Deras assume special importance during election times. Leaders of almost all political parties make multiple visits to deras to entice a maximum number of votes. There is hardly a village or town in Punjab where there is no gurdwara, temple and/or a dera.
Despite claiming to be apolitical, Gurmeet Ram Rahim has backed parties and people directly and indirectly in previous elections. Ram Rahim's supporters are...
CM Khattar said that a prisoner who has completed three years of his term can apply for furlough.
Justice (retd) Ranjit Singh said that both the previous SAD-BJP regime and the Congress government could not deliver justice despite the lapse of seven years...
Dalits may be under-represented in mainstream politics, but in Punjab they have a rich tradition of religio-cultural assertion through the influential Deras.
The self-styled godman and four others have been convicted for the murder of former Dear manager Ranjith Singh in July 2002. The quantum of punishment will be...
Honeypreet was booked on charges of sedition, inciting violence and being involved in a conspiracy to help the Dera chief escape.
Several Dera followers say they could decide on voting the party that promises to get their guru released from jail.
Three persons including a preacher were killed and over 20 injured in the attack by two-motorcycle borne men which the police treated as a “terrorist act”.
Angry worshippers of a Karnataka's village; hauted Assembly in Rajasthan. Read all the juicy gossip...
The chargesheet claimed that the CBI inspected halls and rooms of the “very old” building with oval-shaped brick roof with iron girders
"Tell them that they are in power because of us."
He also averred that a special vehicle brings food for Ram Rahim and that the authorities also cut out portion from newspapers which castigate the jail...
The violence had erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa, the Dera headquarters, which claimed 41 lives--six died in Sirsa--and left nearly 200 injured on August 25.
A special CBI court on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison after his conviction in two rape cases.
