ALSO READ Woman beaten up after rape attempt succumbs to injuries SC slams Madhya Pradesh for giving Rs 6 500 charity to rape victimss HC sends tutor to 5 yrs in jail for trying to rape 7-yr-old student Man attempts rape on 2 minor girls arrested Over five rapes cases reported every day in 2017 span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Palghar rural police have arrested two persons and taken into custody three juveniles in connection with alleged gang-rape of a girl at Jambla village in Jawhar tehsil. The victim a 13-year-old girl was on her way to her grandmother s place after school on the morning on February 24 when the accused allegedly waylaid her and raped her. Police arrested Akshay Gavte (20) and Devidas Gavte (22) and took the other three accused who are aged 16-17 years in custody late last night assistant police inspector B T Gandat of Jawhar police station said. A case of rape under section 376 of the IPC has been registered and further probe is on he said.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
There is a cause that is consuming 37-year-old Gauri a transgender activist. To build a home for children of sex workers at Kamare village in Maharashtra s Palghar district on outskirts of Mumbai. The goal has become the only focus of Gauri in her waking hours for which she has appealed through all popular programs on television channels or function she has attended. Gauri has also pledged Rs 17 lakh that she has received through the TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati for her initiative. Gauri has approached Milaap a crowdfunding initiative to raise funds for her cause. The target is to collect Rs 62 lakh towards the project. The target amount is decided by campaign organisers based on the specific need which is to build a shelter home in the case of Gauri. Milaap has raised nearly Rs 35 lakh so far with nearly 600 people having supported the fundraiser by making a contribution. The fundraiser page has also been shared about 3 000 times on social media. Gauri has come out with a video on the project said a Milaap spokesperson which has received nearly 100 000 views on Facebook. Gauri Sawant transgender activist. Any amount can be pledged from as little as a rupee with Paytm the spokesperson said. We feel privileged to play a role in taking her story to a larger audience after all such stories deserve to be told the spokesperson said. Gauri s transformation from Ganesh Suresh Sawant from Pune has been well-chronicled in the media. Her dream is to build a home in the light of a very disturbing incident that she witnessed. In Kamathipura I came across a little child playing with her mother s dupatta inside one of the shacks. I stepped closer to adore the little one and was shocked to see a man zipping up his pants right there. I realised that the mother was actually working with the little one in the room since there was no other place where she could leave her baby. It really disturbed me to think that children are having to grow up watching all this and decided to do something to change the lives of these kids she said. This incident spurred Gauri to think of creating a safe home for girl children. She rued that girls were unsafe in their homes where their mothers were sex workers. Girls of sex workers are more vulnerable said Gauri adding that I want to create a safe home for these daughters where basic education and health will be provided besides care love and safety that every child deserves. To be built on a plot of land measuring around 2 500 sq feet which Gauri received as a gift the home has been aptly named Naani ka Ghar or Aaji cha Ghar (Grandma s home) the home will be built at the at the outskirts of Mumbai in Kamare village in Palghar district. The plan is to provide accommodation for about 60 to 70 children. So far Gauri has five children that she is taking care of in a daycare facility. The children will be given basic education in the home itself so as to avoid them being viewed as sex workers children while being enrolled in a school.
MUMBAI: Two persons were killed when a container heading towards Gujarat rammed into their tempo at Kasa in Palghar district. The driver and cleaner of the tempo were killed on the spot while the driver and cleaner of the container got injured in the road mishap. The accident led to traffic jam on the Mumbai lane of the highway.
MUMBAI: Two men were arrested by Kurar police after they switched some persons debit cards at ATM kiosks with invalid ones and later misused the stolen ones to make online purchases and cash withdrawals. Held for the first time the duo has been booked in seven offences in north Mumbai and Palghar district in the past. Police said they were part of a gang of five that has similarly conned around 25 people at kiosks in Maharashtra and Gujarat. On February 15 Malad (E) resident Deepak Patel had visited a State Bank of India ATM when a person offered to help him withdraw cash. Patel did not realise is that the man made a mental note of his PIN and discreetly switched his debit card with an invalid one after the transaction. Patel later found that he had been defrauded. The accused used Patel s card to withdraw Rs25 000 transfer Rs40 000 to their bank accounts and purchase jewellery worth Rs49 000. After Patel lodged a complaint police studied CCTV footage at the kiosk and obtained the numberplate of the accused s bike. On February 25 Pravin Mishra (26) was arrested from Nala Sopara. On questioning he named his aides Nanhe Pandey Ankit Singh Lalit Pandey and Rahul Dubey. Based on mobile phone surveillance Nanhe was picked up from Bhadoi in UP on March 1. We recovered two gold rings a gold bracelet two motorcycles a mobile phone and cash collectively worth nearly Rs 2 lakh said investigating officer Gorakhnath Gharge Kurar police.
