Everything you need to know about Rohtak: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Rohtak: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Rohtak (Haryana), May 15 (IANS) Scores of followers of controversial godman Rampal were Wednesday moved out of the Satlok Ashram at Karontha village near this Haryana town by the district administration to maintain law and order in the area.
New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Monday hit out at the Congress Government in Haryana over the recent clashes in which three persons were killed in Rohtak.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 13 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has ordered magisterial inquiry into the violent clashes in Karontha in Haryana's Rohtak District in the wake of three people losing their lives and over 100 others being injured following attempts to evict a local god man from the area.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 13 (ANI): At least three people have died and over 100 others have been injured in clashes between the public and the local police in Rohtak, Haryana, following attempts to evict a local god man from the area.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 13 (IANS) Tension continued in Karontha village near this Haryana town Monday and security personnel trawled the streets after clashes between police and Arya Samaj supporters protesting the reopening of an ashram of a controversial godman.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 12 (IANS) Two people, including a woman, were killed and 114 others injured in clashes between Arya Samaj protestors and police near this Haryana town Sunday, police said. The protestors torched buses while opposing the re-opening of an ashram (sect premises) of a controversial godman near here.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 12 (ANI): A youth was dead and around 25 others injured in a violent clash between the Arya Samaj activists and the police near Karontha village in Rohtak here on Sunday.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 12 (IANS) Angry mobs clashed with the police and set two buses on fire during a violent protest against the opening of an ashram of a controversial godman near here Sunday, an official said.
Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) TV actress Jaya Bhattacharya will be seen in Life OK's new season of "Savdhaan India - 100 days 100 Fightbacks".
Rohtak (Haryana), April 28 (IANS) A teenaged school student was shot dead allegedly by his classmates in a town in this Haryana district Sunday, police said. A mob later went on a rampage setting a car on fire and vandalising the house of an accused.
Rohtak, April 20 (IANS) A man in this Haryana town was Saturday booked for raping his 32-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) sister, police said.
Rohtak (Haryana), April 18 (IANS) Just a day after his girlfriend committed suicide, a yoth studying at the Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) here ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance, police said Thursday.
Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) A gang helping class 10 and 12 students in Haryana's Rohtak district to cheat in examinations has been busted and five people, including the superintendent of an examination centre, have been arrested, police said Saturday.
Rohtak (Haryana), March 30 (IANS) A senior surgeon of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here was suspened following allegations that he was taking bribes from patients, PGIMS officials said here Saturday.
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) In Haryana's hinterland, not just lawmakers and law-enforcing agencies deal with law. Diktats, many of them strange ones, keep coming from all quarters. The recent ones have been about stopping girls from wearing skirts to schools and prohibiting them from dancing and even banning chowmein.
Haryana, Mar 16 (ANI): Village council heads in Haryana also known as Khaps have demanded amendment of the Marriage Act and lowering of marriage age for women, after new anti rape law draft reduces age of sexual consent to 16.
Chandigarh, Mar 1 (IANS) With the leaders of the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in jail, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda finds himself at loggerheads with detractors within his own Congress party.
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) A man involved in online betting on cricket was Saturday arrested in Haryana and 140 mobile phones seized, police said here.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) There can be no peaceful transition in the Indian society without total political change, says former solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam.
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday said he would make all possible efforts to get wrestling included in the 2020 Olympic Games.
Gurgaon, Feb 13 (IANS) Gurgaon's new Police Commissioner Alok Mittal Wednesday said that crime prevention and control will be his priorities and promised starting a public helpline in his office soon.
Gurgaon, Feb 12 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has rescheduled to Feb 21 his proposed meeting with sacked Maruti Suzuki workers, a trade union leader said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A 73-year-old advocate was arrested here for his involvement in more than 92 cases of forgery and motor vehicle theft, police said Friday.
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Haryana's politics has mostly revolved around its towering leaders. But the state is now witnessing an unlikely row over the statues of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's father Ranbir Singh in his hometown Rohtak.
Rohtak (Haryana), Jan 30 (IANS) A recently-retired police officer was gunned down in Haryana Wednesday by three unidentified car-borne assailants, an official said.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday sent to judicial custody till Feb 1 an environment and forests ministry official arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.7 lakh for getting environmental clearance for a mining firm in Odisha.
