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Nagpur: An armed gang probably planning dacoity at a Reliance Petrol Pump in Kalamna area was busted by cops in the dead of Friday night. While cops managed to nab two members of the gang, three others succeeded in escaping and were being searched.

Kalamna police constable Rameshwar Kole received secret information that a gang of 5-6 persons had assembled at a dark spot in front of Reliance Petrol Pump on Old Kamptee Road around 0130 hours of Friday. Acting swiftly, Kole and his team rushed to the spot and surrounded the gang which also included a juvenile boy aged 16 years. When confronted, the gang members tried to dodge the cops.

However, the police team managed to catch two members of the gang. The detained accused have been identified as Praful Gulabrao Gohate (25), resident of Plot No. 552, Bharat Nagar, behind Gokul Dairy and Dhananjay Lailuram Markhande (24), resident of Vijay Nagar. The other accused who fled the spot include Chetan Thakur and 2-3 other unidentified gang members.

Cops have recovered two knives, chilli powder, nylon rope from the arrested gang members. The gang was probably planning robbery at Reliance Petrol Pump in the dead of night.

Kalamna API Gupta has registered an offence against the accused under Sections 399, 402of the IPC read with Section 4/25 of Arms Act and Section 135 of Maharashtra Police Act.

Gang planning robbery at Reliance Petrol Pump busted in Kalamna

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Nagpur: In a major move aimed at refunding money to the duped investors, the properties of fraudsters involved in over Rs 100 crore in multi-level marketing Metrovision and crypto-currency scam would be auctioned. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone 1 Noorul Hasan has prepared a proposal to that effect and the same will be put up before the District Collector soon, according to a media report.

The police have already recovered properties, including substantial cash, worth around Rs 2.25 crore after arresting 12 persons. On Thursday, masterminds of the scam — Vijay Gurnule, Devendra Gajbhiye and Tanmay Jadhav — were sent to jail by a Magistrate’s Court. Two more accused — Sunil alias Sonu Shrikhande and his girlfriend Shweta Dongre — are still in police custody. They would be produced before the court on December 7.

The report said that the process to auction the properties of the accused under Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 1999, would be initiated to ensure maximum depositors get their money back. Cops are now compiling a list of movable and immovable assets, bank account details and other properties of the scamsters. Similarly, police are also preparing a list of the scam victims. After the exercise is completed, the police will try to make up for the losses of the investors by auctioning the properties, the DCP said.

Police teams have gone to different locations across Vidarbha for recovering more properties, which the fraudsters amassed through the investors’ money. “During custodial interrogation, the accused have confessed to have bought more properties and the documents concealed at different places. Seizure of such properties will help us add to our already substantial recoveries,” said the officer.

Metrovision scam: Cops to auction properties of scamsters

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Nagpur: Following extensive investigation, police have ruled out murder angle in the mysterious death of renowned social worker Baba Amte’s granddaughter Dr Sheetal Amte. Dr Sheetal Amte-Karajgi, 39, who was CEO of Maharogi Seva Samiti at Anandwan, founded by Baba Amte, had died on Monday morning under suspicious circumstances at her residence.

It is widely speculated that Dr Sheetal had committed suicide by injecting herself with lethal dose of some medicine. The investigators are, however, not ready to reveal the details of the post mortem report considering the high-profile nature of the case.

Police continue to look for a possible suicide note in the Dr Sheetal death case even as cyber experts in Nagpur failed to crack password of her laptop, mobile tab and cellphones. The devices have now been sent to Mumbai. Police believe that there could be a suicide note in one of her gadgets. Warora Police have seized some crucial evidence from Dr Sheetal’s room in Anandwan. Cops also took the statements of people who were present at Anandwan on the day of the death including family members, domestic helps besides the medicine shop owner, medicine delivery man and others.

Meanwhile, a forensic team from Nagpur also reached the spot and inspected it and collected some evidence. However, the cyber experts at Nagpur failed to crack the password of electronic devices that were used by Dr Sheetal. The devices have now been sent to Mumbai.

Notably, the police are not yet divulging information on the autopsy report. A case of accidental death has been registered. Police have the autopsy report of Dr Sheetal Amte. However, they are waiting for forensic report too. After receiving forensic report, police will reveal the reason for death, said a police official.

Cops rule out murder angle in Dr Sheetal Amte’s death

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Mrs West India Empress of West India 2020 – Season 3

Jayashree Bawankar

Nagpur’s very own beauty Jayashree Bawankar is the third runner-up in the Gold Category at Mrs West India Empress of West India 2020 – finale – Season 3 and has also received the title of Mrs Intelligent.
On behalf of DIVA Pageants, Alila Diwa hosted the finale of Mrs West India Empress of West India 2020 – Season 3 on November 28 in Goa.

