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Man shoots sister dead for inter-caste marriage in Punjab's Moga, surrenders: police

July 04, 2025 4:37 pm

The police in Daulewala village, Moga, stated that the woman had been married for two years.

How a social boycott imposed on Pune man for inter-caste marriage ended after 3 decades

December 12, 2023 3:57 am

In the first case under the Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, Umesh Rudrap had lodged an FIR against 17 panchayat members of his community.

Inter-caste marriage: ‘Shrigaud’ leaders booked for socially boycotting Pune family for 23 years

January 24, 2023 11:37 am

The resident of Fursungi stated that he and his family were not allowed to participate in festivals, gatherings, and rituals of his community after he married a woman from another caste in 1998.

Panel on interfaith marriage: Women’s organisations call for public burning of GR copy

December 18, 2022 4:00 pm

It added, "In reality, the platform that the government wants to create for coordination between families and married women betrays the government's true intention. It is the use of government machinery to interfere in the private lives of individuals..."

‘With Walkar’s murder, we saw what happens in such cases... need mechanism to protect (women)’: Mangal Prabha Lodha

December 28, 2022 2:09 pm

Women and Child Development Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha will lead the Maharashtra government's panel on intercaste and interfaith marriages.

Oppn slams Maharashtra govt's panel on intercaste, interfaith marriages: ‘Stay away from people’s private life’

December 22, 2022 2:03 pm

Opposition parties said the move will create a divide in society and also create fear in the minds of individuals from one community. They also slammed the government for “using the murder of Vasai resident Shraddha Walkar for political gains”.

Maharashtra to set up distress helpline for women in interfaith or intercaste marriages

December 27, 2022 2:22 pm

The government Tuesday set up a special committee to gather detailed information about couples interfaith or intercaste marriages, and the maternal families of the women involved if they are estranged.

Maharashtra panel tracking intercaste, interfaith marriages: Who is Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the minister heading it?

December 14, 2022 11:18 am

Lodha was recently in the eye of a storm over comments on Shivaji. The son of former Guwahati High Court chief justice Guman Lal Lodha, he made it big in the real-estate business.

Maharashtra sets up panel to track interfaith, intercaste marriages

December 19, 2022 1:53 pm

The committee, to be headed by the state's Women and Child Development Minister and BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha, will also oversee district-level initiatives for women in such marriages who may be estranged from their maternal families so that assistance can be provided, if needed, the resolution stated.

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