Sep

30

MFI calls for rent-free period - guardian.co.uk

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MFI calls for rent-free period
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
The MBO is financed by a £25m dowry from private equity group Merchant Equity Partners, which bought the business for £1 two years ago. …
MFI may enter administration in buy-out deal Telegraph.co.uk
MFI seller faces loss in management buyout Financial News
Ailing UK retailer MFI saved by management buyout Reuters
Bloomberg - Marketing Week
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Sep

30

MFI may enter administration in buy-out deal - Telegraph.co.uk

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MFI may enter administration in buy-out deal
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago
MFI said that the buy-out will be funded through a “substantial cash dowry” from MEP, the chain’s previous owner.
MFI seller faces loss in management buyout Financial News
MFI Agrees to Buyout by Executives to Escape Administration Bloomberg
Ailing UK retailer MFI saved by management buyout Reuters
Marketing Week - Mirror.co.uk
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Sep

30

MP: Dowry case against IAS, IAF officers - Indlaw.com

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MP: Dowry case against IAS, IAF officers
Indlaw.com, India - 40 minutes ago
Madhya Pradesh Governor Balram Jakhar said the state government would have to take a decision after a probe into a dowry harassment complaint against an …

Sep

30

Men Join Women’s Domain - New Era

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Men Join Women’s Domain
New Era, Namibia - 2 hours ago
On a Friday with the handover of ovitunya, that is lobola or dowry, in the old days usually two oxen, hence the popular outjina tune Kamangwere yarara …

Sep

29

MFI seller faces loss in management buyout - Financial News

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MFI seller faces loss in management buyout
Financial News, UK - 28 minutes ago
In addition, the firm is paying the management team a “substantial cash dowry” to secure MFI customers’ deposits. The dowry is understood to be on the …

Sep

29

'Add misuse clause in sexual harassment bill' - Times of India

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'Add misuse clause in sexual harassment bill'
Times of India, India - 21 minutes ago
NEW DELHI: With complaints pouring in against pro-women legislation like the Domestic Violence Act and more recently Section 498A, the law ministry has …

Sep

29

Yet another falls victim to dowry violence - The Daily Star

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Yet another falls victim to dowry violence
The Daily Star, Bangladesh - 55 minutes ago
The attacker is none other than her husband who swooped on them failing to get dowry from his in-laws' house. With two major stab wounds in her body, …

Sep

29

Larger SC bench to examine FIR issue - MSN India

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Larger SC bench to examine FIR issue
MSN India, India - Sep 29, 2008
The States argued that the apex court's direction would prove counter productive as innocent persons could be implicated under Section 498A (harassment of …

Sep

29

MFI Agrees to Buyout by Executives to Escape Administration - Bloomberg

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MFI Agrees to Buyout by Executives to Escape Administration
Bloomberg - 48 minutes ago
The purchase will be funded through a “substantial cash dowry payment'' and “will secure the future of the MFI business and safeguard employees within the …
Ailing UK retailer MFI saved by management buyout Reuters
Management buyout saves MFI Marketing Week
MFI SAVED IN BUY-OUT Mirror.co.uk
The Press Association - Independent
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Sep

29

ASHA to hold domestic violence awareness month - IndiaPost.com

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ASHA to hold domestic violence awareness month
IndiaPost.com, CA - 2 hours ago
"Writing novels like 'The Forbidden Daughter' and 'The Dowry Bride' has enabled me to introduce these issues to American audiences. …

Sep

28

Ailing UK retailer MFI saved by management buyout - Reuters

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Ailing UK retailer MFI saved by management buyout
Reuters - 1 hour ago
Full details of the sale of the business have yet to be finalised but MEP has agreed to provide an unspecified "cash dowry payment" to secure deposits paid …
MFI saved by management buyout Yorkshire Post
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Sep

27

Dowry: Women’s Organisations Caution Against Diluting Section 498 - People’s Democracy

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Dowry: Women’s Organisations Caution Against Diluting Section 498
People’s Democracy - 25 minutes ago
However, dowry related torture and domestic violence has continued to escalate even after Sec.498A and Sec. 304 (B) (dowry death) were incorporated in the …

Sep

27

Should dowry law be diluted?The gender war carries on… - Times of India

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Should dowry law be diluted?The gender war carries on…
Times of India, India - 1 hour ago
Can the stringent and controversial Section 498A, commonly called the 'dowry law' last another quarter-century in its present form? Women's groups say 'yes' …
National meet of Save Indian Family activists Merinews
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Sep

27

National meet of Save Indian Family activists - Merinews

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National meet of Save Indian Family activists
Merinews, India - 1 hour ago
Then Section 498A, Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in 1983 and the very recent Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, was passed in 2006. …

Sep

26

Sir Charles Barlow Is Interested Only In Your Dowry - The Onion (satire)

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Sir Charles Barlow Is Interested Only In Your Dowry
The Onion (satire), NY - 2 hours ago
Alas, the source of my vexation is far more woeful, my dear girl, for Sir Charles Barlow is interested only in your dowry. I do not begrudge you your …

Sep

25

Actor fined for 'dogged' defiance - Times of India

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Actor fined for 'dogged' defiance
Times of India, India - 27 minutes ago
… her in-laws' house and lodged a complaint against her husband and his elder brothers - Pritam and Priyam - with Jadavpur police under Section 498A IPC. …

Sep

25

India's female detectives track down Internet cheats - Independent

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India's female detectives track down Internet cheats
Independent, UK - 5 hours ago
The young man was looking to get some dowry. He was cheating the father and the daughter in order to get money." In India's rapidly changing society, …

Sep

25

India's female detectives track down Internet cheats - Independent

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India's female detectives track down Internet cheats
Independent, UK - 1 hour ago
The young man was looking to get some dowry. He was cheating the father and the daughter in order to get money." In India's rapidly changing society, …

Sep

25

No alimony for women with adequate income: Delhi HC - India Today

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No alimony for women with adequate income: Delhi HC
India Today, India - 11 hours ago
Last year, the government submitted a report in parliament stating that more than 11300 false cases got registered under the Dowry Prohibition Act in 2007 …
Curbs on gay sex is violation of fundamental right, HC told Press Trust of India
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Sep

25

No alimony for women with adequate income: Delhi HC - India Today

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No alimony for women with adequate income: Delhi HC
India Today, India - 3 hours ago
Last year, the government submitted a report in parliament stating that more than 11300 false cases got registered under the Dowry Prohibition Act in 2007 …
Curbs on gay sex is violation of fundamental right, HC told Press Trust of India
all 3 news articles
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