The argument allegedly began over a-bottle-of bath-soap and ended with Elaine Rigas's then-husband lunging at her throat. As she held their 1-year-old son in bathtub, Rigas said, she feared that man would strangle her to death. After the violent-outburst, which Rigas said was one of many-over the years, Rigas filed for a-civil-protection order and divorce, hoping to end the abusive relationship as-soon-as she could.

Tej Pratap Yadav, former Bihar minister, says compatibility concerns compelled him to file for divorce. "Can't live with her anymore," he said today of Aishwarya Roy, his wife of six months. The elder son of Lalu Prasad Yadav married the daughter of an RJD leader and former Bihar minister in a lavish wedding attended by top politicians and several high-profile guests.

The Uttar-Pradesh police registered a case against a man for allegedly giving triple-talaq to his wife over the phone over the dowry-issue. This comes weeks after, Central-govt passed an ordinance criminalizing triple-talaq. According to the victim's mother, Reshma, her daughter was being harassed by her in-laws. She alleged that her son-in-law, who lives in Saudi-Arabia divorced her daughter after she couldn't arrange the dowry.