News for 'Rohtak'

Jat stir: Haryana CM heckled, shown black flags during Rohtak visit

Jat stir: Haryana CM heckled, shown black flags during Rohtak visit

Rediff.com23 Feb 2016

The situation on Tuesday remained tense in some parts of Jat dominated areas like Rohtak and Sonipat while curfew was lifted in Jind district.

Sikar in Rajasthan emerges as major hub for NEET-UG

Sikar in Rajasthan emerges as major hub for NEET-UG

Rediff.com21 Jul 2024

An analysis of data indicated that while the candidates who allegedly benefitted from the paper leak and other irregularities have not done well, some centres have a high concentration of well-performing students.

Mom learns to cook: Fuelling Reetika's Olympic dreams

Mom learns to cook: Fuelling Reetika's Olympic dreams

Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

Reetika's team ensures that she takes additional small meals to gain strength, and chicken was added to the meal plan, defying the family tradition.

Maruti to set up research and development centre at Rohtak

Maruti to set up research and development centre at Rohtak

Rediff.com26 Aug 2013

The testing facility at Rohtak would have more than 30 different tracks covering a length of about 30 km to check the various operational aspects of a vehicle.

Rohtak gang rape: Autopsy report tells horrific tale of brutality

Rohtak gang rape: Autopsy report tells horrific tale of brutality

Rediff.com14 May 2017

What makes the brutality every more evident, is that her oesophagus was missing and gnawing effects were seen over chest of the victim.

Ram Rahim case: CBI judge to be flown to Rohtak jail to hand down sentence

Ram Rahim case: CBI judge to be flown to Rohtak jail to hand down sentence

Rediff.com26 Aug 2017

The high court asked the state government to make arrangements for security and safe transport by air of the judicial officer and two staff members.

Former BJP ally Dushyant Chautala ready to back Cong in RS polls

Former BJP ally Dushyant Chautala ready to back Cong in RS polls

Rediff.com27 Jun 2024

Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said his party is ready to support the Congress in the Rajya Sabha election and ruled out any alliance with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana before or after the next assembly polls.

Rohtak gang rape case to be tried by fast-track court

Rohtak gang rape case to be tried by fast-track court

Rediff.com15 May 2017

Two persons, including the main accused Sumit, who is also a Dalit, have been sent to seven days in police remand.

Nuh SP, deputy commissioner shunted out following violence

Nuh SP, deputy commissioner shunted out following violence

Rediff.com4 Aug 2023

Nuh Superintendent of Police Varun Singla, who was on leave when the communal clashes broke out in the district, has been transferred, an official order said on Friday.

Sudden downpour floods Delhi, Mumbai gets a respite

Sudden downpour floods Delhi, Mumbai gets a respite

Rediff.com10 Jul 2024

A sudden downpour in Delhi caught citizens off guard and caused heavy waterlogging and traffic jams on Tuesday while Mumbai breathed a sigh of relief as showers stopped a day after heavy rain brought the metropolis to its knees.

Situation tense in Rohtak village, CM orders probe

Situation tense in Rohtak village, CM orders probe

Rediff.com13 May 2013

The situation on Monday was tense but under control in Rohtak's Karontha village where three persons were killed and about 100 others in a clash between two groups over an ashram even as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda ordered a magisterial probe into the violence.

Rohtak: Cops arrest 3 who had harassed girls on bus

Rohtak: Cops arrest 3 who had harassed girls on bus

Rediff.com1 Dec 2014

The Haryana police, finally acting in the incident in which two sisters from Rohtak took on three molesters in a moving bus as the other passengers remained mute spectators, arrested all three youths.

NEET aspirant hangs self in Kota, 8th death since Jan; parents allege murder

NEET aspirant hangs self in Kota, 8th death since Jan; parents allege murder

Rediff.com29 Apr 2024

This is the eighth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota so far this year, according to the police.

