Elderly woman found murdered in Delhi
September 11th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A 58-year-old divorced woman was found strangled to death inside her residence here, police said Monday.The incident came to light Sunday in north Delhi's Lahori ... Read more...
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No clues in elderly Delhi woman’s murder
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The identity of suspects in the murder of an elderly woman here the day before has remained a mystery in the absence of any concrete ... Read more...
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Three killed in Maharashtra petrol tank blast
August 26th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Osmanabad (Maharashtra), Aug 26 (IANS) At least three people, including an elderly woman and a minor, were killed when an illegal petrol tank exploded in a village in this Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Woman kills mother-in-law with paramour’s help
August 18th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A woman was killed by her daughter-in-law and her paramour here when she came to know about their illicit relationship and threatened to tell ... Read more...
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Two arrested in Delhi for killing elderly woman
August 16th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) To lend money on interest proved costly for a 55-year-old woman, who was killed by a businessman and his associate after she demanded it back. ... Read more...
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Elderly woman stabbed to death by robbers
August 14th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman was stabbed to death and her husband was beaten up by three unidentified youths who then robbed them, police said Tuesday.The incident ... Read more...
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‘Dead’ woman comes alive in China
August 3rd, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) A doctor in China has been suspended for declaring as dead an elderly woman who was still alive. She woke up from slumber when a forensic ... Read more...
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Police release surveillance photo of Cal Ripken Jr.’s mother’s kidnapping
July 27th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Maryland, July 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police have released a surveillance photo of the kidnapping of the 74-year-old mother of Cal Ripken Jr, who is a legend of the Baltimore oriole.
The kidnapper ... Read more...
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Elderly woman killed in Delhi fire
July 22nd, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A woman was killed here Sunday on the second floor of a building when a fire broke out in a shop on the ground floor, ... Read more...
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Hospital fire kills patient in Brazil
July 5th, 2012 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 5 (IANS/EFE) A terminally ill patient died in a fire Wednesday at Brazil's Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, one of the most important medical facilities in Rio ... Read more...
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VM Thrown out of house by son, elderly woman pleads for him
July 3rd, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) A 79-year-old woman was forced to spend the night under the sky when her businessman son refused her entry into their house in upscale ... Read more...
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For Surjeet Singh, life unfolds a guessing game
July 1st, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Phidde (Punjab), July 1 (IANS) "Pehchanon ji ye kaun hai" (guess who this is), is what Surjeet Singh often hears, as he relaxes on a cot in the sweltering summer ... Read more...
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Maintenance laws misused by greedy: Court (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The maintenance laws are "designed to help the needy and not the greedy", the Delhi High Court has said while expressing displeasure at the misuse ... Read more...
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Maintenance laws misused by greedy: Court
June 21st, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The maintenance laws are "designed to help the needy and not the greedy", the Delhi High Court has said while expressing displeasure at the misuse ... Read more...
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Elderly woman found dead in her Delhi flat
June 20th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An 82-year-old woman was found smothered to death inside her residence here early Wednesday, Delhi Police said.Joginder Kaur, resident of Vikaspuri in west Delhi, was ... Read more...
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Elderly woman trapped under her heavy dresser for 4 days
June 18th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oregon, June 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An elderly resident of Oregon has been found alive after spending four days trapped under her dresser. Local law enforcement authorities claim that 67-year-old Virginia Cartier was ... Read more...
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Chinese couple held for burying woman alive
May 24th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) A Chinese couple has been detained after they got drunk and knocked down an elderly woman and later buried her alive.It was certain the woman was ... Read more...
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Elderly woman found killed in Delhi
May 4th, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman was found battered to death inside her residence in the capital early Friday morning, police said.
Shanti Devi was found dead around ... Read more...
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Woman, three grand children slaughtered in Rajasthan
April 16th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman and her three grandchildren, aged between 8 and 13, were found slaughtered in their house in a village on the city's outskirts Monday, ... Read more...
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Granny, 73, ran US drug ring
April 14th, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 14 (IANS) A 73-year-old gun-toting grandmother was arrested in the US after authorities seized nearly $300,000 in cash and four pounds of marijuana from her home, it was ... Read more...
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‘Parliament should award death penalty for crimes against elderly’
April 12th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday urged parliament to award capital punishment in cases where a senior citizen is the victim.Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar said: "This ... Read more...
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Dead woman’s body found in Russian hospital trash
April 10th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, April 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The body of an elderly woman was found in a hospital garbage bin in St. Petersburg two days before she was to be discharged ... Read more...
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Elderly woman’s body found in suitcase at Russia playground
March 29th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by BNO News
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Police in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg have launched a murder investigation after the body of an elderly woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase ... Read more...
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Russian woman found living with husband’s body
March 11th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An elderly woman in Russia's Far East city of Khabarovsk has been found to be living in a flat alongside the body of her deceased ... Read more...
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Man kills woman while parking car
March 10th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 10 (IANS) An elderly woman in China was run over by a man who was reversing his car to park it near his house.The accident, which occurred Friday ... Read more...
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Elderly woman murdered
February 12th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agra Feb 12 (IANS) A 72-year-old woman who lived alone was found murdered in Jaipur House area here late Saturday evening, an official said.
Heera Devi, widow of an ex-deputy ... Read more...
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Italy cruise shipwreck toll reaches 16
January 25th, 2012 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 25 (IANS) The toll in Italy's cruise ship accident Tuesday rose to 16 after a body of an elderly woman was recovered from the stricken vessel.The victim was ... Read more...
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Three killed as molasses tank bursts in Odisha
January 23rd, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) An elderly woman and two minor children died due to suffocation after the molasses tank of a sugar factory burst and the slurry entered their slum ... Read more...
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Police clueless on elderly woman’s murder
January 12th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A day after an 80-year-old woman was found smothered to death
in her house in east Delhi, police Wednesday remained clueless even after quizzing people known ... Read more...
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Nurse misreads prescription, kills woman by insulin overdose
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) A nurse in Britain has been dismissed from service for mistakenly giving an elderly woman an insulin overdose -- ten times the recommended quantity -- and ... Read more...
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Pen removed from woman’s tummy after 25 years
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 22 (IANS) An elderly woman in Britain had a pen stuck in her stomach for 25 years. The 76-year-old accidentally swallowed the felt-tip pen in the 1980s when ... Read more...
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Elderly woman killed by robbers
December 20th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 20 (IANS) An elderly woman was killed by robbers, who fled with cash and jewellery worth about a lakh of rupees from a house in the posh Kavinagar ... Read more...
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Stampede in Haridwar kills 20, injures 40
November 9th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Nov 8 (IANS) Scenes of piety and devotion quickly turned to devastation Tuesday as at least 20 people were killed in a stampede that occurred when massive ... Read more...
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Elderly woman murdered in south Delhi
October 31st, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) An 80-year-old woman was Monday found murdered in her ransacked house in south Delhi, police said. Her Nepali domestic help is missing.The dead body ... Read more...
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Kenyan forces in shootout with French woman’s abductors
October 2nd, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Oct 1 (IANS) Kenya's security forces were engaged in a fierce shootout with abductors of the French woman who was kidnapped early on Saturday from a resort island in ... Read more...
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