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How did a dead woman’s pension keep paying for 20 years? Costa Rica man accused of collecting $800,000 from California teacher’s retirement fundCosta Rican prosecutors are investigating Abarca, a care-home manager accused of collecting nearly $800,000 in pension payments belonging t...
Bernie Marcus was fired from his job in 1978, then built Home Depot and an $11 billion fortune — now his foundation is putting nearly $30 million into heart research, reviving his early dream of medicineBernie Marcus was fired from Handy Dan in 1978, a setback that helped push him toward cofounding Home Depot and building an $11 billion for...
Jeffrey Epstein files: Who is Leon Black? Why is billionaire investor in trouble?Epstein files: Lawmakers emerged from the closed-door voluntary interview with Black saying he refused to answer questions about non-disclo...
On This Day in History, June 15: Magna Carta sealed, first blood transfusion experiment, Batman Begins released and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 15 features landmark moments spanning law, science, war and culture. From the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 a...
Natalee Holloway Case: Suspect Joran van der Sloot admits killing her in 2005, disposing body in seaDutch man Joran van der Sloot admits to killing a woman twenty years ago and trying to extort money from the victim's mother. Van der Sloot...
Rosa Parks Day 2022: Know the history, significance of the day that commemorates the civil rights activistRosa Parks Day is celebrated on December 1 in California and Missouri. Ohio, Oregon, and Texas observe it on February 4, to honor Rosa Park...
Defaming husband, calling him 'womaniser, alcoholic' without proof is cruelty: Bombay HCThe woman had claimed that her husband was a womaniser and alcoholic and due to these vices she was deprived of her conjugal rights. The co...
Joan Didion, the 'new journalist' and a prolific chronicler of modern culture, dies at 87The writer died from complications arising due to her Parkinson's disease.
Can married daughter make claim over father's property along with her brothers?According to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005, you have the same right over your father’s property as your brothers do.
If father died intestate before 2005, can daughter make claim to his property?According to a recent Supreme Court ruling, it does not matter whether the father was alive or not in 2005, when the Hindu Succession Act 1...
Don't give Bihar poll tickets to those who committed crimes against women: Nirbhaya Trust to partiesIn a statement, the Trust said political parties without indulging in vote bank politics should choose candidates with clean backgrounds fo...
Sylvester Stallone's mother Jackie passes away at 98She ran away from her home to join the circus, before taking up a job as a chorus girl on Broadway.
Lessons from Murugappa: What are your inheritance rights as a woman?Succession and inheritance laws are still grey areas for many women, largely due to the lack of uniformity.
Inheritance rights of women: How to protect them and how succession laws varyWhether you are a wife, daughter or mother, find out what you are entitled to and how you can claim it.
Hindu-Muslim marriage: Can woman still claim right to her parent's self-acquired property?There is no legal concept of disowning a child, but parents can deprive a child of his share in their self-acquired property through a will.
China honours first woman pilot after her death in air crashChinese military confers the title of "revolutionary martyr" on Yu Xu, the first lady pilot and a member of the air force aerobatics team, ...
Why Hindu inheritance law still suffers from gender bias?Besides the lag in the implementation of the 2005 amendment, the Hindu inheritance law is in need of further changes for it to be rid of th...
- Savitri Jindal world's 4th richest mother
Savitri Jindal, Asia’s richest woman and the widow of the founder of steel and power conglomerate O P Jindal Group, is the world’s fourth r...
- Wal-Mart traces of melamine in dog treats
Tests of two Chinese brands of dog treats sold at Wal-Mart stores found traces of melamine, a chemical agent that led to another massive pe...
- Woman jailed for cheating Indian on Net
A woman was jailed for six months after cheating an Indian national out of $69,575 by luring him via an Internet chat room with fake pictur...