Widow
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NCW seeks FIR against man for making lewd comment on Kirti Chakra awardee's widow
India | Jul 10, 2024, 07:17 PM ISTPresident Droupadi Murmu conferred Kirti Chakra upon Captain Anshuman Singh, The Army Medical Corps, 26th Battalion of The Punjab Regiment, posthumously on July 5. Anshuman Singh's widow Smriti Singh, recently recalled her love story which ended on a tragic note in a video clip.
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International Widows Day 2021: Know facts, history and relevance
India | Jun 23, 2021, 09:15 AM ISTInternational Widows Day is observed on June 23. June 23 was chosen to mark International Widows day as it was on this day in 1954 that Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, mother of Lord Loomba, became a widow.
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Mistaken identity lands Assam woman in detention camp for 3 years
India | Jun 27, 2019, 06:26 PM ISTMondal, a widow who worked as a domestic help, had to spend three years at a detention camp in Kokrajhar district after she was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners' Tribunal in March 2016.
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After eternal wait of 32 years, daughter helps widow mother reunite with first love
India | Jul 27, 2016, 05:23 PM ISTFor all those who have viewed India only as a country which is a stricken with social stigma, this daughter’s efforts to bring a smile on her 52-year-old widow mother’s face should make you think
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Distraught Dalit widow sacked from job after losing her husband, DM breaks taboo to get her job back
India | Jul 27, 2016, 04:24 PM ISTOut of her job for three years now, 36-year-old Urmila Kuwar, found help from the district’s senior bureaucrat in the state
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To ‘appease forest gods’, widow trades 3-day-old baby for Rs 2,000
India | Jul 15, 2016, 06:54 AM ISTRanchi/ Ramgarh: In a shocking incident, a widow belonging to the primitive Bihor tribe from Jharkhand allegedly sold her three-day old baby for Rs 2,000 to a man from Chatra district, apparently to carry out
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Odisha govt provides Rs 5 lakh aid to widow of Nathuram Godses captor
India | May 12, 2016, 09:20 AM ISTBhubaneswar:About 33 years after the death of Raghu Nayak who showed exemplary courage in capturing Mahatma Gandhis killer Nathuram Godse, the Odisha government today provided a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to his widow.
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Widowhood boosts women’s health, social and professional well-being
Lifestyle | Apr 26, 2016, 12:17 PM ISTLondon: Thrashing popular beliefs and expectations, a new study claims that widowhood is actually good for a woman’s health and social and professional well-being. The findings are in contrast to previous research which showed marriage
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My husband's dead body was treated like a dog's: CRPF trooper's widow
India | Mar 30, 2016, 04:11 PM ISTAlappuzha (Kerala): The wife of a CRPF trooper from Kerala who drowned in Chhattisgarh today hit out at CRPF officials, accusing them of showing disrespect to her husband's body. "My husband was treated like
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Bihar: Children barred from eating mid-day meal cooked by widow
India | Dec 17, 2015, 07:29 PM ISTPatna: Villagers in Bihar's Gopalganj district have prohibited children from eating mid-day meal cooked by a widow at a government-run school, an official said on Thursday.Angered over reinstatement of a widow Sunita Kunwar as cook,
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Widow can claim absolute right on 'maintenance' property: Supreme Court
India | Nov 13, 2015, 06:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: The right to maintenance of a Hindu widow is not a “mere formality” but a spiritual and moral right that can be judicially enforced upon by claiming “absolute right” on the property given
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Gangaa: Ganga enrolled in school, teacher makes her peal peas!
Bollywood | Jul 29, 2015, 11:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: After facing many hurdles, Gangaa has finally enrolled in the school to get the education. But, the sweet girl doesn't have books to study but instead she is peeling peas (matar) in the
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UN accredited NGO to help 5,000 poor widows in Varanasi
India | Jun 28, 2015, 12:09 PM ISTLondon: A UN accredited global NGO, the Loomba Foundation, will provide vocational skills and training to 5,000 poor widows in Varanasi in an effort to create employment opportunities for them."The Foundation will provide vocational skills and
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David Haines' widow says, Jihadi John should be caught alive
World | Feb 27, 2015, 02:52 PM ISTLondon: The widow of a man killed by a masked Islamic State (IS) militant known as 'Jihadi John' has said that she wants him caught alive, a media report said Friday.Dragana Haines says the "last
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Special three-day Holi celebrations for Vrindavan widows
India | Feb 25, 2015, 02:10 PM ISTAgra: For thousands of widows residing in the five shelter homes run by the Sulabh International, this Holi will be a special one as a three-day program has been arranged for them in Vrindavan.A unique
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Madras HC orders payment of freedom fighters pension to widow
India | Mar 22, 2014, 07:59 AM ISTChennai: The Madras High Court yesterday ruled that that freedom fighters pension under 'Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme' has to be paid by the government to widow of a freedom fighter within three months from
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Martyr Abdul Hamid's widow blesses Modi
India | Oct 10, 2013, 08:15 AM ISTAhmedabad: Rasoolan Bibi, the widow of Param Vir Chakra awardee martyr Abdul Hamid today met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi here, and the latter presented her a shawl. Rasoolan Bibi said, she had heard Modi's
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Interpol issues alert for British terror widow
World | Sep 26, 2013, 08:42 PM ISTLondon: Interpol on Thursday issued an arrest notice on behalf of Kenyan authorities for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive Briton whom news media have dubbed the “white widow.”Lewthwaite—a 29-year-old Muslim convert whose first husband was one
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PMO refuses to release files on Netaji's widow, daughter
India | Aug 15, 2013, 10:20 AM ISTKolkata: Turning down an RTI appeal, the Prime Minister's Office has said releasing secret files about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's widow Emilie Schenkl and daughter Anita Bose may upset relations with foreign countries. Chandrachur Ghose
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Congress to give Rs 500 per month to widow
India | Jul 25, 2013, 08:43 PM ISTKendrapara (Odisha), Jul 25: A couple of days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned Rs 30,000 for 82-year-old Mandodari Nayak, widow of late Raghunath Nayak, the opposition Congress today announced Rs 500 per month for