Thousands of demonstrators gathered for a march in Moscow on Sunday to protest against a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, saying President Vladimir Putin's government had made orphans pawns in a political dispute. Kremlin critics and other opponents of the ban converged on a central boulevard in freezing temperatures, some chanting "Shame!" and "Putin is a scoundrel!" or holding banners condemning lawmakers who backed the law prohibiting adoptions. ...
09:35 AM, Jan 14, 2013
A Thane-based social organisation has offered to adopt the teenaged girl from Dombivili town in Thane who was allegedly sexually abused by her father and brother for the last two years. Social organisation 'Parivartan' wants to adopt and take care of the girl's future, organisation's members Jyoti Patkar and Madhavi Naik said on Monday. ...
01:36 PM, Jan 07, 2013
President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a US law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Although some top Russian officials including the foreign minister openly opposed the bill and Putin himself had been noncommittal about it last week, he signed it less than 24 hours after receiving it from parliament, where both houses passed...
08:16 PM, Dec 28, 2012
The upper chamber of Russia's parliament on December 26 unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. It now goes to President Vladimir Putin to sign or turn down. All 143 members of the Federation Council present voted to support the bill, which has sparked criticism from both the United States and from Russian activists who say it victimizes children by depriving them of the...
06:22 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood actress Katie Holmes is reportedly planning to adopt a little girl because her daughter Suri wants a sister. The 33-year-old 'Dead Accounts' Broadway actress, who split from 'Mission Impossible' star Tom Cruise in June after six years of marriage, is said to be eager for their six-year-old biological daughter to have another sibling, reported Hollywood Life. "Suri has been asking for a sister lately -- she's even...
06:31 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Premier Indian condom manufacturer HLL Lifecare Limited has adopted Karakulam village in Thiruvananthapuram district as part of its corporate social responsibility programme. HLL has planned a range of initiatives including health camps, cancer diagnostics camps, free diabetes check-ups and free distribution of sanitary products for girls in the village. HLL is today a 'mini Ratna' and was upgraded as a Schedule B Central Public Sector Enterprise. ...
12:09 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Chennai: Even as a craze for pedigree dogs has been doing the rounds in the city, a determined group of people have been tirelessly promoting the Great Indian Dog. Their efforts seemed to have paid off at the Blue Cross Adoptathon on Sunday evening, as a majority of those who came in wanted to take home an Indian dog. A monthly or bi-monthly event, the Adoptathon is organised by Blue...
02:06 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Hyderabad: As a part of an awareness and education programme about endangered animals, Army Public School students from Ramakrishnapuram, Sainikpuri and Secunderabad, on Thursday, adopted a Royal Bengal Tiger at the Nehru Zoological Park. The students also took an oath to love and protect animals, both domestic and wild, in the presence of the zoo senior officials. The students with their teachers adopted a Royal Bengal tiger, eight-year-old Aparna which...
01:54 PM, Aug 10, 2012
India becomes hub of surrogate mothers, tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, should commercial surrogacy be declared illegal in India?
01:25 PM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: A Bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband's property was approved by the Union Cabinet on Friday. Apart from giving women the right to their husband's property, the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, also aims at giving rights to adopted children on par with biological off-springs. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, was introduced...
10:31 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Central government on Friday took some major decisions with regard to the Hindu Marriage Act, including making divorce easier, in a key Cabinet meeting. According to the decision of the Cabinet, the mandatory six-month clause for filing of divorce will now be waived off on grounds of irretrievable breakdown. The new clause also allows one-time settlement instead of monthly maintenance in case of divorce. The redrafted Marriage...
07:28 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Ohio: A 10-year-old boy shook when asked about being prostituted to two other men by an adoptive father who regularly had sex with him, according to police, who said the boy was fearful of talking because he didn't want to be taken from his home or separated from his new siblings. The adoptive father has been charged with raping three boys in his care and compelling prostitution by hiring the...
01:12 PM, Mar 02, 2012
HYDERABAD: As a couple of swings rock gently outside Shishu Vihar waiting for tiny tots to come test its bearings, little girls aged between 8-16 run around playing games of their own, shouting out in crisp English. As you enter the building, the heady smell of disinfectant hits you strongly, only to be replaced by infant sounds, of cooing and gurgling of babies in cradles, housed within dormitories here. An...
08:36 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Tonight at 10, Smitha Nair asks a panel of experts whether or not single men and live-in couples should be banned from adopting children.
02:38 PM, Jun 15, 2011
Mumbai: A new adoption rule which is likely to come into effect soon says that single men will not be able to adopt a girl child at all. Not live-in couples won't even have the option to do so. Many would say that being single and being a father don't go hand in hand. But choreographer Sandeep Soparrkar doesn't agree with the view. Sandeep was one of the first men...
08:25 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Actress Preity Zinta seems to be upset about reports that Shandar Amrohi's biography "From Nowhere To Somewhere" will tell all about his decision to adopt her and give her everything in his will. She says there's no truth in this news. "No1 has or ever will adopt me or sign me in a will. Things said in interviews and reported are far from facts as the proof is in the...
03:49 PM, May 12, 2011
Pune: The CBI has filed a chargesheet against the Managing Trustee of city-based orphanage, Preet Mandir and five others in connection with an adoption racket. Special Public Prosecutor, Vivek Saxena filed the chargesheet before Special Judge SN Sardesai on Tuesday. Joginder Singh Bhasin, the Managing Trustee of the foundation, and others have been charged with entering into a criminal conspiracy to kidnap poor children and give them up for adoption....
01:10 PM, Mar 09, 2011
Citizen Journalist Gaurav Bakshi was asked to pay a bribe to get his name registered as his adopted child's legal father. Gaurav protested only to be beaten up and intimidated by the authorities. ...
08:12 AM, Mar 05, 2011
Chicago: Oprah Winfrey has discovered she has a half-sister - a Milwaukee woman who was given up for adoption by Winfrey's mother nearly 50 years ago, when the talk show host was eight years old. An emotional Winfrey introduced her newly found sibling to viewers Monday and explained the woman's persistent quest to find her birth mother. "This, my friends, is the miracle of all miracles," Winfrey said before bringing...
11:17 AM, Jan 25, 2011
Pune Municipal Corporation has launched an animal adoption scheme, where it will take a month to adopt a tiger. ...
12:03 PM, Oct 21, 2010
