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Sniffer Dogs to hunt Drugs, Drones to scan rooftops and 131 police checking points

The City police have put in place a high-tech security plan for New Year’s Eve to ensure safe and peaceful celebrations. Sniffer dogs will be used to hunt down drug consumption on city roads, while drones will scan rooftops and isolated areas to prevent illegal activities. In addition, police will set up checking and nakabandi at 131 points across the city to keep strict watch on drunk driving and maintain law and order throughout the night. Around 2,500 policemen, from police constables to the Police Commissioner , will be deployed on city roads to ensure public safety and prevent any untoward incidents during the celebrations. Sniffer dogs to check drug consumption Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr Ravinder Kumar Singal said that rising drug consumption has been taken very seriously. To curb this menace, the police will use sniffer dogs to check vehicles on city roads. Three special dog squads will be deployed to detect drug use. “These dogs are trained to identify all kinds of narc...

Nitin Gadkari declared assests worth Rs 24.12 crore

Union Minister and BJP’s candidate for Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Nitin Gadkari declared his assets including 29 acres of agriculture land at Dhapewada, ancestral house at Mahal, a flat at MLA society in Worli (Mumbai) and jewellery worth over Rs 53 lakh. Collective value of Nitin Gadakri’s movable and immovable assets, as per the affidavit, is Rs 25,12,35,649.  According to affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers here today, Gadkari revealed movable assets worth Rs 69,38,691 in his name, Rs 91,99,160 in his wife’s name and Rs 66,07,924 in Hindu Undivided Family (HUF). While immovable assets worth Rs 6,95,98,325 are registered in the names of Nitin Gadkari, while assets worth Rs 6,48,60,325 are registered in the name of his wife Kanchan and those worth Rs 9,40,31,224 are registered in the name of HUF. The HUF is taxed separately from its members. A total 15 acres of agriculture land is registered in the name of Kanchan Gadkari at Gadkari’s native village Dhapewada anot...

Nana Patole owns property worth Rs 1.78 crore

Former MP and Congress candidate for Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Nana Patole declared his assets including immovable property worth Rs 96,17,183 and movable property worth Rs 82,75,000 including 20 acre land in Bhandara district.  Patole on Monday filed nomination papers before Returning Officer. As per the affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers, Patole claimed to have movable property worth Rs 68.71 lakh in his name while property worth Rs 23.64 lakh is registered in his wife’s name. Movable property of Rs 4.11 lakh is registered in the name of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF).  Patole is the owner of immovable property worth Rs 41.75 lakh while property worth Rs 41 lakh is registered in his wife’s name. He has shown earning of Rs 5.67 lakh in the financial year 2017-18, while his wife file income tax return of Rs 4.40 lakh for the corresponding period while and Rs 4.01 lakh income was shown against HUF.  Patole owns two flats at Renge Nagar in Bhamati area of...

Last day of nomination : 48 candidates file papers for Nagpur, 24 for Ramtek

After a heavy rush of nominations for Nagpur and Ramtek Lok Sabha seat, the process came to an end on Monday, with 48 nomination for Nagpur and 24 for Ramtek Lok Sabha seats. A total of 34 nomination papers were filed for Nagpur and  22 were filed for Ramtek on the last day. District Collector and Returning Officer (RO) Ashwin Mudgal informed The Hitavada that all the nomination papers with affidavits and required documents were accepted on the last day. Scrutiny of the documents will be carried out on Tuesday at 11 am, he informed.  Prominent candidates including Nitin Gadkari, Nana Patole, Krupal Tumane and Kishor Gajbhiye filed nomination papers amid huge fanfare. A large number of police personnel were deployed near the District Collectorate office since morning hours. However, not a single untoward incident occurred during the process.  Sagar alias Manhohar Dabrase and Kiran Rodge have filed nomination papers for Nagpur and Ramtek Lok Sabha seats respectively ...

Local leaders demands Mukul Wasnik for Ramtek LS

Local Congress leaders from the district on Friday demanded that Congress Party should field AICC General Secretary and former Union Minister Mukul Wasnik from Lok Sabha. Addressing a press conference at Press Club, MPCC Secretary Mujib Pathan and Nana Gawande said that Wasnik stands to surely win the seat if Wasnik is fielded. “Wasnik was in constant touch with locals inspite of his loss in the last election,” said Pathan and also read out list of development works carried out by former during his regime between year 2009 and 2014. Compared to that Shiv Sena's Krupal Tumane could not bring required funds to ensure all round development of the rural belt that compromises Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency, they alleged. When asked about Rahul Gandhi’s decision that General Secretary would not contest elections, Gawande replied that they are ready to support any candidate declared by Congress but still they feel that sensing the mood of electorate Wasnik is favourite to register win.”...