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Women activists protest misuse of Domestic Violence Act
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Three women embark on 'wheels of change'
BJP starts ‘Save Yamuna’ drive
MCD teachers protest suspensions in Mangolpuri case
BJP, Congress workers clash
Driver held for kidnapping jeweller's son
Biker breaches VP’s security
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Women activists protest misuse of Domestic Violence Act
New Delhi, March 9 In the garb of providing justice to women, women-centric laws are being misused and in course innocent elderly women and children are being implicated in dowry and domestic violence cases, said AIFWA activists, comprising women related to families which are either fighting such cases or have been absolved of the charges. Many of these families were here today to observe a Forgotten Women's Day, an event supported by nearly 40 NGOs across India, at Jantar Mantar where they called for a review of the legal safeguards given to the daughters-in-law under 498 A and DVA as there have been instances when families are being harassed and husbands committing suicide. One such case is that of Asna Nausheen from Delhi whose brother Mohammad Maqdoom allegedly committed suicide in course of trials under domestic violence about five years ago after he lost the case of visitation rights to meet his child. "Maqdoom had come from Canada and the country's law failed to give him the right to meet his child. He had suffered by marrying a woman who had hidden her identity of four marriages. He was a fighter but when he was not allowed to meet his child, he committed suicide. Yet the court didn't accept the evidence, he recorded before his death and removed all the charges against the woman from Bangalore. We were shaken when the judgment came," said Nausheen, demanding justice for her brother. A software employee Sumit Bindra's 90-year-old grandmother too is one among the five people who have been booked under 498 A and DVA in his family by his wife. The Bindra family has to travel very often to Uttarakhand High Court where the case has been filed by Sumit's doctor wife. "Our laws are biased and only wife-centric. They have no provisions for listening to mothers-in-law or sisters-in-law. Several cases of domestic violence filed against men and their families are false," stated Jyoti Tiwari of AIFWA. Injustice to men cannot be justice to women, the activists said. Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj, who is making a documentary "Martyrs of Marriage" on the misuse of Article 498 (A), said, "Every year more than 62,000 husbands commit suicide as per the home ministry. When a man is implicated, he has to prove himself innocent, face the humiliation and risk of losing his job and in many cases losing life." |
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Three women embark on 'wheels of change'
New Delhi, March 9 The campaign is an initiative of the Vodafone Foundation to celebrate the grit and resilience of women who have braved difficult circumstances. It will span across nine days from today and the three women would traverse 1,500 km from Delhi to Mumbai.
Sunita relates to the cause quite well due to the oddities that life has thrust on her and considers herself lucky to be a part of this campaign. Today she feels empowered as life would not have this, if she would not have dared to run away from the abusive marriage about 16 years ago. Belonging to an orthodox conservative village in Mawana district of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, where
'purdah' system is still prevalent, she reflected, "I was forced to learn household tasks and denied education. I always wished to break the barriers within my home, but circumstances were such that I was married off at an early age. I had to run away as I was harassed for dowry." On rising violence against women, she said, "It is the mindset of people that needs to change everywhere in the country. During childhood, imbibing values is important and it has to begin from home." During the Red Rickshaw campaign, the threesome will be moving through Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. The journey will culminate in Maharashtra to acknowledge the grit of ordinary women in addition to raising funds for three
NGOs-Apne Aap Women's Collective, Breakthrough and Corp India. "The idea is to meet ordinary women who have made a difference to their or people's lives and tell their stories to the world through a dedicated website www.redrickshaw.in and generate funds to help the three NGOs. We have identified 27 women and the website features stories of many such
bravehearts," said Laura. |
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BJP starts ‘Save Yamuna’ drive
