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Dowry menace high among Sikhs, Christians: Study

On: July 7, 2021

New Delhi: The Sikh and Christian communities in India have seen substantial rise in dowry cases in the past few decades, says a study. Similarly, dowry demands have increased also among upper castes across all religions, says a blog based on a study of 40,000 marriages in rural India sinceContinue Reading

20 women killed for dowry daily during 2012-2014

By: Matters India

On: April 30, 2016

In: National

New Delhi: Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi told the Lok Sabha on Friday that an analysis of statistics from the years 2012 to 2014 showed that at least 20 women were killed for dowry every day, adding up to 25,000 women murdered or driven to suicide by dowry-demandingContinue Reading

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