The petition was filed by advocate Iman Singh Khara, seeking the "release" of Amritpal Singh from alleged police custody. Khara is the legal advisor of Amritpal Singh and his outfit 'Waris Punjab De.'
He requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make an announcement that the farm loans would be waived, while a mechanism for the same could be worked out later.
In yet another incident of gangrape involving a teenage girl in Haryana, a Class XI student was allegedly sexually assaulted by four men in the godown of a shop in Gohana town in Sonepat district.
The incident took place in Bhawanpur's Rali Chauhan village in Meerut district when the vehicle of Kanwariyas came in contact with a low-hanging high-tension power line.
The situation in Sirsa remained tense but under control, according to police.
The two accused were re-arrested on August 9 after they joined the police investigation and charged with attempted abduction under section 365 of the IPC and section 511, which relates to an attempt to commit an offence punishable with life or other imprisonment.
The Delhi police on Thursday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the abduction and rape of a 30-year-old call centre employee in Delhi last week. The two, identified as Shamshad and Usman, have a criminal background and were allegedly involved in a gang-rape case earlier also."These people have criminal backgrounds. They were involved in gang-rape case earlier," a police official said. Shamshad and Usman are in their early 20s.
Another man who had gone to meet his daughter studying in a coaching institute there was also hit by bullets and died.
A new picture of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced Monday on social media as another close associate of the radical preacher was detained under the stringent NSA.
Judge's wife who was shot by guard succumbs to her injuries on October 14.
A large number of people from different walks of life, including farmers from neighbouring states of Delhi and DU students, reached Jantar Mantar on Thursday and expressed solidarity with the wrestlers protesting there demanding the arrest of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The central probe agency re-registered the first information report (FIR) of Goa Police on a reference from the Ministry of Home Affairs which was routed to it through the Department of Personnel and Training, officials said.
"Five grenades and two automatic pistols have been recovered from his possession. He is being brought to the national capital and his police custody remand will be sought," police said.
Congress accuses Centre of 'protecting' state BJP chief's son.
Five years after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed total prohibition in Bihar, the liquor mafia continues to thrive, reports MI Khan.
In further embarrassment to the Haryana government, two rape cases involving minor girls were reported from Hisar and Bhiwani districts. Police said a 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by four youths on November 3 in Hisar.
Harman Preet Singh had claimed in his petition, filed through advocates Ashima Mandla and Mandakini Singh, that Delhi Police on January 27 said that it has detained over 200 persons in connection with the violence in the national capital on January 26 and 22 FIRs have also been registered thus far.
The three have been identified as Parveen Wadhwa alias Prince, Irfan alias Chenu and Jassa Singh.
Until Tuesday, the state government had maintained the death toll at 19.
On November 7, the top court while acquitting the three convicts had said the law does not permit courts to punish an accused on the basis of moral conviction or on suspicion alone.
Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur was freed Friday by the Punjab and Haryana high court, which said slapping charges like attempt to murder on her is a 'debatable issue' to be considered at a later stage in the trial.
The music composer came under sharp criticism for his "sarcastic" tweet on Jain monk Tarun Sagar.
Two were arrested for burning down of Dalit homes, while four were arrested in a murder case that led the arson.
The VHP president said that it is beyond understanding that the administration is denying permission for a peaceful Yatra.
Despite being sighted in several CCTV footage and photos with changed appearances at many places, including Patiala, Kurukshetra and Delhi, the radical preacher continued to hoodwink the police.
The CBI team searched the room of Linda, a Manipuri woman arrested by the Haryana police on January 31 and took away some documents related to the case before sealing it, official sources said. Linda had come in contact with Kumar during her initial years in the nursing profession. Though she was working in RML Hospital as a staff nurse, she had been providing part-time services to Amit Kumar, the sources said.
As yet another deadline lapsed on Thursday, former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and his accomplices, facing arrest in the black buck hunting case, did not present themselves before the Haryana police in Jhajjar.
As many as 19 people have been arrested and 25 FIRs lodged in connection with the Republic Day violence in the national capital during the farmers' tractor rally in protest against the three new agri laws, the Centre informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.
Vehicles entering Delhi were being checked and pickets were increased at Delhi-Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu borders.
A six-member team of Delhi Police's Special Cell on Saturday raided tainted cricketer Ajit Chandila's residence in Prahladpur in Haryana for further clues on the IPL spot-fixing issue that has led to the cricketer's arrest.
Delhi police on Monday appeared mulling the option of brain mapping test on former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda who is refusing to cooperate in the probe in connection with the Geetika Sharma suicide case.
They repeatedly raped the girl, who works in a private firm in Industrial Model Township, Manesar, and then dumped her on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway.
The two, identified as Huzaifa of Abhinandan Bag Centre and the shop manager Poonam Singh Thakur, were taken to Panipat or Chandigarh after seeking permission of the court for further probe.
Efforts continued to trace Dera chief's adopted daughter Honeypreet Insan.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere in the arrest of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and declined to appoint a SIT for probe into their arrest.
"The two main accused -- Hottam Singh and Iftikhar Khan, working as nursing attendants at the army hospital, have been arrested and further investigations are on," Senior Superintendent of Police (Panchakula) Sandeep Khirwar told PTI over phone.
The mother of the young woman, said, ""The government talks about Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, but is this the price one has to pay for getting our daughters educated? The accused are roaming freely but police has failed to nab them."
'Not only are Muslim homes and shops being bulldozed, but the cops are filing random FIRs even against people who died two-three years ago, against those who have moved to neighbouring states since almost two years to work there.'
Hours after the macabre crime, a man wearing the blue robes of the Sikhs' Nihang order appeared before the media, claiming that he had 'punished' the victim for 'desecrating' a holy book.
The Delhi Police said that it suspected that the murder of Moosewala has link with the last year's killing of Vikramjit alias Vicky Middukhera.
