People look on as an effigy of demon king Ravana burns during Dussehra festival, in Gurugram.
Vehicles ply on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway amid heavy haze, in Gurugram.
Flames and smoke rise after a major fire broke out in a warehouse under the old Neelum-Ajaronda railway over-bridge, in Faridabad.
View of DLF City during hazy weather conditions, in Gurugram.
NDRF and NDMA personnel conduct a mock drill on industrial disaster emergency situations, at Hero MotoCorp plant in Gurugram.
Haryana Congress incharge Vivek Bansal and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda with other senior leaders address a press conference in Rohtak.
An artist performs during Ramleela, organized by Shri Durga Ram Leela Committee, at Jacobpura in Gurugram.
Vehicles ply on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway amid hazy weather conditions, in Gurugram.
Haryana Congress President Kumari Selja meets the family of Ramlu, who was allegedly murdered, in Data village of Hisar district.
Hisar DC Priyanka Soni and SP Balwan Singh Rana during their visit to an observation home after 17 juvenile undertrials escaped on Monday evening, in Hisar district.
Police personnel address a press conference after arresting Hisar businessman, identified as Ram Mehar, who allegedly conspired to fake his death and staged a robbery, at Hansi in ...
In this undated photo, charred remains of a vehicle belonging to a trader, identified as Ram Mehar, who allegedly conspired to fake his death and staged a robbery, at Hansi in Hisa...
Bharatiya Janata Party MPs and MLAs take part in 'Kisan Vikas Tractor Yatra' in support of farm laws at Hansi in Hisar district.
Police personnel detain farmers during a protest over the farm reform bills, in Sirsa district.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with party General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala rides a tractor driven by state party President Kumari Selja during a protest against...
Farmers stage a protest against the new farm bills passed in Parliament, in Sirsa district.
Police personnel use water cannons to disperse farmers during a massive protest against the new farm bills, in Sirsa district.
Congress supporters at a public rally during Kheti Bachao Yatra against the new farm bills, in Kurukshetra.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public rally during Kheti Bachao Yatra against the new farm bills, in Kurukshetra.
Congress party leader Kuldeep Bishnoi pays tribute to former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal on his 90th birth anniversary, in Hisar.
What is the genesis of recent violence in Punjab and Haryana? Is it true that it all began in a Gurudwara (a Sikh temple) in Vienna?
Technically, the attack in Vienna was not in a gurudwara, but in a Gurdehera -- also commonly called a dera -- of the Dera Sachkand, a Ravidasi organisation. This is a new Ravidasi temple that has only recently been set-up on Rudolphsheim Street which also houses the only Gurudwara in the Austrian capital, which is said to be controlled by radicals loyal to Khalistan.
It is being suggested in some press versions, as in this Hindustan Times report, that "at the centre of the conflagration is a battle for the control of cash-rich overseas gurdwaras and an assertion of religious identity by Dalits who form roughly 29 per cent of Punjab’s three crore population. The new Ravidasi place of worship apparently took away a chunk of the offerings and the "tensions came to a head when visiting sect head Sant Niranjan Das was allegedly attacked by pro-Khalistani Sikhs" on Sunday, May 24. While Sant Niranjan Das, the sect-head, was injured, his second-in-command, Sant Ramanand, was fatally injured in the attack and the news of the latter's death on Monday ratcheted up the already inflamed passions of the Dera followers in Punjab and Haryana.
The ostensible reason for the attack in Vienna is said to be the alleged disrespect shown by the Dera leaders to the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book. But intelligence agencies are probing the possibilities of a larger conspiracy to stir up trouble between the Ravidasis and the Sikhs in India.
What exactly is Dera Sachkhand?...
