Even as the entire world celebrates Women's Day on March 8, there are several people in India who have no qualms in killing a girl child or aborting a female foetus. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Nine persons, including six doctors, who had been arrested for allegedly conducting sex determination tests on pregnant women, were on Monday sent to 14-day judicial custody by a local court here. The court rejected the bail pleas of the six doctors, two nurses and one ward boy and sent them to judicial custody. ...
03:07 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Eight people, including five doctors were arrested on Saturday for allegedly conducting sex determination tests. Raids were conducted in different hospitals after a local NGO informed the District Magistrate. ...
08:55 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Mumbai: Asian Games silver medallist Santhi Soundarajan's tragic story from being the nations top athlete to a daily wage labourer due to a gender test result made headlines. But what are these 'gender tests'? How exact are these tests that have also been conducted on another athlete Pinki Parmanik? Pinki burst into the world scene with a stellar performance at the South Asian Games in 2006. Now she's been forced...
08:51 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik finally walked out of jail after 26 days on Wednesday. After walking out of the jail, Pinki said that she was being framed on rape charges by her live-in partner. "I will consult my lawyer and decide my next course of action. I have been framed and that woman is still trying to frame me," Pinki said. Pinki was granted bail by the...
10:03 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, is likely to be released from a Dum Dum Central Correctional Home in Kolkata on Wednesday. She was granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games,...
06:45 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, has been granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, has been accused of being a male and of allegedly raping her live-in partner. Her 30-year-old...
01:22 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Srinagar: A year after the Jammu and Kashmir government cracked down on sex determination centres, CNN-IBN has learnt that many of them have opened up again. In 2011, year when census figures had revealed the declining numbers of the girl child, the state government had come down heavily on the diagnostic centres suspected of conducting sex determination tests. A year later these clinics have started to open slowly prompting questions...
03:25 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan says crackdown on illegal sex determination tests is the only way to save the girl child in our country. ...
09:05 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Jammu: In a drive against sex determination tests the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday sealed 18 Ultra Sound Clinic (USCs) for violating norms. "We have so far sealed 18 Ultra Sound clinics during a campaign launched against illegal and unlawful operation of these clinics in Jammu region during past 3 days period," senior officials of state health ministry said. Giving a break-up, they said six such clinics were sealed...
04:12 PM, May 01, 2011
Srinagar: Major embarrassment for Jammu and Kashmir as the state that once boasted of the best sex ratios in the country is now reporting a drastic decline in the numbers of the girl child. The government has now cracked down on illegal clinics that allegedly conduct sex-determination tests. This crackdown came after the latest census revealed a shocking statistic in the sex ratio. The number of girls per thousand boys...
11:13 AM, Apr 30, 2011
Google was also in trouble for showing controversial Indo-China border maps. ...
06:48 PM, Dec 09, 2009
As the tension was ratcheted up during the dying overs of the match, the nerves told most on Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara. In the 48th over, with India needing 27 runs off 17 deliveries, R Ashwin swung a Lasith Malinga and the result was a top edge high in the air towards point. As Ashwin dejectedly ran towards the other end, certain of his fate, the fielder at point ran...
09:41 PM, Apr 23, 2008
New Delhi: Bishan Singh Bedi, the former India captain and one of the selectors who picked the World Cup winning squad in 1983, says India will have to get "at least 50 more runs" in each match "to compensate for the lack of incisive bowling and sharp fielding". The outspoken veteran bowler of the famous spinning quartet of the seventies agrees that though the Indians can "destroy" any attack, their...
08:45 AM, Dec 13, 2007
Karachi: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi turned to the iconic duo of Wasim Akram and Imran Khan to seek advice for a successful World Cup campaign and both the former captains advised him that keeping the side united would be the key to winning the trophy. "Yes I spoke to Imran Khan and Wasim Akram as I idolise them for their exploits for Pakistan cricket and both were very supportive and...
11:01 PM, Dec 12, 2007
New Delhi: Gary Kirsten's low-profile coaching approach has been instrumental in Indian cricket team's success in recent years and it will be a big loss for the team when he quits after the World Cup, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said on Tuesday. Akram rated Kirsten as one of the best coaches in the world and said his three-year association with India has done wonders for the team. "Gary has...
11:23 PM, Dec 03, 2007
Should pre-natal sex determination tests be allowed? ...
02:48 AM, Jul 04, 2007
The couple has challeged the Pre-Natal Diagnostics Test Act in court. ...
09:23 PM, Jul 03, 2007
