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  Honour killing fears: UP couple gets Allahabad HC protection after marrying against family wishes

  Uttar Pradesh | March 30, 2026 22:27 IST

  The case was brought before the court by Prachi Agrawal and her husband. They approached the court seeking relief after an FIR was registered against the husband under Section 87 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with kidnapping and forcing a woman into marriage.

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  Meerut honour killing: Husband guns down wife's lover, issues chilling video-threat to police

  Uttar Pradesh | February 26, 2026 19:20 IST

  A man in Meerut shot dead his wife's alleged lover in broad daylight and posted a disturbing video online confessing to the murder. The accused also issued threats to his wife, police officers and others. Meanwhile, the police have launched a hunt to arrest him.

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  Honour killing in UP: 15-year-old girl murdered by parents in UP's Prayagraj; accused arrested

  Crime | November 09, 2025 23:41 IST

  According to the police, Sarita was killed by her parents on November 5 and her parents had misled the officials during the preliminary investigation. However, her father, identified as Ramesh, confessed to the crime later.

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  MP shocker: Father shoots 17-year-old daughter dead, dumps body in river in suspected honour killing

  Crime | September 29, 2025 9:12 IST

  A 17-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Morena was allegedly killed by her father in a suspected honour killing. Police said the man shot her and dumped the body in the Kwari River, which was later recovered by SDRF. The case has sparked outrage in the region as an investigation is underway.

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  Pakistan: Young couple murdered in Balochistan desert, 11 arrested in 'honour killing' case

  World | July 21, 2025 17:16 IST

  The police have arrested 11 people in the case. According to the police, the young man and the young woman had married each other against the wishes of their families.

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  Pakistan: Girl posts TikTok videos despite 'warning', father, uncle kill her

  World | January 30, 2025 20:39 IST

  A Pakistani man killed his US-born daughter as she posted TikTok videos despite warning. Notably, the father and uncle initially claimed the girl was shot outside their home in an aerial firing incident.

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  Father kills daughter in MP's Gwalior for opposing arranged marriage, arrested

  Crime | January 15, 2025 19:29 IST

  The father of the victim was pressuring her to marry a Navy sergeant but she wanted to marry someone else. This led to fierce argument between the victim and her father after which the father shot her dead.

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  Telangana: Woman police constable brutally murdered by brother in suspected 'honour killing'

  December 03, 2024 18:19 IST

  A woman police constable in Telangana was allegedly murdered by her brother in an honor killing over her love marriage, with the suspect currently on the run.

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  Delhi: 35-year-old woman killed by her brothers over suspicion of having multiple affairs

  Crime | August 22, 2024 17:13 IST

  Delhi crime news: According to the police reports, the accused suspected that after her (35-year-old woman) divorce, she had affairs with multiple men.

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  Rajasthan: In honour killing, woman charred to death by father, brother over inter-caste marriage

  Crime | July 05, 2024 18:07 IST

  The woman had ran away and married to a man of another caste a year ago. Her father and brother, who were against this marriage, abducted her and killed her, in a case of honour killing.

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  Haryana honour killing: Kin kills woman, cremates in a hurry; police extracts bone samples from pyre

  India | May 24, 2023 12:15 IST

  Haryana honour killing: In Rithal Narwal village of Rohtak, the relatives killed their daughter and cremated the dead body. As soon as the police came to know, they reached the spot but by then the pyre was burnt and the police found only bones.

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  Honour killing: Man, brother sentenced to life imprisonment by Faridabad court

  India | February 16, 2023 23:38 IST

  On March 18, 2021, a case of honour killing was registered at the Ballabgarh police station on a complaint from the woman's husband Sagar Yadav, according to police.

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  Pakistan: Man shoots daughter dead in Karachi court over 'honour'

  World | January 24, 2023 12:24 IST

  Pakistan: A senior police official said that the woman belonged to Waziristan in the tribal area and had recently married a doctor in her neighbourhood.

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  Karnataka: Dalit man stabbed to death in Kalaburagi over interfaith relationship, two arrested

  India | May 27, 2022 23:33 IST

  This incident is similar to the murder of a Dalit man by his Muslim wife's brother, who was opposed to their relationship, in broad public view in Hyderabad earlier this month.

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  Hyderabad: Man stabbed to death on road over inter-caste marriage

  India | May 21, 2022 12:35 IST

  The deceased was travelling on a two-wheeler with his father when the assailants stopped the vehicle and allegedly stabbed him multiple times with knives

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  Hyderabad killing: Incident being given another colour, we don't stand with murderers, says Owaisi

  India | May 07, 2022 15:01 IST

  Owaisi alleged that a section of media is trying to give the incident a communal colour and pointing fingers at him.

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  18-year-old beheads sister, takes selfie with severed head before surrendering to police

  Crime | December 06, 2021 14:24 IST

  Hours after committing the gruesome murder, the accused Sanket S. Mote, 18, along with his mother Shobha S. Mote, 40, surrendered to the police and confessed their crime.

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  Honour killing: High time to react against ghastly crimes in the name of caste, says Supreme Court

  India | November 28, 2021 16:44 IST

  SC said that "bigotry" perpetuated by caste-based practices, which are prevalent even today, impedes the Constitution's objective of equality for all citizens.

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  Karnataka honour killing: 32-year-old man in cross-faith relationship killed, body dumped in farm we

  Crime | October 25, 2021 11:11 IST

  The incident came to light on Saturday when the victim's parents lodged the complaint about their son's disappearance since October 21.

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  UP: Couple found murdered in case of honour killing

  Crime | September 19, 2021 8:49 IST

  Heavy police force has been deployed in the village as both the families live in the same locality.