Holding honour killings as a slur on the nation and a barbaric, feudal practice that ought to be stamped out, the Supreme Court today directed courts to view such cases as 'rarest of rare' category

In yet another case of honour killing, a youth killed his 12-year-old sister at Roorki village in this Haryana district for the sake of his family's honour, police said on Saturday.

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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 magistrate

The bill against honour killing is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament in July, outgoing chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said on Wednesday.

Melbourne: Police in New Zealand have alerted the Interpol to trace the husband of an Indian-origin woman who was allegedly burnt to death last week in that country, a media report said.

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Dehradun: In a suspected case of honour killing, the father and brother of a girl killed her boyfriend at Doiwala area of the district, police today said.

The incident took place late last night when

Murdering somebody for adopting a dress code "unacceptable" to their caste or community may come under the ambit of honour killings if a Group of Ministers set up to look into the scourge adopts a pro