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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicDomestic violence

Topic: domestic violence

Indian women are locked in with their abusers, but are finding new ways to seek help

Several domestic abuse helplines say the number of calls has fallen since the lockdown kicked in last week. But the number of complaints hasn’t.

Domestic violence on the rise during lockdown, 69 complaints since 24 March: NCW

The NCW has received a total of 257 complaints related to various offences against women since the nationwide lockdown started.

No domestic violence when brothers share ‘wife’ — book dwells on ‘Draupadi pratha’ bliss

‘Gender, Culture and Honour’ seeks to analyse daily life of women from various perspectives like caste, patriarchy, religion, age.

A Turkish artist has built a wall of shoes for women killed by domestic violence

In Turkey, when someone dies, there is a tradition of placing their shoes outside an entrance.

Women’s groups want Geoffrey Boycott’s knighthood revoked, but he ‘couldn’t give a toss’

Geoffrey Boycott, convicted for domestic abuse in the past, was recommended for knighthood by Theresa May. Women's activists say it sends a wrong message.

Arrest warrant against cricketer Mohammed Shami in domestic violence case filed by wife

Shami is currently on tour of the West Indies and is due to leave for home on September 4, after which he will have to surrender within 15 days.

But where will I live? The right to residence of domestic violence victims in India

The centrality of securing women’s right to adequate housing as a vital step in the fight against domestic violence needs be recognised urgently.

One-third of Indian married women experience spousal violence & wife-beating: Study

Data from the National Family Health Survey reveals that about 27 per cent of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence from an early age.

Sexual abuse convict among six Indians held in month-long US immigration crackdown

The operation 'targeted criminal aliens, public safety threats, and individuals who have violated immigration laws'.

Don’t be a rape apologist. Marital rape is rape

The definition of rape in India is still looked at through the lens of a woman’s marital status. If you oppose criminalising marital rape, you are a rape apologist.

On Camera

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.