Nagpur : Often referred to as the king of nuts, almonds are versatile nuts that form a delicious part of our daily lives and offer natural goodness in every bite. Owing to their crunchy, scrumptious and nutritious nature, almonds can be made a part of our daily diet in various ways. A unique cookout session conducted in Nagpur helped take this idea forward, where almonds were the main ingredient involving unique snacking and festive recipes demonstrated by homemakers of the city. The session was conducted by Chef Vishnu Manohar and Nutritionist Meghana Kumare, as three homemakers from the city led the way in showcasing how almonds could be made a part of our daily diets through snacking and festival food preparations.
The interactive afternoon kickstarted with the three homemakers displaying their culinary skills by demonstrating a recipe each which featured almonds as the hero ingredient in snacking and festive recipes. While the homemakers prepared their dishes, nutritionist Meghana Kumare and Chef Vishnu Manohar shared insights into why almonds make for a healthy snack. Nutritionist Meghana Kumare highlighted that “Almonds are a powerhouse of 15 nutrients such as vitamin E, magnesium dietary fibre, protein, and more.”
Nutritionist Meghana Kumare said, “For Indian families, food comes first and we don’t usually plan our meals especially during midafternoon or early evening snacking time.
Snacking smart with almonds is a great way to lead a healthy lifestyle. Almonds have been shown to lower total and LDL cholesterol when included in a healthy diet and might help in reducing levels of heart-damaging inflammation . Not just this, a handful of almonds promotes the feeling of fullness, helping you keep hunger at bay . They are naturally high in dietary fibre and low in sugars .”
Chef Vishnu Manohar added, “With all of us becoming health conscious, we are always on the lookout for recipes with a healthy twist. Nuts like almonds are a healthy option, are also traditionally considered festive and hence can be used to prepare various snacks that you can serve during festivals.
Lok Sabha election 2019: Phase 3 voting for 117 constituencies, including 10 in Uttar Pradesh, across 15 states and a Union Territory has started. Of total 1,612 candidates in the fray this time, a total of 120 candidates are from UP only. In Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha election, BJP’s Devendra Singh Yadav and Praveen Singh Aron, who are contesting from Etah and Bareilly, respectively, are among the top three richest candidates with assets worth over 204 crore and Rs 147 crore, respectively. In UP, 24 candidates have criminal cases filed against them, of which 19 are those with serious criminal cases. There are around 46 crorepatis among 120 candidates fighting elections.
UP’s Chaudhary Basheer, who’s fighting from Firozabad constituency on IND ticket, has declared total 10 criminal cases against him, including three charges related to criminal intimidation. Javed Khan, contesting from Bareilly on IND ticket, has declared four cases of criminal intimidation. There’s one case of criminal intimidation registered against SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
BJP’s Varun Gandhi has declared assets worth over Rs 60 crore, while SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s total assets account for over Rs 20 crore. His brother, Shivpal Singh Yadav, who parted ways with SP to form his own Pragatishil Samajwadi Party, has assets worth Rs 9.9 crore. SP’s prominent leader and candidate from Rampur, Azam Khan’s assets are worth over Rs 4 crore.
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This is the first time in a Lok Sabha election that a transgender candidate has been contesting the poll. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded Chirpi Bhawani from Prayagraj. Of total 1,646 candidates fighting polls this time, only 143 are women candidates. While the BJP will defend its 62 seats in Phase 3, the Congress will do so on 16 parliamentary constituencies. This phase is particularly tough for the BJP in UP, which is being primarily held in the so-called “Yadav belt”, including constituencies like Mainpuri, Badaun and Sambhal. Other major constituencies to watch out include Rampur, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Bareilly, and Etah.
The state is primarily seeing a triangular contest between the BJP, Congress and the SP-BSP. In UP, Akhilesh Yadav’s SP is fighting the election on 37 seats while Mayawati’s BSP has fielded its candidates on 38 seats. Their ally Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal is fighting on three seats. Both SP and BSP will this time try to corner BJP by consolidating Yadav-Muslim and Dalit votes. The Congress, while part of Mahagathbandan, is fighting alone in the state.
Apart from UP, Phase 3 polling will be held in Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and Jammu and Kashmir. Phase-3 polling will witness some key contests like Azam Khan versus BJP’s Jaya Prada in Rampur, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge versus former Congress leader Umesh Jadhav, a BJP candidate in Gulbarga Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will contest against BJP’s Rajasekaran in Thiruvananthapuram. NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule is fighting against debutant Kanchan Kul, a BJP candidate from Baramati in Maharashtra.
Nagpur : A joint team of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Monday rescued more than 2,000 birds at Nagpur Railway Station. The birds were being transported to Mumbai from Howrah though Dyaneshwari Express in inhumane manner. An alert train passenger – Shubrat Das – he was travelling in 12102 Howrah-LTT Dnyaneshwari Express, noticed the love birds, white rabbits stuffed in cages and transported in SLR coach of the train. He immediately shot the video and sent it to twitter handle of Maharashtra Police which promptly alerted Nagpur Police for action. After receiving inputs from Nagpur Police, senior officials of RPF and GRP swung into action.
The staff reached Platform No. 8 when the train arrived at 5.20 pm. After discovering the birds stuffed in the cages, the cops asked officials of parcel department to unload the cages from the coach. Some animal activists who too got wind also turned up during the action. A veterinary doctors and Forest Department officials conducted health check-up of the birds and took into possession. A police official said, “When we seized the birds they were stuffed inside small cages and some of them had died due to suffocation.” The birds were being transported to Mumbai from West Bengal and collective cost of the birds is more than Rs 10 lakh.
The police seized 10 cages from the train and more than five birds were found dead in each cage. Forest officials and Animal activists will submit a detailed report to GRP and RPF on Tuesday. The officials of Parcel Department told the police officials and it is perfectly legal to transport birds on Railways. Till late in night discussions were on as to whether the birds can be impounded if they are being legally booked as luggage and carried on railways. An offence will be registered under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Sources informed that officials of Parcel Department of Railways would submit the names of the persons involved in the transportation of the birds. A team of Forest Department reached station and took custody the birds that were then taken to Seminary Hills Rescue Centre.
नागपूर : नागपूर महानगरपालिका, ग्रीन व्हिजील फाऊंडेशन आणि अर्थ डे नेटवर्क इंडिया यांच्या संयुक्त विद्यमाने वसुंधरा दिवसाच्या निमित्ताने सोमवारी (ता. २२) स्थानिक चिल्ड्रेन पार्क येथे नागरिकांशी संवाद साधण्यात आला. पोस्टर्स आणि संवादाच्या माध्यमातून पर्यावरणविषयक जनजागृती करीत आगळ्यावेगळ्या पद्धतीने वसुंधरा दिवस साजरा केला.
यावर्षी वसुंधरा दिवसाची थीम ‘प्रोटेक्ट अवर स्पेसीस’ असून याअंतर्गत ग्रीन व्हिजील पर्यावरण संस्थेच्या सदस्यांनी आकर्षक पोस्टर्स आणि विविध संदेशांच्या माध्यमातून जनजागृती केली. स्थल व जल परितंत्र आणि त्यामध्ये राहणाऱ्या सगळ्या प्रजातींच्या प्राण्यांची सध्याची परिस्थिती आणि त्यांचे संरक्षण याबद्दल नागरिकांसोबत चर्चा केली. याव्यतिरिक्त नैसर्गिक संपदांचे संरक्षण, ऊर्जा बचत, कचऱ्याचे वर्गीकरण, पर्यावरण अनुकूल जीवन शैलीला अंगिकारणे, प्लास्टिकपासून होणारे प्रदूषण व नुकसान अशा पर्यावरण संरक्षणाच्या मुद्द्यांवरही नागरिकांशी संवाद साधला.
