Acid Violence

Video sharing platform TikTok, attacked widely for a video of violence against a woman, said in a statement that it expected users to adhere to its policies of what is or is not acceptable. The app has been in trouble since a popular video creator posted a clip seen to glorify acid attacks on women.

The National Commission for Women has asked Tik-Tok India to immediately remove a video showing a man committing violence against women and directed the Maharashtra police to take action against the person responsible for making the clip.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked TikTok India to immediately remove a video showing a man committing violence against women and directed the Maharashtra police to take action against the person responsible for making the clip.

"Beyond the gruesomeness, the violence, there is a story of the human spirit and hope. That's why we're telling the story," said Deepika

"In the film with Deepika on acid violence, I'm using Laxmi Agarwal as a subject because she is the most known acid fighter"

A 35-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit has alleged she washeld captive by her husband and in-laws for almost a week, beaten up and attacked with acid and hot oil, police said on Wednesday.

New Delhi: A TV show that is shattering social taboos – from domestic violence and acid attacks to menstruation and child marriage – has become one of the most watched series in the world, attracting over 400 million viewers, the producer said. Scripted to challenge deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and gender discrimination, “Main Kuch Bhi K...

The annual board examinations, scheduled to begin in Kashmir tomorrow, will be an acid test for the PDP-BJP coalition government which announced the schedule for examinations despite opposition from various quarters, including the student community.

A survivor of acid violence in India can expect to wait between five and 10 years on average for justice to be done, according to research by legal experts .

Observing that acid attack is one of the most horrifying forms of gender-based violence which is increasing in the country, a Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for throwing acid on his lover, leading to her death.

In the backdrop of a recent acid attack on a school teacher, a group of people on Thursday staged a demonstration demanding speedy justice in cases of violence against women.

They came in the dead of night, broke into her home as she slept and poured a cocktail of acids over her face -- burning her skin, melting her eyelids, nose, mouth and ears, and leaving her partially deaf and almost blind. Her crime - she had spurned their sexual advances.

Video sharing platform TikTok, attacked widely for a video of violence against a woman, said in a statement that it expected users to adhere to its policies of what is or is not acceptable. The app has been in trouble since a popular video creator posted a clip seen to glorify acid attacks on women.

The National Commission for Women has asked Tik-Tok India to immediately remove a video showing a man committing violence against women and directed the Maharashtra police to take action against the person responsible for making the clip.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked TikTok India to immediately remove a video showing a man committing violence against women and directed the Maharashtra police to take action against the person responsible for making the clip.

"Beyond the gruesomeness, the violence, there is a story of the human spirit and hope. That's why we're telling the story," said Deepika

"In the film with Deepika on acid violence, I'm using Laxmi Agarwal as a subject because she is the most known acid fighter"

A 35-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit has alleged she washeld captive by her husband and in-laws for almost a week, beaten up and attacked with acid and hot oil, police said on Wednesday.

New Delhi: A TV show that is shattering social taboos – from domestic violence and acid attacks to menstruation and child marriage – has become one of the most watched series in the world, attracting over 400 million viewers, the producer said. Scripted to challenge deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and gender discrimination, “Main Kuch Bhi K...

The annual board examinations, scheduled to begin in Kashmir tomorrow, will be an acid test for the PDP-BJP coalition government which announced the schedule for examinations despite opposition from various quarters, including the student community.

A survivor of acid violence in India can expect to wait between five and 10 years on average for justice to be done, according to research by legal experts .

Observing that acid attack is one of the most horrifying forms of gender-based violence which is increasing in the country, a Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for throwing acid on his lover, leading to her death.

In the backdrop of a recent acid attack on a school teacher, a group of people on Thursday staged a demonstration demanding speedy justice in cases of violence against women.

They came in the dead of night, broke into her home as she slept and poured a cocktail of acids over her face -- burning her skin, melting her eyelids, nose, mouth and ears, and leaving her partially deaf and almost blind. Her crime - she had spurned their sexual advances.