New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Veteran socialist leader Mani Ram Bagri, a close associate of Raj Narayan, who had played a leading role in the heady days before the fall of Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai in the late 70s, died in Hisar today. He was 93. A General Secretary of the Samyukta [...]
Chandigarh, January 8 As a part of its drive to eliminate child labour from the state, Haryana government has implemented a number of schemes. While stating this here today, a spokesman of Labour Department said that an action plan as per the Child Labour(Prohibition and Regulation) Act,1986 and the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court had [...]
Chandigarh, Jan 7 Haryana Education Department will add a chapter on Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in curricula of schools and colleges. While stating this here today, Haryana Chief Secretary, Mrs Urvashi Gulati said that this was one of the several steps taken to make the administration transparent and making people, especially the younger generation [...]
Chandigarh, January 7 The farmers in district Sirsa have so far sold cotton of worth Rs 756.20 crore in various mandis. While stating this here today, a spokesman of district administration Sirsa said that the district in Haryana has so far received 18.93 lakh quintals of cotton in its five mandis as compared to 12.45 lakh [...]
Chandigarh, January 6 Beware ! Throwing garbage in front of residential houses might invite fine from Haryana Urban Development Authority(HUDA). Mr Parveen Kumar, Administrator, HUDA, Gurgaon today visited sector 12-A, Gurgaon and imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on Mr Bharat Saini for dumping garbage in front of his house. The administrator also met representatives [...]
Chandigarh January 5 Haryana has been given the Financial Inclusion Award-2012 in the category of ‘State of the Year’. The award was given away by Dr C.Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, at a function organised by Skoch Group in New Delhi today.This Jury’s Choice Award was received by Mr P.K.Mahapatra, Haryana’s Principal [...]
Chandigarh January 4 The Gurgaon district administration and Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) have decided to get an First Information Report (FIR) lodged against those who took up any construction in the prohibited 900 meter area of the Ammunition Depot get the guilty arrested by the police. The matter of how to stop the new constrictions [...]
Chandigarh, January 3 Haryana Police has invited applications from eligible candidates for filling up of 1000 temporary posts of male Constables (Computer Operator). While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Police Department said that out of these vacancies, 450 posts were of General Category, 180 for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), 140 for [...]
Chandigarh, Jan 2 Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda has ordered Magisterial enquiry to look into the circumstances leading to the tragic accident of a school van which collided head on with a tuck on the Saha-Shahabad road near Ambala today killing 11 children and the driver of the van and injuring several others. [...]
Chandigarh, January 2 Haryana Government has decided to organize first ‘Vegetable Festival’ at Centre of Excellence for Vegetable, an Indo-Israel project set up at Gharaunda in district Karnal from January 17 and 19, 2012. While stating this here today, Minister of State for Agriculture Mr. Sukhbir Kataria said that vision of Haryana Chief Minister Mr. [...]