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sonepat district news

2 women die in roof collapse in Sonepat village

The women were killed when their mud and wooden roof collapsed on them. Recent heavy rains weakened the house’s structure. Neighbours and family members pulled the victims from the debris and rushed them to the hospital, but both were declared dead on arrival. (HT Photo)
Published on Jul 08, 2026 09:45 pm IST

Ultrasound machines at 3 Sonepat hospitals sealed over violations

The committee also directed its members to conduct on-site inspections in cases of new hospital registrations before granting approval. (HT Photo for representation)
Updated on Jul 02, 2026 09:37 am IST

Gunmen open fire at Sonepat liquor trader’s house after threat call

Officers recovered empty cartridge shells from the lane outside the house, and a forensic science laboratory (FSL) team collected evidence from the crime scene. (HT Photo for representation)
Published on Jun 12, 2026 04:32 am IST

Urbanisation plan: Gohana to house 3.2L people by 2041, FDP seeks to curb haphazard growth

As per 2011 census, Gohana town (within municipal committee limits) had a population of 65,708. (HT Photo for representation)
Published on Jun 07, 2026 05:16 am IST

Sonepat woman poisons self, three children; toddler dead

Police have registered a separate case in connection with the poisoning incident and said investigations are underway from all possible angles. (HT Photo for representation)
Published on May 14, 2026 07:20 am IST

Political rival shoots councillor’s father-in-law in Haryana’s Sonepat

Police at the crime spot i n Sonepat on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
Published on Nov 05, 2025 07:44 am IST

Haryana: Rohtak councillor’s kin shot dead in Sonepat’s Ganaur

A cricket coach and the father-in-law of a Rohtak councillor was shot dead by a group of men, including a former vice-chairman of Ganaur municipal committee Sunil Lambu, in Sonepat district on Monday evening.
Published on Nov 04, 2025 01:46 pm IST

HHRC seeks report on Class 5 girl asked to clean floor in Sonepat school

Suo motu cognizance was taken after Hindustan Times on September 14 reported the incident that the principal of a private school in Sonepat’s Ridhana village had asked the minor girl  to do 50 sit-ups and clean the floor of the classroom as a punishment for not completing homework. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Sept 25, 2025 07:56 am IST

Haryana: Sonepat school principal accused of forcing Class 5 girl to clean floor

The girl’s mother alleged that the school principal threatened to shave-off her daughter’s hair if she failed to complete homework on time in future. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Sept 14, 2025 05:14 am IST

Haryana: 17-year-old daughter, friends caught for Sonepat man’s murder

Five days after police recovered the body of a 40-year-old man from a forest on the outskirts of a village in Sonepat district, police apprehended the victim’s minor daughter, who is a student of Class 12, and her two male friends in connection with the murder.
Published on Aug 05, 2025 10:12 am IST

Sonepat man kills sister who wanted to remarry

The incident came to matter on Thursday when the woman’s father lodged a complaint with Sonepat police. In his complaint to the police, the woman’s father Raj Kumar said that his son Paramjeet had shot his elder sister Preeti after a verbal spat. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on May 08, 2025 05:02 am IST

Haryana: 3 dead, 9 injured in blast at illegal cracker factory in Sonepat

Two women and a child were killed, while nine others were injured in a blast at an illegal firecracker unit in a village of Haryana’s Sonepat district on Saturday. (Representational photo)
Published on Sept 28, 2024 03:34 pm IST

50 lakh recovered from car in Haryana’s Sonepat ahead of polls

The car driver said he brought the cash after selling a plot in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida but failed to produce any documentary proof, police said, adding he was going from Noida to Jind. (Representational photo)
Updated on Sept 21, 2024 01:09 pm IST

Haryana crime: 3 motorcycle-borne men shoot milkman on highway in Sonepat

Haryana Police personnel carrying out investigation at the crime site on the Gohana-Panipat national highway near Sainipura village in Sonepat district on Thursday morning. (HT Photo)
Published on Jul 11, 2024 01:11 pm IST

Body of 35-yr-old found in Haryana’s Sonepat

The deceased, identified as Rakesh Kumar of Sonepat, had left his house on Monday, said police. (iStock)
Updated on Jul 03, 2024 06:34 am IST

Uzbek woman, Delhi man found dead in resort in Sonepat

The woman from Uzbekistan was currently in India on a tourist visa, said the police. (iStock)
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 07:34 am IST

Haryana: 5 labourers killed, 15 hurt as truck hits pick-up vehicle on KMP eway

The accident occurred in Sonepat district when a pick-up vehicle carrying 20 labourers from Uttar Pradesh was headed to Jhajjar. The labourers had been hired for paddy harvesting. (Representational photo)
Published on Oct 13, 2023 04:45 pm IST

Haryana: Sonepat village tense after mob attacks mosque

Police officials at Sandal Kalan village in Sonepat on Monday.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 12:19 am IST

Tension in Sonepat village after mob attacks group offering namaz

Tension prevailed at Sandal Kalan village in Haryana’s Sonepat district on Monday, a day after a mob of 20 armed men allegedly attacked people offering prayers and vandalised a mosque. (Twitter)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:42 am IST

Survivor denied even basic dignity of a living being: HC on Sonepat varsity case

Survivor was denied even basic dignity of a living being: HC on Sonepat varsity case
Updated on Oct 02, 2022 02:23 am IST

Haryana, Punjab farmers jointly resume Dilli Chalo march from Panipat

Several farmers from Punjab, who braved water cannons and tear gas before breaking through barricades put up by Haryana Police on the state’s border, reached Panipat late on Thursday night.
Published on Nov 27, 2020 11:37 am IST

Congress retains Haryana’s Baroda assembly seat

Congress nominee Indu Raj Narwal with former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Gohana in Sonepat district after winning the Baroda assembly byelection on Tuesday.
Updated on Nov 11, 2020 02:03 am IST

Haryana’s Baroda assembly byelection on November 3, counting on November 10

Politicians had been campaigning in anticipation of the elections in Baroda assembly constituency of Sonepat district even before the poll date was announced.
Updated on Sept 30, 2020 12:58 am IST

Four more Murthal dhabas on Chandigarh-Delhi highway face closure after 14 employees test positive for Covid-19

The Haryana health department has collected 950 samples from various dhabas along the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway in Murthal over the past week .and Nearly 100 workers of these food outlets have been found infected with coronavirus.
Published on Sept 08, 2020 10:22 am IST

9 killed in 3 Sonepat road mishaps in 24 hours

The transporter was returning from Delhi with his family when the accident occurred in Sonepat district on Friday night.
Published on Aug 23, 2020 12:52 am IST

3 killed in Kurukshetra mishap

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Published on Feb 22, 2020 10:17 pm IST

Two killed, 12 others injured as Delhi-bound Volvo bus overturns near Sonepat

More than 50 people were travelling in the bus. The injured were rushed to the government hospital in Sonepat.
Updated on Nov 13, 2019 10:56 am IST