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Husband booked for demanding dowry, pronouncing triple talaq in Uttar Pradesh
•Nusrat Fatima, a resident of Pipra Adai village under Khondare police station limits alleged on Wednesday that her in-laws threw her out of the house in September last year after beating her up for dowry
22-year-old woman killed for dowry in UP's Ghazipur
•Chanda's body was found hanging in her room Tuesday morning at her in-laws' Sakra village, police said
Dowry death: Kerala court reserves verdict, will pronounce it on 23 May
•The court's decision was confirmed by advocate G Mohanraj, who is the special public prosecutor (SPP) in the case
Husband, in-laws held for killing woman for dowry in UP's Muzaffarnagar
•According to the police, Shabana was found hanging in her room on 7 May
Lucknow: Man gives triple talaq to wife within a year of marriage, sends divorce petition from Germany
Fp Staff •The in-laws of the woman said that the desired dowry was not given at the time of the marriage which prompted the decision. Before sending the triple talaq letter, the wife was sent to her maternal home in Uttar Pradesh
NCW asks education minister to take action over book listing 'merits' of dowry
•A book listing the merits and advantages of the dowry system have been prescribed for nursing students
About 31,000 complaints of crimes against women received in 2021, over half from UP: NCW data
•There was a 30 percent rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021 as compared to 2020 when 23,722 complaints were received.
It’s good that women can now marry at 21, but whose marriage is it anyway?
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu •The Cabinet’s move to approve the proposal to raise the legal age of women’s marriage from 18 to 21, bringing them at par with men, is a step in the right direction. But it doesn’t solve all the problems
Kerala directs government employees to submit 'no dowry' affidavit within one month of marriage
Trendingdesk •As per new rules, the 'anti-dowry' affidavit has to be signed duly by the employee’s wife, father, and father-in-law
In Kashmir, complainants run pillar-to-post for justice in absence of commission for women and children that was dissolved last August
Quratulain •The other commissions which remain dissolved dealt with human rights, the right to information, the rights of the disabled, and allegations against public functionaries.