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
With the decision, the franchise's last hopes of staying in the Indian Premier League go to pieces. ...
04:20 PM, Oct 19, 2012
The franchise failed to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 100 crore told by the Bombay High Court, leaving the court with no choice but to uphold the BCCI's termination. ...
03:49 PM, Oct 13, 2012
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
New Delhi: Three days after actor Aamir Khan's TV show Satyamev Jayate on female foeticide was aired, the Madhya Pradesh Health Department has suspended the licences of 65 Medical Termination of Pregnancy centres for not submitting their reports on the prescribed form. The suspension will be revoked if the centres submit their updated forms by Monday. Meanwhile, Aamir Khan will meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday. He is...
03:46 PM, May 09, 2012
Who is an idol? If we look at the question the way a celebrity-obsessed, media-driven culture wants us to, its answer becomes simple: an idol is somebody we know ('we' here standing for the urban middle class which has set a certain standard for its idols, and those fitting in are duly worshipped at the altar of popular culture.) So we have numerous awards organised by newspapers, radio stations to...
04:00 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: In a development that would bring mobile telephone tariffs further down, telecom regulator TRAI has suggested doing away with termination charges in a phased manner over the next three years. Termination charges, a part of Interconnection Usage Charges, are a levy paid by one operator to another on whose network a call ends. Any change in it will have impact on mobile tariffs. At present, termination charge is...
05:47 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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
Gurgaon: Citibank has terminated services of 7 employees at its Gurgaon branch, where Rs 460 crore fraud was detected last year. "Following disciplinary procedures, services of a few employees of our Gurgaon branch have been terminated," a Citibank spokesperson said on Tuesday. These employees were reportedly under suspension ever since the fraud came to light. Police Commissioner (Gurgaon) S S Deswal said that seven Citibank employees have been terminated but...
10:53 PM, Mar 08, 2011
John Demjanjuk was in the Red Army before being captured by the Nazis. ...
08:30 AM, Dec 01, 2009
TRAI slashed termination charges by 33 per cent. ...
08:42 PM, Mar 09, 2009
Ekta Kapoor moved to court against Star Tv’s termination of the soap. ...
12:23 AM, Nov 08, 2008
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
