Stay on Jat quota Act continues

Stay on Jat quota Act continues

Chandigarh, September 1 : More than a year after the constitutional validity of an Act providing reservation to Jats and five other communities under the newly created BC (C) category was challenged, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed that it would be kept in abeyance till March 31, 2018. Sending the matter […]

SC panel to examine SIT decision to close 199 anti-Sikh riot cases

SC panel to examine SIT decision to close 199 anti-Sikh riot cases

New Delhi, September 1 : The Supreme Court has constituted a supervisory body comprising two of its former judges to examine the decision of the SIT to close 199 cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apex court named its former judges, Justice JM Panchal and Justice KSP Radhakrishnan, as members of the supervisory […]

Four Twitter handles related to Dera Sacha Sauda suspended

Four Twitter handles related to Dera Sacha Sauda suspended

Kurukshetra, September 1 : Four Twitter handles associated with Dera Sacha Sauda, including a verified account of rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, were suspended on Friday. Accounts — @Gurmeetramrahim and @derasachasauda were suspended. Similarly, two other accounts @OfficialMSG_2 and @RamRahimInsan have been blocked by Twitter. Sources in the Haryana Police confirmed to The Tribune that […]

Bofors: SC to hear plea challenging dropping of charges against Hindujas

Bofors: SC to hear plea challenging dropping of charges against Hindujas

New Delhi, September 1 : In a fresh turn of events, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal filed by BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists–the Hinduja brothers–in the politically sensitive Bofors pay-off scam case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra […]

No immediate move to name successor to Gurmeet Ram Rahim

No immediate move to name successor to Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Chandigarh, September 1 : With Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head of the infamous Dera Sacha Sauda, being sentenced to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a CBI special court for the rape of two female disciples, a leadership crisis looms over the Rs 1,000-crore sect in Haryana that is said to have over 60 million followers. […]