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Nagpur divorce surge: 9,088 pleas filed in three years, says RTI

By Praveen Kumar
Nagpur, June 23 (UNI): Changing lifestyles, ego clashes, and a lack of communication have led to an alarming rise in divorce cases in the state's second capital, Nagpur, reveals RTI.
Over the past three years, as many as 9,088 couples have filed for divorce in the Nagpur Family Court, of which 5,034 marriages have been legally dissolved.
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