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Gov't report: violence against women remains rampant in India
Xinhua
Uttar Pradesh has also witnessed a stepping of crime against women with the state recording 21215 cases of violence including 2066 cases of dowry death, ...

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Crime against women up
Express Buzz
Atrocities against women, including dowry torture, have also gone up drastically in the period. According to the white paper prepared by the Home Department ...

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Another woman burnt alive
Merinews
In yet another incident of harassment for dowry, a woman in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh was burnt alive by her in-laws and brother in-laws. ...

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CSMMU research officer arrested for demanding dowry
Times of India
... in the research office of the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) on an ad hoc basis was arrested on charges of demanding dowry. ...

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TWO DOWRY DEATHS IN NOIDA
Hindustan Times ePaper
The families of the victims have lodged dowry death cases with the police. The first incident was reported from Noida Phase II. ...

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Punjab Police asked to submit report on women cells' working
TwoCircles.net
There are no trained counsellors and the staff does not possess any knowledge about cases related to dowry, domestic violence and other matrimonial disputes ...

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Punjab Police asked to submit report on women cells' working
SamayLive
There are no trained counsellors and the staff does not possess any knowledge about cases related to dowry, domestic violence and other matrimonial disputes ...

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Punjabi wives abandoned to a life in limbo
Irish Times
The groom and his family carried away 700000 rupees (€10300) in dowry and gold ornaments, which the bride's farmer parents had raised by mortgaging their ...

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Husband kills wife for dowry in Satkhira
The New Nation
A man killed his wife beating her for failing to bring dowry from her parents. The incident happened at the village Negla village under Debhata upazila of ...

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Dowry demand, a reality in Manipur
E-Pao.net
Imphal, July 30 2009: Despite enforcement of Dowry Prohibition Act, many married women in Manipur are being ill-treated by their in-laws for not bringing ...

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