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According to police sources, the Uttarakhand police currently appear unable to enforce the UCC law in some cases due to delays in software updates to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems . Legal experts say the case falls under the category of a cognisable offence and should be registered under Section 32 of the UCC. Shaheen, a resident of Bandarjud village in the Buggawala area, filed a police complaint against her husband and his family, accusing them of harassing her for dowr ...Read More >
Haridwar, Apr 8 (PTI) Police in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district have registered a case against a man for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over dowry in the Buggawala area, but the case has sparked a controversy as it was not filed under the state's Uniform Civil Code (UCC) law. According to police sources, the Uttarakhand police currently appear unable to enforce the UCC law in some cases due to delays in software updates to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). ...Read More >
KANPUR - A woman alleged that her in-laws demanded either a kidney donation or cash worth three million rupees for treatment of her husband in Uttar Pradesh state of India. According to reports, the woman tied the knot with Nishant Kumar from Lucknow on June 22, 2025. At the time of the wedding, her family provided a dowry that included 8 lakh rupees in cash, jewelry, and a car. However, after marriage, she faced mistreatment and interference in her personal life. The woman revealed that her ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A former Pataudi councillor and his accomplice have been named in an FIR for allegedly raping a woman over the past two years after assuring her that they would help settle her matrimonial dispute and dowry case with her husband's family in Faridabad.Police said the woman had been locked in legal battles with her husband after their marriage broke down soon after their wedding eight years ago. According to her complaint, Zahid, the former councillor, and Sonu entered the picture claimin ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his parents in a dowry death case, observing that the prosecution failed to prove allegations of cruelty or dowry harassment against them.Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Wason acquitted Kartik Sharma, his father Ravi Dutt Sharma, and his mother Veena Sharma in connection with the death of Shivali Sharma, who died by suicide in March 2023.The accused were on trial under Sections 498A (cruelty by husband or relatives) and 304B (dowry death) of the ...Read More >
According to the FIR, the woman, a resident of Sachendi, married Kautuk Mishra, a jeweller from Pandu Nagar, on March 6, 2024. Her family alleged that they gave a substantial dowry at the time of marriage, including an SUV, gold and silver ornaments. Despite this, the woman claimed that her in-laws demanded more dowry, including a house, one kilogram of gold and cash. In her complaint, she alleged that she was repeatedly forced to participate in late-night occult rituals against her will, some ...Read More >
According to police, Ishita and Neeraj met through social media in 2020. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A 26-year-old software engineer died by suicide in Miyapur, Hyderabad * She was allegedly harassed by her husband for additional dowry after marriage * The couple met on social media in 2020 and married in Patna in February 2024 Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Hyderabad: A 26-year-old software engineer from Bihar allegedly died ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old software professional from Bihar allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Miyapur, Hyderabad, police said. According to news agency PTI, the woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the hall of her flat on Wednesday by her husband. "On receiving information about the incident, the police reached the spot and conducted inquiry," a police official said. A case has been registered at Miyapur Police Station based on a complaint filed by the woman's family members, ...Read More >
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 2 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday alleged that the Centre is attempting to "take control" of the state through opposition AIADMK, asserting that the upcoming Assembly election is a contest between Delhi and Tamil Nadu. He accused the Centre of not providing funds or schemes for Tamil Nadu. Also Read | How Delhi's Bungalow No 33 Earned Its 'Haunted' and 'Jinxed' Reputation. "Delhi, as usual, is trying to take control of our sta ...Read More >
Hyderabad: What began as a social media connection and blossomed into a five-year relationship ended in tragedy, when 26-year-old software engineer allegedly died by suicide just 50 days after her marriage. Her family has accused her husband of harassing her over additional dowry demands. According to Miyapur Inspector P. Shivaprasad, the deceased, Ishika Yadav, a native of Bihar, met Neeraj Bansal on Facebook nearly five years ago. Their online friendship gradually developed into a romantic re ...Read More >
