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Haryana khaps to join Ramdev fast by Sukhbir Siwach

Haryana's infamous khap leaders has decided to pitch for Baba Ramdev in Delhi on Saturday with a large number of supporters. Khap leader Om Parkash Dhankhar, who is coordinating with other khap leaders of Haryana to mobilize support for the yoga gura, on Friday claimed that more than 50,000 people from the state would participate in the indefinite hunger strike called by Baba Ramdev to press for his demand to...

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Male preserve by TK Rajalakshmi

Haryana records the lowest adult sex ratio in the country, and its Jhajjar district has the worst adult and child sex ratios. THE results of the provisional Census revealed that Haryana as a whole registered the lowest adult sex ratio in the country and also had the lowest child sex ratio (CSR). Among the State's districts, Jhajjar recorded the lowest adult as well as child sex ratio, and within the district,...

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Worrisome trend by TK Rajalakshmi

The CSR has declined in 27 States and Union Territories, recording an all-time low, while the adult sex ratio has improved, though slowly. WHEN the provisional data from Census 2011 were released on March 31, the worst fears of those working in the area of women and child development were confirmed. The horror of a declining child sex ratio (CSR), which first came to light in Census 2001, returned once again,...

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Girls interrupted by Ruhi Kandhari

It was quite a role reversal. Moments after my photojournalist colleague Sayantoni and I introduced ourselves to the chief medical officer of Jhajjar district in Haryana, he did what we as journalists normally do. Reel off a barrage of questions. The first question was new (not what one generally faces while covering renewable energy policy in Delhi), “Bhai-behen kitne hain? (How many sisters/brothers you have?)” and my quick answer was “koi...

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