Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will bank on how it abrogation of Article 370, how it is batting for bringing uniform civil code, how it is endeavoring for bringing law to stop triple talaq is the general perception. But dumping all these speculations or perceptions, Dr Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, senior BJP leader and national Vice-President said, “Certainly abrogation of Article 370 is the biggest achievement of this Government. But we are not propagating it or not making it the only issue of our campaign. ..

  Business Bureau :   BASED on data analytics and other relevant factors, co-ordinated operation were undertaken in the recent past by Director General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DGGI), Nagpur Zonal Unit, against taxpayers in the Real Estate Sector. The major taxpayers covered in the co-ordinated operations included M/s Green City Builders; M/s Kukreja Infrastructure; M/s Pardeshi Construction Pvt. Ltd.; M/s Kukreja Embassy; M/s J D Buildcon Pvt. Ltd in Nagpur region ..

  Staff Reporter :   Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department has banned five insecticides in Amravati Division for a period of 60 days. The insecticides and their specific formulations have been banned in view of their ‘hazardous nature’ and ‘repeated occurrences of insecticides poisoning’. Dr Anil Bonde, Agriculture Minister, had stated at a press conference held in Nagpur on Wednesday that he had asked his department to ..

Pitru Paksha or Mahalaya Parva is a 15 lunar day’s period very important in Sanatan Vedic Dharma. During the period, people pay homage to their ancestors by offering food. In Maharashtra and in South India, the period starts from the full moon day of Bhadrapada (Proushthapadi Pournima, next day of Anant Chaturdashi) or a day after full moon day. According to North Indian calendar, the period falls in the lunar month of Ashwin beginning with the full moon day of Bhadrapada. Though the nomenclature ..

  Staff Reporter :   Even as the length of cement roads has increased in the city, it appears that the condition of tar roads is worsening. For, if one goes by the response of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to a Right to Information (RTI) Act query, the number of potholes on city roads is increasing over the years. RTI activist Abhay Kolarkar had sought information regarding number of potholes removed by NMC between April 1, 2016 and July 31, 2019.   As per the reply ..

How the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) makes the difference, is evident from the appeal made by Jagat Prasad Nadda, National President (Working) in Nagpur on Thursday while addressing Vijay Sankalp rally at Suresh Bhat auditorium. “Nobody can assume victory is ours only. Everybody has to work hard. Leaders, candidates too have to work at booth level if time demands,” Nadda made it clear. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, too, made everybody aware that mere handing over the biodata would not be enough, they ..

Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule inaugurating Pardi police station while MLA Krishna Khopde, Joint CP Ravindra Kadam and others look on.   Staff Reporter :   Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday inaugurated Kapil Nagar, Pardi and Wathoda police stations. The new police stations will help the cops to rein in increasing crime in outskirts of the city. MLAs Krishna Khopde, Dr Milind Mane, Joint Commissioner of Police (Joint CP) Ravindra Kadam, Additional ..

Dr Anil Bonde, Agriculture Minister, addressing the press conference in city on Wednesday.    Staff Reporter :   ‘Krishi Mitra’ and ‘Krishi Tai’ to be appointed for counselling of farmers    Maharashtra Government has made certain changes in the norms of Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA) named after ‘Bharat Ratna’ Nanaji Deshmukh. As a result, the farmers owning land up to five hectares also will be eligible for the ..

Lashing out at the civic body and police authorities for their inaction in providing pot-hole free roads ensuring smooth traffic and accident-free roads, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday took suo-motu cognizance of shoddy roads and rising number of mishaps due to inept handling of the situation. Due to bad roads, one death was reported as the ambulance got stuck in the pothole and 29 serious injuries were also reported in last few weeks...

Iqbal Ahmed is the big name in miniature world, who learnt the art of shrinking huge machines into miniatures. He spent more time in grandfather’s garage and learnt to play with old cars that his grandfather brought home being torn down and then sewn up. Ahmed comes up with new miniature model which is a small electric train looks like steam locomotive that can move on dining table carrying dishes to and fro...

  By Ramesh Marulkar:  The functioning of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has collapsed in Vidarbha, following structural changes made two months ago, according to reliable sources. MTDC has shifted Regional Managers from Nagpur and Amravati divisions to Directorate of Tourism at same places on deputation basis. Now, they will be known as Deputy Directors, Tourism, but they have not received orders in this regard.  They are supposed to look after developmental ..

 Staff Reporter : Newly-constructed bus stop at Jail Road between Kruplani T-point and Ajni Over-bridge was opened for travellers on Tuesday. It will replace Rahate Colony Square bus stop. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Traffic Chinmay Pandit, MSRTC Official T Kalmegh, Police Inspector Traffic Jayesh Bhandarkar and others were present at the occasion.  A press release of Traffic police informed that the all buses moving towards Wardha and Chandrapur will halt at the new stop. The ..

