The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed a section of the media, especially news channels, for revealing the identity of the Rewari gang-rape victim and asked how such disclosures could be stopped. “Where is the anonymity of victim?” a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta asked as[Read More…]
Tag: Haryana
Haryana transfers Rewari SP; victim’s family rejects compensation
Embarrassed over the failure to arrest those involved in the alleged gang-rape of a board topper, the Haryana government on Sunday ordered the transfer of Rewari’s Superintendent of Police (SP) and replaced him with another officer. Rahul Sharma has been posted as the new SP of Rewari in place of[Read More…]
Board topper alleges gang rape in Haryana, accused evade arrest
Three men accused of allegedly gang raping a 19-year-old board examination topper in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district continued to evade arrest on Friday, more than 52 hours after the incident. The Haryana Police on Friday launched a manhunt after the girl alleged that she was raped by them on Wednesday near[Read More…]
Haryana: Gurugram becomes ‘rape-capital’, Panipat tops in women kidnapping
During the second day of ongoing Vidhan Sabha session, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar revealed shocking figures stating millennium cities Gurugram, Faridabad and Panipat as the most unsafe places for women. Answering to a question raised by Congress legislator Jagbir Singh Malik over the details of the number of[Read More…]
Haryana sportspersons won 25 per cent of medals for country in Asian Games
Keeping Haryana’s flag flying high in the medals tally for the country in the Jakarta AsianGames, sportspersons from Haryana have bagged nearly 25 per cent of the total medals. Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said on Thursday that sportspersons from the state won 17 medals in these games. Of the total 69 medals won by India, 15 are gold medals, 24[Read More…]
Muslim youth forced to shave beard suspecting to be Pakistani
A Muslim man alleged on Wednesday in Haryana’s Gurugram, that he was assaulted and forced to shave his beard and brutally thrashed by some unknown men on the suspicion of him being a Pakistani citizen. The police has lodged an FIR against and has started investigating the matter. The incident[Read More…]
Four deaths reported after Measles Rubella vaccination in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: Gujarat health officials on Saturday said they have received reports about four children died after they were given measles-rubella vaccination. A Central investigating team has, however, ruled out any linkage between these deaths and the vaccination process. Deputy Commissioner, immunization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, said: As per[Read More…]
Young woman consumes poison outside Haryana CM’s residence
Chandigarh: A young woman was admitted to a hospital here on Tuesday after she allegedly consumed poison outside the residence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here, police said. The woman, according to the police, came from Hisar and collapsed near the main gate of the Chief Minister’s high[Read More…]
Haryana defends decision to seek part of sportspersons’ earnings
Chandigarh/New Delhi: Amid flak from the sporting fraternity over its move asking sportspersons to deposit one third of their earnings with the Haryana Sports Council, the state government on Friday defended its decision to do so. Informed sources in the government said the April 30 notification was as per the[Read More…]
Haryana: 4-year-old raped, stabbed to death, dumped in container
Faridabad: In a horrifying incident, a four-year-old girl was raped, brutally murdered and her body was stuffed inside a container in Haryana’s Faridabad. The incident took place on Thursday in Asaoti village in Faridabad’s Palwal. According to reports, the accused was an employee at the victim’s father’s sweet shop. He dumped[Read More…]
Protest march in Gurugram over FIR for stopping ‘namaz’
Gurugram: A protest march under the banner of the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti was taken out here on Monday to demand cancellation of an FIR against six youths on the charge of disrupting ‘namaz’ on government land. The protesters gathered at the Kamla Nehru Park and marched to the Mini[Read More…]
Gobar-dhan Yojana’s national launch from Haryana on April 30
Chandigarh: ‘Gobar-dhan Yojana’, the central scheme for managing and converting cattle dung into manure and biogas, will be launched at the national level from Karnal in Haryana on April 30, a state government spokesman said here on Friday. Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti and Haryana Chief[Read More…]
Despite arrest warrant, Haryana Police let Dera chief aide go after questioning
