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Widow rendered homeless after rain brings down house at Siolim
Siolim: A 75-year-old woman was rendered homeless in Rai-Siolim after her house collapsed due to incessant rains. A few days…
Widow shatters taboo: Usha Naik performs daughter’s wedding rituals, breaking age-old norms
Daughter, Dr Gautami Naik insisted that there would be no wedding unless her mother performed the rituals
Cruel attack on milch cows and calves leaves widow distraught
The dairy farmer found one calf beaten to death and another calf and two cows brutally injured
Gold ornament worth Rs 4 lakh belonging to a widow stolen
Team Herald PONDA: Gold ornament worth Rs 4 lakh belonging to a 37-year-old widow from Wadi Talavalim has been stolen…
Women’s organisations demand participatory process for Widow Practices Bill
Social awareness and law to aid would definitely help in stopping unjust practices which lowers the dignity of woman and…
Honda panchayat passes resolution to ban practice of widow custom
Team Herald HONDA: The gram sabha of Honda Village Panchayat was held on Sunday and some crucial resolutions were passed.…
Goa govt to introduce law to cull archaic practice of widow discrimination, abuse
PORVORIM: The Women and Child Development Minister, Vishwajit Rane, declared on Friday that the government would introduce a comprehensive law…