Chandigarh, Aug 29 : Authorities in Haryana’s Sirsa relaxed curfew in the town limits on Tuesday although the area around the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters on the outskirts remained tense. The curfew relaxation, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., was announced in view of no incident being reported fromRead More

Chandigarh, Aug 29 : The son of a journalist, who had first exposed sexual exploitation of female disciples of Dera Sacha Sauda sect by sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in 2002, on Monday said that their stand against him had been vindicated following his conviction and imprisonment for 10Read More

Chandigarh, The state government wants Dera Sacha Sauda to pay for the expenditure incurred on the deployment of central as well as state forces during the period of dera-related disturbance in the state. A senior government functionary said the total expenditure would be between Rs 150 crore and Rs 200Read More

New Delhi, August 29 The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition seeking to restrain the Sikkim Government from allegedly demolishing a gurdwara in the state in the garb of renovating it. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the petitioner to serve a copy ofRead More

Ferozepur, Over 1,000 trains have been affected in the Ferozepur, Ambala and Delhi divisions alone during the last few days due to the situation emerging in the aftermath of the verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim incurring an estimated loss of over RsRead More

Rohtak, August 28 Sirsa Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in jail — 10 years each for two rapes that will run consecutively. Special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh announced the sentence in the special court created at the Sunaria Jail here. He hasRead More

· SAYS CURFEW TO CONTINUE TILL NEEDED, SITUATION TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN ON TUESDAY · STATE TO CLAIM CENTRAL ARMED FORCES COST ALSO FROM DERA, IN ADDITION TO DAMAGED PROPERTIES Chandigarh, August 28 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to the people to accept the court verdict sentencingRead More

– Khaira congratulates Arvind Kejriwal for Bawana victory Chandigarh, August 28, 2017 The leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Monday hailed the victory of AAP candidate Ram Chander in Delhi’s Bawana by-poll and congratulated Arvind Kejriwal and workers of AAP for their great efforts and hard work.Read More

*NEW ACT MAKES SUCH OFFENCE NON-BAILABLE, PROVIDES FOR STRINGENT PUNISHMENT Chandigarh, August 28: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered strict enforcement of the recently notified Punjab Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property Act-2014 in the wake of the Dera violence, which witnessed sporadic violence even inRead More

Bathinda, August 28 Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today said the state government would not give any compensation to the families of dera followers who were killed in the Panchkula carnage in the wake of the court verdict against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The victims had illegally assembled in Panchkula,Read More