Hathras rape case highlights: CPI(M)-CPI joint delegation to go to Hathras to meet victim's family

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the protests against the gang rape part of an 'international conspiracy'. The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police has filed an FIR against over 500 Congress workers, Bhim Army chief Azad charging them with unlawful assembly at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Noida amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The NCW sought a response from the UP DGP over the manhandling of Priyanka Gandhi.

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Unnecessary comments by an external agency': India on UN official's remarks on Hathras, Balrampur

The government on Monday dismissed as “unwarranted” the statement of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in New Delhi, Renata Dessallien, who cited the recent incidents at Hathras and Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh to point out that women from disadvantaged social groups were at greater risk of gender-based violence in India.

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Hathras case: FIR for bid to trigger caste conflict in UP; sedition charge included

Amid outrage over the gang rape and killing of a Dalit woman, Hathras police have lodged an FIR against "unknown" persons and invoked the sedition charge against them for attempting to trigger a caste conflict and tarnish the UP government's image.

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JKNPP demands Supreme Court monitored probe in Hathras incident

Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Monday staged a protest here over the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the incident.

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BJP MP visits jail where Hathras accused are lodged, says jailor invited him for tea

Hathras BJP MP Rajvir Singh Diler Sunday visited the Aligarh jail where the four accused in the gang rape and murder case of a Dalit woman are lodged, but said he had not gone there to meet any inmate and that he was invited by the jailor for a cup of tea.

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Hathras case accused should be hanged, says Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday staged a protest here, demanding hanging of the accused in the alleged gang-rape and fatal attack on a Dalit woman in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Hathras case: SC to take up plea for CBI or SIT probe

The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on Tuesday a plea for a probe by the CBI or a special investigation team headed by a sitting or retired judge into the "inhuman and brutal" gang rape of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district.

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Hathras rape case: Mamata Banerjee plays the Dalit card against BJP in Bengal

The gang rape and subsequent death of a Dalit woman at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh has given a new weapon to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against BJP ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections.

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Yogi Adityanath claims Hathras protests an 'international conspiracy'; sedition charges included in FIR

Facing flak from different quarters following the alleged gang rape and brutal murder of a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday claimed that the outrage was part of an "international conspiracy" aimed at instigating sectarian violence and tarnishing the image of the state.

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Hathras, Balrampur incidents to be highlights of campaign for Nov 3 bypolls for 7 UP seats

The deaths of two Dalit women after they were allegedly gang-raped in Hathras and Balrampur are likely to figure during the campaign for the seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh for which bypolls are to be held next month.

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Munawwar Rana's daughter says she is under house arrest; police deny charge

Poet Munawwar Rana's daughter claimed Monday that she has been put under house arrest after she tried to put up posters against the alleged gang rape of a woman in Hathras incident, but the police disputed the charge.

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Security of Hathras victim's family tightened: UP govt

The security of the family of the Dalit woman who died a fortnight after being allegedly gangraped in Hathras district has been tightened and her brother has been provided with two gunners, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official said Monday.

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Maharashtra Congress protests, seeks justice for Hathras victim's kin

The Maharashtra Congress on Monday staged a protest in Mumbai over the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old woman from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, and sought justice for the family of the deceased.

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CPI(M)-CPI joint delegation to go to Hathras on Tuesday to meet the family of 19-year-old gangrape victim. Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Brinda Karat, Amarjeet Kaur, Hiralal Yadav and Girish Sharma to meet the family.

Bhim Army Chief and Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrasekhar Azad to speak on Hathras case and other issues at 4 PM today: Reports

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes jibe at UP CM, says first step to address issue is to listen to the victim

Hypocrisy exposed: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attacks PM Modi over Hathras rape case

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Hathras incident, and said he should coin a new slogan 'shut up India, hush up India' instead of 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Viswas' as "his hypocrisy has been exposed".

NCW condemns manhandling of Priyanka Gandhi, seeks response from UP DGP

Absolutely shocking to see BJP leaders protecting Hathras accused: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar

Dalit leader Udit Raj with party workers during their Delhi to Hathras Nyay March demanding justice for the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped, in New Delhi

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DPCC President Ch Anil Kumar along with Chandni Chowk district Congress workers during a satyagrah at Rajghat over Hathras incident, in New Delhi

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FIR against over 500 Cong workers for Oct 3 ruckus at DND

The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police has filed an FIR against over 500 Congress workers, charging them with unlawful assembly two days ago at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Noida amid the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said on Monday.