नागपूर महानगरपालिकेचे आयुक्त अभिजीत बांगर, अतिरिक्त आयुक्त राम जोशी, अतिरिक्त आयुक्त अझीझ शेख यांच्या मार्गदर्शनात झालेल्या अभियानात धरमपेठ झोनचे झोनल आरोग्य अधिकारी दीनदयाल टेंभेकर, स्वच्छता निरीक्षक राजेंद्र शेट्टी, ग्रीन व्हिजील फाऊंडेशनचे संस्थापक कौस्तभ चॅटर्जी आणि अर्थ डे नेटवर्क इंडियातर्फे अलिकडेच नियुक्त करण्यात आलेल्या समन्वयक सुरभी जैस्वाल उपस्थित होत्या. अर्थ डे नेटवर्कच्या भारताच्या आणि दक्षिण आशियाच्या संचालक करुणा सिंह यांनी मनपा आणि ग्रीन व्हिजीलच्या कार्याची प्रशंसा करीत पर्यावरणाप्रति जागरुक असलेल्या शहरांमध्ये नागपूर एक असल्याचा गौरवोल्लेख केला.
अभियानाच्या यशस्वी आयोजनाकरिता ग्रीन व्हिजील फाऊंडेशनचे संस्थापक कौस्तभ चॅटर्जी, टीम लीडर तथा अर्थ डे नेटवर्कच्या समन्वयक सुरभी जैस्वाल, मेहुल कोसुरकर, कल्याणी वैद्य, बिष्णूदेव यादव, शीतल चौधरी, विकास यादव, कार्तिकी कावळे, दादाराव मोहोड, सारंग मोरे, रुता धर्माधिकारी, वैभव पांडे, इंद्रायणी ठाकरे, चिन्मय धिमान, प्राजक्ता पुसदकर आदींनी सहकार्य केले.
का साजरा करण्यात येतो वसुंधरा दिवस?
सन १९६९ मध्ये कॅलिफोर्नियाच्या संत बारबराच्या समुद्र किनाऱ्यावर प्रचंड प्रमाणात तेल गळती झाली. यामुळे व्यथित झालेले अमेरिकेचे पूर्व सिनेटकर गेलॉर्ड नेल्सन (Gaylord Nelson) यांनी पर्यावरण आपत्तीपासून बचावासाठी काहीतरी करण्याचे ठरविले. त्यांनी अर्थ डे नेटवर्क नावाच्या संस्थेची स्थापना केली. ज्या माध्यमातून सन १९७० मध्ये अमेरिकेत सर्वप्रथम २२ एप्रिल रोजी वसुंधरा दिवस साजरा करण्यात आला. तेव्हापासून संपूर्ण जगभरातील १९५ देशांमध्ये हा दिवस साजरा करण्यात येतो.
नागपुर : दक्षिण मध्य क्षेत्र सांस्कृतिक केंद्र द्वारा विगत वर्षों में आयोजित विविध कार्यशालाओं में निर्मित चित्रकृतियों की प्रदर्शनी एवं बिक्री का सोमवार, 22 अप्रैल को केन्द्र के निदेशक डॉ. दीपक खिरवडकर के हस्ते दीप प्रज्वलन कर शुभारंभ हुआ। इस अवसर पर उप-निदेशक मोहन पारखी, कार्यक्रम अधिकारी दीपक कुलकर्णी, गोपाल बेतावार, प्रेमस्वरूप तिवारी, श्रीकांत देसाई, गणेश थोरात उपस्थित थे। प्रदर्शनी 2 मई तक केंद्र परिसर के नीलकमल सभागृह में आयोजित की गई है। प्रदर्शनी दोपहर 12 से रात 8 बजे तक खुली रहेगी। प्रदर्शनी में समकालीन, पारंपरिक, लोक तथा आदिवासी चित्र शैलियों की आकर्षक चित्रकृतियों का समावेश है। विविध कला शैलियों की पहचान कला रसिकों को हो, इस उद्देश्य से इस प्रदर्शनी का आयोजन किया गया है। प्रदर्शनी में संपूर्ण भारत वर्ष की विविध कला शैलियों की चित्रकृतियां प्रदर्शित की गई हैं। प्रदर्शनी को कलाप्रेमियों का अच्छा प्रतिसाद मिल रहा है।
नागपुर : पर्यावरण से छेड़छाड़ मानव जीवन को भी प्रभावत करता है। पर्यावरण आैर वन्य प्राणी संरक्षण का संदेश देते हुए डॉ पंजाब राव देशमुख कृषि विद्यापीठ और महाराज बाग प्राणी संग्रहालय द्वारा महाराज बाग जू में ‘जागतिक वसंुधरा दिवस’ मनाया गया। वर्ल्ड अर्थ-डे नेटवर्क की \”प्रोटेक्ट अवर स्पीशीज थीम’ पर यह कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया। कृषि विद्यालय के विद्यार्थियों ने नुक्कड़ नाटक और म्यूजिकल चेयर रेस से पर्यावरण और वन्य प्राणी संरक्षण का संदेश दिया। इस मौके पर कृषि विद्यालय के असोसिएट डीन डॉ. डी.एम. पंचभाई और प्राणी संग्रहालय के प्रभारी अधिकारी डॉ. एस.एस. बावस्कर ने प्रदूषण के होने वाले कारण और उनके उपाय के बारे मंे जानकारी दी।
Nagpur : Across the globe AIRSWEEE (All India Road Show on Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurs, a TIE Global initiative and supported by the State US Mission in India) celebrates its third anniversary by organising a program called “Shepreneurs Pitch Fest – Perfecting your business pitches & Getting Heard!.”
Many TIE chapters across USA and India are celebrating the event. Pitching is a very important skill for any business or start-up.You are always pitching tocustomers, suppliers, investors, or even your own family! Pitching effectively takes practice.
TIE Nagpur is organizing and celebrating AIRSWEEE day, Shepreneurs Pitch Fest is a workshop with presentation of pitches to provide hands-on training to women entrepreneurs on May 1, 2019 with mentors so as to learn and practice their pitches. The workshop will up-skill your elevator pitch and let seasoned entrepreneurs give you the personalized feedback to your pitch. TIE Charter member and AIRSWEEE Director, India –Rita Aggarwal, urges women to take advantage of this event.
The event is being organised at Mimosa Hall, Chitnavis Centre from 4 pm to 7 pm. Saroj bakery, Sadar, has graciously offered to be the food partner for the event as part of their CSR. Prior registration is required and a nominal fee is being charged. Seats are limited and selection will be on first come first basis.
Nagpur : Who is suffering most because of the development works being taken up in Nagpur in a haphazard manner? The answer is ‘everybody’. Sufferings of human beings can be heard because they can raise voice. What about flora and fauna? If one takes a round of city, one would realise the manner in which civic authorities have neglected the existence of trees. The trees by the roadside are gasping for breath. Their shouts can not be heard by humans but the suffocation, they are experiencing is making them feel so uncomfortable that only death can give them freedom from that choked respiration. ‘The Hitavada’ photographers have been taking photographs of various places where no space for the trees to respire was left. Even the citizens of Nagpur are bringing such places into the notice of this newspaper. ‘The Hitavada’ extends its thanks to them for their yeoman service.
Like what the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) did near Raj Bhavan chowk, same thing can be observed on the road in front of Ravi Bhavan just close to High Court building. There are a lot of old trees. Earlier, there was soil in large quantity around these trees. When concretisation started it encroached upon the maximum part of soil with very little part of it left for the trees. Contractors after concretisation made a very meek and non-serious effort by leaving less than one foot space around already existed trees. There are big trees which require lot of space for the respiration. If adequate space is left then they don’t require watering, they can obtain water from their own resources. But it seems the authorities be it Metro, NHAI, NMC, PWD have joined hands to murder the trees collectively so that the third generation of human being also would gasp and live on the mercy of oxygen masks. The groundwater level has already gone down so no tree would be able to grow.
If we really want to do plantation then we must see that the tree should have proper growth for which access should be made clear. Water percolation should be smoothened.
Municipal Commissioner issues orders to ensure enough space around tree trunk
Taking a serious note of trees getting suffocated during construction of cement roads in Nagpur city, Abhijit Bangar, Municipal Commissioner has ordered the officers concerned to remove cement gathered close to tree trunks. He also ordered to issue notices to all authorities concerned with regards to taking necessary precautions while construction of new roads, so that trees will not get suffocated in future. NMC would be conducting a meeting on every Monday to review the situation.
