Dist admin to collect things for Kerala rehab centres
Udupi, August 17: The district administration in association with Rotary Club Manipal Hills, MIT Rotaract Club and Prasanna School of Public Health Mahe Manipal is collecting the necessary things like food grains, medicines and others to send them to the rehabilitation centres in Kerala. After collection, the collected things would be sent to Kerala through Indian Coast Guard flights next week.
Interested donors could donate their things at Disaster Management Centre at Rotary Hall in Mannapalla of Manipal and KMC office staff room near Tiger Circle at Manipal Bus Stand on August 18 to 20 from 9am to 7pm.
Details of things required
Bed sheets, sleeping mats, blankets, daily use dress materials, children clothes, under wears, school bags, note books, pencils, pens, food items like rusk, biscuits, 20 litre water cans, rice, sugar, salt, tea/coffee powder, lentils, packed provisions, ORS packs, electrolytes, chlorine tablets to purify water, dettols, mosquito creams, nets, antiseptic lotions, antifungal powder, bleaching powder, lime powders, baby diapers, adult diapers, sanitary napkins, tooth paste, tooth brushes, toilet soaps, bath soaps, detergents, candles, match boxes and others. Used things or material or cloths would not be accepted and no cash would be accepted.
Interested could call Prof Maddodi (9448229591), Umesh Salian 99844627000), Rudra (9546783129), Ida D’Souza (7760093803), Lena Ashok (9448984732) Shruthi (9400048735) and Ashish (8197639736).
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
