New Delhi: It's the Congress vs the Parkash Singh Badal government in Punjab in a race to win support of Dera Sacha Sauda which holds the keys to 55 seats. Dera will begin a two day meet on Sunday to take a call on whom to support. Just 8 days ...

Sauda Ashraf brings the taste of Malabar to the city Irachipathiri, kunjupathiri, unnakkaya and komban ada are new additions to dining tables in the city that are making foodies crave for more of these Malabari delicacies. A few small joints and food fetes ...

Days before Punjab polls, police sought quashing of case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief. Just days before Punjab went to polls, the Bathinda Police had prayed before a local court seeking withdrawal of an FIR, filed by a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD ...

In a fresh twist in the case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the complainant, who the police claimed had submitted an affidavit seeking cancellation of the FIR, today said in a Bathinda court that he had never filed such an affidavit.

The politically influential Dera Sacha Sauda has hedged its bets on the Punjab assembly polls Monday, asking followers to collectively vote for candidates they deem "good and clean". of the 69 constituencies of Malwa region. All major political ...

Akal Takht head priest Giani Gurbachan Singh said here on Sunday that he would examine how many of the Sikh political leaders had violated the Akal Takht edict barring the Sikhs from maintaining any links with Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim Singh.

And in two of them the prosecution could not, or did not, pursue an appeal in a higher court. Legal experts cite the Dera Sacha Sauda case, the TISS rape , the Kasliwal rape and the Neeraj Grover murder as some major instances where the ...

As their influence on Punjab’s socio-cultural and religious milieu escalates, the 50-lakh-strong Dera Sacha Sauda sect here is being pitched as the dark horse capable of playing a dampener to the political aspirations of several candidates in the ensuing ...

The political wing of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda will take a final call on Friday on whom to support in the ensuing Punjab Assembly polls due on January 30. "The political wing's seven-member committee will hold an elaborate meeting on January 27 in ...

Dera Sacha Sauda, headed by Gurmit Ram Rahim, is one of the largest outfits and had openly backed the Congress in the 2007 polls and helped the party in the Malwa region where despite an anti-incumbency wave, it managed to win 37 of the 65 seats.