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SC goes extra mile to ensure widow gets Railways' compensation after 23 years of legal battle

SC goes extra mile to ensure widow gets Railways' compensation after 23 years of legal battle
Published on Oct 22, 2025 03:44 pm IST

Mohali: ESIC penalised for not releasing death benefits

Sandip Kaur, widow of Balwinder Singh, a resident of Sector 70, Mohali, with her counsel Jasbir Singh, had submitted a consumer complaint against ESIC through its regional director. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 09:40 am IST

Captain Anshuman Singh's widow recalls their first meeting in college

Capt Anshuman Singh's mother and widow receive his Kirti Chakra from President Droupadi Murmu.
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 05:38 pm IST

Posing as son’s friend, youth makes off with Panchkula woman’s gold earrings

A case under Sections 379 (theft) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Chandimandir police station in Panchkula. (iStock)
Updated on May 24, 2024 09:54 am IST

Navalny's wife Yulia's X account briefly suspended, netizens question Elon Musk

In this image taken from video released by Navalny Team on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gives a video message.
Published on Feb 20, 2024 08:54 pm IST

HC censures Chandigarh for denying medical reimbursement to former CTU staffer’s widow

Coming down heavily against the UT administration for denying medical reimbursement to the widow of a former Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) employee, the Punjab and Haryana high court termed the UT’s approach “inhumane” and imposed a fine on it. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 09:38 am IST

Was promised Ashok Chakra: Gallantry award receivers’ widow expresses displeasure

Border Security Force (BSF) officer Sanwalaram Vishnoi was killed during violent protests in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Congo in 2022 (HT Photo/Sourced)
Updated on Jan 27, 2024 04:22 pm IST

Delhi HC permits widow suffering from mental trauma to terminate pregnancy

The petitioner is stated to be suffering mental trauma due to the death of her husband.
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 04:16 am IST

Community fights for elderly Indian Sikh woman facing deportation from UK

Gurmit Kaur, 78, came to the UK in 2009 and Smethwick has been home to her ever since, reads an online petition attracting over 65,000 signatures since it was launched in July 2020. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 27, 2023 08:56 am IST

Mohali: Factory worker’s widow wins six-year battle for benefits

The opposite parties were further ordered to pay a compensation of 25,000 to the factory worker’s widow for mental harassment and agony, as well as litigation expenses, within 30 days from the receipt of a certified copy of the orders. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Oct 29, 2023 08:04 am IST

Chandigarh: Mishap victim’s widow, kids awarded 16-lakh relief

Relief comes over six years after the 49-year-old cyclist was killed in a collision with a motorcycle in Kurukshetra. (Shutterstock)
Published on Sept 12, 2023 03:32 am IST

Ghaziabad: 26-year-old widow suffers 90% burns after being set on fire by in-laws; seven arrested

Police have registered an FIR of attempt to murder and arrested seven of 14 suspects. (Representative Image)
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 11:57 pm IST

Ludhiana: ASI, aide held for accepting 20,000 as bribe from widow

The bureau arrested Balbir Singh, the ASI’s aide, from his house at Mohalla Jagdishpura. (iStock)
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 10:58 pm IST

Kin of Shimla man killed in mishap get 9-lakh compensation

Out of the total amount, 2 lakh will be given to the victim’s son and the remaining to his widow. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 01:44 am IST

International Widows Day 2023: Date, history, significance and celebration

International Widows Day 2023: Date, history, significance and celebration
Updated on Jun 22, 2023 07:45 pm IST

Man arrested after live-in partner alleges rape, attempt to convert in Ghaziabad

According to the police, they filed a first information report against the suspect under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), and the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act. The FIR was registered at Ankur Vihar police station. (Representational Image)
Updated on Jun 20, 2023 11:52 pm IST

Gross apathy shown by authorities: Punjab and Haryana HC awards 5 lakh compensation to widow of slain armyman

As per the case as an honour for an exhibition of gallantry by Havildar Kehar Singh, his widow and petitioner Balwant Kaur was allotted 10 acres of land in August 1997 at village Khera Bet in Ludhiana. (Representational Photo)
Updated on May 08, 2023 10:09 pm IST

Wife of Galwan hero joins Indian Army, posted in eastern Ladakh

Woman Cadet Rekha Singh, wife of Late Naik Deepak Singh, was commissioned into Indian Army after completing her training in Chennai (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 09:50 am IST

‘Tribute to my son’: Umesh Pal's mother on Asad Ahmad encounter. Watch

Shanti Devi, mother of Umesh Pal along with her daughter-in-law and Pal's wife Jaya Devi.
Published on Apr 13, 2023 03:45 pm IST

Delhi man held for raping and threatening widow, breaching her trust

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Updated on Sept 02, 2020 09:14 am IST

Armyman’s widow gets family pension after 7 years of struggle

After Mohan Lal’s death, despite being the nominee, Daishara was denied the family pension as Vishnu, who was impersonating her, started drawing it from the branch of a national bank in Ambala.
Updated on Aug 24, 2019 09:55 am IST

LIC fined for turning down widow’s claim

LIC has also being asked to pay ₹10,000 to the widow towards litigation cost.
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 02:36 am IST

Rasoolan Bibi, widow of 1965 war hero Abdul Hamid, dies

Rasoolan Bibi with Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Dhamupur village of Ghazipur, UP, on September 10, 2017.
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 01:16 am IST

Rasoolan Bibi, widow of war hero PVC Abdul Hamid, passes away

Rasoolan Bibi, widow of PVC Abdul Hamid, with Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Dhamupur village of Ghazipur, UP, on September 10, 2017. She passed away on Friday.
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 06:24 pm IST

22-yr-old booked for raping widow in Gurugram

A case was registered in the matter and the suspect is yet to be arrested, police said.
Updated on Jun 23, 2019 03:40 am IST

Trolled for advocating peace with Pakistan, CRPF jawan’s widow has a question

Soldiers stand guard near the site of suicide bomb attack in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 10:22 pm IST