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President Droupadi Murmu on two-day visit to Haryana from Tuesday

President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit to Haryana starting Tuesday and will attend various programmes, including the International Gita Festival in Kurukshetra. According to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, the president will grace the International Gita Seminar on Tuesday. On the occasion, she will virtually launch the Mukhyamantri Swasthya Sarvekshan Yojana, the Haryana e-ticketing projects for all public road transport facilities and lay the foundation stone for a medical college in Sirsa, it said. The 539-bed medical college will be built over about 22 acres and it will have 100 MBBS seats, according to an official statement issued in Chandigarh. The same day, the president will address the 18th convocation of NIT Kurukshetra. In the evening, she will attend a civic reception at Haryana Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh to be hosted in her honour by the Haryana government. On November 30, President Murmu will interact with ASHA workers, women wrestl

Poor show by BJP in Haryana's zila parishad polls; AAP wins 14 seats

In an embarrassment for the ruling BJP government in Haryana, it faced a defeat as it won only 22 out of the 102 seats of zila parishad it contested in seven districts

Haryana Panchayat polls: BJP, AAP, INLD candidates win on several seats

The results of Haryana Panchayat polls were declared on Sunday with the candidates of the BJP, AAP and INLD registering victory on several seats of zila parishads in the state. The notification of the names of all the elected candidates will be duly issued in the Haryana state government gazette before November 30, a senior poll official said. The ruling BJP won 22 out of 102 seats of zila parishad it contested in seven districts including Ambala, Yamunanagar and Gurugram, according to a party leader. However, the party received a jolt in Panchkula where it lost 10 seats of zila parishads. The Aam Aadmi party managed to make its presence felt in the panchayat polls as it claimed victory over 15 seats of zila parishads in districts including Sirsa, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Jind. The AAP had contested around 100 seats of zila parishads. The Indian National Lok Dal, which contested 72 seats of zila parishads, registered victory over 14 seats in the polls. The Congress did not contest

Counting of votes for Haryana panchayat, zila parishad polls underway

The counting of votes for panchayat samiti and zila parishad polls in Haryana was underway on Sunday, said officials. The exercise began at 8 am, they said. Tight security arrangements have been made at the counting centres. The elections to 143 panchayat samitis and 22 zila parishads were held in three phases. Haryana has 22 zila parishads comprising 411 members. The members will in turn elect the 22 zila parishad chiefs. The state has 143 panchayat samitis, comprising 3,081 members who will further elect their respective presidents. Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh had said on Saturday that police and general observers will closely monitor the entire counting process. Videography will also be done at all the counting centres, he had said. Earlier, the results of elections for panches and sarpanches were declared immediately after the polling in each phase.

Considers himself owner of Delhi: Haryana CM hits out at Kejriwal

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar took on the main opposition Aam Aadmi Party in the run-up to the MCD election saying that Arvind Kejriwal considers himself the owner of Delhi

1 dead, 50 injured in bus-truck collision on Haryana's Jind-Rohtak highway

A truck driver died and 50 passengers, including children, were injured when a roadways bus collided head-on with the heavy goods vehicle near a hotel on the Jind-Rohtak national highway here, police said on Saturday. The injured were taken to a primary health centre in Julana, where the doctors referred 20 critically injured passengers to PGIMS, Rohtak for better treatment. On receiving information about the incident, the District Magistrate and other officials also reached the spot and took stock of the incident. Julana police station is investigating the matter. According to police, the roadways bus had left for Gurgaon on Saturday morning from Jind and collided head-on with the truck as soon as it reached Haveli Hotel on Jind-Rohtak National Highway near Julana.

Polling underway to elect sarpanches, panches in four Haryana districts

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 ...

Trident Realty to invest Rs 3,000 crore over 7-8 years in Haryana

Trident Realty will invest about Rs 3,000 crore to build a 200-acre luxury housing township at Panchkula in Haryana as part of expansion plan, its Chairman S K Narvar said. It has acquired this land parcel through insolvency process and invested around Rs 400 crore to settle the loans of financial institutions. It has also provided plots to around 450 stuck homebuyers in this project. The Delhi-based company has presence in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and is now making a foray into Chandigarh tri-city through this new project. "We have launched our new luxury residential project Trident Hills in Panchkula. This 200-acre land parcel is located in the foothills of the Shivaliks. We will be developing around 60 lakh square feet area in this township, including villas, group housing, independent floors and plots," Narvar told PTI. The project will be developed over the next 7-8 years. "We will be investing about Rs 3,000 crore to develop this township project," Narvar

Four men die after consuming 'spurious drink' in Haryana; probe on

Four men died in Haryana, ostensibly after consuming spurious drink, police said on Tuesday. Three of the deceased hailed from a village in Sonipat district while the other victim, who was their relative, hailed from neighbouring Panipat, the police said. Two of them worked in a sugar mill in Panipat, they said. "We cannot say whether they died due to consumption of spurious liquor. A post mortem will reveal the exact cause of death. However, preliminary investigations suggest that they consumed some spurious drink. What that drink was is a matter of investigation," said a police official in Sonipat. The men, all in their mid 30s, had consumed the drink on Sunday, the police added. "We are investigating where they consumed the drink and from where they had bought it," said the official.

