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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
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Seven rounds fired at Hasanbag, goon dead, two injured

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By Dheeraj Fartode Sensation prevailed in Hasanbag area on Tuesday after property dealer, he was younger brother of notorious goon Shamsher Ali, was shot dead over a property dispute. Gaffar Ali Ramjan Ali (40) was shot from almost point blank range at his eatery located at Aurangzeb Square. The incident police said occurred at 7 pm. The shooters police said came on a two wheeler and shot Gaffar and later fled on their bike. Gaffar was involved in property dealing and sources said the shooting was fallout of a dispute over a prime piece of land. The bike-borne goons fired seven rounds that left two others injured in the attack. The accused police said used two fire arms to kill Gaffar. Police spot panchanama at tea joint where  the firing took place on Tuesday evening.  Gaffar was at his eatery when the accused arrived on mobike from his back to avoid getting detected. The accused parked their motorbike and fired rounds from point blank range. Gaffar sustaine...
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Mahagenco blames poor quality coal, shortage for low PLF

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Under fire for alleged gross inefficiency and high cost of generating power, the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited ( Mahegenco) has refuted all the allegations and claimed that it was victim of receiving inferior quality coal from coal utilities.  The poor quality of coal received, the unfair practices in sampling, the failure to supply the contracted quantity as per Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) has affected performance, Mahagenco admitted in an official release while asserting that MSPGCL’s position stands vindicated in the recent orders passed by Competition Commission of India (CCI) as well as by Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court. CCI has castigated and penalised CIL for abuse of its dominant position and imposition of unjust and unfair terms in FSA particularly in matter of sampling procedure on the customers. The CCI has ruled that CIL should modify the FSA to provide for fair and joint sampling and testing procedure and may consider sampling at unloading e...
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Book railway retiring room online now

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Indian Railways has made it possible for a passenger to reserve retiring room online sitting at his drawing room. Rooms at the originating station or at the destination station could be reserved online. Earlier, one had to avail the retiring room on reaching the destination station and it was purely dependent on availability. Then, in the next phase, Railways introduced online reservation possible wherein the passenger had to visit the nearest railway junction, where the matron of the retiring room, having the access to online reservation will block the room and give a reservation slip. Passenger will have to provide the PNR Number of his ticket and an ID proof to get the reservation done. Now, a passenger having a confirmed ticket PNR number will have to just visit www.railtourismindia.com of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and punch in his PNR number. The system will show the details of the retiring rooms available during the said journey period....
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Mahagenco files police complaint against coal washery operators

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The washery operators were engaged to wash and minimize the ash content in coal received from Western Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited  By Dheeraj Fartode Accusing coal washery operators with embezzeling 6.16 lakh metric tonne coal worth Rs 122 crore, Maharashtra State Power Generatioon Company Limited (MSPGC) has filed a complaint with Sadar police against six operators requesting to register offence against them for criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and fraud.  According to Mahagenco, the washery operators were engaged to wash and minimize the ash content in coal received from Western Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and the alleged discrepancy took place during 2009 to 2011. The contract with washery operators was terminated in August 2012 and their bank guarantee was confiscated. It was followed by long and bitter legal proceedings between Mahagenco and wa...
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Fight between AAP and NCP workers at Nagpur

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By Dheeraj Fartode Tension erupted at Jadhav square, Ganeshpeth area after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) came face to face on Saturday following AAP office ransacked at Mumbai. Ganeshpeth police detained AAP state convenor Anjali Damania and other AAP workers. The AAP alleged police action was one-sided and called the police partial. Police trying to avoid tussle between NCP  workers and AAP workers on Saturday.  Police said that some NCP workers torched statue of AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejariwal at Ganeshpeth area. AAP workers led by Damania rushed near MSRTC’s Bus Terminus, Ganeshpeth to launch ‘Jhadu Yatra’ against NCP’s move. Sensing about the AAP protest, NCP workers rushed to the spot and started sloganeering against AAP. AAP workers were too launched sloganeering against NCP.  Team of Ganeshpeth police station rushed to the spot and bundled AAP leaders in police vehicle. Sachin Somkuwar, Spokeperson of AA...
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Aam Admi Party targets Ajit Pawar over power sector bunglings

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Damania to reveal another scam today to target Ajit Pawar By Dheeraj Fartode Launching a frontal attack against Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Ajit Pawar, State convenor of Aam Admi Party (AAP) Anjali Damania on Sunday reiteratred her allegation of Rs 22,000 crore scam in Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) and also promised to reveal a mega-scam in power sector on Monday at Mumbai.  Speaking to reporters, Damania claimed that this would be one of the biggest ever scam in power sector which took place between 2009 to 2011 involving Ajit Pawar. Referring to recent complaint filed by Mahagenco with Sadar Police against six operators requesting to register offence against them for criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and fraud, Damania claimed that the complaint has endorsed their claim of mind-boggling corruption in power sector.  Refuting claim of Mahacenco that coal was unavailable for power sector, Damania said, Mahage...
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Vote for credible party, honest individuals: VHP chief

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By Dheeraj Fartode Steering clear of any political controversy International working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Dr Pravin Togadia on Sunday urged people to vote for candidates and party which has stature, credibility and morality. At the same time, he took pot-shots at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) without naming it for forgetting the core issues of Ram temple, common civil code and Article 370.   Addressing a press conference at VHP office, Dr Togadia urged people to check past performance of the parties and select only thouse who honoured their commitments. VHP has no political agenda and the organisation is not supporting anyone, he clarified.  Dr Pravin Togadia Dubbing UPA led Government as ‘biased’ on the issue of formation of Minority Development Corporation, Dr Togadia said, why the corporation was formed only for minorities while ignoring other poor and needy Indians and also criticised the government for distributing scholarship to only minori...
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