Bhopal, April 11 – A newly married couple was among four people killed after a truck overturned onto a stationary auto-rickshaw in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday afternoon, police said.The incident occurred around 12 p.m. near Tongra village on Tongra Road, under the...
Gwalior, April 2 A group of guests at a wedding in Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly assaulted the bride, groom, and their family members after they were not served liquor, police said.Some members of the groom's family were injured in the incident that occurred on Tuesday night in...
Islamabad, March 11 – The Standing Committee on Interior of the Pakistan National Assembly recently rejected a bill that aimed to ban dowry, deeming it "impractical." With an estimated 2,000 brides killed in Pakistan each year due to dowry disputes, the rejection of this legislation is not only...
bride
criminal law
dowry
dowry restraint bill
family law
financial instability
gender inequality
gender-based coercion
legislative bill
marriage
pakistan
pakistan national assembly
pakistan peoples party (ppp)
punjab assembly
violence against women