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Delhi Man Takes Away Twin Daughters From Wife, Kills Them 2 Days After Birth
In a shocking incident in Delhi, a man allegedly killed and buried his twin daughters after they were discharged from hospital, the police said today. His family has been accused of harassing his wife for not giving birth to a son.
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Madhya Pradesh Couple, Working In Kerala, Arrested For Killing Their Child
In a suspected case of infanticide, a migrant couple allegedly strangled their child, born out of wedlock, recently in this high range district of Kerala, police said on Friday.
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Newborn 'Sita', Found 3 Feet Underground At UP Cremation Site, In ICU
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: Police in Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for the family of a newborn girl, found inside a large earthen pot buried three feet under a cremation ground.
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Woman Allegedly Dumps Twin Granddaughters In Punjab Canal After Birth
The rampant practice of female infanticide continues to claim more lives even as the centre keeps on promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme. In a heartbreaking incident, a woman in Punjab's Bathinda allegedly dumped her twin granddaughters in a canal just two hours after birth.
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No Girl Born In 132 Villages In Uttarkashi In 3 Months: Report
At a time when the centre has been promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" programme, sex ratio at birth data from 132 villages in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand revealed that no girl child was born in these areas in the last three months.
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BJP Leader's Shocking Posts On Lawmaker's Daughter Who Feared For Life
A BJP lawmaker has provoked shock with his comments on a party leader's daughter who made headlines after posting an SOS on social media accusing her father of threatening her for marrying outside her caste.
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Newborn Girl's Body Found In Pond In Bengal, Family Members Arrested
The family members of a newborn girl in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district have been arrested after her body was recovered from a nearby pond, police said on Wednesday.
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Woman Left Infant Son To Drown In A Drum, Said She Wanted A Girl: Cops
A senior police official said the woman, in contrast to the general narrative on female infanticide, has revealed that she killed her son because she wanted a girl child.
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Uttar Pradesh Man Kills Daughter As He Wanted Son
Angry over the birth of a girl, a man and his family members allegedly killed his one-month-old daughter and later beat up his wife for protesting, police said Tuesday.
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TV Show Tackles Gender Issues In India, Becomes One Of The World’s Most Watched
New Delhi: A TV show that is shattering social taboos – from domestic violence and acid attacks to menstruation and child marriage – has become one of the most watched series in the world, attracting over 400 million viewers, the producer said. Scripted to challenge deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and gender discrimination, “Main Kuch Bhi K...
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Infanticide, child marriage make India worst G20 country for a woman
Infanticide, child marriage and slavery make India the worst G20 country for a woman, a global poll concluded.
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Vanya Mishra to work against female foeticide in India
Miss India World Vanya Mishra says she wants to eradicate female foeticide and infanticide across the country.
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New-born girl's body found in west Delhi garbage dump
In what appears to be a case of female infanticide, the body of a new-born girl was recovered from a dump in the national capital on Thursday. The body, discarded in a garbage dump in west Delhi's Bharat Nagar area, had been bundled into a polythene bag. The bag caught the attention of locals when street dogs started dragging it.
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Congress releases manifesto in Punjab, focus on girl child
The Congress party is promising to eradicate female foeticide and infanticide if it comes to power in Punjab, a state that has a skewed sex ratio.
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No place for girls in Rajasthan?
Female infanticide or killing new-born girls after birth continues in some parts of Rajasthan even today. In three blocks in Jaisalmer district - Sam, Sankra and Jaisalmer - 54 new-born girls died in the last one year.
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Delhi Man Takes Away Twin Daughters From Wife, Kills Them 2 Days After Birth
In a shocking incident in Delhi, a man allegedly killed and buried his twin daughters after they were discharged from hospital, the police said today. His family has been accused of harassing his wife for not giving birth to a son.
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Madhya Pradesh Couple, Working In Kerala, Arrested For Killing Their Child
In a suspected case of infanticide, a migrant couple allegedly strangled their child, born out of wedlock, recently in this high range district of Kerala, police said on Friday.
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Newborn 'Sita', Found 3 Feet Underground At UP Cremation Site, In ICU
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: Police in Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for the family of a newborn girl, found inside a large earthen pot buried three feet under a cremation ground.
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Woman Allegedly Dumps Twin Granddaughters In Punjab Canal After Birth
The rampant practice of female infanticide continues to claim more lives even as the centre keeps on promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme. In a heartbreaking incident, a woman in Punjab's Bathinda allegedly dumped her twin granddaughters in a canal just two hours after birth.
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No Girl Born In 132 Villages In Uttarkashi In 3 Months: Report
At a time when the centre has been promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" programme, sex ratio at birth data from 132 villages in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand revealed that no girl child was born in these areas in the last three months.
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BJP Leader's Shocking Posts On Lawmaker's Daughter Who Feared For Life
A BJP lawmaker has provoked shock with his comments on a party leader's daughter who made headlines after posting an SOS on social media accusing her father of threatening her for marrying outside her caste.
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Newborn Girl's Body Found In Pond In Bengal, Family Members Arrested
The family members of a newborn girl in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district have been arrested after her body was recovered from a nearby pond, police said on Wednesday.
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Woman Left Infant Son To Drown In A Drum, Said She Wanted A Girl: Cops
A senior police official said the woman, in contrast to the general narrative on female infanticide, has revealed that she killed her son because she wanted a girl child.
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Uttar Pradesh Man Kills Daughter As He Wanted Son
Angry over the birth of a girl, a man and his family members allegedly killed his one-month-old daughter and later beat up his wife for protesting, police said Tuesday.
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TV Show Tackles Gender Issues In India, Becomes One Of The World’s Most Watched
New Delhi: A TV show that is shattering social taboos – from domestic violence and acid attacks to menstruation and child marriage – has become one of the most watched series in the world, attracting over 400 million viewers, the producer said. Scripted to challenge deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and gender discrimination, “Main Kuch Bhi K...
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Infanticide, child marriage make India worst G20 country for a woman
Infanticide, child marriage and slavery make India the worst G20 country for a woman, a global poll concluded.
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Vanya Mishra to work against female foeticide in India
Miss India World Vanya Mishra says she wants to eradicate female foeticide and infanticide across the country.
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New-born girl's body found in west Delhi garbage dump
In what appears to be a case of female infanticide, the body of a new-born girl was recovered from a dump in the national capital on Thursday. The body, discarded in a garbage dump in west Delhi's Bharat Nagar area, had been bundled into a polythene bag. The bag caught the attention of locals when street dogs started dragging it.
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Congress releases manifesto in Punjab, focus on girl child
The Congress party is promising to eradicate female foeticide and infanticide if it comes to power in Punjab, a state that has a skewed sex ratio.
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No place for girls in Rajasthan?
Female infanticide or killing new-born girls after birth continues in some parts of Rajasthan even today. In three blocks in Jaisalmer district - Sam, Sankra and Jaisalmer - 54 new-born girls died in the last one year.
