Lohan's parents advised to attend therapy sessions London: Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan's parents Dina and Michael have reportedly been advised to attend regular therapy sessions at the Betty Ford Center to help their daughter's recovery.

The 26-year-old had checked into the clinic to honour the court-ordered 90-day stay at the rehab, reported Contactmusic.

"Families are encouraged to participate in group therapy. Lindsay's counselors want to get Dina and Michael to Betty Ford for a series of sessions in the next few weeks. They feel like having her work through her family issues could help

Lindsay's recovery," a source said....more    
11:03 AM, May 12, 2013

Bihar: Nearly 1,600 students expelled for cheating in board exams
by IANS
Nearly 1,600 students, caught cheating in Bihar's Class 10 boards, were expelled from the exams and over 100 parents who helped them use unfair means were arrested, an official said on Monday. ...  
03:15 AM, Mar 19, 2013

Google fast replacing grandparents as 'advice guru' Modern-day kids are increasingly turning to the Internet to solve queries about simple chores rather than seeking advice from their experienced grandparents, a new UK survey has claimed. ...  
06:01 PM, Feb 28, 2013

Parents arrested for forcing daughter to have sex with creditor A couple allegedly forced their teenage daughter to have sex with a person as repayment of a loan of Rs 50,000 they had availed, police said on Sunday. Three people, including the 16-year-old girl's parents, have been booked by the police after the incident came to light on a complaint by the school administration to a local NGO which took the girl's case to the police. ...  
05:44 AM, Feb 25, 2013

Obama laments lack of 'a father who was around' President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that he wished his father had been a bigger part of his life as he argued that stronger families are just as important as gun control in reducing crime and violence in poverty-stricken neighborhoods. Obama returned to his old home neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago with a different take on his gun control message - that it will require an improved home...  
01:28 PM, Feb 16, 2013

TN: Teacher beaten up for 'misbehaving' with children A teacher of a school in Mandapam refugee camp in the district was beaten up by some parents on Friday for allegedly misbehaving with students. ...  
03:59 AM, Feb 16, 2013

Declare Valentine's Day as 'Matri Pitri Pujan Diwas': Asaram Self-styled godman Asaram, who created furore with his remarks on the Delhi gangrape, on Wednesday blamed "western culture" for "moral degradation" of the country's youth, and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to declare Valentine's Day as "Matri Pitri Pujan Diwas". "The young UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should take a cue from the government of Chhattisgarh which has, since 2012, started celebrating February 14 as 'Matri Pitri Pujan Diwas' so...  
09:56 AM, Jan 17, 2013

Uttar Pradesh: CM meets family of Delhi braveheart Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday met the family of the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart and promised them all possible help from the state government. The chief minister, who arrived at the victim's native village, spent about half an hour with the family speaking to male members outside the house and later went inside to meet her mother and express his condolences. ...  
03:35 PM, Jan 11, 2013

Parents of Delhi gangrape accused lock themselves Saryug Singh, father of Delhi gangrape accused Akshay Thakur, has locked himself in his house along with his wife while security men deputed outside are saying they can hear frequent wails from inside since the the Delhi braveheart lost her battle for life. Thakur, one of the six accused, was arrested by a joint team of Delhi and Bihar police from his house in Lahankarma. ...  
11:30 PM, Dec 30, 2012

China: School texts parents 'Your child is a piece of s**t' Beijing: More than 600 parents in China's eastern Zhejiang province were shocked and furious to receive a text message from their children's school calling pupils "a piece of s**t." Xin Ou primary school sent out a mass text message to Wenzhou parents on Tuesday that said "this student is basically a stupid piece of s**t, how was s/he ever born?" Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted local Chinese media...  
01:27 AM, Dec 22, 2012

Britney Spears: Court dismisses lawsuit against her Los Angeles: A Los Angeles judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by the one-time confidante of pop star Britney Spears, ruling there was insufficient evidence to go forward with the trial on allegations of defamation, assault and breach of contract. "I really thought long and hard. It's the right thing to do, so I am going to do it," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bruguera said, announcing her decision...  
04:46 PM, Nov 02, 2012

5-yr-old girl tortured to death, foster parents held Indore: A five-year-old adopted girl was beaten to death after being sexually assaulted allegedly by her foster parents in Indore, police said on Friday. The foster parents have been arrested from their residence in Rajiv Awas Vihar following postmortem report which confirmed the couple's alleged involvement in the girl's death, superintendent of police OP Tripathi told PTI. "There are indications of sexual assault and the girl being beaten to death,"...  
03:15 PM, Sep 28, 2012

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03:51 PM, Sep 26, 2012

Ghaziabad rape: Minor's parents march in protest Ghaziabad: The parents of the 7-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by her school bus driver and cleaner, took out a protest on Sunday seeking action against the principal of the school. The girl's parents and the families of other children who attend the school, gathered outside the school gate and attended the protest march which ended at Indirapuram police station. They raised slogans against the school management and threatened...  
09:51 AM, Sep 10, 2012

US denies Indian parents access to their child Koktata: The family of an Indian child who has been kept away from his parents by the American child service authorities in New Jersey have appealed to the government to help them. The Sahas' 11-month old son is currently in hospital. This came after he was admitted with a head injury. The parents say he fell from a bed. They now claim they are being stopped from seeing their child...  
09:26 AM, Sep 10, 2012

US restricts access of Indian couple to their son Kolkata: In a re-run of the Norway custody battle, US authorities have restricted access of an Indian couple to their one-year-old son. The US authorities took the step after the child allegedly fell from his bed and suffered injury. The child is now in hospital. The parents say a child protection team has restricted their access to the child, pending an enquiry into the incident. The father, Debashish Saha, hails...  
11:27 PM, Sep 09, 2012

Kristen Stewart's parents are getting divorced
by IANS
Los Angeles: Actress Kristen Stewart's parents are getting divorced. Kristen's mother, Jules Stewart, filed a divorce petition against John Stewart, who she married 27 years ago. She filed the papers at County Superior Court, here citing irreconcilable differences, reports tmz.com. Jules filed the documents herself without using a lawyer one month after her daughter was photographed embracing her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, despite dating her Twilight...  
01:10 PM, Sep 03, 2012

Tirupati pilgrims losing babies to sleep Tirupati: Fatigue after the pilgrimage to Tirumala and Tirupati, which makes parents of babies sleepy-eyed, has come in handy for professional kidnappers who are always on the prowl, waiting for the right moment to make the snatch. Most of the babies have been kidnapped when their tired parents have dozed off or busy trying to find the conveyance back home at bus and railway stations. The recent abduction of 11-month-old...  
12:53 PM, Sep 03, 2012

Chennai: Embryoscopy gives hope to childless couples Chennai: For the first time in the city, a fertility centre has launched embryoscopy, a technology that chooses the best embryo for implantation by increasing the current success rates of infertility treatments. This comes as a boon for childless couple who have been trying hard for a baby through IVF (Invitrio Fertilization) methods, observed Dr C Geetha Haripriya, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and chairperson of Prashanth Hospital at a press meet...  
03:16 PM, Aug 31, 2012

New app helps parents decode their kids' text messages London: Scientists have developed a new app which will help parents decipher the modern-day text message lingo their kid uses. TextGenie, a new app created by a UK-based software solutions company, DCML deciphers text language and slang from incoming SMS messages and translates them into plain English for confused parents, The Telegraph reported. Research by DCML claimed that 84 per cent of parents with teenagers admit to receiving text messages...  
03:40 AM, Aug 27, 2012