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Shiva devotees appease the lord as Gupta family hosts grand Mahaprasad on Mahashivratri in Nagpur

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All roads led to Ramashray? on Mahashivratri as Nagpurians poured in to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva during the Mahaprasad hosted by brothers Jaiprakash, Krishna Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Shiv Kumar Gupta.

The Gupta brothers, who reside at Hill Road, have been observing the rituals of rudrabhishek along with friends and family and the distribution of mahaprasad since years now. Krishna Kumar Gupta, who first discovered a shivlinga across his home, got a temple constructed there and the family has been celebrating Mahashivratri there with grandeur each year.

Krishna Kumar Gupta said, I knew there was a shivlinga across my house, which was almost 200 years old. So, I decided to build a temple around it. We faced many difficulties while getting the temple constructed but my mother always wanted us to build a temple at some point of time in our lives. I’m glad that happened.” 

When asked about the two-day festival fever that surrounds Mahashivratri, he quipped, It’s a great feeling. I feel so content when people seek blessings from Lord Shiva in our temple.

Mayank Gupta, son of Krishna Kumar Gupta, said, I just love the positive vibe during Mahashivratri. We eagerly look forward for Mahashivratri as we’re one of the few families in the city who celebrate this occasion with full spirits. It’s a great time for family and friends bonding too. I’m glad I could catch up with my sister Neha who got married last year!

Rahul Gupta, who was busy seen welcoming guests during the mahaprasad, said, The day is so positive and full of energy. I’m glad our family and friends also look forward for this occasion each year.

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Virat Kohli complains of losing his unboxed phone in Nagpur

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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?”

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.

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Anil Deshmukh granted permission to travel outside Mumbai

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Bombay High Court rejected stay plea filed by CBI paving way for the release of ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

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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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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.

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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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