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

The parole comes two months after the Sirsa-headquartered sect chief had walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district on November 21 last year after he was granted a 21-day furlough -- his third temporary release from jail in 2023.

Jat protest: 200 paramilitary personnel airlifted to Rohtak

Jat protest: 200 paramilitary personnel airlifted to Rohtak

Rediff.com20 Feb 2016

Around 200 paramilitary personnel were on Saturday airlifted to Rohtak in Haryana from Chandigarh after Jat protesters blocked roads following fresh incidents of violence.

Congress wins Rohtak Lok Sabha seat

Congress wins Rohtak Lok Sabha seat

Rediff.com1 Oct 2005

Deepinder Singh Hooda, son of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, won the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest rival Abhimanyu of the Bhartiya Janata Party by a margin of 2,32,098 votes.

Dismiss BJP's 'minority' govt in Haryana: Cong to guv

Dismiss BJP's 'minority' govt in Haryana: Cong to guv

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

"Fresh elections to the assembly should be held to enable people to elect a popular government in the state in accordance with law," the memorandum to the Haryana governor read.

Rohtak shelter sealed after allegations of sexual abuse

Rohtak shelter sealed after allegations of sexual abuse

Rediff.com9 Jun 2012

The Apna Ghar shelter house in Rohtak, which was hit by allegations of women and children being sexually assaulted and tortured including by police officials, has been sealed.

Jat stir: 7 die in firing in Rohtak, shoot-at-sight orders issued in Hissar

Jat stir: 7 die in firing in Rohtak, shoot-at-sight orders issued in Hissar

Rediff.com20 Feb 2016

Seven persons were killed on Saturday while several others were injured as security personnel opened fire during violent protests for quota by Jat community in Rohtak and Jhajjar districts, taking the toll to five.

Haryana families to get invitation letter to cast vote

Haryana families to get invitation letter to cast vote

Rediff.com24 Apr 2024

In a novel initiative aimed at increasing voter turnout in Haryana, the state election commission will send an invitation letter to every family in the state urging them to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls.

BJP govt in Haryana reduced to minority as 3 Independents withdraw support

BJP govt in Haryana reduced to minority as 3 Independents withdraw support

Rediff.com7 May 2024

The three MLAs -- Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder -- also said that they have decided to extend support to the Congress during the elections.

Caught on camera: Kabaddi player shot dead in Rohtak

Caught on camera: Kabaddi player shot dead in Rohtak

Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

A national-level Kabaddi player was shot dead by two armed assailants in Rithal village of Rohtak, with the murder captured on a CCTV installed at a house near the crime spot.

Jolt to Congress as senior Haryana leader, daughter quit party, to join BJP

Jolt to Congress as senior Haryana leader, daughter quit party, to join BJP

Rediff.com19 Jun 2024

Their joining is likely to come as a big boost to the BJP in Haryana with a few months remaining for the polls.

Indian cities sizzle at 48 deg C, respite likely after 3 days

Indian cities sizzle at 48 deg C, respite likely after 3 days

Rediff.com28 May 2024

Temperatures in 17 locations breached 48 degrees Celsius on Monday, with the relentless heat affecting health and livelihoods across large parts of northwestern and central India.

National camp for senior wrestlers to begin after trials: WFI

National camp for senior wrestlers to begin after trials: WFI

Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is gearing up for the senior National camp after almost 15 months with Delhi likely to replace Patiala as the venue because of the ongoing farmers' protest.

First batch of IIM-Rohtak bags highest salary of 28.5L

First batch of IIM-Rohtak bags highest salary of 28.5L

Rediff.com13 Mar 2012

HSBC and Tata group were among the top companies who hired the first batch of IIM-Rohtak graduates.

Shame: 8 arrested for gang rape, murder of mentally-challenged woman in Rohtak

Shame: 8 arrested for gang rape, murder of mentally-challenged woman in Rohtak

Rediff.com9 Feb 2015

Eight have been arrested in the gang rape and murder of a 28-year-old mentally challenged woman.

