A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Gurugram for allegedly raping a woman over several months after befriending her on a matrimonial website under the false pretense of marriage.
After match-making, matrimonial websites now want to grab a share of the Rs 70,000 crore (Rs 700 billion) wedding management market.
Matrimonial sites like Bharat Matrimony and Shaadi.com have been around for a decade as compared to dating and friendship sites, which are just around three years old in India.
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The doctor in his complaint refuted the portal's claim contending that the profiles were not sent to him through e-mail as promised and he was left to search for a suitable match on his own.
rediffGURU Ravi Mittal, CEO of Quack Quack, an online dating web site and Rebounce, a matchmaking matrimony platform, suggests how you can help someone get over a failed relationship.
A 71-year-old US citizen of Indian origin was murdered in Ludhiana, India, allegedly at the behest of a UK-based NRI man she was to marry. The victim was bludgeoned to death, her body burnt, and dumped in a drain.
Your partner's Instagram follower count is not a red flag in itself, says rediffGURU Ravi Mittal, CEO, Quack Quack, an online dating website.
The matrimonial sites came under scanner after the arrest of one Liaquat who allegedly cheated more than fifty women into marriage in Chennai in recently. He advertised himself as a UK-based Indian engineer looking for a bride in an online marriage portal.
The high court in Chennai granted the owner of bharatmatrimony.com an interim order, restraining Google India from using its ads on the former's platform to sell space to the petitioner's competitors.
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage -- and cashing in on this philosophy are more and more matrimonial websites which offer differentiated services to cater to the remarriage market.
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites, which offer specialised services.
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Info Edge (India) topped expectations in its October-December quarter (Q3) results, posting strong revenue and profit growth. Its shares have rallied as much as 6.14 per cent in two days. The technology holding company's revenue rose 15.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 722.3 crore, driven by robust performance across its key verticals, particularly its recruitment business.
The company runs 15 matrimonial websites under Bharat Matrimony and around 300 websites under Community Matrimony.
Anupam Mittal started India's first matrimonial website at a time when most Indians didn't know what the Internet was. Today as the company turned 15, Mittal looks back and talks about his success story.
A new Facebook app lets players fight 'greedy grooms' who demand dowry -- a practice that persists in India despite being outlawed more than 50 years ago.
Rediff reader Roshanlal Kewat from Baroda tells us how he found his partner Radha and gradually fell in love.
According to a poll by Shaadi.com, Shah Rukh Khan has been voted India's most popular father.
Sameer Jadhav tells us how he found his wife through a matrimonial website.
Manju from Gujarat tells us how she met Adharsh from Maharashtra through a matrimonial website and fell in love.
Prospective grooms and brides, beware. Private detectives are keeping an eye on you.
Sanjay Dutt's film, Charles & I seems to be embroiled in controversy after Charles Sobhraj threatened to sue the film's producers. The shooting was to start in February next year.
Although the third quarter of financial year (2023-2024) FY24 (Q3FY24) was marginally below expectations, Info Edge (India) is witnessing strong investment trends and hitting new highs. The big driver is optimism about a pickup in the jobs market, which benefits Naukri.com and could mean upgrades in Q4FY24 expectations. The JobSpeak Index, which Naukri.com releases on a monthly basis, is showing a "transformative shift".
Things get murkier and moronic in this staggeringly dumb, dull thriller, feels Sukanya Verma.
Sudipto Basu tells us how he met his wife after a long wait.
Citizens belonging to different religions and denominations follow different property and matrimonial laws which is 'an affront to the nation's unity', the Centre had said last year in its affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Uniform Civil Code matter.
The central government has told the Delhi High Court that citizens from different religions and denominations following different property and matrimonial laws is an affront to the nation's unity and the Uniform Civil Code will result in the integration of India.
Apoorva Shukla, a 35-year-old lawyer, has been charged under Section 302, which pertains to murder and is punishable with death or life imprisonment, according to the chargesheet.
Aadhar is set to be a preferred tool for various people- focussed initiatives of the government in the new year.
The film is not just about a big fat Indian wedding but also highlights the emotional and sensitive topic of stress-related erectile dysfunction.
A slew of websites are catering to matchmaking needs of IITians, IIMians and others with high educational qualifications.
AT 26, he set up his own matrimony portal and managed it in his spare time from his living room at home. Murugavel Janakiraman, founder CEO of BharatMatrimony.com, shares how he went about making teh website one of the leading portals in its field.
If you think you have a good connection with someone, don't reject them for an imaginary list.
She was like the girl who eloped in the film Omkara, who also defied her father. In the film, another character asks: "How can anyone trust a girl who betrays her own father?"
Cyberstalking is a real threat as social media increasingly becomes an extension of one's life. But there are things you can do to protect yourself from it
Physical intimacy is an essential aspect of marriage and a wife's continuous refusal to have such relationship with her husband can be a ground for divorce, the Delhi high court has held.
Rediff's Love Guru has answers to all your relationship problems.
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