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Police books Sikhs for murder bid charges after clash with dera men         
7 October 2009
MEHRAJ (BATHINDA): Even as Punjab Police is going out of the way to arrest and intimidate Sikh leaders fighting against fraudster Sirsa dera head and the Badal government is trying to...
Dera Sirsa plays games in Haryana politics too      
9 September 2009
SIRSA: Punjab’s neighboring Haryana state is going to elections, and it is time for the Sirsa based Dera of Gurmeet Ram Rahim to flex some muscle, something it has...
Another dera head claims threat             
12 August 2009
CHAHERU (KAPURTHALA):  The head of a Chaheru-based dera who calls himself with a fancy name of "Phul Dass 108 Sant Kishan Nath" has claimed he has received...
Dera Sirsa follower who attacked Sikhs shot dead    
29 July  2009
MANSA: Tensions marred Punjab again as a Dera Sauda activist, accused of involvement in anti-Sikh clashes, was on Tuesday shot dead by unidentified assailants...
Jatha drive against Dera Sirsa fraudster on                
8 July  2009
Talwandi Sabo: A determined but much ignored by the media campaign continues on the sidelines of Punjab politics as the police arrested the sixteenth jatha in a row...
Eight injured in Dera-Sikh clash
27 May 2009
LUDHIANA: On the morning of the day when Punjab started to burn with violence following the attack in Vienna, the already strong faultlines had...
Sirsa dera driver changes statement  
20 May 2009
CHANDIGARH: Gobind Singh, a former driver of Dera Sirsa chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has moved an application in the Punjab and Haryana High...
Hidden Raga In Dera Tune 
5 May 2009
BATHINDA: Political leaders of all hues either visited Dera Sauda in Sirsa or raeched out to the dera authorities by using the services of middlemen which are aplenty...
Nandgarh faces Panth De Gadaar shouts  
8 April 2009
Kot Shamir (Bathinda): In rather curious scenes, the one Jathedar who was seen till only recently more in tune with the radical Sikh groups faced...
Marjeevra Sikhs group marches from Takht Damdama Sahib, arrested  
1 April 2009
Talwandi Sabo: What could have been an aggressive and forceful way of making a point and bringing the national lime light on a fraudster...
Sikhs go marching to hold high the Takht edict   
25 March 2009
TALWANDI SABO: In a move that signifies many contradictions at one go, several panthic organisations saw themselves pushed into a corner to defy the verbal...
Sikh-Dera Sirsa tensions explode in Punjab
18 March 2009
Kotshamir/Bajakhana: In a clear sign that tensions between the Sikh community and the Sirsa dera have reached an explosive point, police and supporters of Sikh holy...
Sikh-dera tensions on the boil again
11 March 2009
JHORAR ROHI (HARYANA): Confrontation levels were at peak as many Sikh panthic leaders and organisations remained adamant on participation...
Now, Sirsa Dera wants to put a stop to Sikh gatherings 
4 March 2009
FATEHABAD: In development most provocative, the followers of Sirsa based fraudster Gurmit Ram Rahim again dared the Sikh community...
Sirsa fraudster Gurmeet Ram spends Valentine Day in Police Lines    
18 February 2009
For six long and arduous hours, the self-styled holy man Gurmeet Ram Rahim who is a prime accused in a case of rape and murder suffered the ignominy of having to...
Sirsa fraudster not to appear before cops in Bathinda
4 February 2009
CHANDIGARH: At a time when the Panthic bodies were waiting to see how the Sirsa fraudster involved in rape and murder cases manages to hoodwink the courts...
Bhai Daljit Singh in jail, Sirsa fraudster roams free
24 December 2008
Ludhiana/Mansa/Bathinda: In a clear sign that the Badal Government was more interested in keeping dera babas on its side for electoral benefits and less bothered...
HC tells Sirsa dera head to appear before Punjab Police
3 December 2008
Chandigarh: In a development that has come as a jolt to Dera Sirsa head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, accused by India's sleuthing agency CBI of rape and murder, the ...
Barnala villagers resort to dharna against Dera Sirsa
12 November 2008
Barnala: Residents of Deewana village near here blocked traffic at a local bottleneck point for more than four hours on Monday to demand that followers..
Sirsa fraudster evades CBI court, but not because of shame
12 November 2008
Ambala: Sirsa dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim failed to appear in the CBI court on November 9 as the agency examined two witnesses in the sexual...
New dera plans anger Sikhs
24 September 2008
Bathinda/Mansa: Massive tensions have gripped Mansa since September 21 over the construction of Dera Sacha Sauda’s new branch near Nangal village...
CBI Court to Dera sadh: You exploited and raped women, committed murder
10 September 2008
AMBALA: On September 7, after repeatedly making excuses of illness, the fraudster Dera Sirsa head stood meekly in the court of special CBI Judge A.K. Verma...
