The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in South Goa pronounced the mandate in favour of a 78-year-old senior citizen who wanted to withdraw cash from her account but was denied after being accused of being mentally ill by her daughters. The forum came down strongly on the Madgaum Urban Co-op Bank[Read More…]
Tag: Senior Citizen
Opinion: Many reasons of ‘why old-age homes are must today’
As the world celebrated Senior Citizen Day early this week, many headlines ran informing and reminding us about the abuse children do with their elderly parents. Many newspapers made fancy yet striking stat-charts of various aspects of senior citizens; NGOs and governments talked about the rights, privileges, and schemes for[Read More…]
No Aadhar for train tickets of senior citizens
Tragic! Senior citizen dies while waiting in line to exchange currency notes
In a tragic incident, a 73-year-old man, who was standing in a queue to exchange his old currency notes, collapsed and died in suburban Mulund on Friday afternoon, police said. Vishwanath Vartak, a senior citizen, was standing in a queue outside a branch of the State Bank of India in[Read More…]