47 married beauties representing the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa participated in this competition which was divided into two groups, Silver for the age group of 20 to 36 years and Gold for the age group of 37 and above.
Jayashree Bawankar had participated in the Gold Category The best contestant from each group was selected for the final round, which included Jayashree Bawankar.

Vinay Aranha presented this Grand show in Association with Jehangir OraCare Dental Center Karl & Anjana Mascarenhas Owners of DIVA Pageants conceptualized & executed this mega-event Union Minister of State Shripad Yeso Naik was present as the Chief Guest at the event. Actress Mahek Chahal, Actress Bruna Abdullah, Suhani Mendonsa, Designer Gwen D, Vivek Mendonsa were the Judges. Aman Yatan Verma hosted this Grand Show.

Jayashree is forty years old. She has studied BA LLB from Nagpur’s Ambedkar College of Law. Jayashree, who has done LLM from Mumbai University, has received a gold medal for this course. After marrying Abhijeet Bawankar, an engineer, she lived in Dubai and Doha for some time. Jayashree who enjoys dancing and modelling, is also interested in fashion and dance choreography as well. Jayashree has two daughters, Parul and Swara.

She had earlier won the 2016 beauty pageant in Qatar. Besides, she was also the first runner-up at the Mrs. Vidarbha Talent Icon 2020 beauty pageant held at Nagpur.

Jayashree, a professor of Law, said, “While working in the Law field, it was only with the help of my family that I was able to pursue a career in modelling. I am very happy to have the honour of being the runner-up of Mrs. West India and also the book of Mrs. Intelligent. It is my intention to groom women for such beauty pageants in the future and I want the beauties of Nagpur to excel in beauty on the strength of beauty and intelligence’

Nagpur’s very own Jayashree Bawankar wins the title of Runner-up

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Nagpur The COVID-19 caseload in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district rose to 1,13,691 after 422 new infections were detected on Friday, an official said.

The district also recorded seven casualties that took the toll to 3,714, the official said.

Of the fatalities reported so far, Nagpur city alone accounted for 2,555 deaths, while 1,159 were recorded in rural areas and outside the district, he said.

As many as 262 patients were discharged from various treatment facilities during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 1,04,399, the official said.

The district is now left with 5,578 active cases, he added.

Nagpur records 422 new COVID-19 cases; seven more casualties

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Nagpur: A school bus ferrying labourers met with an accident after a recklessly driven truck rammed into it, near Sunder Biscuits company in Koradi on Saturday morning.

Though, the details of casualties and number of people hurt could not be ascertained immediately, all have been rushed to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) commonly known as Mayo Hospital.

Many labourers hurt as truck hits bus in Koradi

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Nagpur: A young woman’s well-planned plot to eliminate husband with the help of paramour boomeranged as the man survived knife attack. Interestingly, the accused wife herself lodged a complaint with Gittikhadan police about attack on her husband by an unidentified man on Tuesday (December 1) night.

It may be recalled that Nagpur Today had published a report with title “Man tries to murder couple in Gittikhadan, cops launch hunt”. The report said that a resident of Itwari, the complainant Rajashree Rakesh Dekate (23) told police that she, along with her husband Rakesh (33) and 4-year old son, were returning to Nagpur on their two-wheeler around 7.30 pm on Tuesday. Midway near Gorewada Zoo Gate on Katol Road, her son felt nauseated and wanted to vomit. The couple stopped at the roadside and allowed their son to vomit.

Rajashree was standing near their two-wheeler. During the same time, an unidentified man came there and suddenly hit Rajashree on her head with an iron rod. Seeing his wife in trouble, Rakesh rushed towards her. But the accused man whipped out a knife and stabbed Rakesh on his abdomen with the intention to kill him. After attacking the husband-wife duo, the accused went absconding. Cops booked the unidentified accused under Section 307 of the IPC and searching for him.

However, during investigation, cops recorded the statement of Rakesh Dekate who survived deep abdominal injuries caused by the knife attack. It came to the fore that the attack was part of a conspiracy hatched by the accused Rajashree to eliminate her husband with the help of her paramour. Subsequently, cops took Rajashree (23), wife of Rakesh, and her paramour Rajat Somkuwar (28), a resident of Neelgaon, into custody, soon after she spilled the beans during her interrogation.

