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Female cops in Nagpur now have special resting area on police station premises

October 26, 2021, 12:29 PM

Karan Pareek | Nagpur

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In a progressive move towards women empowerment, the Nagpur City Police made a highly-equipped resting area for female cops on the premises of Gittikhadan Police Station, Nagpur.
The project was inaugurated by Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and Nagpur Guardian Minister Dr Nitin Raut, on Sunday, October 24.
Acing their hospitality game for female cops, the Nagpur City Police made sure that the resting area was safe and comfortable for the female cops on duty.
The area has beds, dining table, dressing area, curtains, attached pantry/kitchen, washrooms, cupboards and space for the children to play, who accompany their mothers sometimes.
Gittikhadan PS, which comes under Zone II, is headed by DCP IPS Vinita S. Talking about this event, she took to social media and wrote, The initiative has also provided a child-friendly space to the PS where even nursing female staff can take care of their children who sometimes accompany them.
We 7, which is a non-profit organisation did a remarkable job in beautifying the area by painting it. During the inaugural ceremony, they were felicitated along with the executive engineer and officers from the PWD.
Nagpur City Police Commissioner IPS Amitesh Kumar, Joint CP IPS Aswati Dorje, Add CP North Region IPS Naveen Reddy, Add CP Crime IPS Sunil Phulari, Sr PI Gittikhadan Gajanan Kalyankar, PI Crime Gittikhadan Suhas Choudhary and all the officers and staff of Gittikhadan PS were present at the event.

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Politicians, businessmen shower blessings on Chandrashekhar Bawankule’s son Sanket at his wedding reception

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3 years ago

May 30, 2022

Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Photographer : Anurag Raut | Nagpur

Renowned politicians, businessmen and other prominent Nagpurians showered their blessings on MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule’s son Sanket Bawankule and his wife Anushka during the couple’s wedding reception made held at the Mahalaxmi temple premises in Nagpur’s Koradi on May 29.

Those who attended the reception included: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat, former Union Minister Praful Patel, former Maharashtra CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Prithviraj Chavan, Rishi Darda (Joint Managing Director, Lokmat), Suresh Sharma (MD, Baidhyanath, Sunil Raisoni (Chairmain, Raisoni Group), along with several other prominent people.

The couple got married on May 28 in Pune. The wedding was attended by the likes of Gautam Adani, Baba Ramdev, Raj Thackeray and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.

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Armaan Malik regales, Kapil Dev inspires Nagpurians at Khasdar Krida Mahotsav

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3 years ago

May 29, 2022

Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Nagpur

Legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev and popular singer Armaan Malik came calling to Nagpur on May 28 to attend the closing ceremony of the season 4 of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav held at Yashwant Stadium. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis were prominently present during the ceremony, which was attended by thousands of citizens.

During the ceremony, while Malik entertained the people present with his popular songs, Dev played cricket with Fadnavis and Gadkari on the stage. Gadkari, who is the man behind the sports festival, was seen enjoying the batting while Dev bowled to him. During his speech, Dev spoke as to why a sportsperson should play for the passion they have for the game and not play just for money.

The 13-day Khasdar Krida Mahotsav, which started on May 13, saw 45,000 sportspersons participating in 30 sports events. In all, around Rs 93 lakh was distributed as prize money during the 13-day sports festival.

WATCH: Nitin Gadkari, Devendra Fadnavis play cricket with Kapil Dev at Khasdar Krida Mahotsav in Nagpur

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Sunil Kedar kicks off 10-day Late Dr Shrikant Jichkar Memorial Cricket Tournament in Nagpur

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3 years ago

May 28, 2022

Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Nagpur

Sunil Kedar, Minister of Sports and Welfare, Maharashtra inaugurated the 10-day Late Shrikant Jichkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Bishop Cotton School ground in Nagpur on May 27. The tennis ball tournament called the ‘CPL,’ which is powered by Nation Next, is being organized in association with Swasthyam Multispecialty Hospital by Core Media & Events. Other partners include 93.5 Red FM, Shree Balaji Xerox and Signages and Vyankeshwara Infrastructure.

In the tournament, more than 60 teams will compete against each other to win the Late Amol Jichkar Challenger Trophy. The tournament will be organized by till June 5 and will take place every day from 5 pm to 10 pm. Apart from Kedar, prominently present during the inauguration of Late Shrikant Jichkar Memorial Cricket Tournament were Congress leader Narendra Jichkar, former Maharashtra minister Satish Chaturvedi, former MP Gev Avari, former MLA Ashok Dhawad, Sanjay Dubey (Secretary, MPCC), Shrimant Mane (Executive Editor, Lokmat), along with others.