New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab and Haryana in connection with three terror-gangster network cases linked to Pakistan-based terrorist Shahzad Bhatti. NIA teams carried out coordinated searches at 18 locations across nine districts in the two states. Several individuals were examined to gather relevant information, while digital devices, documents, and data related to communication networks, financial t…
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Sirsa (Haryana), May 26 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against nine accused, including two Pakistani nationals, in connection with the November 2025 grenade attack on the Sirsa women’s police station in Haryana, an official statement said on Tuesday. Two of the chargesheeted accused are Shahzad Bhatti and Sohail Ahmad alias Sohail Baloch, who are Pakistani nationals and handlers, while the Indian nationals include Dheeraj alias Dhiru, Vikas alias Vikky, Sandeep …
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Dera Sacha Sauda head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is lodged in Sunaria Jail in Haryana’s Rohtak serving sentences for raping two female followers, was granted a 30-day parole, the 16th release from the prison since his conviction of 20 years in 2017.He was granted a 40-day parole each in January this year and in August 2025, followed by a 21-day furlough in April 2025 and a 30-day parole in January 2025 ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections and several other paro…
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Saturday that the state government is committed to ensuring that adequate irrigation water reaches every farming field. For this purpose, the Irrigation Department should form farmer groups and construct community tanks for every 10 acres or more of agricultural land.”These tanks will be filled with canal water, and irrigation will be carried out through micro-irrigation systems. The Government will provide 85 per cent su…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to promote the use of Gaukasth (cow dung logs) as the primary fuel in cremation grounds across the national capital in place of conventional firewood.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned authorities by way of a representation raising the issues flagged in the plea. “Having re…
Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Monday presided over a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries on Infrastructure here to consider setting up a kinnow juice processing plant in Sirsa under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. The meeting underscored the government’s commitment to transforming the state’s fruit economy and enhancing the income of kinnow farmers.The proposed state-of-the-art plant, announced in the state Budget, will be set up at the V…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Sunday, attended the grand Hola Mohalla celebrations at Namdhari Gurdwara in Sirsa district and sought blessings from the Sant Samaj. Addressing a large gathering, the Chief Minister said he felt extremely happy to be present among them on the occasion of the glorious festival of Hola Mohalla being celebrated at this sacred ashram. Bowing at the feet of Sant Dilip Singh Maharaj, Chief Minister Saini added that the Sant Samaj…
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday acquitted self-styled godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples and a life term for the murder of journalist Chhatrapati.His acquittal comes seven years after a special CBI court had convicted him and sentenced him to life imprisonment. However, he would rema…
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday set aside the conviction of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and acquitted him in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.The acquittal came just over seven years after Ram Rahim was convicted and handed a life sentence in the murder case.The appeal filed by two other accused in the matter was, however, dismissed by the Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Vikram Agga…
Jaipur, Jan 26 (IANS) A coaching student preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) was found dead in Rajasthan’s Kota. The incident occurred in the Udyog Nagar police station area on the Delhi–Mumbai railway line. The deceased has been identified as Sartaj Singh (18), a resident of Himayun Kheda village in Sirsa district of Haryana. He had been living in Kota for the past two years to prepare for the engineering entrance examination.According to police, the incident took place aroun…