Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Tuesday set up an 11-member committee headed by Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad to finalise the women's policy draft which was unveiled on March 8, 2013, celebrated as International Women's Day. The two-month period for seeking objections and suggestions for the draft policy ends tomorrow. The committee will meet on May 10, 2013 to discuss the inputs received and give a final shape to the proposed policy, officials said in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Prominent among the suggestions, recommendations and objections have been received from social activists Swati Kamble and Sagar Zende. Officials said the duo has been asked to make their presentations. The two activists have said that there was scope for improvement in the draft policy to make it more inclusive in terms of Dalits, scheduled caste and scheduled tribes, nomadic and de-notified tribe women. They said the draft policy ignores issues of diversity, historical injustice on oppressed social groups.
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03:50 AM, May 08, 2013
Chennai: Southern actress Trisha Krishnan is extremely happy that she survived extreme climatic conditions while shooting for upcoming Tamil romantic-drama 'Endrendrum Punnagai' (EP) in Switzerland. "And it's a wrap up for EP ('Endrendrum Punnagai') in Switzerland. Scorching sun, biting cold, rain and snow - endured it all," Trisha posted on her Twitter page. She has been shooting with Jiiva and the rest of the crew in Switzerland since last week....
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02:23 PM, Feb 20, 2013
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08:57 AM, Jan 31, 2013
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06:18 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Mumbai: Even as the last rites of Varsha Bhosle, daughter of playback singer Asha Bhosle, were performed on Tuesday, police remained clueless about the reasons behind her suicide. Police officers investigating the case said they would record statements of Asha, who might be able to reveal the reason behind her 56-year-old daughter's suicide. A police official said they had recorded statements of Asha's sister Usha Mangeshkar, maid Dipali Mane and...
10:09 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Mumbai: Suspense continues over the ownership of the pistol used by singer Asha Bhosle's daughter Varsha to end her life even as police recorded the statements of some members of the family and staff on Sunday. "We are trying to figure out the owner of the Belgian-made 0.6 calibre pistol used by Varsha to shoot herself dead," a police officer involved in the probe said. "We will soon record the...
07:04 PM, Oct 09, 2012
This is what Varsha Bhosle, the daughter of playback singing legend Asha Bhosle, wrote about her famous mother. Varsha committed suicide on October 8 by shooting herself in the head. This article was first carried by the Gentlemen magazine in September 1993. It was later reproduced by the web portal rediff.com. "The earliest memory I have of my mother, Mrs Asha Bhosle, is a fleeting montage of doorbells rung very...
01:14 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Mumbai: The last rites of legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle's daughter Varsha, who committed suicide, were performed in the wee hours today at Marine Lines. The 56-year-old singer and columnist, who was reportedly suffering from depression, ended her life yesterday by shooting herself in the head at her residence in Prabhu Kunj apartments on the posh Peddar Road in South Mumbai. According to sources close to the family, the funeral...
11:35 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai Police investigating the suicide of legendary singer Asha Bhosle's daughter Varsha Bhosle have not found anything that might ascertain the cause of the suicide. No suicide note has been found yet. However, initial investigation points to depression as the main cause of her suicide. Her body was sent for post-mortem on Monday. Varsha Bhosle, daughter of well-known playback singer Asha Bhosle, committed suicide at their Peddar Road residence...
10:21 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Singer Asha Bhosle's daughter has been found dead in her Mumbai home. ...
07:52 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Varsha Bhosle, daughter of playback singer Asha Bhosle, has committed suicide by shooting herself, reports said. Varsha was a political columnist and journalist based in Mumbai. Varsha has herself sung playback for some Hindi and Marathi movies. Asha Bhosle is currently in Singapore to attend MIFTA awards (Marathi Culture awards). Varsha was in her mid-50s and had allegedly attempted suicide once four years ago. She was admitted to...
01:27 PM, Oct 08, 2012
The director of the movie 'Brindavanam', Vamsi Paidipalli, lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime police on October 3 stating that unidentified persons had created a fake account on his name on Facebook and Twitter. They had also uploaded his morphed photographs. The young director alleged in his complaint that someone had sent abusive messages to women from those accounts. Vamsi noticed the issue when his friends informed him of...
03:06 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: A hundred and fifty five thousand Indian kids tried drawing a logo or doodle for Google this year. The theme set by Google was 'India's gift to the world'. The drawings were screened by the JJ School of Art in Mumbai and finally put up for voting online. Artists who draw doodles for Google professionally were also called in to judge the logos made by the children. Google...
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04:06 PM, Sep 09, 2008
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07:50 AM, Jun 28, 2008
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01:34 PM, Dec 19, 2007
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09:43 PM, Dec 17, 2007
Melbourne: The Geelong schoolboy who shot to fame after advising struggling Michael Clarke on his batting technique is spot on in his judgment, says former Test cricketer Dean Jones. Daniel Brew gatecrashed a pre-match press conference at Hobart on Thursday and was courageous enough to ask the Clarke what he needs to do to rectify the follies in his technique. Clarke who seemed to be "shocked" at the 17-year-old's gesture...
11:46 PM, Dec 02, 2007