The probe revealed that Rakesh, his wife Rajashree and son Vaishnav (4) were coming towards the city from Kalmeshwar direction on a twowheeler. She asked her husband to stop near the gate of Gorewada Zoo & Wildlife Rescue Centre on Katol Road in Gittikhadan area around 7.30 pm onTuesday. She told Rakesh that their son Vaishnav was vomiting. After Rakesh parked his vehicle on the roadside, a masked man came and stabbed him with a sharp-edged weapon injuring him seriously and fled the spot. After Rakesh collapsed, passers-by gathered. Upon learning, staff from Gittikhadan Police arrived and took Rakesh to hospital. Rajshree cooked a story that she too was attacked by the goon with an iron rod.

Initially, police had registered an attempt-to-murder case under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code. Later, cops checked the call data record of Rajashree’s cellphone. Investigators found that she was in constant touch with Rajat. After the cops grilled Rajashree, she confessed to committing the crime with Rajat.

According to police, Rajashree and Rajat had an extramarital affair. As Rakesh was an obstacle for them, Rajashree and Rajat hatched a plan to kill him at an isolated place on Katol Road. Accordingly, Rajat started following the couple on a two wheeler. As per their plan, Rajashree asked Rakesh to stop. Rajat came from behind and stabbed Rakesh with a sharp-edged weapon and fled the spot.

Woman’s plan to murder hubby with paramour’s help boomerangs

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However, serious offences like murder, attempt to murder, rape decline sharply, says RTI reply

Nagpur: Hacking activities and cyber crimes are rising at an alarming rate in the Second Capital as tricksters take advantage of new-found dependence on the virtual world. As the majority of people are turning to the internet to earn money or find new job opportunities, cybercriminals are busy in their nefarious activity.

Nagpur witnessed 30 percent jump in cyber crimes in the first nine months this year as compared to last year. In 2019, 126 cases were reported while 166 cases have been registered till September 2020, reveals a RTI reply to activist Abhay Kolarkar.

The City Crime Branch said that most complaints were related to online banking, credit card, debit card fraud and cheating through mobile phone and other means under the Information Technology (IT) Act. As per the RTI reply, from January-September 2020, the cyber cell registered 13 cases pertaining to online cheating, 3 cases of debit and credit card fraud, 12 cases of online banking fraud, six cases of cheating through OTP and 49 cases of other online frauds.

In 2019, the police had registered 11 cases of online cheating, 14 cases of frauds pertaining to credit and debit card fraud, 4 cases of cheating through online banking, 6 OTP-related fraud cases and 47 other cyber crime cases.

The Cyber Cell also registered cases related to spreading rumours through social media. The RTI reply further said that from March 25 to September 30 (during Covid-induced lockdown period), the cell registered five cases related to spreading rumours through Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and other social media. One case of objectionable WhatsApp message and three rumours pertaining to coronavirus scare were registered during the lockdown period, the RTI reply revealed.

Cases hurting religious sentiments, too, have increased this year. Compared to the three FIRs in 2019, this year the city police registered seven cases in the first nine months of the calendar year. Liquor prohibition cases too witnessed a sharp rise. Against 10,913 cases last year, city police have registered 10,195 cases in just nine months of 2020.

However, serious offences like murder, attempt to murder, rape etc under IPC sections have witnessed a sharp decline in first nine months this year as compared to last year. City police had registered 7,735 cases in 2019, while from January 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, 4,720 were recorded.

Nagpur sees 30% jump in cyber crimes this year

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Nagpur: Philanthropy is a critical part of a democratic society. Philanthropy focuses on the elimination of various social problems which abound in our society today. The Tablers from Round Table India endeavor to tackle problem in a very logical, thought out and well discussed. They use all the hidden and acquired talents and knowledge to achieve what the need of the hour is.

Keeping in tune with their aims and objectives of Freedom Through Education, Round Table India and Ladies Circle India represented in Nagpur by its chapters namely Nagpur Round Table 83, Nagpur Arthurs Round Table 180, Nagpur Spirits Round Table 258, Nagpur Tigers Round Table 299 and Nagpur Ladies Circle 50. They all jointly celebrated the annual Round Table India & Ladies Circle India Week from November 22 to 28, 2020 and effectively contributed to the society.

As a part of this Round Table India and Ladies Circle Week jointly various philanthropic activities were undertaken:

November 23, 2020: Books Distribution and Computer Lab Setup

•           300 Books were distributed among underprivileged kids to facilitate their education. The books comprised of the current educational curriculum in English, Hindi, Mathematics and Science at Adarsh Vidya Mandir High School. Target classes were KG1 to 5th Standard.

•           Also, a computer lab was set up at Maharashtra Adhyanan School. The contribution enabled setting up – 2 Computers, 1 Printer and 1 Projector for the school which essentially aims to educate underprivileged kids.