नागपूर : उत्तर नागपूरातील रिपब्लिकन नगरामध्ये मिसाळ ले आऊट परिसरात डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर व महात्मा ज्योतिबा फुले यांच्या संयुक्त जयंती उत्सवाप्रसंगी राष्ट्रीय विधी विद्यापीठ,नागपूरच्या वसतिगृह अधीक्षिका श्रीमती नेहा ठोंबरे यांनी ‘क्रांतीज्योती सावित्रीबाई ‘ एकपात्री प्रयोगाचे सादरीकरण केले. या कार्यक्रमाचे आयोजन लिबर्टी क्लासेस या स्पर्धा परिक्षाचे मार्गदर्शन करणा-या संस्थेद्वारे करण्यात आले होते.
स्त्री-शिक्षणाच्या अग्रदूत असणा-या क्रांतीज्योती सावित्रीबाई फुले यांच्या महान कार्याचे दर्शन या प्रयोगाच्या माध्यमातून उपस्थितांना घडले. उत्तर नागपूरातील या मागास भागात सावित्रीबाई फुले यांच्या संदर्भात सादर होणारा हा पहीलाच नाट्यप्रयोग होता.आतापर्यंत नागपूर व इतर जिल्ह्यात विविध समाजसेवी संघटनेच्या वतीने आयोजित अनेक कार्यक्रमांमध्ये या प्रयोगाचे सादरीकरण झाले असून फुले दाम्पत्यांनी रुजवलेल्या शिक्षण व समाजपयोगी विचाराचा प्रसार नेहा ठोंबरे या नाट्यकृतीद्वारे स्वयंस्फुर्तीने करत आहेत.
रिपब्लिकन नगर येथे ‘क्रांतीज्योती सावित्रीबाई ‘ एकपात्री प्रयोगाचे सादरीकरणाप्रसंगी परिसरातील नागरिक व लिबर्टी क्लासेस नागपूरचे पदाधिकारी उपस्थित होते.
Nagpur : Katrina Kaif recently shared a picture on her Instagram and revealed that she will be starring opposite Akshay Kumar in the film Sooryavanshi, which will be directed by Rohit Shetty. In the picture, she features with Akshay Kumar, Rohit Shetty and Karan Johar and captioned it as: “Super excited to join the team of Sooryavanshi with the incredible Rohit Shetty for the first time, can’t wait to be back on set with Akshay Kumar after so long. My 1st film with Dharma Productions and Karan Johar.” She also hashtagged it saying: “Cape Of Good Films.” This lets us know that the actress in going to work with Rohit Shetty and Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions for the first time.
Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif have co-starred in films such Namaste London, Welcome, Singh is King and many more. The on-screen were last seen in the film Tees Maar Khan, which was released in the year 2010.
Director Rohit Shetty too has shared the same photo on his Instagram and wrote, “Welcome to our Cop Universe Katrina Kaif. Our Sooryavanshi Girl.” The film is the second spin-off of the movie Singham series. Sooryavanshi will be releasing next year during Eid.
Akshay Kumar had appeared in the end of the film Simmba as a cop named Sooryavanshi, which was Rohit Shetty’s quirky way revealing that Akshay Kumar will be starring in the film Sooryavanshi. The actor was recently seen in the movie Kesari, which did well in the theatres. He will also be seen in the movie Housefull 4, which is going to be directed by Farhad Samji.
Simmba not only had revealed about the movie Sooryavanshi but also gave a hint about the fifth part of the film Golmaal. Remember the song Ladki Aankh Maare featuring Kunal Kemmu, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade? Simmba was a third highest earing films of 2018.
नागपूर : चिन्नास्वामी मैदानात बेंगळुरूविरुद्ध चेन्नईला अवघ्या एका धावेनं पराभूत व्हावं लागलं. चेन्नईचा कर्णधार महेंद्रसिंग धोनीनं स्फोटक खेळी करून सगळ्यांची मनं जिंकली. संघाला विजय मिळवून देण्यात अपयशी ठरला असला तरी, त्यानं आयपीएलमध्ये एका विक्रमाला गवसणी घातली आहे. आयपीएलमध्ये त्यानं आतापर्यंत २०३ षटकार ठोकले असून, अशी कामगिरी करणारा तो पहिला भारतीय खेळाडू ठरला आहे. बेंगळुरूविरुद्धच्या लढतीत धोनीनं ४८ चेंडूंमध्ये ८४ धावांची स्फोटक खेळी केली. या तुफानी खेळीत त्यानं ७ उत्तुंग षटकार लगावले. आयपीएलमध्ये सर्वाधिक षटकार ठोकणाऱ्या फलंदाजांच्या यादीत तो २०३ षटकारांसह तिसऱ्या स्थानी पोहोचला. ख्रिस गेलनं ३२३ षटकार, तर एबी डिव्हिलियर्सनं २०४ षटकार ठोकले आहेत. आयपीएलमध्ये २०३ षटकार ठोकणारा धोनी पहिला भारतीय खेळाडू ठरला आहे. त्यानंतर चेन्नईचा सुरेश रैना आणि मुंबईच्या रोहित शर्माचा क्रमांक लागतो. या दोघांच्या नावावर प्रत्येकी १९० षटकार आहेत.
नागपूर : गेल्यावर्षी पाऊस कमी झाल्याने भूगर्भातील जलसाठा कमी झाला आहे. त्यामुळे यंदा पाण्याचे दुर्भिक्ष्य अधिक जाणवणार आहे, किंबहुना ते आत्ताच जाणवू लागले आहे. नागपूर शहराच्या आसपास असलेली गावे आणि वस्त्यांमधील पाणीटंचाई लक्षात घेता, जिल्हा परिषदेने आत्तापर्यंत एकूण १९ गावांमध्ये टँकरने पाणीपुरवठा सुरू केला आहे. या १९ गावांत दिवसभरात एकूण २४ टँकर्स पुरविले जात आहेत. याखेरीज अन्य गावांमधूनही पाणीपुरवठ्यासाठी टँकरची मागणी होत आहे. गेल्यावर्षीच्या तुलनेत यंदा दुप्पट गावांमध्ये पाणीपुरवठा करावा लागणार असल्याचा अंदाज पाणीपुरवठा विभागातर्फे व्यक्त करण्यात आला आहे.
यंदा पाणीटंचाईचे आव्हान मोठे आहे. मुळातच कंत्राटदार आणि निविदा प्रकरणांमध्ये बोअरवेलची प्रक्रिया रखडली. त्यात पदाधिकारी लोकसभा निवडणुकांमध्ये व्यस्त झाल्याने बोअरवेलची कामे सुरू होण्यास उशीर लागला. गेल्या आठवड्यात बोअरवेलची कामे सुरू झाली असून, आतापर्यंत ३० गावांमधील कामे पूर्ण झाल्याची माहिती आहे. मात्र, यंदाच्या पाणीटंचाई आराखड्यात जिल्ह्यातील ४९० गावांमध्ये ८९२ बोअरवेल बसविण्याचे उद्दिष्ट आहे. त्यामुळे हे आव्हान पूर्ण होणार का, असा प्रश्न उपस्थित झाला आहे. दरम्यान, जिल्ह्यातील एकूण १९ गावांमध्ये आत्तापर्यंत जिल्हा परिषदेतर्फे टँकरने पाणी पुरवठा सुरू करण्यात आला आहे. यात बिडगाव, लावा, सुराबर्डी, बोथली, खापा निपाणी, मोहगाव ढोले, गिदमगड, गोठणगाव, सुकळी कलार, वलनी, मौराळा, सिताखैरी, नीलडोह, कवडस, तांडा, खापरी रेल्वे, गोटाड पांजरी, पिल्कापार आणि व्याहाड या गावांचा समावेश आहे. यातील बहुतांश गावे शहरालगतची आहेत, हे विशेष. कामठी तालुक्यातील बिडगाव वगळता अन्य सगळी गावे ही हिंगणा आणि नागपूर ग्रामीण तालुक्यातील आहेत. या १९ गावांमध्ये २४ टँकरर्सद्वारे पाणी पुरवठा होत आहे. यात नीलडोह येथे सर्वाधिक ७८ फेऱ्या होत आहेत. गतवर्षी जिल्ह्यातील ३५ गावांमध्ये टँकरने पाणीपुरवठा करावा लागला होता. परंतु, यंदा पाणीटंचाई अधिक जाणवणार असल्याची पूर्ण कल्पना जिल्हा परिषद प्रशासनाला आहे. यंदा ६८ गावांना टँकरने पाणी पुरवठा करावा लागणार असल्याचा अंदाज व्यक्त केला जात आहे.
