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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,...

66 candidates in fray for 17 posts of office-bearers of DBA Nagpur


The Stage is set for the elections of District Bar Association (DBA) 2022-2024 as the Election Committee on Friday approved nominations of 66 candidates for the 17 posts of office-bearers.

The authorities say, 66 nominations have been approved while one rejected for 17 posts of office-bearers including President, Vice president, General Secretary, Joint Secretary, Library-in-charge, treasurer and executive members. Canvassing will stop on December 8 at 6 pm as the election will be held on December 9 and counting on the next day. A total of 4,703 lawyers will vote in the polls.

For the post of President, Advocates Roshan Bagde, Prakash Jaiswal, Pankaj Kothari, Madan Senad and Pramod Upadhyay are in the fray. Advs Ashish Bide, Sachin Jaiswal and Manish Randive are contesing for a post of General secretary.

Nine advocates will fight for the posts of Vice-President of the bar. Advs Baig Mohd Sajjad Athualla, Chandrashekhar Dhak, Mamta Shukla, Sunil Lacharwar, Usha Gujar, Ashish Nagpure. Bipin Kumar Telgote, Shrikant Gaulkar and Shekhar Tidke are contesting for the two posts of Vice-presidents.

For two posts of Joint Secretary, Advs Sandeep Bawangade, Vasudev Kapse, Ashish Kataria, Smita Choudhary, Aparna Jha, Vishnu Pantawne, Ramesh Kapse, Manglesh Durugkar, Kumar Paunikar and Dhiraj Pazare are contesting the election.

Advs Shrikant Gawande, Shrikant Wandre and Swapnil Dubewar have locked in a triangular fight for post of treasurer.

For a post of Library-in-charge, Advs Savita Kamble, Manoj Mendhe, Pinky Jagtap and Umesh Akone are entered in the election arena.

Nomination of 33 candidates approved for nine posts of executive members. These candidates are -- Advs Shrey Bangde, Vikrant Bhoyar, Vinod ondade, Gurpreet Singh Chandok, Tejas Dadhe, Rabi Ghosh, Rekha Godbole, Jaishri Hedau, Mujtaba Hussain, Aakash Kamble, Anil Kaware, Shazad Khan, Hemant Madankar, Rajesh Manmode, Sudeep Meshram, Anuprita Mishrikotkar, Yogeshwaar Nikam, Naveed Opai, Snehal Pakhide, Sanjay Pimple, Saurabh Poddar, Manish Rai, Raunak Ranka, Hitesh Rewatkar, Fakira Sahu, Shahezad Sheikh, Ansh Singhania, Navjot Soni, Narendra Vaidhya, Jyoti Walde, Devenda Yadav and Shrikant Yedlewar. A nomination of a woman lawyer for the post of executive member was rejected by the returning officer.


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