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Wednesday questioned a close aide of jailed rape convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh but let her go despite a standing arrest warrant against her from a Panchkula court. Vipassana, the chairperson of the sect headquarters near Sirsa town in Haryana and[Read More…]
3 arrested for assault on Kashmiri students in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Saturday arrested three people for allegedly assaulting two Kashmiri students in Mahendergarh town in south Haryana. “Guilty will be punished. The incident began over a minor collision of the motorcycle of the accused. Three people have already been arrested and senior officer (SP) is on the[Read More…]
With murmurs of elections, Haryana leaders are in drive mode
Chandigarh: Murmurs in the corridors of power about early assembly elections in Haryana have put the main political parties and politicians into drive mode — quite literally. Top politicians and parties have opted for different modes of transport in this political season to drive home their respective political messages to the[Read More…]
Haryana: Mentally unstable man kills 6, arrested
A mentally unstable man, who had allegedly murdered six persons in just two hours with an iron rod, was arrested on Tuesday in Haryana’s Palwal city, police said. The crime took place within 100 metres of the police station early on Tuesday and was recorded in a CCTV camera that[Read More…]
Interview: Wait for Haryanvi ‘latth’, Vijender Singh tells opponent
Gearing up for his next professional bout later this month, Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh on Monday asked his African opponent Ernest Amuzu to wait for the ‘Haryanvi latth’ (baton). The 32-year-old from Haryana who will face the 34-year-old African champion in Jaipur on December 23, went on to assert[Read More…]
Train engine catches fire in Haryana after accident
The engine of the Bikaner Express train derailed and caught fire after colliding with a truck in Haryana’s Mahendergarh district early on Monday, police said. No casualty was reported. The accident took place about 125 km from Delhi, on the Delhi-Bikaner railway route. The train engine was damaged due to[Read More…]
Kejriwal wants to meet Haryana, Punjab CMs over pollution
A day after Delhi witnessed its worst ‘air quality’ and ‘smog situation’ of the year, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he wished to meet his Haryana and Punjab counterparts to find a solution to pollution in the National Capital Region. On Tuesday, a yellow blanket of smog hung[Read More…]
SC asks HC to decide Pintos’ bail plea in 10 days
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to decide in 10 days the anticipatory bail plea of three Ryan group trustees in a case relating to the murder of a seven-year-old boy in the group’s Gurgaon-based school, as per the boy’s father and lawyer. Taking[Read More…]
Thousands throng gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana to mark Gurpurab
Braving the early morning chill of the onset of winter, thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Saturday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ – the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev. The holiest of Sikh shrines ‘Harmandir Sahib’,[Read More…]
Haryana CM Khattar urges new police recruits to watch Newton
Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, has reportedly urged nearly 5,000 newly-recruited policemen of the state to watch ‘Newton’, that has recently been nominated for the Oscars. The reason behind the move is to motivate the policemen to perform their duties honestly. ‘Newton’ is a story of a government clerk,[Read More…]
Chandigarh stalking case: Court charges Vikas Barala with abduction, stalking
A Chandigarh local court on Friday has charged Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party chief and his friend Ashish with abduction, wrongfully restraining, and stalking in Chandigarh stalking case. Recently, the case caught national attention and raises questions over women safety. The court of judicial magistrate first[Read More…]
India has 33.69 lakh gun licences, UP tops list with 12.77 lakh weapon holders
With a whopping 12.77 lakh people authorised to carry weapons, Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with active gun licences followed by Jammu and Kashmir where 3.69 lakh people are having arms licences. As per the statistics released by the home ministry, the nation has a total of 33,69,444[Read More…]
Ram Rahim’s adopted daughter Honeypreet among 43 most wanted people
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s closest aides, Honeypreet and the Dera spokesperson, Aditya Insaan are among the 43 most wanted people in Haryana for rioting on 25 August. Violence erupted in Haryana and its neighbouring places after the self-styled godman was convicted of rape by a CBI court in Panchkula. Nearly[Read More…]