Chandigarh: All necessary arrangements have been made for smooth and peaceful conduct of elections to the seven municipal corporations in Haryana on Sunday. The municipal corporations which will go to the polls are Ambala, Panchkula, Karnal, Panipat, Hisar, Rohtak and Yamunanagar.
Besides, polls will also be held in two municipal committees of Farukh Nagar (Gurgaon) and Kalanaur (Rohtak), Haryana's Election Commissioner Dharam Vir said in Chandigarh on Saturday. The counting of votes in the municipal committees will be made immediately after the poll. The counting of votes will be held on June 4 in case of Municipal Corporations polls, he informed.
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01:07 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Rohtak: The disputed Satlok Ashram was completely evacuated and the protesters cremated the body of a woman killed in Sunday's clashes in Rohtak as the stand-off between self-styled godman Rampal's followers and Arya Samaj activists ended on Wednesday. The issue was resolved peacefully after holding parleys with both the parties, Rohtak Deputy Commissioner Vikas Gupta said. Security of the Satlok Ashram had been handed over to the CRPF as protesting...
10:30 PM, May 15, 2013
Rohtak: The disputed Satlok Ashram was on Wednesday sealed by Haryana government after nearly 3,000 followers of self-styled godman Rampal vacated the site in Karontha village, where an uneasy calm prevailed. "The ashram has been vacated by the hundreds of followers of self-styled godman Rampal and there is calm now," an official spokesman said. Satlok Ashram, a cause of dispute between Arya Samajis and Rampal's followers, was the site of...
03:46 PM, May 15, 2013
Rohtak: The Satlok Ashram authorities in Rohtak are promising to vacate the area after the locals gave an ultimatum. Prohibitory orders are in place in the area. The villagers refused to cremate the body of a woman who lost her life in the violence, that also left two others dead. They have said that the cremation will only take place once the Ashram has been vacated fully. The district administration...
01:46 PM, May 14, 2013
Violent clashes took place in Rohtak in Haryana on Sunday leaving three people dead and over 100 injured. Clashes took place between members of the Arya Samaj and followers of a godman, who owns the Satlok Ashram at Karontha village. The state government has ordered a magisterial probe in the case. ...
08:10 PM, May 13, 2013
Rohtak: Violent clashes took place in Rohtak in Haryana on Sunday leaving three people dead and over 100 injured. This includes 50 police personnel. Clashes took place between members of the Arya Samaj and followers of a godman, who owns the Satlok Ashram at Karontha village. Arya Samajis claim that the ownership of the dera is illegal and its presence is affecting peace in the region. The police had to...
08:20 AM, May 13, 2013
Rohtak: Three people were killed and over 100, including 50 policemen, were injured when a clash broke out between two groups and a mob went on a rampage torching several vehicles during a protest over an ashram at Karontha village near Rohtak on Sunday. The controversy over possession of Satlok Ashram, headed by Rampal at Karontha village, 10 km from Rohtak, on Sunday took a violent turn when policemen tried...
11:32 PM, May 12, 2013
Rohtak: An angry mob clashed with the police and set two buses on fire during a violent protest against the opening of an ashram of a controversial godman near Rohtak on Sunday. One person has been killed in police firing that took place near Satlok Ashram at Karontha village. Some protestors were injured in the violence. The police had to resort to lathicharge and use tear gas shells to disperse...
03:40 PM, May 12, 2013
Rohtak: A teenage school student was shot dead allegedly by his classmates in a town in this Haryana district on Sunday, police said. A mob later went on a rampage setting a car on fire and vandalising the house of an accused. Nitin, 15-year-old Class 10 student, was allegedly shot dead by four classmates during a religious function in Meham town, 80 km from New Delhi, on early Sunday, police...
10:37 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Rohtak: In a shocker from Haryana, a 32-year-old NRI woman was allegedly raped by her brother in Sector-2 area of the city. In her complaint, the victim said she had recently come to Rohtak from Italy on vacations. On Friday night, while she was alone in her house, her brother came and raped her, she alleged in a complaint. The woman also alleged that after committing the crime, he forcibly...
08:39 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Chandigarh: A gang helping class 10 and 12 students in Haryana's Rohtak district to cheat in examinations has been busted and five people, including the superintendent of an examination centre, have been arrested, police said on Saturday. "The Haryana Police has busted a gang which used to help students use unfair means during examinations for Class 10 and 12 of National Open School being held at a school in a...
01:45 AM, Apr 07, 2013
A woman from Rohtak was arrested on Sunday for allegedly getting her husband killed through contract killers. The woman got her husband murdered with the help of her lover, police said. ...
07:57 PM, Mar 10, 2013
The knockout rounds of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 cricket tournament will be held at Ranchi from March 26 to 31. ...
04:40 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Three students of Delhi Public School (DPS) located on the Rohtak-Jind road were booked for allegedly sodomising one of their classmates in the school premises, police said. ...
09:52 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Chandigarh: Five criminals involved in a recent kidnapping of a 17-year-old son of a businessman in Rohtak district have been arrested following a joint operation of Rohtak and Sonipat police force, Haryana Police said. Police recovered Rs 28 lakh in cash, weapons, ammunition, police uniforms and a car from the possession of the arrested people, a police department spokesman said in Chandigarh. He said the members of the gang were...
01:01 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Rohtak (Haryana): Haryana's Khap panchayats, who have already received flak over their moral policing-blended diktats, on Sunday asked the state government to ban marriage functions at night as it would lessen cases of drunken driving by keeping off youths from alcohol. A resolution to this effect was passed during an assembly of over 200 representatives from around 50 Khaps of the state in Rohtak, which found wedding ceremonies in the...
07:45 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Rohtak: A woman in a village in Haryana's Rohtak district has been booked by the police for hiding the fact that her minor daughter was raped, police said on Saturday. The victim, aged 14, was allegedly raped by a youth, Sunil, who hailed from the same village of Sunariya in Rohtak district, 80 km from New Delhi. Though the incident took place over two months ago, the police registered the...
11:54 AM, Oct 27, 2012
Rohtak: Yet another rape case came to light in Haryana - the eighteenth reported in a little over five weeks. A 30-year-old married woman was allegedly gangraped in Lakhan Majra village in Rohtak. The incident occurred on October 13, when the two suspects forcibly took the victim into a field on the outskirts of the village. The victim claimed that they were her husband's cousins. The police has registered a...
08:17 AM, Oct 17, 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
New Delhi: The Haryana government on Tuesday swung into action after a differently-abled youth was allegedly sodomised at a shelter home in Rohtak. Police have arrested the warden and the authorities have decided to examine the other inmates of the home to check for cases of abuse. Reports said that the boy was allegedly sodomised repeatedly and tortured by the warden at a home run by the Red Cross and...
07:46 AM, Jul 03, 2012
