Honour Killing India

Late Major Bhupender Singh, who was killed by terrorists on January 23, 1994, was honoured today in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar, his hometown, on the occasion of his 72nd birth anniversary.

A bust supposed to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in Augusthas triggered a row, with many online, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "gross", "disgusting", and "disrespectful".

The Indian government will "naturally oppose any move giving political space to extremism and advocacy of violence", the Foreign Ministry said Friday after the Canadian parliament honoured the memory of a slain Khalistani terrorist.

An Indian peacekeeper who lost his life serving under the UN flag is among over 60 military, police and civilian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with a prestigious medal here for their service and supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman and her distant relative were killed in northeast Delhi on Tuesday, allegedly by her father and brother who believed the two were in a relationship, police said.

In a case of suspected 'honour' killing, a 26-year old man was hacked to death here by his brother-in-law and four other accomplices, police said on Sunday.

Angry over his daughter's love affair, a man here allegedly killed her and her lover by hitting them with a shovel and walked into a police station with the blood-stained weapon, an officer said on Tuesday.

The Rohini District Court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to three convicts in an honour killing matter of 2010.

India paid tribute Wednesday to the hundreds of US servicemen killed during World War II with the opening of a museum near its strategic border with China honouring the dramatic Himalayan airlift dubbed "The Hump".

A minor girl who was a resident of Odisha's Sorada village was murdered and her body was buried in the limits of Phiringia police station, said a police official on Monday.

A 50- year-old man, his son and another person have been arrested by Mumbai police and three minors detained for allegedly murdering the man's daughter and son-in-law in a case of so-called honour killing, police said.

A man and his son allegedly murdered his 19-year-old daughter and her partner in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda in a suspected case of dishonour killing, the police said.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her parents and brother in Gurugram for marrying a man from another caste against the family's wishes, police said on Friday.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspector Tikaram Meena who was shot dead by his colleague on Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express was cremated at his native village in Rajasthan with full state honours today.

A dishonour killing by a father in Karnataka has led not only to his 20-year-old daughter's death but also that of her distraught lover, who jumped in front of an oncoming train and died by suicide.

Late Major Bhupender Singh, who was killed by terrorists on January 23, 1994, was honoured today in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar, his hometown, on the occasion of his 72nd birth anniversary.

A bust supposed to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in Augusthas triggered a row, with many online, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "gross", "disgusting", and "disrespectful".

The Indian government will "naturally oppose any move giving political space to extremism and advocacy of violence", the Foreign Ministry said Friday after the Canadian parliament honoured the memory of a slain Khalistani terrorist.

An Indian peacekeeper who lost his life serving under the UN flag is among over 60 military, police and civilian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with a prestigious medal here for their service and supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman and her distant relative were killed in northeast Delhi on Tuesday, allegedly by her father and brother who believed the two were in a relationship, police said.

In a case of suspected 'honour' killing, a 26-year old man was hacked to death here by his brother-in-law and four other accomplices, police said on Sunday.

Angry over his daughter's love affair, a man here allegedly killed her and her lover by hitting them with a shovel and walked into a police station with the blood-stained weapon, an officer said on Tuesday.

The Rohini District Court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to three convicts in an honour killing matter of 2010.

India paid tribute Wednesday to the hundreds of US servicemen killed during World War II with the opening of a museum near its strategic border with China honouring the dramatic Himalayan airlift dubbed "The Hump".

A minor girl who was a resident of Odisha's Sorada village was murdered and her body was buried in the limits of Phiringia police station, said a police official on Monday.

A 50- year-old man, his son and another person have been arrested by Mumbai police and three minors detained for allegedly murdering the man's daughter and son-in-law in a case of so-called honour killing, police said.

A man and his son allegedly murdered his 19-year-old daughter and her partner in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda in a suspected case of dishonour killing, the police said.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her parents and brother in Gurugram for marrying a man from another caste against the family's wishes, police said on Friday.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspector Tikaram Meena who was shot dead by his colleague on Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express was cremated at his native village in Rajasthan with full state honours today.

A dishonour killing by a father in Karnataka has led not only to his 20-year-old daughter's death but also that of her distraught lover, who jumped in front of an oncoming train and died by suicide.