A look at women’s plight on the day we commemorate them

President Ram Nath Kovind Prime Minister Narendra Modi several Union ministers and leaders of political parties conveyed their wishes on Monday on the occasion of International Womenrsquos Day extolling the role of lsquonari shaktirsquo in various fieldsldquogreetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens Women in our country are setting new records and achievements in various fields Let us collectively resolve to promote gender justice and eliminate inequality between women and menrdquo Kovind tweetedPM Modi shops to celebrateModi shopped to celebrate womenrsquos ldquoenterprise creativity and Indiarsquos culturerdquo Using narishakti the PM listed out the products he purchased mdash embroidered shawl made by artisans of the Toda tribe of Tamil Nadu a handcrafted Gond Paper Painting a traditional Naga shawl khadi cotton Madhubani painted stole jute file folder from West Bengal and Gamusa made by various selfhelp groups of Kakatipapung Development BlockldquoI am eagerly awaiting to receive Classic Palm Craft Nilavilakku made by women based in Kerala It is commendable how our Nari Shakti has preserved and popularised local crafts and productsrdquo he addedIn Madhya Pradesh a woman MLA was handed over the reins of the House of the state Assembly on Monday Congress MLA Jhuma Solanki presided over the Question HourThe Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution saluting the indomitable spirit of women in contributing to the progress of the nationUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath honoured women for their contribution in various fields and inaugurated various schemes as part of lsquoMission Shaktirsquo program launched last year for the security of women in the stateHe also launched the second phase of the ongoing Safe City project to provide an environment free of fear to womenAmid all this news about crimes against women kept pouring in from different regions of the countryPregnant woman lsquokilled over dowryrsquo in UPA 30yearold pregnant woman was found hanging at her home in Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh and a case has been lodged against her inlaws for allegedly demanding dowry from her police said on MondayTabasum Begum married to Afsar for over a year was allegedly being harassed by her inlaws for not bringing enough dowry with her they saidStopped from drinking man beats wife to deathA man on being stopped from drinking alcohol beat up his wife with an iron rod leading to her death in Jansath tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district police said on MondayKusum got seriously injured when Sanjiv brutally attacked her and was admitted to a hospital but she succumbed to injuries on Sunday police said Sanjiv is absconding they added2 boys lsquosexually assaultrsquo 6yearold girlA sixyearold girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by two minor boys in Warangal district of Telangana police said on Monday The incident happened on February 24 but a complaint was filed on March 6 by the girlrsquos parents after their daughter complained of pain the police saidThe boys were relatives of the girl and stay in her neighbourhood They took her to an isolated place and allegedly assaulted her the police said based on the complaintCop rapes woman complainant for 3 daysA police subinspector SI was suspended on Monday on the charge of raping a 26yearold woman in Rajasthanrsquos Alwar district an official said The accused was arrested and suspended on MondayAccording to Jaipur Range Inspector General Hawasing Ghumaria the woman had gone to file a complaint on March 1 regarding a matter involving dowry with the inlawsldquoThe woman told us that the incidents took place on March 1 2 and 3 There is room near the police booth where the inspector lives The incident allegedly took place thererdquo Ghumaria saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever