Khap Group

Even as thousands of farmers from states around Delhi look to converge on the national capital - or choke it - in protest against the Centre's contentious new farm laws, they are being supported by a variety of people and groups in practical ways. One such set of people from Jhajjhar, a khap collective, has been providing free provisions for...

A woman accused of having an affair was dragged out of her home in Bengal's Murshidabad on Sunday and humiliated by a group of 50 villagers who ordered her husband to chop off her hair.

Heaping praise on Khap Panchayats, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said these groups have always been a significant contributor to resolving social issues and are part of "our traditions".

A young girl in a salwar kameez, not yet out of her teens, stands before a group of peers and denounces jeans and other western wear as provocative. Others join in, explaining how wearing such clothes is an invitation to lewd comments from boys. In UP's Muzaffarnagar, the Khaps seem to have had their way. These young girls were speaking at meeting...

Even as thousands of farmers from states around Delhi look to converge on the national capital - or choke it - in protest against the Centre's contentious new farm laws, they are being supported by a variety of people and groups in practical ways. One such set of people from Jhajjhar, a khap collective, has been providing free provisions for...

A woman accused of having an affair was dragged out of her home in Bengal's Murshidabad on Sunday and humiliated by a group of 50 villagers who ordered her husband to chop off her hair.

Heaping praise on Khap Panchayats, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said these groups have always been a significant contributor to resolving social issues and are part of "our traditions".

A young girl in a salwar kameez, not yet out of her teens, stands before a group of peers and denounces jeans and other western wear as provocative. Others join in, explaining how wearing such clothes is an invitation to lewd comments from boys. In UP's Muzaffarnagar, the Khaps seem to have had their way. These young girls were speaking at meeting...