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Kathua gangrape-murder case: J&K court directs registration of FIR against six members of SIT that probed 2018 incident
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Kathua gangrape-murder case: J&K court directs registration of FIR against six members of SIT that probed 2018 incident

A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday directed the police to register an FIR against six members of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in a Kathua village for allegedly torturing and coercing witnesses to give false statements

Adivasis and the Indian State: Facing govt apathy and discrimination, Kashmir's Gujjar Bakarwal tribe struggles to preserve nomadic way of life
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Adivasis and the Indian State: Facing govt apathy and discrimination, Kashmir's Gujjar Bakarwal tribe struggles to preserve nomadic way of life

Facing discrimination and government apathy, several Gujjar and Bakarwal tribals in Jammu and Kashmir have sacrificed their tradition of a ‘moving life’ for a relatively peaceful and sedentary lifestyle

Kathua rape case: Teenage accused to be tried before Juvenile Justice Board today; plea challenging his minor status pending in HC
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Kathua rape case: Teenage accused to be tried before Juvenile Justice Board today; plea challenging his minor status pending in HC

The trial against a juvenile accused in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua last year will begin on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to entertain a plea for an early hearing of a petition challenging his status as a minor, officials said.

Daily Bulletin: Karnataka coalition govt to face trust vote today, Ayodhya mediation panel to submit report; day's top stories
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Daily Bulletin: Karnataka coalition govt to face trust vote today, Ayodhya mediation panel to submit report; day's top stories

Here are today's top stories: Karnataka Assembly to vote on fate of HD Kumaraswamy government today, Punjab, Haryana HC to hear plea in Kathua rape case, and more

Kathua case: Punjab & Haryana HC to hear plea by victim's family seeking death penalty for accused tomorrow
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Kathua case: Punjab & Haryana HC to hear plea by victim's family seeking death penalty for accused tomorrow

Hearing in plea seeking death penalty in Kathua rape and murder of eight-year-old in Kathua case at Punjab and Haryana High Court has been adjourned. 'Life imprisonment is not enough', said lawyer of the victim's family advocate Utsav Bains. District and Sessions judge had pronounced three main accused convicted them under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code.

Kathua rape and murder case: Victim's father moves HC against acquittal of one accused, seeks stricter sentence for six convicts
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Kathua rape and murder case: Victim's father moves HC against acquittal of one accused, seeks stricter sentence for six convicts

The father of the Kathua rape and murder victim moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday seeking enhancement of sentence imposed on six convicts and also challenging the acquittal of one accused

Kathua rape and murder case verdict: Pathankot court's judgment focused on 'poetic justice', refused to give 'benefit of doubt' to accused
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Kathua rape and murder case verdict: Pathankot court's judgment focused on 'poetic justice', refused to give 'benefit of doubt' to accused

The special court, which convicted six people in the murder case of an 8-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu region, has termed the crime "devilish and monstrous" committed in the most "shameful, inhumane and barbaric manner" for which "poetic justice" needs to be done to its perpetrators.

Kathua rape and murder case: Most now see disease, but symptoms of communal strife were always there in Jammu and Kashmir
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Kathua rape and murder case: Most now see disease, but symptoms of communal strife were always there in Jammu and Kashmir

Many Gujjar and Bakarwal activists allege that some Right-wing elements in Jammu, particularly in Hindu-majority areas of these parts, have been systematically trying to force the Muslim population out of their residential areas.

Here's a timeline of the Kathua rape and murder case
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Here's a timeline of the Kathua rape and murder case

Seventeen months after the kidnapping, gang rape, and murder of a minor girl in Jammu's Kathua district, the Pathankot district and sessions court held six men guilty for the horrific crime.

