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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicInter-caste marriage

Topic: inter-caste marriage

Dalit teen in Punjab ‘paraded half-naked, head shaved’ for ‘facilitating’ friend’s inter-caste marriage

Punjab police say 13 people booked & one arrested over the incident in Ludhiana. SHO says the couple are adults & married each other out of their own free will. 

Days after CPI(M) office in TN vandalised for facilitating inter-caste marriage, couple still in hiding

The couple left their house on 12 June and sought refuge at the CPI(M) party office next day. They are now struggling to register their marriage and fear for their lives.

Savarkar accepted intercaste marriages for one reason—it kept Hindus within the community.

In ‘Savarkar And The Making Of Hindutva’, Janaki Bakhle examines the full range of the Hindutva idealogue’s writings in Marathi—from politics and history to poetry.

Dalit man’s shop set on fire in MP village after his inter-caste marriage

Seven persons arrested under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and prohibitory orders imposed in Bisnur village.

Dalit husband’s family gets security after BJP MLA’s daughter claims threat in viral video

Bareilly MLA Rajesh Kumar Mishra’s daughter married a Dalit man last week. She released videos claiming threat to life from her father.

She’s my first & last girlfriend: An inter-caste school love story that’s ended up in ICU

B. Sandeep and Madhavi Chari were attacked over caste differences by her father. Even as Madhavi fights for her life, Sandeep says nothing will happen to her.

Telangana father wanted to ‘find his daughter & kill her’ after she married a Dalit

Madhavi, 21, had reportedly been promised in marriage to someone else by her 'drunkard' father.

‘Progressive’ south India is catching up with the north when it comes to honour killings

The caste divide is equally strong in India's 'progressive south', and lovers equally unsafe.

More than husbands, educate moms-in-law if you want to change arranged marriages in India

A study by the Indian Statistical Institute finds that a husband's mother-in-law's education levels can predict inter-caste marriage. 

Jat woman who married Dalit shot dead outside Rohtak court, 4 of family held

The panchayat in Mamta's village had issued a diktat — the mortal remains of the girl won't be brought back home.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?