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Woman Confronted In-Laws Over Husband's Alleged Affair, Beaten Up: UP Cops
A woman has filed a case against her husband and seven in-laws, alleging mental and physical abuse after she complained to them about her husband's refusal to engage in a physical relationship since their marriage a year and a half ago, police said o
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Turkey Police Use Pepper Gas To Break Up 'Violence Against Women' Protest
Riot police fired pepper gas to disperse demonstrators who gathered in Istanbul on Thursday to protest violence against women, some chanting "government resign", nearly five months after Turkey withdrew from a treaty on the issue.
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UP Man Suspected Wife Was Cheating, Stitched Her Genitals; Arrested: Cops
A man who has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, about 200 km from Delhi, has admitted to police he stitched his wife's genitals with aluminum wires because he suspected she was cheating on him.
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"Law Of Jungle In UP": Congress Hits Out At Yogi Adityanath Government
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, alleging that incidents of caste violence and crimes against women are on a rise in the state.
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Jadavpur University Students, BJP Activists Face-Off Over JNU In Kolkata
The Kolkata Police ended up lathicharging BJP protesters and Jadavpur University students this evening as the two groups came to a near head-on collision at Sulekha More, a busy trijunction in the city's south. The deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police present on the spot publicly apologised to the students soon after, stating there were no orders ...
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"Hope PM Breaks Silence Over Crimes Against Women": Priyanka Gandhi
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over the incidents of violence against women.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan Lit Up In Orange For A Cause. See Pictures
India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan was lit up in orange colour on Tuesday evening to raise awareness about the violence faced by women across the world as part of a UN campaign aimed at ending atrocities against them.
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"Locked Up For A Week, Attacked With Acid" By Husband, Family, Says Woman
A 35-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit has alleged she washeld captive by her husband and in-laws for almost a week, beaten up and attacked with acid and hot oil, police said on Wednesday.
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No-Confidence Motion: A 5-Point Guide
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The no confidence motion was moved by the Opposition and accepted in the Lok Sabha at the start of the monsoon session of the Parliament. The motion was moved against the government on several issues - special status to Andhra Pradesh, mob...
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Gulabi Gang, Belan Army And The Fight For Political Power
Sampat Pal is the founder of the famous Gulabi Gang, a group of women in pink saris and armed with lathis who have vowed to fight violence against women in a region notorious for its record of rape crimes, dowry deaths and domestic violence.
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70-Year-Old Woman Brutally Thrashed By Son In New Delhi
A horrific video has surfaced on facebook where a 70-year-old woman residing in East Delhi's Shahdara area was mercilessly beaten up by her son.
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Sold, Raped, Injected With Hormones. Now Free, She Wants Her Sons Back
She was 12 when she went to a crowded market, not far from her home in the old quarters of Delhi, to buy some staples and suddenly blacked out after being forced to sniff something. She woke up in hell.
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Opinion: India's Equivalent Of Pak's 'Beat Wives Lightly'
Women of the sub-continent have more in common than their shared pre-partition history. At different moments in the evolution of policy frameworks of their respective nations, women of the sub-continent have found themselves marginalized. They are up against a different Line of Control than the one manned by armies. This is an LOC imposed by men wh...
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UK Flags Up Violence Against Women In India
The annual report goes on to list 30 countries as Britain's designated "Human Rights Priority Countries" where it can make a "real difference".
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India Gate Lights Up in Orange for UN's Violence Against Women Campaign
As part of a global 'Orange the World' campaign, the iconic India Gate today lit up in the colour orange celebrating the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women.
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Woman Confronted In-Laws Over Husband's Alleged Affair, Beaten Up: UP Cops
A woman has filed a case against her husband and seven in-laws, alleging mental and physical abuse after she complained to them about her husband's refusal to engage in a physical relationship since their marriage a year and a half ago, police said o
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Turkey Police Use Pepper Gas To Break Up 'Violence Against Women' Protest
Riot police fired pepper gas to disperse demonstrators who gathered in Istanbul on Thursday to protest violence against women, some chanting "government resign", nearly five months after Turkey withdrew from a treaty on the issue.
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UP Man Suspected Wife Was Cheating, Stitched Her Genitals; Arrested: Cops
A man who has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, about 200 km from Delhi, has admitted to police he stitched his wife's genitals with aluminum wires because he suspected she was cheating on him.
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"Law Of Jungle In UP": Congress Hits Out At Yogi Adityanath Government
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, alleging that incidents of caste violence and crimes against women are on a rise in the state.
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Jadavpur University Students, BJP Activists Face-Off Over JNU In Kolkata
The Kolkata Police ended up lathicharging BJP protesters and Jadavpur University students this evening as the two groups came to a near head-on collision at Sulekha More, a busy trijunction in the city's south. The deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police present on the spot publicly apologised to the students soon after, stating there were no orders ...
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"Hope PM Breaks Silence Over Crimes Against Women": Priyanka Gandhi
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over the incidents of violence against women.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan Lit Up In Orange For A Cause. See Pictures
India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan was lit up in orange colour on Tuesday evening to raise awareness about the violence faced by women across the world as part of a UN campaign aimed at ending atrocities against them.
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"Locked Up For A Week, Attacked With Acid" By Husband, Family, Says Woman
A 35-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit has alleged she washeld captive by her husband and in-laws for almost a week, beaten up and attacked with acid and hot oil, police said on Wednesday.
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No-Confidence Motion: A 5-Point Guide
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The no confidence motion was moved by the Opposition and accepted in the Lok Sabha at the start of the monsoon session of the Parliament. The motion was moved against the government on several issues - special status to Andhra Pradesh, mob...
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Gulabi Gang, Belan Army And The Fight For Political Power
Sampat Pal is the founder of the famous Gulabi Gang, a group of women in pink saris and armed with lathis who have vowed to fight violence against women in a region notorious for its record of rape crimes, dowry deaths and domestic violence.
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70-Year-Old Woman Brutally Thrashed By Son In New Delhi
A horrific video has surfaced on facebook where a 70-year-old woman residing in East Delhi's Shahdara area was mercilessly beaten up by her son.
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Sold, Raped, Injected With Hormones. Now Free, She Wants Her Sons Back
She was 12 when she went to a crowded market, not far from her home in the old quarters of Delhi, to buy some staples and suddenly blacked out after being forced to sniff something. She woke up in hell.
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Opinion: India's Equivalent Of Pak's 'Beat Wives Lightly'
Women of the sub-continent have more in common than their shared pre-partition history. At different moments in the evolution of policy frameworks of their respective nations, women of the sub-continent have found themselves marginalized. They are up against a different Line of Control than the one manned by armies. This is an LOC imposed by men wh...
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UK Flags Up Violence Against Women In India
The annual report goes on to list 30 countries as Britain's designated "Human Rights Priority Countries" where it can make a "real difference".
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India Gate Lights Up in Orange for UN's Violence Against Women Campaign
As part of a global 'Orange the World' campaign, the iconic India Gate today lit up in the colour orange celebrating the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women.
