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Shocker : Push to reopen Dabo Club after Christmas Night double murder

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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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Youngsters stamps its vote on election

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By Dheeraj Fartode
Youngsters who are a driving force of nation turned out in large numbers to exercise their franchise in the general elections on Thursday. Large number of youth made it a point to cast their votes. Among them many were first time voters. 
Raman Lahoti, a resident of Dhantoli, who voted first time hoped that the election would bring in a change in country. I have to voted for the party not to candidate as role of party is more important in our democracy,” he said. I have chosen my representative who has the capacity to solve problems of common man,” he said.
Another voter Sonal Lahoti, a resident of Dhantoli said that she was at Bhandara for some family reasons but drove to Nagpur for voting. One vote can bring a change in the country and that's why I have made a point to exercise my franchise, she averred. I have got inked my finger first time in the life and was little nervous during the voting, she further said. Corruption and inflation are the main issues that are plaguing our country, she added. Sheikh Ultaf, a resident of Mominpura, said that corruption, inflation, development are main challenges for which ever party comes to power and said he has voted for a candidate who he thinks has ability to solve these problems.

‘Updated’ youth flood Facebook

Social media too was in play during the voting. Many a youngsters who participated in the polling did not forget to update status on social networking sites. At the same time the selfies were on full display as the inked finger with a beaming face in background marking the updating of photo. And many others annoyed made it a point to let the world knew their rage, when they found their names missing from the voting list. More of a disappointment at not able to upload new photo on Facebook, perhaps. 
Twinkle Thakur, a resident of Koradi Road and a student of Priyadarshani Polytechnic college said that she had enrolled her name in the voters list. However she was depressed at not finding her name in final roll. It was very shocking and disappointing moment for me as I have not voted in Lok Sabha polls as yet. All my friends have updated their pictures on FB after voting,” she added. 
Another engineering student Suhas Yadav, a resident of Rameshwari, said that voting was only status updating exercise on social media for me. No one can change fate of city and I have voted to only update my profile on social media just like my friends have done, he added. 
It can be mentioned that FB walls and WhatsApp profile pictures were thronged with marked fingers on Thursday. Every voters, who have FB account, uploaded his profile picture on FB appealing others for voting. 

Nagpur Tweets tops Twitter

Social networking and microblogging site Twitter was thronged with tweets related to voting. Six out of top 10 trends were related to the election and  Nagpur was at fifth number by evening. Other election related trends-- GetInked, Power of 49, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Vote for India, ModiKiDilli, Vote4Jhadu and IamWithCongress were among top 10 trends of twitters on Thursday.

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