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Hindustan Times
April 22, 2018
Around 7.30pm on February 22, 2017, a villager working in his fields in Bhuwana village, 14 kilometers away from Panchkula, heard distant cries. Abandoning his work, he set off towards the source of the sound and happened upon a leopard cub. The cub was sitting on the banks of the dry Kaushalya riverÃâà...
Times of India
April 22, 2018
GURUGRAM: Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki launched the 'Healthy Lung, Healthy Haryana' initiative in the city on Saturday, which aims to reduce ... Haryana ranks fourth in the nationwide respiratory mortality rate from chronic respiratory diseases, with around 30,000 deaths a year, doctors said. AroundÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 22, 2018
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by four people while she was sleeping in her house at a village in this district and then gang-raped after taking her to a secluded place, the police said on Sunday. According to a complaint lodged by the girl's family, the victim was alone in the house at the time ofÃâà...
Times of India
April 22, 2018
Representative image. ZIRAKPUR: Do not be surprised if you call 1912 to book a complaint about power cut in this Punjab town and hear a Haryana official on the centralised helpline. ... The helpline connects to the Haryana call centre, which neither can take their complaint nor has the call-transfer facility.
Hindustan Times
April 22, 2018
Stating that the management of municipal solid waste was a major issue confronting the states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) chairman SPS Parihar added that they had accelerated the process for the creation of a road map for a pollution-free country.
Business Standard
April 22, 2018
Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that over 26.29 lakh tonnes has been procured by Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED), whereas Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has purchased more than 18.73 lakhÃâà...
The Hindu
April 20, 2018
The 12-day strike by students of Mahendergarh's Central University of Haryana (CUH) ended on Friday, after Vice-Chancellor R.C. Kuhad promised to meet the demands of agitating students before July and revoked the suspension of 13 students. Thirteen students, including 11 BTech students, wereÃâà...
Times of India
April 20, 2018
A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta passed the order on a plea of Delhi Jal Board which accused Haryana of disobeying the court's 1996 order directing the state to release 450 cusecs of Yamuna water daily to Delhi for drinking. DJB told the court that Delhi was facing an acute waterÃâà...
The Hindu
April 19, 2018
But no urgency is being shown by you people,” the court said, directing senior officials of the two State governments to appear before it in person on April 23. The Delhi government had informed the apex court that it was in talks with Haryana for release of 450 cusec of Yamuna water daily for the Capital.
Economic Times
April 19, 2018
The agriculture minister, who visited largest fruit and vegetable market at Mercabarna, maintained that the world famous market, of Spain can be a model for the International fruits and vegetable being set up at Gannuar, Sonipat in Haryana due to a lot of geographical similarities between the two markets.
Times of India
March 30, 2018
“Kasam apni janmabhumi ki, Haryana mein agli sarkar AAP ki banegi aur jo kaam koi bhi party nahin kar payee, vo Kejriwal karega Haryana mein (I am taking a pledge at my birthplace that AAP will form the next government in Haryana and Kejriwal will do what other parties have failed in),” he had said inÃâà...
Business Standard
March 30, 2018
A school in Haryana's Rewari was today renamed after an Army officer who was killed while fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir. Haryana state education department took the initiative of renaming the government senior secondary girls school, Kosli, in Rewari district as 'Shaheed Major Vikas YadavÃâà...
Business Standard
March 30, 2018
Although the bout lasted all three rounds, Joni had swept aside the challenge with a comprehensive 5-0 win. She will take on Hema Danu of Uttarakhand in the final clash tomorrow. Haryana's girls continued their dominating run in the semi-finals also as Sakshi (57 kg), Nitu (48 kg), Manisha (64 kg) andÃâà...
Times of India
March 30, 2018
CHANDIGARH: Haryana government has appointed B K Kuthiala as the chairperson of newly carved Haryana State Higher Education Council, an autonomous body created to promote ... Sources in the Haryana government confirmed that Kuthiala joined as the first head of the council on Thursday.
Business Standard
March 30, 2018
He said the target is to cover 100 per cent children in the age group of 9 months to less than 15 years. Jha was reviewing the preparedness on the campaign with the district administrations and line departments through video-conferencing. He said that children in both government and private schools andÃâà...
Times of India
March 30, 2018
"(According to) Section 8 of the Haryana Legislative Assembly (allowances and pension of members) Act 1975, the state is liable to pay income tax on the allowances being drawn by the members and not on the salary being drawn by them," says the RTI reply by the income tax cell of the assembly.
Times of India
March 29, 2018
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued notice to Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) and state vigilance bureau for ... The petition filed by Naveen Kumar, a resident of Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district and four other candidates from Haryana's Jind district who took part in theÃâà...
The Indian Express
March 29, 2018
The BJP government in Haryana has ordered the closure of slaughterhouses in urban areas on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti on Thursday. The order was issued on Wednesday by state Urban Local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain, who said she took the decision after representatives of various religiousÃâà...