Gurgaon, Jan 20 (IANS) A notorious inter-state gangster, carrying a reward of Rs.1 lakh on his arrest, and his three associates were arrested here Sunday after brief firing, police said. Three pistols and 39 live cartridges were seized.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) An official of the central environment and forests ministry was arrested while receiving a bribe of Rs.7 lakh for giving clearance to a mining project, the CBI said Thursday.
Rohtak (Haryana), Jan 12 (IANS) A teenaged rape victim was admitted to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here with severe burn injuries after she attempted suicide late Friday night, police said.
Sonipat, Jan 12 (ANI): Social fear haunted a minor rape victim in Sonipat district of Haryana as she set herself on fire late on Friday evening.
Chandigarh, Jan 8 (IANS) Haryana has got a railway line after 33 years with the newly-constructed Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak railway line being inaugurated Tuesday, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said.
Rohtak (Haryana), Dec 21 (IANS) A notorious criminal was gunned down, apparently by his rivals, in Haryana's Bahadurgarh town in Jhajjar district Friday, police said.
Chandigarh, Dec 18 (IANS) Belarus, a land-locked country west of Russia, has proposed to set up an engine assembly and manufacturing unit of Minsk Motor in Haryana.
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (IANS) Haryana Police arrested two men from the Jassiya bypass road in Rohtak district for their alleged involvement in cases of a theft of Rs.5 lakh and murder.
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) An excise inspector and his associate were arrested for impersonating as service tax officials in order to cheat wedding venue owners in the capital, police said Monday.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail is a "good decision" that would help to strengthen the economy, said Congress MP from Rohtak Deepender Singh Hooda.
Rohtak (Haryana), Dec 4 (IANS) Three Class 7 students of a private school in Haryana's Rohtak town were booked Tuesday for allegedly sodomising their classmate, police said.
Rohtak, Dec 4 (IANS) A 17-year-old boy was thrown out of a moving train by two men after a tiff over a seat in Haryana's Rohtak district, police said Tuesday.
Rohtak (Haryana), Nov 30 (IANS) Two youth accused of allegedly gang-raping a Dalit woman in Haryana committed suicide by jumping before a moving train on the Rohtak-Delhi line Friday, police said here.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Delhi bagged three points in their drawn match against Tamil Nadu here Tuesday while Baroda clinched a thriller against Haryana on the final day of the Ranji Trophy fourth round matches.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Odisha got their first outright win in four years defeating Haryana in Rohtak on the final day of the third round of Ranji Trophy matches. Chasing 148 to win, Odisha were 60/3 overnight and lost Abhilash Mallick early on.
Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) Five criminals involved in a recent kidnapping of a 17-year-old son of a businessman in Rohtak district have been arrested following a joint operation of Rohtak and Sonipat police force, Haryana Police said.
Rohtak, Nov 7 (IANS) Odisha defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA) 5-1 to win the boys title while MPHA girls beat Haryana 3-1 for top honours in the sub-junior hockey nationals here Wednesday.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 28 (IANS) Having taken a U-turn over the issue of lowering the marriageable age for girls to curb growing incidents of rape in the state, Haryana's Khaps have now demanded that the state government impose a ban on weddings at night.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct. 28 (ANI): Under the banner of 'Khap Panchayat' the elders of Jat community have issued a diktat against marriages within same Gotra (clan) of their society.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 27 (IANS) A woman in a village in Haryana's Rohtak district has been booked by the police for hiding the fact that her minor daughter was raped, police said Saturday.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 23 (IANS) At least three members of a family were killed Tuesday when their car collided with a train at a railway crossing near this Haryana town, police said.
Rohtak, Oct. 17 (ANI): A delegation of 24 lawmakers is visiting Haryana to review the situation arising out of the spate of rape cases, including that of a girl who killed herself after she was forced to have sex with three men.