Bravery award for Rohtak sisters unlikely as credibility is questioned

Bravery award for Rohtak sisters unlikely as credibility is questioned

Rediff.com4 Dec 2014

Within less than a week after the two sisters hogged limelight for thrashing youths in a bus for allegedly molesting them, Haryana government on Thursday decided to put on hold the award announced for them pending an inquiry.

Wrestling restarts, elections get fair, wrestlers get a voice

Wrestling restarts, elections get fair, wrestlers get a voice

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

The WFI will resume national camp from March 27, after after almost 16 months with Sonepat and Gandhinagar in Gujarat to be the likely venues for men and women respectively.

I urge wrestlers to play in Nationals organised by ad-hoc committee, not by WFI: Sakshi

I urge wrestlers to play in Nationals organised by ad-hoc committee, not by WFI: Sakshi

Rediff.com18 Jan 2024

Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik on Thursday advised the country's wrestlers to participate in the Nationals conducted by the ad-hoc committee in Jaipur and not in the event organised by the suspended national federation.

'A solid leadership is required in WFI'

'A solid leadership is required in WFI'

Rediff.com22 Dec 2023

'Thankfully, now nationals will be held. All that the wrestlers need is competition. We are not from any party. We just want the betterment of our sport.'

BJP demands CBI probe into sexual abuse at Rohtak shelter

BJP demands CBI probe into sexual abuse at Rohtak shelter

Rediff.com12 Jun 2012

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Rohtak 'Apna Ghar' shelter home incident which has been in the news for alleged sexual abuse and torture of its inmates.

No parole to Dera chief without our permission, HC tells Haryana govt

No parole to Dera chief without our permission, HC tells Haryana govt

Rediff.com1 Mar 2024

A bench of Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji was hearing a petition of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee which had challenged the grant of temporary release to the Dera Sacha Sauda chief.

CWG medallist Pooja Sihag's husband dies from drug overdose

CWG medallist Pooja Sihag's husband dies from drug overdose

Rediff.com4 Oct 2022

CWG bronze medallist Pooja Sihag's husband Ajay Nandal of Garhi Bohar village was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Rohtak

We asked for 2 Lok Sabha seats, but BJP refused: JJP chief

We asked for 2 Lok Sabha seats, but BJP refused: JJP chief

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

Jannayak Janta Party chief Ajay Singh Chautala on Wednesday said his party worked with full honesty to fulfil the 'gathbandhan dharma' over the last four and half years of the alliance and his party was never power hungry.

Everyone leaving Congress, only...:Modi

Everyone leaving Congress, only...:Modi

Rediff.com16 Feb 2024

'This is what happens to a party when it gets trapped in the vicious circle of nepotism and dynastic politics'

Reetika Hooda wins World Under-23 wrestling crown

Reetika Hooda wins World Under-23 wrestling crown

Rediff.com27 Oct 2023

Reetika Hooda became only the second Indian and first woman wrestler from the country to emerge World champion after her title triumph in the 76kg event at the Under-23 World Championships, in Tirana, Albania, on Friday.

Syed Modi: Srikanth out; Hooda, Priyanshi advance

Syed Modi: Srikanth out; Hooda, Priyanshi advance

Rediff.com29 Nov 2023

Srikanth lost 21-23, 8-21 to Korea's Chia Hao Lee, continuing his dismal run in international circuit this season.

Rape convict Ram Rahim walks out of jail on furlough again

Rape convict Ram Rahim walks out of jail on furlough again

Rediff.com21 Nov 2023

Singh is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples.

PoK will be part of India in next 2-3 years: BJP leader

PoK will be part of India in next 2-3 years: BJP leader

Rediff.com6 Mar 2023

PoK will become a part of India and this will be done under PM Modi only, Haryana Cabinet Minister Kamal Gupta said.