A-4 | Friday, March 2, 2018 FRONT PAGE www.WeeklyVoice.com THE WEEKLY VOICE Gender Is EDITOR Bala Menon Main Theme CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Preeti Thandi Of Budget Harj Chaggar Continued from page 3 Amitabh Saxena into account. The Liberals also included a “gender results frame- Graphic Design Tamarind Tree work,’’. To bolster these efforts, HarSimrat Panfer the Liberals are also committing millions of dollars to improving GENERAL MANAGER the collection of data needed to Dhruv Ghosh do this. That includes $6.7 mil- lion over ive years and $600,000 ACCOUNT MANAGERS a year thereafter, for Statistics Manu Ramachandran Canada to set up a new Centre for G Prasaad Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Rohit Malhotra Statistics. Actors Anil Kapoor, third left and Arjun Kapoor, second left, stand beside as the body of Sridevi SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON ONLINE MARKETING covered with the Indian lag is carried in truck during her funeral. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) CAMPUS: MANAGER The government is Amitabh Saxena committing $5.5 million over ive years to develop a national- frame ACCOUNTS State Funeral For Sridevi work aimed at addressing gender- Asha J Singhh based violence at universities and Continued form page 3 lived in Lokhandwala Complex. demise, the Kapoor household colleges. They are also backing PHOTOGRAPHER ing through some of the poshest Among the prominent person- had witnessed a steady stream up the initiative with a threat: if Manohar Sagoo areas of Andheri and Vile Parle alities who attended the funeral of visitors including Rajinikanth,a post-secondary institution is suburbs, with a massive portrait in Vile Parle were Amitabh Bach- Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan,not serious enough about deal- of Sridevi visible from a distance. chan, Shah Rukh Khan, Randhir Salman Khan and Krishna Raj ing with on-campus sexual as- Gross Circulation: 30,000 Several hundreds of thousands Kapoor and others who came to Kapoor. saults, the government will con- CCNA Veriied Circulation: 29,997 of people including students, bid a inal goodbye to Sridev Most of the visitors on Wednes- sider withdrawing funding. The Aug 14, 2015 - Earlier, since dawn, thousands - gender-based violence strategy is (Printed at Toronto Star) ofice-goers and others accompa day were sporting dark sunglass nied or waited on both side of the of teary-eyed fans and admirers es to ward off the harsh early- also getting $86 million over ive roads, looked on from buildings of the late actress, many carrying summer glare, carrying lowers years to focus on things like -pre and bungalow terraces. Many lowers, had queued up outside or small bouquets, embraced and venting dating violence and sup- climbed on signals and lamp the Celebration Sports Club at consoled the bereaved family port to sexual assault centres near All advertising in The Weekly Voice is subject to posts for a last glimpse of their Lokhandwala Complex for a inalmembers, entering from the main Canadian Forces bases. the publisher’s approval and the advertiser agrees beloved heroine. ‘darshan’ of their idol. entrance and leaving quickly WOMEN IN NON-TRADI- to indemify the publishers against claims arising from publication of any advertisement submitted In terms of sheer numbers, After the lower-bedecked from the other side as fans tried TIONAL WORK: The focus is by the advertiser. Sridevi’s funeral is estimated tobody was brought to the club to catch a glimpse. to increase the participation of have attracted the highest numberpremises a steady stream of ce- Sridevi’s body was lown to women in jobs that have tradition- COPYRIGHT NOTICE of mourners, ranking on par withlebrities came in their vehicles Mumbai from Dubai where she ally been dominated by men. The All copyright and other intellectual property rights the previous biggest funeral -proand where whisked inside to pay passed away following an acci- government will allocate $19.9 in the conetnts here of are the property of The cessions of the legendary singer their last respects. dental drowning in a bathtub in million over ive years, for a pilot Weekly Voice and not that of the customer. Con- Among the early callers seen her hotel room around 11 pm on tents of this publication are covered by copyright Mohammed Rai (July 1980: apprenticeship incentive grant to and offenders will be prosecuted under the law. around a million mourners), and were Rekha, Aishwarya Rai- February 24, and from the airport provide women with up to $6,000 India’s irst superstar Rajesh Bachchan, Arbaaz Khan, Madhuri was taken to the Kapoor resi- while training in male-dominated Khanna (July 2012: a little less Dixit-Nene, Akshaye Khanna, dence in Green Acres. skilled trades, such as welding or The Weekly Voice than a million mourners). Tabu, Farah Khan, Nitin Mukesh, Meanwhile, Green Acres hous- pipe-itting. Other measures in- 7015 Tranmere Dr, Unit # 16 The other big funerals of non- Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vidya Balan, ing society on Wednesday can- clude $1.4 billion over three years Mississauga, ON L5S 1T7 political personalities in Mumbai Sushmita Sen, Shabana Azmi, Ja- celled Holi celebrations as a markfrom the Business Development Phone: (905) 795-0639 included those of Raj Kapoor ved Akhtar, Madhur Bhandarkar, of respect for Sridevi. Bank for female entrepreneurs Fax: (905) 795-9801 (June 1988) and Vinod Khanna Deepika Padukone, Sanjay Leela For the inal journey, at the cluband $105 million over ive years (April 2017). and the crematorium, the Mum- to help regional agencies support www.weeklyvoice.com Bhandsali, Jackie Shroff, Farhan The procession was led by - bai Police implemented elaborate women-led businesses. Email: [email protected] Akhtar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bach several family members of thechan, John Abraham, Ajay Devgn security arrangements at various WOMEN AND GIRLS Kapoors, close relatives, friendsand Kajol, Anupam Kher and Su- venues and arranged special traf- AROUND THE WORLD: The and even neighbours of the Greenlabha Arya, among others. ic and crowd management mea- government is also committing to Agreement # 40025701 Acres society where the family In the past four days since her sures. increasing its overseas humani- tarian aid budget by $2 billion over ive years, to support women and girls through its feminist in- ternational development policy. The budget includes $20.3 mil- lion over ive years to settle 1,000 more refugee women and girls from conlict zones. Indian Growth Now Fastest In The World Continued from page 3 said. He said strong ixed capital growth also indicates that invest- ment is picking up very well and agriculture and services have performed quite well. “Very en- couraging and solid 3rd quarter growth numbers from CSO. 7.2 per cent growth marks return of India as the highest growing ma- jor economy in the world,” Mr Garg said in a tweet. In January, the International Monetary Fund said India’s econ- omy is projected to grow by 7.4 percent in the next iscal year in a report released during the Davos conference in Switzerland. Rahul Going To Italy NEW DELHI: Wishing the people on Holi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he will visit his 93-year-old grandmother in Italy during the Holi weekend. “My Nani is 93. She’s the kind- est soul ever. This Holi weekend I’m going to surprise her! I can’t wait to give her a hug....,” Gandhi said on Twitter. “#HappyHoli to all of you. Have a joyful celebration.,” he added. Rahul’s grandmother Paola Maino lives in Italy. Last year too, he celebrated his 47th birthday on June 19 with his grandmother. Rahul Gandhi will be abroad when the poll results of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland are out on March 3..