Capital punishment not a deterrent of crime, says Javed Akhtar on Kathua verdict
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Capital punishment not a deterrent of crime, says Javed Akhtar on Kathua verdict

Javed Akhtar has said while he understands the disappointment with the Kathua case verdict, he believes capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime

Kathua rape and murder: Chief investigator RK Jalla, credited for building ‘strong’ case against accused, regrets lone acquittal
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Kathua rape and murder: Chief investigator RK Jalla, credited for building ‘strong’ case against accused, regrets lone acquittal

It was like looking for a needle in a haystack till an unusual sweat on Sanji Ram's face on a chilly January morning hinted he was hiding something, recalls RK Jalla — the chief investigator in the rape and murder case of an 8-year old girl in Kathua.

Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti, activists laud J&K Police for 'professional' handling of crime
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Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti, activists laud J&K Police for 'professional' handling of crime

The Kathua rape and murder case had exposed the communal fault lines in the state, as many groups in Jammu and Kathua had come out in support of the accused persons.

Udhampur polls: Rasana's Dogras unhappy with BJP for failing Hindus by not ordering CBI inquiry in Kathua rape case
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Udhampur polls: Rasana's Dogras unhappy with BJP for failing Hindus by not ordering CBI inquiry in Kathua rape case

Not just consolidation of Muslim votes, BJP's Udhampur candidate Jitendra Singh faces disgruntled Dogra voters who are unhappy with the party for not supporting the community's demand for CBI enquiry in the Kathua rape and murder case

Kathua rape and murder case: SC dismisses plea alleging custodial torture of key witness by Jammu and Kashmir police
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Kathua rape and murder case: SC dismisses plea alleging custodial torture of key witness by Jammu and Kashmir police

A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and Deepak Gupta rejected the petition filed by a close relative of Talib Hussain, a key witness in the Kathua case, on the ground that the petitioner failed to appear before it despite the court's order.

#MeToo in India: 'Pained, unnerved,' says Kashmiri tribal students' group after Kathua activist accused of rape
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#MeToo in India: 'Pained, unnerved,' says Kashmiri tribal students' group after Kathua activist accused of rape

Fikr-e-Farda Society, a group of tribal students from Jammu and Kashmir disassociated itself from a Kathua sexual assault activist who has been accused of rape, saying that it stands by the account of the rape survivor and condemn the shameful act of the activist

‘Even if my community disowns me, I want justice’: Advocate Deepika Rajawat speaks on Kathua case, fighting abuse and hatred
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‘Even if my community disowns me, I want justice’: Advocate Deepika Rajawat speaks on Kathua case, fighting abuse and hatred

Advocate Deepika Rajawat who will receive Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice on Sunday, speaks about the challenges she has faced since taking up the Kathua rape and murder case and why people who have been naming sexual harassers under the #MeToo campaign must approach the authorities

Kathua rape case: Doctors tell court victim was sexually assaulted and died of asphyxia
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Kathua rape case: Doctors tell court victim was sexually assaulted and died of asphyxia

Special Public Prosecutor JK Chopra said the doctors who conducted the postmortem recorded their statement before the court of chief judicial magistrate recently.

SC to hear plea claiming Talib Hussain, key witness in Kathua rape case, is being tortured by Jammu and Kashmir Police
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SC to hear plea claiming Talib Hussain, key witness in Kathua rape case, is being tortured by Jammu and Kashmir Police

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a plea alleging that Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape and murder case, is being tortured by the Jammu and Kashmir police in a fake rape case.

Kathua rape and murder case: Accused Vishal Jangotra was not in Meerut when incident took place, prove handwriting tests
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Kathua rape and murder case: Accused Vishal Jangotra was not in Meerut when incident took place, prove handwriting tests

The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir have carried out scientific tests to support its probe that Vishal Jangotra, an accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, was not in Meerut when the crime took place in January.

Gujjar activist who led protest for justice in Kathua case arrested; community leaders allege frame-up job by police
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Gujjar activist who led protest for justice in Kathua case arrested; community leaders allege frame-up job by police

The police have arrested the Gujjar activist who led the agitation demanding justice in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.