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  5 social evils in India that still prevail

  India | January 27, 2016 10:23 IST

  New Delhi: We are living in the 21st century, an era where men and women are now given equal rights and liberties in the world.However, even after so much effort by social reformer Raja Ram

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  Muslim clerics to boycott marriage of drunkards, dowry seekers

  India | January 14, 2014 16:02 IST

  Bihar: Drunkards and dowry seekers in eastern states will find it difficult to get their marriage solemnised with a group of Muslim clerics deciding to boycott such people.The decision to this effect was taken at

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  Hilarious: Yemeni father demands 1 million Facebook likes as dowry

  World | December 21, 2013 6:56 IST

  New Delhi: A father in Yemen came up with a unique request from any man who wants to marry his daughter. Salem Ayash, a poet from the city of Taiz, has demanded a million thumbs

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  Dowry is social anathema, must be dealt with firmly: SC

  India | December 13, 2013 20:05 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over growing dowry culture in the society saying it is a “social malaise” which must be dealt with firmly.  Holding dowry as a disgraceful and distressing reality,

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  Woman commits suicide over dowry in Punjab, husband booked

  India | June 07, 2013 16:18 IST

  Phagwara, Jun 7: A woman, upset over persistent dowry demands by her husband, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself to death at her parents' house in Khalwargate area here, police said today.Following the complaint, police

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  IPS officer accuses asst collector husband of dowry

  India | March 20, 2013 10:19 IST

  Valsad (Gujarat), Mar 20: A lady IPS officer has accused her husband, who is posted as an Assistant Collector in Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan, of mental and physical torture for dowry, police

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  Don't implicate family members in dowry case just on FIR: SC

  India | October 26, 2012 19:09 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 26, 2012: Family members of a man should not be implicated in a dowry case just because their names have been mentioned in the complaint without any specific allegation levelled against them,

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  If Fear Is The Key, Paying Dowry Is Okay: Delhi High Court

  India | October 22, 2010 10:42 IST

  New Delhi Giving dowry under the fear that the proposed marriage may be called off is not an offence, the Delhi High Court has held while quashing an FIR against a bride and her family