Rohtak clashes: Magisterial probe ordered

Violent clashes took place in Rohtak in Haryana on Sunday leaving three people dead and over 100 injured. Clashes took place between members of the Arya Samaj and followers of a godman, who owns the Satlok Ashram at Karontha village. The state government has ordered a magisterial probe in the case. ...
08:10 PM, May 13, 2013

Watch: Trade unions' strike hits Delhi, West Bengal; Mumbai less affected

People at the railway station in Delhi faced problems as some of them said that private taxis were not plying too. In Kolkata, there were insufficient public vehicles on the roads. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 20, 2013

Om Prakash Chautala, son get 10 years in jail, INLD protests

The former Haryana chief minister and his son were jailed in the Haryana teachers recruitment scam. ...
08:06 PM, Jan 22, 2013

Watch: Reactions to OP Chautala's sentencing in teachers' job scam

Former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and his MLA son Ajay Chautala were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison in the illegal teacher recruitment scam. ...
12:51 PM, Jan 22, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Delhi braveheart's statement key evidence, court to hear case daily. Honey Singh denies writing offensive lyrics, his lawyer says he is considering legal action. ...
11:02 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Haryana minister does a U-turn on servant comment

Haryana Minister Shiv Charan Sharma, who had earlier defended Gopal Kanda, an accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case, by calling Geetika a 'mere servant', on Monday offered an apology saying, "I have not said anything about this girl. All government employees are servants. My comments are being presented in a distorted way." ...
10:27 PM, Jan 01, 2013

News 360: Bizarre dress diktats in UP, Haryana cause outrage

In major embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government, a district magistrate banned women from wearing black clothes. While in Haryana, a college banned girls from wearing jeans. ...
09:55 PM, Dec 10, 2012

Clothes don't affect a criminal's mind: Bhiwani student on diktat

There has been public outrage after a women's college in the Bhiwani district in Haryana banned girls from turning out in jeans and tops. ...
12:46 PM, Dec 10, 2012

Haryana government is shielding Robert Vadra: BJP

It wasn't just Haryana where Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra went on a land buying spree between 2008 and 2011. At least 20 plots measuring over 770 hectares were picked up by Vadra's firms in Bikaner, months after the Ashok Gehlot government assumed power in the state. According to property agents in Bikaner, the land was barren and worth precious little at the time Vadra purchased it. However, ...
03:41 PM, Oct 27, 2012

The Last Word: Was Khemka right to order an inquiry into Vadra deals?

Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between Robert Vadra's company and DLF, said that anyone who feels his order is "unfounded" is free to go to court against it. ...
09:58 PM, Oct 18, 2012

FTN: Should politicians change their vocabulary on rape?

There has been much outrage over Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark that the media should not glorify rape. ...
11:56 PM, Oct 16, 2012

Did Vadra get undue favours from Haryana govt in various land deals?

The Haryana government was forced to order an investigation into the Vadra-DLF Manesar land deal worth Rs 58 crore after Khemka cancelled the land mutation saying it violated the consolidation act of the states. ...
11:32 PM, Oct 16, 2012

Vadra-DLF land deal scrapped, whistleblower officer shunted

Ashok Khemka, a senior IAS officer and the man in charge of land registration in Haryana has cancelled the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF in Manesar. ...
10:18 PM, Oct 16, 2012

I'll continue my fight, no matter how much I'm hounded: Khemka

Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred by the Haryana government, said he suspected that he was transferred for initiating probe into the land deal between Robert Vadra and realty major DLF. ...
09:36 PM, Oct 16, 2012

News 360: Robert Vadra purchased 75 acres of land in Palwal

Reports say that Robert Vadra has purchased over 75 acres of land in Palwal area of Haryana's Faridabad district - 18 acres in his name and 57 acres through Real Estate Earth limited, a company where he is the director. ...
09:31 PM, Oct 16, 2012

IAS officer transfer: Cong's emergency mindset evident, says BJP

The BJP has once again called for an impartial probe into the DLF-Vadra land deal in Haryana. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has said that the transfer of the IAS officer Ashok Khemka reveals the Congress's emergency mindset. "The moment Vadra's matter came in public domain, Congress has been trying to save him. Instead of acting on Khemka's directions, the government acted against him and transferred him. At 10 pm, someone ...
01:45 PM, Oct 16, 2012

Vadra-DLF deal: Will ask HC to probe, says Haryana Opposition

The Opposition has stepped up pressure for an independent inquiry into the land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF. Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has threatened to move court. "There is no question of a fair investigation under the Congress. The matter has to be taken to court for a fair trial. Khemka's revelations will be applauded. It is not possible for the CBI or the state government ...
01:39 PM, Oct 16, 2012

Vadra-DLF land deal: Mahapanchayat meets to discuss row

A Mahapanchayat is meeting in Manesar to discuss the implications of the cancellation of the mutation of transfer of property between Robert Vadra and DLF. The locals here claim that the plot of land, right on the side of the Jaipur Highway at Manesar-Shikohpur, was sold off at nominal prices. An inquiry has, meanwhile, been ordered in four other districts of Haryana where land is owned by Robert Vadra. ...
12:58 PM, Oct 16, 2012

Vadra-DLF land transfer in limbo now: Senior HC lawyer

Senior Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Anupam Gupta has said that with the cancellation of the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF, the transfer has fallen into a limbo. "The practical significance is that this transfer of title by Robert Vadra in favour of DLF cannot be acted upon on the ground in the absence of a mutation unless the transfer of title is recognised ...
12:48 PM, Oct 16, 2012

Robert Vadra: Congress stands exposed now, says BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the latest controversy to hit Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, just shows how the Gandhi family abuses power. "This shows the powers of Vadra and the family. A senior officer investigates him and he's transferred. This kind of protection and corruption has to stop. If you mess with the first family of the Congress party, there is a ...
10:47 AM, Oct 16, 2012