NEW DELHI: An explosion occurred in a general coach of the Howrah Mail near Sirhind railway station in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district, injuring four people. The incident took place around 10.30pm on Saturday night when the train was traveling from Amritsar to Howrah.Government Railway Police (GRP) officials reported that the explosion happened in a plastic…
When the BJP selected Nayab Singh Saini as the chief minister of Haryana in March to counter anti-incumbency, many doubted that a leadership change alone could secure electoral success. However, the unassuming OBC leader defied expectations by leading the party to a third consecutive victory in the state. Although not widely known, Saini replaced the…
NEW DELHI: A local leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was shot in Punjab‘s Fazilka district on Saturday. The ruling party and MLA Jagdeep Kamboj accused Shiromani Akali Dal leader Vardev Singh Noni Mann of firing the shot.The incident happened after an argument between AAP leader Mandeep Singh Brar and some Akali workers outside…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Naveen Jindal arrived at a polling station in Kurukshetra on horseback to cast his vote in the Haryana Assembly elections on Saturday. After casting his vote, BJP MP Naveen Jindal said, “There is a lot of enthusiasm among the people. We are very happy that they are casting their votes today…
NEW DELHI: Just three days ahead of the Haryana assembly elections, the state govt on Wednesday released the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on parole for 20 days. He was released at 6.30 am from Rohtak Jail. After getting a nod from the chief secretary’s office, additional chief secretary (home) Anurag…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (file photo) CHANDIGARH: Rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim‘s latest plea for 20 days of parole, less than a month after he returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail after a 21-day furlough, has led Haryana‘s chief electoral officer Pankaj Aggarwal to ask state govt to explain what “compelling” circumstances,…
Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat participated in the farmer protest at Shambhu situated on the Punjab-Haryana border on Saturday. BATHINDA: Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat participated in the farmer protest upon completion of 200 days of struggle for MSP, at Shambhu situated on the Punjab-Haryana border on Saturday. While calling the farmers annadatas and likening them to…
BATHINDA: Punjab based Trident Group’ chairman emeritus Rajinder Gupta, has made a significant philanthropic contribution of Rs 21 crore to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Rajinder Gupta along with his family members handed over the cheque of donation to TTD Additional executive officer Ch Venkaiah Chowdhary at the latter’s camp office in Tirumala. “Shri Rajinder…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Surender Pawar, Congress MLA from Haryana‘s Sonipat, in connection with a mining scam on late Friday night. Pawar is known to be a close confidant of former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ED also took his son into custody. (More details awaited) Source link
CHANDIGARH: The controversial head of Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) Sirsa, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to grant him a 21-day furlough so that he can carry out “welfare activities” outside the jail during this period. The DSS head has submitted that an application for furlough has already…
