Haryana BJP president Nayab Saini being felicitated by Union minister Arjun Munda, and senior BJP leaders Biplab Deb and Tarun Chugh after he was elected leader of the BJP’s legislative party in Haryana. He is set to be the next CM of the State. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Haryana BJP president and OBC leader … Read more
Photo used for representation purpose only. In another major step towards demolishing the terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler nexus in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, January 11, 2024, conducted searches at 32 locations in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, officials said. The raids began early this morning and multiple teams of the anti-terror agency conducted … Read more
Within a week, two sensational and high-profile murder cases emerged in India. On January 3, reports surfaced regarding the murder of 27-year-old former model Divya Pahuja under suspicious circumstances at a hotel in Gurugram, Haryana. Three individuals, including the hotel manager, were arrested by the Gurugram Police, although Pahuja’s body is yet to be found. … Read more
An exterior view of the Punjab & Haryana High Court | Photo Credit: The Hindu After the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the Haryana government’s law guaranteeing 75% reservation in private sector jobs for residents of the State, the Opposition parties have upped their ante against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) … Read more
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala during a press conference in Chandigarh. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Lately, there have been signs of a rift between the ruling coalition partners in Haryana — the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP). With both the parties fighting against … Read more
Randeep Hooda participates in the Jan Milan programme at Jind on Sunday. In a bid to woo Brahmins ahead of the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls in the State next year, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday promised to appoint a Brahmin Deputy Chief Minister, restore job reservation for the community … Read more
A view of the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal in Punjab. The Centrally-funded canal links Sutlej with the Yamuna. It is to carry Haryana’s share (3.5 million acre feet) of Sutlej waters. The Centre has spent about Rs. 450 crores on the canal. The construction was abandoned in 1990 at the height of militancy in Punjab. … Read more
The entry of new players like Bhim Army’s Chandra Shekhar Azad is now hoping to fill the vacuum in Dalit leadership in Haryana. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar They may form the second largest vote bank in Haryana, but the Scheduled Caste communities in the State remain divided about their political choices. Over … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party senior vice-president Anurag Dhanda on Monday interacted with the youth in Kurukshetra under the party’s “Yuva Sanwad” programme and also led a bike rally. Mr. Dhanda targetted the ruling coalition on alleged corruption in recruitment examinations and for not conducting elections in colleges and universities. He said that youth in the state … Read more
Wreckage of vehicles that were set ablaze by miscreants after incidents of violence following Monday’s attack on a VHP procession, in Nuh district, on Aug. 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Signs of a rift between the ruling alliance partners in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), have been … Read more