Harassment By Husband

A doctor died by suicide in Maharashtra's Parbhani district after she was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws who were pressuring her to bring Rs 1 crore from her parents, police said on Wednesday.

A woman was allegedly assaulted by two bike borne men who reached into the window of her moving car on a busy road in Indore. The woman's husband and two other people - a man and a woman - were also inside the car.

A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by the driver and helper of a private ambulance she hired to transport her terminally ill husband home, police said on Wednesday.

A 26-year-old newly married doctor allegedly committed suicide after facing harassment from her husband in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city, police said on Tuesday.

A 32-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide on Friday morning by jumping from the 11th floor amid allegations of dowry harassment against her husband, who has been arrested, police said.

Actor Harshika Poonacha, who works predominantly in Kannada movies, claimed she and her husband Bhuvann Ponnannaa were harassed for speaking in the local language by a group of men who also tried to rob them.

A woman allegedly being harassed by her husband over dowry died after he threw her out of their house on a chilly night here in a village, police said on Wednesday.

Fed up with her neighbour, a 30-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide here on Thursday night, said police. According to police, Anuradha was the mother of two children and lived with her husband and children.

A 30-year-old woman, her two children and her 55-year-old mother-in-law allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a dam in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, a police official said on Sunday.

False allegations of dowry harassment or rape lodged by a woman against the husband's family members amounts to "extreme cruelty" which cannot be condoned, the Delhi High Court has said.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that some women have unleashed "legal terrorism" by misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a provision that intends to protect them from cruelty by her husband or his family members.

Police on Wednesday said they are investigating allegations of a woman constable that she was pressured and harassed to change her religion by her husband, who had converted to Buddhism to marry her but later reverted to Islam.

A 38-year-old woman and her teenage son and daughter ended their lives by jumping in front of a train apparently to escape harassment by her alcoholic husband in Madhya Pradesh.

A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of a residential society here, police said on Monday.

A 25-year-old woman allegedly ended her life by hanging herself over dowry harassment in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area, police said on Tuesday.

A doctor died by suicide in Maharashtra's Parbhani district after she was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws who were pressuring her to bring Rs 1 crore from her parents, police said on Wednesday.

A woman was allegedly assaulted by two bike borne men who reached into the window of her moving car on a busy road in Indore. The woman's husband and two other people - a man and a woman - were also inside the car.

A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by the driver and helper of a private ambulance she hired to transport her terminally ill husband home, police said on Wednesday.

A 26-year-old newly married doctor allegedly committed suicide after facing harassment from her husband in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city, police said on Tuesday.

A 32-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide on Friday morning by jumping from the 11th floor amid allegations of dowry harassment against her husband, who has been arrested, police said.

Actor Harshika Poonacha, who works predominantly in Kannada movies, claimed she and her husband Bhuvann Ponnannaa were harassed for speaking in the local language by a group of men who also tried to rob them.

A woman allegedly being harassed by her husband over dowry died after he threw her out of their house on a chilly night here in a village, police said on Wednesday.

Fed up with her neighbour, a 30-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide here on Thursday night, said police. According to police, Anuradha was the mother of two children and lived with her husband and children.

A 30-year-old woman, her two children and her 55-year-old mother-in-law allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a dam in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, a police official said on Sunday.

False allegations of dowry harassment or rape lodged by a woman against the husband's family members amounts to "extreme cruelty" which cannot be condoned, the Delhi High Court has said.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that some women have unleashed "legal terrorism" by misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a provision that intends to protect them from cruelty by her husband or his family members.

Police on Wednesday said they are investigating allegations of a woman constable that she was pressured and harassed to change her religion by her husband, who had converted to Buddhism to marry her but later reverted to Islam.

A 38-year-old woman and her teenage son and daughter ended their lives by jumping in front of a train apparently to escape harassment by her alcoholic husband in Madhya Pradesh.

A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of a residential society here, police said on Monday.

A 25-year-old woman allegedly ended her life by hanging herself over dowry harassment in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area, police said on Tuesday.