`Over 90% disapprove of dishonour killings in north`

Last Updated: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 11:28

Notwithstanding a spate of so called dishonour killings in northern states, a new study shows that a massive 92 percent of the people in this region disapprove of such crimes.

Cong MP blames families of couples for honour killings

Last Updated: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 18:14

RS MP and former Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh on Saturday blamed the families of couples for honour killings which have rocked the state, saying there was no "evidence" to attribute the menace to khap panchayats.

Law soon to curb dishonour killings: Chidambaram

Last Updated: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 15:31

Severe punishment awaits those involved in dishonour killings as the government intends to bring a law on the matter in the current Parliament session itself, Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Chidambaram condemns dishonour killings

Last Updated: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 12:25

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

GoM to consider proposals to tackle dishonour killings

Last Updated: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 12:04

Murdering somebody for adopting a dress code "unacceptable" to their caste or community may come under the ambit of dishonour killings if a Group of Ministers set up to look into the scourge adopts a proposal in this regard.

‘Honour Killings’ are a social menace: NHRC

Last Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010, 17:57

National Human Rights Commission chairman Justice K G Balakrishnan, on Friday described `Honour Killings` as a `great social menace`.

Provide protection to couple eloped from Haryana: HC to police

Last Updated: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 09:09

The Delhi High Court has asked police to provide protection to a couple from different castes who had run away from their village in the neighbouring state and got married in the national capital.

Khap Panchayat opposes proposed amendments in dishonour killings

Last Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010, 15:27

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

Dishonour killings: A global phenomenon

Last Updated: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 12:01

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

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

Last Updated: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 12:54

More than 1,000 young people in India have been done to death every year owing to `horror killing` linked to forced marriages and the country needs to introduce stringent legislation to deal firmly with the heinous crime, two legal experts have claimed.