३० गावांत बोअरवेलची कामे
पाणीटंचाईची कामे यंदा विलंबाने सुरू झाली आहेत. अद्याप या कामांना म्हणावी तशी गती प्राप्त झालेली नसल्याची ओरड ग्रामीण भागातून होत आहे. यंदा पाणीटंचाई कृती आराखड्यात जिल्ह्यातील ४९० गावांमध्ये ८१२ बोअरवेल तयार करण्याचा प्रस्ताव होता. तीन टप्प्यांमध्ये बोअरवेलची कामे होणार होती. पहिल्या टप्प्यामध्ये ११३ गावांत १७३ बोअर, दुसऱ्या टप्प्यात ३०६ गावांत ५२० व तिसऱ्या टप्प्यात ७१ गावांत ११९ बोअर होणार होते. परंतु, पहिल्या दोन्ही टप्प्यांत कंत्राटदारांनी सहकार्य न केल्यामुळे बोअरवेलची कामे सुरू होण्यास विलंब झाला. टंचाईच्या कामासाठी पाणीपुरवठा विभागाला सहाव्यांदा निविदा काढावी लागली. अखेर सहाव्या निविदेत पाच कंत्राटदारांनी निविदा भरल्या आणि हे काम सुरू झाले. या कामांना सुरुवात झाली असून, हिंगणा तालुक्यात चौदा ठिकाणी बोअरवेलचे काम पूर्ण झाले आहे. सावनेर येथील चार ठिकाणी हे काम सुरू आहे. या आठवड्यात मौदा तालुक्यातील कामे सुरू झाली आहेत, अशी माहिती प्राप्त झाली. आतापर्यंत एकूण ३० गावांमधील कामे पूर्ण झाली आहे. मात्र, अद्याप ही कामे संथगतीने सुरू असून, ती युद्धपातळीवर पूर्ण करण्यात यावीत, अशी मागणी ग्रामीण भागातील जनता करीत आहे. एप्रिल महिना निम्मा उलटल्यानंतरही अनेक ठिकाणी बोअरवेलची कामे सुरू झालेली नाहीत. गेल्या आठवड्यातच ही कामे सुरू झाल्याची माहिती प्राप्त झाली आहे. त्यामुळे यंदा एप्रिल महिन्यातच पाण्याचे दुर्भिक्ष्य जाणवू लागले आहे.
दहा टक्के गावांत उपाययोजना
पाणीटंचाई कृती आराखड्यांतर्गत जिल्ह्यातील एकूण १२८४ गावांमध्ये विविध उपाययोजना आखल्या आहेत. यात विंधन विहीर, विहीर खोलीकरण, मळ काढणे इत्यादी कामांचा समावेश आहे. आतापर्यंत केवळ १३० गावांमध्ये या उपाययोजना पूर्ण झालेल्या आहेत. म्हणजेच केवळ दहा टक्के गावांत या उपाययोजना झाल्या आहेत.
Nagpur : Rahul Gandhi today expressed regret to the Supreme Court for his comments on its order on the Rafale fighter jet deal, accepting that he made them in “the heat of political campaigning” and the court “never said these words”.
“My statements were used and misused by political opponents,” he said in his statement to the Supreme Court.
Rahul Gandhi was served notice by the Supreme Court and accused of misquoting it on its Rafale order and was given a week to explain before the ruling BJP’s contempt case against him was taken up on Tuesday.
“We make it clear the statement attributed to this court in the address made by the respondent (Rahul Gandhi) to the media and public has been incorrectly attributed to this court. We make it clear this court never made such observation. We only decided on the admissibility of documents,” three judges led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said last week.
Rahul Gandhi had made the comments weeks ago in response to the Supreme Court ruling that classified documents accessed by the media can be used as evidence to consider requests to review a verdict clearing the Rafale jet deal.
“I want to thank the Supreme Court. The entire country is saying that Chowkidar chor hai (Chowkidar has committed theft). It is a day of celebration that the Supreme Court has talked about justice,” the Congress president had said in his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
The BJP accused him of putting words in the mouth of the top court and sued him for contempt.
The Supreme Court said it wanted Rahul Gandhi’s response. “We never made any such observations commented on by Rahul Gandhi,” said the court.
Nagpur : PRIYANKA Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said that she will contest the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi if the party President Rahul Gandhi asks her to do so. Speaking to media here on Sunday, Priyanka while replying to whether she will be contesting from Varanasi, said, “If the Congress President asks me to contest, I will be happy to contest.” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets family of Pulwama terror attack martyr in Wayanad: CONGRESS General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday met the family members of Pulwama terror attack martyr V V Vasant Kumar in Makkamkunnu.
The Congress leader interacted with the family members of Kumar for quite some time who lost his life in Pulwama terror attack on February 24, in which 40 CRPF jawans lost their lives after a suicide bomber of Pak-based terror outfit JeM rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy in South Kashmir. Before meeting the martyr’s family, Gandhi also expressed her condolences for the victims of serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka, which took place earlier in the day.
“People were celebrating a day of happiness, but now they are in immense grief. My condolences to all of them and support to all their families,” she said. Speaking at an election rally on Saturday in support of her brother Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, apart from Amethi in UP, Priyanka said that she had seen him from close quarters and accused the BJP of maligning his image. In Kerala, 20 LS seats are at stake. The State will go to polls on April 23 in third phase of seven-phased elections. The counting of votes will begin on May 23.
Nagpur : A STRING of eight devastating blasts, including suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 215 people and shattering a decade of peace in the island nation since the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE. The blasts – one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s history – targeted St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 AM (local time) as the Easter Sunday mass were in progress, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.
Explosions were reported from three five-star hotels – the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury in Colombo. Gunasekera confirmed 207 deaths. However, the ‘News 1st channel’ said that 215 people have died in the blasts. Director of the National Hospital Dr Anil Jasinghe identified 11 of the 27 foreign nationals killed in the coordinated attacks believed to be carried out by a single group. An Indian, two Chinese and one each from Poland, Denmark, Japan, Pakistan, America, Morocco and Bangladesh are among the dead at the National Hospital. Around 500 people, including Indians, were injured in the attacks.
No group has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks. However, most of the deadly attacks in the past in Sri Lanka were carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which ran a military campaign for a separate Tamil homeland in the northern and eastern provinces of the island nation for nearly 30 years before its collapse in 2009 after the Sri Lankan Army killed its supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. Briefing reporters, Gunasekera said the police was not able to confirm at the moment if they were all suicide attacks. He, however, said that one of the blasts at the Katuwapitiya (Negombo) church has signs of being what looked like a suicide attack. An unnamed official said a suicide bomber blew himself up at the restaurant of the Cinnamon Grand hotel.
Gunasekara said that 66 bodies were kept at the National Hospital while 260 injured were receiving treatment there and 104 bodies were placed at the Negombo Hospital and 100 injured were receiving treatment at the Hospital. Later in the day, a powerful blast in the capital’s southern suburb near the Colombo Zoo killed two persons, Gunasekera said. When a police team entered a house in the Colombo north suburb of Orugodawatta to conduct a search, a suicide bomber blew himself up causing a concrete floor of a two-storey building to crash on them, killing three policemen in the eighth blast, police said. Soon after the eighth blast, the Government imposed curfew with immediate effect. The curfew will be in force indefinitely until further notice, officials said.
State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said seven persons had been arrested in connection with the blasts. “We believe these were coordinated attacks, and one group was behind them,” Wijewardene said. President Maithripala Sirisena has appealed for calm. “I have been shocked by this totally unexpected incidents. The security forces haven been asked to take all action necessary,” Sirisena said. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe termed the blasts as “cowardly attacks” and said his Government was working to “contain the situation.” “I call upon all Sri Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong… The Government is taking immediate steps to contain this situation,” he tweeted. Security has been intensified around the religious places across the capital. The Government has temporarily blocked all social media platforms. “Horrible scenes.
