September 15th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A woman has been arrested in an Uttar Pradesh village after a local official found over two dozen women who were drawing widows' pensions from the state government ...
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August 23rd, 2008 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) The Indian Cricket board has decided to introduce a monthly pension scheme for retired international women cricketers. Those who have played ten or more Tests will receive Rs.15,000 ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) More than 40 percent of Indians feel that widows and divorced women in the country are greatly discriminated against despite there being laws to protect their rights. ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Aug 16 (IANS) The air crash that killed former Pakistan president Muhammad Zia ul-Haq 20 years ago Sunday was caused by a common mechanical problem rather than a plot hatched by ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Agra, Aug 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will Wednesday launch projects worth Rs.2.5 billion in Braj Mandal for pilgrims to the sites associated with Lord Krishna. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): A proposal to constitute a National Commission for the Welfare of Ex-Servicemen is under the active consideration of the government.
This was stated by the Secretary ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, July 18 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh cabinet Friday approved construction of over 100,000 houses for people living below the poverty line, officials said Friday. "Under the Shri Kanshi Ramji Urban Poor ...
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July 11th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, July 11 (IANS) A postgraduate prisoner has petitioned the Tamil Nadu government for the early release of over 250 lifers in a prison, official sources said Friday. Milleth Ismail sent a ...
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June 27th, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The central government Friday said an accommodation would be allotetd to a freedom fighter's 85-year-old widow who had challenged in the Delhi High Court an order of ...
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June 27th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 27 (ANI): Husbands and wives make up less than half of Britains adult population for the first time, newly released statistics suggest.
The forces behind such a situation are rising ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
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London, June 24 (IANS) Cherie Blair, wife of former British premier Tony Blair, says India needs to build on its social achievements to end the stigma suffered by widows. "India has done ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
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London, June 24 (IANS) Cherie Blair, wife of former British premier Tony Blair, says India needs to build on its social achievements to end the stigma suffered by widows. "India has done ...
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June 23rd, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 23 (ANI): Widows is most countries are discriminated against, according to a study undertaken by the University of Marylands Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).
Basing its findings on the ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, June 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday announced a housing scheme for the urban poor, envisaging construction of 100,000 houses a year. Mayawati said the first phase of the ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 6:24 pm ICT by admin
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Jaipur, May 21 (IANS) In an effort to rehabilitate the victims of the terror attacks in Jaipur and Ajmer, the Rajasthan government Wednesday announced a series of long-term compensation packages for orphaned ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by admin
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Baghdad, May 6 (DPA) Iraqi security forces have found documents purported to belong to the Al Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq's Diyala province, which include names of 6,000 alleged suicide bombers in ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
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Akhnoor (Jammu and Kashmir), April 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday announced major relief and rehabilitation measures for Kashmiri Pandit migrants, refugees and victims of terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
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April 23rd, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, April 23 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government will penalise offspring who abandon their parents and guardians forcing them to live in old age homes. "A meeting of the state level committee ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 7:24 pm ICT by admin
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Villupuram (Tamil Nadu), Apr.22 (ANI): Tamil Nadu is playing host to a weeklong festival dedicated to transgenders with the objective of facilitating their eventual entry into the existing social mainstream.
The festival, ...
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April 18th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Victims of the Bhopal gas leak case have stepped up their campaign for justice in New Delhi.
Seeking justice and rehabilitation, the survivors camping have been in ...
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April 18th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, April 18 (IANS) Five days after ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha was inducted into the Nitish Kumar ministry, widows of three brothers in a Bihar village have questioned ...
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April 13th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by admin
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By Ivonne Marschall
Vienna, April 13 (DPA) Austria's economy is burdened by additional costs of 511 million euros (about $808 million), or 0.23 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product, per year due ...
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April 9th, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by admin
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Siliguri, Apr 9 (ANI): The West Bengal Police resorted to baton charge against protesters demanding separate state for Gorkhas in Siliguri on Wednesday.
The members of Bharatiya Gorkha Bhutpurba Sainik Morch, an ...
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April 4th, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 4 (ANI): Diane Keaton has signed on to star in the road trip dramedy The Widows' Adventure.
The film is based on a novel by Charles Dickinson, reports Variety.
The story ...
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April 3rd, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by admin
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Shimla, April 3 (IANS) Demanding increased state support, thousands of destitute single women from across Himachal Pradesh protested outside the state assembly building after concluding a two-day, 30-km march Thursday. Around 2,700 ...
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March 28th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
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Sydney, March 28 (DPA) Sarah Eggleton is a Sydney archetype - 40 years old, a graduate with a good job and happily single. She buys sexy lingerie, likes the idea of romance, ...
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March 23rd, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Finance and Planning Minister A.K. Walia Monday will unveil his fifth consecutive annual budget of the Delhi government, which is unlikely to see any new taxes. He ...
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March 11th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): The Centre has received a proposal from the Bihar Government for grant of similar relief and rehabilitation package to the victims of Bhagalpur riots of 1989-90, as ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by admin
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By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Bollywood actress Preity Zinta had met Finance Minister P. Chidambaram a few days before he presented the 2008-09 budget, and had urged him to keep ...
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February 20th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by admin
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By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) Actress Manorama, who was known for her comic and negative roles, was bitter with Bollywood for shunning her in her later years but would still ...
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