November 24, 2020: Blood Donation Camp & Cataract Surgeries

•           A Blood Donation Camp was organized at Chitnavis Center & Unijules Life Sciences Ltd. Collecting 105 units of blood. The said camps were facilitated by Constructivity Foundation and GSK BloodBank respectively.

•           All Nagpur Tables and Ladies Circle jointly sponsored ten (10) underprivileged patients for Cataract Surgeries at Dr. Mahatme Eye Hospital. The beneficiary patients had been waiting for months as they could not afford the surgeries and were overwhelmed by the contribution to their cause.

November 25, 2020: Go Green Project

Tree Plantation of 10 trees and cleanliness and maintenance activities of the Round Table India Circle at Mount Road, Sadar was done.

November 26, 2020: Kids Activity

An Online Drawing Competition was organized for the children of Vinayakrao Deshmukh School, Lakadganj. The themes for the art competition were – Superheroes Fighting Corona, How to Defeat Corona, Farmers in the Lockdown, Swach Bharat Abhiyaan, Cleanliness is Service. 4 winners were selected and distributed gifts.

November 27, 2020: Covid-19 Relief

A Health Check-Up Camp and Distribution of Sanitizers, Masks, Medicines was done at the factory which benefitted around 200 workers at Unijules Lifesciences Limited,  Kalmeshwer.

These activities were supported by various individuals who helped raise funds for the noble charitable activities.

About Round Table India & Ladies Circle India

•           Round Table India’s flagship program, Freedom Through Education (FTE), involves building classrooms, toilets and providing other infrastructure like drinking water facility, library, science labs, sanitary pad dispensers etc. at schools across the country that cater to children from the less privileged sections of the society. In last 22 years, RTI has built over 7141 classrooms in over 3041 projects, impacting the lives of more than 7.86 million underprivileged children. In the last 10 years, RTI has built on an average one classroom a day, every day.

•           During the time of National Lockdown due to COVID crisis, Round Table India launched the initiative of ” Round Table India Kitchen (RTI Kitchen)” under which, over 55 lac meals were distributed all over India in a span of 45 days.  This was really appreciated and adopted by a lot of stakeholders including some State Governments across India.

• Ladies Circle India (LCI), is non-political and non-sectarian Organisation with membership open to only the wives of members Round Table India. It offers opportunities for serving the community, for fostering and strengthening friendships between like-minded young women and helps create a better understanding of the obligations one owes to the society.
• Ladies Circle India comprises of over 1600 members with 114 active Circles spread across India, present in 19 States and 57 cities. 

For more details, contact: LMF Tabler Vedant Agrawal at vedant@vidarbha.org and LMF Tabler Shubham Jain at shubham85@gmail.com

Round Table India & Ladies Circle India week celebrated

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Nagpur: In a shocking incidentr, a juvenile boy attacked a man with knife and attempted to murder him in Hingna police area on Friday evening. The accused has been detained.

A resident of Ward No. 4, Kasba, Hingna, the complainant Chetan Damoji Giri (29), told police that the 16-year old accused boy first abused and slapped his friend Sachin Bhosale around 6.30 pm on Friday over some issue. However, when Chetan confronted the accused boy and asked him reason for slapping his friend, the juvenile delinquent whipped out a knife and stabbed Chetan on his head and hand with the intention to kill him.

Hingna police constable Sanjay Tiwari, acting on Chetan’s complaint, booked the accused juvenile boy under Section 307 of the IPC and detained him. Further probe is underway.

Juvenile boy tries to kill man in Hingna, detained

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Nagpur: Cyber thugs targeted an Assistant Commissioner of Police of city police and robbed him of Rs 41,000 by hacking his Google Pay account.

According to police sources, the ACP Vilas Sonawane, attached to the Social Security Branch of city police lost the money in five transactions that weren’t done by him. The first unauthorized transaction took place on May 1 this year when the ACP’s Google Pay account and HDFC Bank account were allegedly hacked and exploited by an online fraudster. The fraudster first made six transactions, including three on May 1, when he withdrew Rs 1,000, Rs 1,500 and Rs 4,000. He then withdrew Rs 4,000 and Rs 4,800 on May 11 and August 5 respectively. In these five transactions, the crook withdrew Rs 16,300 from the ACP’s account.

Further, on October 10, the ACP Sonawane fell prey to a lucrative offer of getting three Apple Air iPods and paid Rs 25,000 through an authorized merchant of an online payment portal. Later, he realized that he had been duped, said Ambazari police, which have registered a case and are probing further.

Cyber thugs rob ACP Sonawane of Rs 41,000

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Nagpur: The Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray arrived in Nagpur’s Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International by a special flight at 10.30 am on Saturday. The Chief Minister immediately left for Amravati district by a helicopter for inspection of work of Hinduhridaysamrat BalasahebThackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg.

