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The scramble by millions of panicked Indians to exchange banned currency or deposit them turned tragic when a bank employee of State Bank of India (SBI) Nagpur Branch died due to cardiac arrest in the bank on Friday afternoon.  The nationwide toll due to various reasons related to demonetisation reached to 31. According to police, Rampantula Venkatesh Rajesh (51) was busy doing cash works in the bank when he suffered a cardiac arrest at around 11.45 am.  He started sweating profusely and soon collapsed in the bank. Employees and customers panicked after the incident and offered water to him. As R V Rajesh was not responding, the bank employees rushed him to Wockhardt Hospital where the attending doctors tried hard to revive him. He was declared dead after all efforts failed. R V Rajesh was an ex-serviceman working as the customer service assistant at SBI Nagpur’s Gandhi Nagar branch. The demonetization move of the Narendra Modi government created chaos across t...

Hearing petitions challenging the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes the Apex court of India warned that this is very serious. People have become frantic, people are affected. There may be riots. The bench led by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur, and comprising Justice Anil R Dave asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi if there was a problem with printing new notes. The CJI then countered it by saying that there was difficulty and suffering and the government cannot dispute that. The apex court took exception to the government's decision to reduce the exchange limit to Rs 2000. The Attorney General told the court that any case relating to demonetisation should be heard by the apex court only and High Courts should not be allowed to hear such petitions.  "People have the right to approach courts. We cannot shut our doors to the people. If we shut them from going to the High Court, how can we know the magnitude of the problem," said CJI Thakur Rejecting this...

Cash worth over Rs 91 lakh belonging to Lokmangal Group of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s MLA and Cooperative minister in the state government Subhash Deshmukh, was seized by the squad of Osmanabad municipality on Wednesday. The cash reportedly comprised of the now-invalid tender of Rs 1000. After news of seizure of notes spread in the Maharashtra, the opposition united and launched salvo at the government for indulging in corruption. The opposition demanded immediate action against Deshmukh as the vehicle belongs to Deshmukh, said spokesperson of Congress Party.  The opposition has also sought an enquiry by Income Tax department into bank transactions of state BJP leaders to "unearth black money". When our reporter contacted Deshumukh, he was not reachable. His assistant claimed that the minister is out of town. "(Recovery of cash) proves that BJP leaders are in the possession of black money. Since the government has launched a campaign against black money...

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-Chairperson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called on the Union Home Rajnath Singh on Thursday. During the discussion, Rajnath Singh invited Bill Gates to support Skill India programme and give a major push to skill upgradation of workers in India’s agriculture sector. Commending the welfare schemes being run by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in India, Rajnath Singh said after the success of the Foundation’s ‘Ananya’ Child Care and Maternal Health programme in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, this scheme should also be implemented in Chhattisgah, Jharkhand and Odisha where there is a large tribal population. He also lauded the Foundation’s ‘Awahan’ initiative which has helped reduce the spread of HIV infection across India. Rajnath Singh said the Union Government has laid stress on the JAM (Jan Dhan Accounts, Aadhar Number and Mobile Governance) platform and hoped Mr. Gates’ Potential Digital Financial Inclusion Models ca...

Indo-China joint military exercise Earlier on 15 November, the Chinese contingent from the 13 Group Army, Chengdu Military Region comprising of one Infantry Company along with supporting staff landed at the Lohegaon airfield in two IL- 76 Aircrafts from China With an aim to enhace confidence and trust between Armies of India and China, an opening ceremony of sixth India China Joint Training Exercise “Hand – in – Hand 2016” was held at the parade ground in Aundh Military Camp, Pune on Wednesday.  The Opening Ceremony was followed by both the contingents displaying their weapons which included assault rifles, grenade launchers and other sophisticated equipment. The Ceremony concluded with an enthralling and mesmerising display of India martial arts of Kalyaripattu, Khukri dance and Malkhamb by soldiers of Indian Army and a massed martial arts display by the Chinese contingent. The exercise will terminate on 27 Nov 2016. Earlier on 15 November, the Chinese contingent f...

Representational picture The decision of demonetisation of notes hits back BJP, farmers are angry over non-availability of currency in the market after 10 days Farmers are angry over Prime Minister Narendra led NDA government and it has been proved in the first polls since the government’s decision of dmonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes last week. The BJP took a major hit in an election for a crucial local agricultural body in Maharashtra and lost all 17 seats in the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) elections to members from Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP), Shiv Sena, Congress and the NCP alliance. According to information, the PWP swept 15 seats while its allies, Shiv Sena and Congress took one seat each. First time after a gap of about 25 years, the Congress party secured a seat in the Panvel APMC polls.  The victory celebrations on Monday took a violent turn when PWP and Congress supporters allegedly began pelting ...

Indian Railway The insurance cover will cover all reserved classes (SL, 1AC, 2AC, 3AC) and trains except passenger trains & Sub-Urban trains for tickets booked online on the IRCTC website Indian Railway has launched an optional “Travel Insurance Scheme” on a pilot basis for from September1, 2016 for the railway passengers who book e-ticket through official website of Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).  Under the scheme reserved passengers who expire or are disabled permanently or partially due to train accident and untoward incidents during train journey will be entitled to sum assured.  Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday informed that passenger would be entitled for Rs 10 lakh insurance claim in case of Death. For permanent total disability and permanent partial disability passenger will get Rs 10 Lakh and Rs 7.5 Lakh. Hospitalization Expenses for injury is Rs two ...

