Staff Reporter:  If one was wondering why new Green Buses run on ethanol were not visible on city roads, here is the answer from Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC): The bus operator company Scania has taken all these buses out of the city to Bengaluru! In effect, the Orange City has lost Green Buses that were launched with much fanfare. Shivaji Jagtap, Transport Manager of NMC, told this to reporters on Tuesday in reply to a question.  The shocking part, according to him, is that Scania ..

 Principal Correspondent: CM assures personal attention in the issue; Medical Education Secretary Dr Sanjay Mukherjee would be talking to State CET Cell Commissioner  Fiasco of engineering admission continued on Tuesday, the second day of process, too. Finally, the process conducting authority State CET Cell stopped the document verification for the day. It claimed that the process would be streamlined on Wednesday but most of the parents and students who had to return home disappointed ..

 Staff Reporter: With dynastic policy being pushed into trade union, Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh (CRMS) is facing a grave crisis as more and more number of its cadres are crossing over its arch rival, the National Railway Mazdoor Union (NRMU). The happenings before the ensuing elections to The Central Railway Employees’ Co-Operative Credit Society Ltd. has created a very tight situation in the organisation that is now gearing up to fight out the slugfest.  The development that ..

Poonam Tower that has been waiting to be used for more than 20 years.   By Vikas Vaidya: It is final, now Government has started initial process of acquiring Poonam Tower, the building that stands in front of Vidhan Bhavan. The building, constructed by renowned developer N Kumar, is awaiting some movement inside it for more than 20 years and its wait is likely to end now. Earlier in 2016 one such attempt was made by the Government when Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule had ..

  By Kaushik Bhattacharya: Pre-monsoon works that should ideally get over before the onset of monsoon are yet to be completed. In fact, most such works are left midway. Every year, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) undertakes the task to de-silt and clean nullahs and sewage lines before monsoon. This year, due to model code of conduct for general elections, the work got delayed.   (1)The civic authorities are least bothered to cover up the trench before monsoon on VIP ..

 Principal Correspondent: After failing to get link through which documents are to be verified, students aspiring to get admissions to first year degree engineering had to return home disappointed on Monday. The admission process to be conducted for BE First Year began on Monday. Students were supposed to do on-line registration. After the registration, students were to visit Setu Suvidha Kendra and do the documents verification. They were supposed to do the process through a link. The scanned ..

 Staff Reporter; Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) administration has a reason to smile. For, in the year 2018-19, it has stood second in the State of Maharashtra in implementation of National Urban Livelihoood Mission (NULM), which has been re..

    By Dheeraj Fartode: To create awareness about traffic rules among college students, traffic police have decided to rate colleges in city on the basis of road discipline of its students. The police have decided to institute ‘Excellence Award for College whose students obey traffic rules’. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Traffic Gajanan Rajmane informed The Hitavada that traffic police would constitute teams to visit colleges and undertook a survey to assess ..

The residents in this part of Trimurti Nagar must be facing a lot of hardship in day-to-day life because of sewer line work that is ‘in progress’ for past over a month. The deep trench is bang in front of this house, making it impossible for the owner to even bring out his car.     By Kartik Lokhande:  The most visible indicator of development is road. If the condition of road is good, it is a positive indicator. But, if the condition of road is bad, it reflects ..

Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Sarsanghachalak, RSS, making a point about India’s success story during concluding function of third year OTC at Reshimbagh ground as other functionaries - Aniruddha Deshpande, Ram Harkare and Rajesh Loya look on.  Staff Reporter: Bhagwat was addressing concluding ceremony of Third Year Officers’ Training Course at Reshimbagh ground  Accusing West Bengal Government of taking revenge on voters for choosing to side with national interest, Dr Mohan ..

By Vikas Vaidya: Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who wrote a letter to all Village Chiefs in India appealing them to save water, CREDAI, Nagpur, biggest builders association, has decided to work extensively on rooftop water harvesting factor. In its meeting held on Saturday CREDAI has decided to form a committee that would monitor whether its members have installed rooftop water system on their buildings or not. Mahesh Sadhwani, President of Nagpur CREDAI, who himself have installed ..

 Staff Reporter and Kondhali Correspondent:  A Facebook Live video of a group of youngsters turned into a tragic film when an SUV they were travelling in somersaulted thrice before hitting a roadside tree on Nagpur-Katol Road on Sunday evening. Two brothers were killed on the spot and five injured seriously in the horrific accident. The deceased have been identified as Punkesh Chandu Patil (27) and Sanket Chandu Patil (25), both residents of Vishwakarma Nagar.   The deceased ..

 By Ajay Mardikar:  If light alone can kill bacteria upto 85%, majority of people should have been leading a healthy life. But the marketing personnel are making different claims without actually providing details of the product. The prospective..

 Staff Reporter: The aim is to generate electricity from the garbage  Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has started segregation process of garbage that dumps in Bhandewadi dumping yard to generate electricity from it. This will give a relief to all residents of nearby areas from bad smells. Residents of East Nagpur raised the issue of bad smell and other health related problems spreading due to this dumping yard. Residents took out morchas and write letters to NMC many times but ..

