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TopicDomestic abuse

Topic: Domestic abuse

Chand Mera Dil asks women to forgive violent men. It’s a dangerous fantasy

There are no happy endings with someone who has already shown you they can become dangerous when love disappoints them.

‘Harassment, dispute with wife’ at centre of probe into Delhi judicial officer’s suspected suicide

30-year-old was found dead inside bathroom of South Delhi home Saturday. Family alleges he had heated argument with wife shortly before he locked himself inside.

Durg’s Mahila Thana now counsels ‘men victimised by women’. Every Sunday, husbands line up

The Durg police station is the newest entrant into India’s nascent but growing men’s rights movement, with Sunday counselling sessions for aggrieved husbands.

Delhi HC asks woman to return maintenance to husband with interest if ‘adultery’ charge proven

The HC said the law disentitles a woman from maintenance on grounds of adultery, but it could not interfere with earlier orders without evidence, which had to be established in a trial court.

Domestic violence cases soar in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, says coroner’s report

Police registered 349,355 cases of domestic violence from January to May 2023, compared with 231,244 over the same period in 2022 and 190,277 in the first five months of 2021.

‘Beatings, burns & confinement’: Parents of Dwarka domestic help narrate 10-year-old’s trauma

10-yr-old rescued from employers’ house with swollen eyes & wounds is one of many victims of child labour & abuse. Parents say don't want money, were told she'd 'have a good life'.

Cruelty by husbands and their relatives makes up one-third of crimes against women in India: MoSPI

India recorded 22.8 lakh crimes against women between 2016 to 2021, of which about 7 lakh, or 30 per cent, were under Section 498A of IPC, says MoSPI report, released this month.

Kids not safe with dad, give us custody, plead kin of Sikh woman who died by suicide in US

Mandeep Kaur married Ranjodhbir Singh Sandhu in India in 2015. Last month, she hanged herself at her US home after posting a video about her husband's alleged domestic abuse.

#MeToo isn’t dead. Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial shows it needs an upgrade

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

‘Beaten up, bound for days, tortured’ — Assam worker accuses Haryana IPS, wife of bonded labour

The worker, a native of Mangaldoi, said she was tortured between March 2021 and February this year at IPS officer’s Panchkula residence. She is under treatment at Safdarjung Hospital.

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There’s a simple reason why Friends still works—absurdity of adulthood is timeless

In recent years, saying goodbye to the show has become an unfortunate ritual. Now, with the death of James Burrows, another important figure behind the show's legacy is gone.

India’s Russian oil imports set to hit all-time high this month, ahead of Iran crude comeback

Kpler data shows India's Russian oil imports are on track to reach 2.25 mbpd in June 2026, as prospects of Iranian crude returning to India grow after US-Iran agreement.

SMPP partners with Europe’s KNDS to build loitering munitions in India amid growing military demand

Under the agreement, the loitering munitions will be offered to the Indian Army as part of efforts to address what the companies described as an ‘urgent requirement’.

Why many parties break up when out of power and some don’t

Ideology keeps parties together, or the glue of power. Without either, you face the ongoing defections at an industrial scale.