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Hindu boy, Muslim girl got married in Badaun. Celebration in one area, mourning in another
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (1717+ words) Budaun: Dressed in a red saree, wearing sindoor, red bangles and her head covered with a pallu, 19-year-old Himanshi Kumari looks every bit a newlywed Hindu bride. Just a few days ago, she was known as Hira Naz Bi, a…...
Meerut woman alleges 10-year exploitation on promise of marriage, conversion pressure; probe on
1+ week, 3+ day ago (319+ words) Meerut, Jun 8 (PTI) A model from Meerut has alleged that a man exploited her physically and financially for nearly 10 years on the promise of marriage and later pressured her to convert to his religion, police said on Monday. The woman…...
SC's expanding definition of "family'how married daughters won, one judgement at a time
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (1128+ words) New Delhi: Adding to a growing body of judicial decisions dismantling the assumption that a daughter ceases to belong to her parental family after marriage, the Supreme Court Tuesday struck down a state policy that excluded married daughters from the…...
Can an atheist and a believer fall in love? Most Indians draw a hard line
2+ week, 5+ day ago (614+ words) God is a deal-breaker on Hinge. Atheists religiously swipe left on people who believe in the mysterious power of the daddy'or deity'floating in the sky. But the app does not care, it keeps pushing these two wildly opposite varieties of…...
Working towards implementation of 'One State, One Act, One Rule', says Gujarat revenue dept
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (297+ words) Gandhinagar, May 6 (PTI) The revenue department in Gujarat on Wednesday said it was working towards implementing the concept of "One State, One Act, One Rule" to bring transparency in the administrative processes and simplify complex laws. A special session was…...
Where is question of offence when there is consensual relationship? SC asks
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (402+ words) New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Where is the question of an offence when a relationship is consensual? the Supreme Court on Monday asked a woman who had challenged an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that had quashed an FIR…...
Woman injected with HIV-positive blood dies by suicide in Hyderabad
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (252+ words) Hyderabad, Apr 10 (PTI) A woman who was allegedly "injected" with HIV-positive blood by a relative last month after her parents called off her marriage to him after he was found positive for the contagion, allegedly committed suicide here on Friday,…...
Indore court grants divorce to rape convict Narayan Sai's wife, orders Rs 2 cr permanent alimony
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (288+ words) Indore, Apr 8 (PTI) An Indore family court has granted a divorce decree to the wife of Narayan Sai, rape convict and jailed son of self-proclaimed godman Asaram, and ordered him to pay her a permanent maintenance of Rs 2 crore within…...
Have women taken the quest for perfection too far? It's time to ignore some icks
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (372+ words) It takes one second for a hero to become zero. He can breathe loudly and give his girlfriend an ick. He can repost an AI slop reel and be blocked. The floor is infested with icks'he only has to dip…...
Lawyers, judges need out of box thinking in matrimonial dispute cases: Delhi HC Chief Justice
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (370+ words) Chandigarh, Mar 8 (PTI) In many matrimonial dispute cases, the search for justice does not end within the four corners of law as they deal with more of a social problem than a legal one, and out-of-the-box thinking by lawyers and…...