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Dr Pravin Togadia International Working President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Dr Pravin Togadia on Friday supported Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s controversial remarks on Pakistan’s ISI fomenting terror modules using Indian Muslims. Togadia congratulated Congress Vice-President and claimed that political parties should come out of denial mode and accept the bitter reality that a section of radical Muslim youths in contact with anti-national forces. I don’t think he spoke without concrete evidence, the VHP leader stated. Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists were nabbed by police from Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and many sleeper cells were busted by security agencies all over the country, he pointed out. Togadia was talking with ‘The Hitavada’ exclusively during his two days Nagpur tour on Friday. Dr Togadia, who is known as mascot of Hindutva politics, further slammed political leaders for launching attack against Rahul instead of anti-...

A view of AC suite retiring room of Indian railway.  Book retiring of New Delhi railway, Mumbai, Chennai or 41 other station  from Nagpur  Website for online booking-- www.railtourismindia.com and www.irctc.co.in By Dheeraj Fartode Indian Railways have tapped into a new revenue source by networking its pool of retiring rooms spread across length and breath of the country for letting it out to passengers. Touted as a passenger friendly initiative, Railways have also enabled advance booking of the rooms at its 45 major stations, including Nagpur. The project was undertaken on pilot basis on Central Railway and Northern Railway during last year and after getting good response the same facility is now rolled out on pan-national basis. The booking of retiring rooms is at present has to be done from the respective stations (45). Separate arrangements for booking of retiring rooms is made at these stations and travellers after showing the confirmed or RAC ticket...

Nagpur police Commissioner of Police K K Pathak defends the new scheme saying each officer has his own policies By Dheeraj Fartode ‘Police Officer of the Month’, ‘Police Man of the Month’ and ‘Reward for Excellent Work’ were some the awards that were given in Nagpur Police Commissionerate to policemen for their outstanding performance. However after Commissioner of Police (CP) K K Pathak took over in December last the awards were withdrawn. Till Pathak, each of the Police Commissioner dutifully followed the regimen of continuing with tradition of honouring good work of police personnel from constable to Police Inspector level, also considered as field force. Former Director General of Police (DGP) Arvind Inamdar and was the one who introduced the awards system during his stint as Commissioner of Police at Nagpur Police Commissionerate. Recouting it to ‘The Hitavada’, Inamdar said the scheme was started in Nagpur city in 1992. Informing about basic concept of the scheme, ...

EGS minister Nitin Raut, SP Aarti Singh and others observing the well.   Satisfied with probe, CBI refuses to take up case again By Dheeraj Fartode A REPORT submitted by a special team of doctors has ruled out possibility of homicide in the death of three minor sisters in the sensational Murmadi case. The bodies were found in a well at Murmadi village of Bhandara district under mysterious circumstances on February 16 this year. The report is likely to put a full-stop on police investigation into the case. Moreover, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has also refused to take up the case saying investigation done by Bhandara Police were thorough and sufficient. The special team, consisting five doctors from Mumbai and a forensic expert, was constituted by Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) following a request from State Police Department to probe into the case. The team visited the spot at Murmadi in August and also studied medical r...

Maharashtra Police  By Dheeraj Fartode  After direct cash transfer scheme for LPG users implemented by Union government to reduce corruption and give direct benefits to end user, the Maharashtra police headquarters wants to introduce direct transfer in the force for police kit equipment purchasing. The move in this regard has been played by State Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Dayal. About 1.7 lakh policemen (upto head constable rank) of state will be beneficiary  to get the direct cash transfer in their bank account for purchase of police kit. Right now, the police personnel get kit from their respective central depots. Once this scheme gets nod, the police personnel can purchase their own equipments from authorised stores. “A proposal has been sent to the home ministry for approval and we are pursuing to get approval,” said DGP Sanjeev Dayal. When asked about reason for implementation of the scheme, the state DGP said that the companies, which are s...

NIMZ at Kuhi By Dheeraj Fartode  After getting approval from High Power Committee (HPC) for ambitious National Investement and Infrastructure Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) at Kuhi, District administration and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) have moved a proposal to appoint a Deputy Collector rank officer and supporting staff to acquire land required for the important project. Regional Officer of MIDC Vijay Bhakre told ‘The Hitavada’ that the HPC have given its nod in Mach 2013 for the project. “We have sent a proposal last month to state government for appointment of Deputy Collector, Tehsildar and other staff specially for land acquisition for NIMZ.” As the land acquisition is critical process and it can delay the project if special officer is not appointed for it, he said. “Actual land acquisition will start after state government gives its nod for section 6 of Land Acquisition,” he added. According to old-timers, for Butibori MIDC and MIHAN, the land...

Crime against women in Nagpur Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ District Rape Molestation 2011 2012 2013         2011 2012 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nagpur Rural 44 29 58 65 82 107 Wardha 34 40 51 88 93 149 Chandrapur 56 47 74 108 119 135 Bhandara 22 26 33 29 36 63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 156 142 216 290 330 454 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Data for the year 2013 is up to September) Cops attribute increase in number...

ADG T S Bhal ADG T S Bhal cautions passengers not to blindly trust unknown co-passengers  By Dheeraj Fartode  Next time, when you are travelling by train, don’t blindly trust your unknown hi-tech co-passenger and be alert while befriending such a person. For, recent spate of thefts and other crimes in running trains were committed by very attractive looking, smart and suave persons who pose as genuine passenger to win the trust of their unsuspecting victim. Revealing this modus operandi of this new breed of great railway robbers, Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Government Railway Police (GRP) T S Bhal has urged passengers never to lower their guard while travelling. During an exclusive interview with The Hitavada, Bhal confirmed that growing incidents of on-board crime are executed by very decent looking criminals, with no past record. Often they purchase valid tickets of AC compartments, apparently using fake or fabricated id documents and win the...

Chief minsiter Prithviraj Chavan, union minister Kamal Nath, Guardian minister Shivajirao Moghe, State EGS minister Nitin Raut,  minister of state for energy Rajendra Mulak, state Minister of PWD Ranjit Kamble, state minister for road transport Sachin Ahir, MLA Sunil Kedar and looks on after inauguration of modernised border check post at National Highway no 69 on Tuesday. By Dheeraj Fartode Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated border check post (BCP) at Khursdapar, near Saoner on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh Border on Tuesday. State exchequer will get 100 per cent revenue as modernised check post will end tax evasion, said Chavan while speaking at the programme. Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) had launched expansion and modernisation of 22 border check posts in the state in 2008. The MSRDC have categorised the BCP into major, big, medium and small according to goods and passenger traffic and spent Rs 1,000 crore. Chavan further said that t...

MSEDCL favours Baramati over Vidarbha  Baramati Zone comprising three districts has got more funds than Vidarbha region comprising three zones covering 11 districts  By Dheeraj Fartode  Though the State Government is talking about ‘Advantage Vidarbha’ to attract investment to Vidarbha region, it appears to have been depriving the region of power distribution infrastructure. According to official data of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), under Phase-II of infrastructure development programme, projects worth Rs 955 crore have been sanctioned in Baramati zone alone while Vidarbha region comprising three zones has got projects worth Rs 879.2 crore only! Nagpur Urban Zone figures at second position from the bottom in the list of 14 zones of MSEDCL, as far as cost of projects approved for it under the programme is concerned. Interestingly, MSEDCL officials, say that the approvals are based on perception of forthcoming growth o...