & Production Management. The papers were presented by research scholars, faculty members and industry persons. This conference was an attempt to bridge the gap between Industry and Academia.

In the Inaugural Function of MPIR-19 Dr. Pramod M. Padole encouraged participants to do simple innovations instead of complicated research work and Gp Capt. Sidhartha Mondal, guided the delegates on Brahmos and its applications. More than 1500 scholars mainly from Tamilnadu, Keral, Madhya pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and foreign delegates from countries like Ireland, Russia, Switzerland, Japan etc. participated and presented their papers in various domains of the Conference.

Technical Paper Presentations were scheduled in the respective domains such as Techtantra (Mechanical Engineering), Techotronics (Electronics and Communication Engineering), TechnoSoft (Computer Science Engineering, Information Technology, Masters in Computer Application), ICETCE (Civil Engineering), ICETCE (Electrical Engineering), ACUMEN (Master of Business Administration) and Techscientia (General Engineering).

The Conference was organized in association with Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) and Department of Business Management, RTMNU, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India) were also associated with the conference.

The Department of Civil Engineering successfully initiated and achieved the Life Time Organizational Membership of Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) which is one of the renowned professional societies for Civil Engineers.

Dr. Mohan Gaikwad-Patil, Chairman, GPG, Prof. Sandeep Gaikwad, Treasurer GPGI, Shri. Anil Hood, Executive Director GPGI, Dr. Geeta Padole-Gaikwad, Director (Admission Cell), GPGI, Dr. S. S. Rathore, Principal, Dr. Prabha Nair, Vice-Principal (Academics), Prof. Pragati Patil, Vice- Principal, (Admin), Mr. Mukul Pande, Director (IT Cell), Mrs. Surekha Raut, Director Finance, GPGI have been a source of motivation of this conference.
The convener of the MPIR-19 was Prof. R. Talmale and Prof. R. Saha along with other employees of the college made all possible efforts to make this conference a grand success.

AICTE Sponsored 6th International Conference on Management Practices, Innovations and Research

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Nagpur: A 16-year old girl, who had gone out to purchase cake, has gone missing in MIDC area here on Wednesday, January 1. The teenage girl may have been abducted by some unidentified person.

According to police, the girl, resident of MIDC police jurisdiction, left home around 7 pm on Wednesday for purchasing cake.

However, she did not return home and went missing since then. The girl’s relatives suspect that some unidentified person lured and abducted her.

MIDC Assistant PSI Jivlag Ghate, as per Supreme Court directive that if a minor boy or girl goes missing then the case should be treated that of kidnapping, registered an offence under Section 363 of the IPC and launched a search to trace the girl.

Teenage girl goes missing on New Year day in MIDC

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Nagpur: A middle-aged unidentified man was found lying dead under Adivasi Gowari Flyover opposite Moonlight Photo Studio in Sitabuldi on Wednesday evening.

Passersby noticed the unidentified man, aged 40-45, lying dead under the flyover around 5 pm on Wednesday.

A team of Sitabuldi police reached the spot and started investigation to establish identity of the deceased.

Woman API Devadkar, based on information provided by Hemant Shankarrao Manwatkar (35) of Ravi Nagar, registered a case of accidental death and probing the matter further.

Man found lying dead under Gowari Flyover in Sitabuldi

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Nagpur: Heavy rain with thunderous lightning bolts woke up Nagpurians on Thursday morning. The showers in winter left the citizens shivering as temperatures dropped considerably. The unseasonal rains since the past 4-5 days not only spoiled New Year revelry but damaged crop in massive scales.

Woes of the farmers seem to be unending. After excessive rain in monsoon, the unseasonal rain caused heavy damage to crops in Nagpur district as well as Vidarbha.

The last day of year 2019 did not see even a glimpse of the Sun God as the day remained enveloped in a blanket of clouds. Chilly winds ruled the day as the citizens ventured out on the streets in woollen wears and also with protection from rains.

Nagpur, Amravati, Washim, Wardha, Pusad, Bhandara, Yavatmal and other parts of Vidarbha were hit by heavy rains. Rabi crop of farmers was damaged at various places in the region.

The weatherman has warned of a wet end to the year. Rains started early in the morning and continued after regular intervals till late evening. Regional Meteorological Centre Nagpur has also released a warning for rain in Vidarbha for coming days. Thunderstorm with lightning is expected in most parts of the region.

Thunderous rain numbs Nagpur, damages crop at many places in Vidarbha