With the seizure of 28 illegal fire-arms and 57 cartridges, registration of 4,712 liquor cases, and a sharp rise to 862 NDPS cases , the Nagpur Rural Police delivered one of their toughest crackdowns on crime in 2025. Along with this, preventive action was taken against 2,178 accused involved in illegal activities. Large-scale operations against crime and unlawful businesses led to seizures worth Rs 7.7 crore by the police during the year. Preventive action against 1,496 According to official records, preventive action under Section 126 of the BNSS increased sharply from 569 cases in 2024 to 1,496 cases in 2025 which marked a 163 per cent rise. Preventive actions under Section 129 BNSS also increased from 1,644 cases to 1,965 cases. Violations of preventive bonds rose from 85 cases in 2024 to 201 cases in 2025, and fines recovered through courts jumped from Rs 11,600 to Rs 23,66,200. The number of externed accused increased from 42 to 106, while detentions under the...
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Three-day polling to choose the representative union completed on Saturday
By Dheeraj Fartode
Nearly 86.54 percent voting in Central Railway (CR), Nagpur Division and 89.43 percent in South Eastern Central Railway (SECR), Nagpur Division have recorded at the end of three-day polling to choose the representative union.
Polling began on Thursday amidst tight security of Railway Protection Force. According to the election officials voting has been conducted peacefully and no incident of violence has been reported till date. The fate of organisations will be decided on May 2.
At Nagpur level, there are two division that lies in two Zone, Central and SECR. At Central Railway, the AIRF affiliated National Railway Mazdoor Union (NRMU) and NFIR affiliated Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh (CRMS) were in the prestigious battle. Both unions were challenged by three more players, one is Madhya Railway Kamgar Sangh (MRKS), Rail Kamgar Sena (RKS) and Maharashtra Navnirman Rail Kamgar Sena (MNRKS). At SECR, South East Central Railway Mens Union (SECRMU), South East Central Railway Mazdoor Congress (SECRMC) and Daskhin Purva Madhya Railway Mazdoor Sangh (DPMRMS) are in battle. The Men's Union had getting support from Rail Kamgar Sena (RKS).
The counting of votes and deceleration of results in on May 2 and recognition is on Zonal basis. Any union which bags 35 per cent of valid polled votes would be automatically declared winner. For second place, in case the union fails to win 35 per cent vote, the criteria is, the union must bag 30 per cent of total electoral votes, which is quite a huge task.
A voted ballot missed during the polling
A secret ballot was missed during polling at polling station Railway Institute of Central Railway, Wardha on Saturday. The incidence created chaos among workers of unions.
Sources said that an employee took away a voted secret ballot along with him and submitted at evening hours.
However, Senior Divisional Personal Officer (Sr. DPO) B K Panigrahi refused to comment on the incident and said that he have no knowledge about the incident.

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