‘Nobody should be allowed to take law into hands’

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 23:23

RLD chief Ajit Singh on Monday sought to put a lid on the controversy saying that nobody should be allowed to take law into their hands.

RLD supports UP panchayat’s Taliban-style diktat

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 15:22

Rashtriya Lok Dal and All India Jat Arakshan Samiti have come out in support of the Talibani-style diktat of an UP panchayat in Baghpat.

Uttarakhand: Diktat prohibiting women from taking up jobs withdrawn

Last Updated: Monday, April 25, 2011, 16:05

The diktat by a local panchayat in Uttarakhand`s Haridwar district prohibiting women from taking up jobs has been withdrawn.

Nicole slaps “no eye contact” diktat

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 15:52

Kidman likes being watched on the big screen, but not in the make-up chair.

Dalit woman, son humiliated on panchyat`s diktat

Last Updated: Friday, September 24, 2010, 21:09

In Bulandshahr, on a panchyat`s diktat, a dalit woman and her son were made to sit on a buffalo with their faces blackened and were paraded around a village.

Teacher wins fight against burqa diktat

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 15:37

A teacher at West Bengal`s first Muslim University, who was not allowed to hold classes after she defied the students` union diktat to wear a burqa, has finally won her battle following the intervention of a state minister.

Khap lifts social boycott diktat after 22 years

Last Updated: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 15:28

It took nearly 22 years for a village khap panchayat (caste council) in Haryana to lift the diktat of social boycott of a family.

Dalit beaten to death for defying diktat

Last Updated: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 16:50

A Dalit youth was beaten to death allegedly by some villagers after he attended a wedding function, defying a diktat, police said here Sunday.

Khap withdraws diktat issued to newly-wed couple

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 21:50

A Khap Panchayat in Haryana withdrew its diktat asking a newly-wed couple of the same `gotra` to annul their marriage or leave the village after they rejected the order and police intervened.