Ahead of the sentencing of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case on Monday, Section 144 of the IPC has been imposed in Champawat district of Kumaon region. The district magistrate has imposed the section to avoid any violence that might take place after the pronouncement of the verdict. “In view of the violence that ...

Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down late Friday amid dire warnings of a major natural disaster as Hurricane Harvey roared ashore as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds for a few hours before weakening as it slowly moved inland. The National Hurricane Center reported at 10 p.m. Central time that the center of the eye of the ...

Prime Minister undertakes aerial survey of flood affected areas in Bihar; announces immediate relief worth Rs.500 crore Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in Bihar today; He took stock of the relief, rehabilitation and compensation measures in detail with the State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi and senior state ...

The Haryana government today suspended the DCP of Panchkula over yesterday’s violence that erupted following the rape conviction of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, as the situation in the state remained tense but under control.   The Army, meanwhile, said it has no immediate plan of entering Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters in Sirsa and that it is focusing ...

The World Book Fair 2017 will begin in the capital city of Uttarakhand from August 28, with the state government offering discounts on books based on the lives of national figures. The nine-day event to be held at the Parade ground here will see a line-up of 200 publishers. The fair organised by the National Book Trust will be jointly ...

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh+ was found guilty of rape by a special CBI court in Panchkula, Haryana, on Friday. He was immediately taken into judicial custody; he will be sentenced on Monday. The Dera head+ was present in court when the judgment was read out. A rape conviction carries a minimum sentence of seven years and ...

Losing 7 wickets for 22 runs and still requiring another 100 odd runs it looked all but over for the men in blue and finally Sri Lanka could sniff a victory in the ongoing series against India, but MS Dhoni and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar scripted an unlikely comeback to take India home with 3 wickets remaining. M.S. Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar ...

Army columns moved into Panchkula early today as scores of Dera Sacha Sauda followers gathered in the town ahead of a court verdict in a rape case against the sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Singh left Sirsa by road for Panchkula to appear before a special CBI court in the sexual exploitation case against him. The Haryana Police assisted ...

Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Thursday while hearing the matter related to MBBS admissions in Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences (SGRRIMHS) in Dehradun directed the institute to grant admission to the students according to the renewed “state government guidelines.” Jitendra Chaudhary, counsel for the institution said, “The honorable court has directed the college to admit ...

Ashwani Lohani, IRSME has been appointed as Chairman, Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India A.K.Mital. He assumed charge of his new assignment today i.e 24th August, 2017. Prior to this assignment, Ashwani Lohani was serving as Chairman and Managing Director, Air India. After assuming charge, Lohani held a high level meeting with the ...