Consumer court pulls up Lufthansa, orders fine
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Non-disclosure of terms for promotional air tickets amounts to an "anti-consumer" practice, India's top consumer court has warned while penalising Lufthansa for harassing an elderly ... Read more...
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Family quarrels lead to killings, attempted murder in Maharashtra
June 29th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur (Maharashtra), June 29 (IANS) In three separate tragic incidents resulting from family quarrels in Maharashtra, two children were brutally murdered, while an elderly couple had a narrow escape from ... Read more...
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Elderly couple murdered in Punjab town
February 20th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) A retired couple was found murdered in their house in Punjab's Garhshankar town Sunday, police said.S.P.S. Bedi, 72, a retired chief engineer and his wife, Gurcharan ... Read more...
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Abandoned by children, elderly couple fasts for justice
December 9th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Dec 9 (IANS) Harassed, tortured and abandoned by their children, an ailing elderly couple sat on a hunger strike for four days demanding justice before police intervened and the ... Read more...
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Maid burgles elderly doctor’s house
November 15th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A 22-year-old maid working at the house of a 75-year-old woman doctor went missing with cash and jewellery worth around Rs.5 lakh, police said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Freedom fighter, wife end fast after pension assurance
November 9th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 9 (IANS) A 99-year-old freedom fighter and his 86-year-old wife ended their indefinite hunger strike here after the government assured them of old age pension and initiating steps ... Read more...
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99-year-old on hunger strike for freedom fighter’s pension
November 5th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 5 (IANS) A 99-year-old freedom fighter Saturday began a hunger strike here to get his pension for taking part in India's struggle for independence. His 86-year-old wife is ... Read more...
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Children murder parents for money?
September 21st, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 21 (IANS) An elderly couple was allegedly murdered by their son and daughter who were eager to grab compensation money that had come the father's way, police ... Read more...
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‘Compensation can’t bring my mother back’
September 8th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Shalini Aggarwal is engulfed with sorrow and cynicism as she awaits the body of her mother Nalini, in her 60s, who was killed at the ... Read more...
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Thai authorities link toxic chemicals to foreigners’ deaths
August 17th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) -- The mysterious deaths of four foreigners and a tour guide in northern Thailand has been attributed to poisoning from an unknown toxic chemical or pesticide, local authorities ... Read more...
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World War veteran dies
June 18th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 18 (IANS) Piyara Singh, a World War II veteran who took seven bullets but survived while fighting against Germany, has died here at the age of 106, his ... Read more...
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Elderly couple found dead in Delhi
May 28th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) An elderly couple was found dead in their flat in the national capital, police said Saturday adding that the cause of the death has not ... Read more...
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Tarpon Springs Celebrates Epiphany With A Heavy Heart
January 7th, 2011 - 1:44 am ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tarpon Springs this time is celebrating Epiphany with a heavy heart after it was found that two of the members of the community had lost their ... Read more...
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Elderly couple commit suicide by hanging
December 11th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) An elderly couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves with a rope in the courtyard of their house here Saturday, police said.R.S Yadav, 62, and his 60-year-old wife ... Read more...
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Couple consume poison inside police officer’s office
August 5th, 2010 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 5 (IANS) An elderly couple in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district Thursday consumed poison inside the office of a police officer, alleging harassment by the police in a case, officials said. ... Read more...
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Elderly couple, granddaughter murdered in Uttar Pradesh
May 15th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 15 (IANS) An elderly couple and their 16-year-old granddaughter were Saturday found murdered inside their house in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, police said.
Kadir Ahmad, 80, and Khurshida, 70, were found ... Read more...
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Grey’s Anatomy: Love changes everything
May 14th, 2010 - 10:02 am ICT by admin
By Anita ThomasAn elderly couple reunites at the hospital after over 50 years. Betty and Henry tell their stories to the doctors while being treated separately admitting they have never stopped loving ... Read more...
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Couple together for 74 years, die within 3 days of each other
March 25th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 25 (IANS) A British couple, inseparable for 74 years, died within three days of each other after the woman wrote a love letter to her 90-year-old husband to come and ... Read more...
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World’s Longest-Married Couple Fisher Tweet On Love
March 10th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Mar 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Zelmyra Fisher and her husband Herbert Fisher may look like any other aged couple apparently but they have made a foray into the Guinness Book of ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Court pulls up government for investors’ plight
February 21st, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Coming to the rescue of an elderly couple who were fighting for their investments, Delhi High Court has pulled up the central government for subjecting them to ... Read more...
