Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Cults, religious sects are not a thing of the past

The tragic and inglorious end of Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple, Osho’s Rajneeshpuram, Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo and other such associations across the world by no means implies that cults are a thing of the past

CBI court to pronounce quantum of punishment for Gurmeet Ram Rahim, three others today in journalist murder case

Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim will be produced in the court through video conference from Sunaria jail in Rohtak, where he is currently serving 20-year prison term since 2017 for raping two of his women followers.

Journalist murder case: Haryana govt to produce Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim via video conference for verdict

CBI special judge Jagdeep Singh agreed to the application moved by the Haryana government to produce Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the court through video conference. The court is expected to deliver the verdict in the 21 November, 2002 journalist murder case on 11 January.

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Quota for upper castes, Yogi's tax to build cow shelters, Ravi Shastri on Team India, today's must read stories

From 10 percent reservation for economically backward upper caste, Yogi Adityanath government imposing 0.5 percent cess to build cow shelters, Ravi Shastri's 'best travelling Indian team in the last 15 years' proving true, today's must-read stories

Akshay Kumar sacrilege row LIVE updates: Actor accused of facilitating meeting between Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Sukhbir Badal

Akshay Kumar to appear before Punjab SIT LIVE updates: Kumar will be questioned regarding his alleged role in brokering a deal between the controversial godman, who was later convicted of rape and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and Sukhbir Badal in Mumbai in 2015 just days before the release of a film of the godman.

Dera Sacha Sauda case: Panchkula court frames charges against 41 accused in violence, sedition clauses dropped

A Panchkula court has framed charges against 41 people in connection with the violence that followed the conviction last year of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, but dropped sedition clauses.

CBI files chargesheet against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, two doctors for forced castration of 400 followers

The CBI on Thursday filed a charge sheet against rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and two doctors for allegedly forcibly castrating 400 followers of the sect, officials said.

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's close aide Pawan Insan sent to five-day police custody

A court in Panchkula town sent Pawan Insan, a close aide of rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, to five days police remand on Tuesday.

ED, Income Tax teams arrive in Sirsa to probe assets of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's Dera Sacha Sauda

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax department teams on Tuesday arrived at Sirsa to probe assets of Dera Sacha Sauda

Dera Sacha Sauda chairperson Vipassana Insan appears before SIT for questioning

Dera Sacha Sauda chairperson Vipassana Insan on Friday appeared before a special investigating team of the Haryana Police for questioning in connection with the violence which broke out following the sect head's rape conviction, an official said