Yatra Naryastu Pujyante… 46% of Indians say husband has the right to beat wife

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February 1, 2018

Nearly half of the India’s population still believe that a husband has all the rights to physically assault his wife, according to the pre-Budget Economic Survey 2017-18 presented by the government.

The survey revealed that only 54% of Indians believed that wife beating is not acceptable, and the rest of Indians think that a husband beating his wife is quite normal and such a practice is acceptable in marital relationships.

However, there is an improvement of 3.5% in perception a decade. Back in 2005, wife beating was acceptable to 50.4% of the country's population.

The analysis, according to the Economic Survey, is based on the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) datasets from 1980 to 2016. The Survey has datasets at household level.

Both women and men were asked detailed questions on gender-related attitudes. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16, which feeds into the DHS survey, has been combined with international DHS datasets, for the study. Previous DHS/NFHS datasets for India are available for the following periods: 1992-93, 1998-99, and 2005-06.

This dismal statistics overshadow the government's emphasis on women's empowerment. In fact, this year's Economic Survey was themed around women's empowerment and the document was printed in pink colour.

Moreover, this scenario prevails despite implementation of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), passed in 2005. In the 10 years since the PWDVA was passed, over 10 lakh cases have been filed across the country under sections pertaining to "cruelty by husband" and dowry harassment, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.

Cases registered under the abetment of suicide of women, collected by the NCRB since 2014, increased by 34%, from 3,034 in 2014 to 4,060 in 2015, data show.

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A. M.
 - 
Friday, 2 Feb 2018

Hopefully no one thinks it's okay to bang 9 year olds...

Sangeeth
 - 
Thursday, 1 Feb 2018

Those who are opposing Triple Talaq bill and Modi's purity of mind, will included in the above statistics. They are believing, they have the right to beat thier wife

Yogesh
 - 
Thursday, 1 Feb 2018

If people's mentality is like that then why you are blaming Modi. Many Muslim women made statements that Triple Talq bill will help them.  

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 1 Feb 2018

Great headline... meaningful

Ibrahim
 - 
Thursday, 1 Feb 2018

Feku wants to "PROTECT" only muslim women?

Rahman
 - 
Thursday, 1 Feb 2018

Women have the right to defend and attack if anybody torturing them

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Special Investigating Team (SIT), headed by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Sandeep Patil, subjected former underworld don turned social activist Muthappa Rai in connection with gangster and underworld don Ravi Poojary's criminal cases.

Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said that the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Venugopal and police inspector Bulletin have questioned Rai in his house for more than two hours about Ravi Poojary case.

Muthappa Rai was allegedly one of the accused in builder Subbaraju murder case. They both were allegedly close in the initial days and they were like a team, said a senior officer. So Rai was questioned about their connection. Rai, who reformed himself many years ago, is into business and social service at present.

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May 10,2020

Bengaluru, May 10: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday accused the state government of not preparing proper guidelines to bring back people who are stranded near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border areas.

"No proper guidelines have been given to officials to bring back people who are stranded near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border. From the last 45 days, many of these people have not got any relief nor are there any proper directions or guidelines from the state government," alleged Kumaraswamy.

He also accused the state government of cheating the people of Karnataka.

"Karnataka government is cheating people the same way it cheated with the flood compensation. The state government had announced lakhs of rupees as compensation to those who lost houses in the flood last year. But nobody has got the records or details as to how many people got benefited from it," he added.
Fifty-three more COVID-19 cases were reported in Karnataka on Sunday, the state government said.

The total number of cases in the state is at 847, including 405 discharged and 31 deaths so far, the bulletin said.

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January 20,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 20: The improvised explosive device (IED) recovered from a bag at Mangaluru airport was defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad on Monday. 

A short while ago, the Commissioner of Police in Mangaluru, PS Harsha, narrated the incident, along with the action taken by the security personnel.

"Today at approx 9 am a suspect dropped the baggage, containing plausible explosive substances, at the Mangaluru airport. It was spotted by the security personnel and then the bomb detection and disposal team was pressed into action," Harsha told reporters here.

"The area was cordoned off and then the suspected object was taken in a threat containment vehicle to a spot for defusing the explosive device. The local police have registered an FIR in this connection based on the complaints of CISF," he added.

The Commissioner said that three teams have been formed for "identification and apprehension of the accused."
He further said that the visuals of the suspect have been shared for his identification, and urged citizens of Mangaluru and around the nation to come forward and inform the police if they have any knowledge of the accused.

"Our teams have made some breakthrough and established few preliminary facts and I am assured we will be able to trace out the execution plan of the act of sabotage," he added.

Also Read: Security beefed up at airports across country after suspicious bag found at Mangaluru airport

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Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020

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