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'As if govt expects people to die in defence of its muddle-headed policy in Kashmir': P. Chidambaram 

As long as the people of Kashmir feel alienated and betrayed, peace will not return to the valley, Chidambaram asserted.

published on : 15th September 2023
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Death of TN Dalit ‘honour-killing’?

According to Muthaiah’s father Kanniappan, his son’s girlfriend had visited their home on July 23, the day he was killed.

published on : 11th September 2023
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CM Siddaramaiah to meet experts for separate law on ‘honour’ killings

“In order to discuss how to make the law more stringent to deal with honour killing, we will conduct a meeting with women activists, women organisations and legal experts."

published on : 5th September 2023
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Killing honour in the name of ‘honour killings’

The shame of ‘honour killing’ thrives with a degree of social licence and an eye on maintaining ‘prestige’ of family, caste and religion, but the innocent are killed bypassing established laws.

published on : 4th September 2023
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Progressive steps must let caste amity replace caste pride

Despite the Dravidian parties’ development of the state, they have relied on various communities as voting blocs, reifying hierarchy and power in the process.

published on : 2nd September 2023
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Honour Killing: 25-year-old woman doctor shot dead by father in Pakistan's Punjab province

According to human rights activists, around 1,000 women are killed in the name of honour every year in the country.

published on : 31st August 2023
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Eliminate the shame of India called honour killings

They aim “to protect the honour” of their family, caste or community. This is the most abhorrent outcome of patriarchy.

published on : 31st August 2023
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Honour killing: Siddaramaiah promises strict legal action

Warning people involved in such cases, he said there is a need to bring changes and awareness in a casteist society that has created such a mindset to commit honour killings.

published on : 30th August 2023
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Parents, brother arrested for killing 22-year-old woman over inter-caste marriage in Gurugram

In his complaint to the police, Sandeep said he had gone to his sister’s house on August 17 morning while his wife and her brother were at the Gurugram flat.

published on : 19th August 2023
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Two-thirds of companies pay for employees’ upskilling programs

While primary job qualification (like coding skills) and a college degree are given due weightage, employers are keen on hiring people with a problem-solving mindset.

published on : 18th August 2023
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'How can someone just come and shoot? Someone is complicit', says SC on Atiq, his brother's killing

It has also sought a status report from the state government on 183 "police encounters" that have taken place since 2017.

published on : 12th August 2023
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SC seeks details of 183 encounters from UP govt, expresses concern over rise in cases

The SC bench expressed concern over the rise in police encounters and emphasized the necessity of establishing a functional mechanism to monitor the progress of investigations.

published on : 12th August 2023
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court grants 10 days to Jagdish Tytler to examine documents

Tytler has moved an application before ACMM Vidhi Gupta Anand seeking two weeks’ time for examining the documents.

published on : 12th August 2023
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Jagdish  Tytler seeks permission to appear virtually

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand is likely to pass an order on Tytler’s request tomorrow

published on : 11th August 2023
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INTERVIEW| We have to stand true to people’s expectations in J&K: L-G Manoj Sinha

"I feel the biggest change is that the state’s common man can live his life the way he wants. This change has benefitted poor people the most."

published on : 8th August 2023
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Targeted killings going on in Jammu and Kashmir, says Madhu Purnima Kishwar

Condemning the killings in Jammu province, she recalled incidents of migrant labourers from Bihar being killed, and not allowing people from other states in Jammu.

published on : 7th August 2023
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Authorities identify Gilgo Beach murders victim after 27 years

Known until now to the public only as “Jane Doe No. 7,” she was Karen Vergata, 34, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told a news conference.

published on : 5th August 2023
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Man gets lifer for killing over sorcery in Odisha

The severely injured Gagi was being taken to Rairangpur Sub-Divisional Hospital for treatment when she succumbed on way.

published on : 2nd August 2023
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Army man arrested for killing wife, daughter in Jodhpur

Ram Prasad, the accused, allegedly carried out the act early on Sunday morning, they said, adding the arrest was made after the post-mortem report found death by strangulation and burn injuries.

published on : 2nd August 2023
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Case for euthanasia: British man who killed wife handed jail, freed on time served in Cyprus

Hunter and Janice had been teenage sweethearts and married for 52 years. In December 2021, Janice, who was suffering from advanced leukaemia, begged her husband to end her life, the court heard.

published on : 1st August 2023
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