A case has been registered against Radhe Maa and six persons for harassing a woman for dowry.
Radhe Maa a spiritual guru who has resolved problems of several devotees has landed herself into trouble. A case has been registered against Radhe Maa and six persons for dowry harassment from Puja (name changed). She had assaulted Puja on the pretext of offering blessings to the latter. Puja had got married to Nakul Gupta in the year 2012. Both of them had met each other through a matrimonial website and later they got married with the wishes of family members. After the marriage was fixed Nakul’s parents used to ask Puja to visit Radhe Maa’s ashram in Borivali (W) for seeking her blessings. The Gupta family has close relations with Radhe Maa. They had to seek Radhe Maa’s permission for giving a nod to the alliance between Nakul and Puja.
Kshitij Mehta, the victim’s advocate said, “Even though Radhe Maa had given her consent for the marriage but she also imposed several conditions on Puja and Nakul. She made several demands for appearing for Puja’s marriage. She wanted the victim’s family to hire a helicopter and expensive car for attending the marriage function. Since the expenses for the same was 11 lakh it was not acceptable for the victim’s family. The victim’s family was asked to pay a dowry amount of Rs 25 lakhs. According to Puja, Radhe Maa has destroyed her life.”
The police are investigating this matter and a case has been filed against Nakul’s parents. A case has been registered against Nakul Gupta his father Daulat Gupta, Lata Gupta, Sandeep Gupta and Jyoti Gupta.
“Radhe Maa used to treat the victim cruelly. Puja’s in-laws used to ask her to clean Radhe Maa’s ashram. Since Puja failed to clean the ashram she was assaulted by the spiritual guru. Radhe Maa used to torture the victim. She also had interfered in the victim’s marital life. Radhe Maa had asked both Puja and Nakul to visit Amritsar compulsory during their honey moon trip and seek blessings of a spiritual leader. She had threatened to oust Puja if her parents failed to pay dowry money” added Mehta.
Mukund Pawar, Senior Police Inspector, Kandivali (W) said, “We have filed a case against Radhe Maa on 18th July. We have recorded the statement of the victim and are probing this matter further. We have registered a case against the accused under the Anti-dowry act. According to the victim her in-laws used to act as per the instruction of Radhe Maa”
After drawing ire of many for opposing death penalty to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, actor Salman Khan has tendered an unconditional apology on Twitter.
The ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ actor had earlier in the day said that Yakub’s absconding elder brother Tiger Memon should be hanged instead.
The controversial tweets in which Salman supported Yakub calling him `innocent` kicked up a storm, drawing flak from the political and social circles.
However, Salman’s father Salim Khan too expressed his feelings saying that Salman shouldn’t have tweeted in support of Yakub Memon.
In his previous tweets, Salman also called Tiger Memon a coward. Check out his previous tweets which were later taken down by the actor:
“We can die for our family. Tiger, your brother will be hanged for you in some days. Say something, make a statement or address that it was you. What kind of brother are you?”
“Where are you hiding Tiger? Sharif Saab, I would request you to let us know about Tiger, if you have any information about him. “I’ve been wanting to tweet this for three days and was afraid to do so but it involves a man and his family. Don’t hang brother, hang the fox who ran away.”
Post deleting his earlier tweets, Khan said that his father Salim Khan called him and said he should retract his tweets as they had the potential to create “misunderstanding”.
Salim, a veteran Bollywood scriptwriter, is quoted has having said that his son is “ignorant” of the issue and people should not take him seriously, describing the star’s earlier remarks as ridiculous and meaningless.
Earlier, Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar met the Governor, appealing that the bail of Mr Khan, who is an accused in several cases, be cancelled.”I have appealed that Salman Khan is himself a convicted person and he spoke in favour of another convicted person… So his bail plea should be cancelled,” he said.
During the day, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya had said he would raise the issue in Parliament. “Salman Khan ne Desh ki Mafi magni chahiye (Salman Khan should apologise to the country),” he had tweeted.
Yoga teacher Ramdev, too, had said, “It is important to teach lesson to anti nationals… People who support anti-national activities on humanitarian grounds should also be punished.”