 Staff Reporter: Proposes to hand them over to private agencies through competitive e-tendering for a period of three years   It’s official. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has admitted that it cannot afford to run the sports complexes by itself, considering its financial health. After admitting this, it has now proposed to allow private agencies to run the complexes for a period of three years. NMC’s admission has come on record in the agenda for the general body ..

 Staff Reporter: AD-HOC District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge V M Vaidya granted ad-interim anticipatory bail Rajesh Mahaveerprasad Khare, one of the accused in the infamours Rs three crore loan fraud case of Bank of Baroda. A resident of Abhyankar Nagar, Khare (63) along with Sanjay Motumal Kukreja (44) Mahesh Udaranmal Bhateja (41) Ajay Gangadhar Sute (41), Waman Hedau (61), Dhritesh Sunil Manna (32), Ramesh Chandrabhan Lambahate (53), and Vijay Ramchandra Petkar (54) were booked ..

 Staff Reporter:  A team of women software engineers from the city has developed a unique solution for a US-based company, and has contributed to the cause of building a culture of safety and trust among women employees at workplaces. The US-based company was looking for a team of developers to build a solution to report sexual misconduct at workplaces and also a platform for employers/companies to build a culture of safety and trust. City-based Ranium Systems accepted the challenge and ..

 Staff Reporter: District Bar Association felicitates Justice Bhushan Gavai on his elevation as Supreme Court judge  “While deciding cases, judges also face challenges. But, they have to side by what is just. Justice is justice. It does not mean injustice to anyone,” said Justice Bhushan Gavai. He was responding to his felicitation by District Bar Association (DBA), in a function organised at District Court premises here on Saturday. DBA felicitated Justice Gavai on ..

Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Conservation Foundation has extended immediate help of Rs 50,000 for treatment of forest guardSpecial CorrespondentTwo elephants creating sensation in Kochinara, Satputi jungle in Korchi tehsil of Gadchiroli district two days ago have returned to the boundary of Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh on Thursday.   The elephants had migrated from Odisha to Gadchiroli via Chhattisgarh. One of the elephants tossed one forest guard Dnyaneshwar Chilamwar, Forest Guard, and grievously ..

Staff ReporterThe book ‘Creativity & Architecture -- Essays’ penned by Srishti Dokras will be launched in a programme at Maharajbagh Club at 12 noon on June 16 (Sunday). The book will be released at the hands of Prof Shirish A Deshpande, a leading architect and Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects and President of the Institute from 1992-94.   Srishti Dokras is a former student of IDEAS. She is is granddaughter of Dr V M Dokras, former Director of VNIT and President ..

Staff ReporterBig things come in small packages. This holds true in case of the ‘penny plane’ designed and flown successfully by a Nagpurian. One will be surprised to know that this ‘penny plane’ weighs only three grammes, and is rubber-powered! It was showcased in the first ultralight aeromodelling show held in the city recently.  Rajesh Joshi, expert aeromodelling instructor from Nagpur, displaying the ultralight rubber-powered ‘penny plane’.  Rajes..

 By Vikas Vaidya: Professor Harminder Singh Dua will take up the role as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, from 2021  Dr Harminder Singh Dua, a Nagpur-born and an alumnus of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has been awarded with Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) during the distribution of Queen’s Birthday Honours. The award was given to him for his services to eye healthcare, health education and to ophthalmology. Professor Dua is working ..

Operation theatre effluent (R) and quality of treated effluent after treatment.   By Ramesh Marulkar: CSIR-NEERI has successfully developed a treatment system for biomedical liquid and pathological effluents on pilot scale based on the analysis and engineering. The system is developed in order to overcome the health hazards created by disposing off blood, water, body fluid and pathological samples into drain without treatment by 96% hospitals in country. At present, biomedical ..

 Movement of trains on Nagpur-Itarsi route was affected after the generator bogie of one of the Rajdhani trains caught fire on Wednesday night. As per reports, generator in Train No. 12437 Secunderabad-New Delhi Rajdhani Express caught fire between Narkhed and Darimato station.   This was around 10 pm. The flames from the bogie spread very fast and reached upto Overhead Equipment (OHE) causing its meltdown. It aggravated already complicated situation as power in the entire stretch was ..

The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court will hear the petition, challenging the ordinance issued by Maharashtra Government that had implemented the Maratha reservation by retrospective effect will be held on Thursday. The Supreme Court had made it clear that no Maratha reservation would be applied in Post Graduate (PG) Medical admissions from this year.  After the judgment by the apex court, the Government had issued the ordinance on quota of 16% for Socially and Economically Backward Class ..

  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis takes initiative to launch 18 projects in GMCs across State Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, Secretary, Medical Education and Research, bestowed with responsibility of success of projectsBy Vikas Vaidya To improve medical treatment facilities at Government Medical Hospitals (GMCs) across Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has finalised a slew of projects. Fadnavis has announced 18 projects for State GMCs, most of which are local and need-based while ..

 Staff Reporter: Maharashtra State Cabinet on Tuesday gave approval to award the status of Self-financed University to Nagpur’s prestigious technical institution Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management (RCOEM). RCOEM has already received the status of autonomy in 2011. Status of Self-financed University has added one more feather to its cap. This is the first such institution in the region to receive this status. The new university will start functioning from the academic ..

