The streets in Dharmuchak, near Amritsar, filled with young and old, sharing their grief and heroics of Dara Singh.
Looking at the life and times of the late wrestler/actor.
A senior Rajasthan police officer, evading arrest in the Dara Singh fake encounter case, on Wednesday surrendered before a special Central Bureau of Investigation court.
Celebs spotted at the prayer meet of Dara Singh's wife.
Yesteryear actors and friends of Dara Singh, Mumtaz, Dharmendra and others remember the late veteran.
"I am very happy at the outcome, but I will go to the Supreme Court for acquittal," Dara's lawyer Asit Otta quoted him as saying.
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, Rashtriya Lok Dal's Anil Kumar and two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders were sworn in on Tuesday as Yogi Adityanath expanded his council of ministers, weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
Rabindra Kumar Pal alias Dara Singh, convicted in the killing of Australiam missionary Graham Staines and his minor sons, filed his nomination for Ghasipura assembly constituency in Orissa, a top official said.
Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh, who has been battling for his life in a city hospital since the last four days, was on Wednesday night shifted back home after doctors said he has "less chance of recovery" due to significant damage to his brain.
He and 14 others had been accused of looting the Kendumundi weekly market on November 15, 1998.\n\n\n\n
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking a direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a supplementary charge sheet against Bharatiya Janata Party member of legislative assembly Rajendra Singh Rathore and arrest him in the Dara Singh fake encounter case.
Sri Lanka Premier League denied Vindu Dara Singh's claims that two bookies had owned one of the franchises of the SLPL, which conducted its inaugural edition last year.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has accused 14 policemen and two individuals for the alleged fake encounter of Dara Singh in its charge sheet filed on Friday.
While Dara had filed an appeal challenging his conviction and the life sentence awarded to him, CBI has sought enhancement of the life sentence.
The Rajasthan high court on Friday asked former Bharatiya Janata Party Minister Rajendra Singh Rathore to surrender before a trial court in Dara Singh fake encounter case, setting aside the lower court's order which had discharged him in the case.
Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh passed away on Thursday morning at his residence on Mumbai. He had been battling for his life in a city hospital since the last four days and was brought back home on Wednesday night. The 84-year-actor was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in an emergency condition on July 7. He had suffered a cardiac arrest and since then he had been in the ICU.
"He is very, very critical. He was brought in an emergency condition to hospital at 5:15 pm. He had suffered cardiac arrest. He is in ICU and we are monitoring his condition hour-by-hour," Dr Ram Narain, Chief Operating Officer at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Mumbai's suburban Andheri, told PTI on Saturday night.
In Mayurbhanj shops, business establishments, offices, educational institutions remained open and traffic was normal
The Supreme Court on Friday refused custodial parole to Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, to perform rituals related to the immersion of ashes of his father. A bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and H L Dattu said it cannot grant custodial parole to Ravindra Pal Singh alias Dara Singh, to travel from Orissa to Allahabad for immersing the ashes of his father, who had died in 2003.
'You have to be very careful while doing the Ramayan.'
District Judge Sachidananda Sahu convicted Dara Singh for the murder of garment trader Sheikh Rehman on August 26, 1999 at a market at Padiagada in Mayurbhanj district
Bollywood actor Vindoo Singh, son of late actor Dara Singh, was arrested for his alleged role in the IPL spot-fixing scandal by Mumbai Police on Tuesday.
New Human Resources and Development Minister M M Pallam Raju on Wednesday said he would reach out to 'everybody' to build a consensus on passage of pending bills on higher education in Parliament, and promised to consolidate 'good work' initiated by his predecessor like in the case of Indian Institutes of Management.
Dara Singh, serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, and 12 others were acquitted on Monday in a case relating to the burning of a truck and murder of its helper.
Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Kirit Somaiya on Friday alleged that his party colleague Rajendra Singh Rathore was falsely implicated in the Dara Singh encounter case and demanded action against some Congress leaders.
Dara's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujit Barman Roy and\nJustice Laxmikant Mohapatra.
CBI moved the SC on Monday challenging the Orissa High court's order to reduce capital punishment to life imprsonment for Dara Singh, who burnt alive Australian missionary Graham Staines, and pressed for his death penalty.
Director Imtiaz Ali talks about directing Dara Singh in Jab We Met.
Bigg Boss 3 winner Vindu Dara Singh has a candid chat with Rediff readers.
There has been significant damage to his brain.
His estranged wife lodged a complaint with the Chandigarh police
Son Vindoo Dara Singh shares some interesting untold stories of his famous father.
The Rajasthan government has suspended Additional Superintendent of Police Arshad Ali, who was charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his alleged involvement in the Dara Singh fake encounter case. His suspension order was issued on Monday, according to sources.Ajay Kumar Jain, another senior police officer who was suspended by the government, is absconding.The CBI had summoned both the officers in May for interrogation.
A look at pictures from the prayer meet.
The veteran actor was admitted in hospital two days ago.
A Jaipur court has framed charges against 10 accused, including an Indian Police Service officer, involved in the alleged fake encounter case of Dara Singh.
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