Hathras Incident

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura dropped proceedings on charges related to apprehension of breach of peace against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and three others on Tuesday.

Two more accused were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing of a 50-year-old man, who had filed a police complaint regarding his daughter's alleged molestation in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attacked Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party as he asked, "Why is that the party's namegets dragged into every incident of crime?"

A man who was jailed briefly in 2018 in a sex assault case, out on bail ever since, allegedly shot dead the survivor's father on Monday in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, about 200 km from Delhi.

The four accused in the alleged gang-rape and torture of a young Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras in September were today charged by the CBI of gang-rape and murder, over three months after the incident that triggered outrage across across the nation.

Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Hathras incident, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the constant exploitation of victims at the hands of the Uttar Pradesh government is unbearable.

By-elections will be held on seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday -- the first after a string of incidents that led to questions over Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's handling of law and order. The biggest of these involved the encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey and the alleged rape and murder of a woman from Hathras that attract...

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has been handed over the probe into the alleged conspiracy to incite caste clash in the state following the Hathras incident involving a Dalit woman.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over media reports of rising incidents of crime against women in the state. Instead of protecting women, the state government was trying to "save criminals", the Congress MP said, tagging a report which claimed that a BJP MLA allegedly took away a man accused of harassing a ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday questioned family members of Hathras incident victim for almost five hours.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over another case of alleged rape in the state and asked how many more incidents like Hathras will take place.

The Congress on Sunday said those making comparisons between the incidents in Hathras and Karauli were doing so for "vested political interests" as while justice was not done in Uttar Pradesh, prompt action was taken in Rajasthan.

Faced with criticism over governments' failure to protect women - which has come into focus after the Hathras incident - the centre has reminded state and UTs of existing laws for "mandatory action by police in cases of crimes against women"

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is from Uttar Pradesh, says the caste system is deeply embedded in the villages and even he has not been spared discrimination, despite his fame in the movies. Describing the Hathras incident as "very unfortunate", the critically-acclaimed actor said in an interview that in villages, caste divides are a reality that i...

One of the 19 FIRs (First Information Reports) filed by the Uttar Pradesh police in the aftermath of the Hathras case alleges sedition and conspiracy by "unknown" people. It also alleges that the family of the young woman who died after her assault and alleged gang rape by four men was offered Rs 50 lakh to lie about the state government.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura dropped proceedings on charges related to apprehension of breach of peace against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and three others on Tuesday.

Two more accused were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing of a 50-year-old man, who had filed a police complaint regarding his daughter's alleged molestation in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attacked Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party as he asked, "Why is that the party's namegets dragged into every incident of crime?"

A man who was jailed briefly in 2018 in a sex assault case, out on bail ever since, allegedly shot dead the survivor's father on Monday in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, about 200 km from Delhi.

The four accused in the alleged gang-rape and torture of a young Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras in September were today charged by the CBI of gang-rape and murder, over three months after the incident that triggered outrage across across the nation.

Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Hathras incident, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the constant exploitation of victims at the hands of the Uttar Pradesh government is unbearable.

By-elections will be held on seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday -- the first after a string of incidents that led to questions over Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's handling of law and order. The biggest of these involved the encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey and the alleged rape and murder of a woman from Hathras that attract...

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has been handed over the probe into the alleged conspiracy to incite caste clash in the state following the Hathras incident involving a Dalit woman.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over media reports of rising incidents of crime against women in the state. Instead of protecting women, the state government was trying to "save criminals", the Congress MP said, tagging a report which claimed that a BJP MLA allegedly took away a man accused of harassing a ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday questioned family members of Hathras incident victim for almost five hours.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over another case of alleged rape in the state and asked how many more incidents like Hathras will take place.

The Congress on Sunday said those making comparisons between the incidents in Hathras and Karauli were doing so for "vested political interests" as while justice was not done in Uttar Pradesh, prompt action was taken in Rajasthan.

Faced with criticism over governments' failure to protect women - which has come into focus after the Hathras incident - the centre has reminded state and UTs of existing laws for "mandatory action by police in cases of crimes against women"

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is from Uttar Pradesh, says the caste system is deeply embedded in the villages and even he has not been spared discrimination, despite his fame in the movies. Describing the Hathras incident as "very unfortunate", the critically-acclaimed actor said in an interview that in villages, caste divides are a reality that i...

One of the 19 FIRs (First Information Reports) filed by the Uttar Pradesh police in the aftermath of the Hathras case alleges sedition and conspiracy by "unknown" people. It also alleges that the family of the young woman who died after her assault and alleged gang rape by four men was offered Rs 50 lakh to lie about the state government.