Thackeray was welcomed at the airport by Divisional Commissioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar and District Collector Ravindra Thakre. The Chief Minister proceeded to Amravati by a helicopter and will land at Shivani Rasulapur, Mouze Deulgavhanin Nandgaon Khandeshwar in Amravati district. He will inspect works of Samruddhi Mahamarg. Later, Thackeray will leave by helicopter and land at Mouze Golwadi in Vaijapur Tehsil of Aurangabad district. He will review Samruddhi Mahamarg works in Aurangabad district, and will depart for Aurangabad by helicopter at 3.10 pm. At 3.35 pm, Thackeray will depart from Aurangabad Airport for Mumbai.

Other dignitaries present at the airport to welcome the Chief Minister include Ramtek MP Krupal Tumane, Managing Director of Maharashtra Road Development Corporation Radhyesham Mopalwar, Additional Commissioners of Police Dilip Jhalke, Sunil Fulari, DCPs Noorul Hassan, Basavraj Teli, DSP (Rural) Rakesh Ola, Senior Airport Director Abid Ruhi, Chief Security Officer Yashwant Saratkar and other officials.

CM Thackeray welcomed at Nagpur Airport

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Nagpur: Unidentified burglars struck ata wine shop and decamped with liquor bottles, cash and other valuables collectively worth Rs 1.92 lakh in Lakadganj area here between Wednesday night and Friday afternoon.

The complainant, Nikhil Babanrao Bhoyar (31), resident of Umiya Tower, Azamshah Square, CA Road, said that he runs Sagar Wine Shop at Danaganj. Some unidentified miscreants, between Wednesday night and Friday afternoon, cut the roof tin of the shop open and gained entry into his wine shop.

The burglars laid their hands on country liquor, whisky bottles, cash Rs 15,000, DVR and hard disks collectively worth Rs 1.92 lakh and decamped.

Lakadganj PSI Raut, based on Nikhil’s complaint, registered an offence under Sections 454, 457, 380 of the IPC and launched a search for the accused thieves.

Burglars strike at wine shop in Lakadganj

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KOM TV Media Pvt Ltd Pune , has arranged Webinar of Dr. Sanjay S Uttarwar , Renowned Academician and social worker from Nagpur on topic “Role of NEP 2020 to Make India a Developed Country “Live on You tube, Face Book, Linkedin, Instagram and Twitter platforms. Dr. Sanjay Uttarwar Nationally renowned orator and Principal of VIT Engineering College from Nagpur was key note speaker for webinar. Majority of viewers around the globe was on line for the webinar. At the beginning Host Mrs Rohini Nilesh Neelay, introduce Speaker and welcome all on line participants.

Webinar starts with the present condition of Academic scenario and picture expected in NEP 2020. .Speaker share present status of academics with gathering. He gave brief idea about societies and Govts expectations from teacher as a whole.

Dr Sanjay S Uttarwar is a renowned Academician of central India and in this field since last thirty years. He has proved his expertise by serving renowned educational groups of Maharashtra and MP.

He has done graduation from Amravati University and has done Post graduation and PhD from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur In Mechanical Engineering. He has also done MBA in HR and MKTNG from RTMNU Nagpur. He has served renowned educational groups from Maharashtra and MP in various Capacities. From Last eight years he is working as Principal of Engineering College. He is recipient of seven National and International Level Awards for his outstanding contribution to the field of academics and research. He has visited UK, Singapore, China to present research papers in International Conferences. He is having sixty research papers to his credit which are published in International Journals and Conferences. He is a renowned Motivational Speaker from region and is frequently invited by TV Channels, Radio and Educational Institutes for delivering lectures on various motivational topics.

In addition to it he is a popular singer from Nagpur and has performed at various musical concerts which took place at auditoriums of Nagpur.

In his delivery Dr. Uttarwar elaborate the importance of Implementation of NEP for better future of India. He says that teacher has to play key role in Nation Building, in NEP2020. Teachers should work to improve logical thinking ability of child in his early age of three to six years which is a crucial phase. Dr. Uttarwar further says that, 85 % of child’s brain develops in this age group, which should be framed cautiously. That’s why he says that role of Primary and secondary teacher is of utmost importance. The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, such as the rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs worldwide may be taken over by machines, while the need for a skilled workforce, particularly involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, will be increasingly in greater demand. With climate change, increasing pollution, and depleting natural resources, there will be a sizeable shift in how we meet the world’s energy, water, food, and sanitation needs, again resulting in the need for new skilled labour, particularly in biology, chemistry, physics, agriculture, climate science, and social science.