 Staff Reporter: SENSATION prevailed at Ruikhairi in Butibori area after body of a young pregnant woman tied to cement poles was found in a well on Monday. Prima facie, police said the woman was killed by some persons at a different place and dumped the body in the well in a bid to destroy evidence. Police Inspector Sanjay Purandare of Crime Branch (Nagpur Rural) informed The Hitavada that the killers uprooted two cement poles of a fencing erected for a nearby residential lay-out and tied ..

 Apurva Pathekar Staff Reporter: Nagpur’s Apurva Pathekar stood first runner up in grand finale of Global Mr and Miss International India Universe 2019 presented by Global India Entertainment Production. It was recently held at Riva Beach Resort, Goa. Apurva Pathekar, daughter of Ganesh Prasad Pathekar and Suwarna Pathekar, completed her schooling from Centre Point School, graduated as a computer science engineer from G.H. Raisoni College and currently working as a software engineer ..

Gayatri Shaktipeeth at Jagnade Square, Nandanvan. (Above) Prakhar Pragya and Sajal Shraddha, the ‘Samadhi’ of Gurudev and Mataji. (Pics by Rajendra Diwe)  By Rajendra Diwe:  A mass campaign Gruhe Gruhe Gayatri Yadnya has been started under the aegis of Akhil Vishwa Gayatri Pariwar by Vedmata Gayatri Pariwar Trust in city  ‘Gayatri Jayanti’ is the most sacred day on which Adya Shakti Vedmata Gayatri descended on this earth to help almighty create this ..

 By Vikas Vaidya: Smarting under a massive electoral defeat in the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency less than a month ago, groups of the Congress party in the city are engaged in factional war, refusing to learn right lessons from the setback. In sharp contrast, despite their resounding victory, the BJP rank and file are engaged in a detailed analysis of what happened in the Lok Sabha contest, and how they would consolidate themselves for the ensuing elections to the Maharashtra Legislative ..

 Staff Reporter: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to respond to an application for allowing transportation of coal by road. Earlier, the NGT had passed an order on August 28, 2018 accepting a suggestion of Expert Committee that coal for thermal power plants should be transported only by railway wagon or by dedicated conveyor belt system and not by road so as to prevent sever dust pollution. ..

 Staff Reporter: The buses will ferry parents and students within campus  VNIT Alumni Association has provided a battery operated buses for use within campus for ferrying parents and students, especially girls. The EV was donated by the 1983 batch of erstwhile VRCE. Alumni was represented by Salila Deshpande-Kamat and Vandana Uddanwadikar-Warnekar during the handing over ceremony held at college held on Monday. Vishram Jamdar, Chairman, Board of Governor, VNIT, flagged off the ..

 By Ajay Mardikar:  ‘PUBG’ mobile game is the most dangerous one  There is an urgent need for starting ‘Mobile Games De-addiction Centres’. The need has been expressed by psychiatrists and psychologists, who have been getting a large number of persons, coming or brought by the parents, for addiction to mobile games. ‘PUBG’ mobile game has been considered to be the most dangerous one, a recent victim of which was reported recently. The range of ..

 Staff Reporter: supply Supply remained hampered during the months of April and May  Situation to remain same till monsoon arrives  City water supply is facing many challenges making it difficult for civic administration to ensure normal water supply. Various reasons for the situation include unavailability of raw water, wind storms causing power failures, frequent trippings and delayed monsoon. These reasons have hampered the water supply for days together in the month of ..

 By Vikas Vaidya: As some cases of people suffering from Nipah virus reported in Konkan area, a panicky got created in Nagpur also. But health department has appealed people not to get panic about Nipah because the fruit-eating bats that spread the virus are not found in Nagpur and around. Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, Deputy Director of Public Health, who is Paediatrician also told ‘The Hitavada’, “This virus transmitted through the half-eaten fruit by Bat. Since such Bats are not ..

 Volunteers of I-Clean Nagpur after conducting cleaning activity at Futala lake.   Staff Reporter: About 25 members from I-Clean Nagpur, with the help of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Kanak Resources cleaned garbage from the banks of Futala Lake, on Sunday. This is their 165th spot in the region. They collected about 27 bags full of discarded material from the spot, including plastic sachets, footwear, cloth, bottles, etc. Situated on a busy thoroughfare and main ..

 Dr Ganesh Mukkawar  By Vikas Vaidya: Dr Ganesh Mukkawar, Dean of Government Ayurved College, shared his views with ‘The Hitavada’ on the issues of admissions, performance of students, boys and girls ratio opting Ayurved, opportunities of higher learning in the field. Dr Mukkawar elaborated on why there is rise in students opting for this branch of medicine. Excerpts:  Q: What is the position of admissions in Ayurved college? A: Government Ayurved College has 100 ..

Rotary District 3030 Governor Rajiv Sharma conferring Rotary’s Vocational Excellence Award on Shivkisan Agrawal, founder Chairman, Haldiram Group, as Rajesh Vywahare, President Enclave Chair, looks on. (Pic by Satish Raut)   Staff Reporter: Rotary International District 3030 confers Vocational Excellence Award on Agrawal in recognition of his service to society and pioneering achievements in business  Vision and ambition go hand in hand when it comes to achieving ..