I saw many body parts strewn all over,” said Harsha de Silva, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution. The Indian High Commission in Colombo said that it was closely monitoring the situation in Sri Lanka. “We are closely monitoring the situation. Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification may call the following numbers : +94777903082 +94112422788 +94112422789,” the High Commission tweeted. “In addition to the numbers given, Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification may also call the following numbers +94777902082 +94772234176,” it said. The first blasts were reported at St Anthony’s church in Colombo and St Sebastian’s Church in Negombo just outside the capital.
“A bomb attack to our church, please come and help if your family members are there,” read a post in English on the Facebook page of the St Sebastian’s Church. Images circulated on social media showed severely damaged St Sebastian’s church, with a shattered ceiling and blood on the pews. Heavy security has been deployed at the Bandaranaike International Airport. The riot police and the Special Task Force, extra police security has been deployed around the airport, state-run Daily News reported. Leave of all police personnel has been cancelled in the wake of blasts. Doctors, nurses and health officials who were on leave have been asked to report to work, Health Ministry sources said. All state Universities have been closed until further notice. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said all Easter masses in the Colombo District have been cancelled. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, under whose leadership the Lankan Army crushed the LTTE, termed the attack as “barbaric”.
“We will not tolerate such violence, such acts of terrorism, of cowardice within our borders once again,” he said. SEVERAL AMERICANS KILLED, SAYS US: Several Americans were among the 215 people killed on Sunday in a series of bombings of hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, Secretary of US State Mike Pompeo said. “While many details of the attacks are still emerging, we can confirm that several US citizens were among those killed,” he said in a statement. Earlier reports citing Sri Lankan officials said the number of dead foreigners as between 27 and 35, including Americans, British and Dutch.
Nagpur : PRIME Minister Narendra Modi called up the President and the premier of Sri Lanka and conveyed heartfelt condolences over the loss of over 207 lives in terrorist attacks in the island nation on Sunday. During his conversations with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Modi condemned the serial terrorist attacks in the strongest terms, perpetrated at sites including religious places and during a religious festival, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Describing the attacks as “cold-blooded and pre-planned barbaric acts,” Modi said these attacks were another grim reminder of the most serious challenge posed to the entire humanity by terrorism in our region and the entire world.
The Prime Minister renewed the offer of all possible help and assistance to Sri Lanka for ensuring its security against the challenges such as those posed by terrorism, the PMO statement said. He also wished the injured speedy recovery and offered any required assistance for their treatment. Condemning the blasts, Modi said there is no place for barbarism in the region and that India stands in solidarity with the people of the island nation. “Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region,” he tweeted.
“My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured,” Modi said. “Hundreds of innocent people were killed by terrorists in Sri Lanka. They were doing prayers in Church and celebrating Easter, at that time, terrorists killed scores of people including children and women. I express my condolence,” Modi said later addressing a public meeting in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh. “India is standing by Sri Lanka and is ready for any help in the time of crisis,” he said. Expressing concern over the menace of terrorism, Modi also took this opportunity to stress on voting in favour of the BJP to strengthen the fight against terrorism in India. CONG CONDEMNS BLASTS: The Congress on Sunday condemned the serial blasts at multiple locations in Sri Lanka, with party President Rahul Gandhi terming it a “diabolical act of terrorism.” “I’m saddened and disturbed by reports of multiple bomb blasts in Colombo in which hundreds have died,” Gandhi tweeted.
“I strongly condemn this diabolical act of terrorism. My condolences to the families of the victims. I pray the injured make a speedy recovery,” he said. The Congress said on its official Twitter handle, “We are deeply saddened by the terrible attacks on several churches in Sri Lanka on the holy day of Easter. We stand with the people in their time of grief and pray for their recovery.” Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik and former State Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah also condemned the attacks. Expressing shock and anguish over the blasts, Malik said it was a heinous act which attempts to spread fear and hatred.
He added that the whole world needs to stand united in the fight against terrorism. Abdullah said it was hoped that end of the war with the Tamil Tigers would also see the end of terror attacks on the Emerald Isle but sadly that hope was shattered. “While condemning these horrible attacks, designed to cause massive loss of life on a day that was to be celebrated, my prayers for the deceased and injured as also for their loved ones,” the National Conference Vice President said. Mufti said she was pained to hear about the horrific serial blasts. “The sole purpose of these barbaric acts is to create panic and hatred amongst people. It would help not to draw conclusions by floating irresponsible and baseless theories,” the PDP President tweeted.
WORLD LEADERS CONDEMN EASTER SUNDAY BOMBINGS: COUNTRIES from across the globe, including the US, the UK, Russia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh expressed shock and condemnation over the deadly blasts at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that left over 215 people dead. Dozens of foreign nationals were feared to have been killed in the near simultaneous blasts, which targeted Catholic church worshippers on Easter Sunday as well as luxury hotels in Colombo. The blasts targeted St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in the town of Negombo and another church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 am (local time) as the Easter Sunday mass were in progress. Three explosions were reported from the five-star hotels – the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury. Foreigners and locals who were injured in hotel blasts were admitted to the Colombo General Hospital. US President Donald Trump on Sunday offered ‘heartfelt condolences” to the people of Sri Lanka.
Nagpur : Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi today strongly denied allegations of sexual harassment and said the independence of the judiciary is “under threat” and it “cannot be made a scapegoat”. A special bench of the Supreme Court today called an emergency hearing after a former employee at the top court, in an affidavit to several Supreme Court judges, alleged she was sexually harassed by the chief justice.
“This is unbelievable. I don’t think I should stoop low even to deny these allegations,” the Chief Justice, who was heading the three judge bench, said during the hearing, and added he will not pass any orders and the senior most judge Arun Mishra will dictate the order.
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi alleged a conspiracy behind the allegations and said, “There has to be bigger force behind this, they want to deactivate office of Chief Justice”.
The Chief Justice said the allegations had cropped up as he is scheduled to hear important cases in the Supreme Court next week. “I will sit on this chair and discharge my judicial functions without any fear… Things have gone too far. Judiciary cannot be made a scapegoat,” he said.
Chief Justice Gogoi said since there can be no corruption allegations against him, “people have to find something and they have found this”.
“After 20 years of selfless service as judge, I have bank balance of Rs. 6.80 lakh. My peon has more money than that… Is this a reward the Chief Justice gets after 20 years,” he asked.
The Chief Justice said the woman who made the allegations against him has a criminal background and that there are two police cases against her.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the allegations appear to be a blackmail technique.
The special bench of Chief Justice Gogoi, Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna refrained from passing any judicial order “at this stage” and said they “leave it to the discretion of the media to exercise restraint and act responsibly.”
“Faith of people in judiciary will be shaken by such unscrupulous allegations,” Justice Mishra said.
The top court said further judicial orders will be passed at a later stage.
Nagpur : Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has called for large-scale electoral reforms in the country to remove poll-related malpractices and to cleanse the system.
The 81-year-old activist lamented that lack of awareness among voters and focus of political parties on winning the elections by hook or crook has led to degeneration of politics, and he saw no bright future for the country if the situation continued.
Talking to news agency at his native village in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, Mr Hazare said voters were one of the pillars of the democracy.
“But looking at the reports of cash seizure from various places during the electioneering, one wonders why voters take money to vote. Is this the value of our freedom fighters, who gave us independence?” he asked.
Mr Hazare felt that the parties’ approach of coming to power by hook or crook has resulted in criminalisation of politics. “The sanctity of Parliament and state assemblies have come under threat,” he said.
The octogenarian said he believed in the Constitution of India, in which there was no mention of election symbols and political parties.
“Any individual who is above the age of 25 can contest elections. For the last six years, I am in correspondence with the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking removal of election symbols. The Constitution of India recognises only individuals,” he said.
The veteran Gandhian said using the sacrifices of martyrs for seeking votes was saddening. “When the trend is to do anything to come to power, such misuse is seen and voters are sleeping,” he said.
He expressed sadness over not getting any response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his 32 letters written on a range of issues.
He said the appointment of Lokpal recently done by the Centre was not up to his expectations. “But, I am confident that it will put a break on corrupt practices,” Mr Hazare added.
He said he will vote on April 23, as Ahmednagar goes to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra.
“I will vote for the correct candidate or exercise the NOTA (none of the above) option,” he said.
To a question whether he was following the Lok Sabha election campaign, the activist said, “Society does not remain the focal point in politics. The only motto is to get money through power and power through money.”
Mr Hazare said instead of the election symbols, names of candidates and their photos should be enough for voting.
