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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”.

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A pamphlet on protest precautions and a PFI ‘nexus’: Why UP is opposing Siddique Kappan’s bail

That Siddique Kappan was carrying a pamphlet on how to protect oneself during a protest – with tips like “wear comfortable clothes” and “drink glucose” – is proof for the Uttar Pradesh government that he was educating himself on “Rioting 101”.

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‘Conspiracy to spread terror’: UP police files affidavit in SC opposing Siddique Kappan’s bail plea

The Uttar Pradesh police has opposed journalist Siddique Kappan's bail plea on grounds that he is purportedly “part of the larger conspiracy...to foment religious discord and spread terror in the country”.

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‘Beaten for knowing Arabic and studying at Jamia’: Siddique Kappan’s wife on his 700 days in jail

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Cab driver, who took journalist Siddique Kappan to Hathras, gets bail after 22 months

Court found that prima facie the allegations against him were not true

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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

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:

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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

Five FIRs still pending against Mohammed Zubair in U.P.

One of the FIRs against him has been registered for the rioting in Hathras on June 10 after the Friday namaz but does not mention Zubair, his work or social media activity

The Hindu

UP Court sends Mohd Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

Zubair is facing a total of six cases in UP’s five districts. Read further on Dynamite News:

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UP: 227 people arrested so far after Friday prayer protests in different cities

Of those nabbed, 68 were arrested from Prayagraj and 50 from Hathras, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said in a statement on Saturday. More on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Caste equations overshadow Boolgarhi case in Hathras

A Dalit girl was allegedly raped and killed by four upper caste men in Hathras

Newslaundry

Will Hathras rape case cast a shadow on election in district?

“We voted for the BJP in 2017 (Uttar Pradesh elections) and 2019 (Lok Sabha elections) because it seemed to be a nationalist party...we have no problem with (PM Narendra) Modi-ji; our displeasure is with (CM) Yogi Adityanath because injustice was done to our sister in his regime,” said Ravi Kumar…

The Times of India

SC advocate and lawyer of Nirbhaya, Hathras rape victim joins BSP, may get ticket

AGRA: Supreme Court lawyer Seema Kushwaha, who had fought the Nirbhaya case in 2012 and is currently the lawyer of the kin of the Hathras gang rape and murder victim, joined Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday in the presence of all-India general secretary of the party Satish Chandra Misra.

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