Nagpur Updates

This year, 300 Bangladeshis reached India

This year, for lack of travel documents, more than 300 Bangladeshis were detained while crossing from the Indian side to Bangladesh, Border Guards Chief General Shafeenul Islam said on Sunday.

This year, for lack of travel documents, more than 300 Bangladeshis were detained while crossing from the Indian side to Bangladesh, Border Guards Chief General Shafeenul Islam said on Sunday. After signing a Joint Discussion Record with the Border Security Force (BSF) at the 49th DG-level Border Coordination Conference on 25-30 December, he was addressing a media briefing.

“We frequently arrest people crossing the border, Bangladeshis who came to India accidentally or for work,” Islam replied to a question at the joint press briefing with BSF Director-General Vivek Johri also attending.

In response to the daily pushbacks of “illegal” immigrants from the Indian side to Bangladesh, the BGB DG said: “We frequently apprehend people who illegally cross borders.”

Among the six issues raised by the BSF at the 49th DG-level talks with the BGB are action against the Indian Insurgent Groups (IIGs) and prevention of attacks on BSF troops as well as Indian civilians by Bangladesh criminals.

The BSF undertook joint efforts to prevent trans-border crimes such as cattle smuggling, Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and gold at the bilateral border coordination conference.

Certain crimes such as illegal migration and trafficking in human beings, breach of the border fence between India and Bangladesh, border breaches and illegal entry, abduction or kidnapping, and illegal crossing by citizens of countries other than Bangladesh have also been reported.

In addition, border infrastructure problems— development of single-row fencing, infrastructure works and building within 150 yards of International Border without prior intimation— were also discussed in talks attended by an 11-member BGB team.

In the conference attended by a 10-member delegation, BSF also raised joint efforts to effectively implement a Comprehensive Border Management Plan through synchronized organized patrols, identifying vulnerable areas and sharing information, and confidence-building steps. The BSF DG, along with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other law enforcement agencies, took part in the conference that began on Thursday, one day after the Bangladesh delegation arrived in the national capital.

प्याज के दाम में लगी आग, ट्रक चालक को बंधक बना लूटी 51 क्विंटल प्याज

प्याज की कीमतों में बेतहाशा बढ़ोतरी से बिहार में भी लोग बीते एक महीने से परेशान हैं. राज्य में 100 रुपये प्रति किलोग्राम की दर से बेची जा रही प्याज पर अब लुटेरों की नजर है और प्याज-लहसुन की लूट की घटनाएं सामने आ रही हैं. राज्य के कैमूर जिले के मोहनिया थाना क्षेत्र में लुटेरों ने एक ट्रक चालक को बंधक बनाकर उस पर लदी 102 बोरी प्याज लूट ली. (सभी तस्वीरें सांकेतिक हैं).पुलिस का दावा है कि 24 घंटे के अंदर अपराधियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया जाएगा. पुलिस के एक अधिकारी ने शनिवार को बताया कि ट्रक चालक देशराज कुशवाहा के अनुसार वो इलाहाबाद (प्रयागराज) से जहानाबाद के लिए 102 बोरी प्याज (51 क्विंटल) ट्रक (रजिस्ट्रेशन संख्या यूपी 72टी/3797) पर लेकर जा रहा था, तभी गुरुवार रात लगभग 10 बजे करीब आधा दर्जन हथियारबंद अपराधियों ने मोहनिया के मुठानी डायवर्जन के पास उसे बंधक बना लिया और अपने वाहन पर बैठाकर ले गए.

पुलिस अधिकारी ने बताया कि लुटेरे ड्राइवर को करीब चार घंटे तक इधर-उधर घुमाते रहे. जब ट्रक से प्याज की सभी बोरियां ठिकाने लगा दी गईं, तब आधी रात के बाद लगभग 2 बजे अपराधियों ने उसे घटनास्थल से पांच किलोमीटर दूर ले जाकर छोड़ दिया. इसके बाद जब वह ट्रक के पास पहुंचा तब उसके ट्रक से प्याज की बोरियां गायब थीं.

