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More crimes against women in Rachakonda in 2025
Hyderabad: Crimes against women under the Rachakonda police commissionerate in Hyderabad this year saw an increase of nearly 4 per cent since 2024, according to the data released by the police on Monday, December…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra IAS officer’s daughter hangs herself over dowry harassment
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old daughter of an IAS officer allegedly died by suicide in Tadepalli of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. Madhuri Sahithi Bai, daughter of senior IAS officer Chinna Ramudu, was found hanging…
- India
Marriage reduced to commercial transaction due to evil of dowry: SC
New Delhi: Marriage is a sacred and noble institution founded on mutual trust, companionship and respect, but the pious bond has regrettably been reduced to a mere commercial transaction due to the…
- India
Video: Groom refuses Rs 31 lakh dowry at wedding, wins hearts
Muzaffarnagar: A groom won hearts at a wedding here after he refused to accept a dowry of Rs 31 lakh from the family of the bride, whose maternal grandfather painstakingly put aside…
- India
UP: Woman allegedly given triple talaq for refusing dowry demands
Pilibhit: A woman was allegedly given ‘triple talaq’ by her husband after she refused to meet his dowry demands, police said on Sunday. Station House Officer, Sungarhi, Naresh Tyagi said an FIR…
- India
Video: Woman thrashed, burned to death by husband and in laws over dowry
Noida: A 28-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted, dragged by her hair and set ablaze by her in-laws in front of her sister and son in Greater Noida. Her husband has been arrested…
- Hyderabad
19-yr-old attempts to end life in Hyderabad over harassment by husband, in-laws
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old woman attempted suicide following harassment from her husband and in-laws over dowry and allegations of her infidelity. The victim was reportedly in a relationship with the accused Bheem Raj…
- Telangana
No dowry harassment case against in-laws without evidence: Telangana HC
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ruled that a dowry harassment case filed against in-laws based solely on allegations, without any concrete evidence, is not valid. The court stated that clear evidence…
- Hyderabad
Newlywed bride dies by suicide over dowry demands in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: In yet another incident of dowry harassment in Hyderabad, a 19-year-old newlywed bride reportedly took her own life. The incident took place at her residence located in KPHB Colony. Couple tied…
- India
Faridabad: In-laws kill, bury woman’s body in front of house over dowry
Faridabad: A woman was allegedly killed and buried in front of her house by her in-laws, who managed to keep the secret, and the body, hidden for almost two months by reporting…
- India
UP: Speech-impaired woman assaulted over dowry in Badohi
Bhadohi: Police have registered an FIR against five people following a court’s direction in a case where a speech-impaired woman was allegedly assaulted and forced out of her marital home over dowry…
- India
‘Dowry deaths remain a grave concern’: SC cancels bail to two
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it was unfortunate that dowry deaths remained a “grave social concern” and courts were duty bound to deeply scrutinise circumstances in which bail was…
- Telangana
Man gets 1.5 yrs in prison for harassing wife over dowry in Karimnagar
Hyderabad: A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison and fined Rs 3,000 for harassing his wife over additional dowry demands in Rajanna Sircilla district of Karimnagar district on Thursday, February 27.…
- Hyderabad
Harassed for dowry, woman dies by suicide in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A newlywed woman died by suicide in Hyderabad’s Uppal on Sunday, February 23, due to alleged harassment for dowry by her husband. The deceased was identified as 24-year-old A Manisha, a…
- India
Husband, in-laws acquitted in 2013 dowry death case
New Delhi: A court here has acquitted a man, his parents and two sisters in a 2013 dowry death, saying the core ingredient for the offence was missing as the woman had…
