Dowry
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10 pc of dowry cases false, govt mulls amending law
India | Mar 22, 2015, 12:46 PM ISTNew 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
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Bride sits on Dharna as husband, in-laws deny entry into the house
India | Feb 17, 2015, 10:37 PM ISTBegusarai: 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
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Shocking: Woman gives kidney to husband as dowry, kills self after 6 months
India | Apr 24, 2014, 12:35 PM ISTNew 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.
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5 social evils in India that still prevail
India | Jan 27, 2016, 10:23 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 14, 2014, 04:02 PM ISTBihar: 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 | Dec 21, 2013, 06:56 AM ISTNew 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 | Dec 13, 2013, 08:05 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 07, 2013, 04:18 PM ISTPhagwara, 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 | Mar 20, 2013, 10:19 AM ISTValsad (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 | Oct 26, 2012, 07:09 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 22, 2010, 10:42 AM ISTNew 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