New York — It was Valentine’s Day 1917 in the Minnesota farming village of Lewiston, and Fred Roth — a fourth grader — seems to have come up with a way to express his love for his girlfriend, Louise Wirt. He gave her a card. The folding, pop-up Valentine’s Day card, so heavy on stock …
At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church – mostly priests – over the past 70 years, a report by a commission probing the issue said on Monday, adding the findings are just the tip of the iceberg. Pedro Strech, the child psychiatrist who led the commission, said, “(We …
Dilemma Last year my brother died due to alcoholism. My husband, our two primary school going children and I are living with my parents. I am the main breadwinner. I have tried to support my parents through their grief, supporting them financially as well. I feel that the more I do, the more they expect …
File. | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to issue certificate of abandonment to two girls and noted that the government cannot differentiate between orphaned and abandoned children. On February 9, a Division Bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale was hearing a petition filed by NEST India …
Rescue workers pulled children from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake on Friday as the death toll neared 24,000 and the cold added to the suffering of some one million people estimated to be in urgent need of food Was. The stench of death hung over Turkey’s eastern city of Kahanmaras – the epicenter of …
Indian Railways, in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Welfare, will disseminate information about rescued children through ‘Track Child Portal- 3.0’. South Central Railway (SCR), Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Ch. Rakesh. “In order to ensure the care and safety of children found in distress on railway premises, Indian Railways has launched the …
Saint-Jacques, Ky. — Provincial police say they believe a fire that killed six members of a family Thursday in Quebec’s Lanaudiere region was accidental. A police spokeswoman says investigators have completed analysis of the scene at the home in Saint-Jacques, Que., and have begun working to identify the bodies. Sgt. Eloise Cosset says there was …
Saint-Jacques, Ky. — Provincial police say they believe a fire that killed six members of a family Thursday in Quebec’s Lanaudiere region was accidental. A police spokeswoman says investigators have completed analysis of the scene at the home in Saint-Jacques, Que., and have begun working to identify the bodies. Sgt. Eloise Cosset says there was …
Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and Minister Botcha Satyanarayana looking at the books at the 33rd Vijayawada Book Festival at Govt. Polytechnic College grounds, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan urged parents to inculcate the habit of book reading in their children from an early age. Mr. Harichandan along with Minister …
Officials still don’t know why a transport driver rammed a city bus into a daycare near Montreal.