Arpit Bala spitting at a fan during the concert. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Singer Arpit Bala faced an on-stage altercation in Hyderabad on March 28 * An object was thrown at Bala during his live performance at Kingdome Klub * Bala stopped his set, confronted the audience, and warned against such acts Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Singer Arpit Bala was involved in an on-stage altercation during a live performance in Hyderabad ...Read More >
Panchkula (Hry), Dec 17 (PTI) A special CBI court has acquitted a Haryana judicial officer and his parents in a dowry-death case dating back more than 12 years after his wife was found dead with bullet injuries in Gurugram. The court has acquitted Ravneet Garg, who was then the chief judicial magistrate of Gurugram, and his parents in the 2013 dowry-death case. Garg's wife, Geetanjali, was found dead in July 2013 near the Gurugram police lines area with bullet injuries. Garg was posted as the ...Read More >
New Delhi: IUML MP Harees Beeran on Tuesday raised concerns over the alarming number of suicides linked to marriage-related issues, citing NCRB data that recorded 1,71,418 suicidal deaths in 2023, with the majority attributed to marital problems. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Kerala MP termed the crisis a "moral, legal, and institutional failure", demanding urgent action beyond existing legislative frameworks. "While marriage is considered a sacred milestone in Ind ...Read More >
Mumbai, December 16: A 15-year marriage in Amritsar has reportedly fractured after a husband, Ravi Gulati, tracked his wife to a hotel using a GPS device installed on her scooter, claiming to have caught her with another man. This is the second such incident alleged by the husband. The couple, married on April 25, 2010, have young children. The husband stated that he had recently installed a GPS tracker due to growing suspicion over the past year. Ravi Gulati reported that his wife, Himani, lef ...Read More >
Dowry is illegal and openly criticised, but that doesn't mean it has vanished from society. It has only changed its form. Today, it rarely shows up as an outright demand. Instead, it quietly enters weddings as "gifts," dressed up to suit modern, educated sensibilities. During matrimonial discussions, families often say, almost proudly, "We don't believe in dowry. We have no demands at all." And then comes the line that changes everything: "Of course, you can give whatever you want to your daugh ...Read More >
New Delhi: Noting that the social evil of dowry still prevails showing the ineffectiveness of the anti-dowry laws and at the same time the law is being misused by women for ulterior motives, Supreme Court Monday said this contradiction needed to be resolved as it is creating judicial tension.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol & N K Singh highlighted this issue while convicting a man and his 94-year old mother in dowry death case when a 20-year old girl burnt to death in 2001 for not fulfilling the ...Read More >
The bench said, "The eradication of dowry is an urgent constitutional and social necessity". New Delhi: The eradication of dowry is an urgent constitutional and social necessity, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while flagging that existing laws suffer from both "ineffectiveness" and "misuse", and that the evil practice remains rampant. Stressing that "concentrated effort" of all was needed to deal with the issue, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh passed several direction ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said talent and leadership are not limited to persons with privileged backgrounds and stressed the need to identify and support capable individuals from ordinary families to bring positive change in society. Speaking at the Sharad Pawar Inspire Fellowship award ceremony held at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre here, he said the fellowship programme has been designed keeping in mind the life and values of Yashwantrao Chavan, Maharashtra's f ...Read More >
Bareilly: "I don't want to marry these dowry-greedy people," a young woman in full bridal attire is heard saying in a video that is now being circulated widely on social media. The woman set an example for others by calling off her wedding on Friday evening, even as the rituals were on, after the groom demanded a car and Rs 20 lakh in cash. The police were called in and the groom and two of his relatives were taken into custody, Bhaskar English has reported. The bride's family alleged that th ...Read More >
The couple wed on November 16, 2024. Neha Gupta, a 24-year-old woman from Mumbai's West Khar was rushed to a local hospital on the night of October 16. She was then bounced to a second and, hours later, discharged and sent home. Hours after that, she collapsed. Rushed back to the second hospital, she died. And now the police have arrested her husband, Arvind Gupta, and five members of his family, on murder and dowry harassment charges, pending final forensic and post-mortem reports. The coupl ...Read More >
