Chandigarh: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday told the Vidhan Sabha that the state government is considering a law against “love jihad” and has sought information from Himachal Pradesh, which had passed a bill on the issue. The Himachal Pradesh assembly had last year passed a bill against conversion by force, inducement or through … Read more
Haryana reported zero fatalities due to coronavirus on Sunday. This is the first time in four-and-a-half months that the state reported no death cases due to Covid-19. “The Haryana Health Department is happy to announce that no death due to Covid-19 has been reported today (24-hour period),” Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajeev Arora was quoted … Read more
After his Kheti Bachao Yatra was stopped at the Hayana border, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “I am not moving and am happy to wait here. 1 hour, 5 hours, 24 hours, 100 hours, 1000 hours or 5000 hours”. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi drives a tractor during party’s ‘Kheti Bachao’ rally against the farm laws. … Read more
Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala has tested positive for Covid-19. The leader has isolated himself. File photo of Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala | PTI Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Jananayak Janata Party leader posted on Twitter a video asking people who have come in … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Haryana today to hold a 2-day tractor rally against the recently enacted agriculture laws. After conducting a three-day tractor rally in Punjab as a protest against the central government’s new farm laws, Rahul Gandhi will now lead a tractor rally in Haryana on Monday. He will hold the rallies … Read more
NEW DELHI: Farmers’ protests against the agriculture legislations are set to intensify over the next week with the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal determined to scale up this controversy. Though the Opposition parties have opposed the new Bills, the protests have largely been centred around Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. Uncertainty over the minimum … Read more
Chandigarh: The stubble burning which is likely to start later this month ahead of the Rabi crop sowing season can exacerbate the Coronavirus crisis, an agricultural-cum-environment expert has cautioned. “If alternate arrangements to stubble burning are not made, pollutants like particulate matters and toxic gases like Carbon Monoxide and Methane could give rise to severe … Read more
“I appeal to all colleagues and associates who came in my contact over the last week to get themselves tested. I request my close contacts to move into strict quarantine immediately,” Haryana CM wrote on Twitter. (File image) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. He informed this via a … Read more
Torrential rains pounded several areas in Gujarat on Sunday, causing waterlogging and disruption to normal life. As rivers swelled and many lakes overflew, a high alert was sounded for 108 dams. (Representational image) Rains pounded several areas of Gujarat on Sunday leading to swelling of rivers and over 100 dams being put on a high … Read more
“Though I underwent a COVID-19 test that came negative, I have decided to go into home quarantine for three days as a precautionary measure,” Khattar said in a tweet in Hindi. (File image) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday, days after he attended a meeting with Jal Shakti Minister … Read more