Pune News Live Updates: Women’s groups plan protest march against Maha panel set to track interfaith, intercaste marriages

Pune News Live Updates Today: The panel will also be overseeing district-level initiatives for women in such marriages who may be estranged from their maternal families so that assistance can be provided if needed.

By: Express Web Desk
Pune | Updated: December 15, 2022 12:09:37 pm
According to the resolution, the initiative will provide a platform for these women and their families to access counselling, and communicate or resolve issues. (Representational Photo)

Pune News Live Updates, December 15, 2022: Pune’s Stree Mukti Andolan Samiti and other women’s groups have lashed out against the Maharashtra panel that has been set up to gather detailed information on interfaith and intercaste marriages. Activists said that a protest march is being planned against the panel.  Opposition parties, have too, slammed the move and said that it will create a divide in society and also create fear in the minds of individuals from some communities. The committee will be headed by the state’s Women and Child Development Minister and BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha.

Meanwhile, Samata Sainik Dal worker Manoj Garbade and two others who threw ink at Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil were granted bail by a judicial magistrate on Wednesday, a day after the Pimpri-Chinchwad police dropped the attempt-to-murder charge invoked against them. Garbade emerged to a hero’s welcome to a crowd of supporters outside the court.

In other news, predictions suggest that the city, today, will witness partly cloudy skies with very light rains. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Pune are likely to be around 25.8 degrees Celsius and 18.8 degrees Celsius throughout the day.

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12:02 (IST)15 Dec 2022
Women's groups plan protest march against Maha panel set to track interfaith, intercaste marriages

Pune’s Stree Mukti Andolan Samiti and other women’s groups have lashed out against the Maharashtra panel that has been set up to gather detailed information on interfaith and intercaste marriages. Activists said that a protest march is being planned against the panel. 

Opposition parties, have too, slammed the move and said that it will create a divide in society and also create fear in the minds of individuals from some communities. The committee will be headed by the state’s Women and Child Development Minister and BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha.

12:01 (IST)15 Dec 2022
Pune Traffic Update: Cautionary advise for commuters passing through RTO Chowk

Pune fire brigade officials have advised caution to commuters passing from RTO Chowk near Sangam Bridge because of a slippery patch of the road due to continuous leakage of water from a supply line over the last few days. 

Officials said that they received complaints of vehicles skidding earlier on Thursday morning. What was initially thought to be an oil spillage, turned out to be a slippery patch formed due to continuous leakage of water and dirt on the road. The concerned department has been asked to repair the leakage, officials added.

11:51 (IST)15 Dec 2022
Out on bail, trio who threw ink on Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil get hero’s welcome

Samata Sainik Dal worker Manoj Garbade and two others who threw ink at Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil were granted bail by a judicial magistrate on Wednesday, a day after the Pimpri-Chinchwad police dropped the attempt-to-murder charge invoked against them.

The three men were detained last week after one of them threw ink at BJP leader while he was leaving a party leader’s residence in the Chinchwadgaon area of Pimpri-Chinchwad. Police also detained the two others who were raising slogans against Patil. The aggression came after Patil, at a function in Paithan on Friday, said that Jyotiba Phule, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had all started schools in the country.

Manoj Garbade (right) and others after their release on bail. (Express Photo)
11:42 (IST)15 Dec 2022
Weather Forecast Today

Predictions suggest that Pune on Thursday is likely to witness partly cloudy skies with very light rains.

The maximum and minimum temperatures in Pune are likely to be around 25.8 degrees Celsius and 18.8 degrees Celsius throughout the day.

11:41 (IST)15 Dec 2022
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