The growing emergence of epidemics and pandemics will also call for collaborative research in infectious disease management and development of vaccines and the resultant social issues heightens the need for multidisciplinary learning. There will be a growing demand for humanities and art, as India moves towards becoming a developed country as well as among the three largest economies in the world . The gap between the current state of learning outcomes and what is required must be bridged through undertaking major reforms that bring the highest quality, equity, and integrity into the system, from early childhood care and education through higher education
In National Education Policy 2020 , which is going to implemented from coming session, has totally changed the role of teacher. Teacher should not confine him to his field only. He should possesses the all round knowledge to fulfill demand of hour. So the role of teacher in coming days is very crucial to frame the future of India. He further elaborate about ancient education system of our country. The rich heritage of ancient and eternal Indian knowledge and thought has been a guiding light for this Policy.

The pursuit of knowledge (Jnan), wisdom (Pragyaa), and truth (Satya) was always considered in Indian thought and philosophy as the highest human goal. The aim of education in ancient India was not just the acquisition of knowledge as preparation for life in this world, or life beyond schooling, but for the complete realization and liberation of the self. World-class institutions of ancient India such as Takshashila, Nalanda,Vikramshila, Vallabhi, set the highest standards of multidisciplinary teaching and research and hosted scholars and students from across backgrounds and countries. The Indian education system produced great scholars such as Charaka, Susruta, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Bhaskaracharya, Brahmagupta, Chanakya, Chakrapani Datta, Madhava, Panini, Patanjali, Nagarjuna, Gautama, Pingala, Sankardev, Maitreyi, Gargi and Thiruvalluvar, among numerous others, who made seminal contributions to world knowledge in diverse fields such as mathematics, astronomy, metallurgy, medical science and surgery, civil engineering, architecture, shipbuilding and navigation, yoga, fine arts, chess, and more. Indian culture and philosophy have had a strong influence on the world. These rich legacies to world heritage must not only be nurtured and preserved for posterity but also researched, enhanced, and put to new uses through our education system. The new education policy must provide to all students, irrespective of their place of residence, a quality education system, with particular focus on historically marginalized, disadvantaged, and underrepresented groups. Education is a great leveler and is the best tool for achieving economic and social mobility, inclusion, and equality. Initiatives must be in place to ensure that all students from such groups, despite inherent obstacles, are provided various targeted opportunities to enter and excel in the educational system.

Teacher should not confine him to his field only. He should possesses the all round knowledge to fulfill demand of hour. So the role of teacher in coming days is very crucial to frame the future of Nation. . Govt is also planning to give all sort of training to teachers. The new education policy is going to provide to all students, irrespective of their place of residence, a quality education system, with particular focus on historically marginalized, disadvantaged, and underrepresented groups. Education is a great leveler and is the best tool for achieving economic and social mobility, inclusion, and equality. Initiatives must be in place to ensure that all students from such groups, despite inherent obstacles, are provided various targeted opportunities to enter and excel in the educational system. Dr Uttarwar elaborates the Principles and Contents of NEP 2020 in detail and says that NEP 2020 will make India super power in coming days.

Anchor Rohini Nilesh Neelay has nicely navigate the show and express her views effectively during webinar. She has also given heed to various points of NEP and share her views about topic with audience. In her concluding remarks She talks about the present scenario of education system in India and its need of change.

Later in Question and answer session Dr. Sanjay Uttarwar gave answers to the questions asked by audience. Speaker extend his thanks to organizer, Team KOM TV for excellent and smart work of live broadcasting on all types of social media and inviting him for webinar.
Host Mrs. Rohini Nilesh Neelay express her gratitude towards speaker and all on line viewers and propose Vote of Thanks.

NEP 2020 Will Make India Super Power in World – Dr. S S Uttarwar

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Nagpur: A murder-accused undertrial prisoner who escaped from Nagpur’s Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on October 18, was nabbed in Akola on Sunday.

The accused, Majeed Ahmed alias Bombayiah Abbas Ali (29), resident of Tajbagh, was arrested in September last year after being on the run for the murder of a man in 2014. He had been lodged in Nagpur Central Jail since November last year. However, since the accused complained of illness, he was taken to GMCH in October this year. But while the police were busy with paperwork related to his admission, he escaped from the hospital.

On Sunday, December 6, Ishwar Jagdale, the Assistant Police Inspector in the Anti-Extortion Cell of city Crime Branch received information that the wife of the accused was slated to meet him in Akola. Acting on the information, a team of city police went to Akola and with the help of Akola cops laid a trap. The accused was nabbed from a house in Snehnagar, Akot File locality. However, before his arrest, the accused Bombayiah Abbas Ali tried to dodge the police by jumping from the terrace of his house and tried to flee. But police gave a long chase and succeeded in catching the accused.