देशराज उत्तर प्रदेश के कौशांबी जिले का रहने वाला बताया जा रहा है. मोहनिया के थाना प्रभारी उदयभानु सिंह ने बताया कि देशराज के बयान पर मोहनिया थाने में प्याज लूट की प्राथमिकी दर्ज कर ली गई है और पुलिस पूरे मामले की छानबीन कर रही है.मोहनिया के पुलिस उपाधीक्षक रघुनाथ सिंह ने दावा किया कि लुटेरे गिरोह का पता चल चुका है और अगले 24 घंटे के अंदर लुटेरों की गिरफ्तारी कर ली जाएगी. उन्होंने कहा कि लुटेरों की गिरफ्तारी के लिए छापेमारी की जा रही है.

इससे पहले 6 दिसंबर को भी इसी तर्ज पर कैमूर जिले के कुदरा थाना क्षेत्र में लुटेरे एक वाहन से 64 बोरी यानी करीब 1920 किलोग्राम लहसुन लूट लिए थे. इस मामले की प्राथमिकी कुदरा थाने में दर्ज कराई गई थी, परंतु अब तक इस मामले में पुलिस को कोई सफलता हाथ नहीं लगी है. प्याज और लहसुन की लूट की खबर चर्चा का विषय बनी हुई है.

Maharashtra Farmers Whose Crop Loan Exceeds Rs 2 lakh Ineligible for Waiver

Farmers whose crop loan, taken between April 2015 and March 2019, is more than Rs two lakhs,will not be eligible for the credit waiver scheme announced by the Uddhav Thackeray-led ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ government in Maharashtra last week. The Government Resolution GR) issued here on Saturday stated.

“As per the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme, a loan up to Rs two lakhs taken between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2019 and not repaid until September 30, 2019 will be eligible for waiver,” he said.Farmers whose crop loan and restructuring loan is more than Rs two lakhs will not be eligible for any benefit under the scheme, she added.
A Government Resolution (GR) issued here on Saturday said.

The Finance and Cooperation Committee will decide whether to include farmers accounts (non-performing assets) in nationalized, private and rural banks in the credit waiver scheme. Individual farmers will be considered for a loan waiver, the GR said, adding that the loan is taken from nationalized, district, cooperative banks and cooperative societies will be considered.

Others who do not benefit from the scheme are elected representatives, including serving and former ministers, current and former MLAs, central and state government employees whose monthly family income is more than Rs 25.000, excluding Class IV employees. Those who pay income tax on non-agricultural wages, pensioners whose monthly income is more than Rs 25.000, except retired servicemen, will also not receive the benefit.

Meanwhile, farmer leader Ajit Navale said that the GR issued by the state government was a “betrayal” of the farming community, claiming that the majority of farmers would not benefit from the scheme because they had loan arrears of more than Rs two lakhs.

“The last credit waiver scheme provided for a one-time payment under which the government would pay Rs 1.5 lakh if the farmer deposits the remaining amount of the loan,” he said.” The majority of farmers have loan arrears of more than Rs two lakhs. So most farmers are out of the scheme. Moreover, the government had said that the exemption from the loan was unconditional,” he said. Navale said that the GR should be removed and that the waiver of the loan should be unconditional. Uddhav Thackeray had revealed the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme to the Legislative Assembly in Nagpur last Saturday, the last day of the winter session of the legislature. This loan waiver is due over two years after the Rs 34,000 Crore Loan waivers declared by the then BJP-Sena Government in 2017.

Aadhaar-PAN Liaison Deadline is 31 December: How to test your status

If you do not complete the linking process by 31 December, you may be barred from filing income tax returns Here’s a quick guide on how to test the status of your PAN-Aadhaar link.

On Friday, the Income Tax Department issued a reminder stating that the last date for linking PAN Card and Aadhaar is 31 December and that those non-linked PAN Cards will become inoperative or invalid as of January 2020.If you do not complete the linking process by 31 December, you will be exempted from filing income tax returns.In case you’re not sure if you’ve connected your PAN to Aadhaar, here’s how you can check the status of your connection process. Go to https:/www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/home and click the “Connection Aadhaar” button available under the Fast Links section of the left side of the website.

