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GMC MS (Ortho) not recognised!

March 25th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: In a major setback to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), the Medical Council of

India (MCI) has declined recognition to the post graduate course in orthopaedics (MS orthopaedics). What is even more

shocking is the fact that GMCH has been running the course for about four decades now, albeit sans MCI

recognition.
 

Blind students will count tigers

March 25th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: In a unique experiment, Maruti Chitampali, a conservationist from the city, plans to take the help

of visually handicapped students when the tiger census is conducted in May.
 
Whenever the forest department goes

through the annual exercise of counting big cats and other animals in the Navegaon Bandh or Nagzira Wild Life Park, it takes

the help of volunteers. This time Chitampali's team would be helping them to 'sense' the animals.
 
"The

visually challenged have a sharp sense of hearing and even smell," says Chitampali.
 

NMC raids abattoir in city

March 24th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: After the civic administration decided to crack the whip against illegal slaughterhouses, the first

to face the music was the one in Sahakar Nagar. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials conducted a surprise check

and caught the Shankar Nagar outlet off-guard. During the raid, it was observed that animals were being slaughtered in an

open ground near Khamla market.
 

Airport modernisation plan extended

March 20th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has extended the deadline for completion of the modernisation

of the Dr Ambedkar International Airport by almost six months.
 

Rs 3.50 cr forensic lab at Amravati

March 20th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: The state government has sanctioned a fund of Rs 3.50 crore for setting up a forensic laboratory in

Amravati. This will be the first ever forensic laboratory in entire Amravati division. Sources said that the laboratory would

start functioning soon.
 
There is no forensic laboratory in the districts of Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Washim

and Buldhana. As a result the people here have to depend on forensic laboratories in Nagpur. There are total 39,000 cases for

the year 2005 and 2006 and 33,000 cases for 2006 and 2007, waiting for the results from forensic lab.

Only one bid for zoo master plan

March 19th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: The state government has received only one bid for preparing the master plan for the Rs 500-crore

international zoo and safari park at Gorewada on 1885-hectare forest land in the city.
 

Naxals kill 2 surrendered colleagues

March 19th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

CHANDRAPUR: Incensed by the large number of naxals who have surrendered in the recent past, a group of

rebels on Monday killed two of their former colleagues who had recently surrendered before the administration and were living

peacefully in Kondewahi village of Etapally tehsil.
 

Back-to-back festivals keep cops busy

March 18th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: The back-to-back festivals of Id-e-Milad and Holi would be a double challenge for the city police

later this week. While Id will fall on March 20, first day of Holi will be celebrated on March 21. In order to ensure

peaceful festivities, city police convened a peace committee meeting at police gymkhana on Monday.
 

World Bank may help transport plans

March 18th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: With the local administration mulling over ambitious transport projects, the World Bank too is

examining possibilities of aiding them, either via funding or providing intellectual assistance.
 
A team of

officials from the World Bank paid a two-day visit to the city beginning Sunday and met a host of officials including Nagpur

Municipal Corporation Commissioner Sanjay Sethi, officials of Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), Nagpur

Improvement Trust and other agencies.
 

Board expects better results this time

March 18th, 2008 | posted by Anjali

NAGPUR: Students appearing for the SSC and HSC examinations can afford a smile following Maharashtra State

Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education's decision to award 20 per cent compulsory assessment marks in 'killer'

subjects like Mathematics and English.
 
As a result, the state board expects better results this year, sources

said. Last year, Nagpur division fared worst among eight divisions of the board with 46.75 per cent with over 62,000 students

failing to clear mathematics and English exams.