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One more arrest in Rahiman murder case
One more arrest in Rahiman murder case

Time of India

time06-06-2025

  • Time of India

One more arrest in Rahiman murder case

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district police arrested one more person in connection with the Abdul Rahiman murder case on Wednesday. The arrested individual is Ravi Sanjay,29, a resident of Bettagere in Sringeri. He was produced before a court, and the investigation is ongoing, police said. Rahiman,32, a driver and secretary of the local Juma Masjid, and Kalandar Shafi were brutally attacked in Irakodi, Kuriyala village, under the jurisdiction of the Bantwal Rural police station on May 27. While Rahiman succumbed to his injuries, Kalandar is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mangaluru. Police arrested eight in connection with the case so far. Body found The body of Ramesh Rai,54, a resident of Kasba village in Puttur, was found on the banks of the Nethravati River in Panemangaluru, Bantwal taluk, on Thursday. Complainant Vinesh Rai, son of Ramesh Rai, received information about his father's mobile phone and two-wheeler lying near the old bridge at Panemangaluru. Following this, residents and the fire and emergency personnel carried out a search and found the body. Bantwal Town police registered a case under Section 194 of the BNSS. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !

Household food basket shows food prices still increasing
Household food basket shows food prices still increasing

The Citizen

time30-05-2025

  • Business
  • The Citizen

Household food basket shows food prices still increasing

While interest rates and fuel prices, as well as inflation, are lower, the picture for low-income consumers has not changed. The price of the household food basket for May shows that food prices for low-income consumers are still increasing despite the inflation rate slowing down. This means that low-income consumers can afford even less nutritious food. The household food basket is part of the Household Affordability Index compiled by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group with the help of women who live in low-income communities where they shop at 47 supermarkets and 32 butcheries in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg, Mtubatuba in Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Springbok in the Northern Cape. The average price of the household food basket, which contains 44 food items, was R5 466.59 in May and cost R46,29 (0.9%) more than in April and R136.29 (2.6%) more than in May 2024. A total of 33 of the food items cost more than a month ago, while the prices of the other 11 items deceased. Foods in the basket which increased in price in May 2025 by 5% or more, include: potatoes (7%), onions (23%), tea (5%), chicken feet (6%), carrots (8%), butternut (9%), spinach (5%), and peanut butter (5%). Food items that cost more were samp (2%), salt (2%), frozen chicken portions (2%), soup (2%), Maas (4%), beef liver (3%), beef (4%), wors (3%), fish (2%), cabbage (2%), Cremora (3%), bananas (2%), apples (2%), margarine (3%), polony (3%) and apricot jam (2%). The food items in the basket which decreased in price in May include rice (-5%), tomatoes (-9%), oranges (-23%), white sugar (-2%), full cream milk (-2%), green pepper (-2%) and tinned pilchards (-2%). ALSO READ: Steep increase in price of household food basket means more people will go hungry Household food basket cost more everywhere except in Springbok The average total price of the household food basket increased in Johannesburg (by R51), Durban (by R2.64), Cape Town (by R112.62), Pietermaritzburg (by R6.33) and Mtubatuba (by R87.51), while the price decreased in Springbok. The food basket decreased in price by R28.90. Statistics SA's latest Consumer Price Index for April 2025 shows that headline inflation was 2.8%, while food inflation was 3.3%, and the producer price index for March shows agriculture was at 2.4%. However, despite the lower inflation, low-income consumers are still struggling to afford enough food for their families. Workers who earn the National Minimum Wage of R28.79 per hour or R230.32 for an 8-hour day. In May, with 21 working days, the maximum wage for a general worker was R4 836.72. Black South African workers usually support four people on one wage, which means that, dispersed in a worker's family of four, the wage comes to R1 209.18 per person, far below the upper-bound poverty line of R1 634 per person per month. ALSO READ: Household food basket: prices drop, but not for core staple foods Low-income consumers cannot afford household food basket The average cost of a basic nutritional food basket for a family of four was R3 843.40 in May. Using Pietermaritzburg-based figures for electricity and transport and the average figure for a minimum nutritional basket of food for a family of four, the group calculates that electricity and transport (R2 722.97) take up 56.3% of a worker's wage. Mervyn Abrahams, programme coordinator for the group, points out that workers only buy food after setting aside money for transport and electricity, leaving R2 113.75 for food and everything else. 'This means that in May we calculate that workers' families underspent on food by a minimum of 45.0%, having R2 113.75 left over after paying for transport and electricity. And with food for the month costing R3 843.40, there is no possibility of a worker being able to afford enough nutritious food for her family. 'If she uses the entire R2 113.75 to buy food, it will provide R528.44 per person per month for a family of four, again far below the food poverty line of R796.' ALSO READ: Consumer Goods Council calls for urgent expansion of zero-rated foods No money for nutritious food for children in household food basket He says women and children are particularly vulnerable. In May, the average cost to feed a child a basic, nutritious diet was R979.66, with an increase of R6.41 (0.7%) from April and R25.07 (2.6%) compared to a year ago. In May, the Child Support Grant of R560 was 30% below the Food Poverty Line of R796 and 43% below the average cost to feed a child a basic, nutritious diet of R979.66. It is clear that there is simply no money to feed children in low-income communities a proper, nutritious diet.

Ohio House votes to give state's inmates free menstrual products
Ohio House votes to give state's inmates free menstrual products

Yahoo

time30-05-2025

  • General
  • Yahoo

Ohio House votes to give state's inmates free menstrual products

May 29—The Ohio House approved a bipartisan bill this week that would require all Ohio correctional facilities to provide menstrual products to inmates free-of-charge. House Bill 29, passed Wednesday by a vote of 91-to-0, now heads to the Ohio Senate for further consideration. If it makes its way into law, the bill should have no substantial impact on the prisons run by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, as it's already the ODRC's policy to offer free tampons and pads to inmates. The impact of H.B. 29 could come, however, at the county level. The state's nonpartisan Legislative Budget Office found that many county jails already provide these products for free. Those jails that don't can expect costs to increase based on how many female inmates they have, the lengths of their stay, and the costs of products provided. Dayton Democrat and first-term legislator Rep. Desiree Tims told this outlet that she voted for the bill "because it will ensure some form of dignity for women menstruating while incarcerated." An identical bill passed the Ohio House 92-0 in 2024 before stalling out in the Ohio Senate under the leadership of then-President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, who now leads the Ohio House. He said the bill's fate in his former chamber wasn't an indicative of a lack of support. "I don't think it will have any problem getting passed in the Senate," Huffman told reporters Wednesday. Current Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, however, said he doesn't have a personal opinion on the bill and said his caucus has not yet discussed the bill. When asked for her stance, Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, said feminine hygiene products were akin to toilet paper and asked posed a hypothetical about a Statehouse without T.P. "It would not be healthy, it would not be hygienic, and the same thing is true of feminine products. They should be provided absolutely everywhere without cost to the people who are using them." ------ For more stories like this, sign up for our Ohio Politics newsletter. It's free, curated, and delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday evening. Avery Kreemer can be reached at 614-981-1422, on X, via email, or you can drop him a comment/tip with the survey below.

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