Kancha Ilaiah, who's a prominent Dalit, Human and Civil Rights activist, has asked for a ban on the term 'honor killing' in incidents where Dalits or lower caste people are killed for marrying someone of upper caste.
"Where's the honor in killing someone? Why are caste-based murders being labeled as honor killings? Dalits are killed for their caste, they're caste hatred killings," said Ilaiah.
PESHAWAR: A barbaric man with the help of his son-in-law on Friday killed his wife, sister-in-law, and mother-in-law in Zargarabad neighborhood of Yakatoot area of the city. According to police, Ibrahim and accomplice Siraj opened indiscriminate fire on the three during a Jirga at his home killing them on the spot.
Members of the most powerful drug gang in Brazil killed 31 inmates in a penitentiary on Friday, decapitating and cutting off the hearts of most of them, to take revenge for a separate massacre that left 56 dead this week.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A man killed and another injured in a blast at Kotli Imam Hussain area of Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday. A police van was the target of the
ROME : At least 13 people were killed and 36 injured in northern Italy on Tuesday when a train derailed near the town of Viareggio and escaping gas from a tank
KARACHI: Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in a nighttime raid on a Karachi apartment housing insurgents loyal to Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud,
SUI: A man killed and three including two security men were injured two landmine blasts near Sui. According to official sources, a vehicle of security forces
DIR: Three militants were killed and many others injured in a joint operation by the security forces and a tribal Lashkar in Dogg Darra area of Upper Dir
MINGORA: The deputy of Swat Taliban supremo was killed in security forces operation in Swat, sources here said. Shah Doran, a Taliban commander and deputy of
In what appears to be a clear-cut case of drunk driving, a man drove his car on a footpath in West Delhi, killing two and injuring two more in the wee hours of Sunday. The incident took place in Rajouri Garden, and the perpetrator, a 25-year-old techie, was arrested. However, he has given an alibi.
DERA GAZI KHAN: At least five people were killed and many others wounded on Wednesday as a powerful blast ripped through political office of ruling PML-N lawmaker, Samaa reported. According to our correspondent, the blast occurred at dera (local political office) of MNA Sardar Amjad Khosa in Taunsa Sharif town of Punjab.
At least 17 passengers were killed when a mini-bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in J&K's Kishtwar district today, officials said. A total of 17 persons died and 16 others injured in the unfortunate incident, District Development Commissioner (Kishtwar) Angrez Singh Rana said.
NEW DELHI: The murder of a Muslim man over rumours he consumed beef has fuelled a fierce debate over India's rising intolerance towards religious minorities, with President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday calling for a tradition of tolerance to be defended.
ANKARA: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said Turkey was investigating the Islamic State (IS) group as the prime suspect in the bombings on a weekend peace rally in Ankara that killed 97 people. "Looking at how the incident took place, we are probing Daesh as our first priority," Davutoglu said, using an alternative Arabic acronym for IS.