 Rahul Bajaj addressing the gathering at the inauguration of the new BIT campus at Pipri (Meghe)-Wardha on Monday. Also seen on the dais are Sanjay Bhargava, Rohini Nilekani, Nandan Nilekani, Shekhar Bajaj, and Dr Narendra Kanhe.   District Correspondent :  WARDHA Indian youths stand on the doorstep of fantastic opportunities to carve out a bright future for themselves. The trick lies in utilising the technological advantage India has by way of its superior education, superior ..

    By Kartik Lokhande :   Providing a relief to Irrigation Development Corporations (IDCs) in the State, Water Resources Department (WRD) has decided to reduce the reimbursement of establishment expenses they were supposed to pay to the Government. This has been done considering that ‘recovering these expenses from the water charges recovered by irrigation development corporations might adversely affect repairs and maintenance of irrigation projects’. As per ..

  Staff Reporter :   “HUMAN life is more precious than the property. Loss caused due to demolition of illegal portion can be recovered, but loss caused due to death of a human being is irreparable,” observed Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, on Monday, while refusing to show any leniency towards illegal and unauthorised constructions carried out beneath the high tension line or those in dangerous proximity to HT lines. The High Court made it clear that aggrieved dwelling ..

    Staff Reporter :   Central Government has sanctioned 100 more electric buses to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and same would reach city by December end stated Jeetendra alias Bunty Kukde, Chairperson, Transport Committee, on Monday. He said as per norms, Centre provides 40 per cent subsidy for buses while cost of 9 metre buses comes to Rs 1.40 crores. As NMC itself does not have deep pockets they have decided to go for hybrid model for procuring the buses. The civic ..

  By Ajay Mardikar :  Indian students have secured four golds, seven silvers and one bronze in the Olympiad in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology held recently. The students have secured two golds each in Physics and Chemistry. They bagged three silver medals in Physics, one in Chemistry and three in Biology. The Olympiads for junior college students were held in different parts of the country. Although the achievements are below the students from China and Chinese Taipei, they have been ..

 Rashi Laddha, winner of highest number of awards being presented with certificate of excellence by Sanjay Kirloskar as Vishram Jamdar, Dr Pramod Padole and others look on. (Pic by Moonlight)   Staff Reporter :   “Be creative, that is the only way to achieve success in today’s world.” That’s the mantra given by Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman and Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd., while addressing 17th convocation of Visvesvaraya National Institute ..

“Citizens of our country must take from the Army two things. First, it must be known that Army has no Mazhab. It has only one Dharma ‘how to be an Indian’. When the country has problems of self-confidence, look at the Army. This will change your belief. Secondly, if one has Josh, Hosh must also follow. Leaders in Army have Hosh to serve and then Josh follows automatically,” exhorted Lt Gen Sayed Ata Hasnain,..

 Staff Reporter :  In its report submitted recently to Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life (NBWL), the Task Force constituted by Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has suggested replacement of existing power transmission lines with insulated cables or underground cables ‘on priority basis’ to reduce wildlife mortality. The Task Force was constituted to suggest eco-friendly measures to mitigate impact of power transmission ..

“Hamid Dalwai was a true human being, secularist and amazing author. He led his life till last breath for protection and preservation of human values. Dalwai was a real thinker par excellence. His thoughts and principles were far ahead of time. This is the reason, I wanted to promote Dalwai’s thoughts among youths,” said renowned theatre actress Jyoti Subhash on Sunday. Subhash was interacting with Ajey Gampawar in an open interview at Vanamati Hall...

  Staff Reporter :   Beauty is the reflection of excellent physical and mental fitness. City-based doctor Dr Vartika Patil has proven this by winning the coveted title of ‘Mrs West Asia’ in a beauty pageant held recently at Pune. Aditi Govitrikar, Mrs World-2001, presented the crown of ‘Mrs West Asia’ to Dr Vartika Patil. Now, Dr Patil will be representing Nagpur in the upcoming Mrs Universe pageant scheduled to be held in China between December 22, 2019 ..

 A scene from Bengali drama ‘Adyo Shesh Rajani’. (Pic by Sanjib Ganguly)   By Dr Supantha Bhattacharyya :   In line with legends like Vaclav Havel, Bratya Basu effortlessly straddles two worlds: that of a career politician (he is the Minister of Science, Technology and Biotechnology with the additional charge of Forest Department in Mamata Banerji’s government) and Bengal’s most prolific living playwright. This former professor of Literature also acts ..

 Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chancellor of Universities in Maharashtra along with Vice-Chancellors of all the universities in State. Principal Correspondent :   State Higher and Technical Education Secretary Saurabh Vijay may convene a meeting of V-Cs soon for the integrated efforts Responding to a call given by newly-appointed Chancellor of Universities in State, Bhagat Singh Koshyari to make universities a centre of excellence, Vice-Chancellors (V-Cs) of State expressed they ..

