The Supreme Court has said that for seeking the conviction of a person accused of causing dowry death, the prosecution has to produce evidence that establishes that the demand for dowry was coupled with acts of harassment and cruelty. ...
05:20 AM, Mar 18, 2013
London: In a horrendous incident, an eight-year-old boy in the UK put his neighbour's cat in a microwave and turned the appliance on, a media report said on Wednesday. The cat was found in the microwave in Rochester on Saturday after its owner heard it being turned on. The animal survived but may have suffered internal damage, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said. The...
07:52 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Minneapolis: McDonald's Corp said it has dropped a Minnesota-based egg supplier after an animal rights group released an undercover video of operations at the egg producer's farms in three states. The video by Mercy for Animals shows what the group calls animal cruelty at five Sparboe Farms facilities in Iowa, Minnesota and Colorado. Its images include a worker swinging a bird around by its feet, hens packed into cramped cages,...
07:59 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. Anderson, famous for slow-motion beach running scenes in the hit 1990s lifeguard TV show, wrote to RC Deka, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after watching a video allegedly exposing animal cruelty at the New...
02:11 PM, Feb 20, 2011
An elephant calf is beaten to death by villagers for encroaching on their paddy fields in Morigaon district, Assam. ...
03:21 PM, Oct 27, 2010
!['Not allowed to watch TV' no grounds for divorce]( "'Not allowed to watch TV' no grounds for divorce")
Woman alleged that children were asked not to watch television continuously and to go to bed early by her husband. ...
06:14 PM, Jun 07, 2010
Elephant lovers now want the government to step in. ...
12:27 PM, Aug 31, 2009
Elephants in the country continue to be treated with cruelty. ...
12:41 AM, Aug 26, 2009
His estranged wife's allegations not under purview of cruelty argues lawyer. ...
02:50 AM, Apr 18, 2009
Visuals show lab animals in pain, being mistreated. ...
09:46 PM, Oct 06, 2008
The Delhi HC on Monday dissolved a 13-year-old marriage citing the the denial of sex by either spouse as grounds. ...
11:02 PM, Jun 12, 2007
