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'20 women die every 24 hours over dowry': NCRB data lays bare stark reality as clamour over Nikki Bhati’s death grows

The death of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati in Greater Noida has once again brought the issue of dowry to the fore in India, ...
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Dowry-related Violence Continues to Claim the Lives of India’s Daughters

The taking and giving of dowries is banned. Yet an average of 20 women die every day of dowry-related violence.

Leadership | Dowry: A silent crime that refuses to die

Daughters are told to “adjust.” Sons, conditioned into entitlement, wear the groom’s attire with the demeanour of beggars.
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20 dowry deaths a day, but conviction for 1 in 6—a tale of evidentiary hurdles, delayed trials, apathy

NCRB data pegs conviction rate in cases of dowry-related violence at 11-17%. Experts say the low rates are rooted in a mix of ...

Greater Noida dowry death: Hospital staff say Nikki Bhati claimed burns were from cylinder blast

Investigators are also examining several video clips circulating in the public domain in connection with the incident ...

Noida dowry death case: Victim’s father refutes claims of social media activity a reason for killing

LUCKNOW: Father of Nikki Bhati, the Greater Noida dowry death victim, has refuted the claims that the reels and other social media activities of her daughter we ...

Another dowry death? What we know about the pregnant techie found dead in Bengaluru house

Shilpa Panchangamath, a 27-year-old former techie from Bengaluru, was found dead at her home following alleged dowry harassment by her husband, Praveen. The couple, who married in 2022, had a two-year ...