 Girish Vyas, MLC; Dr Rajiv Potdar, BJP District President; Sonba Musale and other BJP leaders during a meeting held at Sillewada on Saturday.   Staff Reporter :   Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in response to Saoner MLA Sunil Kedar’s threat issued to BJP workers, organised a ‘Zenda Lagao’ campaign in Sillewada village on Saturday. “If required, we will intensify the campaign,” said Dr Rajiv Potdar, BJP District President, while addressing the gathering ..

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and MSMEs, inaugurated the city’s first LNG-to-CNG mother station RawMatt CNG Pump, near Automotive Square, Mouja Wanjari, Ring Road, on Friday. Nanda Jichkar, Mayor; Jitendra alias Bunty Kukde, Chairman of Transport Committee of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC); the officials of RawMatt Industries Pvt Ltd, NMC, and InoxCVA, PetroNet also were present on the occasion. After pressing the button to inaugurate the first pump that will convert liquefied ..

Irrigation Department is now battling problem of plenty due to overflowing dams in Nagpur District leading to opening of gates of Totladoh as well as that of Navegaon Khairy. While Totladoh sees massive inflow due to opening of gates of Machagora Dam in upstream of Pench river in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh that is battered by heavy rains.Totladoh is the biggest dam in Vidarbha and its stock has crossed 96 per cent mark requiring lifting of its gates. The dam is situation at Navegaon Khairi and at ..

There is a reason for nature lovers to smile as Maharashtra Government has dropped the idea of constructing a road through the Bharatvan. The decision was taken on Friday during the meeting of top Government officials chaired by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.Common citizens too had opposed the move to cut through the Bharatvan and for nearly eleven months they kept up their resistance to plan mooted by Maha Metro to construct a road through the forest land owned by Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth ..

  Staff Reporter :  Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has launched Morya NMC Nagpur android app to assist citizens in location of nearby tank for immersion of idols of Lord Ganpati. Informing this on Wednesday, Deputy Mayor Deepraj Pardikar and Virendra Kukreja, Chairperson, Health Committee, NMC, said the App is developed by Engineering students of city. The App was launched on eve of Ganesh Visarjan as NMC expects large number of idols to be immersed on Thursday.  The app can be ..

  Staff Reporter : Vijay Ghodmare free to exercise his options, says Guardian Minister  “Bharatiya Janata Party had won both -- Ramtek and Katol -- seats in State Legislative Assembly elections held in 2014. Hence, there is no question of BJP leaving these two seats for Shiv Sena in the ensuing Assembly elections,” said Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Guardian Minister of district. Bawankule was replying to questions of mediapersons during a press interaction held at ..

 By Rajendra Diwe :  Marua Patra: In English it is known as Marjoram; in Hindi it is termed as Maruwa; in Sanskrit as Surabhi Patra; in Telugu as Maruvam and in Marathi it is known as Marwa. The leaves are having medicinal values. The leaves contain Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium and Iron. The leaves are used in Increasing the efficiency of digestion by increasing digestive enzymes and saliva; Calming the stomach and digestive system; Improving appetite; Relieving nausea; Eliminating flatulence; ..

  Ramtek Correspondent/ Staff Reporter :   In mid-September, the dam is having stock of 88.78 per cent by Tuesday, the highest ever in six years      Within a span of 50 days, the scene at Totladoh Dam changed from dismal to bright due to remarkable turnaround in its fortune thanks to vigorous rains in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. Till mid-August, even the dead stock from the dam was being lifted by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to quench the thirst of citizens. ..

Staff Reporter :  A 13-year-old girl was gangraped at a crematorium in Hingna area when she was going to attend nature’s call on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The girl was admitted at the hospital and her condition is critical. The accused have been identified as Amit Jaiprakash Thakur (18) and Balwant Gond (20) and two other juveniles.  According to police, the girl had gone to attend nature’s call in the bushes on Sunday at 11.30 pm. Amit and Balwant stopped the ..

 By Rajendra Diwe :  Kadali Patra: In English it is called as Plantain or Banana Plant. The Kadali leaves resemble like that of Banana leaves, but they are small in size than Banana leaves. The botanical species may be different. In Hindi and Sanskrit it is called as Kadali Patra while in Telugu it is known as Arati. In Marathi it is called as Kardali. The whole plant, roots, flowers and unripe fruits are of medicinal value. The flowers contain: dopamine, dopanoradrenalin, caffieic acid, ..

  By Mahesh S Kale : SHILPA Agarwal has done it again. This time the fitness enthusiast has achieved a new milestone by becoming the brand ambassador for ‘Fit India’ campaign. The industrialist and Mrs Universe Lovely winner has been awarded with the prestigious ‘Fit India Campaign Brand Ambassador’ which is a part of ‘Fit India’ movement programme that was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on National Sports Day (August 29). “I was very ..