‘Decorated’ Maitreyee Ghanote (centre) with her parents, sister and a relative.  By Kaushik Bhattacharya: President of India Award, National Child Award, Savitribai Fule National Fellowship, National Kalabhushan Award, Maharashtra Bhushan, Vidarbha Ratna and many others. Yes. These are some of the achievements of Maitreyee Ghanote. Overall, she has bagged over 450 awards in different fields. Securing 99.2% marks (including external marks) in SSC Board exam is another achievement, ..

 Jubilant Kaivalya Joshi flashing victory sign.  Staff Reporter:  “Practice is the key to success. No matter how much you study, you can not score well in board exam until and unless you have not practised with pen and paper before appearing for the exam,” said Kaivalya Joshi. With 98.2% marks, Kaivalya finished probable second topper from city. Kaivalya secured 100 marks in Sanskrit, 99 in Mathematics, 99 in Social Studies, 98 in Science and 95 in English. A student ..

Astika Majgauri along with her elated parent  Staff Reporter:  ASTIKA Majgauri, the probable topper among the disabled, has secured 85.40 per cent in the SSC. The only daughter of Dhirendra and Kunda is visually-impaired since birth. By securing very high marks, she has kindled ray of hope for her parents. She has secured 73 marks in English, 79 in Hindi-Sanskrit, 84 in Marathi, 87 in Arithmatics, 82 in Science and 80 in Social Sciences.  Astika is a student of B R Mundle School, ..

 The duo of Harish Adatiya and Nikhil Sawansukha of Nagpur, who have come up with a real time child tracking device, PugMarg.   By Farina Sailm Quraishi:  Parenting nowadays comes with a wide array of challenges and difficulties. The toughest one undoubtedly being the safety of the little ones when they’re out of sight of their parents. The countless gory and heartbreaking incidents involving children, happening with alarming frequency, do little to soothe the anxiety of ..

An alarming situation in the State of Maharashtra which has arisen due to implementation of new reservation quota, thereby increasing the percentage of reservation to 78%. To oppose it and to press the demand to find solution, Save Merit Save Nation (SMSN) on Friday took out a massive rally. Over 62 groups belonging to open caste participated in the rally. All associations came under aegis of Save Merit Save Nation to highlight their plight to public and voice their concern to policy makers and ..

“The principles of growth will have to be redefined. The earlier concept that the benefits of growth will percolate down has failed. Later, the terms like inclusive growth and now pro-poor growth have been coined. The plan, however, can be implemented properly only by removing discrimination in ownership of land, resources and industry,” said former Chairman of UGC Dr Sukhdev Thorat. Dr Thorat was speaking during a panel discussion on research report of Herambh Kulkarni ‘Daridryachi ..

The storm that hit various parts of the district on Friday, also caused damage to power supply lines in Parseoni sub-division of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). This resulted in a major power failure at Navegaon Khairy dam and Kanhan pumping station of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Owing to this, Orange City Water (OCW) officials said, citizens in Dharampeth, Laxmi Nagar, Gandhibagh, and Dhantoli Zones and area covered by Boriyapura feeder main shall ..

 By Vikas Vaidya: Government of India vows to make rural area disease-free  In an effort to boost Ayurved practice, Government of India has decided to deploy Ayurved doctors in rural area who would guide people to take home-based medicines. The idea of Government behind it is to make rural population disease-free. Initially this activity would be conducted for rural population and later on it will performed in urban areas too. Informing about this activity, Dr Ganesh Mukkawar, ..

  By Ajay Mardikar: ‘Save Merit, Save nation’, is a movement launched recently to oppose reservation beyond 50%. The reservation has crossed this limit in Maharashtra, despite restriction by the Supreme Court. The basic principle of granting reservation to backward classes, as provided in the Constitution, has been over-used by the politicians for their own benefit. The purpose of reservation, to bring the underprivileged to the main stream of life, has been defeated during ..

 By Vikas Vaidya: Panini Telang says one of the reasons likely to be Science students have to face 30 tests  Number of students opting Science after Class X or after Class XII have drastically reduced. Students opting Science in higher learning have increased but they stick to limited and top colleges only. Instead, students in large number are opting Commerce or Arts. When ‘The Hitavada’ talked to some experts in this regard they said, Commerce is providing more career ..

 Dr S S Mantha   By Vikas Vaidya:  States need Labour Management Information System to know student-course ratio, suggests Dr S S Mantha, former Chairman of AICTE  Technical institutions in India are facing the problem of seats vacancy. Barring a few top institutions, other institutes are sweating it out to get seats filled. Efforts were made by the Government and institutions to get into the crux of the problem and find solution. Previous Government in Maharashtra, ..

 By Ajay Mardikar: RTMNU releases list of scholars to get PhD, including three who had submitted their thesis in 2014  Inordinate delay in awarding doctoral degree (PhDs) has made the research of the scholars obsolete. The practice of such a delay in common in Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). On May 31, the University has issued a list of 53 persons, 52 getting PhD and one DLit. A large number of the researchers has submitted their research theses two to ..

