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Marathi play ‘Ganga Jamuna’ based on a real incident staged at Deshpande Hall in Nagpur

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Vyankatesh Natya Mandal, Navargaon, recently staged the two-hour Marathi play – Badnaam Rastyacha Sangharsh: Ganga Jamuna – at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall, Civil Lines, Nagpur. The play directed by renowned theatre personality Sadanand Borkar was organized by Sanjay Bharde for helping the Amrapali Utkarsh Sangh. The play brings to light issues like child molestation and trafficking and also stresses upon the need for women empowerment.

The play is based on a true incident and revolves around a male dominated family. The mentally challenged girl in the family is first raped and then married off to her brother-in-law. The girl then ends up in prostitution in Nagpur’s led light area Ganga Jamuna. Her rescue from the red light area by her brother is the basic premise of Borkars play.

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Notably, Borkar, the director of play, spent some time in Ganga Jamuna to research for and to write the play. The play, which has had more than 40 shows till now in Chandrapur and Gadchiroli was staged in Nagpur for the first time. All the people who acted in the play are untrained rural people and have been trained by Borkar, who himself plays a pivotal part in the play.

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1st COVID-19 case in Ramdaspeth crops up near Cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwars residence

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For the first time, a resident of Ramdaspeth tested positive for Coronavirus on Saturday. The patient, who is said to be residing in an apartment near Cabinet Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation in the Maha Vikas Aghadi and senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwars residence (behind Tuli Imperial), is said to be a middle-aged woman. 

The patient is reportedly connected to a resident from Mominpura. However, nothing concrete as of now can be said about the same. More details are awaited.

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Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266

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Nagpur COVID-19 tally as on June 20 rose to 1266 after 91 people tested positive for the virus in past 24 hours. Out of the total 91, while 69 patients belonged to Naik Talao/Bangladesh, 11 from Shantinagar, four from Lashkaribagh, three from Ganeshpeth, one from Uppalwadi, one from Ramdaspeth, one from Mehendibagh and one belonged to Mominpura.

Out of the total, 823 have been cured and over 333 are currently being treated upon.

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Nagpur man discovers 4-month-old foetus in gutter; cops suspect illegal abortion

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In yet another shocking incident, a resident named Rahul Tumane discovered a 4-month-old foetus lying in an abandoned condition behind his house (near plot number 13, behind Kajal Bar and Restaurant area) in Pardi inside a gutter. 

Police inspector Sunil Chavan told Nation Next that a four-month-old foetus, wrapped in a cloth, was found lying inside a gutter near a house on Thursday night in Pardi. Chavan also informed that the foetus was sent for an autopsy to Mayo Hospital and the reports are awaited. Police have suspected the possibility of abandonment after an illegal abortion. 

A case has been registered under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of a dead body) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the basis of a complained filed by Tumane. 

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