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2 minors killed in Bihar in suspected case of honour killing

2 minors killed in Bihar in suspected case of honour killing

During investigation, the girl's brother confessed to police that he, along with his two uncles, had killed the boy and...

29 Nov 2017 6:50 PM IST

Killing of women relatives in the name of honour is a menace still prevalent in many parts of Pakistan. (Representational Image | AFP)

19-year-old girl axed to death by stepbrother in Pakistan's Punjab

The incident took place on Sunday at Christian Wala in Sahiwal district, some 230-km from Lahore.

20 Nov 2017 5:03 PM IST

More than 500 people -- almost all women -- die in Pakistan each year in such killings (File Photo)

Pakistan: Teenage couple tied to cot, electrocuted to death in alleged...

The teenagers in the port city of Karachi were said by the Pashtun council of elders, or jirga, to have brought...

12 Sept 2017 12:16 PM IST

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Youth killed by girl's kin, honour killing suspected

The police is trying to trace other accused persons who are absconding.

27 Oct 2018 1:31 AM IST

Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand said on Tuesday that the Centre was serious about the dignity of the citizens and if adults take their own marital decisions then there was no question of illegality. (Photo: ANI)

No question of illegality if adults marry consensually, says Govt...

SC on Tuesday, rapped the Centre for failing to prevent attacks on couples, who opted for love marriages, and diktats of...

16 Jan 2018 7:08 PM IST

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Youth stabbed to death in honour killing, girl critical

She brought embarrassment to family, say uncle and brother.

6 Jan 2018 3:20 AM IST

Mohammad Kaif has drawn a lot of flak on Twitter, for posting a picture of himself doing Suryanamaskar. (Photo: PTI)

Ankit's killers need to change mindset, says Mohammad Kaif

Kaif is not the only one to raise his voice against the alleged honour killing of Ankit Saxena.

6 Feb 2018 1:29 AM IST

Many expressed concern over where we stand as a society (Photo: Twitter/Facebook)

Prominent personalities express solidarity on Twitter after Ankit...

The boy was murdered by the family of the girl he loved just because they were from different communities.

5 Feb 2018 4:40 PM IST

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

None have right to interfere if two adults marry: CJI

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea to ban family killings over honour', filed by NGO Shakti Vahini.

5 Feb 2018 1:03 PM IST

Man stabbed to death by girlfriend kin

Ankit and the alleged girlfriend had started dating since the time they were neighbours a few years ago.

3 Feb 2018 1:17 AM IST

Police in the eastern city of Gujarat launched an investigation earlier this week into the death of Sana Cheema -- of Pakistani origin and believed to have been in her mid-twenties -- after allegations she had been murdered went viral online. (Photo: AFP)

After reports of honour killing, Pak Police digs out Italian...

'After news of her death spread on social media, police found the family and started an investigation,' said police...

25 April 2018 5:46 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Consent inherent in Hindu marital law: SC

The counsel had argued that there was a lack of clarity in the law that the woman has to give her consent to the...

12 April 2018 1:28 AM IST