Bittu taken into preventive custody over anti-Dera comments

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 21:03 [IST]

Ludhiaana, Feb 7 (UNI) Radical Sikh leader Daljit Singh Bittu was taken into preventive custody today as he had threatened to disrupt a Dera Sacha Sauda function at Salabatpura in Bathinda district.

Bittu was associated with SAD (Mann) until his expulsion few months back for anti-party activities.

He was taken into custody after he had made anti-Dera statements and publicly praised those who had carried out an attack on the Dera Chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh's cavalcade last Saturday.

UNI HS JN VD DB2047

Topics: insurance-reliance-plan

Other articles published on February 7, 2008

HC in favour of discharging 9 policemen

Thursday, February 7, 2008,21:03 [IST]

Mumbai, Feb 7 (UNI) The Bombay High Court today gave clear indications to drop the appeal against discharge of eight policemen, who had been chargsheeted in the Suleiman Bakery police firing that had taken place during 1992-93 communal riots in the Metropolis. A single Judge bench of Justice Karnik today asked petitioner Noorulhuda Maqbool Ahmed's counsel Vijay Pradhan to consider dropping the appeal against all policemen, except Ram Deo Tyagi, as the other policemen could.....

MNS leader shot dead in Pune

Thursday, February 7, 2008,21:03 [IST]

Pune, Feb 7 (UNI) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) taluka president Anna Laxman Bandal alias Sandeep was shot dead by unidentified persons in Suburban Kothrud here today. Police said Bandal, who was president of Bhoir taluka in the district, had come to the city to meet his uncle and the incident took place after he was returning. Bandal was an estate agent, police said adding the motive behind the murder was still to be ascertained......

Limitless Updates

India News

News Archives

Blueline crushes mechanic, driver dumps victim in bush to die

Thursday, February 7, 2008,21:04 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) In yet another horror story of capital's 'killer bluelines,' a mechanic was crushed by a drunk driver and later dumped in a remote place in south Delhi's Mehrauli area to die. Suresh alias Dana mechanic was repairing a broken down blueline in Mehrauli when the driver Rakesh started the bus after a brawl with his colleagues - conductor Pradeep and helper Naresh, according to sources. All three were on a drinking.....

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha activists start hunger strike

Thursday, February 7, 2008,21:04 [IST]

Siliguri, Feb 7 (UNI) Altogether 63 activists of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) today began an indefinite hunger strike in three hill sub-divisions demanding scraping of the 6th Schedule status for Darjeeling. The agitators, sat in batches of 21 each at Darjeeling, Kurseong, and Kalinpong, displayed placards demanding no further extension to Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council's caretaker Chairman Subash Ghising, whose present term expired on March 23. The activists, led by GJM central committee member Urmila.....

Jumbo trampled to death a woodpicker

Thursday, February 7, 2008,21:04 [IST]

Siliguri, Feb 7 (UNI) A 58-year-old woodpicker was today trampled to death by a hard of elephants in the reserved forest of Baikantapur, at the outskirt of this commercial town, forest official said. An attempt to recover his body failed as the Jumbos in the forest refused to let the forest guards to go enar the body this evening, Baikantapur's Forest Divisional Officer A K Samanta said. He said Murari Chandra Pal, a resident of Telipara,.....