Khap panchayats may be in news for wrong reasons for their diktats but a self-styled caste council here has invited youths to participate in a mahapanchayat to discuss the menace of drug abuse and ways to curb it.
March 8 2013, 7:56 pm
Read MoreKhap panchayats have submitted to the SC that they do not pass any order for honour killing and are against any ban for use of mobile phones and wearing of jeans by women.
February 20 2013, 8:22 pm
Read MoreA newly married couple in Haryana`s Sonipat district, whose marriage was annulled by a `Khap` (community) panchayat on Tuesday, have decided to defy the diktat and have approached police, seeking protection.
February 7 2013, 9:50 pm
Read MoreComing down hard on Khap Panchayats, the Supreme Court said on Monday said that their diktats asking women not to carry mobiles or dress in a particular way is volatile of law and an offence.
January 14 2013, 9:20 pm
Read MoreAngry after a village youth eloped with a girl from different community, a Khap Panchayat held a protest outside a police station.
July 13 2012, 1:40 pm
Read MoreThe JD(U) on Friday hit out at Khap panchayats over the recent incident of a village Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh issuing a diktat on the movement of women.
July 14 2012, 4:21 pm
Read MoreThe Supreme court added that the khap panchayats can come and express their views on issues relating to inter-caste marriage before the apex body.
January 4 2013, 10:36 pm
Read MoreKhap panchayats in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday said they will oppose same gotra marriages before the Supreme Court which had sought their views following a plea to curb violence against couples at the behest of such caste councils.
January 12 2013, 9:49 pm
Read MoreA Khap Mahapanchayat, attended by leaders of over 300 khaps took a stern stand against female foeticide and demanded that murder charges be slapped.
July 15 2012, 12:40 am
Read MoreKnown for their moral policing-blended diktats, Khap panchayats in Haryana have now demanded closure of liquor shops situated near places of worship.
December 3 2012, 9:23 pm
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