For the women, by the women: South India’s first ‘Mahila Mall’ all set to open in Kerala

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October 19, 2018

Kozhikode, Oct 19: On November 14, when India celebrates children’s day, a new mahila mall (women’s mall) will be launched in Kerala’s Kozhikode. Considered to be the first-of-its-kind in south India, the mall is located in front of Fathima hospital.

Entirely and exclusively for women, the project was started by Kozhikode Corporation’s Kudumbashree unit with the support of state and district Kudumbashree missions and Unity group. Kudumbashree Mission, National Urban Livelihood Mission and the corporation's unit together pooled in over Rs 3 crore for the project.

A 10-member women committee, formed under the community development societies of corporation's Kudumbashree, will manage the mall. Arrangements to put up stalls inside the five-story building is currently underway.

The mall with an area of 36,000 sq ft will come up on 54 cents of private land that has been leased for a period of five years. The mall will have a spacious parking lot and women taxi services. Four She Cabs will be available for women during working hours.

Around 79 stalls, set up by women entrepreneurs, will occupy the first three floors. A micro bazar will be set up in the basement with 24 Kudumbashree units putting up their stalls for sale.

"The mall will provide a different shopping experiences to people as it will cater to the needs of all types of consumers. The mall will provide 250 direct and 500 indirect employment opportunities to women," said M V RamsiIsmail, project officer of corporation's Kudumbashree.

All kinds of enterprises

The mall will house all kinds of enterprises such as supermarket, food court, kids park, spa, beauty parlour, women’s bank, fancy stores, textiles and ready-mades, boutiques, footwear, dry cleaning, car washing, opticals, handicrafts, baby care, home appliances and book stall. Besides, there will be conference rooms, training centres and underground car parking facility.

The Kudumbasree Bazaar, which will be a permanent outlet for Kudumbasree products, will be set up on the premises of the mall in the second phase. At present, the Kudumbasree members get to sell their products only at the fairs organised during festival seasons. Once the season is over, these products are not available anywhere. The Kudumbasree Bazaar will ensure that these products are available for the needy round the year. The mission plans to set up bazaars in all districts.

The booking for the shops in the mall, which is under construction, has already started. Kudumbasree members will be offered a 10% discount in rent and need to pay only six months’ rent in advance while others need to pay 10 months’ rent.

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May 8,2024

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru North police have apprehended a minor in connection with alleged voyeurism incident reported in a private medical college in Mangaluru. 

DCP (Law and order) Sidharth Goyal said that the minor was produced before JJ Board as per due procedure. The incident came to light when a mobile phone was found in women's washroom in the college. 

The mobile-phone was discovered as it was ringing even when no one was in the toilet by the security guard of the college. 

Investigations revealed that the mobile phone had been strategically placed in the restroom. As a result, a case has been registered under north police station.

Further scrutiny into the matter uncovered the identity of the accused, a minor male aged 17, who had gained access to the college premises under the guise of being a patient. Following his apprehension, the accused was presented before the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Board in adherence to legal protocols.

The phone has been seized and a case has been booked under IPC section 354 (C), said the DCP.

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May 4,2024

Mangaluru, May 4: The Mangaluru International Airport was besieged with a harrowing message of terror recently, when an email, purportedly from malevolent elements, menacingly declared the planting of bombs within the airport premises. 

Addressed to the office of the airport authority, the missive, steeped in ominous overtones, bore the ominous signature of a terrorist faction, ominously named 'Terrorizers 111'.

The communication, disseminated in English, ominously detailed the clandestine emplacement of explosives in areas eluding facile detection, accompanied by a chilling warning of their imminent detonation. The threat, ominously looming over not only the infrastructure but also the airborne vessels, portended a catastrophic deluge of bloodshed and loss.

In response to this dire communiqué, airport authorities swiftly engaged the apparatus of law enforcement, dispatching urgent alerts to the vigilant guardians of public safety. Acting upon the dictates of higher echelons, a formal dossier of this menacing correspondence was meticulously compiled, cloaked in the veil of confidentiality to thwart any premature dissemination.

Mangaluru International Airport found itself in grim camaraderie with more than 30 counterparts under the aegis of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and private domains, all recipients of this chilling electronic diatribe. A comprehensive net of precautionary measures was swiftly cast, fortifying the bastions of security in anticipation of any nefarious designs lurking within the shadows.

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May 11,2024

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Madikeri, May 11: Kodagu police have apprehended the man allegedly responsible for the brutal murder of a minor girl within the confines of Kumbaragadige village in Karnataka's Somwarpet taluk. 

Kodagu Superintendent of Police, K Ramarajan, disclosed that the arrested individual is Prakash (32) from Hammiyala village in Somwarpet taluk. However, authorities are still in the process of recovering the severed head of the victim. The perpetrator had absconded with the victim's severed head after committing the crime. 

Search operations for the suspect commenced late on Thursday night (May 9), with officials diligently pursuing leads. Acting on information suggesting the suspect's presence in a forested area near the village, the police swiftly moved in and apprehended him.

The victim US Meena, 15, a student of Surlabbi High School, had passed the SSLC examinations, the results of which were announced on May. One same day, she was murdered. 

Reportedly, the engagement of the minor girl with the suspect was thwarted by officials from the Women and Child Development department. Subsequently, officials persuaded the girl's parents against proceeding with the marriage. 

However, despite these interventions, the suspect forcibly entered her residence during the night, purportedly abducted her, and later perpetrated the heinous crime in a wooded area on the outskirts of the forest, before absconding with her severed head.

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