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'Khaps' of UP's Muzaffarnagar to reach Delhi on Dec 17 to support protesting farmersThe decision was taken at a meeting of the chiefs of "khaps" (caste councils) held on Monday at Shoram village in the Shahpur police statio...
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao: Why it will take a lot more to change mindsets in India's hotbeds of misogynismKhaps — or community or clan councils — have in the recent past passed diktats that range from the outlandish to the ridiculous — from a ba...
92 Khaps hold the key in Haryana Assembly pollsThese khaps have considerable influence in districts of Jhajjar, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, Sonipat, Jind, Hisar, Kaithal, Gurgaon, Bhiwani and M...
Khap mahapanchayat to demand CBI probe in Muzaffarnagar riotsThe khap mahapanchayat in the district has decided to start a movement demanding CBI inquiry into riot cases instead of SIT probing the mat...
For Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, khaps are like NGOs, RWAsKhap panchayats are akin to Gurgaon's resident welfare associations. That's the definition of the self-styled caste panchayats given by Har...
Khap panchayats are retrograde, can't be part of culture: FM P ChidambaramIn a veiled attack on Delhi CM Kejriwal for his defence of khap panchayats, FM Chidambaram described them as retrograde organisations which...
Aam Aadmi Party defends existence of Khap PanchayatsThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today defended the existence of the khap panchayats, but said it was opposed to any kind of decision given by the...
- Khap panchayats eye makeover, plan to get women on board over diktats
Faced with criticism, khaps, in an apparent makeover bid, are planning to get women on board before passing any diktat.
- Jats agitation ends; Road, rail traffic resumes
Jat protesters who are demanding reservation in government jobs under OBC quota today ended their 23-day-long agitation following an assura...
- Khap leaders to seek review of SC direction
Within a week of the Supreme Court's direction to state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktat...
- Cabinet rejects Moily’s unworkable law
The Union Cabinet has shot down a bill to amend the Indian Penal Code and other laws with the aim of cracking down on ‘honour killings’ and...
- Congress decries honour killings, mum on khaps
Congress has asked the government to deal with these cases of violence and murder with a firm hand.
- SC refuses PIL seeking ban on same-gotra marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an amendment in the Hindu marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotr...
- Won’t honour demands of Khap killers, says Moily
Moily said govt would look into Khap panchayats' demands if petitioned.
- Navin Jindal backs 'khap'
Congress GeNext leader and MP praises Khap.
- Defiant 'khaps' to fight for convicts in honour killing case
Caste councils vowed to fight in courts for convicts in honour killing case.
- CPM demands law against honour killings
CPM asked govt to enact laws making such killings by panchayats illegal.