Rakeysh Omprakash joins Save The Girl Child campaign

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 13:27

Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has joined the likes of Hema Malini and Nagarjuna to lend support to the government`s Save The Girl Child initiative. He has become a part of a music video to raise awareness, and calls it his "baby step" towards driving change

J&K: Magisterial probe ordered into child`s death

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 01:06

Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a Magisterial probe into the death of a girl child in a hospital in the city on December 12.

Taliban leaders send their girls to school: UN

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 19:36

During their rule, Taliban issued Fatwa against girls` education and declared that there will be no girl education in the country, Arsenault said.

Focus on mission to save girl child: Raj Minister

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 22:17

Rajasthan govt asked health officials to focus on a mission to save girl child and initiate steps to improve the child sex ratio in the state.

Women too turn against the girl child

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 12:08

India’s already grim sex ratio scenario runs the risk of turning worse with more women than men preferring sons over daughters.

Sex ratio situation goes from bad to worse

Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 18:06

India’s dismal girl child record got worse during the last one year.

Monuments to be illuminated for girl child day

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 09:37

To observe the first ever International Day for the Girl Child, four monuments in Delhi and Hyderabad will be illuminated pink Oct 11, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor said Tuesday.

3 million girl child `missing` in India`s population chart

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 21:04

Girl child numbers in India have shown a sharper decline than the male children in the decade beginning 2001, leading to a skewed child sex ratio.

UP: Two held for molesting girl children

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 18:09

Two persons were arrested Tuesday for allegedly molesting two girl children in Kwarsi area.

Use TV to spread message about girl child, urges Anil Kapoor

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:11

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who is associated with `Because I am a Girl` campaign, believes that television has a wider audience than films and it can help spread social messages about saving the girl child more effectively.

`Ensure quality education for your girl child`

Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 00:41

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda appealed to the people to ensure quality education for their girl child so that they can also contribute to the development of the society.