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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicDera Sacha Sauda

Topic: Dera Sacha Sauda

Haryana candidates still visit rape convict Ram Rahim’s Dera, but they keep it low-key

With Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim behind the bars for rape and murder, the place bears a deserted look with politicians visiting it maintaining low profile.

Dera followers agree to cremate body of sacrilege-accused after communal tension in Punjab

Dera Sacha Sauda followers had demanded that Mohinderpal Bittu, accused of sacrilege in 2015 and murdered Saturday, be cleared of the charges.

CBI court sentences Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to life imprisonment for journalist’s murder

The CBI special court sentenced the Dera Sacha Sauda chief along with three others for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002. Panchkula (Haryana):...

Murdered journalist’s son wants Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim to hang

Anshul Chhatrapati, who fought the might of the Dera chief for nearly 17 years, says men like Gurmeet Ram Rahim have ‘no right to live in a civilised society’.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh convicted for 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and three others were convicted for the murder of Chhatrapati.

Akshay Kumar appears before Punjab police SIT in Guru Granth Sahib desecration case

His name came up in a report for organising a meeting between Sukhbir Badal and Dera chief Ram Rahim.

Sukhbir Badal’s offer to resign does nothing to heal the rift in Shiromani Akali Dal

Akali Dal veterans leading revolt against Sukhbir Badal are unconvinced by his offer. They say his decisions have led to party losing its core Sikh vote bank.

Haryana govt withdraws orders that regularised 11 Dera Sacha Sauda properties

Punjab and Haryana HC had taken note of ThePrint’s report about how state govt had created a new revenue estate leading to regularisation of illegal dera properties.

Haryana govt’s gift to Ram Rahim’s dera: Free regularisation of unauthorised properties

Haryana government carved out a new revenue estate and exempted 11 Dera Sacha Sauda properties of godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim from ‘change of land use’ approvals.

Once apolitical, Ram Rahim made himself indispensable to political parties

Once apolitical, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh became a political force as he began influencing elections to escape criminal cases.

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