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The mother of AG Perarivalan, one of the seven Rajiv Gandhi's assassins, met Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and seek her son's release. I met Governor Purohit at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai and presented a petition along and am confident my demand will be accepted, Arputhammal said.

Mother of Pakistan Hajj pilgrim Bushra, who went missing after Mina stampede, threatened to set herself on fire, in case her daughter was not found. Watch this report.

SYDNEY, July 09, 2014 (AFP) - A dozen mothers in an asylum-seeker camp have reportedly attempted suicide so their children can be settled in Australia, piling pressure on Prime Minister Tony Abbott who Wednesday said he would not be morally blackmailed.

Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has instructed the state governments to inspect all child care homes run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity across the country.

In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old degree student allegedly killed her mother, with her boyfriend's help at Hayathnagar in the city.

PESHAWAR: A barbaric man with the help of his son-in-law on Friday killed his wife, sister-in-law, and mother-in-law in Zargarabad neighborhood of Yakatoot area of the city. According to police, Ibrahim and accomplice Siraj opened indiscriminate fire on the three during a Jirga at his home killing them on the spot.

Following the death of Michael Jackson and the imminent squabble over the remains of his fortune, the question to be asked is what will become of his

The details of the great escape of Thai junior football team and their coach 'wild boars' are emerging out slowly. The boys and their coach entered the caves to explore on June 23rd and were trapped deep inside the cave complex as rains flooded the caves. Till July 2nd their whereabouts were not known. The British divers found them alive on a ledge in darkness. What struck the divers is their calm demeanour. In spite of staying in the darkness and with very low levels of food the boys did not panic. There is a reason for that. When the wild boars were found they were all meditating. Their coach, the real hero of the whole high drama that followed, was a Buddhist monk before he took the responsibility to coach the football team. Earlier the coach Ekapol Chanthawong spent a decade practising as a monk and is a practitioner of meditation. The coach and his team remained calm by meditating. Meditation kept the team healthy and strong. Mother of one of the trapped boy Chanin, Aisha Wiboonrungrueng was all praise for the coach. She was astonished watching the first video of the boys and said "Look at how calm they were sitting there waiting, No one was crying or anything. It was astonishing. Meditation kept the Thai boys trapped in a cave astonishingly calm". READ:Thai cave rescue to be made into a film A meditation expert Leah Weiss who was taught by the Dalai Lama said that the practice of meditation played a key role in keeping the group composed and alive. She was of the opinion that the meditation imparts mental training that improves focus and compassion. Weiss said " "For Buddhists, meditation is a go-to when distressed or in danger. Cognitive resources that would otherwise be hijacked by the threat can be accessed once again, meaning that problem-solving capacities increase." She further added that " Given that insufficient air and food was a major issue for the trapped boys, meditation is actually a very practical response to both of these c

A man, desperate for a son, allegedly threw his 18-month daughter from the terrace of his home in a Uttar Pradesh village after his wife gave birth to another girl, police said today. The toddler, Kavya, was seriously injured after the incident in Pardhauli village and has been admitted to hospital.