Honour Killing
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Pakistan: Man’s nose, ear chopped off for eloping with relative
World | Jul 13, 2016, 06:55 PM ISTLahore: In yet another incident of violence related to 'family honour' in Pakistan, the nose and an ear of a youth were chopped off by parents and relatives of a girl who had eloped with
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Canadian court stops honour killing accused's deportation to India
World | Feb 27, 2016, 01:59 PM ISTToronto: A Canadian court has stopped the deportation of a man and his sister to India to face trial for the honour killing of the man's niece in Punjab on grounds that they may not
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India's metros are becoming a breeding ground for live-in relationships
Lifestyle | Sep 10, 2015, 07:17 PM ISTEvery evening when Amit (27) and Neha (25) come from their respective offices to their home in Crossing Republik, on the outskirts of Delhi, they make it a point to visit the nearby Galleria market.Crossing
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UP government to award Rs 50,000 to encourage intercaste marriage
India | Jan 29, 2015, 07:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a courageous initiative to encourage intercaste marriage.The government has promised to give such couples Rs 50,000 as reward. To bring this initiative into action the government will
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Father, two minor sons strangle daughter, hang her from a tree in Odisha
India | Jun 23, 2014, 02:50 PM ISTBerhampur (Odisha): Minati Dalai, an 18-year-old girl, was allegedly strangled with a rope by her father and two minor sons in the presence of her mother in their home in Badapankalabadi village near Polsara of
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Pak clerics' organisation declares honour killing un-Islamic
World | Jun 06, 2014, 02:06 PM ISTIslamabad: A leading organisation of clerics in Pakistan has issued a fatwa declaring honour killing un-Islamic amid reports of such cases in the country including that of a woman who was stoned to death for
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Rohtak 'honour' killing case: Two more arrested
India | Sep 20, 2013, 10:14 PM ISTRohtak: The brother of the girl, who was brutally killed along with a 23-year-old youth in the district for "honour," was among two persons apprehended today, taking the total number of arrests in the case
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Aamir Khan meets honour killing victim Abdul Hakim's brother
Bollywood | Dec 09, 2012, 10:44 PM ISTBulandshahr, UP, Dec 9 : Elder brother of slain Abdul Hakim, a victim of honour killing in the district, today claimed actor Aamir Khan has assured all possible help to the his family.Shakir, who returned
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Aamir Khan promises full protection to Bulandshahar honour killing victim's widow
Bollywood | Dec 09, 2012, 08:14 AM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 8: Bollywood star Aamir Khan today promised full protection and treatment for Mahvish, widow of honour killing victim Abdul Hakim, who had appeared in his TV show Satyamev Jayate and was later
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SC Takes Lenient View Of Honour Killing
India | Aug 02, 2011, 12:23 PM ISTNew Delhi, August 01: Noting that the incident was 18 years old, the Supreme Court has refused to enhance the five years imprisonment punishment for three persons accused of strangulating to death their sister and
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Cinema Has Become Business Minded, Greedy: Om Puri
Bollywood | Jul 20, 2011, 06:38 PM ISTMumbai, Jul 20: Veteran actor Om Puri, who is looking forward to his up-coming film 'Khap', that deals with the issue of honour killing, says, cinema has become a business and he is not happy
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Om Puri Starrer 'Khap' To Release On July 29
Bollywood | Jul 20, 2011, 11:39 AM ISTMumbai, Jul 20: Veteran actor Om Puri starrer ‘Khap', which deals with the issue of honour killing, is all set to hit cinema houses on July 29.Directed by Ajay Sinha, ‘Khap' deals with the issue
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Pak Woman Stoned To Death, Shot In Honour Killing
World | Jun 22, 2011, 04:12 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 22: A woman was stoned and shot to death in a case of honour killing by her husband and over a dozen other men in a village near Mardan on Tuesday, Dawn reported.Police
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Delhi Court Gives Death Sentence To 3 For Honour Killing
India | May 12, 2011, 07:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 12: Taking a cue from the Supreme Court which favoured death sentence to those found guilty of honour killings, a Delhi court, in the first such case, has awarded capital punishment to
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Stamp Out Honour Killings Ruthlessly: Supreme Court
India | Apr 19, 2011, 10:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 19: Terming 'khap' panchayat as illegal and honour killing as "barbaric and shameful", the Supreme Court today said these should be stamped out "ruthlessly" and asked states to suspend district magistrates and
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Couple Found Dead In Fields, Honour Killing Suspected
India | Sep 26, 2010, 03:02 PM ISTSIRSA (Haryana): The bodies of a young man and woman were recovered from cotton fields in this Haryana district and police on Sunday said they suspected it to be a case of honour killing. The
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Honour Killing Cases Bring Disrepute To Country: PC
India | Aug 01, 2010, 11:54 AM ISTMadurai- Condemning honour killings, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said such things only brought disgrace and disrepute to the country."Such (honour) killings only brought disgrace and disrepute to the country...In some places parents
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'Honour' killing: It's A Global Phenomenon
India | Jul 11, 2010, 11:57 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Even as the government is contemplating bringing in a new law to deal with the spurt in honour killings, reports by human rights organisations show that cold-blooded murders in the name of saving