New Delhi: A 24-year-old pregnant woman was strangled allegedly by her jobless husband who surrendered before investigators on Sunday with police suspecting it to be a case of dowry death. The incident was reported from Najafgarh on Saturday night and the deceased has been identified as Pinky.
Vicky (30) surrendered before police this morning. Pinky's family alleged that Vicky used to beat her for dowry, police said. Vicky said that he had a heated argument with his wife, who was four-month pregnant, and after she went to sleep, he strangled her, police claimed.
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02:02 AM, May 06, 2013
Salem: A woman sanitary worker at the government hospital has been suspended for allegedly demanding money from a pregnant woman to get herself treated. The 24-year-old pregnant woman labourer from Andhra Pradesh was unable to pay Rs 1000 bribe was reportedly assaulted by her and later delivered the baby at a bus stand in Salem. The sanitary worker was suspended after District Collector Magarabhusanam paid a surprise visit to the...
02:05 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Gurgaon: A doctor and the chairman of a private hospital in Gurgaon have been booked for endangering the life of a pregnant woman, police said on Saturday. Doctor Subhash Khanna, chairman and director of Kalyani Hospital, and gynecologist Anjali Bagga have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). According to the formal police complaint filed with the Civil Lines police station, both the doctors endangered the...
09:40 PM, Nov 17, 2012
New Delhi: An employee of a private clinic was arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly attempting to rape a pregnant woman at New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital. The man worked for a private diagnostic firm that often delivered medical reports to the hospital. The incident took place on Friday when the accused posed as a doctor's assistant and told the victim he needed to examine her. The victim, who hails from...
12:37 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Pregnant woman killed by speeding BMW, tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, should exemplary punishment be handed out in hit and run cases? If you have any questions on the topic you can send them to us here.
02:27 PM, May 10, 2012
Gurgaon: Two persons died including a pregnant woman and 4 injured when a speeding BMW rammed into a Tata Indica while trying to overtake it at Sector 29 in Gurgaon on Saturday. Sanjay Sethi and Shama were killed when the luxury vehicle hit their car from the side, behind IFFCO Metro station, police said. The impact of the accident left both vehicles severely damaged, they said. (With additional inputs from...
08:40 AM, May 06, 2012
In a shocking case of apathy in Kannauj, a woman is forced to give birth on the road after a hospital refused to admit her, allegedly because she didn't have enough money. The poor pregnant woman was allegedly denied admission in a district hospital in Kannauj, uttar Pradesh. She was forced to give birth on the roadside. The newborn survived. The victim's husband alleges the nursing staff demanded of Rs...
08:47 AM, Jul 04, 2011
Jodhpur: In a shocking case twelve pregnant women have died at Umaid Hospital in Rajasthan's Jodhpur after being administered contaminated IV fluid. The deaths have taken place over the last 10 days. The first casualty was reported on February 13. Four pregnant women are on ventilators in a serious condition after excessive bleeding. The preliminary report into the incident indicates that it was contaminated IV fluid that led to the...
06:20 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New York: In a new study, portable meters used to gauge blood sugar levels in pregnant women with diabetes gave readings that differed from lab tests by up to 16 percent. That kind of inaccuracy is concerning, researchers say, because small differences in blood sugar during pregnancy can have potentially serious consequences for the mother and baby. But that doesn't mean women should stop using glucose meters. Instead, they should...
03:05 PM, Jan 16, 2011
New York: Just over two-thirds of pregnant women undergo screening tests for gestational diabetes, according to a new analysis of nearly one million patient records. Among the five percent of women who tested positive for pregnancy-related diabetes, just one in five were screened again within six months of giving birth, Dr. Jon M. Nakamoto of Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, and his colleagues found. The findings...
12:22 PM, Dec 23, 2010
Kabul: The Taliban executed a pregnant woman on charges of adultery in western Afghanistan, an official said on Monday. A Taliban court in Qadis, a remote district in Badghis province, found Bibi Sanawbar, a 40-year-old widow, "guilty because she got pregnant by having illicit affairs", said Jabar Saleh, the deputy provincial police chief. Sanawbar was kept in prison for three days before being publicly executed, he said, adding, "She was...
07:45 AM, Aug 10, 2010
Service takes pregnant women to government hospitals in rural areas for free. ...
01:56 PM, May 13, 2010
Service takes pregnant women to government hospitals in rural areas for free. ...
01:56 PM, May 13, 2010
CJ Suraj's wife, who was carrying a dead foetus in her womb, died of docs negligence in Delhi. ...
03:18 PM, May 09, 2010
CJ Suraj's wife, who was carrying a dead foetus in her womb, died of docs negligence in Delhi. ...
03:18 PM, May 09, 2010
A pregnant Toronto woman in the audience went into labour on the sets. ...
10:34 AM, Feb 06, 2010
She is a resident of a village in Saran district that Lalu Prasad represents in the LS. ...
03:19 PM, Nov 25, 2009
Two GRP constables have been arrested for the incident. ...
07:34 PM, Jun 19, 2009
Johannesburg: It may appear an insignificant one-off Twenty20 international, but Friday's match at The Wanderers presents top players from India and South Africa an opportunity to oil themselves before the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins in less than a week's time. India have travelled all the way to South Africa to commemorate 150 years of the settlement of their countrymen in the country by playing an...
02:45 PM, May 07, 2008
Johannesburg: South Africa captain Graeme Smith feels that the upcoming ICC cricket World Cup will be an open tournament with the placid subcontinent pitches offering some exciting high-scoring encounters. Emphasising the importance of batting power-play in the mega-event, Smith said a good finishing in both the batting as well as bowling departments will be key to success in the tournament starting on February 19 in Dhaka. Conditions are going to...
02:14 PM, Dec 10, 2007