Times of India
March 28, 2018
The state of Haryana has plenty of bank holidays in 2018. This year, the state has 40 bank holidays including Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Christmas etc. The Haryana banks are also closed on Sunday, second Saturday and fourth Saturday of every month. Here is the complete list ofÃâà...
Business Standard
March 27, 2018
Hafed will procure 40 per cent of wheat, Food and Supplies 33 per cent, Haryana Warehousing Corporation, 15 per cent and Food Corporation of India 12 per cent. Farmers have been appealed to bring wheat with moisture content of 12 per centfor easy procurement process, he said. The Additional ChiefÃâà...
Business Standard
March 27, 2018
Farmers should limit use of pesticides and adopt organic farming as excessive use of such chemicals could impact the ecological balance, a senior Haryana government official said today. Speaking during the meeting of farmers and Krishi Vigyan Kendras and agricultural scientists during the third AgriÃâà...
Business Standard
March 27, 2018
The Haryana government has made arrangements for the procurement of 80 lakh tonnes of wheat in the current Rabi season, a senior officer said on Monday. The wheat will be procured at the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,735 per quintal. The procurement target is set higher than the 74.25 lakhÃâà...
The Indian Express
March 27, 2018
The Supreme Court will on April 2 hear a plea by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), accusing the Haryana government of reducing the national capital's water quota. The DJB plea was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice D Y Chandrachud on Monday,Ãâà...
The Hindu
March 27, 2018
The memorandum demanded that banners and hoardings be put at private hospitals sand offices of Deputy Commissioner and the Haryana Urban Development Authority to create awareness among the prospective beneficiaries regarding the government's policy for free treatment to poor in privateÃâà...
Business Line
March 27, 2018
“It's quite like the 'paying guest' accommodation that most city people are familiar with, except that the guests here would be cattle,” said Haryana Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar. “Those who already own cattle or want to own cattle can make use of this proposed facility by paying a fee. The ownerÃâà...
NDTV
March 27, 2018
Senior advocate K Sultan Singh, appearing for petitioner Satvir Singh Saini and others, who had opposed the Haryana Backward Classes Act 2016, informed the top court that the Backward Class Commission will submit its report on the percentage of quota by March 31, following which the HaryanaÃâà...
Live Law
March 26, 2018
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next Monday(April 2) a petition filed by Delhi's Kejriwal government seeking a direction to Haryana to supply 450 cusecs of potable water daily to Wazirabad barrage for supply to Delhi to overcome an impending “water crisis” in the national capital. The petition filedÃâà...
The Hindu
March 25, 2018
Accusing the BJP-ruled Haryana government of reducing water supply to Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs protested outside Haryana Bhawan here on Saturday to demand that the Capital's neighbour abide by water-sharing agreements.
United News of India
March 7, 2018
Chandigarh, Mar 7 (UNI) Haryana Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Kumar Bedi today said that the state government is ... Stating this while replying to a question during the third day of ongoing Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here, Mr Bedi said that widower above 45Ãâà...
Times of India
March 7, 2018
“We were forced to ask what made the government spend such a huge amount at a private resort when better quality hotels are available with Haryana tourism. Secondly, we did not see any kind of public-friendly change in the official machinery after the session. We are not satisfied with the answer as theÃâà...
The Indian Express
March 7, 2018
Haryana has witnessed a sharp increase in the cases of kidnapping of women and girls in the past three years, according to crimes figures tabled in the state Assembly on Wednesday. As against 1,698 such cases registered during the financial year 2015-16, as many as 2,495 such cases have beenÃâà...
Times of India
March 7, 2018
CHANDIGARH: With around 13 people dying due to cancer in Haryana everyday last year, the spread of the dreaded disease has reached alarming proportions in the state. A statement presented by Haryana health minister Anil Vij in the assembly during the budget session mentioned that 2017 saw theÃâà...
Business Standard
March 7, 2018
The Haryana government has proposed a pension scheme for widowers in the state, it was announced on Wednesday. Minister of State for Social Justice and ... The matter is with the Finance Department and under consideration, Bedi told the Haryana Assembly. He said widowers above 45 years of age,Ãâà...
Daily Pioneer
March 6, 2018
Leader of Opposition and INLD's senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala on Tuesday lashed out at the Haryana Government over deteriorating law and order situation and repeated agitations by government employees, farmers and other sections of the society in the State. Chautala, while speaking during theÃâà...
Economic Times
March 6, 2018
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday purchased "pakodas" from protesting Congress MLAs here, saying selling pakodas is a good business proposition for these unemployed elders. "If anyone is getting employment by selling pakodas, it's a good thing. They had become unemployed,Ãâà...
Economic Times
March 5, 2018
Aadhaar number and issue of invoice for sale of alcohol has been made mandatory for retail liquor vends in Haryana, a top official said. ... In the new excise policy for 2018-19 unveiled here today, the Haryana government proposed an 8 per cent increase in minimum retail price (MRP) of country liquorÃâà...
The Hindu
March 5, 2018
The Haryana government on Monday announced that a Cooperative Election Authority would be set up in the State for supervising the election process in cooperative bodies. Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, addressing the Assembly on the first day of the budget session, said that the governmentÃâà...