Mr Khan’s father, noted screenwriter Salim Khan, had also expressed his disapproval. “He (Salman) should not say anything about these kind of serious topics without any knowledge. Salman is ignorant of the issue and people should not take him seriously,” Salim Khan said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that with the Indian economy opening up there is a need to build institutions like the IIM to produce the best of human resources.
“The Indian economy is offering enormous opportunity to the global scenario for creating human resources. And gone are the days when the United States and European nations were on the forefront, some 30 years back. Today Indian talent is not lagging behind,” said Fadnavis.
The chief minister was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, the first in the state.
“Our students from the IITs and IIMs have excelled in the world”, Fadnavis said recalling his recent visit to the US where he toured the Silicon Valley and Google office.
“Eight out of ten (technocrats) were from India. You can build an infrastructure in two to three years but there is an urgent need for building an institution”, he added.
He hoped that students from IIM Nagpur will bring laurels not only to Vidarbha and Maharashtra but to the the entire country.
Fadnavis expressed his happiness that out of six IIMs announced by Union Human Resource and Development Ministry, IIM Nagpur became the first to be inaugurated.
Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and IIM Ahmedabad Director Prof Ashish Nanda were also present on the occasion.
The newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University Dr. Sanjay Deshmukh, who has come under criticism for calling on the MNS chief Raj Thackeray after taking over the new post, today said that he believed in meeting “a cross-section” of the society to get feedback.
“When I took over the reins of the historical university I had decided that I will involve a cross-section of members of the society in the functioning and the growth of the university, and for this I started meeting several persons,” Dr. Deshmukh said, speaking at a function in Thane.
One cannot remain confined within four walls and fulfil the expectations of the society, the Vice Chancellor said, adding that it was necessary to get suggestions and observations of people from various walks of life.
He will continue with such meetings, he asserted.
Dr. Deshmukh said he had informed the Governor Vidyasagar Rao about his plans to meet various people and get feedback on the very first day.
A 53-year-old man, serving life imprisonment, lodged at the Thane district central jail here attempted suicide by hanging himself in the jail premises, police said.
Ramu Soma Pawar of Tusa was last week convicted by a local court and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
Police Sub Inspector of Thane Nagar Police Station S A Kakan said the incident took place yesterday when Pawar tried to hang himself using a rope made out of the bedsheet by the tree.
The other inmates rescued him and brought him back to the cell, Kakan said.
Following a complaint by the Jailor Vishal Bandal, a case under section 309 of the IPC (attempt to commit suicide) was registered and investigations are underway, police said.
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed allegedly by five youths after he refused to ferry them, following which all the accused were arrested, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place at Nandivali village in Dombivli of the district in the wee hours of Saturday, Dombivli police station in-charge SB Shirvarkar said.
The accused approached the auto driver asking him to ferry them to a certain location which he refused. Enraged over this, they stabbed him to death, he said. They then dumped his body behind the crematorium. The incident came to light after locals informed the police.
The accused have been identified as Anand Deokar, Srinivas Sugala, Prashant Tale, Vinod Wakte, and Rakesh Ingle. All of them were arrested on Saturday.
Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC in this connection and investigations are underway.
In a swift action, police rescued an 11-year-old boy in Vasai within hours of his abduction and arrested two suspects.
The boy was abducted from near his house at Vasai East, a distant suburb of Mumbai, late afternoon yesterday by two men, who put him in a car and sped away, said Inspector Narayan Patil of Waliv Police Station of Vasai division.
His family received a phone call demanding a ransom of Rs. 3 lakh. The caller warned that the minor will be harmed if the money was not paid, according to the police complaint filed by the family.
Police registered an offence and swung into action. Within hours, a police team located the boy near a post office in Virar and rescued him. By late night, he was handed over to his family, Patil said.
Police arrested the two abductors, who, according to initial probe, were known to the boy’s family. Police did not disclose their names, saying they were still being interrogated.
Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission is seriously handicapped by shortage of funds, with the budget provided by the government falling far short of the amount sought by the panel to carry on with its works, including conducting awareness campaigns and taking in interns from leading law schools in the country.
The functioning of the panel is also hampered by other constraints like the absence of a police officer of the IG rank to head its investigative arm besides delay in nomination of the members for the slots remaining vacant in the Commission despite frequent requests made to the government, highly placed SHRC sources, requesting anonymity, said.
