
Sirsa (Haryana): Over one year after he raped a 75-year-old woman and then strangled her to death, a man was condemned to the gallows by a court in Haryana's Sirsa town on Tuesday. In a historic judgment, Additional Sessions Judge Neelima Shangla termed the case as "rarest of the rare" and awarded death sentence to Nikka Singh, 22, for the rape and murder of Gurdev Kaur. The incident took place...

05:54 PM, Mar 13, 2012

Panaji: Ahead of the Goa Assembly polls on March 3, the NCP has sent a report informing about "dissensions" within the state unit to the party high command. The report speaks about the differences within the party organisation and also dispute between local leaders and state observer Bharti Chawan, sources said. "I have submitted the factual report to the high command. Now it is up to them to take action,"...

12:50 AM, Feb 01, 2012

New Delhi: An Indian Air Force MIG-21 crashed in a field in Sirsa district of Haryana on Friday. Sources said both pilots are safe and that there were no causalities on the ground. The MIG-21 had taken off from Sirsa Air Force base and crashed in a field nearby. In view of the increasing number of accidents involving the MiG-21 aircraft type, the IAF has decided to phase them out...

02:32 PM, Dec 02, 2011

Haryana: In what may be yet another suspected case of honour killing, the decomposed bodies of a couple, who eloped recently, have been found in a field in Sirsa, Haryana. The victims, Inderpal and Maya, had last been seen on September 17, 2010. Both families filed missing complaints. However, the girl's uncle has now made some shocking allegations. He claimed that Maya was gang-raped by Inderpal along with four other...

09:18 AM, Sep 26, 2010

CNN-IBN had exposed the criminal negligence behind the rotting of one lakh quintals of grain. ...

06:49 PM, Jul 26, 2010

Flood waters submerged one of Haryana's biggest warehouses where 1 lakh quintals of wheat was reduced to waste. ...

11:52 PM, Jul 23, 2010

The tea that party workers in poll times drink is the fuel that enlivens them. ...

02:32 AM, Oct 12, 2009

A Sikh youth was killed in the clashes on Friday. ...

10:45 AM, Jul 19, 2008

Groups of Sikhs and Dera Sacha Sauda supporters clashed in Sirsa. ...

12:21 PM, Jul 18, 2008

The shooting sparked protests in Mumbai which later spread to Punjab. ...

04:27 PM, Jun 26, 2008

Clashes broke out between Sikh protestors and the police at Airoli junction. ...

06:16 PM, Jun 21, 2008

Antigua: A much sought-after player in the IPL but a mediocre performer for the West Indies, hard-hitting all-rounder Kieron Pollard says he is keen to set the record straight and make it big with his national team. I am very, very, very, very hungry to make it big as a West Indian cricketer. I am passionate about it. But I can tell you it is not for want of effort,...

01:32 AM, Feb 03, 2008

The move comes even as the CBI is expected to file a chargesheet. ...

08:17 PM, Jul 30, 2007

Five persons were injured in factional clashes over Dera chief's visit. ...

09:26 PM, Jul 16, 2007