Oz couple in India on trail of lost son
September 14th, 2011 - 9:48 am ICT by IANS
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Sep 14 (IANS) "If I am gone, I am not dead. I have gone to free my mind..." These are lines in the memoir of a ... Read more...
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Package to create 40,000 jobs enthuses Kashmiris
July 8th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 8 (IANS) An employment package announced by the centre for Jammu and Kashmir, which is expected to create 40,000 jobs, has been generally welcomed by the people in ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Facebook, candlelight vigil: Punjab city wakes up to a murder
April 26th, 2011 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 26 (IANS) The killing of a millionaire businessman by his gun-toting childhood friends in this Punjab city last week has prompted thousands of residents to come together ... Read more...
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Elderly parents, two sons found dead in Pune
March 24th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, March 24 (IANS) In a suspected case of family suicide, decomposed bodies of a couple in their 60s and their two sons were found at their ... Read more...
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Ex-RAW official who disrobed in court to undergo check-up
January 27th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) woman official who tried to disrobe before a Delhi High Court bench Jan 20 is to be examined by the ... Read more...
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Ex-RAW official’s parents apologise to court
January 24th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The elderly parents of a former woman official of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Monday pleaded before the Delhi High Court to grant her freedom and ... Read more...
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Chinese adults can’t take parents’ money - that’s law
January 22nd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Jan 22 (IANS) In a bid to ensure elderly persons' social welfare, parents in an east China province have been empowered by a new law to decline their adult children's monetary ... Read more...
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China mulls new law that forces people to look after parents or face jail
January 7th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): China is considering a new law that will force people to either visit their elderly parents or face jail time.Under the terms of the draft legislation, pensioners who ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
China to make visits to elderly parents compulsory
January 7th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 7 (IANS) China plans to introduce a law that will make visits to the elderly parents by their children compulsory. Under the terms of the draft legislation, "elderly people who ... Read more...
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Death penalty for six in triple murder
December 21st, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 21 (IANS) A man who killed his elderly parents and younger brother last year has been sentenced to death by a court in Uttar Pradesh along with five others, police ... Read more...
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State Politicians Present At ‘Pratikshana’ Audio Release
October 13th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 13, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The upcoming Kannada film Pratikshana has released its audio album on Sunday evening at The Bell Hotel in Karnataka. The event was attended by many politicians ... Read more...
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Man attacks elderly parents over property, sets them ablaze
July 31st, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 31 (IANS) A 28-year-old man Saturday attacked his elderly parents with a sharp-edged weapon and then set them ablaze over a property dispute, police said.
Naresh Kumar killed his father Ram ... Read more...
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1 in 8 Brit adults have not seen their parents in a year or more
April 13th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 13 (ANI): One in eight adults have not seen their parents for over an year, all because they are busy or live too far away, reveals a survey.The survey by ... Read more...
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Gujarat’s Parsi woman seeks court help to worship
March 25th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 25 (IANS) A Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi has sought the Gujarat High Court's intervention to avail the fundamental right to worship and to access the religious places of ... Read more...
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Virginia man stole more than $1.6 million from elderly stepparents
February 20th, 2010 - 5:23 am ICT by BNO News
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – A man from Virginia stole more than $1.6 million from his elderly stepmother and father, prosecutors said Friday.Peter Wilde, 61, was born in Colombia but came ... Read more...
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Recession causing growth of ’sandwich generation’ in Britain
December 8th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Britain's worst-ever recession is leading to a growth in the 'sandwich generation' of middle-aged women who are forced to care for their children and parents, a leading thinktank ... Read more...
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Parents still play favourites with grown up children
December 8th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): A new study on middle-aged parents helping out their grown up children has revealed that even at the later stage of life, they play favourites.The research, carried out ... Read more...
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Hong Kong leader draws flak on Tiananmen dissident handed to China
October 13th, 2009 - 8:27 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Oct 13 (DPA) Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was under increasing pressure Tuesday to investigate the case of a former Tiananmen Square dissident sent over the border into China to ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Housewives ‘more likely to suffer from heart disease than working women’
August 26th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 26 (ANI): Housewives are at an increased risk of suffering from heart disease and strokes as compared to women who go to work, a new study has shown.And experts blame ... Read more...
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Evil Faizal ready to take Cussing!
August 17th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Faizal Raza Khan is very much a part of one of Imagine's biggest imagination "Basera'. The show stars seasoned actors Ram Kapoor and Pallavi Shubhash as elderly parents in the show.
Basera ... Read more...
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Where is the tribunal for senior citizens’ rights?
August 16th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Where is the tribunal to address the woes of elderly citizens who are shunned and mistreated by their own family, asks septuagenarian Raj Kumari who has been ... Read more...
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From hoes to begging bowls: drought hits Assam farmers (Feature)
July 17th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, July 17 (IANS) Until recently, 55-year-old Biswajit Bora made a modest living growing paddy on his two- acre plot in Assam's Nagaon district and managed to feed his ... Read more...
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What happened to tribunal to look after elderly: court to government
May 3rd, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Approached by another elderly citizen within a span of three weeks seeking protection and care from uncaring and greedy kin, the Delhi High Court has ticked off ... Read more...
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UK man cuts off own head with chainsaw over house repossession
November 20th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 20 (ANI): A 50-year-old British man beheaded himself using a chainsaw because he did not want to give up his repossessed home.
Winchester Coroner''s Court was told that David Phyall ... Read more...
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Phone psychotherapy works better than office visits for the depressed
September 23rd, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): A psychotherapy session on the phone may be a far better way of treating depressed patients than office visits, suggests a new study.Nearly fifty percent of patients ... Read more...
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Adult Brit kids help their parents regardless of their marital status
May 11th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Adult British kids help their elderly parents regardless of their marital status, says a new study, after comparing the data with other countries such as the United ... Read more...
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Relieved parents await Sabeel’s return from Britain
May 7th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, May 7 (IANS) The elderly parents of Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed, who was found guilty of withholding information on last year's terror plot in Britain and was being deported Wednesday night, ... Read more...
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New robots could help look after an ageing population
April 19th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): Older people would no more be dependant on families for elderly care, as scientists have developed a robotic assistant that can dial 911 in case of emergencies, ... Read more...
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Families of ‘victimised’ men protest women protection laws
March 29th, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by admin
Pune, March 29 (IANS) Is there misuse of stringent laws meant to protect women? Maybe it is time we listen to the other side of the story. This was the message the ... Read more...
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The phone service that lets Hong Kong couples follow each other!
January 14th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan 14 (ANI): Want to know where your spouse is at all times? Well, if youre living in Hong Kong then you can solve this problem by signing up for a ... Read more...
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Parents relationship with adult children improves with aging: Study
December 1st, 2007 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study has found that a majority of relationships between parents and their adult children improve as parents transition to old age.The study, led by Karen Fingerman, ... Read more...
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