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Elderly couple traumatised following armed raid in Dublin suburb
February 4th, 2010 - 4:58 am ICT by BNO News
DUBLIN (BNO NEWS) -- Irish police have arrested two men following an armed robbery on the home of an elderly couple in a leafy Dublin suburb Wednesday.Authorities say four armed robbers entered ... Read more...
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Freedom fighter in Bihar leads a desolate life
January 25th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
Pariya Village (Gaya), Jan.25 (ANI): As people in India will celebrate the 61st Republic Day of the country on Tuesday, an octogenarian freedom fighter Bindeshwari Prasad Singh leads a desolate life in ... Read more...
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Malaysian Unmarried Couples Arrested On New Year’s Eve
January 9th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Selangor, Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The unmarried Malaysian couples who were enjoying the New Year's eve with their partner in the hotel rooms of Selangor had never anticipated that their ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Nevada Couple Stranded After Following GPS Instructions
December 29th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oregon, Dec.29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An elderly couple had to spend three snowy days in a forest in eastern Oregon, after the global positioning system of their SUV failed to give ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
‘Gokula’ a winner all the way (Kannada Film Review)
November 28th, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Rajapur
Film: "Gokula"; Director: Prakash; Cast: Vijaya Raghavendra, Pooja Gandhi, Yesh, Nakshathra, Sreenivasa Murthy and Sumithra; Music: Mano Murthy; Rating: ****Director Prakash's "Gokula" certainly qualifies to ... Read more...
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World’s oldest mother celebrates her child’s first birthday
November 28th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Jind (Haryana), Nov 28 (ANI): World's oldest mother Rajo Devi celebrated her child's first birthday on Friday in Haryana's Jind town.Rajo Devi had hit the headlines last year, when she gave birth ... Read more...
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Spicing up sex lives is Malay state’s mantra to halt divorce epidemic!
November 2nd, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 2 (ANI): The state government of Terengganu has come up with innovative plans to foment sexual relations between the newly weds after body odour, monotonous sex and dull pyjamas ... Read more...
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Spicing up sex life to save marriage - with state help
November 2nd, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 2 (IANS) Divorce-hit Terengganu state in Malaysia is stepping in to save marriages of couples troubled by body odour, humdrum sex and boring pyjamas worn by spouses.
These are ... Read more...
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Missing Body Found By Caretaker Couple Of Cabin By The Lake
October 31st, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Oct.31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul E. Dust, who was a resident of the reservation of the Lac Courte Oreilles, went missing on last Saturday. It was presumed by the police that ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Centenarian couple observes Karva Chauth in Shimla
October 7th, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, Oct. 7 (ANI): Hans Devi,103 , is observing Karva Chauth for the long life of her 105-year-old husband Pyara Singh in Shimla."I believe that couple should spend their life amicably like ... Read more...
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Indian couple killed in fire in the US
September 15th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Sep 15 (IANS) An Indian couple, hailing from Kerala, were killed Monday in a fire that broke out in their home here.
Sixty-nine year old P.Y. Philipose, a pastor, and his ... Read more...
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Assam couple dubbed sorcerers and killed
September 7th, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 7 (IANS) An elderly couple was burnt alive by residents of a village in Assam after a kangaroo court charged them with practising witchcraft in Assam, police said Monday.
A police ... Read more...
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Jailed UK murderer gets legal nod to get cosmetic surgery!
September 3rd, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 3 (ANI): A jailed murderer in the UK has won an argument in the court to have cosmetic surgery.Denis Harland Roberts, who was sent behind bars for killing an elderly ... Read more...
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West Bengal couple seeks to end their lives after being shunned by family
August 21st, 2009 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
Baguiati (West Bengal), Aug 21(ANI): An elderly couple abandoned by their family members, in Baguiati, a suburban locality in Kolkata, has sought an end to their lives as they have been struggling ... Read more...
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Poverty, hunger drive elderly couple in Bihar to suicide
August 9th, 2009 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) Poverty and hunger forced an elderly couple in a Bihar village to commit suicide, villagers said Sunday. However, a local official maintained the couple died of cancer but ... Read more...
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