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The father of the deceased has registered an FIR. (Representational image)

23-year-old killed for affair with upper caste girl

According to police, the youth was hacked to death by the girl’s brother in Pune.

06 Jun 2017 1:20 AM

UP: Girl, lover murdered by her family in suspected honour killing

The girl and her lover were on Saturday strangulated to death by her brother and his friend, SP City Rajesh Kumar Singh said.

16 Apr 2017 12:30 PM

In suspected honour killing, UP man axes daughter, her lover to death; held

On the complaint of the grandfather of the youth, the FIR was lodged and Moolchand has been arrested, he said.

04 Apr 2017 4:46 PM

Delhi: Man kills cousin sister to avoid getting her married

The accused told police that he first strangulated the girl with her 'Chunni' and thereafter choked her nose and mouth to ensure her death.

09 Mar 2017 7:43 AM

Punjab: Parents try to drown them for having boyfriends; 1 dies

According to the police, the girls had returned late one night, which confirmed the parents’ doubts that they were in relationships.

01 Mar 2017 3:44 PM

Angry mob storms police station, shoots Afghan couple who eloped

The mob attacked and took the couple from the police station, where they were being held for ‘immoral acts.’

12 Feb 2017 8:43 PM

Qandeel's parents bribed by son to change statement: Pak police

A police officer alleged seeing Baloch's parents receive an envelope from one of the two sons charged in the case.

28 Jan 2017 8:49 AM

Qandeel was found strangled in her house in Multan, some 350 kilometres from Lahore, on July 16, 2016.

Qandeel Baloch's father changes statement, refuses to testify against suspect

In the FIR, Azeem had alleged that Aslam was involved in the planning of the murder of 25-year-old Qandeel.

27 Jan 2017 9:19 AM

Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch. (Photo: File)

Qandeel murder case takes new turn as father changes statement

Police have registered a case against the father, Azeem Baloch under Section 213 of Pakistan Penal Code.

26 Jan 2017 5:39 PM

A 2005 amendment to the law pertaining to honour killings prevented men who kill female relatives pardoning themselves as an heir of the victim. (Representational image)

12 years and 15,222 women: Pak’s honour killing roll call

PHRO Chairman Ehsan Ali Khosa deplored absence of legislation to stop violence against women.

14 Jan 2017 2:12 AM

Nerul murder classic case of honour killing, says Bombay HC

The Bombay high court has refused to grant bail to a member of the group that had assaulted the boy.

13 Jan 2017 6:10 AM

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy cast a spotlight on honour killings with her documentary A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness, which bagged an Academy Award. (Photo: AFP)

Pak double Oscar winner hails bill on honour killings

Now a pardon can only save a killer from the death penalty, but not from life imprisonment.

17 Dec 2016 6:16 AM

The police had earlier arrested the duo on Wednesday under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for attempt to murder, but after the victim’s death, the police slapped murder charges on the accused. (Representational picture)

Honour killing: Teen dies after brothers slit throat

According to the police, the two accused brothers, had repeatedly advised their sister against her relationship with the boy.

10 Dec 2016 4:15 AM

Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch. (Photo: Twitter)

Pakistan court postpones Qandeel Baloch's murder trial

Model Qandeel Baloch, was strangled in July by her brother Muhammad Waseem.

08 Dec 2016 9:09 PM

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