Reliance Jio Recharge Plan 2020: test rates, data and validity

Reliance Jio’s 2020 Happy New Year deal has two deals for its customers Jio has also launched a new offer for those looking to purchase JioPhone.

Telecom Major Reliance Jio recently announced a new’ 2020 Happy New Year’ deal for its mobile users as well as those using its JioPhone. The offer is live right now and comes with a plethora of benefits for the annual prepaid recharge plan, at a cost of 2,020. The’ 2020 Happy New Year’s Deal’ has two deals for its clients. Under the first bid, buyers of smartphones can receive one year of complimentary services. The second offer allows you to purchase a new JioPhone for the year 2020 along with complimentary plans for a year.

All you need to learn about Reliance Jio 2020 is:-

This package, which costs 2,020, includes a total of 547.5 GB of data for 365 days or 1.5 GB of data per day. The annual recharge plan comes with Jio to Jio unlimited calls though 12,000 minutes of non-Jio mobile talk time is guaranteed. You will also get 100 free SMS per day and complimentary access to Jio Apps.In addition to this annual deal, Jio also provides its customers with two relatively cheaper prepaid annual plans valid for 365 days.

299 yearly plans: this plan includes 24 GB of data, 3.600 SMS for the whole year, along with a free subscription to Jio apps. The plan comes with simultaneous on-line and off-net calls with a FUP of 12,000 minutes.
199 annual package: this plan includes 1.5 GB of data per day, unlimited calls and 12,000 minutes of Jio-non Jio calls.

As described above, Jio has also announced another deal for JioPhone customers who can purchase a new handset as well as a new 2020 offer.The JioPhone comes with 12 months of service. The storage limit is set at 0.5 GB per day along with unrestricted voice calls and SMS valid for 365 days. The FUP cap for non-Jio mobile numbers is, however, valid. In addition, there is a range of JioPrime benefits provided to customers, such as 600 plus shows, including more than 100 JioTV HD channels, access to Norton’s Mobile Security Suite in JioSecurity, access to free 5 GB cloud storage in JioCloud, and much more.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express is due to run from 19 January. Timings, stoppages, more info

The new Tejas Express will run six days a week, except on Thursdays, the Tejas Express will stop at Nadiad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Vapi and Borivali stations in both directions.

The Indian Railways will introduce a new Tejas Express train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai Central. The new Tejas Express will run six days a week, except on Thursdays. On its inaugural run on 17 January, Train No. 09426 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Tejas Express leaves Ahmedabad at 9:30 a.m. and reaches Mumbai Central at 4:00 p.m. Likewise, in the return direction, train No. 09425 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad will depart from Mumbai Central at 17:15 and Ahmedabad will arrive at 23:30.

Train No. 82902 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Tejas Express will depart Ahmedabad at 06:40 hrs on its regular run from 19 January to reach Mumbai Central at 13:10 hrs. Train No. 82901 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Tejas Express (Except Thursday) will leave Mumbai Central at 15:40 hrs and Ahmedabad will arrive at 21:55 hrs. The Tejas Express will stop at Nadiad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Vapi and Borivali stations in both directions.

The train leaves Ahmedabad at 6:40 a.m. and arrives at Nadiad at 7:19 a.m., Vadodara at 8:03 a.m., Bharuch at 8:56 a.m., Surat at 9:35 a.m., Vapi at 10:55 a.m., and Borivali at 12:31 a.m. before its departure at Mumbai Central at 01:30 p.m. On its return journey, the Tejas Express will depart Mumbai at 03.40 pm and stop at Borivali at 04.14pm, Vapi 05.37 pm, Surat at 06.47 pm, Bharuch at 07.29 pm, Vadodara at 08.18 pm, Nadiad at 09.03 pm and Ahmedabad at 09.55 pm. Tejas Express will deliver world-class comfort and amenities to passengers, according to a statement issued by the Western Railways division of the Indian Railways.