New Delhi, March 9 The government has wasted Rs 3,500 crore in the name of saving Yamuna but the condition of the river remains unchanged. The Congress governments in Delhi as well as in Haryana are directly responsible for this. Goel said that the Yamuna flows in about 48 km in Delhi. Out of this, 28 km of the river looks like a complete drain. A nine-point action plan has been suggested in the vision document to save the Yamuna which is the symbol of the Indian culture, faith and source of life. This plan includes release of sufficient water from Hathinikund Barrage, implementation of the directions given by the high-power committee formed by the Supreme Court, complete solution of the sewerage system of Delhi, installing fully efficient sewage treatment plants, rainwater harvesting and conservation of groundwater, preventing garbage being thrown in the Yamuna, dual water distribution system in Delhi, announcement of the Yamuna river bed as fully protected area and public awareness and public participation in it. Goel said that there is 2 km of Khadar area on both the sides of the river. It is the responsibility of the government to protect the farmers, fishermen, villagers dependent on the natural resources. According to the Pollution Control Board, untreated sewage of 45 per cent population of Delhi falls in the Yamuna in Delhi. Out of it, the largest pollutant is Najafgarh drain from which 61 per cents sewage false in the river directly. A total number of 668 MGD sewage falls in the Yamuna. He has also demanded from the governments of Haryana and Delhi that they should ensure release of 20 per cent more water from Haryana so that the flow of the Yamuna may be restored. |
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MCD teachers protest suspensions in Mangolpuri case
New Delhi, March 9 Ram Chandra
Dabas, a senior leader of the teachers' association, said that incident of sexual assault had happened outside the school premises while the authorities have suspended five teachers in the case without making inquiry into the incident. He said the administration keeps teachers busy in the tasks like distribution of school uniforms, books, notebooks, Aadhar Cards, etc. As the teachers get the cards made and perform other non-teaching works, outsiders visit the school premises which lead to such incidents. A senior teacher,
M.Y. Usmani said that the posts of guards are lying vacant in most of the schools. The principals face difficulty in preventing the outsiders from entering the school premises. The teachers who protested under the banner of the Joint Council of Primary Teachers, Delhi, asked the government to reinstate the suspended teachers forthwith. Incident of sexual assault had happened outside the school premises while the authorities have suspended five teachers in the case without making inquiry into the incident.
— Ram Chandra Dabas, a senior leader of the teachers' association |
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BJP, Congress workers clash
New Delhi, March 9 Sources said that BJP counsellor B.B. Tyagi arrived at the venue and vandalized the stage. Tyagi and his men allegedly attacked the Congress workers with batons. Stone-pelting also took place. During the clash, Congress worker and president of the Vikas Marg Trader's Association Mezibur Rehman sustained injuries on his head and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital. Five other persons were injured in the clash. All of them were rushed to the hospital. The police has registered a case of rioting and arrests are yet to be made. |
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Driver held for kidnapping jeweller's son
New Delhi, March 9 The boy was rescued from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. The accused, Ashok, alias Monu, left the child with his motorcycle in Ghaziabad, after he learnt that the cops were after him. According to the police, he was a driver of the boy's family and was aware of their daily routine. The boy lives with his parents in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Rahul Jain, is a jeweller based in the city. "Ashok claims that he with his three to four accomplices planned the kidnapping. He was in dire need of money as he could not pay back the bank installments of the loan that he had taken against his mortgaged parental house. The bank authorities had since seized the house. Ashok's father is suffering from cancer,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (West District) V Renganathan. On March 7, he took the boy from his school in Meerut. The school authorities assumed that he was still Jain's driver. When Jain's another driver reached the school, he learnt that the boy had been taken away. |
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Biker breaches VP’s security
New Delhi, March 9 SI Ishtyak Ahmad, saw Singh on a Pulsar motorcycle, trying to breach the security cordon. He was signaled to stop, but he turned towards the Raisina-Rajpath crossing. Security personnel and a PCR vehicle chased and intercepted him at Rajpath. Ahmad prosecuted Singh under Section 184 (driving dangerously). Singh then allegedly started fighting with him. He tore Ahmad's uniform. Other police personnel overpowered him. He has been booked under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault on public servant) and 332 (causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) of the IPC. |
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