   Staff Reporter: The following is the ad verbatim response of Maha Metro to ‘The Hitavada’ campaign about the inconvenience caused to the people on account of Metro Rail: “There have been a series of news reports in ‘The Hitavada’ related to Maha Metro Nagpur project. The stories speak about alleged huge inconvenience caused to public, because of ongoing project work. Maha Metro rebuts all claims made in the news reports. “Maha Metro lists ..

  Amravati Correspondent/ Staff Reporter; Gaurav of Nagpur tops in PCM in State in CET in SC category Vedansh from St Paul tops in PCB in city  Students of Shivaji Science, Dr Ambedkar College and St Paul School excel  Siddhesh Agrawal from Amravati is on cloud nine and has every reason to cheer. He is a second topper in State in Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET-2019) examination conducted by The State Common Entrance Cell of Maharashtra. He scored 99.98 ..

 The people participating voluntarily in ‘Save Bharatvan’ campaignsubmitting their objections to Amol Chorpagar, Garden Superintendent, in NMC on Tuesday. (Pic by Anil Futane) Staff Reporter:  As many as 60 objections were filed in one single day on Tuesday, as the people participating voluntarily in ‘Save Bharatvan’ campaign submitted their strong displeasure in writing to Garden Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). All of them objected to proposed ..

 Experts of World Record and veteran Marathi actress Varsha Usgaonkar handing over certificate of World Record to Dr Bhupesh Gadge. Also look on Dr Anil Vaidya, and Dr Pooja Gadge at Chowky village during the programme of public dedication of Shani Yantra Mandir on Monday.   Staff Reporter: ‘Shani Dham Yantra Mandir,’ coming in Chowky village will make Vidarbha region to get back its lost glory. Shani is the most powerful deity considered in astrological science and ..

 By Ajay Mardikar: Laxminarayan Institute of Technology of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, might have to wait further to fulfill its dream of becoming a deemed university. The permission of appointing 17 teachers in different grades was granted. However, five posts of professors could not be filled, as there was no applicant for the posts. LIT had advertised seven posts of professors, besides other posts of Associate Professors and Assistant Professors.  Director of ..

 Staff Reporter; Three masked robbers looted Rs 16 lakh cash from cash loaders of State Bank of India (SBI) on way to deposit the cash in Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in Katol area on Monday afternoon. Shockingly, the cash loaders were carrying such huge cash on a motorcycle. According to police, Logicash Solutions Company has been tasked by SBI for depositing cash in the ATMs.  Two employees of the company - Dhanraj Charpe and Anup Bankar - collected Rs 51 lakh cash from the Katol ..

 Staff Reporter: IN A ghastly mishap, a rashly-driven excavator crushed two youths to death and injured another seriously on Nagpur-Jabalpur Highway in Kalamna area Sunday night. Fearing public wrath, the driver of the excavator fled the spot. The deceased have been identified as Sushant Nagdevte (20), a resident of Lane No 1, Adivasi Colony, and Prithviraj Manoharrao Jadhav (21), a resident of Quarter No 5/2, Housing Board Colony, Raghuji Nagar.  Injured Shubham Gunwantrao Wagh (22), ..

 Staff Reporter:  Apart from human beings, even birds too are suffering from dehydration, thanks to mass concretisation n GMCH witnesses one death due to heatstroke  With the mercury constantly on rise, above 47 degree celsius, number of people approaching hospitals with complaint of heatstroke are rising. Every hospital has already created special wards to treat patients of heatstroke. Number of cases of dehydration, hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia being witnessed daily by several ..

AOPs in Naxal-hit districts helping school dropouts ..

The lush green Bharatvan near Bharat Nagar  Staff Reporter: Various organisations oppose the idea, say will file objections  Irrespective of the strong sentiments of the people against the proposed road through Bharat Van, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro), Nagpur, has decided to go ahead with the project. Now, based on its proposal, Garden Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has invited suggestions/objections regarding uprooting and transplantati..

 By Rajendra Diwe:   Dr Muktinder Singh ‘Veda Vaid, Suvaida Tu Pehla Rog Pahchan...’ With this quote of Saint Kabir, Dr Muktinder Singh appealed homoeopaths to work hard, believe strongly in the science of homoeopathy and apply own intellect using traditional wisdom of homoeopathy to serve mankind. “Homoeopathy is a great medical science which teaches how to treat man in disease not disease in a man,” he said. Dr Singh hails from Ludhiana in Punjab ..

 The spot where 33KV Binaki feeder was damaged by Maha Metro affecting power supply to over 30,000 consumers in September 2018. By Dheeraj Fartode: Mistakes are meant for repeating not for learning for the Maha Metro as the agency is damaging underground power networks and water supply lines every new day. Thousands of power consumers faced power outages, power supply companies lost their units, spent lakhs of rupees for repair works and million litres of water were wasted when Maha ..

 Staff Reporter: 125 crore trees to be planted along highways, says the Union Minister for Road Transport n Sets target to complete all highway projects in next three years  Nitin Gadkari, the second-term Member of Parliament from Nagpur and second-time Union Minister, got a rousing welcome on Saturday morning on his maiden arrival after swearing-in ceremony. A crowd of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers and common people welcomed him at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International ..

