‘Honour’ killings, ‘dowry deaths’ and the lynching of women branded as witches persist in India, partly due to such practices being socially sanctioned and with police often not even treating such mur

Holding that crimes such as honour killings and fake police encounters should be dealt with strongly, a Supreme Court judge has said convicts in such cases should be awarded death sentence.

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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 fami

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP, Ms Brinda Karat, has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, urging a separate law to deal with honour killings instead of referring the issu