SC criticises Agnivesh for his Amarnath comments

SC criticises Agnivesh for his Amarnath comments New Delhi: Showing reluctance to quash criminal proceedings against activist Swami Agnivesh for allegedly making a controversial statement about Amarnath pilgrimage, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said people's sentiments cannot be taken for granted and that he cannot go 'scot free' if he has made the remark. A bench of justices HL Dattu and CK Prasad, which was about to dismiss Agnivesh's petition seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings, however,...
01:01 PM, Nov 08, 2011

Cong downplays Gurgaon land acquisition row

Cong downplays Gurgaon land acquisition row New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday downplayed the political controversy surrounding the land allotment to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in Haryana in wake of the Punjab and Haryana High Court court summoning all records related to it. "This matter is between the Haryana government and the High Court. The state government should accept whatever decision the court takes. This issue (of land acquisition) does not concern one trust but thousands...
11:17 PM, Aug 02, 2011

Chargesheet on whistleblower officer revoked

Chargesheet on whistleblower officer revoked New Delhi: The chargesheet on Forest Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi has been revoked with immediate effect by the Environment Ministry through a Presidential Order. The Haryana government headed by Bhupinder Singh Hooda will have no choice but to drop the matter now. The revoking of the chargesheet comes after a CNN-IBN story, which highlighted the hounding of Chaturvedi by the Haryana government for having exposed several forest-related scams. Sanjiv Chaturvedi, who...
02:57 PM, Jan 21, 2011

Independent MLAs rule, 7 get berths in Hooda govt

Independent MLAs rule, 7 get berths in Hooda govt New Congress government in Haryana dependent on Independents. ...
05:37 PM, Nov 07, 2009

Haryana to replace ration cards with smart cards

Haryana to replace ration cards with smart cards This is a Rs1.53-billion plan formulated by Haryana government. ...
02:13 AM, Aug 29, 2008

Ex-Bihar chief secy fights to get his house back

Ex-Bihar chief secy fights to get his house back G S Kang is striving hard to reoccupy his house, which is near Chandigarh. ...
09:05 AM, Sep 18, 2007

Hotmail founder, Haryana sign IT hub deal

Hotmail founder, Haryana sign IT hub deal Sabeer Bhatia and state government will invest $410 million on ‘nano city’ modelled on the Silicon Valley. ...
07:05 PM, Nov 01, 2006