foeticide

Jatehdar Akal Takht speaks against female foeticide Thursday, 27 October 2011 23:42 JAGMOHAN SINGH | AMRITSAR Jathedar Akal Takht (Highest Sikh Temporal Seat) Gyani Gurbachan Singh has asked the Sikh Community to take firm stand against female foeticide. The Jathedar said that...

MALOUT (MUKTSAR): This bhog ceremony moved beyond mere eulogies and sharing of personal memories. Gathered to pay tributes to Surinder Badal, the late wife of Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, religious and political leaders from across the spectrum gave a call to Punjabis to eradicate...

Deserted NRI brides advocate female foeticide ‘We don’t want our daughters to suffer like us’ Jalandhar, November 10 Deserted by their NRI husbands, scores of Punjabi girls, who seem to have exhausted jall avenues for seeking justice, have been advocating female foeticide. Apprehending a...

Female Foeticide: A Curse of History By KHUSHWANT SINGH Long ago, girls were killed to protect them from Muslim invaders. Now, it's dowry. Punjab has a long history of doing away with newborn girls. The preferred method today is foeticide after a sex determination test, but centuries...

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2207\edit3 End female foeticide Radhakrishna Rao EDITORIAL: The Assam Tribune - December 22, 2007 The relentless female foeticide linked to the sex-determination test in Punjab and Haryana, which has led to an alarming dip in the female...

Ludhiana, Dec 10 (PTI) Punjab Minister for Social Security and Technical Education, Industrial Training Swarna Ram today said that a comprehensive drive involving NGOs and education Institutes More...

Holding growing ostentation in Sikh weddings responsible for female feticide and debt, Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Saturday called for cutting down on wedding expenses. "We appeal to the Sikh community to desist from over expenditure during marriages. This is one of the...

By Karan Kapoor, Chandigarh, May 24 : The judiciary in Punjab has stepped in to eradicate the menace female foeticide. Recently, a small girl chid was found unconscious by a sweeper. Apparently the child's family had left her to die in a garbage dump. More...

By Karan Kapoor Chandigarh, May 22 (ANI): The judiciary in Punjab has stepped in to eradicate the menace female foeticide. Recently, a small girl chid was found unconscious by a sweeper. Apparently the child's family had left her to die in a garbage dump. The child has been placed in the...

HindustanTimes ePaper KNOWLEDGE IS known to spread light - opening up closed minds. But it does not always shield the girl child. Prosperity drives one to charity; unborn little girls do not benefit from them. An extraordinary four-year research in the heart of rural India, post 2001 Census...