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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday asserted that the e-tendering system started by his government in Panchayati Raj Institutions is to bring more transparency in development works. He said transparency in all spheres of governance is part of his government's policy of zero-tolerance towards corruption. "With this system, we have empowered urban local bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The duty of panchayats is to ensure smooth execution of development work, while providing timely funds for the same is our job," Khattar said. The chief minister was replying to the Governor's address here this evening during the ongoing Budget Session of the Haryana assembly. Several sarpanches in the state have been protesting the introduction of e-tendering for execution of development works in rural areas. During his reply on various issues raised by legislators during the debate on the Governor's address, Khattar and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda sha

Seventeen percent of the voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling on Friday to elect sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats in four districts of Haryana in the final phase of panchayat polls, officials said. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the four districts of Faridabad, Fatehabad, Hisar and Palwal. Voting is being held to elect 929 sarpanches and 10,362 panches in 25 blocks of the four districts. State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh said foolproof security measures have been put in place to ensure smooth and peaceful polling. He said additional police force has been deployed in sensitive and hypersensitive polling booths. Arrangements had been made well in advance so that Persons With Disabilities do not face any inconvenience at all the polling booths, he further said. Singh said that over 22 lakh voters are eligible to cast their vote in these four districts. There are a total of 2,655 polling stations in these four ...

Nearly 80 per cent polling was recorded in the second-phase panchayat elections in nine districts of Haryana on Saturday. The polling was held for the post of 2,683 sarpanches and 25,655 panches in 57 blocks of Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat districts. The voting was held between 7 am and 6 pm, officials said. Men, women and the elderly queued up at polling booths in these districts to cast their votes. Around 79 per cent polling was recorded in these nine districts, according to data compiled by the Haryana State Election Commission. In Karnal, there was a report of two rival groups clashing at Fatehgarh village in Nissing block and three persons sustained injuries in the incident. Police reached the spot and brought the situation under control. In Ambala, there was a scuffle between two groups in village Jansua after one of the groups objected to casting of vote by a person. One person was injured in the scuffle and he w

Over 69 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Wednesday in the polling to elect members of zila parishad and panchayat samitis in nine districts of Haryana in the second phase of the panchayat polls, officials said here. Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh said polling was held peacefully. Voting for 1,244 panchayat samiti members and 158 zila parishad members in 57 blocks of nine districts -- Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, and Sonipat -- began at 7 am and continued till 6 pm. There were 48,67,132 eligible voters in the second phase. In a statement, Singh said, "33,44,672 voters exercised their voting rights till 7.30 pm, which is 69.1 per cent of the total voters of these nine districts." At some polling stations, voters were seen standing in queues even at 7:30 pm, he added. Some incidents of EVM malfunction were reported at some places, but officials involved in the election process got those machines replaced immedia

A high turnout of more than 80 per cent was recorded in the election for panches and sarpanches in nine Haryana districts in the first of the three-phase voting on Wednesday. "Barring a stray incident, polling remained peaceful," Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh told PTI. According to the figures of the Haryana State Election Commission available at 10 pm, 81.4 per cent voting was recorded in the nine districts. The polling was held between 7 am and 6 pm in the districts of Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. Counting of votes was taken up immediately after the end of polling. Haryana Director General of Police P K Agrawal said polling has been conducted in a peaceful manner. According to the DGP, there was no poll-related violence reported from anywhere till the completion of the polling process. "However, a few incidents of clashes outside polling booths in Jhajjar and Kaithal districts as well as the breakin

The first of the three-phase polling to elect panches and sarpanches in nine Haryana districts saw 72.4 per cent people casting their votes by early evening and the number is expected to go up, officials said. The polling is held in Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. There are 49 lakh voters altogether in these districts, they said. Stray incidents were reported from Nuh and Jhajjar districts. In Nuh, stone pelting was reported between rival groups in two villages, though police said these incidents did not occur at the polling booth and that the poll process remained unaffected. There were reports of some injuries. "There is no untoward incident at the polling booth. However, there were some cases of fight and stone pelting in two villages," Nuh Superintendent of Police Varun Singla told PTI over phone. In Jhajjar, agents of two candidates got into a brawl at a polling booth in Jahidpur village early in the morning during which

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's roadshow in Haryana's Adampur on Monday for the upcoming bypolls has been cancelled in view of the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat, a senior party leader said. Kejriwal was to take out a roadshow in Adampur, a day before the campaigning ends for the November 3 bypolls there. "Arvind ji's roadshow on Monday stands cancelled in view of the Gujarat bridge collapse tragedy," party's Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta, who is party's Haryana affairs incharge, told PTI. The bypolls were necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi, the younger son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal, resigned as MLA from the seat and switched sides from the Congress to the BJP in August. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had earlier campaigned in Adampur for AAP on Wednesday. Kejriwal launched the party's nationwide Make India No. 1' campaign from Hisar last month. On Sunday, Gupta went door-to-door in Balsamand village and sought votes for party cand

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take out a roadshow in Haryana's Adampur on October 31, a day before the campaigning ends for the November 3 Assembly bypolls there. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will also hold a rally for the BJP on November 1. "Arvindji will take out a roadshow in the afternoon, which will cover several villages, including Balsamand," a party leader said on Sunday. On Sunday, Punjab Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer also campaigned in Adampur and took out a roadshow. The bypolls were necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi, the younger son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal, resigned as MLA from the seat and switched sides from the Congress to the BJP in August. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had also campaigned in Adampur for AAP on Wednesday. Kejriwal had launched the party's nationwide Make India No. 1 campaign from Hisar last month. On the other hand, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state Co

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Haryana State Backward Classes Commission on Tuesday submitted its report related to reservation for the backward class people in the upcoming elections to panchayati raj institutions. The report has been prepared on the basis of suggestions collected from people across the state. The report by the commission, which is headed by former judge of Punjab and Haryana high court Justice Darshan Singh, was submitted to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. "Haryana State Backward Classes Commission has prepared its report on the basis of suggestions collected from people across the state regarding reservation for backward classes in the elections of panchayati raj institutions. The report was submitted to the chief minister today," said an official statement here. Apart from this, suggestions were also taken from the office bearers of various political parties at the national and state level. The panchayat elections will be held in the state next month. The commission is tasked with ...

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