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Eighteen years after he raped two of his female disciples, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years jail for rape and criminal intimidation and fined Rs 30 lakh. The rapist sect chief has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in each of the two cases of rape. Both the sentences will run ...

Six coaches of the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto express derailed near Maharashtra’s Asangaon early on Tuesday, a senior Railway official said No passenger was reported to be injured in the incident, Sunil Udasi, chief PRO of the Central Railway, said The accident took place around 6:35 AM near the Asangaon railway station. Six coaches of the train jumped the tracks, another railway ...

Talking tough, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that violence in the name of faith of any kind won’t be tolerated and the guilty would be punished in yesterday’s radio program Mann ki Baat, in a clear reference to the mayhem caused by the followers of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. He said nobody has the right to take 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lucknow: As many as 74 passengers were injured as nine bogies of the Kafiyat Express derailed in UP’s Auraiya district early today after dashing against a dumper carrying construction material for railway work, officials here said. However, the railways said 25 persons were injured in the incident and that the dumper did not belong to them. The train travelling from ...

Calling it ‘illegal’ and unconstitutional’, the Supreme Court on Tuesday barred triple talaq – the practice that allows Muslim men to instantaneously divorce their wives by uttering talaq (divorce) thrice — for six months and urged Parliament to bring a new law. The landmark verdict was delivered by a 5-judge bench in a 3:2 majority verdict. The Constitution so far ...

The Supreme Court would tomorrow pronounce a historic judgement on the controversial issue of whether the practice of ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims is fundamental to the religion. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar had reserved its verdict on May 18 after a six-day marathon hearing during the summer vacation. During the hearing, the apex court ...