New Delhi: All four of the accused in the Jind gangrape case have been arrested, police said on Sunday. The accused included a woman relative of one of the accused, who, said the police, stood guard while the incident took place. The girl set herself on fire on Saturday evening, unable to take the trauma of the incident. She succumbed to over 95 per cent burn injuries at a hospital....
01:51 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Hisar: In a shocking reaction to the recent spate of rape cases in Haryana, khap panchayat members have blamed girls for such incidents. One Khap Panchyat member gave a bizzare solution and suggested that the marriageable age for girls should be reduced to 16 years. When asked why rapes are occuring at this scale in Haryana, Sube Singh said that movies and television are to be blamed for rapes. "I...
01:21 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Hisar: All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has said low sex ratio is partly responsible for the spate of rapes in Haryana as the ninth case was reported from the state in less than a month. The association also accused the police of apathy towards rape victims and their families. AIDWA Vice President Jagmati Sangwan said, "The sex ratio in Haryana is so dismal that boys are not finding girls...
11:12 AM, Oct 07, 2012
Sacchakhera: In an another shocker from Haryana, a teenaged Dalit girl in Jind died after she set herself on fire on Saturday night after she was allegedly gangraped. Two men have been arrested while two others are still absconding. She was rushed to the civil hospital in Jind district, and was later referred to PGIMS at Rohtak in serious condition. The girl breathed her last on Saturday evening in the...
07:50 AM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda gave a forged experience certificate to former flight attendant Geetika Sharma to create hurdles in her career moves, a chargesheet filed in a court in New Delhi on Saturday. Kanda did not want to lose Geetika as an employee and forged the certificate in a bid to try and retain her in his company, police said. The certificate was issued after Kanda...
12:49 AM, Oct 07, 2012
Faridabad: A hotel manager was on Saturday suspended by Haryana Tourism Department and a complaint filed against the organisers of an event in Faridabad after a British performer shed her clothes while dancing, baring her upper body. The incident occurred on Friday at Rajhans hotel in Surajkund during the International Tattoo Convention, officials said, adding that manager Rajeev Sabarwal was placed under suspension. A complaint has been registered against the...
11:00 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Chandigarh: In another shocker from Haryana, a teenage Dalit girl on Saturday immolated herself after allegedly being gangraped in Jind district of the state. According to sources, after allegedly being raped by two youths in Narwana sub division of the district, the shocked girl sprinkled kerosene and set herself on fire. She was rushed to the civil hospital in Jind district, and was later referred to PGIMS at Rohtak in...
09:10 PM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday is likely to file a chargesheet in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. The key accused Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda and MDLR executive Aruna Chadha will be produced before a court on Saturday. Geetika had committed suicide on August 5. The sitting Haryana MLA was arrested on August 18 after he had surrendered before the police, 13 days after Geetika was found dead...
06:31 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Chandigarh: In yet another incident of sexual assault on women in Haryana, a minor girl has allegedly been raped in Jagadhri town of Yamunanagar district, compelling the rattled state government to constitute a committee. The 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth known to her in Bhadeli village of the district on Tuesday evening. However, the matter was reported on Wednesday. The youth took her in his car on...
11:03 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: Many farmers of Gujarat and Haryana have been working with multi-national companies for years. CNN-IBN travelled to the two states tracking reactions on FDI in retail. The farmers in the two states seem to be seeing it as a welcome step. Farmer Satish Singh no longer has the stress of dealing with middlemen to sell his vegetables at the local mandi. He and 150 other farmers from Bakhtawarpur...
09:13 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Chandigarh: At least four more alleged rape cases, including one of a minor girl and another gangrape of a newly married woman, have been reported in Haryana in the past 48 hours, police said on Wednesday. A newly-married woman was allegedly abducted and gangraped last month by four men at Banwasa village under Gohana sub-division in Haryana's Sonipat district, 200 km from Chandigarh. Haryana had seen three gangrape cases in...
12:34 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Palwal: A family of five was charred to death on Tuesday when their Santro car collided with a tractor on the national highway in Palwal in Haryana. The collision caused a CNG leak and a massive explosion. The family was returning from Vrindavan when the accident took place. According to police, the occupants of the car were on their way to Delhi from Agra when the tractor moving ahead of...
08:59 AM, Oct 03, 2012
Rohtak/Jind: A minor was raped in Rohtak, hometown of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, by her neighbour on Tuesday. The main accused was arrested but four others are still absconding. The FIR names five including two women, who police said are related to the victim. Rohtak SHO Rajbir Singh said, "An FIR has already been lodged against five people - two men and three women. The women are related...
08:12 AM, Oct 03, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka defeated last year's winners Haryana 2-1 to finish third in the men's national hockey championship here on Tuesday. For Karnataka, M.B. Aiyappa struck in the 24th minute from a goal mouth scramble following a left-wing move while skipper V.R. Raghunath converted a penalty corner in the 41st minute before his counterpart Sardar Singh scored for Haryana with a reverse hit in the 60th. In the play-off involving the...
04:15 PM, Oct 02, 2012
Bangalore: Punjab scored a comprehensive 4-1 win over defending champions Haryana to enter the final of Hockey India's second senior men's national hockey championship here on Monday. Leading 2-0 at half-time, Punjab scored through penalty corner specialist Gurjinder Singh (15th, 21st), Satbir Singh (51st) and skipper Sarvanjit Singh (55th) before Haryana notched a consolation goal in the 58th minute through Naveen Antil. Punjab looked the better outfit while Haryana committed...
04:59 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: A minor girl was reportedly raped in Bhiwani, Haryana on Monday, the fourth such incident in four weeks. The Director General of Police cancelled the leaves of all police personnel for the month of October after the incident was reported. Sources said that a special drive was also initiated to identify lumpen elemnts, unemployed youth, vagabonds and criminals in each village of the state and prepare reports and...
01:02 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Bangalore: Hosts Karnataka and defending champions Haryana defeated Tamil Nadu and Manipur respectively to enter the semi-finals of Hockey India's second Senior Men's National championship here on Sunday. While Karnataka defeated TN 2-0 in their quarter-final clash, Haryana got the better of Manipur 4-2 in another last-eight match. Karnataka both goal came in the first half through MK Mudappa (29th minute) and PL Thimmanna (32nd). Mudappa gave Karnataka the lead...
06:25 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Sonepat: A class 11 student was gangraped in Gohana near Sonepat in Haryana by four men. Three accused have been arrested and a case has been registered. According to police, the girl was raped in a busy market area on Thursday afternoon but her family filed the complaint only on Friday. This is the third such incident in the past fortnight. Earlier this week, three men barged into a woman's...
09:05 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Hisar: The family of the dalit girl, who was allegedly gangraped in Dabra village, on Friday demanded government employment for her and her brother. They made this demand at the condolence meeting of Krishan, the girl's father who committed suicide by consuming poison on September 18 apprehending public humiliation. They also urged the government to provide them residential accommodation at Hisar and said it was very difficult for them to...
08:35 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday ordered that private vehicles on the Gurgaon Expressway will not pay toll taxes between 8.30 am and 10 am and 5.30 pm and 7 pm. The ruling will come into effect at 7 pm on Friday. The private vehicles, however, will be charged from 7 pm onwards, the court order said. ...
01:48 PM, Sep 28, 2012
