Left alone by husband with 18-month-old toddler, Maharashtra woman now drives auto for a living. Her daughter takes a seat beside her every morning. ‘My only goal is to send her to an English-medium school.’Komal Gaikwad, a mother from Parbhani, faced financial struggles and abandonment. She now drives an auto rickshaw with her young daughter, ...
18 May, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
'What I saw… no one should': Ponywallah recalls Pahalgam attackAbdul Waheed Wani, a pony handler, shares harrowing memories of the April 22, 2025 terror attack in Pahalgam. He was among the first respon...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
'Ideal Indian wife' embodies strength, stays rooted in 'dharma' even after being deserted: Madhya Pradesh HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court denied a man's divorce request. The court commended the wife for staying with her in-laws after her husband l...
08 Aug, 2025, 05.22 PM IST
Khutbah Shaadi: Hyderabad women married without papers, abandoned laterIn Hyderabad's Old City, a disturbing trend of undocumented marriages, locally known as 'Khutbah ki shaadi,' is leaving poor Muslim women v...
16 Jun, 2025, 03.53 PM IST
Born to one, rejected by another: How a 4-month-old Mumbai baby lost both 'mothers' after being diagnosed HIV+A four-month-old baby was abandoned after being illegally adopted using false identification in Mumbai. The baby, delivered using another w...
02 Mar, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
Angered by woman's love marriage, her family cut off husband's nose in RajasthanA man's nose was cut off by his wife's family due to a love marriage, leading to hospitalization. The assault occurred on Pali-Jodhpur high...
03 May, 2024, 10.02 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh man leaves wife after becoming tax officerKamru Hathile left his wife Mamata, who supported the family by working as a domestic laborer, without any explanation after securing a pos...
12 Jul, 2023, 10.51 AM IST
Be it alimony or property, women should not let go of these money rightsIf the property is in husband’s name, but wife has paid for it: The husband can claim it unless the wife can prove her contribution to the ...
06 Mar, 2023, 12.46 PM IST
Bengaluru woman throws 4-year-old mentally-challenged daughter from 4th floorAccording to the police, the woman, a dentist by profession, thought that her mentally challenged child was an impediment for her career. A...
05 Aug, 2022, 04.05 PM IST
Mary-Louise Parker joins Natalie Portman in 'The Days of Abandonment', based on Elena Ferrante's novelThe film will be written and directed by Maggie Betts.
04 Jun, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
SC to hear in July, pleas seeking action against NRI husbands deserting wivesThe Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear in July the pleas seeking the mandatory arrest of NRI husbands for deserting their wives and...
22 Mar, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
Government introduces triple talaq bill in Lok SabhaThe draft bill says, "any pronouncement of talaq by a person upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in ...
28 Dec, 2017, 05.10 PM IST
Pregnant woman writes to PM, urges to put end to triple talaqThe woman, Shagufta, has claimed her in-laws were pressurising her to go for abortion, while her husband had verbally divorced her over the...
29 Mar, 2017, 10.15 PM IST
Delhi Police rescues 6 women in trafficking raids: DCWThe other 40-year-old complainant, who hails from West Bengal, told DCW officials that a woman from her native place brought her to the nat...
24 Mar, 2017, 09.06 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks Narendra Modi government’s views on triple talaqThe bench issued notices to the ministries of law, minority affairs, and women and child development, seeking their views on the matter.
01 Mar, 2016, 07.44 AM IST
- 'Separated wife can get relief for hubby's accident death'
A woman, who is living away from her husband and is not legally divorced, would be entitled to compensation after his death in accident cas...
08 Sep, 2008, 08.07 PM IST
- New Marriage law for Muslim women in India
The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board has released the "Shariat Nikahnama" that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim m...
17 Mar, 2008, 09.05 PM IST