Topic: UP

Days after suspended Gorakhpur pediatrician Kafeel Khan has approached the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to help him in the revocation of his suspension, the doctors' body has written to the Uttar Pradesh government requesting consideration of the three-year-old suspension of doctor Kafeel Khan.

The Uttar Pradesh government declared 14 anti-CAA protesters as absconders including Shia cleric Maulana Saif Abbas and announced cash rewards for their arrest.

Although said in anger, the open support given by Mayawati to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 28 October is no news. She is a partner in the current Uttar Pradesh government; and had twice before allied with BJP, who were willing to make her Chief Minister both times. But what is more notable in Mayawati's press conference was another point - the accusation that Yadavs carried out (caste) violence against Jatavs, who claim Yadava-hood.

On Monday, the Allahabad High Court said it was concerned about the' frequent misuse' of the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, and said that the law was being used in the state to charge innocent citizens, Live Law reported

The fact-finding team led by prominent activist Medha Patkar noted that the Hathras incident is "a result of cumulative effect of caste, gender, inequality, and injustice."

11 women and queer activists, academics, and journalists belonging to Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi-Vimukta communities have filed an Impleadment Application in the matter pertaining to the rape and murder of the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras by upper-caste Hindu men.