As more and more villages in Maharashtra ban archaic widow customs that amount to the denial of human rights, mid-day pays a visit to Pothare village in Solapur where the movement birthed.
14 August,2022 07:23 PM IST | Mumbai
In Maharashtra’s pilgrimage town Dehugaon, the birthplace of Sant Tukaram Maharaj, the Nagar Panchayat hope to practice what the Bhakti saint preached by reinstating the ban on selling meat and fish. For many locals, this means a loss of livelihood
10 April,2022 10:39 PM IST | Mumbai
Chandrahas, gram panchayat president of Mandya's district Kestur in Karnataka, has been arrested for attempting to rape a 32-year-old woman. The incident has been recorded on a CCTV camera.
30 May,2016 10:15 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