UAV Rustom-2  Rustam-II is a multi-mission UAV is being developed to carry out the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) roles for the three Armed Forces with an endurance of 24 hours India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday conducted successful maidan flight of indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) TAPAS 201 -- RUSTOM – 2, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV. Rustom-2  The test flight took place from Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, 250 km from Bangalore which is a newly developed flight test range for the testing of UAVs and manned aircraft. The flight accomplished the main objectives of proving the flying platform, such as take-off, bank, level flight and landing etc. TAPAS 201, the MALE UAV has been designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the Bangalore-based premier lab of DRDO with HAL-BEL as the production Partners. The UAV weighing two tonnes w...

Cops are reluctant to file mobile theft cases Citizens of Nagpur have lost 30,946 mobile phones in last six years though officially only 1,300 have been registered as being stolen by unknown thieves. The statistics indicate growing trend of mobile thefts and missing cases across the city over the past five years.  In response to an RTI application filed by The Hitavada, Nagpur Police have furnished statistics of mobile missing cases and theft cases which reveals machinery’s approach to not recognise mobile loss as theft and merely record it as a missing case. Many police stations have not filed a single mobile missing or mobile theft cases “some” years. mobile theft The cumulative statistics of Nagpur Commissionerate since year 2010 stated that total 29,646 mobile phones were stolen in six years and, 1,300 mobile theft cases were reported in the city.  In the year 2010, Nagpur police registered 2,988 mobile missing cases and 135 mobile theft cases. In the yea...

Ambazari Police of Nagpur police on Sunday night conducted a raid at a posh apartment in Hill Top area and recovered huge cash worth Rs 1.87 crore from four persons.  The money stashed in a purple colour travel bag was then seized and taken to Ambazari Police Station along with four persons. The four persons are identified as Dipak Sayanarayan Agrawal, a resident of Telephone Exchange square, Opposite Rahate surgical hospital, Arvind Ambadas Gavai, Aniket Mohandas Kumbhre and Mayank Kumar Mulchand Shivhare. Nagpur police with seized cash.  The cops used counting machine to ascertain exact value of the cash seized. As per preliminary report the cops 172 bundles of Rs 1,000 notes (total Rs 1.72 crore) and 31 bundles of Rs 5000 note (Rs 15.50 lakh). The Income Tax Department has been alerted about the action and has been requested to initiated appropriate action. Nagpur police with seized Rs 1.87 crore. Acting on tip-off, a team of Ambazari Police ...

Adopting a novel modus operandi, these brokers were ready to launder black money Two days after Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 rupee notes were withdrawn as part of anti-corruption measures, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted sweeping raids at Nagpur and Raipur to prevent laundering of black money using foreign currency exchange route.  A senior officer of Enforcement Directorate told The Hitavada that full fledged drive has been carried out in Nagpur at three places. The team visited foreign exchange outlets and also an establishment of a businessman in city. “Verifying documents of “money exchange” to prevent mischief by foreign exchange broker was the main reason behind the raids,” said the officer.  Enforcement Directorate Apart from Nagpur, the ED officials also conducted raids at three places in Chhattisgarh. Verification of documentation was continued till late evening. Sources informed that the ED had information that some foreign exchange brokers we...

Rs 200 Anil Bokil , one of the key member of Arthakranti Sansthan was given time to share to PM Modi. He was given 9min for sharing but Mr Modi heard him for 2 hrs. The fundamental framework had been patented by the Same than, but I personally feel the Sansthan should gift the proposal to India. Arthakranti Proposal What is Arthakranti Proposal and who has given the proposal? “Arthakranti Proposal” has been given by a Pune (Maharashtra) based “Arthakranti Sansthan” which is an Economic Advisory body constituted by a group of Chartered Accountants and Engineers. The fundamental framework has been patented by the Sansthan. Arthakranti Proposal is an effective and guaranteed solution of Black Money Generation, Price rise and Inflation, Corruption, Fiscal Deficit, Unemployment, Ransom, GDP and industrial growth, terrorism and good governance. What is in the Proposal ? “Arthakranti Proposal has FIVE point of actions simultaneously. (1) Scrap all 56 Taxes inclu...

Two elderly women duped at Jaripatka and Rana Pratap Nagar area By Dheeraj Fartode Menace of fake cops is increasing day by day as cops have failed to trace the gangs which are operating without any fear of law in broad day light and targeting hapless senior citizens, especially women. On Sunday morning, two more incidents of fake cops cheating unsuspecting people were reported in the city.  In first incident, two men posing as cops hoodwinked a 68-year-old woman and forced her to part with ornaments worth Rs 1.10 lakh in Jaripatka area. The crime took place at around 8 am when Pumpibai Devandas Jhombani was going to her home situated at Plot No. 127, Bhim chowk. Posing as cops, a 60-year-old man approached Pumpibai and told her that his senior police officer is standing near a tree. “Let’s go there and talk with him,” the man told the woman.  As Pumpibai met the so called police officer, he showed her a picture of criminal and told her that this is photo ...

