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  Vellore female infanticide: Tamil Nadu Police to constitute special team to probe similar cases

  September 07, 2024 11:23 IST

  Vellore female infanticide: The Tamil Nadu medical department has also stepped up enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 to curb female foeticide.

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  Shocking report: In 3 months, no girl born in 132 villages of Uttarkashi

  India | July 23, 2019 0:08 IST

  ​As many as 132 villages in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district saw no female births in the last three months, according to news agency ANI. The report came as a shocker especially at a time when the Central government is aggressively promoting its 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme.

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  Everyone in Haryana must pledge to protect girl child: PM Modi

  Politics | November 01, 2016 23:59 IST

  Expressing concern over several incidents of foeticide in Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the efforts of the present state government have been able to bring down the graph. Speaking at the golden

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  The upmarket South Delhi has alarming rate of female foeticide, finds AIIMS study

  India | August 17, 2016 16:32 IST

  The posh South Delhi has a dark secret, as an AIIMS study on medico-legal autopsy findings of 238 foetuses and newborns abandoned in the area between 1996-2012 points towards female foeticide in the national capital.

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  Darul Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against female foeticide

  India | June 08, 2016 15:17 IST

  Lucknow: In the light falling sex ratio among Muslims in India, Darul Uloom of Deoband, the largest seminary in the country, has issued a fatwa (edict) against female foeticide, calling the act unlawful and against

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  BJP leader Ruby Yadav calls for better awareness of rights among women

  Politics | July 30, 2015 6:13 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ruby Yadav called for better awareness among women about their rights to end female foeticide in the country.Speaking at an event organised by non-profit organisation ‘Sanwari Women' here,

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  Piplantri: A village in Rajsathan that plants 111 trees on birth of every girl child!

  India | July 15, 2015 22:37 IST

  New Delhi: In a country where incidents of female foeticide, child marriage and widening sex-ratio are everyday flooding the newspapers, here comes a ray of sunshine.A village in southern Rajasthan's Rajsamand district celebrates the birth

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  PM Modi wants ''Girl Rising'' campaign to focus on female foeticide

  India | June 16, 2015 20:14 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked representatives of ‘Girl Rising', a global campaign to educate and empower girls, to focus on the issue of female foeticide in India.Representatives of “Girl Rising” including its

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  SC raps Centre for not publicising order on female foeticide

  India | May 06, 2015 21:19 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the conduct of Centre, Delhi government and various states for not giving wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide for strict implementation of law

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  How a small tracking device installed in sonography machine changed Indore's sex ratio

  Lifestyle | March 11, 2015 12:30 IST

  Indore: ‘Laadli', a tracking device has come to the rescue of thousands of girl children who would have otherwise lost their lives before opening eyes in the world. The device is known to be resulting

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  Evil of female foeticide needs to be eradicated: Smriti Irani

  Politics | March 08, 2015 23:26 IST

  Raipur: Strongly denouncing the practice of female foeticide prevailing in the country, Union Minister Smriti Irani today stressed that people need to change their mindset towards women.“It is an irony that we worship goddess Maa

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  Female foeticide needs to be fought strongly: Maneka Gandhi

  Politics | January 20, 2015 17:25 IST

  Panipat (Haryana): Stressing that the society as a whole needs to change the mindset towards the girl child to end the problem of female foeticide, Union minister Maneka Gandhi today said the practice was more

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  No bigger sin than female foeticide: Narendra Modi

  Politics | December 25, 2014 17:54 IST

  Varanasi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today denounced the practice of female foeticide prevailing in the country, saying “there is no bigger sin” than this and sought the help of people in the field of art

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  Female foeticide is as bad as 'sati' custom: Gujarat CM

  Politics | November 22, 2014 21:58 IST

  Valsad (Gujarat): Without mincing words, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel today said female foeticide was as evil a custom as the old practices of ‘sati' or ‘doodhpeeti'.“There was a time when our legendary leaders abolished

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  Narendra Modi: Female foeticide a deep shame

  India | October 11, 2014 14:39 IST

  New Delhi: Female foeticide is a matter of "deep shame" and a "cause of great concern", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, the International Day of the Girl Child."On International Day of the Girl Child

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  Teach girls meaning of 'Love Jihad', says Mohan Bhagwat

  India | September 07, 2014 6:39 IST

  Ghaziabad: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat raked up the issue of 'Love Jihad' saying the girls should be taught its meaning and ways to save themselves from the ‘trap', more than a fortnight

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  Female foeticide biggest sin against humanity: Omar

  India | July 22, 2014 17:13 IST

  Srinagar: Terming female foeticide as the “biggest sin against humanity”, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said his government has taken several measures but it alone cannot eradicate the menace.“When I saw the

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  I was referred to as burden at my birth, says Irani

  Politics | June 27, 2014 17:10 IST

  Bhopal: Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani today revealed that at the time of her birth, she was cursed as a “burden” by someone.  “I am sharing it for the first time that when

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  'Bahu dilao, vote pao': Haryana bachelors to candidates

  Politics | April 09, 2014 13:58 IST

  Some Lok Sabha candidates in Haryana, which has the country's lowest sex ratio, are facing a strange demand from bachelor voters—“get us brides in return for our votes”.“Bahu dilao, vote pao” (Get us a bride

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  JK Assembly passes resolution to check female foeticide

  India | March 01, 2014 12:02 IST

  Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Assembly yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution to check the female foeticide in the state.PDP members Zulfkar Ali and Nizam-ud-Din Bhat moved their amendment to the Private Members' resolution.  Several members