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Old City of Hyderabad is at the receiving end–Backwardness tag, demand for huge dowry are hurting girls most
Fatima Hasan Hyderabad: If you have a daughter and if she is ‘not fair’, you would face difficulty from a certain section of the society for getting a suitable proposal…
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Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Husband, mother-in-law get 7 years in jail for dowry death
Hyderabad: A local court in Malkajgiri sentenced a man and his mother to seven years in jail for the dowry death of their daughter-in-law, on Tuesday. The victim had killed herself…
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Pakistan
Pakistan bans the practice of dowry; passes law to make it criminal
Islamabad: For the first time in history a Muslim Country–Pakistan bans ‘Dowry’, providing relief to all the poor bride family in the country. The latest development by the Minister of…
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Crime and Accident
UP woman killed over dowry
Budaun: A 23-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband following an altercation over dowry, police said on Saturday. According to a police complaint lodged by the woman’s father Nathulal, his…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets life imprisonment for killing wife for dowry
Hyderabad: A local court in Ranga Reddy district on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he was convicted for murdering his wife. Sachin Uppal, along with his mother, had…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Trainee IPS booked for dowry harassment
Hyderabad: A trainee IPS officer has been booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly harassing his wife for dowry. According to Jawahar Nagar police, a complaint was…
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India
Woman, 3-month-old baby burnt alive by in-laws
Rampur: A woman and her three-month-old daughter died after they were allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws over demand of dowry in Rampur’s Hajipura mohalla on Wednesday morning. Mohammad Javed,…
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Crime and Accident
UP: Woman along with 3-month-old daughter burnt alive by in-laws
Rampur: A woman and her three-month-old daughter died after they were allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws over demand of dowry in Rampur’s Hajipura mohalla on Wednesday morning. Mohammad Javed,…
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Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Dowry demand pushes Old City Muslims into debt trap
Hyderabad: Despite stringent laws and campaigns against dowry demands, the evil practice is prevailing in the society. Parents of the girls are forced to borrow money on interest either to…
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India
Panchayats in Mathura ban dowry, lavish feasts
Mathura: Eight Panchayats in Mathura have issued a diktat banning dowry, consumption of liquor and lavish feasts in ‘shraadhs’ and post-death rituals. Chaudhary Govind Singh, chairman of land development bank, who…
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Crime and Accident
Bihar man gives triple talaq for dowry, held
Patna: The police arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over dowry.Peerbahor SHO Rizwan Ahmed told IANS: “An FIR was registered based on the victim’s…
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Crime and Accident
Man bites woman’s nose, father slits her ear in dowry dispute
Bareilly: A dowry dispute between two families took an ugly turn when a woman’s husband and father-in-law thrashed her parents, bit her mother’s nose and slashed her ear, in Nakatia…
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Crime and Accident
Woman strangulated to death over dowry
Malda: A married woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband and in-laws in a dispute over dowry in West Bengal’s Malda district, police said on Thursday. The incident…
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Surat man gives triple talaq to wife over dowry
Surat (Gujarat): A 23-year-old Muslim woman in Surat has filed an FIR against her husband alleging that he gave her triple talaq when her parents could not give him Rs…
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India
Groom gives ‘Triple Talaq’ to bride within 24 hours of wedding
UP: Dowry greed landed two families into trouble after the groom gave ‘Triple Talaq’ to his bride within 24 hours of the wedding. This incident took place in Barabanki, Uttar…
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Cheers as Rural Warangal breaks caste, cash barriers
Warangal Rural: Low sex ratio and dowry demands notwithstanding, in many small tribal pockets of rural Warangal a change is being noticed in the social fabric. There has been a…
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Crime and Accident
IPS officer accused of torturing wife
Meerut: Preliminary investigation into a wife beating case by a police officer registered here in Uttar Pradesh, reveals that the young IPS officer Amit Nigam has brutally tortured his wife.…
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Thought-provoking lecture by Dr Aslam Parvaiz against dowry
Mohammed Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor, Maulana Azad National Urdu in this video gives a very inspirational and thought-provoking lecture against ‘jahez’ or dowry. Citing Quran ayah he claims that is haram…
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Crime and Accident
Noida woman allegedly killed for dowry in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A woman from Noida, who was married in Ghaziabad in 2017, was killed for dowry here, the victim’s father alleged on Friday. On his complaint, the police have registered…
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Hyderabad News
Du-ba-Du program held: Concern expressed on increasing ‘Dowry’ demands
Hyderabad: Dr. Shakeel Ahmed Samdani, Professor of Law of Aligarh Muslim University and Member, All India Muslim Personal Law Board while delivering a speech at Du-ba-Du program told that so…
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Crime and Accident
Woman allegedly raped for dowry, husband and brother-in-law arrested
Kolkata: A woman’s husband and brother-in-law have been arrested from their residence in Kolkata’s Ballygunge Park area for raping her repeatedly and demanding dowry, police said on Friday. “As per…
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