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Nagpur painters painting depicting PM Modi at railway station fetches Rs 5 lakh

Nagpur painter Bijay Biswaals painting depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a railway station was sold for Rs 5 lakh at a two-day physical auction of the gifts received by PM Modi. The painting was sold at the auction, which started at National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi on Sunday.
Biswaal, who is a retired Indian Railways employee and a self-taught painter, had gifted the painting to PM Modi in November 2016 in New Delhi during a function organised by Indian Railways. PM Modi had praised Biswaal for his paintings during his radio programme Mann Ki Baat? in July 2015.

Along with the painting, a wooden bike received by PM Modi was also sold for Rs 5 lakh. While the painting had a base price of Rs 50,000, the bike had a base price of Rs 40,000. A memento of the Golden Temple with a base price of Rs 10,000 was sold for Rs 3.5 lakh. Some other items, which were sold included: A photo frame of Ashtamangalam (Base price: Rs 1,500, Sold for: Rs 28,000), a metallic sword (Base price: Rs 5,000, Sold for: Rs 1 lakh) and a statue of Mahatma Basaveshwara (Base price: Rs 10,000, Sold for: Rs 70,000).
The last day of the physical auction was on Monday. During the two-day auction 270 items out of 1,900 items were sold. While the physical auction has ended, the remaining gifts will be e-auctioned till January 31 on the website: www.pmmementos.gov.in
After the e-auction, the amount raised through the physical and online auction will be used for Namani Gange, which is a central government project to clean river Ganga.
An elated Bijay Biswaal, while speaking to Nation Next said, I got to know a month back that my painting, which I had gifted to our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be auctioned soon. I’m very happy and on the top of the world to realise that the proceeds will be used for such a good purpose.
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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.
The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.
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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur

Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.
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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly

Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.
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