 Might and the Almighty: In race to transform the city into Smart City, the authorities have neglected even the God. The Hanuman temple at Ajni has become dwarf before the upcoming Metro Station.  By Vijay Phanshikar: The demure structures that house small shops on both sides of Kamptee Road between the Gaddigudam Square and the Railway Overbridge near the majestic Sikh Gurudwara seem to have no future in their present form. In the next couple of years when the Metro Route and ..

 Nanda Jichkar, Mayor; Pradeep Pohane, Chairman of Standing Committee; Virendra Kukreja, Sunil Agrawal and others along with the newly elected Zone Chairpersons.   Staff Reporter: Congress corporator Gargi Chopra becomes Chairperson of Mangalwari Zone with the support of BJP  Of a total 10 Zone Chairpersons, eight were elected unopposed and polling was held to elect Chairpersons for Ashi Nagar and Mangalwari zones. In Laxmi Nagar and Gandhibagh zones, the chiefs were ..

Special CorrespondentAs part of a larger initiative to go fully digital in order to boost forest conservation and monitor ongoing forestry activities, Forest Department launched GIS Web Portal on Friday. Sudhir Mungantiwar, Forest Minister, who also holds Finance and Planning porfolios, launched the portal during the 16th senior forest officers’ conference held in Nasik.   Sudhir Mungantiwar launching GIS Web Portral on Friday. Vikas Kharage and Dr N Rambabu look on. This ..

Our correspondent AKOT“The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and women’s wing of BJP minority cell will do all the needful to help the family members of deceased activist of BJP Minority Cell Matin Khan Patel,” assured Rida Rashid, State Chief of BJP Minority Cell, to the relatives of deceased Matin Khan Patel on Friday. She visited the family and consoled them.It may be recalled that BJP activist Matin Khan Patel was brutally murdered at Mohala village. An offense was registered against ..

Sports ReporterUNSEEDED Ridheema Sarpate stunned third seed Siya Kongre to move into the prequarter-finals of the ongoing Baidyanath Nagpur District Badminton Championship at Subhedar Hall on Friday. Ridheema created the major upset of the day defeating her rival 15-11, 6-15, 15-12 in the Under-13 girls singles category.  Hridaan Singh (top) defeated Soham Asole (left). (Moonlight)  Grishma Kshirsagar from girls singles U-17, Devesh Rana from boys singles U-15, Krisha Soni from ..

 The traffic mess at HB Town square is a regular feature as commuters coming from all directions get confused and add to the chaos. (Pic by Satish Raut) By Vikas Vaidya:  If one wants to experience biggest traffic chaos, wants to undergo lot of sufferings while moving on the road, wants to see how sweating traffic cops feel helpless, wants to notice people are nudging each other, wants to witness accidents are taking place then one must visit the stretch from Ring Road chowk to Pardi. ..

 A lot of wodden logs is put on sale in the premises of the depot.    By Ramesh Marulkar;  Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) has introduced retail sale of teak, miscellaneous wood, bamboo and poles on experimental basis at its depot at Ballarshah from last week. The materials that remained unsold in three consecutive auctions are made available for retail sale. Now, the local farmers, carpenters, people interested in using the timber/poles while constructing ..

Metro Rail at Subhash Nagar station during the first trial run in Reach-III on Thursday. (Pic by Anil Futane)  Staff Reporter: Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro), Nagpur, conducted the first trial run on Lokmanya Nagar and Subhash Nagar metro stations in Reach-III on Thursday. Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director of Maha Metro, told mediapersons that Lokmanya Nagar-Sitabuldi interchange route of Mazi Metro would be operational for public in the month of August. The ..

 Invaded: The upcoming Ujjwal Nagar station of Metro Rail on Wardha Road is eating up all available spacious front premises of a building causing great inconvenience to occupants. (Pic: Anil Futane)  By Vijay Phanshikar: Some way into the campaign to bring to people’s notice the problems they will have to face on a permanent basis, it is time for a re-look at why at all a campaign about something that cannot be wished away or erased or torn down. But as we proceeded to bring ..

  Staff Reporter; Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), on Wednesday, drew flak from Pradeep Pohane, Chairman of Standing Committee, over ‘shoddy’ implementation of pre-monsoon river cleaning exercise. He expressed displeasure over the statistics presented by the officials concerned, and pulled them up. Just a day before, on Tuesday, a meeting was chaired by Nanda Jichkar, Mayor, to take stock of the progress of river cleaning drive. The officials concerned presented the statistics ..

  Chandrapur Bureau: With women making forays into different fields and also excelling in them, they have just made another addition to the list. Now, women in Maharashtra are also serving as forest guides in tiger reserves, an area dominated by men until now. So now, next time you visit a forest, there is every likelihood that you will get a taste of this change with a female guide steering your tour through the narrow routes of the jungle and updating you with all the jungle trivia. ..

By Vikas Vaidya: Even though technology has brought about much change in overall conditions, leaders of organisations have to work hard to manage people in human values and virtues so that all are focused on the organisational goals and mission. Thus, the actual challenge is cultural in nature, stretching the leader’s ability to accommodate all kinds of people in a common frame and fulfill organisational as well as individual aspirations. But then, what are the attributes of a good leader, ..

