
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

Kanpur: A Patna-bound Express train made an unscheduled stop at Fafoond railway station in Auraiya district after a pregnant passenger complained of labour pain. In the process, a coach of the Sampoorna Kranti Express, which was coming from Delhi, derailed. However, no injuries to any passenger was reported. Amit Malviya, PRO, Northern Central Railways said that the pregnant woman, sitting in S-10 coach of the train, had complained of labour...

06:41 PM, Apr 27, 2013

Los Angeles: Pregnant reality TV star Kim Kardashian has described herself as a hypocrite on a TV show for having a baby out of wedlock. The 32-year-old 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star is expecting her first child with her rapper boyfriend Kanye West this July, reported Us magazine. Four years ago, when Kim's sister Kourtney got pregnant and decided not to marry her boyfriend Scott Disick, she took a...

03:43 PM, Apr 21, 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

Los Angeles: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has shared a picture of her pregnant belly. The 32-year old 'Kourtney & Kim Take Miami star' captioned the self-taken shot as "baby love", reported Us magazine. Kim has been constantly taunted for her weight ever since she announced that she is expecting her first child with Kanye West this summer. However, recently Kim has been sporting more maternity wear, which flatters her...

11:45 AM, Apr 08, 2013

A male pregnancy is definitely a medical sensation grabbing headlines worldwide. A 15-year-old Kazakh boy was recently declared pregnant, given a handful of erroneous medical prescriptions and a bill for 50,000 tenge ($330). ...

12:56 PM, Feb 16, 2013

An Italian magazine said on Tuesday it will publish pictures of a pregnant Duchess of Cambridge wearing a bikini on holiday in the Caribbean, angering the British royal family and reigniting a debate over privacy and freedom of the press. ...

04:27 AM, Feb 13, 2013

A nine-year-old girl has given birth to a daughter in Mexico, a media report said on Wednesday. ...

04:46 AM, Feb 07, 2013

In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh, a pregnant woman was allegedly murdered by her husband who slit her throat with a knife, police said on Saturday. According to police, the accused, Arvind, on Friday took his 23-year-old wife Hemlata, to Nurpur Marg on the pretext of driving her to her parents' house and killed her. ...

11:04 PM, Dec 29, 2012

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

Salem (TN): Facing arrest on a complaint of cheating by his lover, a CRPF constable who allegedly dumped her after making her pregnant agreed to marry her. Murugan of Attur was in love with his 25-year old neighbour for the past two year, but went back on his promise to marry her. He had also allegedly threatened to kill the woman, who was seven months pregnant, police said on Saturday....

11:48 AM, Nov 17, 2012

Sydney: Pregnant women and mothers face discrimination, negative comments and dead ends in their career in many workplaces in Australia, a study has found. A survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of 357,500 working women with a child under two found that 19 per cent faced discrimination in the workplace and 29 per cent left the workforce permanently while pregnant or after having their child, according to the adelaidenow...

05:44 PM, Nov 16, 2012

London: Pregnant women, beware! Cellphone radiation exposure during pregnancy impacts fetal brain development and may cause hyperactivity, researchers say. Yale School of Medicine researcher, Dr Hugh Taylor co-authored the latest study to probe the impact of cellphone exposure on pregnancies. "We had pregnant mice in cages and we just simply put a cellphone on top of the cage. In half the mice, the cellphone was active and in half of...

04:23 PM, Nov 12, 2012

New Delhi: Women who suffer from gestational diabetes during pregnancy may no longer need to prick themselves with shots of insulin. They can now use an insulin pump. "The insulin pump, which has been in use in India since the last 10 years, has not yet been used by pregnant women. There is a reason for this. Gestational diabetes, which occurs in pregnant women, usually subsides after delivery. Hence, most...

03:22 PM, Nov 08, 2012

Colombian singer Shakira said on Wednesday she is expecting her first child, with her Spanish soccer player boyfriend Gerard Pique. "As some of you may know, Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby! At this time we have decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and postpone all the promotional activities planned over the next few days," Shakira, 35, wrote...

12:01 PM, Sep 20, 2012

London: Kate Middleton is reportedly expecting her first child with husband Prince William. The couple, who tied the knot April 29 last year, has reportedly been trying to conceive for some time and are overjoyed over their baby news. "Friends say Kate is convinced it's happened, and while she and William are keeping the news close to the vest, they're delirious with joy," showbizspy.com quoted a source as saying. "A...

03:08 PM, Sep 06, 2012

Los Angeles: Singer Adele, who is expecting her first child with fiance Simon Konecki, has denied that she married him in a secret ceremony. The 24-year-old star was reported to have said 'I do' to her bearded partner after she was spotted wearing a gold band ring on her wedding finger back in July. However, the British singer took to twitter to inform her 9,094,078 followers that the reports were...

07:09 PM, Aug 31, 2012

Los Angeles: Actress Reese Witherspoon, who is expecting a baby in September, was taken to a hospital here. The 36-year-old actress is pregnant with her and hubby Jim Toth's first child together and it is believed that the baby may be coming earlier than planned, the Radar Online reported. "Reese was actually taken to the hospital on the night of August 21 with complications. She was released that night and...

02:51 PM, Aug 23, 2012

Mumbai: For the past four days, a pregnant, possibly rabies-infected monkey, with an infant in tow, has been inspiring fear among residents of Amar Nagar, Mulund. The locale is barely 200-metres from the spot where a leopard devoured a young girl last week. Ramu Pawar, in whose house the monkey had entered, said, She seems to have some kind of infection. She has been entering houses and sleeping on beds....

04:46 PM, Jul 26, 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