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UP groom accepts Re 1 as shagun: Dramatic twist at wedding in Uttar Pradesh leaves guests surprised. What happened next?A dramatic twist at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar left the guests stunned when the groom refused the dowry given by the bride'...
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...
This bride just got the wildest dowry of this year, perhaps: 100 civet cats and...A Vietnamese bride received an extraordinary dowry, including 100 civet cats valued at $70,000 for Kopi Luwak coffee production, alongside ...
Little boy shows off ACs and fridges his sister's family received as dowry. Netizens slam 'eternal beggers'A viral video from Bihar showcasing a lavish dowry display for a Tilak ceremony has ignited online outrage. The clip features a brother pro...
Lady doctor says she 'won at life' as husband rejects stacks of dowry cash in viral wedding video. WatchA wedding video featuring a bride has gone viral for its powerful message against the dowry system. Shared on YouTube Shorts with the capti...
'Dowry deaths remain a grave concern': Supreme Court cancels bail to twoThe Supreme Court emphasized the need for thorough judicial scrutiny in dowry-death cases and cancelled the bail of the parents-in-law of a...
Husband gets relief in gruelling cases of section 498A, Dowry Act and SC/ST Act from Supreme Court after 5-year fightFalse 498A: A husband wins false Section 498A, SC/ST Atrocity and dowry case filed by wife for personal vendetta 5 years ago. The wife even...
IT-IIM alumna who claimed her family was falsely accused of domestic violence via S-498 A hits back at troll who claims she is seeking publicityIIM Ahmedabad alumna Prathyusha Challa gained online attention after a video of her recounting her brother’s ill-fated arranged marriage we...
Bengaluru techie suicide: Lawyers call for Section 498A to be bailable and gender neutralA Bengaluru techie's suicide sparks calls for reform of Section 498A. Advocate Vikas Pahwa highlights misuse of the anti-dowry harassment l...
Now, sociology textbook for nurses hails dowry as boon to society!The "gems" of social wisdom are available in "Textbook of Sociology for Nurses", penned by senior author T.K. Indrani, and published by the...
Ayodhya case, triple talaq to be discussed at Muslim Personal Law Board's meetAIMPLB spokesperson Maulana Khalilurrehman Sajjad Nomani today said that the annual general meeting of the board will be held in Hyderabad ...
Maharashtra textbook says 'ugliness' prompts demand for more dowryThe remark appears in a chapter in the sociology textbook titled 'Major Social Problems in India' of the state Secondary and Higher Seconda...
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.
- How AIR Madras reached out to public with innovative programming
One of the other programmes from Madras which aroused great listener interest was a recent youth programme on pre-marriage sex.
- Delhi court terms wife-burning for dowry as terrorism
A 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...
- Lucknow starts dowry in reverse
Now parents are paying money to get girls for their young and not-so-young family members to help them start their family life and also eli...
- Setting up of Central Madarsa Board recommended
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions has recommended setting up of a Central Madarsa Board through an Act of Parli...