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Khap Leaders, Farmers Block National Highway In Haryana To Support Protesting Wrestlers
Khap members and farmers blocked the Rohtak-Delhi National Highway in Jhajjar district for about two hours as part of a 'Haryana Bandh' call given in support of protesting wrestlers, farmers and over other issues.
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Manohar Lal Khattar Supports Khaps, Says "Should Not Marry Within Same Gotra"
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today backed the state's self-appointed village courts, Khap panchayats, on their stand that marriages between people of same Gotra- which refers to a clan or a descendant from a common ancestor - should not happen.
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UP Jats Poised to Join Hands With Haryana Khaps for Reservation
The Jats of Uttar Pradesh, mainly concentrated in the western flank of the state, have decided to launch an agitation to demand reservation in central institutions and jobs in the state.
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Why khaps have relaxed 650-year-old ban on inter-caste marriages
26-year-old Sonu Sharma from Hisar is a worried man. "I am still unmarried. There are as it is not enough girls and then the restrictions don't leave us with much," he says.
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Remove liquor vends from religious towns: Haryana khaps
Having strongly raised their voices for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra and same village, Haryana's khap panchayats have now decided to launch a campaign to get liquor vends shut in religious towns across the state.
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Haryana's Khap panchayats seek ban on weddings at night
Having taken a U-turn over the issue of lowering the marriageable age for girls to curb growing incidents of rape in the state, Haryana's Khaps have now demanded that the state government impose a ban on weddings at night.
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No decision over pushing for early marriages for girls at Haryana Khap panchayats' meet
Haryana's Sarva Khap Jat Panchayat, which has been at the forefront of demanding reservations for Jats in government jobs, today discussed the bizarre suggestion that the marriage age for girls be lowered to curb rising incidents of rape in the state. However, no decision was taken at the meet which was held in Sonipat, about 40 kilometres from Del...
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1 crore award for Haryana village that battles female foeticide
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced Rs one crore for the development of a village where a Khap Mahapanchayat termed female foeticide as a "heinous act" and demanded murder charges be slapped against those involved in the illegal practice.
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Mahapanchayat in Haryana: Slap murder charges for female foeticide
A big step seems to have been taken in possibly correcting Haryana's skewed sex ratio. The Mahapanchayat or meeting of village councils that congregated in Jind today has found unanimity and proposed that female foeticide should be treated on par with homicide and murder.
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Mahapanchayat in Haryana on female foeticide: Over 100 women to attend
A Mahapanchayat or meeting of village councils on female foeticide and related issues is being held today in Jind district of Haryana. The district is notorious for its skewed sex ratio where males far outnumber females. The village body is meeting this morning, in what they say is an attempt to empower women. Over a 100 women will attend the sess...
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Haryana chief minister backs khap panchayats
With khap or community panchayats in Haryana being debated across the country, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has supported their role.
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Naveen Jindal offers help to khap panchayats
Haryana's khap panchayats have found support in Kurukshetra MP and Congress leader Naveen Jindal who has now agreed to take their message to the Centre.
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Khap Leaders, Farmers Block National Highway In Haryana To Support Protesting Wrestlers
Khap members and farmers blocked the Rohtak-Delhi National Highway in Jhajjar district for about two hours as part of a 'Haryana Bandh' call given in support of protesting wrestlers, farmers and over other issues.
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Manohar Lal Khattar Supports Khaps, Says "Should Not Marry Within Same Gotra"
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today backed the state's self-appointed village courts, Khap panchayats, on their stand that marriages between people of same Gotra- which refers to a clan or a descendant from a common ancestor - should not happen.
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UP Jats Poised to Join Hands With Haryana Khaps for Reservation
The Jats of Uttar Pradesh, mainly concentrated in the western flank of the state, have decided to launch an agitation to demand reservation in central institutions and jobs in the state.
-
Why khaps have relaxed 650-year-old ban on inter-caste marriages
26-year-old Sonu Sharma from Hisar is a worried man. "I am still unmarried. There are as it is not enough girls and then the restrictions don't leave us with much," he says.
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Remove liquor vends from religious towns: Haryana khaps
Having strongly raised their voices for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra and same village, Haryana's khap panchayats have now decided to launch a campaign to get liquor vends shut in religious towns across the state.
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Haryana's Khap panchayats seek ban on weddings at night
Having taken a U-turn over the issue of lowering the marriageable age for girls to curb growing incidents of rape in the state, Haryana's Khaps have now demanded that the state government impose a ban on weddings at night.
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No decision over pushing for early marriages for girls at Haryana Khap panchayats' meet
Haryana's Sarva Khap Jat Panchayat, which has been at the forefront of demanding reservations for Jats in government jobs, today discussed the bizarre suggestion that the marriage age for girls be lowered to curb rising incidents of rape in the state. However, no decision was taken at the meet which was held in Sonipat, about 40 kilometres from Del...
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1 crore award for Haryana village that battles female foeticide
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced Rs one crore for the development of a village where a Khap Mahapanchayat termed female foeticide as a "heinous act" and demanded murder charges be slapped against those involved in the illegal practice.
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Mahapanchayat in Haryana: Slap murder charges for female foeticide
A big step seems to have been taken in possibly correcting Haryana's skewed sex ratio. The Mahapanchayat or meeting of village councils that congregated in Jind today has found unanimity and proposed that female foeticide should be treated on par with homicide and murder.
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Mahapanchayat in Haryana on female foeticide: Over 100 women to attend
A Mahapanchayat or meeting of village councils on female foeticide and related issues is being held today in Jind district of Haryana. The district is notorious for its skewed sex ratio where males far outnumber females. The village body is meeting this morning, in what they say is an attempt to empower women. Over a 100 women will attend the sess...
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Haryana chief minister backs khap panchayats
With khap or community panchayats in Haryana being debated across the country, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has supported their role.
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Naveen Jindal offers help to khap panchayats
Haryana's khap panchayats have found support in Kurukshetra MP and Congress leader Naveen Jindal who has now agreed to take their message to the Centre.