By Dheeraj Fartode  Special Inspector General of Police (SPL IGP) Amravati Range Vitthal Jadhav who sent shock waves across the Maharashtra on Monday and became incommunicado last night, finally got in touch with higher-ups on Monday and interacted with Director General of Police (DGP) Satish Mathur on telephone. However, he did not “acknowledged” the suicide threat which he sent on Sunday night to an Additional Director General of Police (ADG) and many politicians and a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.  A senior police officer informed The Hitavada that IGP Jadhav realised the serious implications of the message after he came out from a “condition” on Monday morning. He attended office on Monday but did not meet any visitors. This suicide note episode and the manner in which officer later refused to acknowledge the threat has also raised a big questionmark over leadership qualities and behavioural pattern of senior police officers assigned with sensitive tasks and ...

The chips can be located even if they are ‘120 meters’ below ground level After banning old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will introduce new Rs 2,000 notes loaded with nano-GPS chips (NGC) which will enable the Governement to easily track these notes which will help to controll black money transactions. Rs 2000 note embeded with NGC According to information, the NGC chips are actually signal-reflectors which would be track by satellites. The chips can be located even if they are ‘120 meters’ below ground level. The logic is that, the satellites will track heavy accumulation of such NGC enabled notes, and will take immediate action to track and seize such money (assuming they are black money).  World’s smallest fully integrated GPS receiver has been developed by OriginGPS Nano Spider, which measures 4x4x2.1mm.  Comparably, this device is smaller than a pencil lead, and can open a new avenue of wearable devices – now this chip can tr...

Jio customers facing call dropping, slow internet, network dropping and call congestion issues since the network was launched Recent reports suggest that Reliance Jio will extend the offer for even more time. Ever since its launch Reliance Jio has been offering its services completely free as part of its Welcome Offer to test out the network and this offer was supposed to end on December 31, 2016, but the company management have decided to extend the offer for three months. Reliance Jio welcome offer Sources close to Reliance Jio management informed that Jio management is not fully satisfied with the quality of service. Many customers are facing call dropping, slow internet, network dropping and call congestion issues since the network was launched. Despite of taking efforts, the issues are not yet solved. Hence, the management do not wants to commercially launch the network cause it would be a jolt for the company as millions of customers could stop using services of...

Suicide note by Amravati Range IG goes viral DGP Mathur dismisses threat as over-reaction  A wave of sensation spread in Maharashtra Police on Sunday night after “ a suicide note” of Special Inspector General (SPL IGP) Amravati Range, Vitthal Jadhav, was widely circulated on social media. This suicide note has also raised a big questionmark over leadership qualities and behavioural pattern of senior police officers assigned with sensitive tasks and supervisory duties.  The suicide note reads thus– “From Mpsc Cadre and unfortunately Maratha You@Hon Dgp Sir Targettimg Me, I Will Sucicidede &You & Hon. DGP Will be Responsible, I CCant Bear Ur & Hon DGP'S Humilation Hence Forth.Before I Commit succidee  I will disclose Every Thingto Press And My Family Members IG Amravati”. IGP Vitthal Jadhav IGP Jadhav sent the note to some police officers on WhatsApp and the officers further forwarded it to Director General of Police (DGP) Satish Mathur...

Sabaash Naidu or Shabhash Kndu Sabaash Naidu or Shabhash Kundu (in Hindi), is an upcoming Indian trilingual spy comedy-adventure film written, co-produced and directed by Kamal Haasan. Starring Haasan in the lead, he will reprise the role of Balram Naidu (RAW Officer), a spin off of one of the characters which he played in Dasavathaaram (2008). The film also stars his daughter Shruti Haasan and Ramya Krishnan in major roles. Being shot in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages simultaneously, film's Principal photography commenced in June 2016 at Los Angeles, United States. Music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja while Jaya Krishna Gummadi handles the cinematography. The film was to be directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar whose debut directorial was a Kamal Haasan starrer Chanakyan released in 1989, but Kumar felt ill on the fourth day of the schedule and Haasan had to direct a song to avoid the delay, and later officially took over as the director as Kumar was diagnosed with Lyme disease....

#KoffeeWithSRK SRK Special : 30 cups of black coffee everyday!! Kofee with SRK  Happy Birthday “King Khan” SRK! Yes our SRK turned 51 and he is having around 30 cups of black coffee everyday. He did not drink water--- Its coffee which he drinks like water. He works tirelessly 24X7 only to touch millions of hearts. He is “Badshaha” of bollywood since last three decades!! But, still he works hard. He loves food, he eat anything that is given to him. He mostly preferred home-cooked food. We all knows -- how much SRK care for his children -- his favorite restaurant is McDonald’s because his kids like it. Kofee with Karan Koffee with Karan The first episode of Koffee with Karan will see the Baadshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan and rising star Alia Bhatt brew a storm on the Koffee couch. #KoffeeWithSRK SRK Special : 30 cups of black coffee everyday!!