Ward Boy Mahipal Singh died after complaining of chest congestion and shortness of breath. Lucknow: A 46-year-old government hospital employee in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad died Sunday night, 24 hours after receiving an injection of the Covid vaccine. The district medical director has said the death is not related to vaccination. …
Read More »CBI in violation of Hathras: defendant ‘frustrated’ after victim’s rejection
Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:26:10 am A bench from the Pankaj Mithal justice division and Judge Rajan Roy will hear the matter on December 16. (Archive) The 19-year-old Dalit woman killed in Hathras was allegedly raped by four men after she rejected …
Read More »CBI Says Hathras Teen Caught; question marks on UP’s police claim
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 19, 2020 8:03:09 am The 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper caste men in Hathras on September 14 and later died at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on September 29. CONTRADICATING the Uttar Pradesh police claim that …
Read More »Hathras case: CBI accuses four defendants of gangrape and murder
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 3:13:14 pm File photo of police deployed in the Dalit women’s village of Hathras. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday released its charge sheet against four defendants in the alleged gang and murder case of a …
Read More »SC Dismisses Allegation Against HC’s Order Releasing Dr. Kafeel Khan | India News
AGRA / LUCKNOW: On Thursday, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Uttar Pradesh government against the Allahabad high court order that it had overturned Dr. Kafeel Khandetention under National security law (NSA) in September. “We see no reason to interfere,” said a bench of three judges from India’s …
Read More »Clerk detained en route to Hathras: ‘shocking findings’ have emerged during investigation, UP government tells apex court
The government of Uttar Pradesh told SuPreme Court on Wednesday that “shocking findings” have emerged during investigations into the arrest of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan near Hathras on 5 October and his alleged links to the radical Muslim organization Popular Front of India (PFI). Seeking time to present a response …
Read More »‘Every case is different,’ says SC on Arnab Goswami’s bail
New Delhi: When asked by lead attorney Kapil Sibal why the Supreme Court had heard Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami’s bail statement, but was eager to take the statement against the arrest of journalist Siddique Kappan to a lower court, the Supreme Court observed: “Every case is different. “ A …
Read More »Covid-19: UP govt launches new guidelines for weddings and other gatherings, guest limit limited to 100
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday released new guidelines for holding weddings and other functions in the state in the wake of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. These functions can be performed outside of containment zones, but with reduced capacity. According to the guidelines, in the case of wedding functions, …
Read More »Will test people coming from Delhi, says Uttar Pradesh official
Amid the increase in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Uttar Pradesh government said today that it will screen people coming from Delhi by plane, bus or train, the ANI news agency reported. Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary RK Tiwari also added that the state government was discussing the number …
Read More »Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan came to create a caste division under the garb of journalism: UP
Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested while on his way to Hathras from the UP (archive) New Delhi: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on the way to Hathras, where a young Dalit had died after allegedly being gang-raped, was going there in journalism garb with a very determined design to …
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