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Like hundreds of children in Ghouta, Sahar was suffering from acute malnutrition (Photo: AFP)

Babies dying of starvation pay the price of war in Syria

On Saturday, the parents of Sahar Dofdaa, just 34 days old, took her to a hospital in the Eastern Ghouta town of...

23 Oct 2017 3:04 PM

Following the threats, Koyli Devi and her family reportedly travelled 8 km from her village to the Patiamba village in the Jaldega block to take shelter. (Photo: ANI)

Life of fear: Villagers threaten mother of 11-yr-old who died of...

The victim died of starvation on Sept 28 as her family was struck off from govt welfare rolls for not linking their...

22 Oct 2017 8:01 AM

The family was struck off from government welfare rolls for not linking their ration card with the Aadhaar card. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Aadhaar not must for ration: J'khand govt after girl starves to death

Any card, including a driver's license and voter ID card or any specified card, is permissible for procuring food...

21 Oct 2017 9:59 AM

The government may shortly include Aadhaar card as a valid document for filing income tax returns. (Photo: PTI/File)

New heights of callousness

The death of 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari will forever remain a blot on India's bureaucracy and government.

20 Oct 2017 7:10 PM

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PC says Modi govt cruelly ignoring Food Security Act

The former finance said as long as there were children who tragically starved to death.

27 July 2018 9:17 PM

A lower ranking is indicative of a higher rate of malnutrition and hunger.

40-yr-old tribal man, who did not have ration card, dies of hunger' in...

However, district officials denied that tribal man died of starvation. They, however, admitted that family did not have...

27 July 2018 12:09 PM

The Delhi police had launched a pilot project in September 2016 by inducting five PCR vans all staffed and operated by women staff. (Representational image)

BJP, Congress slams Delhi govt after 3 sisters found dead due to...

The girls, aged 8, 4 and 2 yrs, died on Tuesday. Initial autopsy suggests it was a case of starvation; Govt orders...

26 July 2018 3:22 AM

It has not yet been proved that he died of starvation. He was provided all benefits like Ayushman Bharat Yojana, ration card, pension, local administration claim. (Photo: ANI)

65-year man dies of starvation in Jharkhand

We do not even have enough resources to complete his last rites,' the man's daughter said.

7 Jun 2019 1:56 PM

There was no indication that 15-year-old Nora Quoirin, who had learning difficulties, was abducted or sexually assaulted, they said, announcing the results of an autopsy. (Photo: AFP)

Irish teen dies due to starvation, no sign of foul play: Malaysia cops

She had a condition known as holoprosencephaly, where the brain fails to develop normally.

17 Aug 2019 6:59 AM

People living in the streets sit down to receive food at a soup kitchen set up at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area of New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Anand K Sahay: Corona shock has laid bare the pretensions of Indians

We may be the fifth largest economy but the only thing shielding migrant workers from hunger is the food provided by...

25 April 2020 11:55 PM

Sonam Kapoor to sell her clothes for charity

She will donate the money to charities she supports.

26 March 2017 5:18 AM

The villagers alleged that no official came ahead to provide money for cremation of the deceased under Harischandra Yojana.

Elderly dies of starvation' in Odisha, inquiry ordered

The victim, a childless person, was identified as Gobinda Behera of Shantipada village in Pritipur panchayat under the...

22 May 2017 8:25 PM