Madurai: Radhapuram police in Tirunelveli district have arrested a 40-year-old woman on charges of murdering her neighbour’s three-year-old son, whose body was found hidden in a washing machine. According to police, the suspect, Thangammal, had a history of strained relations with the boy’s family and was reportedly mentally unstable after the recent loss of her…
CHANDIGARH: Courts’ role is not to enforce social norms or morality but to uphold principles of constitutional morality, Punjab and Haryana high court has held, dismissing a habeas corpus petition by a person seeking directions that his 30-year-old daughter stay with him.HC emphasised that an adult woman, like any other citizen, possesses the right to…
A 44-year-old woman from Tripoli, Greece, has been found guilty of intentionally starting two wildfires on farmland in the Kerasitsa area. The Police department of Tripoli arrested the Greek citizen on August 26, 2024, after investigating officers found that she was responsible for the fires, which occurred on August 24th and 25th.The woman’s motive for…
NEW DELHI: Five men have been booked for allegedly raping a woman and forcing her to dance naked in Indore, the police informed on Tuesday. The case was registered 19 days after the Madhya Pradesh high court directed the police to resolve the woman’s complaint within 90 days, following her allegations of police inaction.“Appropriate legal…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a woman is the sole owner of her ‘streedhan‘, the gold ornaments and other articles given by her parents at the time of marriage, and said that after divorce, her father has no authority to demand return of those gifts from her erstwhile in-laws.One P Veerabhadra Rao’s…
LUCKNOW: A 21-year-old gang-rape survivor in UP‘s Ambedkar Nagar hanged herself after a police sub-inspector allegedly refused to register a case against three men for the crime and instead coerced her father into writing a complaint that omitted details. The case has sparked outrage over police inaction.Police said late Wednesday the autopsy report ruled out…
A sessions court in Pithoragarh on Tuesday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for murdering her husband two years ago. Testimony by the couple’s daughter, a Class IX student, before cops and court against her mother nailed the case. District govt counsel (crime), Pramod Panth, said, “The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000,…
NEW DELHI: Government Monday told Rajya Sabha that a clarification issued with regard to the gazette notification for name change mandating a married woman to get an NOC from her husband to revert to her maiden surname was aimed at avoiding any legal issues.Govt’s response is important since in March this year, a woman had…
A woman in New Zealand has been sentenced to two months in jail for overfeeding her dog to death.In Manukau District Court, the woman was sentenced to two months in jail, ordered to pay reparations of $1,222.15, and disqualified from owning dogs for one year.In October 2021, the SPCA seized Nuggi and other dogs from…
BENGALURU: A 25-year-old man who had mercilessly stabbed to death a woman from Bihar at her paying guest accommodation in Bengaluru on Tuesday, was arrested from MP after a three-day manhunt. Bengaluru police nabbed Abhishek Ghoshi from his home district, Raisen, on Friday. Ghoshi was flown to Bengaluru on Saturday after obtaining a transit warrant…
