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Behind ‘dowry death’: 2 sisters, their dreams, thriving beauty parlour

Behind ‘dowry death’ in Greater Noida: 2 sisters, their dreams, thriving beauty parlour

August 25, 2025 5:11 am

UP Police said the accused, Vipin Bhati, was "shot in the leg" while “trying to escape from custody”, and is undergoing treatment in a local hospital.

‘False’ dowry cases are not evidence of feminism gone rogue — they only show that India’s justice system is failing

January 14, 2025 7:07 am

Women may be more predisposed to use provisions such the section 498A against fiancés and husbands ‘appropriately’ if they were perceived as rights-bearing citizens whose intentions and motivations were not always suspect. Instead, women and marginalised communities tend to approach the police and courts as a last resort.

Strict action would be taken in dowry harassment cases, creating awareness an option: Pinarayi Vijayan

July 28, 2021 11:58 am

Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned this in the assembly while referring to the rising cases of dowry harassment and domestic violence in the state.

Meerut: Dowry harassment case against IPS officer

May 23, 2019 2:40 am

The case has been registered under IPC Sections 498-A (dowry harassment) and 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), the police said.

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Noida: Man arrested after wife found hanging

April 10, 2019 1:17 am

The police have arrested the woman's husband for allegedly demanding dowry.

Dowry deaths account for substantial share of female homicides in India: Report

November 27, 2018 2:58 pm

Available data on dowry-related killings from the National Crime Records Bureau indicate that female dowry deaths account for 40 to 50 per cent of all female homicides recorded annually in India, representing a stable trend from 1999 to 2016.

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Dowry cases: SC refuses to review its order on restrain from cops

March 13, 2015 1:17 am

The review plea added that the judgment was prone to be misused by police and could work against the interest of women.

Correcting for bias

July 04, 2014 12:35 am

Investigative and legal processes should address the unequal context that dowry laws operate in.

Nearly 13,000 women raped in Assam in 8 years

August 01, 2013 12:03 pm

Atrocity against women were not only limited to rape and included torture for dowry,which claimed 1,069 lives.

Taking dowry to invite longer jail term as Centre plans to amend Act

September 03, 2012 3:37 am

In a move that will for the first time make a distinction between the people offering dowry and those accepting it,the Ministry of Women and Child Development is planning