Panchayat elections: Voting underway in four districts of Haryana

Polling was underway Tuesday to elect members of zila parishad and panchayat samitis in four districts of Haryana in the third and final phase of the panchayat polls, said officials. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Faridabad, Palwal, Hisar and Fatehabad. Polling is being held to elect 559 panchayat samiti members and 78 zila parishad members in 25 blocks of these four districts. Over 22 lakh voters including over 10 lakh women are eligible to cast their vote. On November 25, as part of the third and final phase, polling will be held to elect sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats of these four districts. In the first two phases, polls for the posts of panch, sarpanch, panchayat samiti members and zilla parishad members have already been held in 18 districts. The results of the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti members will be declared on November 27, while the results of election for posts of panches and sarpanches is declared on the day of voting itself

Wont allow Haryana to make assembly building in Chandigarh, says AAP

The AAP on Monday said Punjab has the sole right over Chandigarh and Haryana will not be allowed to construct an additional legislative assembly building in the city. Haryana will not be given an inch of land in Chandigarh, which was established on the land of dozens of villages of Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party's state chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said. Separately, Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that Haryana's land swap proposal for constructing the Vidhan Sabha building is fraught with the danger of disturbing the "already worrisome" law and order situation in Punjab. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has also called a meeting of its senior leaders later this week to decide the party's strategy on the issue. Haryana has sought a 10-acre plot in Chandigarh for constructing the additional building of its Vidhan Sabha. It has identified land adjacent to the traffic light at Madhya Marg near the railway station road junction

Duty of public officers is to maintain trust people have in them: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said in a democracy, the utmost duty of public representatives is to maintain the trust people have in them and meet their expectations. He was interacting with newly elected sarpanches and panches at a programme in the Manesar area here. Sarpanches and panches should ensure maximum development in their areas. In a democracy only one who lives up to the trust of the people gets a chance to serve the people, the chief minister said. "You have been chosen only because of the trust entrusted by the public," he said as he emphasised the importance of good governance. Khattar said it is the duty of the government and the gram panchayat to do justice to every section, class and person. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'pradhan sevak' while I as 'jan sevak' are working for the welfare of every section of society," Khattar said, adding that "gone are the days, when only the king's son used to rule society". "The one who will serve the

BJP-JJP govt pushed Haryana into debt trap: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday accused the BJP-JJP government of pushing Haryana into a debt trap with its "wrong economic policies". He alleged that during the eight-year rule of the BJP-JJP combine no medical college, national or international level institute, new railway or metro line, and big industry or project came up in Haryana. "It is beyond comprehension why despite this, the government took loans of lakhs of crores. The government should tell the people where all this money was spent," Hooda demanded. "The government's wrong economic policies have pushed the total debt on the state to Rs 3,11,779 crore," the Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana assembly said in a statement here. Five power plants were established in Haryana during the Congress rule but during the present government none has been set up, the Congress leader said. Supporting the demands of farmers, Hooda said the government should withdraw all cases filed during the agitation against th

Tata Motors bags order for BS VI diesel 1,000 buses from Haryana govt

Tata Motors on Thursday said it has bagged an order for 1,000 buses from Haryana Roadways. The auto major said it will supply 52-seater fully built BS VI diesel buses in a phased manner, as per the contract. "The delivery of these buses will further fortify our partnership with the Haryana government and help in offering modern public transport to the citizens of the state. We are committed towards modernising public transportation in India," Tata Motors Vice President (Product Line Buses) Rohit Srivastava said in a statement. Haryana Transport Department principal secretary Navdeep Singh Virk said the buses will provide benefits to all stakeholders alike, and offer unmatched comfort to the passengers. "The induction of the new buses will help in making inter-state public transport even more efficient, allowing smooth commute across the state of Haryana," he added.

Haryana showcases initiatives to support climate goals at COP27 in Egypt

The side event showcased initiatives of the Haryana government that support climate goals and India's commitment for climate neutrality by 2070

Fantasy sports offered by Dream11 are games of skill, not chance: SC

Two-judge bench dismisses review petition seeking to reopen and review an earlier SC order relating to a 2017 Punjab and Haryana HC decision ruling fantasy sports to be a game of skill

Nearly 80% polling recorded in second-phase Haryana panchayat elections

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

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Over 69% voting recorded in second phase of Haryana panchayat elections

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

PKL 2022 Highlights: UP vs Bengal ends in a tie, Delhi's losing streak over

Pro Kabaddi League 2022 (PKL) Highlights: UP Yoddhas and Bengal Warriors played a tie that ended at a scoreline of 41 each. Dabang Delhi broke its six-match losing streak, and beat Telugu Titans 40-33