In-laws booked for dowry harassment

The Goan NetworkPublished Oct 22, 2017, 6:14 PM IST

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MAPUSA
A case of dowry harassment has been registered against three persons at Mapusa Police Station on Saturday.
Acting on a complaint of Shweta Mehta, a resident of Housing Board, Mapusa, police have booked her mother-in-law Alka Mehta, father-in-law Avdhoot Mehta and sister-in-law Poonam Shirodkar for harassing her for dowry. Police said that the three alleged accused constantly demanded Rs 10 lakh from the complainant, as expenses for the marriage. They also demanded an amount of Rs 25,000 every month from her.

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Benaulim meet opposes river privatisation

Also says no to coal transportation, rly track doubling, MPT expansion

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Published Oct 22, 2017, 6:13 PM IST

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MARGAOAn awareness program held at the Benaulim Panchayat hall on Saturday opposed the privatization of the six Goan rivers, besides coal transportation, MPT expansion and railway track doubling project, even as local Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao vowed to fight along side the people of Benaulim to save River Sal from proposed privatization. A power point presentation was arranged for the Benaulim villagers by the social activists as part of the ongoing campaign to spread…