Haryana: The decks have been cleared for Nitin Gadkari to continue as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party has passed a resolution enabling a provision for a second term for one person. Former party Presidents Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu proposed and seconded another term for Gadkari. The BJP's national council met to amend the party's constitution on Friday, which till now did not permit...
11:45 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Bangalore: Defending champions Haryana drew 2-2 with Maharashtra to confirm their entry into the quarter-finals of the senior Men's National Hockey championship here Wednesday. Haryana, who won their previous three league matches, thus topped Pool A with an unbeaten record. India stars Bharat Chikkara and Sardar Singh scored for Haryana while Maharashtra replied through Narad Bahadur and Irshad Mirza. In Pool H, Association of Combined Universities, courtesy a last-gasp goal...
11:39 AM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be present on the second day of the BJP's conclave in Surajkund in Haryana. The National Council meeting on Thursday will also see the issue of FDI in retail on the party's agenda. BJP leaders are meeting over three days ahead of upcoming elections in BJP-ruled states of Gujarat, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. On Wednesday, BJP Chief Nitin Gadkari reportedly...
08:59 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Chandigarh: The distraught victim of yet another gangrape in Haryana's Jind. Three men barged into her home looking for her husband and when they did not find him, they brutally raped the woman, who is from a backward class, in turn. Even as her daughter stood outside screaming in fright. The victim says the men even made a video of the whole gruesome act. Victim said, "One person shot a...
08:26 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Jind: A Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped by three men in Jind in Haryana. The woman is reportedly from Rajasthan. The police registered a case and arrested two out of the three accused. This comes at a time when the Haryana police is searching for the remaining six accused in the Hisar gangrape case. A 16-year-old Dalit girl was gangraped on September 9 by 8 men in Hisar. The victim's...
12:11 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Hisar: Nationwide outrage continues to build over the delay in nabbing the 'upper caste' men who allegedly gangraped a 16-year-old Dalit girl in Hisar, Haryana. Seventeen days on, only two suspects have been arrested and booked. After the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has stepped in and the body has slammed Haryana Police for delayed action. The National Commission for Scheduled...
07:59 AM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda's and MDLR employee Aruna Chaddha judicial custody has been extended till October 6 in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda and Chaddha are accused of abetting the former MDLR employee's suicide on August 5. The sitting Haryana MLA was arrested on August 18 after he had surrendered before the police, 13 days after Geetika was found dead in her Ashok Vihar house in...
02:47 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Hisar: The Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission will look into the Hisar gangrape case in which the victim's father had committed suicide. Only two arrests have been made in the case in two weeks. The second arrest in the case of the Dalit family was made on Monday. Even as Hisar has seen numerous protests over the police inaction, six other accused are still absconding. A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly...
01:27 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the Gurgaon Expressway toll collection case till September 28, ruling that status quo shall be maintained till then. The court was expected to decide whether toll tax should be collected on the Expressway. Earlier this month, the court had restrained toll authorities from collecting taxes for 15 days after they failed to control the flow of traffic...
11:59 AM, Sep 25, 2012
Chandigarh: Tension is palpable in the deserted streets of Dabra village in Hisar. A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by eight 'upper caste' men on September 9. More than two weeks on, only one suspect has been arrested and another was called in for questioning on Monday. The victim's distraught father committed suicide. Her mother now wants the remaining suspects to be arrested. The victim's family claims that the...
09:59 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda's judicial custody ends on Tuesday in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda and MDLR employee Aruna Chaddha will be produced before a Delhi court on Tuesday. On September 11, the court had extended the custody of the former Haryana minister and his aide as investigations were still going on. Kanda and Chaddha are accused of abetting the former MDLR employee's suicide on August...
07:59 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: A double tragedy for a Dalit family in Hisar, Haryana after a man was finally cremated four days after he committed suicide because his daughter was allegedly gangraped by eight upper caste men in Dabra village. The family says the father killed himself because he knew he wouldn't be able to take on the accused - who remain at large even three weeks after the crime. The men...
09:30 PM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: The south-west monsoon is set to withdraw from northern and some parts of western India in the next 48 hours after bringing ample showers since late August triggering cheers among millions of farmers. According to a bulletin released by the weather department this afternoon, "conditions have become favourable for withdrawal of southwest monsoon from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Saurashtra and Kutch during next...
06:11 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Hisar: Protestors from the Dalit community on Sunday demanded the arrest of seven upper-caste men who allegedly abducted and raped a 16-year old girl and then circulated an MMS clip of it in Haryana's Dabra village near Hisar. The incident had occurred on September 9 but came to light 10 days later when the victim broke down and told her parents. The girl's distraught father committed suicide on Thursday. The...
05:31 PM, Sep 23, 2012
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by eight "upper caste" men on September 9 in the Dabra area of Hisar. ...
04:40 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Bangalore: Defending champions Haryana opened their campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Bhopal in a Pool A match of the senior National hockey championship that commenced here Sunday. Bhopal took the lead with a 10th minute goal by Affan Yousuf, but Haryana bounced back to score twice through Didar Singh (20th) and Mandeep Antil (51st) to pick up three points. In contrast, Punjab drubbed Jammu and Kashmir 12-1 in...
04:11 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Hisar: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by eight "upper caste" men on September 9 in the Dabra area of Hisar. The case came to light only 10 days later, on September 19, after the distraught minor broke down in front of her parents and narrated the incident. To make matters worse, when the girl's father approached the police for help, they reportedly refused to file an FIR. The...
01:02 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Rohtak: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said the FDI in retail was in favour of the farming community. Farmers would get appropriate rates of their produce and consumers would get goods at reasonable rates, he said. To promote pisiculture among farmers, a fish husbandry college would be opened in the state, the Chief Minister said. To ensure food safety and enhance income of farmers, pisiculture should be...
09:38 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Rohtak (Haryana): Lured by the Haryana government into giving away village common land on the plea that Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's film school project would bring development to the area, residents of Badhsa village in Jhajjar district are rejoicing after the Punjab and Haryana high court nullified the allotment on the ground it was fraudulent. "I was fully confident that the court will quash the allotment of land as it...
03:45 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Sonepat: There were dramatic scenes of protests in Sonepat as residents went on a rampage burning tyres and vehicles, protesting against an accident that killed a woman. The woman's family members claim that a truck hit her and was trying to flee when the violence broke out. Residents also claim that the police are yet to order an inquiry. No further violence has been reported, but the area remained tense....
09:46 AM, Sep 12, 2012
