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45-year-old UP man was lynched by mob in Hapurs Pilakhuwa village. (Photo: Screengrab)

Stop mob justice

To blame lynchings on social media communication platform WhatsApp would amount to escapism.

3 July 2018 6:39 PM GMT

The social evil of honour killing has emerged from this very problem: non-acceptance of inter-caste marriages. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Endorsing inter-caste marriages can beat the caste system

Widespread acceptance of inter-caste marriages could be a way to battle the caste system.

21 Jun 2019 9:22 AM GMT

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Centre to SC: New law to deal with honour killings by khap panchayats

Taking on record the affidavit filed by the Centre, the Bench reserved its verdict on the PIL.

7 March 2018 8:28 PM GMT

The Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Khap Panchayat: State must provide protection to couples, says Centre...

Earlier in February, the top court cracked a whip against Khap Panchayats in connection with cases pertaining to...

7 March 2018 10:17 AM GMT

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Order on khaps welcome

Instances of honour killings abound in Tamil Nadu too as in several other states, where caste feelings are still...

28 March 2018 7:49 PM GMT

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Attempt to stop marriages by khap panchayats illegal: Supreme Court

The ruling came on a plea by NGO Shakti Vahini, which had moved the apex court in 2010 seeking protection of couples...

27 March 2018 6:48 AM GMT

The accused confessed to giving poison to his daughter, the officer said. (Representational image)

Honour killing: Man poisons daughter in UP's Muzaffarnagar

The girl, a class 7 student, before dying in the hospital gave a statement that her father gave poison to her, he said.

14 Aug 2018 9:13 AM GMT

A still from the film, Gurgaon, directed by Shanker Raman and starring Pankaj Tripathi, Aamir Bashir, Akshay Oberoi, Ragini Khanna, Srinivas Sunderrajan.

In Gurgaon, modernity feeds and feeds-off the fear of alienation, says...

Gurgaon and its many realities have caught the attention of film writers and directors.

1 Aug 2017 8:28 PM GMT