Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) Launching the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Sustainable Horticulture Promotion Project of Rs 2,738 crore, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said farmers, youth, women, and modern technology will play a pivotal role in achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat – 2047. He said that making Haryana the country’s leading state in horticulture, agribusiness, cold chain infrastructure, food processing, and agricultural exports is among t…
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Panchkula, June 4 (IANS) Panic spread across the upscale Sector-5 locality of Panchkula in Haryana after unidentified assailants opened fire on nightclub owner Ratan Lubana, leaving him seriously injured, officials said on Thursday. The attack has taken a dramatic turn following the emergence of an alleged audio message purportedly linked to gangster Rohit Godara, prompting investigators to examine possible connections to organised crime and extortion networks.According to officials, the shootin…
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Taking a significant step toward ensuring better healthcare and a dignified life, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of nine major healthcare projects with an outlay of Rs 100 crore at a state-level event in Panchkula, near here. The Chief Minister inaugurated 30 health institutions constructed at a cost of Rs 22.29 crore and laid the foundation stones for 16 costing Rs 21.50 crore. In addition, he laid the foun…
Panipat, May 28 (IANS) Giving a new direction to green public transport, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday inaugurated an electric bus depot here and flagged off 80 e-buses.CM Saini said a new era of clean, modern and environment-friendly transport has begun in Haryana from the historic and sacred land of Panipat.He said out of the 80 electric buses, 40 buses have been allocated for Panipat, 15 for Yamunanagar, 10 each for Kurukshetra and Sonipat and five for Panchkula.He said…
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Dera Sacha Sauda head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is lodged in Sunaria Jail in Haryana’s Rohtak serving sentences for raping two female followers, was granted a 30-day parole, the 16th release from the prison since his conviction of 20 years in 2017.He was granted a 40-day parole each in January this year and in August 2025, followed by a 21-day furlough in April 2025 and a 30-day parole in January 2025 ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections and several other paro…
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at multiple locations in Chandigarh and Panchkula, in connection with the Haryana IDFC First Bank/AU Small Finance bank scam on Thursday, to trace “the routing and siphoning of ill-gotten money” from the large-scale embezzlement of funds, an official statement said on Friday.Searches were conducted at 7 locations, including residential premises, business establishments/showrooms of jewellers, premises of s…
Chandigarh, May 14 (IANS) Saying the people have voted to establish a “triple-engine government” in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in civic body elections reflected the people’s support for the politics of development, good governance, transparency, and nationalism under the leadership of PM Modi. He thanked the people for giving the party this overwhelming mandate.The Chief Minister was addressing a feli…
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) The BJP in Haryana on Wednesday swept the municipal corporation elections by securing victories in Ambala City, Sonipat and Panchkula, strengthening the party’s hold in urban areas. The party also performed remarkably in other civic body polls, including winning the president’s post in former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda’s stronghold, Sampla Municipal Committee, along with Rewari and Dharuhera. In Panchkula, BJP mayoral candidate Sham Lal Bansal and 17 war…
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) In a straight contest between the ruling BJP and the principal Opposition Congress, counting of ballots for Haryana’s seven urban local bodies, besides 528 panchayats, began on Wednesday that saw a voter turnout of 54.5 per cent. The municipal corporations are of Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat, besides elections to the Rewari municipal council and municipal committees in Sampla, Dharuhera and Uklana.By-elections for one ward each were also held in Tohana, Jhajjar, Rajo…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) A young man has been arrested in Kolkata on charges of extorting Rs 3 crore by threatening a woman with “digital arrest” in Haryana. The accused, Rahul Roy, was arrested from the Bansdroni area of south Kolkata with the help of Kolkata Police, a senior police officer said on Monday.Members of the cyber fraud gang allegedly extorted Rs 3 crore from the account of the elderly wife of a former Army officer from Haryana.Police said the incident took place a few months ago …