The accused was brought to Nagpur and was handed over to Ajni police. Cops produced him in a court which ordered him to be sent to jail.

The police team that nabbed the accused include ASI Ganesh Pawar, PSI Jhadokar, constables Satish Meshram, Sharad Chambhore and other staff.

Murder accused who escaped from Nagpur’s GMCH nabbed in Akola

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Nagpur: For the first time in December so far, recovered cases surpassed the new Covid-19 positive cases in Nagpur district.

The number of recovered patients crossed 400 mark and the recovery rate too has increased to 91.82%. The improvement in recovery rate though marginal is notable. On Sunday, in one single day 416 persons became coronavirus-free taking the cumulative recovery to 1,05,154.

While the national average is still better at 93.43% than the district’s recovery rate, the increased percentage is a plus point for the district. This has led to decrease in active cases. The active cases on Saturday were 5,736 which have come down to 5,637 on Sunday. There is a fall in new COVID19 positive cases as the district registered 304 new cases.

Of the new cases, 66 are from Nagpur rural and 238 are from the city. With these the cumulative positive cases reached 1,13,819. The number of COVID-19 deaths in one single day is in single digit — 7. Of the seven victims, only one death was reported in Nagpur rural and 6 in Nagpur city. With this the cumulative deaths reached 3,210.

Chandrapur reported 3 deaths while Amravati and Buldhana reported 1 each. Bhandara, Wardha, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Akola, Yavatmal and Washim reported no deaths on Sunday. Vidarbha’s total Covid-19 death toll is now 6,163.

In Vidarbha, Sunday’s 813 cases came from Nagpur (308), Chandrapur (102), Buldhana (78), Bhandara (63), Gondia (53), Wardha (46), Gadchiroli (40), Amravati (38), Akola (34), Yavatmal (31) and Washim (20), while 1,104 recovered patients were from Nagpur (416), Chandrapur (130), Bhandara (122), Gondia (107), Gadchiroli (67), Buldhana (64), Wardha (53), Yavatmal (47), Washim (46), Amravati (29) and Akola (23).

Recoveries surpass new Covid-19 cases for first time in Dec in Nagpur

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When in North India, wheat, paddy and sugarcane farmers are in turmoil and agitation mode, the farmers of Warud – Jarud are busy in their humungous Orange factories busy packing and dispatching oranges, all the way to Bangladesh!

It is an open secret that what the world calls the Nagpur orange is grown primarily in this tract of Amraoti district. In fact, despite many hurdles like depleting ground water, lack of a Railway station, no irrigation facilities Orange Orchards are the life line of most farmers of this area. A guaranteed cash crop. Though Oranges were not indigenous to this area but brought by 3 enterprising men from Jalgaon- Bhusawal, the Warud Jarud farmers have become experts in Orange cultivation.

Till just 5 years ago, they had a unique system, which unfortunately wasn’t very beneficial to farmers, for selling the ripe orange. Merchants from all over India would camp in this area year round keeping a hawk’s eye on the orchards. They would estimate the quality, quantity etc of the fruit and purchase the whole ” bageecha” from the farmer at a lump sum amount. How that amount was calculated was anyone’s guess. It used to be a gamble on both sides but the winning cards were held by the purchasers. If an unseasonal storm or unanticipated pest/ fungus attack came before the orchard was sold it was a total loss to the farmer. Becuse of the high risks involved many had begun cutting down their Orange trees and reluctantly begun turning to more traditional crops like Cotton and soybean.

Till the Central govt ( run by Dr Manmohan Singh) and state government offered a Scheme called ATMA to make farmers more self sufficient in Orange procurement and packaging.

Under this scheme, a Co operative pattern Corporation was formed with hundreds of farmers as ” share holders “. One such Corporation is the Utkranti Agro Producers Company in Jarud. President of Utkranti is Ramkrishna Chindhuji Meshram, Secretary is Dr Ashok Khope and it has a CEO even, a local man, called Gajendra Takarkhede. It has 850 farmers as ” Shareholders” who have put up equity of Rs 6000/ each. ” Initially farmers were reluctant to come on board but we managed to persuade them. Now everyone is happy with the system”.

Utkranti’s premises for Orange processing are 22, 000 square feet, built at a minimal cost of just Rs 1 crore. Within the premises is a machine that automatically loads, washes, dries and then waxes the oranges before segregating them by size. Then they are manually packed into cartons ready for despatch. It is at this stage that merchants come in to purchase and deliver the oranges not just all over India but to Bangladesh as well.