The fully air-conditioned Tejas has several modern features, such as sliding doors, personalized reading lights, mobile charging points, attendant call buttons, bio-toilets, automatic entry and exit doors, CCTV cameras, reclining facilities, comfortable seats, etc. This train will have chair car and executive chair car. The Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Tejas Express — also run by the IRCTC after. Bringing private train operators to provide world-class passenger services was a suggestion put forward by the railway in its 100-day program.IRCTC will have the rights to advertising inside and outside buses, including trains. It may also make modifications inside the rake without affecting its structural protection. The IRCTC will be permitted to use the rail ticketing platform for a year and the revenue accounts of these two trains would be kept separate, according to the sources. The Railway Board ordered IRCTC to establish its own ticketing system at the same time. The trains will each have 18 coaches. However, IRCTC will be allowed to operate trains with a minimum of 12 coaches for a period of one year. The freight charges would be calculated per trip on the basis of the number of coaches used on each trip or 12 coaches, whichever is higher.IRCTC will also pay for the repair of trains, including spares.

Flash strike by employees hit the Nagpur garbage collection

Approximately 1,600 employees engaged in door-to-door rubbish collection and transport to Bhandewadi Dumping Yard left about 905 metric tons (MT) of a total of 1,255 MT in households and streets on Friday. Bhartiya Kamgar Sena extended the strike call, which was a result of delays in paying workers’ salaries by two operators — AG Enviro and BVG India — to Saturday. It will now rely on the workers whether to resume work or continue the strike, even as the operators have already paid their salaries.The two operators have taken over the work of Kanak Resources Management Ltd since 16 November. According to the unions, Kanak did not pay workers a salary of 15 days. New operators were supposed to pay workers wages by 7 December, but they also failed to do so. Approximately 800 workers from zones 1 to 5 working with AG Environ made a flash strike from the morning of Friday morning. Zone 6-10 staff under the BVG India started their work as usual. When they learned to strike in Zone 1-5, they also went on strike. The NMC sources told TOI that only 350 MT (27.8%) of the garbage could be transported to Bhandewadi. Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said the garbage collection and transport will start from 1 pm and will be normalized from Saturday. “The two operators have been warned of any such problems in the future. It is their responsibility to ensure that salaries are paid on time.NMC should do its best to release payments every month, but operators should not find reasons for delays in NMC payments, “he said. Additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi said that only 40% of the garbage collection and transport had been affected. “We instructed the operators to continue to collect and transport until night,” he said.The NMC did not invoke the Authority. Sometimes, I guess, the last 15 days, sufficient notice of the employees and unions notices has not been taken. Congressman Praful Gudadhe said the workers were right to go on strike. Workers are low and wages are important to them. They can not afford daily expenses if payments are postponed. They haven’t earned anything in the last two months.” After meeting with Bangar, union leader Suresh Talwekar said that the strike will begin on Saturday as employees have not earned the minimum wage. “Workers work in a filthy state and face serious health problems. They’re keeping the city clean. They should receive salaries and incentives on or before the 7th of each month, “he said.Bangar said the pay-related misunderstanding has been resolved. “Operators paid staff wages of 15 days. The salary for December is due to be paid in January. Workers wrongly believed it was a month’s salary that we made clear to them, “he said. Bangar’s refused strike will start on Saturday. “The problem has come to an end,” he said. Joshi said, “Some workers didn’t get a pay check on Friday because they couldn’t open the accounts. We told the operators to pay them by check on Saturday,” he said. Garbage could be seen dumped in huge quantities in various locations throughout the region. Citizens and business businesses could be seen dumping garbage at these sites because the collection did not take place in the morning.

Sadar Flyover is ready to open, Mayor Joshi pays a visit.

The much-anticipated flyover works in Sadar have been completed in the final phase and the last leg of patchwork has been completed. On Friday, Mayor Sandeep Joshi visited the site and reviewed the project. While the asphalting of the road on the flyover has been completed, the work on the final patchwork is going on at the level of war.The project is currently undergoing the last leg of painting, street marking, street lighting installation, electrical fittings, signboards and a few other works.

