Maharashta govt sets up committee to frame Child Welfare Policy

Despite a letter recommending six candidates for posts at various commissions, including that of the Maharashtra State Womens Commission chairperson, being sent to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in July last year, no appointment has been made.

Mumbai, Apr 5 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has named Ujjwal Uke as chief of the State Women's Commission. Uke is a 1985 batch IAS officer. He is the principal secretary of the women and child development department. Need ...

Plans are afoot to dovetail State plans for with the larger framework provided by the 12th Plan. The Planning Commission and the Ministry of Women and Child Development are meeting here to discuss the way forward. Speaking at the meeting, Syeda ...

Vijayalakshmi Bidari, Commissioner, Kolhapur Municipal Corporation She feels immense pride to be recognised by her father's name - but that hasn't stopped her from crafting her own identity. Vijayalakshmi Prasanna Bidari, daughter of Shankar Bidari, ...

Maharashtra state civil services exams postponed Keralites corner glory in civil service exams Maharashtra civil services exam on May 18 Reconsider half-baked reforms; Jayalalithaa to Singh Srinagar, May 4 (IANS) Eleven candidates from Jammu and ...

States which are performing well in improving child sex ratios in their areas should get additional grants, Minister of State for Women and Chid Development (WCD) Krishna Tirath has told Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. In a letter ...

Mumbai/Bangalore: The Election Commission has issued notices to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa and Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for allegedly making provocative speeches in poll-bound Karnataka in violation of the election code ...

In Maharashtra, MLAs saw fit to assault a cop inside the state assembly complex. In West Bengal, the CM merrily declared that cops who kept her waiting should be whipped. How could UP stay a straggler? The textile minister there has declared that if ...

With "berserk" cops hitting a 65-year-old woman in Aligarh and a young girl in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought the response of the Delhi Police Commissioner and top UP Government officials on how brute force was allowed to be used ...