BANGALORE: Four foetuses, wrapped in plastic covers were found near the railway track in Jalahalli on Sunday.The needle of suspicion points to laboratories in the area which could have disposed them of after using them for medical study and research by the students.The Jalahalli police were informed about the cover containing the foetuses [...]

Throughout the centuries, different countries and cultures have celebrated their special occasions through a myriad of ceremonies. Many of these ceremonies have been carried on by future generations and are still practiced traditionally.The dowry, for example, a presentation of cash, gifts or property in exchange for a bride as a part of the marriage [...]

Men have always considered women as a weaker race. Many customs were created to bind her and discriminate her. In spite of all this, women have proven their strength. Parmeshwari Kumari is one such woman.THROUGHOUT HISTORY and in many societies, including India, gender-inequality has been a part and parcel of an accepted male-dominated culture. Atrocities [...]

The Act redefines the content of domestic violence, from the point of view of the abused, not the abuser.We have often been asked: what was the need for a new law on domestic violence? Did we not have enough laws on the subject?To understand the issue, one needs to have a clear idea of [...]

Delhi High Court has issued a judgment, providing more security to women that the law would protect not only a man’s wife, but also his mistress. It further added that equal treatment of wife and mistress does not degrade the sanctity of marriage.THE FATE of women has so far remained troublesome, but attempts from different [...]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) In a fifth sexual assault on minor girls in Delhi in barely two weeks, all by neighbours, a rickshaw puller allegedly raped a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, the police said Monday.Lalan Prasad, 23, took the victim to a secluded place in Raghubir Nagar area late Sunday on a pretext and allegedly raped [...]