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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicDomestic violence

Topic: domestic violence

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.

Top woman bureaucrat demands definition for ‘wife’, says women misusing laws

Steel secretary Aruna Sharma hits out at ‘narrow approach’ to women’s rights, says men are being falsely trapped in judicial maze and losing faith.

States set up panels on domestic violence despite SC move to reconsider order

Court has not stayed original ruling saying all complaints under IPC Section 498A will have to be assessed by a three-member committee first.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.