Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Monday presided over a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries on Infrastructure here to consider setting up a kinnow juice processing plant in Sirsa under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. The meeting underscored the government’s commitment to transforming the state’s fruit economy and enhancing the income of kinnow farmers.The proposed state-of-the-art plant, announced in the state Budget, will be set up at the V…
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Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Sunday, attended the grand Hola Mohalla celebrations at Namdhari Gurdwara in Sirsa district and sought blessings from the Sant Samaj. Addressing a large gathering, the Chief Minister said he felt extremely happy to be present among them on the occasion of the glorious festival of Hola Mohalla being celebrated at this sacred ashram. Bowing at the feet of Sant Dilip Singh Maharaj, Chief Minister Saini added that the Sant Samaj…
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday acquitted self-styled godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples and a life term for the murder of journalist Chhatrapati.His acquittal comes seven years after a special CBI court had convicted him and sentenced him to life imprisonment. However, he would rema…
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday set aside the conviction of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and acquitted him in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.The acquittal came just over seven years after Ram Rahim was convicted and handed a life sentence in the murder case.The appeal filed by two other accused in the matter was, however, dismissed by the Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Vikram Agga…
Jaipur, Jan 26 (IANS) A coaching student preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) was found dead in Rajasthan’s Kota. The incident occurred in the Udyog Nagar police station area on the Delhi–Mumbai railway line. The deceased has been identified as Sartaj Singh (18), a resident of Himayun Kheda village in Sirsa district of Haryana. He had been living in Kota for the past two years to prepare for the engineering entrance examination.According to police, the incident took place aroun…
Rohtak, Jan 4 (IANS) Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, who is currently lodged in Sunaria Jail in Haryana’s Rohtak serving sentences for raping two female followers and murdering a journalist, has once again been granted a 40-day parole.This is the latest in a series of temporary releases for Ram Rahim. He was granted a 40-day parole in August last year, followed by a 30-day parole in January, a 21-day furlough in April, and several other releases around the time of the Delhi Ass…
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said the story of the sacrifices made by the family of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, inspires every individual each time it is read, heard or understood, as he made the greatest sacrifice in the interest of the nation. The Chief Minister was addressing the state-level Veer Bal Diwas programme organised in Sirsa. Six lakh students from 3,450 schools participated in essay competitions conducted in Hindi, Punjabi…
Hisar, Dec 23 (IANS) The Kisan Diwas was celebrated at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University in the city on Tuesday, where dozens of farmers were honoured for leading the transition to natural farming and also encouraging others to adopt the ‘organic’ path. The event saw Prof. B.R. Kamboj, Vice-Chancellor of the university, gracing the ceremony as the chief guest.Ashish Mehta, a farmer from Sukera Kheda village in Sirsa, was honoured with the Kisan Ratna Award and was gi…