“In 1952, when the first (general) elections were held (in India), printing technology was not advanced and hence symbols were used. But now, you do not need symbols. This will curb the entry of undesirable people in the law-making bodies,” he said.
If the system of symbols is done away, people with good image and proven track record will get elected, he opined.
Nagpur : The Congress is expected to announce its candidates for the seven seats in Delhi, putting to end speculation of an alliance with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Congress leader PC Chacko said that the AAP was adamant that along with Delhi, the two parties should fight together in Haryana and Punjab, a demand that was not acceptable to his party.
Congress has reportedly zeroed in on seven names for all constituencies. Sheila Dikshit, who heads the party’s Delhi unit, is likely to contest from East Delhi, party sources told .
Ms Dikshit’s predecessor in the state unit, Ajay Maken, is likely to be given ticket from New Delhi. Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal is likely to be fielded from Chandi Chowk, which he represented twice earlier. The other former parliamentarians expected to contest are Mahabal Mishra, JP Agrawal, Ramesh Sharma and Rajkumar Chauhan.
Both Congress and AAP had arrived at a pact for Delhi – four seats for AAP and three for Congress, but the deal fell off after AAP insisted that have tie-ups in Haryana and Punjab.
“I had a discussion with AAP leader Sanjay Singh and we decided on a 3:4 formula. That was finally decided but then AAP was discussing some other states,” Congress leader PC Chacko said.
He claimed that Congress President Rahul Gandhi had pushed for an alliance with Arvind Kejriwal’s party despite apprehensions in its Delhi unit.
“Our party policy all over India is to fight BJP and join hands with other like-minded parties. In Delhi, despite all our reservations with AAP, we wanted to join hands to defeat BJP,” said Mr Chacko.
Attempts to stitch an alliance between AAP and the Congress started more than a month ago with a meeting at Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar’s home, where Mamata Banerjee also urged Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi to get talking.
Congress leaders in Delhi, especially its chief Sheila Dikshit, were however against any tie-up. Ms Dikshit, whose 15-year dream run in the capital as chief minister ended because of AAP, had even warned Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi in a letter that an alliance with Mr Kejriwal’s party would hurt the Congress in the long run.
The talks crashed over AAP’s insistence on a tie-up in Haryana and Punjab. Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, even claimed he would not need Congress’s help to win the seven seats in Delhi but a tie-up would help limit the BJP in Haryana and in Punjab.
His party later sealed a tie-up with JJP or Jannayak Janata Party.
Elections in Delhi will be held in the sixth phase on May 12 for all 7 Lok Sabha seats. The counting of votes will be done on May 23.
नागपूर : दक्षिण पूर्व मध्य रेल्वेच्या विविध विभागांमध्ये नागपूर विभाग सर्वोत्तम ठरला असून, उत्कृष्ट कामगिरीसह तब्बल १४ पुरस्कार या विभागाला प्राप्त झाले आहेत.
दपूमरेच्या बिलासपूर येथील मुख्यालयात रेल्वे सप्ताहानिमित्त आयोजित समारंभात दपूमरेचे महाव्यवस्थापक सुनीलकुमार सोईन यांच्या हस्ते या पुरस्कारांचे वितरण झाले. ‘ओव्हरऑल एफिशियन्सी’ पुरस्कार नागपूर विभागाच्या व्यवस्थापक शोभना बंडोपाध्याय यांनी स्वीकारला. याशिवाय नागपूर विभागातील अन्य अधिकाऱ्यांनीही हे पुरस्कार स्वीकारले. याप्रसंगी २० अधिकारी व १४१ कर्मचाऱ्यांना गौरविण्यात आले. नागपूर विभागात वाणिज्य, कार्मिक, सिग्नल व दूरसंचार, यांत्रिक, विद्युत, आरोग्य, सुरक्षा, भांडार, लेखा, राजभाषा अशा विविध विभागांना यावेळी गौरविण्यात आले. विशेष म्हणजे देशातील रेल्वेच्या सर्व झोनमध्ये दक्षिण पूर्व मध्य रेल्वे हा सर्वाधिक उत्पन्न मिळविणारा झोन आहे. याही वर्षी दपमूरेने आपला उत्पन्नाचा विक्रम कायम ठेवला आहे, हे विशेष
यावेळी नागपूर विभागात पहिल्यांदाच शोभना बंडोपाध्याय यांच्या निमित्ताने महिला डीआरएम आहेत. त्यांच्या नेतृत्वात नगपूर विभागाने हे पुरस्कार मिळविले आहेत हे उल्लेखनीय.
Nagpur : Lashing out at Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said “speedbreaker didi” has lost her sleep after the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.
Addressing an election rally in South Dinajpur district, PM Modi accused the chief minister of fooling people in the name of ”ma, mati and manush” (mother, land and people). “Speedbreaker didi has lost her sleep after the reports that came in post the first and second phase of polling in the state,” the prime minister told a well-attended rally.
He also flayed Ms Banerjee for allowing people from the “neighbouring country” to campaign for the Trinamool Congress in the state.
“It is shameful that people from neighbouring country are campaigning for the TMC. This was done by the party to appease the minority community,” PM Modi said.
The prime minister criticised Ms Banerjee for seeking proof of the Balakot air strikes in Pakistan, and asked her to, instead, collect evidence against those behind chit fund scams.
Nagpur : NAGPUR’S home grown brand ‘Barbarian’ which is well-known in the fitness circuit at national level has opened its ultra modern gym located at First Floor, Gangakashi Mall, Jagnade Square, Nandanvan on Friday. Bollywood star Sonu Sood inaugurated the Barbarian Power Gym. Satyajit Chourasia and Devashish Chourasia directors of the gym were also present. The Barbarian Power Gym is spread over an area of 4,000 square feet and is equipped with latest fitness machines.
Sharing his fitness mantra during a press conference, Sonu Sood said, “Regular workouts under the guidance of expert trainers and proper diet is the key to attain ultimate fitness. As these workouts are considered to be great stress busters and overall effect is a person achieves a fit and healthy condition, both physical and mentally. This increases the lifespan and adds healthy years to life, free of diseases. It also makes a person think positive towards everything in life. Healthy mind and body is the key to creating a healthy society.”
“Nagpur being our home town, we always felt that we should come up with a world class centre in the city. The Nagpur centre is the most advance facility equipped with latest technology machines that gives optimum results on various muscle groups. We are offering various transformation packages. It will also be considered as a destination for personal training market of the city,” said Satyajit Chourasia. Devashish Chourasia said that the annual membership fee is Rs 25,000. As an introductory offer the first 100 members will be given 30 per cent discount. For more details, interested may contact on mobile number 9630030004.
Nagpur : In all 303 research scholars have been invited to make presentation of their research work. The scholars have submitted applications for PhD, under four faculties, with Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. A large number of students, who are carrying out research in various subjects, are in Physics (25), Chemistry (23) and Pharmaceutical Sciences (17) in pure sciences. Electronic Engineering (13) and Mechanical Engineering (15) are leading fields among the engineering students for doctoral research. This is followed by Civil Engineering (8). The commerce students are also leading with 25 registration and 21 in Business Management and Management.
Surprisingly the highest number of students – 29, are in Social Work. It may be because of wide canvass available to the students of social work in carrying out research. At the same time the university has a large number of Social Work Colleges under its jurisdiction. Except MSS Institute of Social Work, all the colleges are under Department of Social Work, which has a better student: teacher ratio, compared to that under UGC. Among those carrying out research in languages Marathi leads the table with enrolment of 21 students, followed by 18 in English. Surprisingly there is no registration under other languages.
The subjects which have gained more importance in the recent past, like Computer Science, Electronic Science, Environmental Science, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Food and Nutrition have less number of students opting for doctoral research. The reasons for this distinction will have to be worked out by the academicians, so that more employability can be generated among the university students.The university has announced dates for their presentations, mostly in the month of May, 2019.
Nagpur : TO celebrate the 29th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) have released a breathtaking image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula. The nebula, created by a binary star system, is one of the many objects that Hubble has demystified throughout its productive life, ESA said in a statement. This new image adds to our understanding of the nebula and demonstrates the telescope’s continued capabilities, it said.
