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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicDomestic violence

Topic: domestic violence

Delhi Police sub-inspector alleges abuse by advocate husband, FIR lodged after 3rd complaint

SI Doli Tevathia uploaded 2 security camera footage from 11 December in which her purported husband is seen beating and pushing her to the ground.

Can husband file domestic violence case against wife? Delhi HC to debate law ‘limited to women’

An acrimonious marriage has thrown up a thorny question — can a case be registered by a man against a woman under domestic violence law? According to a lower court in Delhi it can.

Pakistan’s tale of domestic abuse has new entry—actor Feroze Khan’s ex-wife gives proof

A medical report outlining Aliza Sultan's injuries surfaced online, and celebrities, including Osman Khalid Butt, Mushk Kaleem, and Saboor Ali, have come out in support.

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.

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial is a good chance to learn nuances of domestic violence

Many have consumed the trial as a form of entertainment to armchair-label either party as the 'real' victim. But it's a story everyone has heard before.

Aussie ex-cricketer Slater, who once made Dravid lose cool, avoids jail for domestic violence

Court dropped the charges of domestic violence on mental health grounds. Last year, Slater had been charged with stalking and intimidating his ex-partner.

Virtual reality could become a big part of attempts to stop domestic violence

The French government has just announced a trial using virtual reality to try to prevent domestic violence.

Pakistanis are divided this week — not over cricket or Taliban, but a slap

A scene from Pakistani serial ‘Laapata’ has gone viral for its portrayal of domestic violence. And its lead actor saying ‘oppression is a choice’.

Delhi court raps Yo Yo Honey Singh for failing to appear in domestic violence case

Shalini Talwar filed a domestic violence case against her husband, Singh, and sought Rs 20 crore as compensation, citing incidents of physical, verbal, mental, and emotional abuse.

Domestic violence valid ground for terminating pregnancy, says Bombay HC

The high court bench allowed the abortion of a 23-week-old healthy foetus, saying the woman had undergone mental trauma and continuation of the pregnancy would add to such trauma.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.