Rohtak, Oct 17 (ANI): In yet another incident of misdemeanor against the feminine gender in Haryana, a 30-year-old married woman was allegedly raped in Lakhan Majra village under Meham sub-division in Rohtak.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Senior Haryana government officer Ashok Khemka, shunted out of his post, was transferred 43 times in over 21 years in the state, an unprecedented service record for an officer anywhere in the country, government officials said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Senior Haryana government officer Ashok Khemka, shunted out of his post, was transferred 43 times in over 21 years in the state, an unprecedented service record for an officer anywhere in the country, government officials said Wednesday.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 15 (IANS) Five people, including three women, sustained injuries here when police caned protestors who were rallying against recent incidents of rape in Haryana.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 12 (IANS) Haryana's Sarva Khap Jat Panchayat, which has been at the forefront of demanding reservations for Jats in government jobs, will now discuss the bizarre suggestion that the marriage age for girls be lowered to curb rising incidents of rape in the state.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday defended the Haryana government over the spurt in rape cases in the state, saying that steps were being taken to nail the guilty and provide relief to victims.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The spate of rapes in Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio in the state as well as the way the female sex is treated in society, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said Tuesday and demanded severe punishment for the rapists.
Narwana (Haryana), Oct 9 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrived in Sachhakhera village near this Haryana town Tuesday morning to meet the family of a minor gang-rape victim who committed suicide last week.
Rohtak, Oct 8 (IANS) Under fire for failing to stop rape and growing criminal acts, Haryana Police has told its officers to daily visit villages and slums in four crime-hit districts and win confidence of people living in poorer and crime-prone areas.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 7 (IANS) India's sports minister Ajay Maken Sunday announced that the central government would soon launch a national level sports programme known as National Physical Fitness Programme (NPFP).
Chandigarh, Oct 6 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl set herself on fire after she was gangraped by two people in Haryana's Jind district Saturday, police said. She later died of burn injuries. Police have arrested two people in the case.
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 5 (IANS) Three people were killed Friday when the New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express ran over them while they were crossing the rail tracks in Haryana, police said.
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Her film appearances have been few and far between but Mallika Sherawat has been a fairly constant presence at global red carpet events. And that image of a glamour girl is what she is hoping to change with her turn as the "realistic Delhi girl" in her new film "Kismat Love Paisa Dilli".
Chandigarh, Oct 3 (IANS) At least four more alleged rape cases, including one of a minor girl and another gang-rape of a newly married woman, have been reported in Haryana in the past 48 hours, police said Wednesday.
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 26 (IANS) Nearly 150,000 students face an uncertain future after the Haryana government directed the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak to shut down its more than 11,000 study centres inside and outside the state.
Gurgaon, Sep 25 (IANS) Two doctors, including a managing director of a private hospital here, were Tuesday booked for the death of a patient due to their negligence, a police official said.
Rohtak/Amritsar, Sep 15 (ANI): Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have described the decision of the Central Government to increase the price of diesel as unfair.
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) Fed up with power cuts, hundreds of villagers of Haryana's Rohtak district, the home district of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, went on the rampage early Sunday and blocked a national highway for over 10 hours.
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Four people were arrested here for duping over 100 unemployed people of Rs.2 crore on the pretext of getting them jobs in the Indian Railways, police said Saturday.
Even after recently held violence that led to complete shutdown of Manesar unit of Maruti Suzuki, the leading automobile company of the country is going to invest Rs. 1,700 crore for the new plant in the Manesar unit, a Haryana minister said here Friday.
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Despite the recent violence and the complete shutdown at its Manesar unit, automobile giant Maruti-Suzuki will invest Rs.1,700 crore in a new plant of the Manesar unit, a Haryana minister said here Friday.
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Two of his much-talked about films have not come out yet and shedding light on them Amitabh Bachchan says shooting for "Shoebite" is complete and that he has no clue about "Shantaram".
New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI): The autopsy report on former MDLR air-hostess and official Geetika Sharma, who committed suicide at her home on August 5, has confirmed that she died from hanging.
New Delhi/Rohtak, Aug.19 (ANI): Delhi Police will interrogate former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda in connection with the Geetika Sharma suicide case on Sunday.
Jhajjar (Haryana), Aug 17 (IANS) Unable to find her husband who went missing mysteriously five years ago, a woman and her teenaged daughter committed suicide in a village in Haryana's Jhajjar district, police said Friday.
Rohtak (Haryana), July 30 (IANS) A major accident involving a train was averted Monday even as a collision between the train and a truck in this Haryana district left two people dead and three others injured, said officials.
Chandigarh, July 29 (IANS) The Haryana government has offered nearly 2,770 acres of land to the central government to set up a Greenfield cargo airport, an official said Sunday.
