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Kerala Orders Probe Into Dowry Harassment On Newly-Wed Woman
A bride in this north Kerala district has accused her husband of brutally assaulting and attempting to kill her over dowry, barely a week after their wedding on May 5.
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Kerala Opposition Leader VD Satheesan Launches Anti-Dowry Help Desk
Amid concerns across the state over recurring incidents of alleged dowry harrassment, the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan on Friday launched an ''anti-dowry help desk'' at his office here to help affected women.
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Woman Commits Suicide In RK Puram, Cops Probing Dowry Harassment Angle
A 22-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after jumping from a building in southwest Delhi's RK Puram area, the police said today.
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Supreme Court Modifies Its Order On Dowry Harassment
The Supreme Court Friday modified its previous order that provided for setting up of a committee to deal with complaints of dowry harassment
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'Godwoman' Radhe Maa Spotted In Police Officer's Chair, Probe Ordered
Amid controversies circling self-declared gurus, "godwoman" Radhe Maa is on camera lording it over Delhi policemen who are now in serious trouble. An officer is being investigated after a photograph showing the so-called spiritual leader sitting in his chair surfaced on social media.
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Kabaddi Player Sent To Police Custody In Wife's Suicide Case
National-level Kabaddi player Rohit Kumar, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide by his wife Lalita who had accused him and her in-laws of harassment, was today remanded in two days police custody by a Delhi court.
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Noida Doctor Claims Family Committed Suicide Due To Harassment By Daughter-In-Law
An army doctor whose family members were found dead in an apartment in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Sunday has alleged that everyone "committed suicide because of harassment by his daughter-in-law".
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Karisma Kapoor Files Dowry Harassment Case Against Sanjay Kapur
Cops have registered an FIR in the case. The estranged couple had initially filed for divorce on the grounds of mutual consent, but Karisma withdrew her consent stating Sunjay had failed to meet certain financial commitments established in the consent terms
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Dowry harassment caught on camera
Not all marriages are made in heaven. And some of them involve sting operations. The family of a woman in Ghaziabad was allegedly harassed for dowry by her fiancé's relatives. They secretly recorded a meeting between the two sides to get her prospective in-laws booked for dowry harassment. "We had to conduct the sting operation as the groom's fami...
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Woman burnt to death in Greater Noida
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death for dowry by her husband and in-laws in Shadipur Chidauli area of Greater Noida, police said Sunday.Reshma, the wife of contract worker Israr, was found with serious burns in her husband's house in Shadipur Saturday, Badalpur police said. "We received an information around 2.30 p.m. When we rushed to...
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No conviction for demanding dowry: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry unless the demand is followed by mental or physical torture resulting in the death of the victim. A Bench of Justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik said in a judgement that the prosecution has to establish convincing evidence that the accused had subjected the vict...
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Delhi man alleges threats from father-in-law, wants wife back
Mohammad Shahid, a 28-year-old man in Delhi, has got married to Zarina, a divorcee on October 10, 2009. Four months after the marriage, Zarina's father Hafiz Ahmad took his daughter home and complained against Shahid in the dowry cell of the Delhi Police.
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Kerala Orders Probe Into Dowry Harassment On Newly-Wed Woman
A bride in this north Kerala district has accused her husband of brutally assaulting and attempting to kill her over dowry, barely a week after their wedding on May 5.
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Kerala Opposition Leader VD Satheesan Launches Anti-Dowry Help Desk
Amid concerns across the state over recurring incidents of alleged dowry harrassment, the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan on Friday launched an ''anti-dowry help desk'' at his office here to help affected women.
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Woman Commits Suicide In RK Puram, Cops Probing Dowry Harassment Angle
A 22-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after jumping from a building in southwest Delhi's RK Puram area, the police said today.
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Supreme Court Modifies Its Order On Dowry Harassment
The Supreme Court Friday modified its previous order that provided for setting up of a committee to deal with complaints of dowry harassment
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'Godwoman' Radhe Maa Spotted In Police Officer's Chair, Probe Ordered
Amid controversies circling self-declared gurus, "godwoman" Radhe Maa is on camera lording it over Delhi policemen who are now in serious trouble. An officer is being investigated after a photograph showing the so-called spiritual leader sitting in his chair surfaced on social media.
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Kabaddi Player Sent To Police Custody In Wife's Suicide Case
National-level Kabaddi player Rohit Kumar, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide by his wife Lalita who had accused him and her in-laws of harassment, was today remanded in two days police custody by a Delhi court.
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Noida Doctor Claims Family Committed Suicide Due To Harassment By Daughter-In-Law
An army doctor whose family members were found dead in an apartment in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Sunday has alleged that everyone "committed suicide because of harassment by his daughter-in-law".
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Karisma Kapoor Files Dowry Harassment Case Against Sanjay Kapur
Cops have registered an FIR in the case. The estranged couple had initially filed for divorce on the grounds of mutual consent, but Karisma withdrew her consent stating Sunjay had failed to meet certain financial commitments established in the consent terms
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Dowry harassment caught on camera
Not all marriages are made in heaven. And some of them involve sting operations. The family of a woman in Ghaziabad was allegedly harassed for dowry by her fiancé's relatives. They secretly recorded a meeting between the two sides to get her prospective in-laws booked for dowry harassment. "We had to conduct the sting operation as the groom's fami...
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Woman burnt to death in Greater Noida
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death for dowry by her husband and in-laws in Shadipur Chidauli area of Greater Noida, police said Sunday.Reshma, the wife of contract worker Israr, was found with serious burns in her husband's house in Shadipur Saturday, Badalpur police said. "We received an information around 2.30 p.m. When we rushed to...
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No conviction for demanding dowry: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry unless the demand is followed by mental or physical torture resulting in the death of the victim. A Bench of Justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik said in a judgement that the prosecution has to establish convincing evidence that the accused had subjected the vict...
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Delhi man alleges threats from father-in-law, wants wife back
Mohammad Shahid, a 28-year-old man in Delhi, has got married to Zarina, a divorcee on October 10, 2009. Four months after the marriage, Zarina's father Hafiz Ahmad took his daughter home and complained against Shahid in the dowry cell of the Delhi Police.
