Archives for September 2023

THANE: A woman allegedly jumped to death along with her one-year-old son from a high-rise in Thane city of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Friday, police said.

The incident was a fallout of a quarrel between the 26-year-old woman with her husband over a family matter, they said.

The victim, Priyanka Mohite, resided with her husband and their toddler son in a building located on the Ghodbunder Road, inspector (crime) Y S Awhad of Kasarvadavali police station said.

On the day of Raksha Bandhan, celebrated on August 30, the woman wanted to go to her sister’s place. But her husband advised her not to travel with their child. This resulted in a heated argument between the couple, he said.

As a result of the discord between them, she jumped to death along with their son from the balcony of their flat around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, he added.

On hearing the sound, other residents of the building came out. They saw the mother-son duo lying in a pool of blood and rushed them to a hospital where they were declared dead.

Their bodies were later sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered.

The police did not specify the number of floors in the building and on which floor the victim resided.

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu has approved the renaming as the Prime Ministers’ Museum, a  Union cabinet secretariat notification said.

The notification dated 30th August said: “In the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, in THE SECOND SCHEDULE, under the heading “MINISTRY OF CULTURE (SANSKRITI MANTRALAYA)”, in entry 9, for the words ‘Nehru Memorial Museum and Library’, the following words shall be substituted, namely:-‘Prime Ministers Museum and Library”.

The Culture Ministry then said that it had decided to change the name of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society to Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society.

The decision was taken at a special meeting of the Memorial Museum and Library Society which was presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is the Vice-President of the Society.

This project was approved by Executive Council, NMML in its 162nd meeting held in November 2016. The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya was opened to the public on April 21 last year.

During the inauguration, despite having received an invitation from the government, no member of the Nehru-Gandhi family was present for the function.

Three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi have served as Prime Ministers of the country.

The Culture Ministry release said that the Museum is a seamless blend that begins at the renovated and refurbished Nehru Museum building, “now completely updated with technologically advanced displays on the life and contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru”.

“Housed in a new building the museum then goes on to tell the story of how our Prime Ministers navigated the nation through various challenges and ensured the all-round progress of the country. It recognizes all the Prime Ministers, thereby democratizing the institutional memory,” the release had said.