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No Phones, Shorts For Children: UP Panchayat Guidelines To Protect 'Culture'
A khap Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district has issued guidelines banning smartphones for teenagers and half-pants for both boys and girls, citing concerns about "Western influence" and cultural values.
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Haryana Clashes: Muslim Body Praises Khaps, Sikhs For Promoting Harmony
Days after the communal clashes in Haryana, prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Saturday hailed the role of khap panchayats, social organisations, Sikhs and others who contributed towards building communal harmony.
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Mega Farmers' Meet Today To Discuss Wrestlers' #MeToo Protest: 10 Facts
Several wrestlers continue to protest against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan despite calls from the government to trust the ongoing police probe. Farmers today will hold a 'mahapanchayat' to discuss the issue.
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Huge Meeting In UP Tomorrow For Wrestlers After Haridwar Pull-Back
The wrestlers are demanding action against Brij Bhushan Singh, President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), who has been accused of sexually harassing female athletes.
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On Hate Speech, Supreme Court Wants Details On Action From All States, UTs
Bench headed by Justice Khanwilkar refers to judgments of 2018 that detail follow-up actions to be taken; says seeking reports "is not adversarial"
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UP Khaps Want Promises To Farmers Kept, Oppose Girls' Marriage Age Change
Heads of several Khaps held a meeting here demanding fulfilment of promises made to agitating farmers in Delhi, and also opposed the centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women.
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UP Khap Panchayat Bans Jeans For Women, Shorts For Men
A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.
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Khap Asks Dairies Hike Milk Rates For Centre Bodies To Protest Farm Laws
A khap panchayat in Haryana's Hisar on Sunday urged dairy farmers to sell milk at Rs 100 per litre to government cooperative societies in protest against the Centre's farm laws and high fuel prices.
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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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Khap Panchayat Ostracises Family After Girls Perform Father's Last Rites
A khap panchyat of Rager community in Bundi district near Kota today allegedly outcast the four women and their family members for performing the last rites of their father, who had no son to shoulder his bier.
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Gurgaon Villagers Form 'Khap Panchayat'To Boycott Those Disrupting Namaz At Public Spots
People from a number of villages in the Gurgaon district have formed a "Sarva Khap Panchayat" and called for a "boycott" of those who object to offering of namaz in the open.
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Khap Panchayat Verdict: A Look At Supreme Court Guidelines To Prevent Honour Killing
Khap panchayats, the self-appointed village courts, cannot stop a marriage between two consenting adults, said the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling today. The top court laid down a set of guidelines meant to stop interference by khap panchayats that wield enormous influence in villages of several states and are often seen responsible for the grow...
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"Khap Panchayats" Stopping Marriages Is Illegal, Top Court Issues Rules
Self appointed village courts like khap panchayats cannot stop a marriage between two adults, said the Supreme Court, which is hearing a plea to rein-in the self-appointed bodies that wield enormous influence in villages of several states, and are often seen as responsible for the growing frequency of honour killings.
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Attacks By Khap Panchayats Over Inter-Caste Marriage "Absolutely Illegal": Supreme Court
No khap, panchayat or society can question an adult man and woman who get married, the Supreme Court said today. Such interference, especially in case of inter-caste marriage, is "absolutely illegal", the court said.
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Rs 21,000 Fine For Women Seen Using Mobile Phone, Says UP Village
A village in Uttar Pradesh has announced a fine of Rs 21,000 for women seen talking on the mobile phone in public - which, astonishingly, has been listed as a "crime" along with drinking, gambling and cow slaughter.
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No Phones, Shorts For Children: UP Panchayat Guidelines To Protect 'Culture'
A khap Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district has issued guidelines banning smartphones for teenagers and half-pants for both boys and girls, citing concerns about "Western influence" and cultural values.
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Haryana Clashes: Muslim Body Praises Khaps, Sikhs For Promoting Harmony
Days after the communal clashes in Haryana, prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Saturday hailed the role of khap panchayats, social organisations, Sikhs and others who contributed towards building communal harmony.
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Mega Farmers' Meet Today To Discuss Wrestlers' #MeToo Protest: 10 Facts
Several wrestlers continue to protest against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan despite calls from the government to trust the ongoing police probe. Farmers today will hold a 'mahapanchayat' to discuss the issue.
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Huge Meeting In UP Tomorrow For Wrestlers After Haridwar Pull-Back
The wrestlers are demanding action against Brij Bhushan Singh, President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), who has been accused of sexually harassing female athletes.
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On Hate Speech, Supreme Court Wants Details On Action From All States, UTs
Bench headed by Justice Khanwilkar refers to judgments of 2018 that detail follow-up actions to be taken; says seeking reports "is not adversarial"
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UP Khaps Want Promises To Farmers Kept, Oppose Girls' Marriage Age Change
Heads of several Khaps held a meeting here demanding fulfilment of promises made to agitating farmers in Delhi, and also opposed the centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women.
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UP Khap Panchayat Bans Jeans For Women, Shorts For Men
A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.
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Khap Asks Dairies Hike Milk Rates For Centre Bodies To Protest Farm Laws
A khap panchayat in Haryana's Hisar on Sunday urged dairy farmers to sell milk at Rs 100 per litre to government cooperative societies in protest against the Centre's farm laws and high fuel prices.
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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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Khap Panchayat Ostracises Family After Girls Perform Father's Last Rites
A khap panchyat of Rager community in Bundi district near Kota today allegedly outcast the four women and their family members for performing the last rites of their father, who had no son to shoulder his bier.
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Gurgaon Villagers Form 'Khap Panchayat'To Boycott Those Disrupting Namaz At Public Spots
People from a number of villages in the Gurgaon district have formed a "Sarva Khap Panchayat" and called for a "boycott" of those who object to offering of namaz in the open.
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Khap Panchayat Verdict: A Look At Supreme Court Guidelines To Prevent Honour Killing
Khap panchayats, the self-appointed village courts, cannot stop a marriage between two consenting adults, said the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling today. The top court laid down a set of guidelines meant to stop interference by khap panchayats that wield enormous influence in villages of several states and are often seen responsible for the grow...
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"Khap Panchayats" Stopping Marriages Is Illegal, Top Court Issues Rules
Self appointed village courts like khap panchayats cannot stop a marriage between two adults, said the Supreme Court, which is hearing a plea to rein-in the self-appointed bodies that wield enormous influence in villages of several states, and are often seen as responsible for the growing frequency of honour killings.
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Attacks By Khap Panchayats Over Inter-Caste Marriage "Absolutely Illegal": Supreme Court
No khap, panchayat or society can question an adult man and woman who get married, the Supreme Court said today. Such interference, especially in case of inter-caste marriage, is "absolutely illegal", the court said.
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Rs 21,000 Fine For Women Seen Using Mobile Phone, Says UP Village
A village in Uttar Pradesh has announced a fine of Rs 21,000 for women seen talking on the mobile phone in public - which, astonishingly, has been listed as a "crime" along with drinking, gambling and cow slaughter.
