Dabo club Nagpur Efforts to reopen the controversial Dabo Club, which was shut down for 45 days following the murder of two young men, have triggered strong anger and fear among the families of the victims. The incident took place in the early hours of December 26 last year during a Christmas party at Dabo Club. Pranav Ranavare (27) was allegedly killed after a minor dispute. His friend, Gaurav Karda (34), was badly injured in the same incident and later died during treatment. The Sonegaon police arrested six accused - Soumya Deshmukh, Mehul alias Monu Rahate, Rajiv Chawla, Abhay Jhamtani, Gappu Sharma and Tushar Nankani. All the accused are currently lodged in jail. The club is owned by Directors Devyani Vijay Wadettiwar, Karan Vikram Thakkar and Mohd Hamza Rayeen. It may be mentioned here that Dabo Club has a long history of complaints related to harassment and assaults. Police sources said repeated warnings were ignored by the management. During the investigation, it was found...
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| A view of house constructed by Indian government in Sri Lanka. |
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday happy over progress in the India Assisted Programme of Constructing/Repairing 50,000 Houses in Sri Lanka. “Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India has informed me that 10,250 houses were completed by December 2013 under the India assisted programme of building houses for internally displaced persons in the northern Province of Sri Lanka,” said Chidambaram.
Another 27,750 houses will be constructed under the same scheme. The funds are being released directly to the beneficiaries. The beneficiaries have received the installments in the accordance with the progress made by them in the construction of the houses.
He further said that 5,000 houses are being repaired with the assistance of the Government of India and 6,000 houses would be constructed through an agency, out of which 4,000 houses will be built in the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka as support for Indian-origin Tamils, primarily tea plantation workers.
Earlier, 1000 houses were constructed as part of a pilot project and the work was completed in July, 2012. Thus, there is satisfactory progress in the India assisted programme of constructing/repairing 50,000 houses, claimed Chidambaram.

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