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Greater Noida dowry murder probe: Woman, husband fought over his plan for a vacation without her, family tells police

August 26, 2025 8:11 am

After purported clips showed Nikki falling down the stairs when she was set on fire, a fresh CCTV footage emerged on social media that showed Vipin carrying his wife and heading to the Fortis Hospital

Express View on India Art Fair: Art of Reaching Out

February 03, 2024 12:57 pm

Fairs dispel the notion of art as an elitist pursuit. It is enough to be curious

IPC section to deter dowry deaths, not to be used against husband’s kin without reason: HC

August 08, 2023 9:31 am

Justice Singh said, “The allegations so raised are vague, unspecific and bald, lacking any

The horrors of Kerala’s dowry deaths

July 03, 2021 6:07 pm

The suspicious deaths of three women, all below the age of 25, have once again blown the lid off the spectre of domestic violence and dowry-related persecution in Kerala, sparking conversations about the position of women in a family.

Tripura: Wife set ablaze, second dowry death in a month

May 31, 2019 5:55 pm

Tripura reported the highest rate of crime against women at 46.5 percent in 2010. However, the figures came down dramatically in 2017 as the state figured 14th in terms of crimes against women as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.

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.  

Maintaining victims’ morale through lengthy trials a challenge: Cops

January 06, 2015 5:00 am

Cases of rape, molestation, physical assault, murders, domestic violence, dowry deaths of women are pending in courts.

Crime upstages insurgency in Assam

July 12, 2012 1:44 am

Crimes under the IPC too have gone up in Assam,as have crimes against public order

One in four women arrested for dowry-related crimes

January 23, 2011 10:24 am

One in every four women go behind bars for harassment for dowry and dowry related deaths.

Add murder charge provision to dowry deaths,SC tells courts

November 22, 2010 8:18 pm

Under the exisiting provision,dowry death entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

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