The panel, headed by retired chief justice of Kerala High Court S R Bannurmath, had sought a provision of Rs. 2.10 crore for 2014-15 for meeting its administrative expenses, but the fund sanctioned by Home Department was a measly Rs. 57 lakh.
With the shortfall in cash, the Commission is finding it difficult to carry on with its responsibilities, like promoting research and studies on human rights issues, an important activity of such bodies in India and other democratic countries.
“Apart from impacting our day-to-day functioning that has been mentioned in the chapter III of the (Promotion of Human Rights) Act by which the Commission was set up, non-availability of funds has come in the way of other responsibilities like giving orientation to interns from law schools,” said Commission sources.
The Commission had asked for budgetary support of Rs. 1.17 crore in 2013-14 and Rs. 2.10 crore in 2014-15. However, the amounts sanctioned were Rs. 49.68 lakh and Rs. 57.25 lakh only in respective years.
The panel, which has 17,359 cases pending before it, has been forced to draw Rs. 1.70 crore from the salary heads to meet day-to-day administrative expenses.
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission was established on March 6, 2001 as per international covenants and Promotion of Human Rights Act, 1992, with the objective to keep watch and inquire into violation of human rights by the public servants.
A 15-year-old boy has been booked for allegedly harassing a girl and driving her to suicide in Shirvanje village in the district, police said on Sunday.
As per the complaint filed by the victim’s father, the girl, who was a 10th class student, was staying at her uncle’s place and pursuing a computer course, Assistant Police Inspector P A Kolhe of Khinavli police station said.
The accused, a resident of Shahapur taluka, used to call her up repeatedly on her mobile phone and harass her, following which she committed suicide by consuming poison on July 16, he said.
Initially, the police registered a case of accidental death. However, further probe into the case and the complaint by the victim’s father revealed that she was fed up of constant harassment and hence took the extreme step, he said.
A case has been registered under sections 306 (abetment of suicide of child or insane person) and 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) of the IPC, he said, adding that no arrest has been made so far in this connection.
Too much tabloid material? Too much “judge, jury and executioner” activism? Falling credibility? Bias? This is what media is doing? We have two types of journalism. One is broadsheet and another one is tabloid. Newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and conquered by headlines, photographs, and sensational stories. In the sense that is light, quick and often amusing. However, it’s full of gossips. Tabloid journalism requires, humour, special skills to analyze the story. Actually, the broadsheet newspapers gets published early in the mid night and reaches stalls in the morning, whereas most of the tabloids reaches stalls at tea time break. Generally, entire news are published in spreadsheets, so readers expect some follow up or something light to read on tea time with puzzles, crosswords, Sudoku, columns and human interest stories with gossip touch. I remember when I switched my job from Free Press journal (broadsheet paper) to a tabloid, it was a daily challenge, creating news looking at it in different fashion was real task for me. In India, we have thousands of journalists in broadsheet desk but it’s rare to have skills potential at Tabloid culture. I feel blessed because I could get an opportunity to work at both the sides, but working in tabloid was really tough job.
When I was working in a tabloid, my senior asked me to make a lead story on Sonia Gandhi’s visit to Maharashtra. I made news as she visited the place, met all ministers and blah blah my editor rejected the story and gave me good lecture, finally he understood our problem that we are not well versed with tabloid culture. He walked out of the office for smoking. Deadline was nearby to submitting lead story, there was loads of pressure, and he was also tensed yet relaxed. I have a habit, if someone rejects my work or not satisfied with duties, I make it a point to learn and gain confidence of my seniors, and for that no matter how much humiliation and hierarchy I have to face. We all need reason to love something and no reason to hate anything and everything. This is what the biggest setback of human nature.
Anyway, I went out and asked him, sir tell me how to make interesting lead when there is nothing beyond what I have written. He was enjoying puff after puff, and asked me where was this minister? Where was that officer? It was very funny conversation, while talking I just told him, sir today CM went to Spa and groomed himself because Madam was visiting them, everyone was looking good, groomed and well dressed. There was spark in Mobin’s eyes. He just tapped on my head and said let’s make lead, I was surprised to see his reaction, and followed him to desk, he made story and gave big head line, “Ministers Visited Spa and parlours to impress Madam” and nice cartoon was prepared, madam is standing and all hunks are trying to impress her.
