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Delhi High Court Baygon Wife Husband Matrimonial Dispute

'Better becomes bitter': Delhi High Court frees man who 'forced' wife to ingest Baygon spray

August 25, 2026 2:45 pm

One of the most beautiful relationships of humans, that is of a husband and wife, becomes one of the most terrible when things go wrong in a matrimonial alliance: Delhi High Court

The accused had allegedly cut the woman’s hair for the purported ritual and handed over a garland, a small bottle of perfume, and honey and coins.

Rat poison, tantric rituals and a ‘witch’: Vadodara shaman arrested after woman’s suicide

August 20, 2026 6:16 am

According to the complaint the accused convinced the woman that ‘a witch had sat on her chest’, to get rid of which she must undergo a tantric ritual.

Days after going on ‘murder spree’, POCSO accused found dead in Telangana village

July 13, 2026 9:40 pm

The man on Friday night allegedly killed a 16-year-old girl he was accused of stalking, her mother and grandmother, as well as his own wife and two sons.

‘Zinc phosphide smelly, bitter’: Court rules out bride’s ‘forced’ poisoning by husband

July 06, 2026 4:12 pm

The Allahabad High Court acquitted the man and his parents in a 40-year-old case and held that zinc phosphide was a bitter, smelly poison and the woman would have resisted it.

The substance could have been applied directly to arrow points or processed further by heating and drying, then mixed with other materials to create a resin strong enough to adhere to weapons. (Image: Unsplash)

How ancient hunters may have mastered poison long before recorded history

January 09, 2026 9:49 am

Ancient arrowheads reveal a hidden chapter in early human innovation.

Bengaluru According to the police, the woman asked Dr Kumar about medication to slow poison her 70-year-old mother-in-law. (Credit: Pixabay) bangalore karnataka bengaluru

Bengaluru woman requests doctor to prescribe pills to kill her mother-in-law, gets police notice instead

February 21, 2025 2:11 am

The doctor told the woman that their job was to save lives and not to take them.

I was told to ‘go back to Portugal’. Is this Indian modernity now?

November 17, 2024 6:04 am

If my story is unique to me then it need not go any further. But I believe it is symptomatic of the mindsets that have grown not just across the country but also in families and neighbourhoods

Why Kerala has banned oleander flowers in temple offerings

May 12, 2024 3:07 pm

A 24-year old woman died after accidentally chewing leaves of the oleander plant, locally known as ‘arali’. Here is what you need to know about the pretty but poisonous plants

You may be consuming these 5 'white poisons' unknowingly

June 01, 2023 9:53 am

While it is not necessary to avoid these foods completely, it is important to be mindful of the form and amount that is consumed, Dr Pankaj Verma, senior consultant, internal medicine at Narayana Superspeciality Hospital Gurugram

Delhi: Woman accused of serving poisoned coffee to mother-in-law, court orders FIR

October 20, 2021 8:15 am

Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Singh Parihar Monday observed that “on the face of it, the cognizable offence committed is made out”. The court will hear the matter on October 28.