Dowry
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Wedding Hall ‘free for Walima’ oppose dowry menace
Hyderabad: Aman function hall at Mehdipatman has taken the initiative to fight dowry and other forms of exploitation of the bride’s family in marriages, that are prevalent in the country. The functional…
- Crime
Woman killed over dowry dispute in Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: A woman was allegedly killed by her in-laws in a village here over a dowry dispute, police said on Thursday. The body of Saina Fatma, wife of Mohd Abbas, was found…
- Crime and Accident
Man held for driving wife to suicide over dowry
Thane: A 33-year-old man was arrested from Diva in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly driving his 26-year-old wife to commit suicide due to dowry harassment, police said on Sunday. The accused, Satendra…
- India
Man gets wife gang-raped after she fails to meet dowry demands
Amroha: A young woman, who was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law and his friend, was told by her husband that this would ‘continue’ if she did not get a dowry of an…
- Kerala
Kerala govt demands no-dowry declaration from its male staff
Kochi: In order to decrease the dowry cases in the state and inculcate a stricter environment against the dowry practice, the Kerala government has demanded all its male employees to sign an…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Woman ends life due to dowry harassment
Hyderabad: A woman committed suicide due to alleged dowry harassment. This incident took place in Hayathnagar Police limits. It is alleged that her husband, R. Rangaiah who wanted to go abroad was…
- India
Newly-wed woman hospitalized following torture for dowry
Badaun: A newly-wed woman, hospitalized with critical injuries, has alleged that she was gangraped by her husband and two brothers-in-law and brutally tortured by other members of his family over demands for…
- India
Days after messages on harassment for dowry, Kerala woman dies by suicide
Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocking incident of dowry death, a medical student was found dead in her husband’s home in Kerala’s Shasthamkotta only days after she sent messages to her family alleging torture.…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Woman commits suicide due to dowry harassment
Hyderabad: A woman committed suicide due to dowry harassment by her in laws. This incident took place in the area that falls under the jurisdiction of Charminar Police. According to police sources,…
- India
Dowry deaths case: SC concerned with ‘casual approach’ of trial courts
New Delhi:Â The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern on the “casual” and “cursory” attitude adopted by trial courts while recording the statements of accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal…
- Telangana
Qazis extend support to campaign against un-Islamic wedding customs
Nizamabad: The campaign launched by Jamiatul Ulema, Nizamabad to boycott “Ghair Sharayi” marriages with Jahez, song, music and DJ use is intensifying day by day. The “Ghair Sharayi” marriage boycott call is…
- India
Agra Muslims take stand against ‘dowry’
Agra: 23-year-old Ayesha Banu suicide incident in Ahmedabad, Gujarat has sent shockwaves across the nation. Unable to bear the harassment of dowry from her husband and in-laws, Ayesha committed suicide by jumping…
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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 for her.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Husband, mother-in-law get 7 years in jail for dowry death
Hyderabad:Â 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 by committing…
- 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 Religious Affairs…
- Crime and Accident
UP woman killed over dowry
Budaun:Â 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 daughter Pravesh…
- 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 subjected his…
- 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 received from…
- 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, the brother…
- 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, the brother…
- Hyderabad
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 fulfill the…
- India
Panchayats in Mathura ban dowry, lavish feasts
Mathura:Â 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 attended one…
- Crime and Accident
Bihar man gives triple talaq for dowry, held
Patna:Â 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 statement under…
- 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 area here…
- 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 took place…
- News
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 40,000 to…
- 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 Pradesh. As…
- News
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 surge in…
- 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. The injury…
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