Pop singer Madonna to open an orphanage

Last Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 08:53

Madonna plans to open an orphanage in Malawi for 1,000 children.

Malaysia: 16 dead in orphanage landslide

Last Updated: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 09:36

The Malaysian govt has imposed strict rules regarding hillside development.

Four arrested for rape of inmates at Navi Mumbai orphanage

Last Updated: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 18:14

Four persons, including founder director of a private-run orphanage home, have been arrested in connection with the rape of five mentally challenged female inmates there, three of them minors, police said.

Estonia reels as 10 die in disabled orphanage fire

Last Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011, 09:35

There were a reported 37 children in the wooden building when fire broke out.

Maggie Gyllenhaal opens orphanage in India

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 12:32

Maggie and Peter have opened a village for orphaned and abandoned children in India.

Deaths in orphanage: HC seeks govt reply within a week

Last Updated: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 23:33

Expressing shock at a newspaper report on the deaths of five children in a span of two months at an orphanage for mentally challenged, the Bombay High Court today asked the state to file a reply within a week.

Seven orphanage inmates caught in Bongaigaon

Last Updated: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 18:08

At least seven teenagers, residents of Snehalaya, an orphanage, who escaped from their hostel have been held by the railway police in New Bongaigaon station.

Haiti holds 6 US-bound kids: Orphanage director

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 14:41

Six US-bound orphans seized by Haitian police despite having their papers in order remained in a government-run nursery more than two days later, the orphanage director said.