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“We assumed that the matter ended there. However, we got a call from Kondhwa police summoning my husband and son to the station. There they were told that Kadam had filed a complaint that he had been abused and threatened by them. The police warned them and let them go. That same evening Kadam threatened my son again in the parking lot,” Mangal recounted. The next day the family had gone to a relative’s place for dinner, but Kawade stayed back home. “When we returned, he did not respond to our ringing the bell. Finally we broke the lock and entered to find he had handed himself in the bedroom with a saree. I called for help, but no one came. Finally, my daughter brought him down and we rushed him to the hospital in an auto-rickshaw,” the widow narrated with tears in her eyes. “The society members continue to harass us. We approached the cops, who had lodged an accidental death. They refused to take cognisance. Even on the day we finally lodged the … [Read more...] about Hsg society members arrested for abetting suicide of a resident

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The state legislature has passed an amendment nullifying a provision that barred candidates with criminal background. Persons with criminal records are no longer barred from contesting elections to cooperative societies, which include cooperative banks, housing societies and sugar factories. The state legislature on Tuesday passed an amendment to the Maharashtra State Cooperative Societies Act (1960), nullifying a provision barring such persons from elections. Social activists and opposition parties have slammed the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition for the move. In 2016, the Devendra Fadnavis government had amended a clause in the Act and barred people with criminal background. It had introduced the bill in the wake of the Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) Bank scam. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, had superseded the MSC Bank board. The directors of the bank included then deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, and some other Congress and NCP leaders. Subsequently, the … [Read more...] about Crime record not a hurdle for contesting elections to cooperative societies

Minister Raab made her comments following an Austrian integration report that claims that around a quarter of the country’s population now come from migrant backgrounds. The report also revealed that since 2015, Austria has taken in more asylum seekers per capita than anywhere else in Europe. … [Read more...] about Austrian Integration Minister Rejects Any Form of Parallel Migrant Societies

The ED probe is based on an FIR registered by the Khadebazar police in September 2017 against the then Society chairman, Anand Appugol, and 15 others for allegedly embezzling more than ₹232.69 crore collected from over 1,300 members through fixed deposits by promising them a high rate of interest, ranging from 12 to 16% per annum. … [Read more...] about ₹31.35 cr. worth properties of Belgaum co-op society chief, associates attached