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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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Get DPC proposals cleared before Aug 14: Moghe to administration

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By Dheeraj Fartode 
Predicting early Lok Sabha elections, Guardian Minister Shivajirao Moghe asked district administration to get proposals under district annual plan approved from District Planning Committee (DPC) before August 14. “Elections for Lok Sabha can be held anytime. Once model code of conduct comes into effect, it will not be possible to clear the proposals,” Moghe told reporters after DPC meeting held on Friday.

The meeting acquired a stormy tone for a while as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators and corporators expressed resentment over depriving Nagpur city of DPC funds. MLA Devendra Fadnavis, Krishna Khopde, Vikas Kumbhare, and corporator Sandeep Joshi demanded separate planning committee for the city. Minister of State for Finance and Planning Rajendra Mulak said that amendment to rules was needed to make a provision in this regard.

Moghe informed the reporters that district annual plan size was of Rs 175 crore. Clubbed with various sub-plans, the amount rose to Rs 330.85 crore for 2013-14. The district received Rs 234.92 crore, and only Rs 60.87 crore could be distributed so far.

District Collector Saurabh Rao told reporters that 62 per cent of crop loan was distributed to farmers so far. Crop loans of Rs 428 crore were distributed to 55,676 farmers through various banks including Rs 176 crore through Nagpur District Central Co-operative Bank, Rs 139.33 crore through nationalised banks, and Rs 13.05 crore through Rural Bank. IDBI, Dena Bank, ICICI Bank did not show keen interest in distribution of crop loan, and hence they were asked to expedite distribution of crop loan, he said. E-auction of sand ghats will start before September 1, he added.

MP Avinash Pande, Zilla Parishad chief Sandhya Gotmare, MLAs Vijay Ghodmare and Adv Ashish Jaiswal, Municipal Commissioner Shyam Wardhane, member of Vidarbha Statutory Development Board Mrinalini Fadnavis, ZP Chief Executive Officer Pradip P and others were present during the DPC meeting.

Grade ‘A’ status 
for Ganesh Tekdi, 
 Deekshabhoomi 
Guardian Minister directed Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to submit a proposal immediately for grant of Grade ‘A’ status to Ganesh Tekdi Temple and Deekshabhoomi as lakhs of people from across the country thronged these places.

Moghe flays Chaturvedi 
Guardian Minister Shivajirao Moghe, himself a Congress leader, flayed his party colleague and former minister Satish Chaturvedi for demanding replacement of Guardian Minister. “Congress high command and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan have taken decision about appointment of Guardian Minister,” Moghe said. He denied Chaturvedi’s allegation and said that 4,200 Special Executive Officers (SEO) were appointed in the district out of 7,026.

Suspend action, 
Mulak to SNDL 
Minister of State for Energy Rajendra Mulak told reporters that he had asked Spanco Nagpur Discom Limited (SNDL) to suspend action till further directions. On agricultural connections, he said that 70-80 applications were pending in Katol tehsil and these would be cleared in next 15 days.

Retired employees may get 
relief from ‘that’ GR 
Facing widespread criticism over the Government Resolution (GR) that asked retired and serving employees of Scheduled Tribes to submit caste validity certificates or lose jobs/pension benefits, the Government is mulling over exemption to retired employees. According to Social Justice Minister Shivajirao Moghe, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured to exclude retired employees from the scope of implementation of the GR.

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