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NAGPUR: The number of seats available this year in the RTE pool in the Nagpur district will be 700 fewer, based on the data available after the last school registration date ended Monday. No specific reason could be given by the department of education for the decline, but it seems that low enrolment has forced schools to lower intake capacity, while some may not have registered to protest the pending RTE charge.

This decrease in the number of seats available will not impact admissions, as 50% of the RTE seats remained vacant in Nagpur last year.

Although many schools have boycotted the registration process, the department of education does have an online software override feature in which their data are automatically filled in.

For this, the algorithm looks at the data from the previous year and fills in the registration forms for the current year and completes the registration process.
Shahid Sharif, an educational activist who focuses on RTE, said, “One thing is clear, there is no contact between the department of education and schools.

The boycott is linked to their big pending bills for colleges, though a certain amount has recently been issued. But what this whole debacle means is that students don’t get their rightful due. “Rajendra Dayma, chairman of the Independent English Schools Association (IESA), said,” Let them auto-register us because it won’t affect our determination to boycott the method.

Then parents have to come to the school to complete formalities after the online lottery, and then we will reveal the farce being carried out by the education department. “He added that each parent will receive a comprehensive letter about their RTE boycott. “In that letter, it will be clearly stated that admissions can not occur since we never agreed to put the name of our school in the database,” Dayma said.

IESA is now organizing a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of their RTE boycott. Dayma said, “We’re going to be in Nagpur next week for a press conference, after which we’re going to leave for other cities throughout the state. Parents must be made aware of the inequality being perpetrated on private schools.’

Nagpur: Referring to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench on Tuesday dismissed Manohar Dabrase’s election petition under the People’s Act, 1951, questioning the former’s victory at Lok Sabha polls held in May of last year.

Dabrase, who was one of the contestants, had prayed to declare victory null and void for city MP claiming non-compliance with separate legislative provisions.

Gadkari had opposed the petition arguing that no cause of action for finding his election invalid had been revealed. He also pointed out that Dabrase’s appeal to justify his claims that the poll result was adversely influenced was lacking in material facts.

“In the absence of proof of non-compliance by the petitioner under the provisions of the Indian Constitution or the provisions of the People’s Representation Act or any rules/orders set out therein, thus adversely affecting the election result for the respondent, the petition is liable to be summarily dismissed without trial,” held Justice Atul Chandurka

The final vote count didn’t match, according to the petitioner, and there was a significant difference in the grand total, showing 786 more votes than the total votes polled. The disparity between tallied and counted votes has been unexplained. Therefore, it was impossible to trust the electronic voting machines (EVMs), Dabrase had claimed

The petitioner had earlier claimed that about 11.86 lakh exercised their franchise in the May polls out of more than 19 lakh voters. Gadkari had secured 6.60 lakh while Dabrase polled 26,128 votes and held his seat.

Nagpur: Union Transportation Minister Nitin Gadkari had proposed two multimedia shows in the city one on the history of the city at Futala Lake and another on the life of Swami Vivekananda at Ambazari.

While the Ambazari show was cancelled by the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) which handed over the garden for development, the executing agency Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) unnecessarily delays the second.

NIT had named Studio One and Khalatkar Constructions consortia to prepare the script for the Futala series. Over a month ago the draft was introduced to NIT officials. The draft was to be given to the members of the steering committee who were to approve it. The leaders, however, have yet to obtain it.

The committee is composed of Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, NIT chairman Sheetal Ugale, BJP corporator Dayashankar Tiwari, former MLC Girish Gandhi and Bhau Salpekar. Tiwari expressed frustration about the delay and requested that NIT convene a meeting immediately and send the script to a committee.

The multimedia show is to last 30 minutes. The first 10 minutes will include a commentary on the more than 300 years of history in the city and the remaining 20 minutes will be pure entertainment. The draft of the script of the history of the city is ready and, if necessary, has to be accepted with changes and corrections to prepare the final script for the consortium. Until the script is ready the project can not go forward.

For the project, NIT has been roping in many prominent personalities. Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman will provide music while the sound engineer is Resul Pookutty, another Academy Award winner. The show has many more notable names to it.

Whereas, work on the spectator gallery that MahaMetro will create is yet to begin. The seating capacity of the gallery will be 4,000 and will be 300 meters long. The cement road work behind the gallery is currently underway. Metro officials committed to completing the work at the gallery by year-end.