  Staff Reporter: Regular study, hard work and sincerity are the keys to success for Kanak Gajbhiye who topped in Science stream of Class 12 examination of Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education with 94.77 per cent here on Tuesday. Kanak scored 616 marks out of 650. She secured 200 marks in Fisheries, 100 in Biology, 94 in English, 95 in Physics and 77 in Chemistry. A student of Dr Ambedkar College, Kanak, was the second topper in Class 10 with 99.2 per ..

 Staff Reporter:  In a road accident she suffered serious head injury and was in a comatose stage for six months. She recovered from coma, but her struggle continued as she was able to move only half of her body. She overcome all sufferings and made a fresh start. It is the story of Pakhi Mor who topped in Arts stream in Class 12 examination of Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) with 95.7 per cent here on Tuesday. Pakhi’s determination and ..

 Staff Reporter: In a horrifying incident, a 23-year-old youth strangled to death a 40-year-old woman with whom he had an illicit relationship for three years. After killing the woman, the youth hanged the body from a tree to create a scene of suicide. But he changed his mind and buried the body in a nullah after his friends suggested him to destroy the evidence by burying the body.  The deceased was identified as Urmila Gajanan Dharne, a resident of Nand village while the accused have ..

 Construction of bridge brought this old tree just in the middle of the road whose natural canopy people are enjoying years together. (R) Big vehicles like trucks bruise the trees injure them like this. (Pics by Vikas Vaidya) By Vikas Vaidya:  There are three trees on Katol road just adjacent to the site where the bridge being constructed by NHAI, descends. The trees on the opposite side of MOIL must be old enough, say more than 100 years  These trees are bleeding. They ..

 The Metro station before the Gandhi Putla square on Central Avenue has almost touched a building inviting any mischievous act by miscreant. (Pic by Anil Futane) By Vikas Vaidya: For how many days Nagpurians have to suffer from the mess that is created by Nagpur Metro with its unplanned construction that has dysfunctioned the road users. Treat the problem in such a way that the trouble would remain pending and people would get used to live with it without complaint, applies with all ..

Dr Anupam Agnihotri By Kaushik Bhattacharya:  Dr Anupam Agnihotri took over the charge as Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur in 2014. In a span of just five years, he has transformed the least known Central Government institution of country into a major Aluminium research and development institution of the world. Of course, the institutional process has also brought out the qualities of an institution-builder, a good team leader, ..

 Special Corresponding: The work of Gosikhurd Irrigation Project would be completed by 2020 after obtaining necessary permissions, said Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister, on Monday. He was taking a review of the works of Gosikhurd project, roads, railway, Metro and other basic facilities during a video conferencing.  Ajoy Mehta, Chief Secretary, Praveen Pardeshi, Municipal Commissioner, Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Nitin Karir, Principal Secretary, Town Planning,, Anoop Kumar, ..

  By Dheeraj Fartode: Even as new-age crime stares the society into its face, a simultaneous evolution in the ways and means of policing is making the Police force ready to tackle the challenge. Young officers inspired by the idea of professional excellence are getting ready to meet the challenges squarely on the strength of their training as well as individual efforts to stand up to the grimness and negative innovation of modern criminal methods. This revelation came across in conversation ..

 Special Correspondent: A major fire broke out in Ambazari forest, a part of urban forest falling in Hingna Forest Range, on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday, reducing grass and trees to ashes in 125.40 hectares. A forest guard on night duty noticed the raging fire from Wadi-Kamala Nagar side at 1.40 am and he immediately alerted A S Ninawe, Range Forest Officer, Hingna, about the incident. Looking at the magnitude of the fire, he also contacted phone no: 100 to give message to the ..

Krupal Tumane who got elected from Ramtek being greeted by Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray. Others look on.  By Vikas Vaidya: Krupal Tumane, a Shiv Sena candidate got elected from Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency. It is his second term. He is known for his belief in keeping low profile. He kept visiting at least four towns of Ramtek, since 2009 even though he was defeated. Being aware of the vastness of his constituency, Tumane knew his fund of Member of Parliament would not be enough ..

 As the Kriplani Chowk turning is closed for traffic, vehicle riders/drivers have to take a U-turn from an opening between metro pillars at a location near Central Prison gate, to go towards Deekshabhoomi. As the tall barricades block the sight of the traffic coming from NEERI end of Wardha Road stretch, one can often see vehicles jostling for space at this spot.  By Kartik Lokhande: Delay destroys a dream’s potential to yield desired fruits. In case of Nagpur Metro Rail ..

 Staff Reporter: SADAR Police on Saturday arrested a servant of Ashish Ranjit Deshmukh, former MLA, for stealing diamond jewellery and gold ornaments worth Rs 37.25 lakh from his ‘Barkat’ bungalow, opposite District Collectorate in Civil Lines. Quick action by the police resulted in recovery of the stolen diamond-studded jewellery and gold ornaments from the accused servant. Identified as Sagar Prakash Bawne (22), the accused is a resident of Dasra Road, near Annabhau Samaj Mandir. ..

