-ThePrint.in In each of the 4 cases, which took place between September 2020 and January 2021, families allege they were under pressure from police to quickly cremate the bodies. New Delhi: This Thursday marked one year since the victim of an alleged gang rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was forcibly cremated by the authorities in the dead of night, amid protests by her family. The forcible cremation of the 20-year-old Dalit...

-The Hindu   Land taken over for building a medical college hospital Villagers belonging to the Sabar tribe – an aboriginal community — woke up to a rude shock at Andharua village, near here, on Friday. Tribal persons were evicted by baton-wielding police personnel from a piece of land they had fought with the administration for long to preserve as common utility space for the next generation. Armed policemen descended on the 25-acre land...

Thousands of people here today attended the last rites of the farmer who was allegedly killed in the police lathi charge at Kot Dunna village last evening. The farmers were protesting against the acquisition of their land for a thermal plant at Gobindpura in Mansa. The district administration has agreed to give Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the family of the deceased farmer, besides recommending a job for one member...