Panchkula

Education

UPSC member Chhatar Singh resigns

Chhatar Singh resigns from the UPSC three months after the CBI questioned him in connection with alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 industrial plots in Panchkula

1 min read27 Sep 2017
Politics

Dera chief Ram Rahim Singh's trial in 2 murder cases begins today, troops deployed in Panchkula

Paramilitary troops, Haryana police have been deployed in Panchkula ahead of Saturday's hearing in two murder cases against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

1 min read16 Sep 2017
Opinion

Voting for man-made disasters

The root cause of man-made disasters of the type we saw in August is not merely incapacity and apathy but conscious errors of omission and commission by the state

4 min read4 Sep 2017
Mint-lounge

I ate only white food on Tuesdays

At 16, the writer left home to join the Sathya Sai Baba ashram in Puttaparthi. This is the story of life in an Indian cult

7 min read1 Sep 2017
Politics

Lookout notice against Gurmeet Ram Rahim's adopted daughter Honeypreet

The Haryana police issues lookout notice against jailed Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's adopted daughter Honeypreet Insaan and key Dera functionary Aditya Insaan

1 min read1 Sep 2017
Politics

Policing lessons from Panchkula

State's response to organised violence in India often hinges on a political cost-benefit analysis

4 min read31 Aug 2017
Politics

Security men assigned to Dera chief Ram Rahim planned to free him: Haryana IG

The Haryana police managed to whisk away Dera chief Ram Rahim Singh from the special CBI court in to the Rohtak jail only after thwarting an alleged bid by his securitymen to free him

3 min read30 Aug 2017
Politics

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gets 20-year jail term, Rs30 lakh fine in rape cases

A special CBI court sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison in the two rape cases against him

2 min read29 Aug 2017
Politics

Live: Ram Rahim Singh sentenced to 20 years in jail, judge says Dera chief did not deserve leniency

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to 20 years jail in two rape cases by a special CBI court in Rohtak. Here are the latest updates

17 min read28 Aug 2017
Politics

Ram Rahim sentencing today, Rohtak under blanket shutdown

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's sentence will be pronounced at Rohtak jail in Haryana at 2.30pm by a special CBI court

2 min read28 Aug 2017