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Razia was locked inside the room without any food or water and was thrashed by her husband for dowry. (Photo: ANI)

Man arrested for giving Triple Talaq, starving wife to death in UP

Razia was rescued from her husband's home here two months back, but her condition did not improve, her family had said.

14 July 2018 2:19 PM IST

Police torture isnt the only cause of unlawful custodial death. NCRB statistics show 1,584 deaths in prison in 2015, pointing to a death every six hours. (Representational image)

Triple Talaq victim dies after month-long torture in UP's Bareilly

According to Razia's sister, the victim, who has a six-year-old child, got divorced from her husband over the phone.

11 July 2018 3:12 PM IST

According to reports, the 24-year-old woman was married in 2017. She claimed that her husband often thrashed her and three days before granting her divorce, he had burnt her with cigarette butts. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Triple talaq over burnt chapatti' in UP

A case of domestic violence has been registered against the husband.

10 July 2018 2:27 AM IST

The woman, who got married in 2017, also alleged that her husband had inflicted burn injuries on her with cigarettes three days before divorcing her by way of triple talaq, police said. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

UP woman given talaq, forced to leave husband's house over burnt...

On the basis of the woman's complaint, a case of domestic violence will be registered the husband.

9 July 2018 3:47 PM IST

Knowing the extent to which these already vulnerable children are further affected is a powerful argument for more, better and earlier intervention. (Photo: ANI)

Children born to mothers who have suffered domestic violence are prone...

Children of domestic abuse victims likely to have lower IQ.

27 Nov 2019 9:40 AM IST

Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India (Photo: File)

India reiterates commitment to UN Declaration on violence against...

Why this has been forgotten in the corridors of policy making?

20 Dec 2019 2:00 PM IST

exposure to alcohol ads and perceptions of the women in the ads made a difference as to whether individuals expressed intentions to intervene in a sexual assault situation. (Photo: ANI)

Alcohol ads may contribute to beliefs associated with sexual assault.

According to some studies alcohol ads influence intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations.

19 Jun 2019 9:24 AM IST

Elderly widows chat while waiting for lunch at Mahila Ashram, a shelter home for widows in Vrindavan some 150 km south-east of New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Women who lose their husbands: Do they also give up the right to live?

Now, much water has flowed after the passage of the widow remarriage act piloted by Vidyasagar in colonial India.

18 Jun 2019 2:34 AM IST

Many women organisations are up in arms, protesting cases of violence against the fair sex in Assam.

Assam records 12,000 cases of domestic violence in 2018

Women, especially married, are found to be more unsafe not on roads but inside their homes, according to state police...

14 Jun 2019 2:12 AM IST

Domestic violence can have a serious impact on health and well-being, so we would encourage anyone experiencing abuse from an intimate partner to seek help from their GP. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Men too can be a victim of domestic violence

Male victims of domestic abuse face barriers to get help: Study.

13 Jun 2019 9:08 AM IST

Dattu Baban Bhokanal

Olympian gets relief in domestic violence case

The woman sought action against him under the Domestic Violence Act claiming that Dattu had forced her to abort her...

1 Aug 2019 1:46 AM IST

A man was thrashed by a mob for allegedly trying to rape a girl in New Delhi. (Representational Image/File)

'He urinated on me,' wife of senior UP govt official reports abuse,...

In a Facebook post, his wife Neetu has accused him of repeated incidents of violence, including threats to kill her.

27 Sept 2019 1:41 PM IST