Ghaziabad, July 23 (IANS) The motive behind the July 20 killing of a shoe and apparel firm's senior executive was being narrowed down to him not fulfilling extortion demands and being gunned down by hired killers, Ghaziabad police said Monday.
Gurgaon, July 16 (IANS) Agitating farmers Monday vandalised the Rewari district secretariat in Haryana, damaging government property and vehicles, police said. At least a dozen protestors were injured in a police cane-charge that followed.
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued notice to Haryana in the wake of a reported spurt in cases of baby girls being abandoned in the state.
Rohtak (Haryana), July 6 (IANS) A final year medical (MBBS) student died after falling from the roof of his hostel at the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (BDS) University of Health Sciences in Haryana's Rohtak town Friday, police said.
Chandigarh, July 6 (IANS) First, the scandal of sexual abuse and tormenting of inmates at a shelter home in Rohtak, and now statewide protests over power and water shortage - there is no end to the Haryana government's woes this summer.
Rohtak (Haryana), July 6 (IANS) The Haryana police officer heading the probe into the sexual exploitation and physical and mental torture of inmates at the Apna Ghar shelter home here has been arrested for destruction of evidence, police said Friday.
Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) The residents of various towns in Haryana took to the streets Wednesday to protest against erratic and virtually no power supply in the past 24 hours.
Rohtak (Haryana), July 3 (IANS) Police will monitor over five dozen villages in southern Haryana for "being too crime-prone".
Rohtak (Haryana), July 2 (IANS) Close on the heels of the revelation of sexual abuse, mental and physical torture of inmates at Apna Ghar shelter home here, Haryana Police have now booked the warden of an institute for mentally challenged for allegedly sodomising a youth.
Outer Delhi District Police have nabbed a notorious cheat, mastermind in the art of vehicle theft named Dhani Ram Mittal.
Chandigarh, June 6 (IANS) The Haryana Police Wednesday announced a high-level committee to probe allegations that its own officials were involved in the exploitation of inmates of a government funded protection home for women and children in Rohtak district.
Chandigarh, June 6 (IANS) The Haryana Police Wednesday announced a high-level committee to probe allegations that its own officials were involved in the exploitation of women inmates of a protection home in Rohtak district.
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The CPI-M Friday blamed Railway Minister Mukul Roy for the increasing number of railway accidents and said he appeared to be more engrossed in Trinamool rather than official work.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 31 (IANS) Low cost health for all at the doorstep! The Haryana dream seems to be over before it began.
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Three people, including the mastermind of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) post-graduate examination paper leak, have been arrested here for allegedly trying to leak the paper of State Bank of India's assistants grade examination held Sunday, police said.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 26 (IANS) A teenage girl, who is a junior national volleyball player, was hospitalised with serious injuries after two motorcycle-borne youth threw acid on her while she was going for practice Saturday evening, police said.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 16 (IANS) Haryana Police here have located the six children who went 'missing' from a controversial shelter home in this town, 70 km from New Delhi, police officials said here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) When Shena Aggarwal from the small town of Yamunanagar in Haryana topped the most sought after all-India civil services examination last week, her feat put women achievers from the state in the spotlight yet again.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 10 (IANS) Police Thursday arrested an award-winning NGO worker and her son-in-law following allegations of physical and sexual assault on inmates of a protection home for girls and c hildren in this Haryana town.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 10 (IANS) Nearly 120 people, including women, girls and children, were rescued from a protection home in Haryana's Rohtak town following a raid conducted by a team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
Rohtak (Haryana), May 6 (IANS) AT least twenty-six people were reported injured when eight coaches of the Punjab Mail derailed at Sampla in Haryana's Rohtak district early Sunday.
New Delhi/Rohtak, May 6 (ANI): Medical teams at the New Delhi Railway Station are providing treatment to passengers who were injured when eight bogies of a passenger train derailed in Haryana's Rohtak District on Sunday.
Rohtak (Haryana)/New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): At least 19 passengers were injured when eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Firozpur-Mumbai Punjab Mail derailed near Kharawar village, about 14 kilometers from Rohtak, Haryana, early this morning.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 6 (IANS) At least 20 people were injured when eight coaches of the Punjab Mail derailed in Sampla area of Haryana's Rohtak district early Sunday.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 6 (IANS) At least 20 people were injured when five coaches of the Punjab Mail derailed near Ismailabad in Rohtak district of Haryana Sunday morning.
