Dowry

Lucknow: Groom held hostage, head 'tonsured' for refusal to marry, bride's relatives accuse him for demanding dowry

According to accounts from the bride's side, the groom had demanded motorcycle and gold chain as dowry.

Five year jail term for 85-yr-old woman for killing daughter-in-law

An 85-year old held guilty and sent to jail for five years for burning her daughter-in-law to death for dowry.   

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha urges all political parties to join hands to support human chain against child marriage, dowry

The Nitish Kumar government has announced forming a state-wide human chain on coming Sunday to express people resolve against social evils like child marriage and dowry.

Those inviting me for marriage need to speak out that no dowry has been taken: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said those inviting him for marriage would have to speak out that no dowry has been taken.

Watch: Rajasthan tea seller dishes out over Rs 1 cr dowry for six daughters, comes under I-T scanner

A tea seller from Rajasthan has come under Income Tax Department’s radar for allegedly distributing Rs 1.05 crore as dowry for his six daughters at their April 5 wedding.

Watch: Tea seller gives Rs 1 crore 51 thousand as dowry, flashes bundles of Rs 500 notes

National kabaddi player’s wife commits suicide; alleges dowry, harassment in 2-hour long voice message

Wife of a national-level kabaddi player, who also represents a franchise in the Pro-Kabaddi League, allegedly hung herself from a ceiling fan at her parents’ home in west Delhi on Monday night

Women feel 'dowry' most severe form of gender biasness : Survey

New Delhi: Most Indian women feel that dowry is the most severe form of gender disparity when it comes to marriage, according to a survey conducted by online matrimony platform Shaadi.com for International Women's Day,

Kerala woman boldly fights dowry system, refuses marriage via Facebook post

Thrissur: Despite being a punishable offence, dowry system still prevails in our society. Many Indian families haven't been able to go past this unfortunate practice.The main reason behind the existence of dowry in current times

Radhe Maa gets anticipatory bail in dowry harassment case

MumbaI: In a relief for controversial self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa, the Bombay High Court today granted her pre-arrest bail in a dowry harassment case.The bail was granted by Justice Revati Mohite Dere after hearing arguments

What's your market price: This dowry calculator will tell!

This calculator will tell you how much dowry are you worth!Are you planning to get married? Or is your entire khandan working on a special project, named Getting-A-Suitable-Match for you?Dowry is supposedly a part of

Woman allegedly murdered by husband, in-laws for dowry

Bundi:  A man and his parents have been booked on charges of killing his 20-year-old wife for dowry, police said today.In a complaint to the police, Aelchiram Mali, a resident of Talwas village, alleged that

A Facebook love story turned sour following dowry demand

New Delhi: A small town girl met a well-settled guy abroad on social networking site Facebook. They became friends and gradually fell in love.One fine day both of them decided to marry each other. Parents

10 pc of dowry cases false, govt mulls amending law

New Delhi: A large number of cases filed every year under the dowry laws are fake. Approximately, 1 lakh dowry harassment cases are investigated every year out of which over 10,000 complaints are found to

Bride sits on Dharna as husband, in-laws deny entry into the house

Begusarai: You must have come across many tales of knights abducting beautiful princesses and living happily ever after but here we are recounting an altogether different but real story.Priti Kumari, a resident of Bharoul village

Shocking: Woman gives kidney to husband as dowry, kills self after 6 months

New Delhi: In a heartbreaking incident, a woman set herself on fire allegedly due to harassment by her in-laws despite donating one of her kidneys to her husband as a part of a dowry deal.