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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.

Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2022

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

The Hindu · Sep 9, 2022

After forcible cremation of Hathras victim, UP proposes new guidelines for the future

Over 600 days after the UP police forcibly cremated the body of Asha, a Dalit woman in Hathras, the state government has proposed guidelines for such cremations to ensure the maintenance of “law and order”.

Newslaundry · Sep 8, 2022

Reporters Without Orders Ep 233: Ramdev’s life and times, Yogi's unfulfilled promises to Hathras rape victim’s kin

Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry’s Nidhi Suresh and Basant Kumar.

Newslaundry · Aug 20, 2022

India at 75 | A look at important Partition literature: Booker-winning Tomb of Sand, Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan, and others

All of these works use compelling metaphors for the state of relations between India and Pakistan

The Hindu · Aug 12, 2022

Siddique Kappan denied bail by Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Siddique Kappan. The journalist from Kerala is facing charges under the anti-terror law UAPA over an alleged conspiracy related to the Hathras gangrape and murder case.

Newslaundry · Aug 4, 2022

Class 2 student left locked in classroom in U.P.’s Hathras; 10 school staffers suspended

Teachers and school staff, not noticing the child, locked the school and left

The Hindu · Jul 30, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Day after 6 kanwariyas were mowed down in UP, Hathras SP removed

LUCKNOW: The state government on Sunday removed Hathras superintendent of police Vikas Vaidya after six kanwariyas were mowed down by a truck on Saturday. Commandant of Mirzapur Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), Devesh Pandey, was made the new district police chief of Hathras.

The Times of India · Jul 24, 2022

UP: 6 Kanwar devotees dead after truck mows down in Hathras

Six people died and one has been seriously injured after six others devotees of Kanwar Yatra were mowed down by a truck around 2.15 am Saturday, near Sadabad Police Station in Hathras. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 23, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: 6 from Madhya Pradesh die as truck mows down kanwariyas in Hathras

AGRA: At least six persons were killed and one sustained critical injuries after a speeding truck ran over a group of kanwar devotees in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Saturday.

The Times of India · Jul 23, 2022