A 25-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death and later set ablaze in Hyderabad by his wife’s relatives who opposed their marriage, police said, adding that the woman’s father has been detained for questioning.

Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

This paper explores poverty and gender analysis in the hill state of Uttarakhand from the perspective of mountain specificities that are interrelated and have direct bearing on the biophysical and socio-economic aspects of the mountain life.