During his visit to Sadar flyover, Joshi was accompanied by Leader of Opposition in NMC Sandeep Jadhav, Standing Committee Chairman Pradeep Pohane, Deputy Mayor Manisha Kothe, corporator Nagesh Sahare, corporator Sunil Hiranwar, corporator Pragati Patil, corporator Sunil Agrawal, Bihari Shivhare, Babli Meshram, Neeraj Agrawal, Neeraj Jaiswal, Amar Khode and others.Joshi revealed that the Sadar Flyover will soon be open to the public by Union Home Secretary Rajnath Singh on 2 January 2020.The inaugural ceremony will be attended by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, State Minister Nitin Raut, MLA Vikas Thakre and all MLAs in Nagpur.

Nagpur police officer 5th in Maharashtra for women cops

NAGPUR: City police ranked 5th in the state to provide women cops with facilities in the form of separate resting and washing quarters.

In building facilities for women policemen, city police are ahead of their Pune counterparts. The 30 police stations in Nagpur have 34 washrooms and 14 restrooms, while the same number of police stations in Pune have 30 washrooms and 16 restrooms. Thane is the best in the state with 35 police stations with 41 washrooms and 32 restrooms. Nagpur’s government railway police (GRP) is the worst on the list, with none of its 16 police stations having either a restroom or a laundry room for women cops.

There is no mention of Mumbai police in the police station-wise list of each unit across Maharashtra, which has been highlighted on the state police website.

There is a lot of hues and cry on different platforms, followed by deputations to different units and also the government, regarding the establishment of basic facilities for women cops, including separate resting and washing rooms for them and special arrangements for long bandobast mobile toilets.

A survey conducted under the guidance of an IG ranking officer presented in 2016 at the 7th National Congress on Women Police had brought the problems they were facing to the fore. Likewise, results on women’s issues in various security forces were also included in the reports of the Standing Committee of Parliament and the Commission on Administrative Reforms, which were also included in the survey highlighting the need to build basic facilities.

City police commissioner BK Upadhyay said most police stations have separate washrooms for women, particularly the newly induced ones, while some have restrooms. “Separate mobile toilets and resting facilities were made available to women cops wherever they were on duty during the just-concluded winter assembly session,” he said.

A woman cop said that resting rooms are as necessary as washrooms on condition of anonymity. “Only having separate washrooms and no restrooms will not serve the purpose as it is inconvenient for women to sleep or lie in the presence of men,” she said.

In each floor of the three-story building, one of the best and state’s first smart Lakadganj police station in east Nagpur has a five-bedded resting room with attached toilets and separate washrooms.

“The spacious restroom in the newly built police station is one of the best in the state where we also plan to open a creche for their kids if our plan works out,” Lakadganj Police Station senior PI Narendra Hiware said.

In the province, there are 1,010 police stations with 837 washrooms and 571 women cops ‘ restrooms.

Nagpur Railway Station to get Rs 412 crore facelift

Nagpur: The Railway Administration has approved the modernisation of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model of four railway stations including Nagpur Railway Station. The remaining three railway stations are Gwalior, Amritsar and Sabarmati (in Gujarat).

The Indian Railways are all set to impose charges for the use of railway platforms, following the footsteps of airports. The charges would be named the User Development Fee (UDF) and will be used for railway infrastructure development and upgrading. While flying through Indian airports, users must pay what is known as Airport Development Charges (ADC), funds collected through which airports are used to develop and maintain.

Total Rs 412 crore from the PPP scheme would be spent on modernizing and improving facilities at Nagpur Railway Station. Rs 372 crore was allocated for reconstruction station building and Rs 40 crore was allocated for other facilities out of this number. The private company would be granted the right to recover’ production fee’ for a period of 99 years after the sanctioning of tenders. Nagpur Railway Station’s modernization period would be completed within four and a half years, according to an official. “User fee” will be recovered after the work is completed. The amount of “user fee” has not been set as of now.

According to sources, the UDF will have to be charged by passengers boarding or deboarding trains in Nagpur, Gwalior, Amritsar and Sabarmati, which will also refer to those entering a railway station platform to see off or receive a passenger. Nevertheless, how much UDF is to be assessed for either case has not been determined so far.