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Left, Congress protest in Kolkata over Hathras incident

10:06 pm October 3, 2020

Kolkata: Left and Congress activists protested in Kolkata on Saturday against the alleged gang rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras that has triggered a nationwide outrage. Carrying placards having slogans such as “Defeat fascist BJP at Centre and TMC in Bengal” and “Down with fascists who throttle democracy”, around a 1,000 members […]

Protests across UP over Hathras incident

11:44 pm October 2, 2020

Lucknow: Prayer meetings and protests were held across Uttar Pradesh on Friday with political parties and AMU students seeking justice for the 19-year-old Hathras woman who succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital after she was allegedly raped over a fortnight ago. The Congress organised prayer meetings across the state. Senior party leaders, including […]

Hathras case: HC summons top officials; Rahul, Priyanka detained by UP cops

10:29 pm October 1, 2020

Noida: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday sent out summons to top Uttar Pradesh officials over the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman while the Congress staged a dramatic protest, leading to the detention of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by UP police. The two leaders were detained in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi, when they insisted on marching to Hathras to meet the family of […]

Dalit woman gang-raped in Hathras dies in Delhi hospital

7:17 pm September 29, 2020

New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman, who was brutally gang-raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district two weeks ago, died of her grievous injuries at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning, prompting outrage and angry protests. Recalling the horrors of the Nirbhaya case, the Dalit teen was allegedly sexually attacked by four men on […]

BJP’s oldest ally SAD quits NDA over farm bills

11:58 pm September 26, 2020

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the farm bills issue, the third major party to walk out of the BJP-led coalition in the last couple of years. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the decision to snap ties with the NDA on Saturday night, amid stepped up agitation by farmers in Punjab over the three […]