Authorities Sunday decided to continue for the second consecutive day the curfew imposed in this Haryana town after violent clashes between followers of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect and the Sikh community. ...
03:19 PM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police raided former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda's house in Sirsa again in connection with the Geetika Sharma suicide case. These raids came on the basis of some mobile numbers that were being tracked. One of Kanda's relatives was taken into custody. The former minister himself has been absconding for the past nine days. He was booked for abetting Geetika's suicide after he was implicated in her...
08:27 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Police raided ex-Haryana minister Gopal Kanda's Sirsa residence for the second time on Thursday hours after the Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. ...
11:43 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Sirsa: The Delhi Police on Thursday raided the residence of former Haryana minister and prime accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, Gopal Goyal Kanda, in Sirsa and several other properties of his in Delhi and the NCR. Kanda is believed to be absconding, while his colleague and MDLR Manager Aruna Chadha was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the case. Twenty-three-year-old Geetika Sharma committed suicide on Saturday night and...
08:37 AM, Aug 09, 2012
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
Ahmedabad: England's Jonathan Trott displayed a distinct lack of sportsman spirit when he persisted with his appeal for a catch despite dropping the ball during the first day of the opening Test against India here on Thursday. Post-tea, when India were at 259 for 3, Kohli, who was on four, went for a cut shot off Graeme Swann's bowling but edged the ball to Trott at slip. The ball struck...
10:45 AM, Jul 19, 2008
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Monday announced its team for their Ranji Trophy Group A league match against Saurashtra here from November 17. The Team: VVS Laxman (Captain), D B Ravi Teja, P Akshat Reddy, N Arjun Yadav, B Sandeep, GH Vihari, Ahmed Quadri, Ibraheem Khaleel, P Kaneshk Naidu, Anwar Ahmed Khan, M A Khader, A Ashish Reddy, Vishal Sharma, A Lalith Mohan and Akash Bhandari, HCA said...
12:21 PM, Jul 18, 2008
The scrapping of Deccan has also cleared the path for BCCI to announce an auction for a new city franchise. ...
04:27 PM, Jun 26, 2008
London: England will have to quickly come out of the shock news of Andrew Strauss' retirement and put one across South Africa in the third ODI at The Oval to prevent the visitors from taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series that has been reduced to a four-match affair after the washout at Cardiff. South Africa created history at The Rose Bowl earlier in the week when they became...
06:16 PM, Jun 21, 2008
England have given rest to Graeme Swann for the remaining three matches of the ongoing one day international series against South Africa. In a statement on Wednesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that the offspinner has been given rest so that he can recover from a long-term elbow injury. James Tredwell, the 30-year-old offspinner from Kent, has been called up as cover. (Swann) has admitted to carrying...
10:16 AM, 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
The Centre intervened in Punjab on Thursday night and rushed para-military forces to take control of the situation. ...
11:54 PM, May 17, 2007