Oh my god, it was such a hilarious story all were laughing, entire desk was happy, and my byline was printed on front page, I was amazed. My happiness knew no boundaries at that time. Then he explained me the art of tabloid journalism and writing. Basic thumb rule of this journalism, give a story out of actual story but very much authenticated.
Next Day, I went to court because Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Maria Susairaj were suppose to be brought for trial. That day, my way of looking at story was completely different. Every newspapers carried the same story about the accused being brought to court and what was judge’s verdict and defence statements. The news started flashing on news channels. There was no angle remained to flash.
I reached desk, analyzed the entire situation and recollected the scenario. When both Maria and Sadhvi were produced before the court, they were smiling and were escorted by so many police officers. Both were looking gorgeous and relaxed. I asked for pictures from my camera man, made head line “laughing at law” and gave big happy picture of them on the front. My editor was very happy, his reaction to my story was like an award to me, next day we received lots of feedback, my stories got noticed, people started reading me, I got acknowledged. One long year from 2008 to 2009, I ruled front page with lead bylines. That displeased many of my peers, because remaining on front page is dream of every reporter. Comparatively, I could learn the basics of tabloid culture little fast. I got promoted, received handsome pay package. Lots of appreciation from readers, I became the favourite of management and senior editors. I used to feel special, that’s the reason when I was promoted as City Editor at such a young age, many old sub-editors due for promotion were against me. They blogged, complained, wrote anonymous letters to management, gossiped about me. I don’t blame them; they did it out of insecurity and frustration. Anyway, today I own same name and banner Afternoon, and that is also a tabloid. Even I boast saying, we are the only parallel media house.
The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Star, Blitz on Sunday, Mumbai Mirror, Mid Day are few of the famous tabloids across the globe. Good tabloid writers expand upon small news items that appear in the back pages of traditional newspapers. In fact, one of the notable differences between a tabloid newsroom and one at a serious newspaper is that tabloid writers don’t do much work outside the office. Once a writer finds a story that can be expanded, he calls family members or authorities involved with the story to get quotes. Using those quotes, the writer can flash out the story and make it more about the people involved than the events themselves. This is a feature of the tabloid writing style. Celebrity news is a staple of the tabloids, and sources for this information are everywhere. Each tabloid writer maintains an army of sources, including security guards, hair stylists, personal drivers and even police officers who call the writer whenever they have new information about a celebrity. These informants are paid various amounts for their information, depending on the quality of the news and which celebrity it involves.
Earlier, tabloid journalism was called yellow Journalism. But gradually, while the society became more permissive and paparazzi started ruling, it gained legitimacy and got a new term – Tabloid Journalism. It can be anything, from a rape to murder, to celebrity to politician to anything and everything. It has strong rules and regulations over ethics and morality.
Nowadays, too tabloid material exists in the market? Yes, even electronic media is very much believing in tabloid culture because viewers enjoy something beyond news value. If you want to read follow up and don’t want to be bothered too much over news, news and news then, tabloid is the best solution and time pass material for you.
Radhe Maa a spiritual guru who has resolved problems of several devotees has landed herself into trouble. A case has been registered against Radhe Maa and six persons for dowry harassment from Puja (name changed). She had assaulted Puja on the pretext of offering blessings to the latter. Puja had got married to Nakul Gupta in the year 2012. Both of them had met each other through a matrimonial website and later they got married with the wishes of family members. After the marriage was fixed Nakul’s parents used to ask Puja to visit Radhe Maa’s ashram in Borivali (W) for seeking her blessings. The Gupta family has close relations with Radhe Maa. They had to seek Radhe Maa’s permission for giving a nod to the alliance between Nakul and Puja.
After drawing ire of many for opposing death penalty to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, actor Salman Khan has tendered an unconditional apology on Twitter.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that with the Indian economy opening up there is a need to build institutions like the IIM to produce the best of human resources.
The newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University Dr. Sanjay Deshmukh, who has come under criticism for calling on the MNS chief Raj Thackeray after taking over the new post, today said that he believed in meeting “a cross-section” of the society to get feedback.