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What caused the deadly stampede in Hathras, India?

At least 120 people, mostly women, have died at a religious gathering for Hindu guru Bhole Baba.

Al Jazeera

Hathras Tragedy: PIL in SC to probe stampede incident by expert committee

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the SC on Wednesday seeking direction to appoint a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired Top Court judge to enquire into the Hathras stampede incident where more than 120 people were killed on July 2. Read further on Dynamite…

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Akhilesh Yadav denounces Hathras stampede; Lambasts BJP govt for the tragedy

"It is a very painful incident. We are saddened by this incident. The Uttar Pradesh government and administration are fully responsible for this incident..." Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hathras Horror: Death toll 121 in religious congregation stampede in Uttar Pradesh, 20 missing till

At least 121 including over 100 women and seven children were killed and 20 missing in a stampede at religious congregation in Hathras. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Over 100 Killed In Religious Gathering Crush In India

Tragic crush at a prayer meeting in Mughal Garhi village, Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, results in over a hundred deaths, prompting investigations and c...

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At least 50 dead, over 100 injured after stampede at Hathras religious event

More than 50 people died and over a 100 are estimated to be injured in a stampede at a satsang, or religious event, in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh, as per the Indian Express. The number of those dead, a majority of whom are women, is likely to increase.

Newslaundry

Death toll from India stampede rises to 116

More than a dozen people injured in crush in a village in Uttar Pradesh state’s Hathras district.

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Uttar Pradesh: Stampede during Bhole Baba Satsang in Hathras; Claims about 30 lives

A tragic stampede occurred at the Bhole Baba Satsang in Phulrai village under Sikandrarao police station area of Hathras, resulting in the death of over 23 people. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP’s Hathras MP Rajveer Diler dies of heart attack

The BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Hathras, Rajveer Singh Diler, died of a heart attack.

The Hindu

SP declares candidates in six U.P. seats, leaves Bhadohi for Trinamool Congress

2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Samajwadi Party declares candidates for Bijnor, Aligarh, Nagina, Lalganj, Meerut and Hathras seats from Uttar Pradesh; leaves Bhadohi for Trinamool Congress

The Hindu

Bureaucracy: 15 IPS officers shifted in Uttar Pradesh

The Yogi Government of Uttar Pradesh has transferred 15 IPS officers in the state, reshuffling Superintendents of Police (SP) in three districts. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Venugopal demands caste census, separate quota for OBC women within 33% reservation

Congress MP K.C. Venugopal demands caste census and separate OBC reservation for women in 33% quota. Criticizes BJP govt. for poor record on women safety, cites Unnao, Kathua, Manipur, Hathras incidents. Says Centre allocated only ₹156 cr of ₹848 cr budget for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Urges BJP to conduct…

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh: 5 killed, over dozen injured after tractor-trolley rams into dumper in Hathras

The police said that the Hathras occupants of the tractor-trolley were pilgrims on their way from Jalesar to Goverdhan. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hathras case: SC dismisses UP govt's plea against HC order to provide job to victim's family member

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court's order to consider giving a job to a family member of the Hathras victim and to relocate the family from Hathras. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘If reality, she would have told reporters’: Why Hathras verdict set aside victim’s dying declaration

“If in reality, the incident was caused by those four persons and the victim had been raped, then she would have told the reporters about the accused as well as the rape.”

The Times of India

Hathras conspiracy case: UP STF arrests PFI member from Kerala

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Friday arrested Popular Front of India (PFI) member Kamal KP from Melattur in Kerala’s Malappuram district.

Newslaundry

Court drops rape charges in Hathras case. Here’s what lawyers think

A special court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday acquitted three persons and convicted one in the 2020 Hathras rape and murder case.

Newslaundry

Newslaundry wins two Laadli awards for reportage on Hathras, Yati Narsinghanand

The year is winding down, journalists are looking back at their work, and Newslaundry has received two more accolades for its journalism.

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Uttar Pradesh to ban placing dead bodies on road

The law came into force after the Hathras episode when the victim was cremated by the district officials without the family’s consent

The Hindu

Siddique Kappan's bail plea hearing in PMLA case deferred to September 29

He was arrested while he was on his way to Hathras where a Dalit girl was allegedly raped and later found dead

The Times of India

Journalist Siddique Kappan not to be released from jail until he gets bail in PMLA case: Uttar Pradesh authorities

LUCKNOW: A local court on Monday issued the order for release of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan who has been lodged in jail since October 2020 after he was arrested on his way to report a rape and murder case in Hathras district. However, Lucknow jail authorities said that Kappan is…

The Guardian - UK

Jailed Indian journalist gets bail almost two years after arrest

Muslim journalist Siddique Kappan arrested while covering gang-rape and killing of Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh

The Times of India

SC gives bail to Siddique Kappan, says ‘every citizen has right to free expression’

NEW DELHI: Almost two years after he was arrested by UP police, while on way to cover the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, and charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly planning to incite violence, the Supreme Court on Friday granted…

Al Jazeera

India journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail after nearly two years

Siddique Kappan was arrested in October 2020 when he was on his way to report gang rape and death of a Dalit teenager.

The Hindu

Supreme Court grants bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan

“Every person has a right to free expression,” Supreme Court said; Kappan has been in custody for nearly two years under the UAPA

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