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Friday, July 18, 2025
TopicIntercaste marriage

Topic: Intercaste marriage

Vedas, Bhagavad Gita support idea of inter-caste marriage, ignorant to oppose, rules HC judge

Citing marriages of Shiva-Sati, Dushyant-Shakuntala, single-judge Himachal Pradesh High Court bench denounces opposition to inter-caste marriages, says it's a violation of constitutional mandate.

SC says inter-caste marriages could reduce caste tensions in society, wants police sensitised

Supreme Court says intimacies of marriage lie within core zone of privacy and tells police to draw up guidelines to improve handling of situations where such unions are opposed.

Dalits want job reservation but equality in marriage — trolls tell ‘honour killing’ widow

Trolls are maligning my murdered husband, says Amrutha, pleads for hurtful comments to stop. Miryalaguda: The family of a Telangana Dalit man, killed at the behest...

Telangana honour killing widow just wants her father hanged

Amrutha Varshini, 21, married her long-term boyfriend P. Pranay Kumar on 30 January. Months later, her father K. Maruti Rao, allegedly got him murdered.

India maybe revolutionising, but when it comes to marriage, ‘middle-class morality’ wins

Author Flock says Indian middle class wants to push boundaries while maintaining a certain status.

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Punjab govt must take Centre into confidence on new anti-sacrilege bill

What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.