Who is Kalyani Deshpande, Pune’s most notorious sex racketeer?
Known to be Pune’s most notorious sex racketeer, Kalyani alias Jayshree alias Tina Umesh Deshpande (52) was on Monday convicted and sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by a special court in Pune.
This is arguably the first case in Maharashtra where an accused has been held guilty under sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) as well as the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Police officials in the know believe Kalyani was a part of the sex trade in Pune since the 90s. But her name only made it to Pune city police records in 2000. Born and raised in a local family, Kalyani became notorious as a top pimp in Pune and was booked in about 24 criminal cases.
How a bootstrapped Pune startup is becoming a major player in India’s Swachh Bharat campaign
In the morning, a team of workers moves on motorcycles from one housing society to another across Pune to deal with the garbage generated in the apartments. The housekeeping staff of the apartments would have left the mostly-sorted waste in buckets that the team will sort one last time before depositing it into composting bins designed in a sustainable way. Their work spans 100 building complexes and they help process around 10 tonnes of waste every day.
The team belongs to a bootstrapped city startup, ProEarth Ecosystems, which provides solid waste management solutions with the aim of creating zero-waste cities. ProEarth has projects on composting, dry-waste management, garden-waste management, and e-waste management, and holds frequent awareness-building workshops on preventing sanitary waste. In November, ProEarth Ecosystems was selected as one of the 18 finalists—from entries from 20 states—at the National Conference on Social Innovation at the Pune International Centre.
Maharashtra State Commission for Women takes ‘serious note’ of panel to track interfaith marriages
The Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) has taken “serious note” of the state government’s new Government Resolution on setting up a state-level committee to ‘monitor’ interfaith marriages.
“After meeting and hearing the concerns of the activists and receiving their written appeals, we have taken serious note of the same and will initiate the necessary communication with the state government,” MSCW member Utkarsha Rupwate told The Indian Express. “On any policy, decision or Government Resolution being issued by the state government that concerns any issue related to women, the state government is expected to consult/inform/take feedback from the state commission for women. But in this particular Government Resolution, the MSCW has not been approached at all,” Rupwate said.
