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Mumbai, March 9 Maharashtra Minister Aditi Tatkare stated on Monday that the state government would strengthen measures against cybercrime targeting women and continue with the benefits of the Ladki Bahin Yojana.While replying to a debate in the assembly related to International Women's Day...

Mumbai, March 5 The population of Maharashtra is projected to reach 12.93 crore as of March 1, 2026, up from the 11.24 crore recorded in the 2011 Census, according to the 2025-26 Economic Survey. The state is expected to experience a new demographic phase characterized by a declining fertility...

Mumbai, February 25 Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar said on Wednesday that the government will take steps to strengthen the PCPNDT Act, aimed at curbing female foeticide, to improve the male-to-female sex ratio.Speaking in the legislative assembly in response to a calling attention...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday said that discrimination against women, particularly against the girl child, is widely prevalent in several parts of the country, and female foeticide is a crude manifestation of this social malady.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal...

Jaipur, February 19 Several social organizations have strongly condemned the "sexist" remarks made by BJP MLA Bahadur Singh Koli during a budget discussion in the Rajasthan Assembly and submitted a memorandum to the Speaker seeking action against him.They said that such views expressed in the...