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‘Over 900 Pakistani women killed for honour’

Over 900 Pakistani women were killed last year in the name of honour for allegedly shaming their f...

Horror killings: Plan panel group for separate law

The Planning Commission Working Group on `Women`s Agency and Empowerment` for the 12th Plan has also...

Dishonour killings: 3 Canadians jailed for life

A jury in Kingston found the three - husband and wife and their eldest son guilty of four counts of ...

Extent of `honour` crimes exposed in Britain

More than 2,800 so-called honour attacks -- punishments for bringing shame on the family -- were re...

Spate of dishonour killings shakes up Punjab

On May 21, a young couple was brutally killed with sharp-edged weapons in Bhullar village.

UP: Three women killed in dishonour killings

Three women were killed in separate cases of suspected dishonour killing within the last 48 hours in...

Mothers accused in dishonour killing of 2 brides

Newlyweds Zahida, 19, and Husna, 26, were strangled when they returned home after getting married to...

Award death penalty for dishonour killings: SC

SC directed courts to view dishonour killings cases as `rarest of rare` category.

Stamp out dishonour killings ruthlessly: SC

Terming `khap` panchayat as illegal and honour killing as "barbaric and shameful", Supreme Court sai...

`Over 90% disapprove of dishonour killings in north`

Notwithstanding a spate of so called dishonour killings in northern states, a new study shows that a...

Dishonour killings: States get more time to respond

Members of a ministerial panel examining the issue of defining `honour` killings today expressed "...

Cong MP blames families of couples for honour killings

RS MP and former Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh on Saturday blamed the families of couples ...

Law soon to curb dishonour killings: Chidambaram

Severe punishment awaits those involved in dishonour killings as the government intends to bring a l...

GoM to consider proposals to tackle dishonour killings

Murdering somebody for adopting a dress code "unacceptable" to their caste or community may come und...

Chidambaram condemns dishonour killings

Home Minister Chidambaram says dishonour killings bring disgrace and disrepute to the country.

‘Honour Killings’ are a social menace: NHRC

National Human Rights Commission chairman Justice K G Balakrishnan, on Friday described `Honour Ki...

Provide protection to couple eloped from Haryana: HC to police

The Delhi High Court has asked police to provide protection to a couple from different castes who ha...

Khap Panchayat opposes proposed amendments in dishonour killings

The All Khap Panchayat has oppose the proposed amendments of law to deal with dishonour killings.

Dishonour killings: A global phenomenon

Cold-blooded murders in the name of saving family pride had been prevalent in many countries.

Law, not GoM, needed on dishonour killings: Brinda

CPI-M MP Brinda Karat seeks a separate law to deal with dishonour killings.

‘Over 1000 `horror killing` in India every year’

More than 1,000 young people in India have been done to death every year owing to `horror killing` ...

Honour killings widespread in UP: NGO

Honour killings are wide-spread in Uttar Pradesh though reported just from the western districts of ...

New Bill to treat entire khap as accomplice: Moily

The Centre has decided to bring a new Bill providing for the prosecution of the entire khap panchaya...

Horror killings -- conflict between rigid tradition, modernity

With a spate of so-called `honour killings` shocking the nation in recent weeks, human rights acti...

‘Horror killings’: Delhi court sends suspects to police custody

The three men were arrested on charges of killing a couple and another woman.

Court issues warrant against horror killing suspects

A city court on Friday issued production warrants against three men arrested in Ghaziabad on charges...

Three arrested for Delhi serial honour killings

Three youths who allegedly carried out the sensational honour killing of three of their relatives ...

Delhi honour killings: Photos of accused trio released

Police Wednesday released photographs of the three suspects in the northwest Delhi honour killing ...

Bill in Parl soon to curb honour killings: Moily

The government is planning to bring a Bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament next month to prov...

`Police connive with families in honour killings`

The Delhi High Court today slammed the police for its failure to protect people from honour killin...

Honour killings: Tirath tells states to follow writ of law

Amidst incidents of honour killings in urban areas, Minister of State for Women and Child Developm...

Tradition no excuse to back honour killings: NHRC

Taking note of reports on alleged honour killings backed by khap panchayats (community councils), th...

The Dishonoured Honour

Honour killings can be stopped by a little government intervention.

Honour killings: Proposal to amend IPC under consideration

Government today said a proposal to amend the Indian Penal Code to deal with honour killings is un...

Honour killings make country hang head in shame: HM

Expressing strong indignation over violence against women, government on Tuesday said "we should h...

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