Politics
Gadkari, Fadnavis vow to transform Nagpur in 3 years: Maharashtra Times Conclave

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Cabinet Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Atul Londhe at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Bandu Baburao Tidke at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Dr K Venkatesham at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


MLA Ashish Deshmukh at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Divisional Commissioner at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


MLA Anil Sole at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Girish Gandhi at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Pro-VC Dr Pramod Yeole at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Shripad Aparajit at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Cabinet Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point


MLA Sudhakar Kohale at 'Maharashtra Times - Nagpur Rising' conclave held at Hotel Airport Centre Point

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, who were chief guests at the 3rd Maharashtra Times Conclave ? Nagpur Rising, held at Hotel Airport Centre Point recently, vowed to transform and develop Nagpur completely in the next three years.
During the conclave, Fadnavis urged citizens to be a part of the citys development process. Addressing the people present, Fadnavis said, Logistics hub can change the economy of Nagpur in a really big way. The implementation of GST has further strengthened the prospects of development. Speaking about Nagpur Metro, Fadnavis added, The first thing a person notices after arriving at Nagpur Airport is the Nagpur Metro Project. That gives a great first impression of the city and that impression really matters. Fadnavis, however, did confess that Nagpur has a long way to go when compared to Mumbai or Pune in terms of development, but assured that things are changing for good.
Gadkari, while addressing everybody, informed about the different development projects taking place in the city. He informed that around Rs 50,000 crore are being spent on different development projects in Nagpur.
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Other politicians and bureaucrats who made their presence felt at the Maharashtra Times Conclave included: Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Cabinet Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, former Nagpur Commissioner Dr K Venkatesham, Divisional Commissioner Anoop Kumar, MLA Ashish Deskmukh, MLA Sudhakar Kohale, etc. Playing the perfect host at the conclave was Shripad Aparajit (Resident Editor, Maharashtra Times, Nagpur) along with his other colleagues.
Sports
Virat Kohli complains of losing his unboxed phone in Nagpur
Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli took to twitter to inform netizens that he had lost his brand new unboxed phone in Nagpur on Tuesday.
Kohli, who is in the city for first test match against Australia on Thursday, said, “Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it Has anyone seen it?”
Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it ☹️ Has anyone seen it?
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 7, 2023
Food delivery app Zomato was quick to respond by asking the ace cricketer to ‘feel free to order an ice cream from his wife and actor Anushka Sharma’s phone.’
The tweet read, “feel free to order ice cream from bhabhi’s phone if that will help.” However, many users anticipated Kohli’s tweet to be an advertisement for a brand.
feel free to order ice cream from bhabhi's phone if that will help 😇
— zomato (@zomato) February 7, 2023
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Legal
Anil Deshmukh granted permission to travel outside Mumbai

Ex-Home Ministe Anil Deshmukh on Monday was granted permission to travel outside Mumbai for four weeks by a special court on Monday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh on Monday was granted permission to travel outside Mumbai for four weeks by a special court on Monday. Deshmukh had sought permission to visit his constituency, which is also his hometown, Nagpur.
The application was filed by Deshmukh through his lawyer, Inderpal Singh, stating that he is a native of Nagpur with deep family roots in the city apart from being an elected representative of his constituency.
“The applicant craves a benevolent indulgence of this court to permit him to travel outside Greater Mumbai, including District Nagpur, for a limited duration of about four weeks so as to maintain continuity in his social and family ties and also visit his original and permanent home/constituency,” the plea stated.
The plea further added that “the applicant needs to have due legal consultation with his lawyers in New Delhi for further course of strategy in the present and connected cases.”
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Governance
Interesting facts you didn’t know about Union Budget | Must Read
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her fifth straight Union Budget when she presented financial statements and tax proposals for fiscal year 2023-24.
Here are some lesser known facts about Union Budget…
The British government presented India’s first ever Union Budget on April 7, 1860.
The first budget of independent India was presented by country’s first Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947.
Even though traditionally, the finance ministers present the budget, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are the only Prime Ministers to have presented the Union Budget instead of Finance Ministers.
Until 1955, the Union Budget was presented in English. However, the Congress government then decided to print the Budget papers in both Hindi and English.
In 2019, Sitharaman became the second woman to table the budget after Indira Gandhi who presented the budget for the year 1970-71.
Earlier, the government tabled the rail budget separately for 92 years but since 2017, the rail budget was merged with the Union Budget.
Until 1999, the government tabled the Union Budget at 5 pm on the last working day of February as per British era practice but
former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha changed the timing to 11 am. Years after, late Finance Minister Arun Jaitely changed the budget presentation to February 1.
There’s a customary event called the ‘halwa ceremony’ that is held every year ahead of the Union Budget. It is considered as a gesture of appreciation for all people who have worked on the Union Budget.
To ensure the secrecy of the budget document, a lock-in process is followed – in which all the officials involved
in preparing the Budget come out of Parliament’s North Block only after the Finance Minister has presented the budget.
In 2021, Sitharaman became the first to table paperless Union Budget.
Former Prime Minister Moraraji Desai holds the record of presenting 10 budgets as finance minister, which is the maximum so far.
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