The gallery will have a tensile fabric roof that should last for up to 40 years. Beneath the exhibition, Metro will construct 30 shops and 10 ticket counters. The stores will sell primarily food items.

In addition, Metro will construct a multi-level parking area near the building. It will have the capacity to handle 350 two-wheelers and 350 vehicles. This won’t get ready by the end of the year.

Nagpur: Conversion of diesel-powered city busses to CNG came under a microscope after two busses parked in one of the four bus depots of Aapli Bus mysteriously caught fire early on Monday morning.
No casualties were confirmed, said NMC’s transport committee chairman Narendra alias Balya Borkar, adding that both busses were completely gutted.
According to Borkar, at approximately 12.30 a.m., more than 140 busses of the Orange City Street depot were parked in the Hingna depot when one of the CNG busses suddenly caught fire. “The unmanned bus has suddenly switched to another CNG bus parked nearby,” said a senior NMC Transport Department official.
The warning depot personnel, however, stopped the fire from spreading further and helped to save other busses. If the workers had not acted quickly, a major tragedy could have ended, as the depot is surrounded by residential areas, the official said. The official, however, ruled out any wrongdoing. He said that the preliminary analysis of the CCTV cameras mounted there did not show any activity near the busses when the fire erupted.
Such two busses were part of the NMC’s push to convert 237 regular diesel busses to the CNG mode of transport. The NMC had entrusted the task of converting diesel-powered busses to CNG for the Rawmatt Group. Although the company got a nod from the regional transport office to run CNG-converted regular busses on city roads, sources said the incident caused fear among passengers traveling on these busses.
Sources said that despite being mandatory, most Aapli busses lack fire extinguishers. Borkar reported that the depot operator had been told to seek damages from the insurance company.

Nagpur: Over 3,000 schools may boycott RTE admissions at the upcoming academic session, citing non-payment of free admission fees under the 25% quota.
Schools under the umbrella of the Independent English Schools Association (IESA) have reported that the Department of Education has declined to clear their bills citing’ frivolous motives.’
IESA President Rajendra Dayma said that they raised a number of objections but did not receive any response from the authorities. “It’s like talking to a wall. They state that our bills can not be processed because the student’s’ Aadhaar number’ is not listed. But it’s the education department that gives RTE entry, not us. If the student documents were all in order when the government chose him/her in the RTE lottery, how come that same student is ineligible for a fee refund?”Dayma said that.
The Association demanded that all such disqualified students be recalled by the Department of Education. “The student’s status is legal when the education department sends it to us, but it is illegal when we ask for a fee refund,” he said.
IESA claims to have some 3,700 schools under its banner. “Out of these, almost 15% got their bills in full. The RTE admission boycott will be in those schools for which the bills are pending, “Dayma said.
The second issue that IESA is raising in arms concerns the proposed change in intake capacity. Dayma said, “A change in the intake capacity has been proposed from the next academic session, which will adversely affect us. For example, if my school’s intake capacity was 100 in 2019, 25 seats (25 per cent) would be reserved for the RTE quota as per law. “But if only 50 of these are filled, then from the next academic session (2020-21) my intake capacity will be reduced to 25-50. All this because the education department states that the enrollment of the previous year will be considered for next year’s computation, “he said.
IESA claims that this will have a negative impact on their development in the long run. “What if I get 75 applicants for general admission next year? Since my total admission strength will be reduced to 50, it is detrimental to the growth of my school, “he added.

“The government is planning to give more than 25,000 rupees to farmers for regular loan payments,” said Jayant Patil, water resources minister. A state-level Sharad Agro-Industrial Animal Festival was organized and Autumn Festival was held at Market Ground in Land.

Speaking on the occasion, Jayant Patil said, “While giving loan waiver of up to two lakhs, the government is also considering the priority of farmers who have loaned up to 20-20-20. Also, the government is considering paying more than Rs. 25,000 to the regular creditors.

