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Thousands of policemen and paramilitary troops are in Punjab and Haryana ahead of a court verdict on Friday in a rape case against self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who leads the influential Dera Sacha Sauda sect. The Chief Ministers of both states have appealed for peace, with a large number of Dera followers travelling to Panchkula town...

A 12-year-old girl on her way to school to celebrate Independence Day was kidnapped and raped in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning

Vikas Barala, the son of a top BJP politician in Haryana, wept today as he was produced in court after his arrest for the attempted kidnapping of a woman in Chandigarh last week. He was sent to two days in police custody.

A day after Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala said the daughter of a bureaucrat in Chandigarh who has accused his son of stalking her was "like my daughter" and assured no interference in the police probe, the woman's father said he expects the BJP leader to behave like the person he claims to be - a father

Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, was arrested on Wednesday after being charged with trying to kidnap a woman he had stalked and followed on the streets of Chandigarh last week. After interrogating him for nearly three hours, the police said it has evidence and witnesses against the 23-year-old law student, who had earlier ...

Kirron Kher, the BJP legislator from Chandigarh, delivered a scathing criticism of fellow BJP man Ramveer Bhatti, saying she was "embarrassed" to be called his party colleague.

The family of Haryana's top BJP leader Subhash Barala -- whose son is facing allegations of attempt to kidnap 29-year-old Varnika Kundu -- is facing embarrassment on another front. Mr Barala's relative Vikram Barala, has been accused of kidnapping a minor girl from a Haryana village. Today the Punjab and Haryana court said it would hear the case ag...

CCTV footage of a white SUV racing behind Chandigarh DJ Varnika Kundu's black car confirms her account of being chased on the streets of Chandigarh and terrorized allegedly by the Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son. Police sources say the chase is recorded on CCTV cameras on the route and the footage establishes active pursuit. 23-year-old Vika...

Two days after a woman was chased on the streets of Chandigarh, tailgated and almost kidnapped allegedly by the Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son, the party has dismissed calls for the veteran's sacking. 23-year-old Vikas Barala and his friend are accused by Varnika Kundu, the daughter of a Haryana bureaucrat, of stalking and terrorizing her i...

The father of the 29-year-old woman who was chased through the streets of Chandigarh on Friday night -- allegedly by the son of a senior BJP leader and his friend - says the political link of the family of the accused makes the situation "complicated", but they would not backtrack in the battle for justice.

On Friday night, a young woman drove furiously through the streets of Chandigarh as two men allegedly chased her in their white Tata Safari SUV. They allegedly swerved their SUV "just enough to scare me that it might hit me". They allegedly blocked her way twice, forcing her to stop, but she managed to escape. As she called the police, she kept dri...

Sales have declined nearly 30%-40% after GST came into effect, retailers suggest.

In another shocking incident in Haryana, a 15-year-old girl conceived after she was allegedly repeatedly raped by her cousins. The girl is eight months pregnant now.

In a brazen display of the power of the gun, a man was allegedly murdered in broad daylight in Punjab's Faridkot. A local industrialist, Ravindra Pappu Kochar, was yesterday shot dead outside his mill by an unidentified man who is said to be a member of a local gang in Jaito town of Faridkot district, police said.

Taxes have nearly doubled for furniture and plywood manufacturers after the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax or GST. At 28 per cent, general furniture and plywood goods, earlier taxed between 12 per cent and 14 per cent, now fall in the highest tax bracket

Thousands of policemen and paramilitary troops are in Punjab and Haryana ahead of a court verdict on Friday in a rape case against self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who leads the influential Dera Sacha Sauda sect. The Chief Ministers of both states have appealed for peace, with a large number of Dera followers travelling to Panchkula town...

A 12-year-old girl on her way to school to celebrate Independence Day was kidnapped and raped in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning

Vikas Barala, the son of a top BJP politician in Haryana, wept today as he was produced in court after his arrest for the attempted kidnapping of a woman in Chandigarh last week. He was sent to two days in police custody.

A day after Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala said the daughter of a bureaucrat in Chandigarh who has accused his son of stalking her was "like my daughter" and assured no interference in the police probe, the woman's father said he expects the BJP leader to behave like the person he claims to be - a father

Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, was arrested on Wednesday after being charged with trying to kidnap a woman he had stalked and followed on the streets of Chandigarh last week. After interrogating him for nearly three hours, the police said it has evidence and witnesses against the 23-year-old law student, who had earlier ...

Kirron Kher, the BJP legislator from Chandigarh, delivered a scathing criticism of fellow BJP man Ramveer Bhatti, saying she was "embarrassed" to be called his party colleague.

The family of Haryana's top BJP leader Subhash Barala -- whose son is facing allegations of attempt to kidnap 29-year-old Varnika Kundu -- is facing embarrassment on another front. Mr Barala's relative Vikram Barala, has been accused of kidnapping a minor girl from a Haryana village. Today the Punjab and Haryana court said it would hear the case ag...

CCTV footage of a white SUV racing behind Chandigarh DJ Varnika Kundu's black car confirms her account of being chased on the streets of Chandigarh and terrorized allegedly by the Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son. Police sources say the chase is recorded on CCTV cameras on the route and the footage establishes active pursuit. 23-year-old Vika...

Two days after a woman was chased on the streets of Chandigarh, tailgated and almost kidnapped allegedly by the Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son, the party has dismissed calls for the veteran's sacking. 23-year-old Vikas Barala and his friend are accused by Varnika Kundu, the daughter of a Haryana bureaucrat, of stalking and terrorizing her i...

The father of the 29-year-old woman who was chased through the streets of Chandigarh on Friday night -- allegedly by the son of a senior BJP leader and his friend - says the political link of the family of the accused makes the situation "complicated", but they would not backtrack in the battle for justice.

On Friday night, a young woman drove furiously through the streets of Chandigarh as two men allegedly chased her in their white Tata Safari SUV. They allegedly swerved their SUV "just enough to scare me that it might hit me". They allegedly blocked her way twice, forcing her to stop, but she managed to escape. As she called the police, she kept dri...

Sales have declined nearly 30%-40% after GST came into effect, retailers suggest.

In another shocking incident in Haryana, a 15-year-old girl conceived after she was allegedly repeatedly raped by her cousins. The girl is eight months pregnant now.

In a brazen display of the power of the gun, a man was allegedly murdered in broad daylight in Punjab's Faridkot. A local industrialist, Ravindra Pappu Kochar, was yesterday shot dead outside his mill by an unidentified man who is said to be a member of a local gang in Jaito town of Faridkot district, police said.

Taxes have nearly doubled for furniture and plywood manufacturers after the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax or GST. At 28 per cent, general furniture and plywood goods, earlier taxed between 12 per cent and 14 per cent, now fall in the highest tax bracket