Police have filed an FIR against seven members of the victim's husband's family. In the desire for a baby boy, a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur was made to abort her pregnancy twice and then forced to have relations with her father-in-law and brother-in-law. Mehak Khan got married to Shah Faheed in 2021. Within a few months, her husband and his family started demanding lakhs of rupees and a car. When she refused to comply, she was subjected to daily beatings, resulting in serious spinal injur ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A 27-year-old nurse allegedly jumped to her death along with her three-year-old son from her seventh-floor balcony in Wazirpur, Sector 93.According to police, Sarmita, a nurse at Paras Hospital, lived with her husband Rohit Yadav, who works in a private company, and their son Yuvan. The couple, married for four years, frequently had disputes, which are believed to be the trigger behind her suicide.The incident occurred around 3.30pm on Tuesday. Both sustained severe injuries and were ru ...Read More >
Lucknow, October 20: In a horrifying case of revenge, a woman allegedly attacked her brother-in-law and severed his private parts after he backed out of a relationship with her younger sister in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. The accused woman fled after the attack. According to the Bhaskar report, the victim, 20-year-old Umesh Kumar, son of Ram Asare from Malkhanpur village, was found bleeding profusely in his room on the night of October 16. His family rushed to his aid after hearing his screams ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi recorded the highest number of suicides -- 3,131 -- among 53 major Indian cities, accounting for 12% of the total suicides, as per the latest NCRB data for the year 2023. The national capital was followed by Bengaluru (2,370 suicides) and Mumbai (1,415).Among those who died by suicide were 2,295 men and 836 women. In nearly one-third of the cases, the cause of suicide was noted as 'family problems', leading to 954 deaths.As many as 69 of the 254 illness-related suicides were due ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 1 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded the second-lowest rate of reporting murder cases among all the states and Union territories in 2023, with less than one case per one-lakh population, data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed. The data has also revealed that Jammu and Kashmir saw a decline of more than 38 per cent in murder cases in two years. According to the data, the rate of murder cases registered in the Union Territory for 2023 was 0.6. The cri ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Cases registered under dowry-related crimes saw a 14 per cent increase in 2023, with more than 15,000 cases recorded across the country and over 6,100 deaths reported through the year, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The NCRB's 'Crime in India 2023' report said 15,489 cases were registered under the Dowry Prohibition Act in 2023 -- up from 13,479 in 2022 and 13,568 in 2021. Uttar Pradesh accounted for the highest number of case ...Read More >
Chandigarh: As per a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 112,720 cases were registered in Haryana in 2021, which increased to 125,435 in 2022. The figure peaked at 2023, with 129,294 cases. Based on an estimated population of 3 crore, the state recorded 426.3 crimes per lakh, and the chargesheet rate was 44.2%. In contrast, neighbouring Himachal Pradesh had fewer cases, and the chargesheeting rate was over 82%, while in Punjab, it was around 63%.Notably, there was solace ...Read More >
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decrease in the number of overall crime incidents from 2021 to 2023, recording a fall of 2,080 cases during the period, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2023 said. The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday released the 71st edition of the NCRB annual report, which presents a comprehensive analysis of crime statistics for the calendar year 2023. As per the report, overall crime data, including Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and Special and Local Laws ...Read More >
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decrease in the number of overall crime incidents from 2021 to 2023, recording a fall of 2,080 cases during the period, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2023 said. The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday released the 71st edition of the NCRB annual report, which presents a comprehensive analysis of crime statistics for the calendar year 2023. As per the report, overall crime data, including Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and Special and Local Laws ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded the second-highest crime rate against women in the country in 2023, reporting 124.9 cases per lakh female population, behind only Delhi, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state ranked ahead of Rajasthan, Odisha, Haryana and Kerala. Delhi remains the highest in terms of crime rate against women in the country. According to the report, a total of 23,678 cases of crimes against women were registered in Telangana in 2023, marking a 7 per cent r ...Read More >
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