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Topic: Sirsa

HC doubles compensation to family of a woman who died after road crash. ‘Role of a homemaker integral’

The Punjab & Haryana HC also awarded Rs 15 lakh for the ‘unspeakable suffering’ Shilpa Jain endured. Jain was in a vegetative state for three years after the accident. She died in 2017.

Haryana DSP issues apology after video of him denying VVIP access to BJP’s Manish Singla goes viral

A video of DSP Jitendra Rana apologising to the BJP leader was circulated to the media by Sirsa district police through an official email from the PRO.

Why Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim will remain in jail despite acquittal in a murder case

Though acquitted in Ranjit Singh murder case, the Dera chief is serving 20-yr imprisonment for allegedly raping 2 sadhvis & life term for murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.

‘Did God send these?’ — BJP ‘bulldozer rally’ ahead of Yogi’s Sirsa visit invites Congress barbs

Congress's Kumari Selja slams BJP, says those in power think they will intimidate people of Haryana. Political expert sees it as a tactic to 'divide people'.

Two losses and 4 parties later, Ashok Tanwar makes comeback bid in Sirsa as BJP candidate

While INLD & JJP have fielded Sandeep Lot & Ramesh Khatak, contest is heavily tilted towards Congress & BJP. Selja is a two-time local MP, while Tanwar won from here in 2009.

‘Ram forced to live in tent, Modi built him a magnificent temple’ — BJP’s Sirsa candidate Ashok Tanwar

Former Sirsa MP Tanwar is up against Congress’s Kumari Selja, INLD’s Sandeep Lot & JJP’s Ramesh Khatak. ‘Country will soon be Congress-mukt & Opposition-mukt’, he says.

‘BJP promises Gujarat model in Haryana, but no one knows what it is,’ says Congress’s Kumari Selja

In an interview with ThePrint, Congress's Sirsa candidate calls electoral bonds India's 'biggest scam so far'. Any decision on CM candidature to be taken by high command, she says.

Why HLP leader Gopal Kanda is important for BJP in Haryana — ‘money power, popularity on ground’

The Haryana Lokhit Party chief & Sirsa MLA is known to be close to former & current CMs, and is pivotal for BJP for his strong support base among non-Jat population & Agarwals.

‘Farewell party’ — Sirsa BJP MP Sunita Duggal takes dig at Khattar after losing ticket to Ashok Tanwar

Sharing the dais with Khattar at a rally, Duggal — a former IRS officer who resigned to join BJP in 2014 — attributed the decision to deny her a ticket to him.

Who wrote the letter alleging sexual harassment? Sirsa university’s focus turns on students

A little over a week after Chaudhary Devi Lal University in Haryana was thrown into chaos by an anonymous letter alleging molestation by the Dean, there are no victims and no FIR.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.