MUMBAI: In a departure from the past the Maharashtra government s tribal development department has managed to attract investors both foreign and domestic companies to put money in projects that aim to transform and financially secure tribal communities in the state. The idea is to help garment manufacturers who want to set up units in tribal areas in exporting tribal arts and promoting homestay in tribal houses basically everything that makes the tribal community financially self-sufficient. Fashion designer Anita Dongre for instance has signed an MoU with the state to offer a tailoring contract to 60 women of a self-help group in Mokhada in Palghar district at market rates. Another reputed brand has decided to set up a unit in Pune which will cater to the exports market. State government officials said that they envisage training 1 000 tribal women to make fashion garments. Government officials said that around 50 MoUs and LoUs have been signed with companies and they believe the investment in the sector could go up to Rs 10 crore a year. Though the amount is small the state believes that investments in the tribal sector in the next five years could jump to Rs 100-150 crore. Officials said that this is a big step because in the past the money that came into tribal areas was only for the corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects but this is the first time that so much money is coming for skilling them and providing them employment opportunities. The Maharashtra government is also talking to several companies to not just promote tribal products and handicrafts but also showcase the tribal way of life. For instance talks are on with at least two hospitality firms for eco-tourism where tourists would come and stay in tribal homes under a homestay arrangement which would give visitors a feel of the tribal life. Everyone benefits from this the tribals would get a source of income and the hospitality firm would train the tribals to be tourist-friendly. They could even take the tourists on nature trails said Manisha Verma secretary of the tribal development department. Not just tourism the state has started an initiative to preserve and brand indigenous varieties of rice. Officials claimed that they have identified 40 different varieties of rice that benefit patients suffering from diabetes to heart ailments. Black rice grown by particular regions of the state by tribals is known to be anti-oxidant which is good for heart patients; similarly brown rice has a lower glycemic index which means it can be consumed by diabetics said Ayush Prasad an assistant district collector from Pune and project officer of the Integrated Tribal Development Project. In the recent Magnetic Maharashtra Investor summit the tribal department attracted interest from exporters and other firms which wanted to export authentic Gond art and Warli paintings abroad. The state has already decided to create a logo for such products under the banner of Maha Tribe. There s also a plan to create a unit for bottling and branding wild honey collected by the tribals. We are keen to build partnerships with interested companies agencies and work in collaboration with other government departments to facilitate time-bound progress to convert them into concrete MoUs for rollout said Verma.
MUMBAI: Around 100 guests who had lunch at a marriage venue in Palghar have been admitted to government hospitals after they developed symptoms of vomiting stomach ache and loose motions on Sunday evening. All are out of danger. The guests were attending the wedding of Vivek Vartak s daughter in Makunsar village in Palghar. The wedding was followed by lunch. Vartak a caterer by profession served vegetarian food including paneer and a sweet dish gajar halwa . After a while a few guests complained of nausea and upset stomach. They were admitted to the primary health centre at Saphale in Palghar district. Those admitted told the doctors that they felt uneasiness after consuming the sweet dish. Soon more and more guests began complaining of uneasiness. They were referred to the rural hospital in Mahim Palghar district. Dr Dinkar Gavit Chief Medical Officer of the rural hospital Palghar said that the patients were responding well to the treatment. He said that samples of the food served at the wedding has been taken and will be send to the government lab in Thane. He said that all patients including two children aged four and five years are out of danger. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials reached the wedding venue and gathered samples of the food. The Kelwe coastal police has registered a case and further investigation will depend on the food sample report. Vartak told the police that the mawa used for the sweet dish was purchased from a Vasai supplier. Police said that based on the report that will be submitted by the FDA a case will be filed against those found guilty. Even the guests who did not complain of ill health were advised to get themselves examined.
The government of Maharashtra on Monday signed a massive deal with the company promoted by a commercial pilot who had developed an aircraft on the terrace of his building. Reports said the deal is https://www.skillshare.com/profile/Momid-Khan/8334151 worth Rs 35 000 crore but Scroll.in has not independently confirmed this figure. Amol Yadav of Thrust Aircraft Pvt Ltd was in the news after his aircraft was displayed at a Make in India event in Mumbai in February 2016 six years after he started building it.However Yadav s airplane which was approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in November 2017 has not yet been tested. He said a few components are with the Customs Department. Once they are fitted into the aircraft we will have the official test flight in March or April he added.The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Yadav s company at the ongoing Magnetic Maharashtra: Convergence 2018 global investors summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the event on Saturday.Under the deal signed to promote the Make in India initiative the Maharashtra government will give Thrust Aircraft 157 acres in Palghar district s Kelwe region around 140 km north of Mumbai. A factory will be set up on the land to build the six-seater aircraft Yadav developed and help turn Palghar into an aviation hub the Hindustan Times reported.The aircraft bears the registration number VT NMD after the initials of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.Under the deal Yadav has the responsibility to build the aircraft and appoint an agency to develop the facility on the land in Palghar. The government will provide funds for basic amenities etc he said.
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