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Illegal abortion racket in Rashidpura: Accused falsely tagged foetuses as female to push clients

May 01, 2026, 00:01 (IST)

HC allows gynec booked under PCPNDT to use sonography machine

May 01, 2026, 02:12 (IST)

Haryana’s sex ratio at birth sees sharp drop to 895 in first 4 months of 2026

May 09, 2026, 00:42 (IST)

Karnal Tops, Charkhi Dadri Hits Low, Govt Steps Up Sting Ops To Curb Foeticides

MP leads in infant abandonment, feticide

May 09, 2026, 00:57 (IST)

Strap Here

Illegal abortion racket busted in Rashidpura; 5 arrested

Apr 29, 2026, 02:28 (IST)

'Killers' of the womb: A son obsession

TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Apr 27, 2026, 09:55 (IST)

Deep-rooted son preference fuels sex-selective abortions in India, leading to millions of fewer female births by 2030. Despite legal bans, illegal networks facilitate prenatal sex determination and terminations, driven by cultural pressures and financial anxieties. While some areas show slow improvement in sex ratios, demand for sons persists.

Gynaecologist files dowry case against surgeon husband

TNN / Apr 23, 2026, 02:39 (IST)

JJP leader gets default bail in sex determination case

Apr 17, 2026, 23:35 (IST)

Kidney transplant racket: SIT doubts surgery took place at Kharar hospital

Apr 16, 2026, 06:36 (IST)

'Intended to marry minor girl for male child': Telangana businessman, 9 others held for murder of pregnant wife, 2 daughters

TNN / Apr 11, 2026, 06:13 (IST)

A man has been arrested for allegedly drowning his pregnant wife and two daughters in a swimming pool after discovering the unborn child was female. He reportedly intended to marry a minor to father a male heir. Police also arrested ten others for facilitating an illegal prenatal sex determination test.

Call on using MCOCA against doctors involved in illegal sex determination rackets to be taken during next session of state legislature: Abitkar

Apr 10, 2026, 02:21 (IST)

Sex determination racket busted in Morena, repeat offender on the run

Apr 08, 2026, 04:48 (IST)

Telangana launches unified online portal for surrogacy, IVF and PCPNDT

Apr 07, 2026, 21:18 (IST)

Karnataka health department issues norms for private hospitals to report child sexual abuse cases

TNN / Apr 04, 2026, 01:35 (IST)

30-day deadline for officials on students’ Aadhaar seeding in Udupi district

TNN / Mar 15, 2026, 22:33 (IST)

No charges for delivering baby girl at Indi hospital for 1 year

Mar 16, 2026, 23:47 (IST)

'Amendment in pcpndt act needed'

TNN / Jul 16, 2011, 16:23 (IST)

Only 20% sonography machines are registered in the names of registered radiologists, while remaining 80% machines are registered in the names of gynecologists.

Doctors discuss pcpndt act

TNN / Feb 15, 2016, 01:26 (IST)

Medicos Legal Action Group (MLAG) organized "Chai pe legal Charcha" for ultrasonologists and gynaecologists on Sunday at IMA complex, Sector 35.The topic for discussion was criminal prosecution under pcpndt act.

Rally urges public to save girl child

TNN / Mar 09, 2011, 20:20 (IST)

Save girl child and `beta-beti ek samaan' (son-daughter are equal) were among the themes in an awareness rally taken out by the health department in the city on Wednesday.

Radiologists on day-long strike, demand changes in pcpndt act

TNN / Apr 16, 2015, 05:04 (IST)

Radiologists across the city and the district observed a day’s strike on Wednesday seeking amendments to the the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act to relieve them of alleged harassment.

'Health workers' role pivotal to prevent pre-natal sex determination'

TNN / Oct 23, 2011, 05:10 (IST)

State Health Society Research Centre (SHSRC) and State Family Welfare Bureau (SFWB) together organized a workshop to train government health care providers working in the Nagpur circle in the various aspects of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) Act.

District health department cracks whip on ultrasound clinics

TNN / Jul 16, 2013, 17:00 (IST)

Alarmed at the declining child sex ratio (0-6 years of age) in Visakhapatnam district, the health authorities in the district are cracking the whip on ultrasound centres to ensure that they are not flouting the Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (pcpndt act).

Shun NOC rules for medical professionals from other states: Centre tells Kerala govt

Mar 04, 2026, 20:11 (IST)

NGOs for adherence to pcpndt act

TNN / Jan 31, 2016, 09:18 (IST)

Women's and health rights organizations recently held a public demonstration before in front of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) office at Tilak Road, appealing the medical community to adhere to the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act and protect the girl child.

UP still not serious on pcpndt act

TNN / Jul 14, 2010, 02:43 (IST)

Even as the child sex ratio continues to decline in the state, reportedly due to increase in female feoticide, the state government, it seems, is not taking implementation of the pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic technique (prohibition of sex determination) — pcpndt act — seriously.

HC notice to Centre, state on pcpndt act

TNN / Sep 08, 2012, 02:50 (IST)

The petition filed by the Sonology Imaging Society challenged sections 4, 23 and 25 of the pcpndt act, 1994, and sections 9 and 18 of the pcpndt act 1996.

Doctor gets 1-year jail for flouting pcpndt act

TNN / Nov 10, 2015, 13:07 (IST)

Pre-conception pre-natal diagnostic technique (PCPNDT) court, Jaipur has sent a sonography centre owner for one-year imprisonment and also imposed fine of Rs2,000 for allegedly not maintain records of the sonography centre properly and for other violation of pcpndt act.

Records of two sonography centres seized in Jaipur

TNN / Jun 12, 2012, 04:11 (IST)

The officials of medical, health and family welfare department have seized the records of two sonography centres in the city for alleged violation of Pre-conception, Pre-natal and Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act 1994.