A page from an Indian college textbook is going viral for stating that “ugly looking girls can be married off with an attractive dowry.” The page is reportedly from “Textbook of Sociology for Nurses” ...

Pankaj Bhoyar, Maharashtra’s minister of state, replying to a calling attention motion raised by opposition MLAs, said that the number of dowry cases had fallen from 172 in 2021 to 138 in 2025.

The dowry system in India refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride's family gives to the groom, his parents and his relatives as a condition of the marriage.

A court in southern India on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison in a ruling that found he abused his wife over their wedding dowry, leading to her death by suicide. A court in southern ...

Muzaffarnagar: A 26-year-old groom from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar rejected a dowry of Rs 31 lakh and accepted only Rs 1 as shagun, setting a powerful example against the long-standing dowry ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Nepal's beleaguered Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda vowed on Sunday to ban the dowry system and criminalise untouchability, in an apparent bid to win popular support as ...

Unravelling the murky origins of dowry in India is not easy. Dowries are essentially a payment made by the bride’s family in cash or goods in exchange for marriage. Women are expected to relinquish ...

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A court in southern India on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison in a ruling that found he abused his wife over their wedding dowry, leading to her death by suicide. The district court in ...