 By Vikas Vaidya:  Prospective Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde, Naval Vice Admiral Rusi F Contractor, Khusro Faramurz Rustomji, First Chief of Border Security Force; Lt General M S Sodhi, celebrity lawyer and Former Solicitor General of India Adv Harish Salve, Air Vice Marshal Gordon Peter Douglas D’Souza, Cricket legend C K Nayudu, Jamshedji Jiji Irani, ex-Managing Director of Tata Steel; Rajkumar Hirani, Bollywood Writer and Leading Director; Akash Khurana, Indian Actor; ..

By Dheeraj Fartode: THE ambitious Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) is bearing fruits for the Maharashtra Police as all the First Investigation Reports (FIRs) are being registered on-line by the cops. Union and State governments combine have spent Rs 11,569.86 crore for the project in Maharashtra alone and a total of 21,09,585 FIRs have been registered on-line in the State since the launching of CCTNS in September 2015...

 By Sunil Deshpande DESPITE the Modi wave sweeping the entire nation, three-time Member of Parliament and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir, who has a rich political experience, tasted defeat at the hands of a relative newcomer Congress’ Suresh alias Balu Dhanorkar. Ahir’s defeat has come as a shock to senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra. The grassroots workers of the party, however, had kept their fingers crossed gauging the ..

CONNECT with common man and visibility were the key factors in Shiv Sena candidate Krupal Tumane’s huge win from the Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency for the second time. He won with a margin of 1,26,783 votes. He polled 5,97,126 votes (50.39 per cent) out of 11.84,824 total polled votes. In the last election, Tumane had defeated Congress’ former Union Minister Mukul Wasnik. In this election, Congress’ Kishor Gajbhiye polled 4,70,343 votes which is 39.69 per cent of total votes. Vote ..

Fight in Nagpur parliamentary constituency turned out to be one to one between heavyweight Nitin Gadkari and his challenger Nana Patole as from the lot of 16 about 14 candidates failed to save their deposit. Barring Patole, the other 14 candidates including that of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Wanchit Bahujan Aghadi (WBA) could not even make a splash leave alone to be counted. As per the formula, to save the deposit every contesting candidate had to poll 1/6 of total valid votes which in Nagpur was ..

 Krupal Tumane BJP candidate from Ramtek parliamentary constituency flashing victory sign at Kalamna Market Yard during counting process on Thursday. (Pic by Satish Raut) Staff Reporter: Krupal Tumane (Shiv Sena) 5,78,795       Kishor Gajbhiye Kishor Gajbhiye (Congress) 4,56,112  A comfortable victory is in sight for Krupal Tumane from Ramtek parliamentary constituency, thus unfurling Shiv Sena’s flag in Eastern Vidarbha Region. Ramtek ..

 Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis felicitating Nitin Gadkari, BJP’s winning candidate from Nagpur constituency. Maharashtra’s Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan, Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, MP Padma Shri Dr Vikas Mahatme, former Minister of State Sulekha Kumbhare, MLAs Sudhakar Deshmukh, Sameer Meghe, Sudhakar Kohale, Dr Milind Mane and others also seen. (Pic by Anil Futane)  Staff Reporter:  People voted me going beyond caste politics, says ..

 Kalamna market yard, where counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections was held throughout Thursday and well past midnight, was a centre of hectic activities. The officials and employees on counting duty were busy opening EVMs, recording number of votes polled by each candidate from Nagpur and Ramtek constituencies, submitting sheets to senior officers, and then the seniors verifying those and announcing the results after each round.  The cops on duty were keeping a tight vigil. Dr B K Upadhyay, ..

 Staff Reporter: BULLDOZED! This is the precise feeling of citizens living in Gandhi Nagar and Corporation Colony as they find themselves sandwiched between ongoing construction of Mazi Metro station. Leave alone the present, temporary discomfort to the road users on North Ambazari Road, the Metro station itself is going to be a permanent centre of disturbance as it is spilling over into internal lanes of Gandhi Nagar. Maha Metro did not have enough space on front and hence pushed the station ..

 By Sagar Mohod: After being credited with successful rollout of push-pull in locomotives, Ajni-based Electric Loco Shed (ELS) is readying for upgrading it to wireless mode. It would be done through Distributed Power Wireless Control System (DPWCS) that are being fitted in locomotives that are presented for Periodic Overhauling (PoH) at the shed. The system would enable reception of signal between through antennas fitted atop both the locomotives, akin to bluetooth system that enables paring ..

 By Kaushik Bhattacharya; State Government initiated the project in some villages of Hingna and Mauda tehsils   Following the success stories of ‘Jalayukta Shivar’ in Maharashtra, the State Government has come forward with a new technique that will help to increase the groundwater level in rural areas. The technique which depends on two concepts that is ‘Ridge to Valley Treatment’ and ‘Trap the Rains Where it Falls’, getting output in different ..

Staff Reporter:  Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC), on Wednesday, made a presentation regarding redevelopment plan of Nagpur central railway station in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). IRSDC officials including P S Uttarwar, Expert Architect; Ashwini Kumar, Executive General Manager; Paromita Roy, Deputy General Manager (Urban Designer); and Alisha Akbar, Architect, made the presentation before Abhijit Bangar, Municipal Commissioner. Pramod Gawande, Assistant Director, ..