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The dowry trap: Noida's Nikki Bhati only the latest in an endless listDowry's shadow looms large in India. Nikki Bhati's death highlights the issue. Twenty women die daily due to dowry demands. Nikki was alleg...27 Aug, 2025, 03.58 PM IST- Participating in Operation Sindoor doesn't give you immunity: SC in dowry death caseThe Supreme Court denied exemption to a dowry death convict, Baljinder Singh, citing that participation in Operation Sindoor doesn't grant ...24 Jun, 2025, 04.31 PM IST
- Trial courts repeatedly making same mistakes in dowry death cases: SCThe Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife due to lack of specific evidence of cruelty or h...31 Jan, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
- Bride walks out of marriage after police constable refuses to perform rituals over Rs 30 lakh dowryA police constable in Agra, Ravi Kumar, was arrested for demanding a dowry of Rs 30 lakh from his bride's family on their wedding day. Desp...15 Nov, 2024, 06.12 PM IST
- SC highlights misuse of dowry laws, acquits man in dowry death caseThe Supreme Court raises concerns over the misuse of dowry harassment provisions, urging caution to avoid implicating innocent relatives of...24 Oct, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
- Govt plans special remission for prisoners as part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrationThe scheme, the Home Ministry said, does not apply to those prisoners who were convicted with death sentence, life imprisonment, rape, terr...12 Jul, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
- Azadi from jail: States advised to release prisoners in 3 phasesThe home ministry said that women and transgender convicts above 50 years with overall good conduct, especially those not punished in the l...13 Jun, 2022, 11.27 PM IST
- 35 years on, Supreme Court plugs gap that aided dowry death accusedWriting the judgment, CJI Ramana noted the disturbing trend of dowry deaths accounting for 40-50% of homicidal death of women in India and ...29 May, 2021, 11.33 AM IST
- Delhi court awards life term to ex-TV producer Suhaib IlyasiAdditional Sessions Judge S K Malhotra also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Ilyasi, who was convicted on December 16 for stabbing to death h...20 Dec, 2017, 07.59 PM IST
- Presumption in dowry death to be backed by cruelty proof: Supreme CourtThe provision to secure convictions in dowry death cases was inserted in the Evidence Act, which provides that instead of presumption of in...20 Nov, 2016, 12.46 PM IST
- Over 13,000 women raped in Assam in the past 8 years: MinisterSixty nine women died after rape, 72 were killed on suspicion of practicing witchcraft, besides 1,148 dowry deaths, said Hussain.16 Dec, 2013, 06.58 PM IST
- Dowry deaths: One woman dies every hourOne woman dies every hour due to dowry related reasons on an average in the country, which has seen a steady rise in such cases.01 Sep, 2013, 11.09 AM IST
- Rape convicts names to be on the web in HaryanaHaryana police has started a process to put names, addresses and crime details of at least 2,500 convicted rapists in the past about a deca...04 Jan, 2013, 03.17 PM IST
- Delhi court terms wife-burning for dowry as terrorismA youth in his early twenties was on Thursday sent to jail for ten years by a Delhi court for burning alive his newly-wed 18-year-old bride...04 Aug, 2011, 06.00 PM IST
- No conviction for mere demand of dowry: Supreme CourtSC has ruled a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry.05 Aug, 2010, 08.16 PM IST
- A lot of Ruchikas out thereOfficial data shows that crimes against women are rising faster than any other crime. Justice for Ruchika | Protesters demand justice for R...02 Jan, 2010, 03.26 AM IST
- Setting up of Central Madarsa Board recommendedThe National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions has recommended setting up of a Central Madarsa Board through an Act of Parli...14 May, 2007, 02.30 PM IST
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