On April 24 1990, Hubble was launched on the space shuttle Discovery. It has since revolutionised how astronomers and the general public see the universe. The images it provides are spectacular from both a scientific and a purely aesthetic point of view. Each year the telescope dedicates a small portion of its precious observing time to take a special anniversary image, focused on capturing particularly beautiful and meaningful objects.
This peculiar nebula, which exhibits nested hourglass-shaped structures, has been created by the interaction between a pair of stars at its centre. The unequal pair consists of a red giant and a white dwarf. The red giant is shedding its outer layers in the last phase of its life before it too lives out its final years as a white dwarf. Some of the red giant’s ejected material is attracted by the gravity of its companion.
When enough of this cast-off material is pulled onto the white dwarf, it too ejects the material outwards in an eruption, creating the structures we see in the nebula. The object was first written about in 1967, but was assumed to be an ordinary star until 1989, when it was observed using telescopes at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory.
The resulting image showed a roughly crab-shaped extended nebula, formed by symmetrical bubbles of gas and dust. These observations only showed the outer hourglass emanating from a bright central region that could not be resolved. It was not until Hubble observed the Southern Crab in 1998 that the entire structure came into view. This image revealed the inner nested structures, suggesting that the phenomenon that created the outer bubbles had occurred twice in the (astronomically) recent past.
Every person is a Hindu who considers India as his own, asserts RSS chief Dr Mohanji Bhagwat
नागपूर : देशभरात लोकसभा निवडणूक गाजत असताना, राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघाचे सरसंघचालक डॉ. मोहन भागवत यांनी पुन्हा एकदा राम मंदिर निर्माणाचा मुद्दा प्रकाशात आणला आहे. राम मंदिर निर्माण करणे, हे राष्ट्रकार्य असल्याचे सांगत त्यासाठी सर्वांनी संकल्पबद्ध व्हावे, असे आवाहन त्यांनी शुक्रवारी केले.
राजाबाक्षा येथील पुरातन हनुमान मंदिरातील शोभायात्रेच्या उद्घाटनाप्रसंगी प्रमुख अतिथी म्हणून डॉ. भागवत बोलत होते. या प्रसंगी त्यांच्या हस्ते हनुमानाची पूजा आणि आरती झाली. तत्पूर्वी, उपस्थित भाविकांना संबोधित करताना भागवत म्हणाले की, ज्या कुणा भगवंताची तुम्ही भक्ती करता, त्याचे गुण स्वत:ने अंगीकारायला हवे. जर तुम्ही हनुमंताचे उपासक असाल, तर नियंत्रित जीवन, चारित्र्यसंपन्नता, शील तुमच्या व्यक्तिमत्त्वामध्ये दिसायला हवे. प्रत्येकाने हनुमंताप्रमाणे सद्गुणसंपन्न व्हायला हवे. प्रभू श्रीरामचंद्रांच्या विचारांचा प्रचार-प्रसार करणे, त्यांचा अंगीकार करणे रामकार्य असून, रामकार्य हेच राष्ट्रकार्य आहे. आजच्या परिस्थितीत राम मंदिर होणे हेदेखील राष्ट्रकार्य आहे. त्यासाठी सर्वांनी संकल्प करायला हवा. नम्रता, अहंकारशून्यता ही प्रभू हनुमानाच्या स्वभावाची मुख्य वैशिष्ट्ये आहेत. हनुमान नेतृत्वगुणसंपन्न, चतुर, विवेकी, संघटनकुशल होते. तरी पण ते आजीवन श्रीरामांच्या चरणी कुठलाही अहंगंड न बाळगता सेवाधीन राहिले. असाच भाव राष्ट्रकार्य करणाऱ्यांमध्ये असायला हवा. राष्ट्रकार्य करताना ते मी करतोय, हा अंहभाव दूर सारून कार्यरत राहायला हवे, असे त्यांनी सांगितले.
मुख्य सोहळ्यापूर्वी विवेक तिवारी यांनी प्रास्ताविक केले. डॉ. गोपीनाथ तिवारी यांच्या हस्ते डॉ. भागवत यांचे स्वागत करण्यात आले. मंदिरातर्फे त्यांना भगवी टोपी आणि पंचा प्रदान करण्यात आला. जय श्रीरामाच्या जयघोषात भागवत यांनी हनुमानाची मूर्ती रथापर्यंत आणली. त्यानंतर शोभायात्रेचा शुभारंभ झाला. कार्यक्रमाला आमदार सुधाकर कोहळे, महानगर संघचालक राजेश लोया, महानगर सहसंघचालक श्रीधर गाडगे आदी उपस्थित होते.
नागपूर : एटीएसप्रमुख हेमंत करकरे यांच्या आदेशावरून साध्वी प्रज्ञा हिचा आतोनात छळ करण्यात आल्याचे आरोप खोटे असल्याचा खुलासा मानवी हक्क आयोगाने केला आहे. साध्वी प्रज्ञा हिचे आरोप सर्वोच्च न्यायालय आणि मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयानेही वेळोवेळी फेटाळले आहेत.
मालेगाव बॉम्बस्फोट प्रकरणातील प्रमुख आरोपी असलेली साध्वी प्रज्ञा भाजपच्या तिकीटावर भोपाळहून निवडणूक लढवते आहे. हेमंत करकरेंच्या नेतृत्वातील एटीएसने माझा आतोनात छळ केला असा आरोप शुक्रवारी तिने केला होता. तसंच माझ्या शापामुळेच हेमंत करकरे मारले गेले असं वादग्रस्त वक्तव्यही तिने केलं होतं.
मालेगाव बॉम्बस्फोट प्रकरणी साध्वी प्रज्ञा २००८ ते २०१७ असे ९ वर्षं तुरुंगात होती. तुरुंगात असताना अनेकदा माझा एटीएसने मानसिक आणि शारीरिक छळ केल्याचा आरोप साध्वी प्रज्ञाने केला होता. याप्रकरणाची चौकशी करण्यासाठी मानवी हक्क आयोगाने एका समितीची स्थापना करण्याचे आदेश दिले होते. त्यानुसार आर.एस खैरे यांच्या नेतृत्वाखालील एका समितीने २०१४-२०१५ मध्ये याप्रकरणी कसून चौकशी केली होती. सीआयडी इन्स्पेक्टर जे. एम. कुलकर्णी, दक्षता समितीच्या सदस्या रश्मी जोशी आणि इतर उच्चपदस्थ पोलीस अधिकाऱ्यांचा या समितीत समावेश होता. प्रज्ञाचे आरोप सिद्ध होऊ शकतील असे कोणतेही साक्षी-पुरावे उपलब्ध नसल्याचं या समितीने आपल्या अहवालात २०१५मध्ये स्पष्ट केलं होतं.
या समितीने याबाबत अहवाल सादर करण्याच्या चार वर्षं अगोदरच सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने साध्वी प्रज्ञाचे आरोप फेटाळले होते. न्या. जे .एम पांचाल, न्या. एच एल गोखले यांच्या खंडपीठाने मानवी हक्क आयोगाला याप्रकरणाची चौकशी करण्याचा सल्ला दिला होता. पण २००८मध्ये दोन रुग्णालयांत साध्वी प्रज्ञाची तपासणी करण्यात आली होती. तेव्हा डॉक्टरांना तिच्या शरीरावर कोणतीच जखम का सापडली नव्हती? असा सवाल सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने विचारला होता. तसंच २००८ मध्ये २४ ऑक्टोबर आणि ३ नोव्हेंबरला तिला कोर्टात हजर करण्यात आलं होतं. तेव्हा याप्रकरणी प्रज्ञाने कोणतीच वाच्यता केली नव्हती याची नोंदही सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने केली होती.
एटीएसने साध्वी प्रज्ञाला ताब्यात घेतलं नव्हतं: मुंबई उच्च न्यायालय
२०१० मध्ये मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयानेही याप्रकरणावर प्रकाश टाकला होता. साध्वी प्रज्ञाला एकदाही एटीएसच्या ऑफिसला नेण्यात आलं नव्हतं. तसंच तिला कोठडीत डांबून तिची चौकशीही एटीएसने केली नव्हती असंही मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाने नोंदवलं होतं. २००८मध्ये तिच्यावर कोणतेच निर्बंधही एटीएसकडून लादण्यात आले नव्हते.
