U.S. film highlights link between girls' education and poverty
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new feature film that debuted in U.S. theaters this week explores the link between improving education for girls in poor countries around the globe and the battle against...
View ArticleAbandoned by kin, 3 newborn girls land in JK Lon hospital
On Friday when the world celebrated International Women’s Day, three newborn girls were undergoing treatment at J K Lon Hospital. They had no relatives and not even their mothers to look after them....
View ArticleModels in Lingerie Bouncing on Balls ... to Sell Car Insurance
Filed under: Women, Video, Below the Belt, Weird Stuff Advertisers aren't stupid. OK, some of them are, but most of them know what helps things get sold: pretty girls. Preferably pretty girls wearing...
View ArticleBhandara case: Forensic expert concludes the three girls weren't raped,...
The forensic expert looking into the death of three minor sisters from Bhandara in Maharashtra has reportedly concluded that the girls died of drowning and were not raped, as stated in their...
View ArticleShe ferries people during emergencies
*The world turned upside down for C S Radhika, when her husband C S Suresh died in 2002. She was 28 and had two daughters aged six and three at that time.*"I was a homemaker. My husband was the...
View ArticleWomen empowerment is not welcome in J and K
*The world celebrated International Women's Day a couple of days ago (March 8) with a litany of speeches of denial of rights and need for empowerment. But for hundreds of women in Jammu and Kashmir,...
View ArticleSister act creates a Pune-Manhattan wardrobe link
Clothes for dolls, little girls designed by a women self-help group make a splash in upmarket US streets, reach wardrobe of Sarah Jessica Parker''s daughters. Reported by Indian Express 4 hours ago.
View ArticleBhandara case may be murder, not rape: Reports
According to a report submitted to the police department by a team of forensic experts in the alleged rape and murder of three girls in Bhandara district, the girls died of drowning and there was no...
View ArticleTeacher denies BEO's harassment
*K Bhavitha, who was a computer teacher with Kasturba Girls' Residential School in Bannur, has clarified that she has not lodged any complaint against Block Education Officer (BEO) G A Lokesh, bringing...
View Article7 sexual assault cases lodged in Delhi in 48 hours
As many as seven cases of sexual assault, including four rapes of minor girls, were registered in the city over the last 48 hours. Reported by IndiaTimes 5 days ago.
View ArticleBhandara doctors contradict forensic panel’s report
A woman gynaecologist, who was part of the five-member team from Bhandara district hospital that conducted the post mortem on the three minor girls from Murmadi in Lakhni, has come out in support of...
View ArticleDouble for Sathiyan
*Olympian paddler Ankita Das went down to West Bengal's Krittiwicka Sinha Roy in the girls' singles final, but it was a double delight for Gnasekaran Sathiyan, who bagged both singles and doubles...
View ArticleYouth throws acid on four minor girls
Police have intensified a hunt for a youth who threw acid on four minor girls at Kotmera village in Raigarh district. Reported by IndiaTimes 19 hours ago.
View ArticlePimp's diary is a coach full of women
Cops find mobile phone numbers of 3,500 people, including those of girls in the flesh trade. Reported by DNA 15 hours ago.
View Article14-year-old gang-raped in Kolkata
*A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped in the wee hours of Monday in the city's Jadavpur area. Two of the accused have been arrested, police said.*"Following a complaint of gang-rape we have arrested...
View ArticleAccused used to visit city pubs, recruit girls: Cops
Babulal Verma, a railway employee arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket out of a railway rest house in Marine Lines, would frequent pubs where he would make acquaintance with and...
View ArticleOver 56 percent adolescent Indian girls, 30 percent boys anaemic
Over 56 percent of adolescent girls and 30 percent of the boys in India are anaemic, parliament was told Tuesday. Reported by IndiaVision 1 day ago.
View ArticleOlympian for Indian kids
*Enthusiasm and vigour are clearly visible on Natasha Watley's face when she guides young sportsperson of Delhi University on the basics of softball at Maitreyi College. * For two hours, the two time...
View Article56 percent adolescent girls, 30 percent boys anaemic in India
Over 56 percent of adolescent girls and 30 percent of the boys in India are anaemic, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. More than 39 percent adolescent girls in the age group...
View ArticlePUC examinations to begin today; women members in squads
*A total of 32,403 students from the district will appear for second PU examinations, which will begin today. The examination will be held till March 28.* Among the candidates appearing for the...
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