Dera-Sikh clashes: 5 injured in Punjab
20 August, 2008
BARNALA: Five persons - four Sikhs and one Dera Sirsa follower - were injured and six vehicles damaged in a clash between members of the two communities...
IMA cadet gets bail in Dera firing case 
20 August, 2008
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday released on bail an Indian Military Academy (IMA) cadet who is an accused in a case related to the firing on Sikh...
Haryana moving to shift fraudster sadh’s trial to Sirsa 
13 August, 2008
Chandigarh: The Haryana government is planning to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court for holding a special court at Sirsa for hearing rape and murder...
CBI Court orders framing of rape charges against Sirsa fraudster
29 July, 2008
AMBALA:  Nemesis seems to be fast catching up with rape and murder accused Sirsa Dera head who has been successfully fooling a large number of his...
And after all of this, he now wants media to mediate
29 July, 2008
SIRSA: Pooh-poohing any semblance of humility and perched atop his seat of lies and deceit, the Dera Sirsa head accused of murder and rape sat...
Dabwali curfew lifted, bhog of Harmandar Singh passes peacefully
29 July, 2008
Sirsa: Nine days after Dabwali reeled under violence in which a Sikh was killed, curfew was lifted from the town as situation there returned to normal...
Sikhs observe bandh against continuing murder spree of Dera Sauda
23 July, 2008
BHATINDA/CHANDIGARH: Life grounded to a halt across Punjab on Wednesday as the Sant Samaj and various other Sikh organizations observed a peaceful...
Harmandir Singh cremated
23 July, 2008
MANDI DABWALI: 30 year old Harmandir Singh may have known that his cousin was a die hard member-supporter of the Dera cult. What he perhaps could...
Sirsa fraudster says he's too sick to appear in murder, rape cases
9
July, 2008
Ambala: Rape and murder-accused Sirsa dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim failed to appear in the CBI court here on Saturday in connection with two cases of murder...
Sirsa dera too in Kashmir style land row
2
July, 2008
Chachian (Kangra): As Kashmir exploded over illegal transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine at the behest of the Governor and due to blackmail by some Congress...
27 Sikh youth released on bail
26 June 2008
MUMBAI: Twenty-seven Sikh youth detained by the Mumbai police and then by the Railway police since 20 June 2008, while they were protesting on the Eastern...
Murder at the Mall         
25 June, 2008
MUMBAI: TRIGGER-HAPPY security guards of self-styled, rape & murder-accused baba of Sirsa dera, opened point-blank fire into a crowd of Sikhs protesting against...
Dera head planning Sirsa-style hub near Mumbai 
25 June, 2008
MUMBAI: For a murder and rape accused, held a prime culprit by India's top sleuthing agency CBI, Gurmeet Ram Rahim is pretty proactive setting up...
Mysore dera is also full of frauds              
25 June, 2008
Mysore: Sirsa's dera sadh is trouble personified. Rapes, killings, financial bunglings are the stuff of everyday life for him. His visit to Mysore has brought...
Dera Sirsa head's credentials: Murderer, rapist, molestation-accused 
25 June, 2008
SIRSA: Dera Sirsa chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim is accused of murder, rape and sexual exploitation in three separate cases filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Sirsa killer free but 27 Sikhs in Mumbai still behind bars
25 June, 2008
MUMBAI: Twenty-seven Sikhs arrested after first day of protests are still behind bars. Instead of moving to arrest the Dera Sirsa killer sadh, Mumbai police moved...
Shenanigans all around          
25 June, 2008
That not a single BJP leader raised any voice in favor of the Sikh community tells a story about the kind of alliance that Akalis in Punjab have been having with the BJP...
Sacha Sauda men assault SAD (A) leader, brother
4 June, 2008
Bathinda: About two dozen Dera Sacha Sauda followers, reportedly backed by a Block Samiti member of the SAD (Badal), allegedly assaulted SAD (Amritsar)...
Paranoia results in killing
2 April 2008
LONGOWAL: The intermittent  clashes between followers of Dera Sacha Sauda and various Sikh factions played so much on the mind of 18- year-old Ramandeep Singh...
Khalsas come marching, regime goes on arrest spree
13 February 2008
SALABATPURA/BHAI ROOPA: A fraudster rape and murder accused self-styled sadh hurts Sikh sentiments. The Akal Takht directs the Sikhs to ensure that such...
Gurmeet Ram gets a jolt, escapes attack on convoy 
6 February, 2008
KARNAL (HARYANA): When a pseudo-saint comes to a court of law to put in a symbolic appearance before the judge and win the battle in the streets...
Sirsa baba told not to hold 'satsang'
16  October, 2007
Chandigarh: Baba Gurmeet Ram of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda has once again stirred up tension in Punjab by seeking permission to hold a satsang...

