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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicHathras gang rape case

Topic: Hathras gang rape case

Siddique Kappan beaten in custody, wants narco test to prove innocence — journalist union

Kerala journalists union files affidavit countering several claims stated in UP govt affidavit, alleges arrest & detention protocols were broken in Kappan's case

Woman in viral farmer protest image is not ‘Hathras victim’s bhabhi hired by Congress’

Photo is being circulated with captions suggesting woman was hired by Congress to ‘act’ as victim’s sister-in-law in Hathras, and now as a protesting farmer.

Zakka Jacob on horse-trading allegations against Lalu, Sudhir Chaudhury goes back to Hathras

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, a look at India’s rape crisis

Two reports have highlighted how women survivors are often hesitant to file complaints out of fear or stigma.

Journalist Siddique Kappan meets lawyer 46 days after arrest while enroute to Hathras

Kappan, whose arrest sparked criticism against the UP govt, meets his lawyer a day after Supreme Court hearing in related habeas corpus hearing.

Among UP’s ‘incriminating’ evidence against Kappan — ‘Justice for Hathras victim’ flyer

State has also claimed that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan is the office secretary of the banned Popular Front of India and was visiting Hathras to ‘create a caste divide’. 

After 43 days in UP jail, Kerala journalist finally gets to talk to lawyer for 5 mins on phone

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on 5 Oct when he was on his way to Hathras, has not been allowed to meet his lawyer or sign a vakalatnama.

SC issues notice to UP govt on Kerala journalist’s arrest but says plea could be sent to HC

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested on 5 October when he was on his way to UP to report on the alleged Hathras gang rape and murder case.

Campus Front member held on way to Hathras ‘accused in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots’ — UP Police

Atiq-ur-Rahman is one of four men arrested on their way to Hathras last month. Campus Front of India has denied Rahman’s involvement in 2013 riots.

Supreme Court orders Allahabad High Court to monitor CBI probe into Hathras case

A bench led by CJI Bobde said that since the CBI was investigating the case, there should be no apprehension about a mistrial.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.