Andhra Widow Son

Words failed Kanakamma. She could only fold her hands in a gesture of gratitude - meant for the hundreds of people who have come out forward to support her after her husband Kanakaiah, a farmer from Telangana, committed suicide.

Poverty, desperation and lack of response by the government have forced a widow from Andhra Pradesh to seek euthanasia for her mentally disabled son. K Lakshmamma, the mother of an engineering student who was paralysed and became mentally unstable after a serious accident 15 years ago, has sought the permission of a local court in Madanapalle in An...

In this tragic story from Andhra Pradesh, 64-year-old Lakshmamma, has filed a petition in a local court, seeking euthanasia for her son Janardhan, a 36-year-old graduate in aeronautical science who has been paralyzed for 15 years. She has told the court that her earnings are restricted to what she makes by working on a farm all day. Coupled with he...

Unable to take care of her paralysed son due to poverty, a 64-year-old widow in Andhra Pradesh has sought euthanasia for him. C Janardan, a 36-year-old aeronautical science graduate has been in a vegetative state for the last 15 years.

Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's widow Vijayamma on Monday accused the Congress party of throwing her and her son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy out of the party following the death of her husband.

A man murdered his son in Andhra's Rajahmundry on Thursday for allegedly attempting to rape his own widow sister in an inebriated condition, police said.

Words failed Kanakamma. She could only fold her hands in a gesture of gratitude - meant for the hundreds of people who have come out forward to support her after her husband Kanakaiah, a farmer from Telangana, committed suicide.

Poverty, desperation and lack of response by the government have forced a widow from Andhra Pradesh to seek euthanasia for her mentally disabled son. K Lakshmamma, the mother of an engineering student who was paralysed and became mentally unstable after a serious accident 15 years ago, has sought the permission of a local court in Madanapalle in An...

In this tragic story from Andhra Pradesh, 64-year-old Lakshmamma, has filed a petition in a local court, seeking euthanasia for her son Janardhan, a 36-year-old graduate in aeronautical science who has been paralyzed for 15 years. She has told the court that her earnings are restricted to what she makes by working on a farm all day. Coupled with he...

Unable to take care of her paralysed son due to poverty, a 64-year-old widow in Andhra Pradesh has sought euthanasia for him. C Janardan, a 36-year-old aeronautical science graduate has been in a vegetative state for the last 15 years.

Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's widow Vijayamma on Monday accused the Congress party of throwing her and her son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy out of the party following the death of her husband.

A man murdered his son in Andhra's Rajahmundry on Thursday for allegedly attempting to rape his own widow sister in an inebriated condition, police said.