Hathras Rape Incident

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.

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.

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 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.

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 journalist and three other men - allegedly linked to the Popular Front of India or PFI - were detained by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last night amid outrage over the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras, who died in Delhi last week. The men were headed to Hathras from Delhi in a car when they were stopped and d...

AAP's Sanjay Singh and Rakhi Birla were today attacked with black ink in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, where the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman has raised a political storm. The incident took place after the lawmakers met the family of the victim.

At the village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras of a young Dalit woman who died days after a savage assault and alleged gang rape, upper caste men defending the four men arrested for the crime are on camera shouting threats as Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad visited the victim's family on Sunday. Videos that have surfaced online demonstrate the compl...

Chhattisgarh minister and Congress leader Shivkumar Dahariya has termed the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in the state's Balrampur district a "small" incident while talking about the Hathras case.

The Left and Congress will be organising state-wide protests on October 6 against the alleged gang rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, besides incidents of rape and murder in West Bengal.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad this evening met the family of the 20-year-old woman who died in Delhi after alleged gang rape and torture in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. The Bhim Army chief marched for about 5 km after he was stopped by the police for the first time when he was on his way. He was stopped again when he entered Hathras and was told ...

More than 30 MPs are on their way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh along with ex-Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as he makes his second attempt to meet the family of the 20-year-old woman who died in Delhi on Tuesday after alleged gang rape.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.

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.

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 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.

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 journalist and three other men - allegedly linked to the Popular Front of India or PFI - were detained by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last night amid outrage over the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras, who died in Delhi last week. The men were headed to Hathras from Delhi in a car when they were stopped and d...

AAP's Sanjay Singh and Rakhi Birla were today attacked with black ink in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, where the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman has raised a political storm. The incident took place after the lawmakers met the family of the victim.

At the village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras of a young Dalit woman who died days after a savage assault and alleged gang rape, upper caste men defending the four men arrested for the crime are on camera shouting threats as Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad visited the victim's family on Sunday. Videos that have surfaced online demonstrate the compl...

Chhattisgarh minister and Congress leader Shivkumar Dahariya has termed the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in the state's Balrampur district a "small" incident while talking about the Hathras case.

The Left and Congress will be organising state-wide protests on October 6 against the alleged gang rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, besides incidents of rape and murder in West Bengal.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad this evening met the family of the 20-year-old woman who died in Delhi after alleged gang rape and torture in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. The Bhim Army chief marched for about 5 km after he was stopped by the police for the first time when he was on his way. He was stopped again when he entered Hathras and was told ...

More than 30 MPs are on their way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh along with ex-Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as he makes his second attempt to meet the family of the 20-year-old woman who died in Delhi on Tuesday after alleged gang rape.