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National netball champion given triple talaq for giving birth to girl chil
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): With a united India calling for abolishment of the triple talaq, yet another shocking incident has come to fore in BJP-ruled Uttar where a national level netball player was divorced for giving birth to a girl child.
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Man threatens wife with triple talaq after birth of girl child
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a woman has lodged a complaint against her husband who allegedly threatened her with triple talaq, after she gave birth to a girl child.
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Korean actress urges community to empower girls in India
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 16 (ANI): Noted South Korean actress Baek Jin-hee concluded her visit to India with a call to end girl child discrimination and work towards gender equality.
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HTC launches 'Aarzoo: Ek Wish Har Aarzoo Poori Karneki' initiati
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI-NewsVoir): Sonal (Name Changed) is an activist and she is only 12 year's old. She is a member of the "Little star children's group" from Shahbad dairy that works towards educating children on protecting themselves against abuse. Like the othe
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New hope, plans for girl child: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb.18 (ANI): Campaigning in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will introduce new plans for the girl child.
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'Khelegi toh Khilegi' - a pan-India initiative for girl's f
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan.25 (ANI): On occasion of the National Girl Child Day, Nurturing Excellence in Sports Trust (NEST) along with National Yuva Cooperative Society launched 'Khelegi toh Khilegi', which is a pan-India football based programme for girls between the age to 10-15 year
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National Girl Child Day: Lets reaffirm our commitment to challenge gender
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): As the nation observes National Girl Child Day today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the nation to reaffirm their commitment to challenging stereotypes based on gender and promote gender sensitisation as well as gender equality.
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National Girl Child Day to be celebrated today
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): National Girl Child Day will be celebrated today at a special function in New Delhi in view of exemplary achievements by nation's daughters during last year.
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Female foeticide cannot exist in a distinguished state like Haryana: PM Mo
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Hailing Haryana as a land whose daughters have made India proud on several occasions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that female foeticide cannot exist in such a distinguished state, and called on the people of the state pledge to protect the
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PM Modi compares girl child with Sita, urges people to save, respect them
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Drawing a parallel between Ravana and the existing social evils affecting women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged people to respect daughters of the nation.
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Young girls take over big roles to mark International Day of Girl Child
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 [ANI]: In run up to the International Day of Girl Child on October 11, young girls in the age group of 13-25 years are reportedly performing various roles like traffic cops, editor, RJ, village sarpanchs, school principal and senior manager in the corporate sector f
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Unable to bear expenses, Tripura tribal couple sell daughter for Rs.650
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala, Gandacherra (Tripura) [India], Sept. 26 (ANI): In what highlights the sorry state of affairs in the backward areas of Tripura, a tribal couple in remote Dhalai district sold their girl child as they were unable to bear the expenses of the infant.
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