ना प्रदूषण,ना पेट्रोल की चिंता बैटरी साइकिल्स रखेगी आपकी पॉकेट और सेहत का ख्याल
जहां बढ़ते हुए प्रदूषण और ट्रैफिक को लेकर सरकार और आम जनता परेशानी में हैं। वहीं देखा जाए तो नामी कंपनियां नए और बेहतरीन टेक्नोसेवी प्रोडक्ट लाकर ग्राहकों को थोड़ी राहत भी दे रही है।इसी दिशा में हीरो साईकिल्स ने बैटरी साइकिल्स मार्केट में लाकर एक नई पहल की है। टेक्नोलॉजी और इनोवेशन के क्षेत्र में यह एक सराहनीय कदम है। बताया जा रहा है के इस ई -साइकिल को चलाने के लिए ना तो किसी तरह के लाइसेंस जरूरत है और ना ही रजिस्ट्रेशन की। ऐसा कहा जा रहा है के, 12 वर्ष से लेकर लगभग हर उम्र का व्यक्ति इस बैटरी साइकिल को आसानी से चला सकता है।

बैटरी साइकिल की खासियत यह है कि एक बार फुल चार्ज करने के बाद यह लगभग 30 किलोमीटर तक चल सकती है।इसका चार्जिंग टाइम भी कम है सिर्फ 2 घंटे में ये फुल चार्ज हो जाती है। यह ई साइकिल मार्केट में अलग अलग प्राइस और फीचर्स के साथ उपलब्ध है। बताया जा रहा है के इस तरह की बैटरी साइकिल में ट्यूब वाली व्हील्स दी हुई है। साइकिल्स के साथ ग्राहकों को चार्जर भी मिलेगा। इसमें अलग अलग ऑपरेशन मोड दिए हुए है। कुछ मॉडल्स में एलईडी लाइट्स भी दी हुई है। बैटरी साइकिल को चलाने में आपको कोई मेहनत नहीं करनी है।और यदि रास्ते में चार्जिंग ख़तम भी हो जाती है तो ऐसी स्तिथि में ये साधारण साइकिल की तरह इस्तेमाल की जा सकती हैं।इसे इस्तेमाल करने से ना तो प्रदूषण की चिंता ना ही बार बार पेट्रोल भरवाने का झंझट।देखा जाये तो ये आपकी पॉकेट और सेहत दोनों के लिए एक बेहतर ऑप्शन हो सकता है।

On February 9, Nikhilesh Tabhane Skates World (NTSW) hosts the Vidarbha-level Rising Star Speed Skating Championship here at the NIT International Skating Rink, Corporation Colony, Daga Design. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, international skater Nikhilesh Tabhane said about 900 skaters would take part in the one-day meeting under the auspices of the Nagpur District Roller Skating Association (NDRSA).

“The competition will take place in four groups-beginners, quads, inline qualified and inline fancy. Skater can only perform in any one division. More than 500 entries have already been confirmed. We are expecting around 900 attendees, “Tabhane said. Seven age groups will range from under-5 to seniors— below 5 years,U-7,U-9,U-11,U-14,U-17, and over 17.
Entry fee for beginners and inline leisure is Rs 200. Rs 300 is paid for inline quad and specialist. Registration ends Friday.

Each participant will be required to report on Sunday at 2.30 pm. Competition starts at 3.30 pm and ends at about 8 pm. In the qualified inline there will be two events— 500 m and 1000 m, while quad will have two events as well— 1 lap and 500 m. Beginners and inline recreation participants will only have to complete one lap of the rink.

Trophies will be given at the first three finishers in each event. Clubs with maximum entries will claim the Championship overall. Nishant Tabhane (9028510913), NDRSA coordinators Kunal Dandekar (9372478968), Swapnil Samarth (9372733737), Nitin Kathote (9370166644), Pankaj Faye (9325305013) and Vishnu Waghe (7057285129) can be contacted for registration.

City Crime Branch’s Social Security Branch (SSB) raided AMS Transport under Wadi Police on Wednesday and confiscated a cache of prohibited and scented Rs 75 lakh tobacco. Cops also confiscated a truck (MH/40/BL/2421) in addition to the arrest of the accused identified as Ajay Mohanrao Sontakke (40), a resident of Dabha Hill, Wadi and Mahendrasingh Rokampalsingh Baghel (22), a resident of Uttar Pradesh.

SSB’s sleuths have received a tip-off on illegal storage of scented tobacco, police sources claim. The SSB squad led by PI Kishor Parvate, API Atul Ingole, constables Manojsingh Chauhan, Praveen Fadnde, Chaya Raut and Sadhna Raut stormed AMS transport’s godown and found 208H-5 premium chewing tobacco bags, hot premium pan masala. Cops arrested two men, seizing goods to the tune of Rs 1.10 crore.

The operation was organized under the leadership of Dr Nilesh Bharne Additional Police Commissioner and Gajanan Rajmane Deputy Police Commissioner.