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Bihar Teacher Kidnapped On Way To School, Forced To Marry Woman At Gunpoint
Avnish Kumar had recently cleared the Bihar Public Service Commission exam to become a teacher. On Friday, he was kidnapped, beaten and then forced to marry a woman.
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"Uterus Removal At 30": Japan Leader's Bizarre Proposal To Boost Birth Rate Sparks Backlash
The minister suggested banning women from marrying after 25 and undergoing forced hysterectomies at 30, as well as restricting women's access to university education from the age of 18.
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British Woman At Risk Of Death By Stoning After Forced Marriage To Pakistani Uncle
A British woman, coerced into a marriage with her Pakistani uncle, faces the possibility of death by stoning under Shariah law for alleged adultery.
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25-Year-Old Dalit Woman Raped In UP, Forced To Convert; Accused Arrested: Police
Police in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 25-year-old Dalit woman on the pretext of marriage and forcing her to convert to Islam, an officer said on Wednesday.
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19-Year-Old Woman In China Jumps Into River After Forced Engagement, Dies
The tragic story has sparked outrage on social media in China and ignited a debate about marriage and women rights.
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Case Against Mumbai Man For Raping Woman, Forcing Abortion: Cops
Police have registered an FIR against a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy, an official said on Sunday.
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Blog: On Women's Day, A Question - When Will The Promised Best Arrive?
A bunch of headlines from the month gone by should force us to question why the idea of a working woman - and the economics of it - is still so skewed. Women have made progress, but it's largely not because of, but despite the wo
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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2 Years After Forced Marriage, Bihar Woman, Father, Brother Shot Dead: Cops
A 25-year-old woman and her father and brother were shot dead allegedly by her father-in-law in Bihar's Begusarai district on Saturday evening, police said.
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Patna High Court Annuls Marriage Of Man Who Was Kidnapped, Forced At Gunpoint
The Patna High Court has annulled the marriage of an Indian Army personnel who was kidnapped and made to enter into wedlock with a woman, at gunpoint, 10 years ago in Bihar.
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Officer Tells Woman On Wheelchair To Go To His 2nd Floor Office, Suspended
A marriage officer has been suspended after a disabled woman was forced to go up to the second-floor office of a marriage registrar at Khar in Mumbai on her wedding day to complete the formalities.
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Madhya Pradesh Woman Tries To Force Female Friend To Marry Her, Arrested
A woman from Madhya Pradesh was arrested after she created a ruckus at her female friend's house in Rajasthan's Nagaur, saying she wanted to marry her, police said on Sunday.
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CRPF Constable Charged With Raping Woman On Pretext Of Marriage: Cops
A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable on the pretext of marriage, police said on Thursday.
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Jharkhand Court Protects Woman From Forced Marriage To Man Double Her Age
The High Court of Jharkhand on Tuesday came to the rescue of a 26-year-old woman whose relatives allegedly want to marry her off to someone double her age as they are opposed to her relationship with a man of another religion.
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Sikh Woman Forcibly Married To Muslim In Pakistan, Protests Erupt: Report
Members of Pakistan's minority Sikh community staged a protest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against police inaction in a case involving the forcible marriage of a Sikh woman to a Muslim man.
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Bihar Teacher Kidnapped On Way To School, Forced To Marry Woman At Gunpoint
Avnish Kumar had recently cleared the Bihar Public Service Commission exam to become a teacher. On Friday, he was kidnapped, beaten and then forced to marry a woman.
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"Uterus Removal At 30": Japan Leader's Bizarre Proposal To Boost Birth Rate Sparks Backlash
The minister suggested banning women from marrying after 25 and undergoing forced hysterectomies at 30, as well as restricting women's access to university education from the age of 18.
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British Woman At Risk Of Death By Stoning After Forced Marriage To Pakistani Uncle
A British woman, coerced into a marriage with her Pakistani uncle, faces the possibility of death by stoning under Shariah law for alleged adultery.
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25-Year-Old Dalit Woman Raped In UP, Forced To Convert; Accused Arrested: Police
Police in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 25-year-old Dalit woman on the pretext of marriage and forcing her to convert to Islam, an officer said on Wednesday.
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19-Year-Old Woman In China Jumps Into River After Forced Engagement, Dies
The tragic story has sparked outrage on social media in China and ignited a debate about marriage and women rights.
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Case Against Mumbai Man For Raping Woman, Forcing Abortion: Cops
Police have registered an FIR against a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy, an official said on Sunday.
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Blog: On Women's Day, A Question - When Will The Promised Best Arrive?
A bunch of headlines from the month gone by should force us to question why the idea of a working woman - and the economics of it - is still so skewed. Women have made progress, but it's largely not because of, but despite the wo
-
Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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2 Years After Forced Marriage, Bihar Woman, Father, Brother Shot Dead: Cops
A 25-year-old woman and her father and brother were shot dead allegedly by her father-in-law in Bihar's Begusarai district on Saturday evening, police said.
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Patna High Court Annuls Marriage Of Man Who Was Kidnapped, Forced At Gunpoint
The Patna High Court has annulled the marriage of an Indian Army personnel who was kidnapped and made to enter into wedlock with a woman, at gunpoint, 10 years ago in Bihar.
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Officer Tells Woman On Wheelchair To Go To His 2nd Floor Office, Suspended
A marriage officer has been suspended after a disabled woman was forced to go up to the second-floor office of a marriage registrar at Khar in Mumbai on her wedding day to complete the formalities.
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Madhya Pradesh Woman Tries To Force Female Friend To Marry Her, Arrested
A woman from Madhya Pradesh was arrested after she created a ruckus at her female friend's house in Rajasthan's Nagaur, saying she wanted to marry her, police said on Sunday.
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CRPF Constable Charged With Raping Woman On Pretext Of Marriage: Cops
A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable on the pretext of marriage, police said on Thursday.
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Jharkhand Court Protects Woman From Forced Marriage To Man Double Her Age
The High Court of Jharkhand on Tuesday came to the rescue of a 26-year-old woman whose relatives allegedly want to marry her off to someone double her age as they are opposed to her relationship with a man of another religion.
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Sikh Woman Forcibly Married To Muslim In Pakistan, Protests Erupt: Report
Members of Pakistan's minority Sikh community staged a protest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against police inaction in a case involving the forcible marriage of a Sikh woman to a Muslim man.
