Gopal Kanda
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Haryana Poll Results: HLP chief Gopal Kanda loses Sirsa seat to Congress leader by over 7,000 votes
Haryana | Oct 08, 2024, 06:18 PM ISTWith the BJP choosing not to contest from Sirsa, the seat had become a direct contest between the Congress and Gopal Kanda's HLP, which had been supporting the NDA in Haryana for the last five years.
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Sirsa Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates
Haryana | Sep 19, 2024, 05:30 PM ISTSirsa Assembly Election 2024: Haryana Lokhit Party's Gopal Kanda won the Sirsa constituency in 2019 by defeating Independent candidate Gokul Setia with a margin of 602 votes.
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Gopal Kanda, former Haryana minister and accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case, acquitted
India | Jul 25, 2023, 12:00 PM ISTGeetika, a former air hostess, who was earlier employed with Kanda's MDLR airlines, was found dead on August 5, 2012 at her Ashok Vihar residence in North West Delhi.
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BJP will not take Kanda's support in Haryana: Ravi Shankar Prasad
National | Oct 26, 2019, 03:43 PM ISTBJP will not take the support of Haryana Lokhit Party legislator Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician who faces two abetment-to-suicide cases, for forming the government in Haryana, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said
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AAP slams BJP for seeking support of controversial MLA Gopal Kanda
National | Oct 25, 2019, 05:50 PM ISTSenior AAP senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said,"In a state where 'Beti bachao beti padhao (BBBP) andolan' was launched, the BJP is seeking support from a rape accused." Singh said if the BJP does not give an explanation, then his party will hold protests and "knock every door and tell people in Delhi how their mothers and daughters are unsafe" under the BJP rule.
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Who is Gopal Kanda? And what is the case against him
National | Oct 25, 2019, 05:39 PM ISTIn the post-poll scenario, Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda has emerged as the kingmaker in Haryana. Gopal Kanda has extended a helping hand to Manohar Lal Khattar's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is six MLAs short of the number needed to form the next government in Haryana. The state has thrown a hung assembly in the polls held on October 21. What poses a challenge for BJP in Kanda's support is the controversy attached to his name. Know who is Gopal Kanda, and what is the case against him:
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Gopal Kanda's 'unconditional support' to BJP triggers row
Oct 25, 2019, 04:51 PM ISTWith six MLAs short of the number needed to form the next government, the BJP Friday was promised “unconditional support” by Haryana Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician accused in a case of abetment to suicide.
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Geetika Sharma suicide case: Court summons top Delhi officials
India | Oct 04, 2019, 05:10 PM ISTA city court on Friday issued summons to the Delhi Home Secretary and then Additional DCP, Crime Branch, Rajiv Ranjan in the case against former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda for abetting the suicide of an air hostess employed with his aviation company in 2012.
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Two injured in firing in Sirsa
India | Oct 15, 2014, 04:23 PM ISTChandigarh: Two persons were today injured in firing during a clash between two groups in Modia Khera village in Sirsa district, police said.One person sustained serious injuries and has been rushed to a hospital, Sirsa
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Volunteers urge AAP to fight Haryana polls, ask 'who should we vote for now'
National | Aug 22, 2014, 12:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The demand for Aam Aadmi Party to contest upcoming Assembly polls in Haryana again came to the fore today when some of its volunteers questioned the party leadership's decision in the matter, asking
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Congress govt responsible for casteism, nepotism: Kanda
India | Jun 05, 2014, 10:25 PM ISTHisar: Chief of Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) and former state Home minister Gopal Kanda today accused Congress government is the state of spreading regionalism, casteism and nepotism.“Regionalism, casteism and nepotism is rampant in Haryana and
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Police opposes bail to Kanda in Geetika suicide case
India | May 12, 2014, 09:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: City police today in Delhi High Court opposed the bail granted to former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case saying it had "seriously" prejudiced the trial.
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Expelled Congress leader Venod Sharma resigns as MLA
National | May 02, 2014, 02:18 PM ISTChandigarh: Former Union Minister and sitting Congress MLA from Ambala City, Venod Sharma, who was recently expelled by the party, today resigned as member of the assembly.His resignation has been accepted by the Speaker, official
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Gopal Kanda gets bail in air hostess suicide case
National | Mar 04, 2014, 11:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: A court here Tuesday granted bail to former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of a former air hostess.Additional Sessions Judge Yashwant Kumar allowed the bail application.Requesting the court
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At last, Gopal Kanda gets interim bail for a month
National | Sep 05, 2013, 02:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda was today granted interim bail by a Delhi court in air hostess Geetika suicide case. Kanda has been granted interim bail by Additional Sessions Judge M C Gupta
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Gopal Kanda seeks interim bail to attend Haryana assembly session
India | Sep 04, 2013, 09:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, an accused in a former airhostess suicide case, today sought interim bail from a Delhi court contending that he would attend state assembly session and discharge his obligation
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Air hostess case: HC quashes rape, unnatural offence charges
India | Jul 25, 2013, 08:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 25: In a relief to MDLR airlines employee Aruna Chadha, the Delhi High Court today not only quashed the charges of abetment of rape and unnatural sex against her but also held
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Geetika suicide case: Court describes Delhi Police probe as tainted and stinking
India | May 11, 2013, 08:59 AM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: The Delhi Police got flak from a court here for its "tainted and stinking" probe in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case in which the investigation into the aspect of
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Delhi court orders framing of charges against Gopal Kanda
India | May 10, 2013, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 10: A Delhi court today ordered framing of charges against former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda and Aruna Chadha in air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case.The court said, prima facie charges of rape,
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Supreme Court declines to entertain Kanda's bail plea
National | Mar 23, 2013, 12:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 23: The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain the bail plea of Haryana lawmaker Gopal Goyal Kanda currently in judicial custody for allegedly abetting the suicide by air hostess Geetika Sharma and