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Sex ratio improves in Haryana

After a poor showing in 2001 census, the Haryana has registered a slight improvement with 879 female...

Sex ratio improves in Haryana

After a poor showing in 2001 census, the Haryana has registered a slight improvement with 879 female...

Australian couples demand `girl-child` abortions

Female foeticide is not only a practice prevalent in India, but has also spread its influence in Aus...

SC directs quick and tough action against female foeticide

Supreme Court directed Centre and state govts to take action against people indulging in female foet...

Rajasthan cabinet clears policy aiming to address women issues

Rajasthan cabinet on Friday cleared a policy aiming to intensify the fight against female foeticide,...

Female foeticide: Maha to approach chief justice of Bombay HC

In a bid to bring down the pendency of cases pertaining to female foeticide, Maharashtra govt will s...

NCW to approach Cong Prez, LS Speaker for 33 per cent seats

To stress the need for bringing a law to reserve 33 per cent seats in Parliament as well as the stat...

Female foeticide: Doctor nabbed in sting operation

A government medical officer was caught red-handed while allegedly conducting abortion at his privat...

Female foeticide case: Court grants bail to woman doctor

A local court granted bail to Dr Saraswati Munde, chargesheeted along with her husband Dr Sudam Mund...

Hearing in female foeticide case postponed till Sept 28

A local court on Saturday postponed till September 28 hearing in the female foeticide case, in which...

Female foeticide: Chargesheet filed against doctors

Police have filed a chargesheet against 17 persons, including a doctor couple, arrested in connectio...

Maha wants female foeticide to be treated as murder

Maharashtra government has asked the Centre to amend the PCPNDT Act.

Illegal abortions: Chargesheet filed against Beed doctors

A chargesheet has been filed in a local court against two doctors for allegedly conducting abortion ...

Beed: In-laws torture woman over girl child

A woman from Maharashtra`s Beed district, infamous for high incidence of female foeticide, has regis...

Rally against female foeticide in Yavatmal

A public rally was taken out in the city to stress the need for checking female foeticide and seek p...

Registration of 17 abortion centres cancelled in Thane

The registration of 17 abortion centres in Thane district has been cancelled by the health departmen...

HC seeks Centre`s response on PIL against female foeticide

Delhi High Court has sought the Centre`s response on a PIL seeking direction to the government and i...

J&K raises cash reward for information on female foeticide

The J&K government has increased the cash reward from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 to those who provide in...

Haryana’s village for anti-female foeticide campaign

Bibipur village will soon be seen playing a larger role in creating awareness on the social evil amo...

UP khaps to campaign against female foeticide

Setting an example, a community panchayat at Sojhni village in the district has decided to start a c...

ACB blames DM for failing to check foeticide

The ACB told the Rajasthan HC that a former DM and over 20 medical officers failed to enforce the la...

Rs 1 cr to village for speaking against female foeticide

The Khap Mahapanchayat, which for the first time saw a large number of women participants, was held ...

Slap murder charge for female foeticide: Khap panchayats

A Khap Mahapanchayat, attended by leaders of over 300 khaps took a stern stand against female foetic...

Foeticide: Maha to recover Rs 30 lakh from Beed doctor duo

Maharashtra Government has expedited the procedure to recover the Rs 30 lakh it had granted to the p...

Maharashtra govt wants death penalty for foeticide

Maharshtra government has sought Centre’s opinion for slapping charge of homicide on those involved ...

Goa govt launches `Ladli Lakshmi` scheme

With an aim to prevent female foeticide in the state, Goa government on Friday formally launched the...

Eliminate foeticide, addiction from society: Patil

President Pratibha Patil stressed upon removing social evils like female foeticide, child marriage a...

Nashik gynaecologists anti-female foeticide resolution

NGA has passed a resolution to prevent female foeticide at a meeting, its president Dr Vasant Kawade...

Foeticide cases: Govt may rope in Ujjwal Nikam for trials

Maha govt is likely to appoint advocates Ujjwal Nikam as special public prosecutors in the cases rel...

Persons informing about sex determination to be rewarded

In a bid to check female foeticide in the state, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to reward t...

Female foeticide: Death before birth

Recently, incidences of female foeticide were reported from Beed district in Maharashtra.

Beed doctor couple gets police custody till Jun 30

A day after the absconding doctor couple surrendered before police, a local court on Monday remanded...

Sex determination test: Doctor sent to police custody

Parli court has sent a Jalgaon-based doctor, accused of conducting illegal sex determination tests t...

Beed: Absconding doctor arrested from Aurangabad

A Beed-based doctor, who is facing a criminal case for running a hospital despite suspension of lice...

Female foeticides: Maharashtra`s image takes a hit

Beed district has the lowest male-female sex ratio among children under the age of 6 in Maharashtra ...

Beed female foeticides: Maha talks tough

Suresh Shetty said stern action will be taken against govt officials if their involvement is found i...

IMA to support Maha govt in campaign against female foeticide

Maha govt got a boost in its campaign against female foeticide with the IMA expressing solidarity w...

Maha doctor booked for female foeticide

Police have booked a lady doctor and a woman`s family in Maharashtra`s Dhule district for allegedly ...

Female foeticide: Maha Govt orders formation of special squads

Maharashtra Government on Monday announced formation of special district-level squads to curb female...

Beed female foeticide case: CID probe ordered

Maharashtra Government has instituted a CID inquiry into the death of a 30-year-old woman in Parli i...

Maha govt seeks Aamir`s support to save girl child

Maharashtra government has sought the support of Bollywood star Aamir Khan in their campaign against...

`Inform about female foeticide, earn Rs 20,000`

A person in Haryana can now earn an award up to Rs 20,000 by informing authorities concerned about...

Pawar`s daughter on anti-female foeticide mission

Alarmed over the fall in child sex ratio in rural Maharashtra, NCP MP Supriya Sule is on a mission t...

J&K: Rs 25000 reward for info on female foeticide

The state government had earmarked Rs 50 lakh for this purpose.

Delhi govt for harsh penalty for female foeticide

Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit said her govt was considering imposing `heavy` fine and stricter punishment ...

`Law on female foeticide not implemented properly`

Law to prevent female foeticide is not being implemented in a proper manner, a senior Delhi govern...

`Step up implementation of PCPNDT Act`

The Centre has asked Maharashtra government to effectively step up implementation of the Pre Natal D...

Maharashtra shocker: 9 foetuses found in drain

Beed has always been a trouble spot - the district has the lowest sex ration in Maharashtra.

Practice of female foeticide a national shame: PM

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said it was a "national shame" that the practice of female foetici...

Fatwa issued against female foeticide

Alarmed by the latest census report confirming a steep fall in the male-female ratio in UP, a leadin...

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