The FIR has been registered against Congress' Gautam Buddh Nagar unit president Manoj Chaudhary, Noida unit chief Shahabuddin and 500 unnamed party workers, the police officials said.

Hundreds of Congress workers and leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were on their way to Hathras on Saturday afternoon to meet the family of a woman who died after an alleged gangrape.

There were scuffles involving Congress workers and the Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) Police at the DND toll plaza during which police personnel had baton charged the crowd. Some party leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi, were manhandled, while some policemen were also hurt.

According to the FIR lodged a little earlier before midnight on October 3, the Congress workers have been booked under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (unlawfully or negligently spreading infection of any disease dangerous to life), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease

Rahul man of 'foreign mentality', should learn nationalism from nationalists: UP BJP MLA who claimed rapes can be stopped through Sanskar

BJP legislator from UP Surendra Singh hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, alleging that he is a man of "dual character" and "foreign mentality" and he should learn nationalism and the country's culture from "nationalists".

Singh was reacting to Gandhi's tweet on his controversial statement on Saturday that "rapes can only be stopped if parents teach sanskar (values) to their daughters".

Gandhi reacted to Singh's remark, saying on Sunday, "This is the filthy RSS male chauvinist mentality at work. Men do the raping but women need to be taught good values."

Gujarat: Congress workers stage protest in Ahmedabad against the alleged gang-rape of a woman in Hathras

Congress holds Satyagraha across country to protest Hathras atrocities

Security agencies found website dedicated to Hathras issue which they claim was being used to incite violence and defame the government. It was also used as a platform for funding: PSBT

FSL report (saying no rape) used samples 11 days old, has no value: Aligarh CMO

The Chief Medical Officer of Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU’s) Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, where the 19-year-old Hathras victim was admitted for two weeks, said that the FSL report — which Uttar Pradesh Police has relied on to say she was not raped holds no value. In a statement to The Indian Express, the CMO said, "The samples were collected 11 days after the woman was allegedly raped, while government guidelines strictly say forensic evidence can only be found up to 96 hours after the incident. This report can’t confirm rape in this incident"

FIR registererd against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and 400-500 unnamed people under multiple sections of the IPC and Epidemic Diseases Act, for violation of Section 144 CrPC: Report

FIR registererd against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and 400-500 unnamed people under multiple sections of the IPC and Epidemic Diseases Act, for violation of Section 144 CrPC, acoording to multiple media reports

OPINION | Never-ending lawlessness in UP

The death of a 19-year-old Dalit girl from Hathras in UP, after alleged gangrape by upper caste men and the incidents that followed, including the secret cremation of the body and the attempts at cover-up by the police and the administration, have reminded the country of the Nirbhaya episode in Delhi in 2012.

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DH Toon | Opposition leaders meet Hathras rape victim's family

Those who don't like development want to trigger communal, caste riots, says Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday hit back at Opposition over their relentless attack on his government over the Hathras incident, saying they are “indulging in newer conspiracies” to trigger riots and hamper development.

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Hathras case: Victim’s brother demands investigation

Brother of the Hathras victim demanded investigation under a retired Supreme Court judge. “We want an investigation to be held under a retired Supreme Court judge. We want the Hathras District Magistrate to be suspended.”

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Y security for Hathras victim’s family: Bhim Army chief

Agra forensic report of Hathras rape victim claims she was not raped

Forensic report ofthe 19-year old Dalit woman cite no signs suggestive of intercourse, backing the state police's version that she was not raped or gang-raped, according to an NDTV report.

The final report of the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) in Agra says the samples did not contain sperm.

Students, faculty at Bengaluru institutions circulate dissent letters over Hathras gangrape

Students, alumni, and university faculty in the city expressed shock and anger over the Hathras gangrape, especially the lethargic government response that some describe as “foot-dragging” or deliberate obfuscation.

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Those who do not like development, want to incite ethnic, communal riots, says Yogi Adityanath.

Opposition leaders meet Hathras victim's family, continue attack on UP govt

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh faced more heat on Sunday over the Hathras incident from leaders of several opposition parties, many of whom met the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped and later died.

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Samajwadi Party leaders meet the family members of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped, at Bulgaddhi village in Hathras.

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Police personnel baton charge on RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary and party workers earlier today during their visit to Hathras to meet the family members of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped two weeks ago. Credit: PTI Photo

How dare a male cop put hands on Priyanka Gandhi's clothes, asks female BJP leader