“Everyday 3 to 4 farmers bringing in their oranges by the truckloads. We pay them asap not waiting for further sale to merchants. We do a turnover of Rs 30 crores approx annually. Our largest farmer has been paid Rs 16 lakhs till now for just this year’s produce!”

Another Orange factory based in Warud is SNOCO run by Nilesh Magarde.

His corporation also has hundreds of farmers as share holders.

He sells directly to Companies such as Big Basket, Reliance Fresh etc.

” When Orange growers grievances were first nationally expressed , spurred by Govt agencies many Corporates like Tatas, Reliance Industries visited us and expressed interest but no further development happened after that!

Now we have taken our destiny into our own hands.

We are truly Atma Nirbhar!”

Expresses Nilesh.

Sunita Mudaliar
Reporting from Warud

The Sweet Story of Nagpur Orange – Orange ‘factories’ run by farmers for farmers!

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Nagpur: The Nagpur Association of Competitive Exams (NACE) has written the Nagpur Municipal Commissioner, Radhakrishanan B seeking permission to resume coaching classes of competitive exams besides demanding financial aid from the State Government in the pandemic crises. After slackening the lockdown, shops, hotels, wine shops, restaurants and bars were allowed to sell their products. This was followed by the opening of gyms and libraries. But the coaching classes are not allowed to resume their services.

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Video: Nagpur Association of Competitive Exams seek permission to resume coaching

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Nagpur: In a significant action against the tricksters who lure women on matrimonial sites on the pretext of marriage and ended up duping them, Sonegaon police lead by Zonal DCP Noorul Hasan have arrested two men from Madhya Pradesh (MP). Cops have arrested accused identified as Micky Singh Jagjeetsingh Sahani (38) and Aanad Umesh Sahu (30) both residents of Aamla in Baitul district (MP) and confiscated cash, electronic goods and other materials collectively to the tune of ₹7.13 lakh, informed Noorul Hasan, DCP Zone 1 here on Monday.

A woman complainant, was allegedly duped of ₹2.25 lakh by Sahani who introduced himself as Rimpy Khandusa, a resident of Delhi on a matrimonial website. The accused came to city based prominent hotel back in November and asked her to meet. During the same he reportedly duped the woman of ₹ 2.25 lakh. Following which the woman lodged a complaint. During the technical evaluation cops came across Sahani who forged his identity to dupe the woman. During the PCR, he confessed the crime besides admitted his and one Sahu’s role in the robbery that occurred in Hotel Radisson Blu on December 1.

API T M Dhakulkar, API Barkar and Constables Sanjay Chamtkar, Sushil, Ravindra, Shailesh and Chetan and Cyber Constable Ashwin made the arrest.

Nagpur cops arrest inter-state gang members duping woman on matrimonial sites

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Today, December 7, is National Letter Writing Day

Nagpur: “Dakiya Daak Laya, Dakiya Daak Laya…” the evergreen song used to fill the hearts of people waiting for a letter. “Postman” was the call sign of a khaki-clad man knocking doors of letter recipients. But time has changed. No more “Postman” nowadays as people don’t write letters as they used to earlier, they now send mails through the smartphones, the Internet, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram etc.

Now, neither the Inland Letter or Postcard is to be seen!!. The recent years have seen the gradual disappearance of many professions, which once acquired importance in every society. One such person who was vital cog but in communication is fast disappearing is the postman. Even two decades ago, people sitting on the verandah, with their eyes longing for the khaki-clad postman, were a common sight. They waited ardently, with hope filled in their hearts, for the news the postman brought with him of a loved one posted faraway, or perhaps even a photograph they had eagerly waited for. As the postman drew nearer, their anticipations suddenly grew until he handed over the letter. But the younger generation of the 21st century hardly knows the priceless value of a hand-written letter.

Letter writing has been in decline because of smartphones, the Internet and before that, the telephone, but for hundreds of years, it was the only way for people separated by distance to get in touch with one another. In the earlier days, people used to ask: “Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me”? But now the question has become outdated as nobody writes a letter. And nobody waits for the postman either. The Red coloured ‘Letter Box” that dotted the nook and corner of a locality has become a history.

People still remember an inbuilt letterbox in different sizes and colours, the postman knocking on doors to deliver letters, the red mail van which made us cross our fingers and make a wish? These are the sweet memories of the yesteryears.

“Postman’s bag is always heavy because it carries life itself: It carries all the sorrows and all the joys, all the worries and all the hopes!” said an expert.

‘Chitthi Ayi Hai Ayi Hai, Chitthi Ayi Hai! Bade Dino Ke Baad…’ is a song just to be heard with no emotions in true sense. All those special moments are gone! How time flies and evolves!

No more ‘Postman’, no more “Dakiya Daak Laya…”