Dera Sauda's Gurmeet Ram Rahim appears before CBI court, gets more bail
10  October, 2007
AMBALA: Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who was recently named as prime accused by the CBI after a detailed court ordered...

Now, goons of another dera attack a Sikh paper
3 October, 2007
ALANDHAR/ LUDHIANA/ ELSEWHERE: Sirsa based Dera Sacha Sauda's head, a murder and rape accused Gurmeet Ram Rahim, insulted the entire...

Sirsa dera men throw acid on Sikhs, Gurmeet Ram inciting followers
5 September, 2007
MANSA: Even as the Dera Sirsa  baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim continues to escape the dragnet of law by procuring bails from the High Court in Punjab...

Police reveal dera human bombs threat
29 August, 2007
Chandigarh: The Punjab police revealed that the Sirsa dera had plans of targeting senior Punjab leaders with human bombs.....

India media tears into Gurmeet Ram Rahim, finds more stink
22 August, 2007
CHANDIGARH: Dera Sacha Sauda head has done so much of Jhootha Sauda that withthe passing of every single day....

Notices issued to CBI on Sirsa sadh's plea
22 August, 2007
Chandigarh: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Monday issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ....
Top sleuthing agency confirms dera head is rapist, murderer
1 August, 2007
CHANDIGARH: India's top federal sleuthing agency has spoken. The Central Bureau of Investigation, often compared to the....

Gurmit Ram gets bail,tells court I said sorry
4 July 2007
CHANDIGARH: Two days after  the Akal Takht rejected the fresh apology of the Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmit Ram Rahim...

Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets Z-plus security
13 June 2007
CHANDIGARH: Dera Sacha head Gurmeet Ram Rahim will now be provided "Z-plus" security cover by the Haryana government...

Gurmeet Ram's apology finds due place in dustbin
30 May, 2007
Amritsar: Punjab is calm, but does calm always denote peaceful? The head of the so-called Dera Sacha Sauda once again crafted a cleverly-worded...

Such A Sauda
16 May, 2007
BATHINDA: Caught in a cleftstick of a CBI murder case and a thinly-veiled political alliance with the Congress in Punjab, the self-styled....

Sacha Sauda, CBI come in blasting by son of slain scribe
11 April
, 2007
Chandigarh: Days after Dera Sacha Sauda was widely credited for the better showing by the Congress in Punjab's Malwa region and the meeting of Punjab MLAs with Congress president....

 
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