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Meet Nagpur’s Vijay Kasture who lives in a so-called bhoot bangla at Abhyankar Nagar
Vijay Kasture posing for the camera at his residence in Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
The entrance of Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur, which is cluttered with random junk items
A shield made from bamboo wicker lid that has plastic knives hanging on a tree at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
A trishula made of colourful broom sticks covered with bright green plastic bottles with an ‘Om’ at its centre along with various scrap items scattered all around, that makes the entrance look messy at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
A caption on a tyre that says, ‘Apni aukat mat bhulo’ (Don’t forget your status) with various CDs at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
Rudrakasha Mala (beads) on a Shivling at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
The weird entrance gate of Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur. It has scrap materials like tyres hanging on the tree, lanterns, chart papers on the entrance gate, bottles, fire cracker boxes, wedding invitations cards, etc.
A monkey mask with colourful glasses at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
A platform of bricks that has idols of various Gods at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
An aerial view of Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur, which includes curtains and steps that are made of Indian toilet’s tiles. It even has commode rings, brooms, lightings and a laundry bag
A scooter tyre, that has liquor bottles around it, is covered with a girl’s outfit at the terrace of Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
A view of few weird objects at the terrace of Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
Hanging clothes, curtains behind a ceramic Swastika, a football, a dartboard, an old sofa with car seat covers for his guests, liquor bottles behind various idols of Goddesses on the floor, etc., at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
A hanging British Airways’ toy aircraft with Lord Hanuman’s gada (mace) on a tree at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
The only dim light, which is on at night, scares onlookers at Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur
Most people make headlines because they are either successful or interesting. And, Nagpur’s Vijay Kasture surely falls in the latter category. He has been the talk of the town ever since he started living his life on his own terms. If one visits his bungalow at Abhyankar Nagar, they?ll notice all possible weird stuff there. Right from unrelated objects like a toilet that has a Trishula next to it, a calendar that has pictures of Gods along with photo frames and rods that resemble tube lights, Kasture has set many tongues wagging. Kasture, who has no qualms in living his life in an unusual manner, said, I do all this for time pass. I’m unmarried; I spend my time in picking up such stuffs from wherever I can. I’ve been living in this house since last 60 years. I inherited this house from my father. I have five sisters and three brothers who are happily married.
Kasture, who would ply auto rickshaw for his living, is now a retired man. In an exclusive chat with Nation Next he told, My nephews and nieces take care of my meals. Also, I don’t care about what people think of me. I give two hoots! I’m directly connected with the almighty and I do exactly what he asks me to do. One doesn’t need to do idol worship to prove his devotion for God. We just need to believe in His existence.
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One of the most interesting things that Kasture had to say about technology was, Due to higher education and advanced technology, people have lost the ability to understand emotions and relations. Today, people are devoid of inner satisfaction. Kasture even said, People call me a living ghost! No body comes at my house. In fact, once during Navrati, there were almost 70 odd people who were stationed in front of my house. They started pelting stones at my house and hurling abuses at me. The moment I came out of my house, everybody went hither and thither as they got scared of me!
Scroll down to check out the photos of Vijay Kasture’s house at Abhyankar Nagar 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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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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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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Watch the full video here:
Virat Kohli complains of losing his unboxed phone in Nagpur
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