Violence In Haryana And Punjab

Children who should be studying at schools are being exposed to violence, the Punjab and Haryana High Court reprimanded the protesting farmers over the participation of women and children in the agitation.

The Haryana government has defended its demolition drive in Nuh, saying no structure was razed against the law and that the exercise was "not remotely a case of ethnic cleansing".

The demolition exercise in Haryana's Nuh in the wake of communal clashes in the area was halted today following an order by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The probe into the farmers' killing in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur will be monitored by a former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, the Supreme Court said today.

Irate farmers in Punjab and Haryana held protests at many places in both states on Monday, demanding the arrest of Union minister Ajay Mishra's son in connection with the violence that broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.

Haryana Farmers Protest: A day after the violence, farmers are holding a mahapanchayat in Nuh and they will also block the Jalandhar-Delhi highway for two hours, while farmers in Punjab will also block roads.

Delhi High Court judge Justice S Muralidhar, who on Wednesday grilled the centre, the state government and the Delhi Police over the violence in the national capital that left 32 dead and over 200 injured, has been transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The tussle over the custody of arrested human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj carried on well past midnight after her lawyers alleged that the Pune Police refused to comply with the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Remarks made by judges about the Prime Minister being in- charge of the entire country and not just his party were used out of context by the media, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said. It stressed that its comments were observations and not part of its verdict on the riots that ripped through Haryana after spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim S...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday said the mayhem caused by followers of convicted godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last Friday was a "war-like situation". Violence broke out in Panchkula after Ram Rahim was convicted of raping two of his followers on Friday that left at least 32 people dead, including six in Sirsa, and over 200 injured. P...

In the run-up to the sentence following his conviction on Friday that led to riots across Haryana and Punjab, the Haryana police cracked down on Dera's congregation centres and raided private premises on suspicion that the followers of the self-styled spiritual guru could be hoarding money, petrol, diesel and weapons to fuel riots after the sentenc...

The sentence against rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was declared by a special CBI court today. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as he was announced guilty of raping two women in a 2002 case. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab, Haryana and other cities, burned down gas stations and train stations and torched vehicles after Dera...

Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers in 2002, by a judge who flew by government helicopter to conduct court at a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect sat on the floor and wept as he was sentenced. Ahead of the ju...

PM Narendra Modi's address began by addressing the violence in Haryana and Punjab following Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's rape conviction. PM Modi condemned the "deeply distressing" violence that swept Haryana, Punjab and some other states after the conviction of the self-styled godman. PM Modi in his 'Mann Ki Baat' address said ...

Criticising Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for allegedly "protecting and extending political patronage" to self-styled godman and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today told the state government to file a case against those who instigated the large-scale violence in parts of Haryana, Punjab and New...

Children who should be studying at schools are being exposed to violence, the Punjab and Haryana High Court reprimanded the protesting farmers over the participation of women and children in the agitation.

The Haryana government has defended its demolition drive in Nuh, saying no structure was razed against the law and that the exercise was "not remotely a case of ethnic cleansing".

The demolition exercise in Haryana's Nuh in the wake of communal clashes in the area was halted today following an order by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The probe into the farmers' killing in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur will be monitored by a former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, the Supreme Court said today.

Irate farmers in Punjab and Haryana held protests at many places in both states on Monday, demanding the arrest of Union minister Ajay Mishra's son in connection with the violence that broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.

Haryana Farmers Protest: A day after the violence, farmers are holding a mahapanchayat in Nuh and they will also block the Jalandhar-Delhi highway for two hours, while farmers in Punjab will also block roads.

Delhi High Court judge Justice S Muralidhar, who on Wednesday grilled the centre, the state government and the Delhi Police over the violence in the national capital that left 32 dead and over 200 injured, has been transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The tussle over the custody of arrested human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj carried on well past midnight after her lawyers alleged that the Pune Police refused to comply with the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Remarks made by judges about the Prime Minister being in- charge of the entire country and not just his party were used out of context by the media, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said. It stressed that its comments were observations and not part of its verdict on the riots that ripped through Haryana after spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim S...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday said the mayhem caused by followers of convicted godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last Friday was a "war-like situation". Violence broke out in Panchkula after Ram Rahim was convicted of raping two of his followers on Friday that left at least 32 people dead, including six in Sirsa, and over 200 injured. P...

In the run-up to the sentence following his conviction on Friday that led to riots across Haryana and Punjab, the Haryana police cracked down on Dera's congregation centres and raided private premises on suspicion that the followers of the self-styled spiritual guru could be hoarding money, petrol, diesel and weapons to fuel riots after the sentenc...

The sentence against rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was declared by a special CBI court today. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as he was announced guilty of raping two women in a 2002 case. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab, Haryana and other cities, burned down gas stations and train stations and torched vehicles after Dera...

Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers in 2002, by a judge who flew by government helicopter to conduct court at a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect sat on the floor and wept as he was sentenced. Ahead of the ju...

PM Narendra Modi's address began by addressing the violence in Haryana and Punjab following Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's rape conviction. PM Modi condemned the "deeply distressing" violence that swept Haryana, Punjab and some other states after the conviction of the self-styled godman. PM Modi in his 'Mann Ki Baat' address said ...

Criticising Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for allegedly "protecting and extending political patronage" to self-styled godman and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today told the state government to file a case against those who instigated the large-scale violence in parts of Haryana, Punjab and New...