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Mahatma Gandhi eyeglasses stolen from Sevagram ashram THE missing glasses of Mahatma Gandhi from Sevagram Ashram, Wardha, are providing a clear picture of the State Criminal Investigation Department’s inefficiency in cracking the theft. Three years on, since the spectacles went missing, it has remained a wild-goose chase for the CID with no breakthrough in sight. The Mahatma’s glasses went missing from the Sevagram Ashram in November 2010 and the theft came to light on June 14, 2011. The probe was handed over to the State CID. Since then the department is groping in dark with no results. Additional Superintendent of Police (CID) Ratan Singh Yadav has maintained that the CID was still probing the case. Till date the department has managed to seize a laptop from a woman inmate of the Ashram but yet to study the contents on the hard disk. The woman got the laptop as a gift from someone. During investigation cops found that an important file had been deleted. They sent hard dis...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan lighting traditional lamp to inaugurate booth level agents convention of Ramtek parliamentary constituency as (L to R) Shivajirao Moghe, Sunita Gawande, Ranjit Deshmukh, Mohan Prakash, Manikrao Thakre, Mukul Wasnik, Rajendra Mulak and Subhodh Mohite looks on. Top Congress leadership led by CM, parety in-charge Mohan Prakash kick-starts Mukul Wasnik’s re-election campaign  By Dheeraj Fartode It rained promises on Ramtek voters today as Congress Party almost rolled out a 'red carpet,' doling out announcements with an eye on the coming general elections. Showcasing a never before seen speed in the election campaign, party drafted in all powerful men in rank and file to virtually launch re-election campaign for AICC General Secretary and former Union Minister Mukul Wasnik. Wasnik managed to wrest major concession from Maharashtra Government for his parliamentary constituency on Tuesday at the booth level agent convention. M...

Use of firearms in Nagpur As the use of firearms increased this year, the number of cases in which seizure of firearms has declined remarkably By Dheeraj Fartode Use of fire arms by goons is off late on increase in the city whose expanding horizon has already giving sleepless night to police machinery. Some days back, two rounds were fired at a restaurant in North Nagpur, while just last night a gang of thugs fired upon their rival in busy Central Avenue. So openly these country made pistols are being brandished or used, now one shudders to shape of things in the future. What is more appalling is that while crime graph on use of guns shows increase, the corresponding seizure fails to keep pace with the earlier figure. Though top police bosses admit to concern on this changing profile on crime front but then little is visible in policing to curb it growing gun culture. While it is well known that the country made revolvers are being smuggled from distance Uttar Pradesh to n...

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray wields a sword presented to him by party workers in a meeting of booth-level chiefs of the party at Ramtek on Saturday. By Dheeraj Fartode Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray said that the former should show aggression against Pakistan and China that were infiltrating the Indian territory. “Instead of expressing anger over Members of Parliament in his speech, Prime Minister should show courage and express outrage over actions of Pakistan and China. However, he has preferred to do nothing over killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistan, and frequent incursions of China,” said Uddhav, on Saturday. He was addressing a meeting of booth-level chiefs of Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency, at a jam-packed Takkamore Hall in Ramtek. Shiv Sena group leader in Legislative Assembly Subhash Desai, former minister Gajanan Kirtikar, MLC Vinayak Raut, former MPs Prakash Jadhav, Prakash Jaisw...