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It Maybe OK to have 3rd Child ONLY if it is a girl-Maharashtra

Sharad Vyas,TNN | Oct 4, 2011, 04.24 AM IST MUMBAI: Four decades ago, India was introduced to the government plea—Hum Do Hamare Do (We Two, Our Two), Horn Ok Please—through highway trucks. The state government now plans to rethink the campaign, and incentivize the birth of a third child—but only ..... Read More

Female Foeticide prevented or facilitated-PNDTA

TNN | Sep 23, 2011, 02.25AM IST NEW DELHI: A group of radiologists on Thursday approached the Delhi high court challenging sections of the Pre-Natal Diagonostic Technique Act, arguing they actually facilitate female foeticide rather than prevent it.  A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, issued ..... Read More

Boy murdered over a tea cup that costs Rs2.50

Dwaipayan Ghosh,TNN | Sep 27, 2011, 06.44 AM IST NEW DELHI: The death of a 16-year-old minor boy in northeast Delhi over a cup of tea that cost Rs 2.50 on the premises of one of the busy police stations in the capital has jolted Seelampur residents who claim that ..... Read More

Teenagers in Mumbai seek bail to give exam

Nitasha Natu,TNN | Sep 28, 2011, 04.07 AM IST MUMBAI: The two college students arrested for the murder of Malad senior citizen Sarla Patel had cited their upcoming exams as one of the reasons for applying for bail. Patel's grandson Raju and his childhood friend Sachin were lodged at the ..... Read More

Gangraped girl, raped by SHO again

Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui,TNN | Sep 26, 2011, 01.10 AM IST LUCKNOW: A gang rape victim, who accused a senior sub-inspector of raping her when she went to lodge her complaint, disappeared from the Mahila Thana (women's police station) on Friday. She was supposed to record her statement before a magistrate ..... Read More