Members of various khaps meet at Kandela village Jind: Jind’s khap panchayats on Sunday announced a social boycott of those involved in marriages within the same village, among members of the same gotra, or between neighbouring villages.As many as 23 of the 25 khaps of Jind participated in a meeting at the traditional Chabutra in…
Ghaziabad: On Wednesday, one family in Vaishali mourned a son they believed was dead. They performed his ‘tehrvi’, garlanded his photograph and tried to make peace with loss.By Thursday morning, that grief had turned into disbelief. Girdhar Bisht (40), missing for over a month and presumed murdered, stepped out of an autorickshaw and walked back…
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to the Odisha chief secretary, taking suo motu cognizance of reports about an elderly woman in Sundargarh district who, along with her daughter, was allegedly boycotted by their community while she was alive, and was denied support for her last rites after death.Observing that…
Rourkela: An 80-year-old woman in Sundargarh’s Bonai block died on Wednesday after being socially ostracised for 12 years, with villagers allegedly refusing to even participate in her cremation. The administration stepped in to perform the last rites.Suni Mundari (80) and her daughter, Prabhati Mundari (45), of Mahuldiha under Mahulpada police station limits, had been boycotted…
Dumka: Family of one Chudka Tudu from Sunderpahari village in Pakur district has accused the local panchayat of imposing a social ban on 15 families associated with him and slapping a fine of Rs 2 lakh on them as they failed to attend a funeral. Seeking justice and protection, the family submitted a written complaint…
