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Kerala CM announces online complaint service for women
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 23 (ANI): In an effort to empower women, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday announced that henceforth an online complaint registration portal named 'Aparajitha' will resolve cyber crimes against women and complaints on offences again
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Kerala govt moots helpline for dowry harassment after woman tortured to de
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala], June 23 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has promised a 24-hour helpline to report any dowry harassment case in view of a suspected case of suicide by a 24-year-old woman from Kollam district, after being allegedly tortured for dowry by her husban
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Dowry death:Husband taken into police custody after Kerala woman found dea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kollam (Kerala) [India], June 22 (ANI): A 24-year-old BAMS student was found dead in her husband's house in Kollam district of Kerala, in a suspected case of suicide, police said on Tuesday.
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Andhra Police constable booked on charges of harassing wife for dowry
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): A case has been registered against a police constable and his mother in Krishna district's Kanchikacherla mandal for allegedly harassing his wife for dowry.
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Refrain from dowry, extravaganza during marriages: AIMPLB's new nikahnama
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has released a new nikahnama for Muslims which urges them to take a pledge to refrain from dowry and extravaganza during marriages.
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Mirzapur: Muslim body to boycott nikah ceremony where dowry, music are par
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): An influential Muslim body in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur -- Markazi Sunni Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind -- has said they will not solemnise Muslim marriages if dowry will be a part of it.
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SC to hear pleas against 'those NRI men exploiting women' in July
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday said it will conduct in July the final hearing to the petitions against those NRI men marrying Indian women, then allegedly abandoning them, after taking dowry and also subjected them, in many cases, with sexual exploitation.
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All India Jamiatul Quresh district chief appeals not to give or take dowry
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 8 (ANI): Following the recent suicide of 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan, who was allegedly harassed for dowry district chief of All India Jamiatul Quresh in Agra, Sarif Qureshi has appealed to the Muslim community to neither take nor receive dowry.
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Agra Muslims vow to stop exchange of dowry after woman dies by suicide in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): A section of the Muslim community in Agra vowed to stop the exchange of dowry in all the marriages of its community here after a woman died by suicide in Ahmedabad after being allegedly harassed by her husband.
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FIR against Indore man for giving triple talaq to wife
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 9 (ANI): A woman has filed a case against her husband for allegedly giving triple talaq to her after she failed to provide the demanded dowry, in Indore, said Madhya Pradesh police on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court acquits man sentenced to 10 years by HC in dowry death case
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court has set a man free who was sentenced to ten years of jail by a trial and High Court in a dowry death case of his wife.
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Pregnant woman dies by suicide in Telangana, dowry harassment alleged
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Medchal-Malkajgiri (Telangana) [India], October 22 (ANI): A five months pregnant woman has died by suicide here in Papireddy Nagar in the Medchal-Malkajgiri district.
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