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Squash – A Suppressed Sport Aurangabad, March 10, 2018: Several tries have been given to bring ‘Squash’ sport as an official ‘Olympics’ sport but has been always rejected. Supporters of sport continue to register applications to include it in the Olympics sport. Though, people have limited the game for certain standard of people, it has slowly started gaining popularity all around the world. This sport is played in a 4 walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. It is meant for 2 players or 4 players where players strike the ball after one another. ‘World Squash Federation’ is the highest governing body in world for the sport and is recognised by ‘International Olympic Committee’. India’s governing body for the same sport is ‘Squash Rackets Federation of India’. In spite of the sport not so popular in the country, its men team has participated in quarter finals for 3 times in ‘World Team Squash Championship’. “The squash was invented in a jail by a person who use

“Suicide is becoming a trend nowadays”: Educational Institutes Aurangabad, March 10, Aurangabad: “Today’s educational system has become so much of a pressure that students cannot even share it with either parents or teachers about the real thing going in their mind.” Said Mr. Kulkarni, branch manager at Aakash Institute. No. of educational suicides have increased in the past few years and have resulted into a grave situation for the parents as they are constantly worried about the future of their child. Youth suicides is one of the major issues of India and mainly people blame the educational system of India. “Students get stressed up a lot because of the educational pressure may it be from family or coaching classes. Students get tensed to this extent that they don’t feel like sharing things with parents nor with teachers and finally end up with the decision to suicide.” Said one of the parent of a child studying in 12 th grade. Children have made it a trend inste

Siddhant versus State – A fight for disabled students Aurangabad, March 9, 2018: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has refrained from striking down the circular dated 17/10/2017 except for Siddhant. The circular will not affect rights of the disabled child and he can appear for exams for the subjects he opted in standard 9 unlike other students who have to appear for the exams as per the circular issued by the CBSE board which includes change in the curriculum. Siddhant Manudhane suffering from dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculic, disability in reading, writing and understanding arithmetic which is learning disability. Student of standard 10 at Kashinath Palod Public School at Jalgaon that is affiliated to CBSE board under the control of Union of India. The regional office of CBSE is at Chennai and the main board is at Prit Vihar, Delhi. According to Writ Petition No. 1744 of 2005, with a mutual agreement between the State Government Educational and Au

“Garbage thrown by residents only”: Say nearby people of the area Aurangabad, March 8, 2018: People residing in N-6, CIDCO have started dumping the garbage in a corner of the area and people living in nearby area and passing from there have filed complaints against it. The dumping has led to many health problems in the area where students as well as families reside. “This garbage is completely of ward and people of ward have only dumped it over here. This land comes under the control of Ajju Naikwadi, MIM official. The garbage collecting truck comes very less frequently and hence as a result the public dumps the complete garbage here at this place. Lastly, a tractor comes every 8 days and collects the complete garbage and disposes it somewhere else but until then the garbage stays as it is dumped. Children get sick every now and then and in spite of complaining again and again, the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation does not take any steps regarding it. Also, during rainy

Garbage vans set on fire   Aurangabad, March 7, 2018: Around 1000 to 1200 accused men and women mass gathered at Mitimita on the Mumbai highway road. They illegally stopped the Municipal Corporation garbage van and interrupted in the government's work. The Police Commissioner of Aurangabad had issued an order of no mass gatherings from 29th February to 18th March. The accused masses failed to follow the order and gathered in such huge number without talking permission and hence a FIR is filed. The masses stopped the vans carrying garbage and also started pelting stones at the Municipal officers and workers. Many officials were seriously injured and some were casually wounded. They also tried to set fire to the vans after knowing the fact that the driver and other workers are still in the vehicle. They cried to create a tension and terror so that the government would not be able to carry out it's work effectively. "By the severe stone pelting it could

Students owe life lessons to hostel life Aurangabad, March 7, 2018: Hostel life has taught students some of the most important life lessons. Many students have given credit to their hostel life for the success they have achieved. Many hostel owners are proud that the students who have stayed in their hostel have made great achievements in their life. Student of many departments have said that hostel life is essential for students to learn few things. “I have learnt more than a thousand lessons by staying in hostel. If hostel life would not have been there in my life then I would have not achieved this much.” Said a computer engineer who is working at L&T Company. Hostel life develops many skills in one’s life and it is really essential for students to experience it. Hostel life teaches students how to adjust and fight in different situations. Many students have filed a complaint against the owner of their respective hostels but later realised that they were the only

"We also invest, gain profit and suffer loss": Street Vendors Aurangabad, March 7, 2018: Street vendors have a say that whatever they do should also be counted in the business sector as they also do hard work all day long. There are many street vendors in the city of Aurangabad who feel as if they should be heard when talking about their business. “I always do business with clean intentions and I own different business in different seasons. I have poor background and I do business in cash only.” Said Shaikh Ayyub, owner of Maharashtra Omlet Centre. He puts up his stall in N-6, CIDCO, Aurangabad. Continuing he said,” I do business of lemon tea, pineapple juice and lime juice in summer season for three months. In rainy season, I work as a labour and  perform loading/unloading work in Mondha. Then finally, in winters, I open my own omlet centre.” He experiences problems at night regarding night permissions as police officials don’t allow them to keep their stalls op

‘Naan Qalia’ – Culture of Aurangabad Aurangabad, March 6, 2018: Naan qalia is the signature dish that originates in Aurangabad. It is made up of mutton and variety of spices. Naan is a bread made in a Tandoor (hot furnace), while qalia is a mixture of mutton and various spices. When Mohammad Bin Tughlaq, shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, the huge army of Tughlaq was exhausted. It was a difficult task to provide food to such a hufe army. The cooks dug a huge furnace and rolled out thousands of Naan. The qalia was prepared by cooking mutton and adding number of spices in the huge vessel. Dating back to the era of Emperor Aurangzeb, this dish is a complete meal as it was used to feed the royal army. The dish that is one of the compulsory items of a wedding feast in the city is found only in selected hotels on a regular basis. The Hotel Moonlight at Kranti Chowk has been selling more than 10 kgs of Naan qalia on a daily basis since 1981. “We serve naan qalia

Iztema – Concept to unite Aurangabad, March 1, 2018: Maulana Saad organised ‘Iztema’ on February 24, 25 and 26. The event was successful and approximately 1.2 crore people had attended the function. It was a state level function and it is organised only 1 time in a year. Also, in total 412 people from foreign countries attended the function. First, Iztema was organised in 1927 in Bengal by Maulana Iliyas Al-Kandhlawi. The concept behind Iztema is to gather all the Muslims and preach them about the truth of their religion and different sessions are kept for the same. Also, the arrangements for food and halt are made by the organisation for all the people who attend the function. All the certified Maulanas are invited from the city to attend the function and preach about the religion in the form of ‘ Bayan’. Also, after the preaching sessions, question and answer sessions are also kept for clearing any kind of doubt related to the religion. Depending on the place wher