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As mark of respect to Parrikar, Vrindavan widows not to play Holi
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Hundreds of widows on Monday decided not to celebrate Holi this time in order to mourn the sad demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
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UP: Widows of three security personnel killed in encounter gets state govt
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government has given government jobs to the widows of three security personnel from Ballia, killed in separate encounters either with terrorists or with the Naxalites in Jammu and Kashmir or in Chhattisgarh.
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Pulwama attack: Misinformation being circulated over pension of victims' w
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Thursday clarified that some misinformation being circulated regarding the pensions of the widows of jawans who lost their lives in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14.
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NHRC sends notice to UP govt over production of spurious liquor in Mainpur
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Pusaina village of Mainpuri district, out of 300 families, 150 have widows in the age group of 25 to 65 whose husbands died after consuming spurious liq
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Indian Embassy in Nepal honours kins of deceased Indian soldiers on 70th R
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 26 (ANI): The Embassy of India here on Saturday read out the President of India's message and honoured the widows and kins of the deceased soldiers of Indian Armed Forces by announcing cash reward worth 7.26 Crore Nepali Rupees, apart from distributing blankets to cel
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Defence Ministry to provide legal support to war widows, veterans
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday approved the provision of providing legal advice and support to war widows and ex-servicemen.
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UP: 22 women receive widows' pension while husbands are alive
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): In a shocking revelation, twenty-two married women whose husbands are alive have allegedly been found receiving widows' pension under a scheme for the welfare of destitute women in Sitapur district.
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Delhi govt approves delinking social welfare pension schemes from Aadhaar
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 31 (ANI): The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday accepted the Social Welfare Department's proposal to not make Aadhaar and Aadhaar linked bank accounts mandatory for receiving the old age, disability and widows pensions provided by the Delhi government.
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Steve McQueen's film to kickstart London Film Festival
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] July 12 (ANI): Oscar-winning Hollywood director Steve McQueen's heist film 'Widows' will kick-start London Film Festival.
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If men can remarry, why can't women? Asks VP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): On the occasion of International Widows Day, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for a societal change of mindset, asking "if a man can remarry, why can't a woman?"
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Honorary ex-Servicemen rally held in Shillong
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], May 26 (ANI): A Mega Ex-Servicemen Rally was organised by Headquarters 101 Area and Rajya Sainik Board at Assam Regimental Centre in Shillong to honour ex-servicemen, war veterans, disabled soldiers, and war widows (Veer Naris).
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SC seeks empowerment of widows, destitute women
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 27 (ANI): In a bid to improve the livelihood of widows and destitute women in Mathura and Vrindavan, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed temples in the two cities to donate all flowers offered to them to shelter homes.
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