Penury

Asian Games bronze medallist race walker Ram Baboo's journey from penury to fame is a fascinating story of a strong-willed man making his own destiny.

Ranu Mondal sang her way to fame with Lataji's Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai from penury and anonymity.

The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a man that he cannot pay Rs 7,500 as maintenance per month to his estranged wife on the ground of being a "pauper." The court said such people spoil another life by deciding to marry.

A ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter in India's richest state is threatening to push millions of farmers into penury, deepening distress in the countryside and fanning some resentment against the policies of the ruling BJP.

Living in penury and hardly being able to make two ends meet has not prevented a 60 year-old rickshaw puller from jumping into the poll fray. Mahinder Singh is contesting the January 30 Punjab Assembly polls from Amritsar (East) as an Independent.

81-year-old M.S. Shinde, editor of the cult film Sholay, is perishing in poverty in Asia's biggest slum Dharavi.

Fed up of their penury and the burden of their five blind sons, a couple in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district has sought mercy killing for their entire family.

Asian Games bronze medallist race walker Ram Baboo's journey from penury to fame is a fascinating story of a strong-willed man making his own destiny.

Ranu Mondal sang her way to fame with Lataji's Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai from penury and anonymity.

The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a man that he cannot pay Rs 7,500 as maintenance per month to his estranged wife on the ground of being a "pauper." The court said such people spoil another life by deciding to marry.

A ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter in India's richest state is threatening to push millions of farmers into penury, deepening distress in the countryside and fanning some resentment against the policies of the ruling BJP.

Living in penury and hardly being able to make two ends meet has not prevented a 60 year-old rickshaw puller from jumping into the poll fray. Mahinder Singh is contesting the January 30 Punjab Assembly polls from Amritsar (East) as an Independent.

81-year-old M.S. Shinde, editor of the cult film Sholay, is perishing in poverty in Asia's biggest slum Dharavi.

Fed up of their penury and the burden of their five blind sons, a couple in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district has sought mercy killing for their entire family.