A 50-year-old man has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday on the charges of raping a three-year-old girl in Gurugram's Rithoj village, police said.

The accused was identified as Ratan, a native of Madhya Pradesh, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head.

Ratan had previously served ten years jail term for raping a five-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh in 2005.

The accused, who was released from jail in 2015, sodomised the six-year-old boy in March, this year in Madhya Pradesh.

An ex-serviceman killed five members of his family by slitting their throats with a sharp-edged weapon in Haryana’s Ambala district, police said on Monday.

The deceased comprised his mother, brother, sister-in-law and two children. Two injured have been admitted to hospitals.

After the crime, the accused tried to cremate them at midnight when the police reached the spot and recovered the half-burnt bodies. The retired soldier, however, managed to flee from the spot.

The crime was reported in the Narayangarh area over a dispute over two acres of land. The victims were identified as 35-year-old Harish, his 32-year-old wife Sonia, his 65-year-old mother Saropi, five-year-old daughter and six-month-old son.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the Congress legislator from Haryana’s Sonipat, Surender Panwar, from Gurugram in a case of illegal mining.

The ED had conducted raids at his residences and office in January on charges of illegal mining in the state.

Besides, Panwar, the ED In January had conducted raids and recovered Rs 5 crore cash, foreign-made arms and 300 cartridges at locations related to former Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislator Dilbag Singh also in connection with an illegal mining case.

Monsoon has become active again in Haryana. However, its effect will last only for two days. Today there may be rain in the northern areas of Haryana. Light rain has been predicted in some other areas. There may be heavy rain in Yamunanagar and surrounding areas. Apart from this, rain can also be seen in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal.

A property dealer was shot while his friend was severely beaten when they were assaulted by a group of people following a money-related brawl in Gurugram, police said.

The police said the incident was reported on Tuesday when the victims -- identified as Rajkumar Sehrawat a resident of New Colony and his friend Sachin Gulati had come to meet Sehrawat's friend at his office located on Dwarka Expressway.

A fight reportedly broke out between Rajkumar and the 7 to 8 suspects over a money dispute.

Notorious gangster Kala Khairampuria, who was wanted by Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi Police, was arrested by the Gurugram team of Special Task Force (STF), officials said.

Kala was involved in 20 cases of murder and attempted murder registered against him.

Kala had a rivalry with gangster Swatantra.

STF was looking for him in many cases. On Saturday, the STF will provide more information about the gangster by holding a Press conference.

The escort vehicle included in the convoy of Minister of State Subhash Sudha met with an accident in Kurukshetra. In which a constable traveling in the vehicle was injured while the rest of the security personnel narrowly escaped. It is being told that the Minister of State was going from Chandigarh to Mahendragarh. When he reached village Sainsa in Pehowa area on the National Highway, the escort vehicle included in his convoy suddenly got a tire burst, due to which it met with an accident. There was a team of four soldiers in the vehicle along with escort in-charge Vedpal. As soon as the accident occurred, the convoy stopped and the injured Havildar Sanjeev Kumar was immediately taken to the Civil Hospital of Pehowa, from where he was referred to Kurukshetra. It is being told that after the accident, the Minister of State canceled his plan to go to Mahendragarh and he stayed there till the security personnel were sent to the hospital.

Bahujan Samaj Party and Indian National Lok Dal will contest Haryana Assembly elections together. An agreement has been reached between the two parties in this regard. BSP will contest in 37 out of 90 assembly seats and INLA in 53 seats. This announcement was made by BSP National Coordinator Akash Anand and Indian National Lok Dal Secretary General Abhay Singh Chautala.

Taking major action, the Enforcement Directorate in Haryana has raided 14 places. This raid has been conducted in connection with the VAT scam. Giving information about the raid, officials said that three Haryana Civil Service officers of Haryana Government and some other private persons were involved in these places. The search operation is being conducted by the Chandigarh zonal office of ED.

More than 40 school children were injured when a Haryana Roadways bus overturned near Pinjore in Panchkula district today. According to the information received, the bus of Haryana Roadways overturned near Naulta village of Pinjore. The injured have been admitted to Panchkula's Pinjore Hospital and Sector 6 Civil Hospital. A woman, who sustained serious injuries in the accident, was admitted to PGI. Chandigarh was referred. According to the police, the accident happened due to the high speed of the bus driver. The bus was also overcrowded.