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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

  Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...

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 on the ticket of Bahujan Wanchit Aghadi. Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Mohd Jamal Mohd Ibrahim Sheikh filed nomination for Nagpur while Subhash Gajbhiye filed papers for Ramtek. 

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Other candidates of Nagpur 

Candidates of other political parties who filed papers for Nagpur Lok Sabha area include Abdul Karim Abdul Gaffar (AIMIM), Adv. Vijaya Dilip Bagde (Ambedkarite Party of India), Vanita Jitendra Raut (Akhil Bharatiya Manavata Paksha), Yogesh Krushnrav Thakre (CPI), Khushbu Mukesh Belekar (Baliraja Party), Sahil Balchand Turkar (Bhartiya Manvadhikaar Federal Party),Gopalkumar Kashyap (Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch), Dr. Manisha Bangar (Peoples Party of India), Vitthhal Nanaji Gaikwad (Hum Bhartiya Party), Vinod Badole (Akhil Bhartiya Sarvadharma Samaj Party), Dikshita Tembhurne (Desh Janhit Party), Suresh Tatoba Mane (Bahujan Republican Socialist Party), Shridhar Salave (Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party), Asim Ali (Minorities Democratic Party), Ali Ashfaque Ahmed (Bahujan Mukti Party) and Pallavi Nandeshwar (PPI). Independent candidates for Nagpur Lok Sabha are - Adv. Ulhas Shalikaram Dupare, Dipak Laxmanrao Maske, Manoj Kothuji Bawane, Prabhakar Krushnaji Satpaise, Uday Borkar, Ruben Domnik Francis, Kartik Gendlal Doke, Sunil Kawade, Sachin Patil, Nilesh Dhoke, Sachin Somkuwar, Satish Nikhar, Anandrao khobragade, Haresh Nimje, Manohar Dabrase, Mansur Shende and Prafull Bhange. 

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Other candidates of Ramtek
Bandu Meshram (CPI), Chandrabhan Baliram Ramteke (Rashtriya Jansurajya Party),
Shailesh Janbandhu (Socialist unity Centre of India), Archana Ukey (Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party), Laxman Kanhekar (Peoples Party of India), Vinod Pati (Ambedkarite Party of India), Sandesh Bhalekar (Bahujan Mukti Party), Sachin Shende (Peoples Party of India) Deepchand Shende (Gondvana Gantantra Party) have filed nomination papers from various political parties. Ndependent candidates for Ramtek LS are Gajanan Jambhulkar, Natthu Lokhande, Sonali Ravindra Bagde, Anil Mahadeo Dhone, Kiran Premkumar Rodge, Ranjit Halke Safelkar, Gautam Shriram Wasnik, Prakash Kishan Tembhurne, Gopal Tumane, Kanteshwar Tumane and Meenatai Motghare. 
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