Saudi man divorces wife for ignoring his WhatsApp messages

November 17, 2014

Dubai, Nov 17: A Saudi man has divorced his wife after she ignored his WhatsApp messages despite reading them.

The husband, in his 30s, was frustrated by his wife's seemingly endless interest in using her phone for chatting with friends and family.

"She spent most of her time on the phone to the point that she neglected looking after their home and taking care of their child," he said.

On asking why she didn't answer him or acknowledged his messages, the wife said that she was busy talking with her friend.

The man claimed that his wife is too busy with her friends to answer his messages.

He claimed that his best efforts to find remedy to the situation has failed as his wife needed to be on her smartphone to keep in touch with her family and friends.

"I sent her messages on Whatsapp and knew she had read them because of the latest update on the application but still she didn't answer him or acknowledged his messages," he was quoted as saying by the Gulf News.

A recent survey has seen a rise in the number of divorce cases because of social networking sites. A 2011 UK survey by Divorce Online, a legal services firm, says more than a third of divorce cases contain the word Facebook.

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Post-Sabarimala pilgrimage drinking party turns fatal in Udupi; youth killed in midnight brawl

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December 15,2025

Udupi, Dec 15: What was meant to be a post-pilgrimage gathering turned tragic in Padukere village of Brahmavar taluk, Udupi district, late Sunday night, when a clash among youths escalated into a fatal assault, leaving one man dead.

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Santosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere.

According to preliminary information, the incident took place during a late-night drinking party involving a group of local youths who had recently returned after completing their pilgrimage to the Sabarimala shrine. An argument reportedly broke out among the group and soon escalated into a violent confrontation.

During the ensuing brawl, Santosh Mogaveera was allegedly assaulted and collapsed at the spot after sustaining serious injuries. He was rushed by local residents to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him dead.

On receiving information, senior police officials, including Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Police Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T, Station ASI Manthesh Jabagoudar, and head constables Pradeep and Ashok, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Police have taken four youths into custody in connection with the incident. A case has been registered at the Kota police station, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the death.

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