Haryana: News

20 Sep 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi: Man arrested for posing as Intelligence Bureau officer

Delhi Police arrested a 32-year-old man, Praveen Hooda, for impersonating a high-ranking Intelligence Bureau officer as he was trying to enter the agency's headquarters.

18 Sep 2017

Panchkula

Panchkula riots: Honeypreet, Aditya Insan top most-wanted list of 43

The Haryana government has released a list of 43 most-wanted over the Panchkula violence. Ram Rahim's adopted daughter Honeypreet and Dera spokesperson Aditya Insan top the list; the latter is wanted for sedition.

11 Sep 2017

India

Five provinces dispose off almost all 10-year-old pending cases

In a significant achievement, four states and a UT have brought down pendency of 10-year-old cases in subordinate courts to almost zero.

09 Sep 2017

Punjab

Why did people have blind faith in 'godman' Ram Rahim?

Sirsa wears an almost-deserted look nowadays. The Dera headquarters, once a bustling place, has more or less been abandoned.

Dera donated 14 bodies for research without necessary death certificates

Stories about the Dera Sacha Sauda keep getting murkier. Even as forces conduct a sweep of its Sirsa campus, the Health Ministry has revealed that 14 bodies were sent by it to a medical college "without requisite permission and death certificates".

08 Sep 2017

India

Massive sweeping operations at the Dera headquarters, curfew imposed

There's heavy security deployment at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa this morning as forces engage in search and sanitization operations inside the premises.

05 Sep 2017

Punjab

Radhe Ma in trouble? HC orders FIR against the "godwoman"

Seems like "godman" Ram Rahim's conviction in two 15-year-old rape cases was just the start; after his sentencing, the Indian judiciary has taken up various cases against Rampal Dass and Baba Ramdev.

04 Sep 2017

Haryana Police

Huge cache of arms seized from Dera headquarters in Sirsa

Information has come in that police have seized a huge cache of arms from the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Haryana's Sirsa.

02 Sep 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Why did people have blind faith in 'godman' Ram Rahim?

Sirsa wears an almost-deserted look nowadays. The Dera headquarters, once a bustling place, has more or less been abandoned.

31 Aug 2017

Haryana Police

Ram Rahim's daring escape plan... And how cops foiled it

There's no question the Haryana Police did a bad job of controlling the Panchkula violence despite having prior warning.

30 Aug 2017

Manohar Lal Khattar

Panchkula riots: We did a good job, says Haryana CM

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar seems to have given himself a clean chit in the Panchkula riots case.

29 Aug 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Haryana: Sirsa officials rescue 18 minor girls from Dera HQ

Following Panchkula CBI Special Court's 20-year sentence to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for raping two female followers in 2002, Haryana authorities rescued 18 minor girls from the Dera sect headquarters near the state's Sirsa town.

29 Aug 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Did you know the Dera had its own currency?

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh lived life king-size. He owned an empire, so it might not be very surprising to know the Dera even had its own currency.

29 Aug 2017

Rohtak

After Ram Rahim, 'godman' Rampal Dass acquitted in two cases

A day after Ram Rahim Singh's sentencing, a Hisar court has acquitted self-styled godman Rampal Dass in two cases.

28 Aug 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Who will succeed Ram Rahim Singh as Dera chief?

With Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's 10-years imprisonment, the question now turns to who will lead the sect that claims the loyalty of over five crore devotees globally.

27 Aug 2017

Facebook

Meet Honeypreet Insan, the Dera chief's adopted daughter

While Dera Sacha Sauda followers went on violent rampages following Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's conviction in a rape case, the man himself was seen walking into a helicopter along with Honeypreet Insan, Singh's adopted daughter.

27 Aug 2017

Punjab

Dera violence: Punjab & Haryana HC slams state, centre governments

The Punjab and Haryana High Court called out the centre and the Haryana state government for their inability to control widespread violence following the verdict in the Ram Rahim Singh rape case.

26 Aug 2017

Panchkula

Haryana sacks Deputy AG Salwara caught carrying Ram Rahim's suitcase

Following the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insaan in a rape case, Haryana fired its Deputy Advocate General, Gurdass Singh Salwara, as he was seen holding the so-called guru's suitcase.

26 Aug 2017

Haryana Police

The Dera riots: Who's at fault for the violent rampage?

Thirty people have been killed and 250 injured in violence that broke out after Guru Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of sexual assault.

Ram Rahim verdict: Meet the judge who convicted the "guru"

Fifteen years after the crime, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted for sexually exploiting two female followers at his Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa in 2002.

25 Aug 2017

Panchkula

Guru Ram Rahim Singh convicted in 2002 rape case

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, chief of Dera Sacha Sauda based in Haryana's Sirsa, has been convicted in a 2002 rape case.

24 Aug 2017

Punjab

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: All you need to know

Life in Punjab and Haryana has been thrown out of gear. The region is buzzing with police personnel, trains and buses have been cancelled, internet services suspended.

10 Aug 2017

Delhi

Saree flash mob to mark women empowerment at Delhi mall

On the completion of 75 years of Quit India movement and 70 years of India's Independence, an NGO, working for welfare of women, organized a saree flash mob 'Jashn-e-Azadi' to commemorate women empowerment in an Independent India.

08 Aug 2017

Chandigarh

Chandigarh stalking: 'Missing' CCTV footage found, investigations underway

Investigation in the Chandigarh stalking case involving a BJP leader's son halted when police declared they couldn't retrieve crucial CCTV footage.

05 Aug 2017

Narendra Modi

Trump and Modi to receive rakhis from remote Haryanvi village

With rakhi approaching, Donald Trump is set to received 1001 rakhis from a remote village in Haryana.

03 Aug 2017

Muslims

Haryana: Hindu students forced to convert to Islam, offer Namaz

Cases of forced conversions have become a common phenomenon these days; the recent case to join the brigade is this school in Haryana which is forcing its students to convert to Islam and offer Namaz.

08 Jul 2017

Narendra Modi

Cow vigilantes hit again, Modi's warning fails to change things

Merely a week after PM Modi broke his silence against the 'Gau rakshaks', a similar incident took place in south-west Delhi.

06 Jul 2017

Delhi

Haryana govt plans to introduce electric buses in Gurugram

Haryana government is planning to introduce 75-100 electric buses in Gurugram.

28 Jun 2017

India

Ghoonghat: The 'pride' of Haryana? Government faces flak

The Haryana government has landed in a controversy. Krishi Samvad, a supplement of the government's monthly Haryana Samvad magazine, has published a questionable ad.

26 Jun 2017

Delhi

Delhi colleges expect a large turnout of students on Tuesday

With colleges witnessing a slight drop in cut-offs this year, admission committee of colleges are expecting a larger turnout on Tuesday and Wednesday.

26 Jun 2017

Bollywood

Haryana's Manushi Chhillar crowned Femina Miss India World 2017

Manushi Chhillar from Haryana was judged the 54th Femina Miss India World 2017, followed by first runner-up Sana Dua from J&K and second runner-up Priyanka Kumari from Bihar.