Girl Dies

The superstitious tribal practice of branding infants with hot iron to cure illness, has cost two lives in the tribal-dominated Sahdol in eastern Madhya Pradesh. Both were infant girls, suffering from chest congestion, fever and pneumonia.

A year-old girl, who was found in a water tank, died in a hospital in Tarni village under Pipri police station of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital, Perth. The girl was pulled from the water with critical injuries and she died at the scene, police said in a statement.

In a shocker from Madhya Pradesh, a three-month-old girl suffering from pneumonia was poked 51 times on the stomach with a hot iron rod as part of "treatment" by a quack.

A minor girl was allegedly stabbed to death by a boy who after killing her committed suicide, informed the police yesterday.

Five persons, including two minor girls and as many women, died and nine others were injured when a truck carrying farm labourers and their families collided with another truck transporting sugarcane today

16-year-old girl died of cardiac arrest at a school amid the cold weather conditions in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, officials said on Friday.

An eight-year-old girl who was injured after a portion of plaster of a ground-plus-24 storey building fell on her has died in a hospital in south Mumbai in the early hours of Monday, an official said.

A 14-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide citing mental harassment by her teacher in Maharashtra's Latur district, police said on Friday.

A 14-year-old girl studying in Class 8 in Gujarat's Rajkot city died after suddenly collapsing in her school, with her family members claiming that she died due to cold weather conditions.

A three-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man died in two separate incidents in different cities of Gujarat on Saturday amid Uttarayan celebrations after their throats were slit by the kite string, police officials said.

An eight-year-old girl died on Thursday after her family of six allegedlytried to die by suicide after consuming poison at their house in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal.

A 17-year-old girl who committed suicide here on December 29 was allegedly raped by a man who had given sedatives to her, police said on Wednesday.

A teenage girl succumbed to her injuries after being trapped in a fire that broke out at the seventh-floor building in Ahmedabad on Saturday early morning.

As many as four people died, and one minor girl survived after a car lost control and fell into a quarry in Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district of Chhattisgarh.

The superstitious tribal practice of branding infants with hot iron to cure illness, has cost two lives in the tribal-dominated Sahdol in eastern Madhya Pradesh. Both were infant girls, suffering from chest congestion, fever and pneumonia.

A year-old girl, who was found in a water tank, died in a hospital in Tarni village under Pipri police station of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital, Perth. The girl was pulled from the water with critical injuries and she died at the scene, police said in a statement.

In a shocker from Madhya Pradesh, a three-month-old girl suffering from pneumonia was poked 51 times on the stomach with a hot iron rod as part of "treatment" by a quack.

A minor girl was allegedly stabbed to death by a boy who after killing her committed suicide, informed the police yesterday.

Five persons, including two minor girls and as many women, died and nine others were injured when a truck carrying farm labourers and their families collided with another truck transporting sugarcane today

16-year-old girl died of cardiac arrest at a school amid the cold weather conditions in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, officials said on Friday.

An eight-year-old girl who was injured after a portion of plaster of a ground-plus-24 storey building fell on her has died in a hospital in south Mumbai in the early hours of Monday, an official said.

A 14-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide citing mental harassment by her teacher in Maharashtra's Latur district, police said on Friday.

A 14-year-old girl studying in Class 8 in Gujarat's Rajkot city died after suddenly collapsing in her school, with her family members claiming that she died due to cold weather conditions.

A three-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man died in two separate incidents in different cities of Gujarat on Saturday amid Uttarayan celebrations after their throats were slit by the kite string, police officials said.

An eight-year-old girl died on Thursday after her family of six allegedlytried to die by suicide after consuming poison at their house in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal.

A 17-year-old girl who committed suicide here on December 29 was allegedly raped by a man who had given sedatives to her, police said on Wednesday.

A teenage girl succumbed to her injuries after being trapped in a fire that broke out at the seventh-floor building in Ahmedabad on Saturday early morning.

As many as four people died, and one minor girl survived after a car lost control and fell into a quarry in Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district of Chhattisgarh.