
Jamshedpur: In Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, Kantha Singh is a father to 65 orphaned children. His extraordinary work fetched him the CNN-IBN Real Hero award in 2010. But two years down the line, Kantha Singh is facing the biggest challenge of his life. He doesn't have enough money to take care of his ailing wife. His wife is suffering from cancer and Kantha is helpless. He has been languishing in...

10:50 AM, May 15, 2012

Pune: Beaten up and thrown out of her house by her husband at a very young age, Sindhutai Sapkal lived on the streets till she found her calling in life. She is now a mother to many abandoned children and runs four homes in Pune. It was three years ago, when a baby, Sakshi, was found in the corn field of a village in Maharashtra, without any shelter, warmth or...

09:03 AM, Feb 20, 2012

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06:56 PM, Aug 06, 2011

New Delhi: On Monday, CNN-IBN brought the story of six-month old Chiku alias Stephen, who suffered a brain hemorrhage during delivery. His parents abandoned him saying it was the hospital's duty to cure him as they were unable to look after him in his present state. Chiku's case is not the only case. Two-year old Suhasini is one of the many abandoned children looked after by the Delhi Council for...

09:03 AM, Jan 05, 2011

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident of a sex scandal, children of an orphanage in Hyderabad have accused the institution's founder of sexually exploiting them. Siria Orphanage Home, on the outskirts of Hyderabad was started in 2006 and is home to almost 140 students. The institution came under the cloud of alleged sexual abuse when a raid conducted by the city police on Sunday discovered 11 girls blaming Malyadri, founder of...

11:33 AM, Sep 14, 2010

Elephant herds across east Africa have dwindled in numbers. ...

05:13 PM, Nov 16, 2009

The juvenile court has sent the boy to an observation home. ...

11:21 PM, Aug 28, 2009

Zaputou Angami has been a mother to abandoned children from Nagaland. ...

11:53 AM, Feb 18, 2009

Three India-born girls were adopted by a French couple years ago. ...

11:27 PM, Aug 06, 2008

Police say Ramesh is a psychopath and had murdered a girl in 1990. ...

07:58 AM, Jul 18, 2007

An orphanage in Baghdad has given shelter and a chance for education to the children left orphans by the violence. ...

03:33 PM, Apr 09, 2007

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie, has adopted her fourth child, a three-year old boy from Vietnam. ...

06:02 PM, Mar 17, 2007

Hollywood actress’s new child is Pax Thien, a boy she selected at an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. ...

04:21 PM, Mar 15, 2007

We've all heard of orphanages for children, but one for elephants is rather hard to believe. ...

11:58 PM, Feb 23, 2007

Orphanages often run on donations from the rich. But an ashram in Thrissur is trying to fend for themselves instead. ...

08:25 AM, Dec 27, 2006