नागपूर : ‘गेल्या पाच वर्षांत पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांनी घेतलेल्या निर्णयांमुळे देश डबघाईला आला आहे. त्यातच पुन्हा नरेंद्र मोदी आणि अमित शहा सत्तेवर आले तर ते देशाला गुलाम बनवतील. त्यामुळेच देशात लोकशाही हवी की हुकूमशाही हवी हे ठरवणारी ही निवडणूक आहे. म्हणूनच नरेंद्र मोदी आणि अमित शहा पुन्हा या देशाच्या राजकीय क्षितिजावर दिसणार नाहीत, हे लक्षात ठेवून सारासार विचार करून मतदान करा,’असे आवाहन महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेनेचे पक्षप्रमुख राज ठाकरे यांनी गुरुवारी पुण्यातील सभेद्वारे मतदारांना केले.
महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेनेचे पक्षप्रमुख राज ठाकरे यांची यंदाच्या लोकसभा निवडणुकीपूर्वीची एकमेव सभा गुरुवारी सिंहगड रस्त्यावरील माणिकबागेत झाली. त्यामध्ये त्यांनी पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांना लक्ष्य केले. या सभेसाठी मोठी गर्दी झाली होती. ‘नरेंद्र मोदी यांच्या पंतप्रधानपदाच्या काळात देश डबघाईला गेल्याचे अर्थतज्ज्ञांचे मत आहे. पुन्हा ते सत्तेवर आले तर देश आणखी रसातळाला जाईल. पाच वर्षांत त्यांनी जे रंग दाखवले ते पाहता पुढील पाच वर्षांत ते काय करू शकतील, याची कल्पना केलेलीच बरी. त्यामुळे त्यांच्या हाती पुन्हा सत्ता द्यायची का, याचा विचार करा. त्यांना आणि त्यांना प्रत्यक्ष-अप्रत्यक्ष मदत करणाऱ्यांनाही सत्तेपासून दूर ठेवा. नरेंद्र मोदी यांनी सत्तेवर येण्यापूर्वी नागरिकांना विविध आश्वासने दिली होती. अनेक स्वप्न दाखवली होती. त्यातले एकही आश्वासन त्यांना पूर्ण करता आले नाही. त्याबद्दल चकार शब्दही न काढता मोदी आता शहीद जवानांच्या आधारावर, जातीच्या आधारावर मते मागत आहेत,’ असे राज ठाकरे म्हणाले. ‘
जवान, शेतकरी किंवा अन्य कोणाच्याही बाबतीत मोदी यांना आस्था नाही, प्रेमही नाही. जवानांपेक्षा व्यापारी अधिक साहसी असतो, असे मोदी म्हणतात. त्यातूनच त्यांची मानसिकता कळते. मोदींनी सत्तेवर येण्यापूर्वी अनेक आश्वासने दिली होती. त्याबद्दल देशाला अनेक प्रश्न पडले आहेत. त्यातल्या एकाही प्रश्नाचे उत्तर मोदी यांना द्यायचे नाही. गेल्या पाच वर्षांत देशात अमित शहा यांच्या मुलाची संपत्ती सोडून काहीही सुधारणा झाली नाही. पाच वर्षांत कुठल्याच बाबतीत सुधारणा झाली नाही. मग पुन्हा मोदी यांच्या हातात सत्ता देणार का,’ असा सवालही राज यांनी केला.
मुंबई : काँग्रेस पक्षातील सर्व पदे आणि प्राथमिक सदस्यत्वाचा राजीनामा दिल्यानंतर काँग्रेसच्या राष्ट्रीय प्रवक्ता प्रियांका चतुर्वेदी यांनी आज शिवसेनेत प्रवेश केला. शिवसेना पक्षप्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरे यांच्या उपस्थितीत प्रियांका यांनी शिवसेनेत प्रवेश केला.
‘मुंबई ही माझी जन्मभूमी, कर्मभूमी आहे. पण गेल्या काही वर्षांत मुंबईपासून तुटल्यासारखं वाटत होतं. मला पुन्हा येथे काम करायला मिळणार आहे, याचा खूप आनंद होत आहे,’ अशा शब्दांत प्रियांका यांनी आपलं मनोगत व्यक्त केलं. काँग्रेस पक्षात अखेरच्या काही दिवसांत होत असलेल्या घुसमटीबद्दलही त्यांनी सांगितले. ‘महिलांंसाठी काम करायला आवडेल. शिवसेनेच्या राज्यातच नव्हे तर देशातील प्रसारासाठी काम करणार,’ असं त्या म्हणाल्या. ‘प्रियांका चतुर्वेदी यांनी त्यांच्या पुढील वाटचालीसाठी शिवसेनेची निवड केली याचा आम्हाला आनंद आहे,’ असं उद्धव ठाकरे म्हणाले.
‘मुंबईत युथ काँग्रेसची सदस्य म्हणून मी दहा वर्षांपूर्वी कामाला सुरुवात केली. पक्षाने मला विविध व्यासपीठांवर शिकण्याची, प्रगतीची संधी दिली. पण गेल्या काही आठवड्यापासून अशा काही घटना घडल्या की माझ्या सेवेची पक्षाला किंमत नसल्याची जाणीव मला होत गेली,’ असं चतुर्वेदी यांनी काँग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी यांना लिहिलेल्या पत्रात नमूद केलं आहे.
Nagpur : South Central Regional Cultural Center, Nagpur have organized hand made painting exhibition from at Nilkamal Sabhagrah April 22 to May 2.
The paintings to be displayed in the exhibition are created in various workshops held in the last year.
It consists of attractive illustrations of contemporary, traditional, folk and tribal painting styles. The exhibition has been organized in view of to attract painting lovers to explore and take home different style of art styles.
The exhibition will be open from 12 noon to 8 p.m. The exhibition is a great place for local artists to explore the art and colour.
Artifacts available in the exhibition are available in modest rates. The exhibition will be closed on May 1. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.
Nagpur : Sky gazers will have a treat waiting for them as the annual Pink Moon graces the night sky. Also known as Sprouting Grass Moon, Flower Moon, Egg Moon, Milk Moon, Fish Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Pesach Moon, Paschal Moon, Hanuman Jayanti, and Bak Poya, the Pink Moon doesn’t really mean that the Moon will change its colour to pink today. The full moon of April gets its “Pink Moon” nickname from Native Americans who named it after “moss pink,” or wild ground phlox—one of the early spring flowers in US. This is the fourth full moon of 2019.
What is a Pink Moon?
As we mentioned earlier, the full name of April is called Pink Moon and a number of other names around the world. The name was given by the Native Americans, who used to name the full moons so they could keep track of their harvesting schedule. Other full moon names given by Native Americans are Wolf Moon (January), Snow Moon (February), Worm Moon (March), Flower Moon (May), Strawberry Moon (June), Buck Moon (July), Sturgeon Moon (August), Harvest Moon (September), Hunter’s Moon (October), Beaver Moon (November), and Cold Moon (December).
The Pink Moon doesn’t have anything to do with the actual colour of Moon, which may appear red or orange depending on dust, smoke, or ash in atmosphere.
When and where can I watch the Pink Moon today?
Pink Moon will be visible around the world, depending on the weather, on Friday, April 19, night. It will officially become the full moon at 07:12am EDT (04:42pm IST) and will continue to appear full for about three days, writes NASA on its blog. Considering the extended visibility of the full moon, everyone should be able to watch Pink Moon this Good Friday in their time zone.
Space.com notes that as the Moon will be three days past its perigee, the point in its orbit where Moon is nearest to Earth, it will almost be a “supermoon” and will appear larger than average. Technically supermoon occur when a full moon coincides with perigee, which is why this year’s Pink Moon is not being called a Pink Super Moon.
How can I watch the Pink Moon?
To watch the Pink Moon, you don’t need any special equipment, just a clear sky without much light pollution. However, if you are planning to use binoculars or a small telescope, you will need special moon filter to avoid the glare, else you may not be able to see much.
When is the next full moon in 2019 and what is it called?
The full moon of the next month will occur on May 18, 2019 and is called Blue Moon or a Flower Moon. According to NASA, Moon will become a full moon at 05:11pm EDT (02:41am IST, May 19). It will be the third full moon of the season.
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