Madhya Pradesh court has sentenced the sons and brothers of a 62-year old woman with life imprisonment, after they forced her to burn with her dead husband on his funeral pyre on August 2002. The ...

Though motivation and glorification of sati is a crime under the Commision for Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, dozens of small and big temples flourish unchecked in Bundelkhand, UP, and across Rajasthan, ...

Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has drawn attention to a deeply revered Hindu temple located across the border in Pakistan’s Balochistan region. Speaking ...

A Rajasthan court acquitted the last eight of the accused in the 1987 Roop Kanwar 'sati glorification' case due to inadequate evidence, ending a 36-year-long trial. The case revolved around the forced ...

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court has restrained the Shree Rani Satiji Mandir Trust from glorifying sati at Jhunjhunu's Rani Sati Temple on the occasion of aghan navmi ...

FOUR PERSONS were today sentenced for life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,500 was imposed on each of them in the infamous case of Sati in Patna-Tamoli village of Panna district in the year 2002. The ...