Haryana: News

03 Dec 2021

Gurugram

Gurugram namaz row: Hindu protesters raise slogans; 6 detained

A group of right-wing Hindu protesters on Friday blocked Muslims from offering namaz (prayers) at a designated site in Gurugram, Haryana.

20 Nov 2021

Muslims

Gurugram sees fresh protests over Friday namaz dispute

Gurugram on Friday witnessed fresh protests over the issue of offering namaz (prayers by Muslims) in the open.

14 Nov 2021

Delhi

Delhi pollution: 4 Haryana districts shut schools, impose other curbs

Four Haryana districts bordering Delhi imposed fresh curbs on Sunday in light of the worsened air quality in the national capital.

06 Nov 2021

Farmers

Haryana: Farmers attack BJP MP's car; hold party leaders hostage

Farmers' protests against three contentious farm laws had turned violent in Haryana on Friday after two senior BJP leaders were targeted by farmers in Hisar and Rohtak districts of the state.

30 Oct 2021

Delhi

Firecracker ban: What are the rules in different states?

The festive season is here and so is the annual debate about the use of firecrackers around this time.

30 Oct 2021

West Bengal

3 Lok Sabha, 29 Assembly by-polls today

By-polls to three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly seats across 14 states and union territories began at 7 am on Saturday.

29 Oct 2021

Gurugram

500 cops to guard namaz spots in Gurugram after threats

Nearly 500 police personnel will be deployed at five spots in Gurugram where Muslims offer namaz (prayers) on Friday.

27 Oct 2021

Sexual Assault

Gurugram: Woman registers 7 'rape cases' against 7 different men

The Haryana State Commission for Women has asked the state police to probe allegations of "fake" rape cases registered by one woman.

22 Oct 2021

Farmers Protest

Singhu: Nihang arrested for assaulting poultry worker over 'free chicken'

A man identified as a Nihang sect member has been arrested for assaulting a poultry farm worker and breaking his leg at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border.

07 Oct 2021

Farmers

BJP MP's car hits protesting farmers in Haryana; 1 injured

Even as tensions from the Lakhimpur Kheri incident refuse to simmer down, farmers in Haryana alleged a car belonging to BJP MP Nayab Saini hit farmers protesting in Ambala.

04 Oct 2021

Manohar Lal Khattar

'Tit-for-tat' against protesting farmers; Haryana CM calls for armed groups

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is at the heart of a controversy after his remarks on the farmers' protest have gone viral.

02 Oct 2021

Farmers

Farmers protest at Haryana CM Khattar's house; water cannons used

More than 1,000 Farmers protesting against the central government's three controversial farm laws gathered outside Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's house in Karnal on Saturday morning.

22 Sep 2021

Chandigarh

Haryana government to give subsidy on purchase of e-vehicles: CM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that the state government has decided to give a subsidy on the purchase of e-vehicles to encourage their use.

15 Sep 2021

West Bengal

Haryana: 7 kids die in 3 weeks; doctors in tizzy

At least seven children, all aged below 14, have died in Haryana's Chilli village in Palwal district in the past three weeks.

11 Sep 2021

Karnal

Haryana standoff ends as government orders probe into Karnal incident

A week-long standoff between Farmers and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Haryana ended today after the fourth round of discussions.

09 Sep 2021

Anil Vij

Karnal lathi-charge: Action against farmers if guilty, says Haryana minister

As the farmers' protest against the August 28 police excess intensified, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday assured that the "entire Karnal episode" will be investigated.

08 Sep 2021

Karnal

Karnal Kisan Mahapanchayat: Talks fail again; farmers plan permanent protest

Farmers protesting against the agricultural laws in Haryana have threatened a prolonged agitation in Karnal, alleging inaction by authorities in the matter of police excess on demonstrators on August 28.

08 Sep 2021

Farmers Protest

Protesters should specify farm law lacunae, government will rectify: Minister

The protesting farmers should point out the shortcomings in the new farm laws so that the government can rectify them, Union Minister Bhanu Pratap Verma said on Tuesday, alleging they were tutored into the agitation by Opposition parties.

07 Sep 2021

Karnal

Karnal Kisan Mahapanchayat: Farmers march toward mini-secretariat as talks fail

Talks between 11 farmer leaders and the Karnal administration remained inconclusive on Tuesday, farmer leaders said.

SC refuses to hear plea on Singhu border farmers' protest

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition seeking directions to clear the Singhu border where farmers are protesting against the controversial farm laws.

06 Sep 2021

Manohar Lal Khattar

Section 144 imposed in Karnal ahead of farmers' protest

Prohibitory orders banning the gathering of people were imposed in Haryana's Karnal district on Monday, a day ahead of a farmers' planned gherao of the mini-secretariat in Karnal over August 28 lathi-charge episode, officials said.

30 Aug 2021

Narendra Modi

Lathi-charge on farmers akin to second Jallianwala Bagh: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Monday termed the lathi-charge on Farmers by the police in Haryana as the "second Jallianwala Bagh" and said the Khattar government has no right to remain in power anymore.

29 Aug 2021

Manohar Lal Khattar

Karnal SDM orders cops to 'break heads' of protesting farmers

A video of Karnal Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha is doing the rounds on social media, where he can be heard ordering cops to "break the heads of protesting Farmers."

20 Jul 2021

Rainfall

Three dead in building collapse after heavy rains in Gurugram

Three people were killed in a building collapse and a body was retrieved from a flooded underpass in Haryana's Gurugram district, the police said on Monday.

Farmers protest in Haryana against sedition case amid high alert

Hundreds of farmers knocked down police barricades during their protest in Haryana's Sirsa district this afternoon against a sedition case and arrests made in connection to that.

15 Jul 2021

Farmers Protest

Haryana: 100 farmers charged with sedition for attacking official's car

The Haryana Police has charged over 100 farmers with sedition for allegedly attacking the official vehicle of Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa during a weekend protest.

14 Jul 2021

Maruti Suzuki

Maruti plant not shifting out of Haryana: CM Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday asserted that car maker Maruti's plant was not shifting out of Haryana and will remain in the state, and said opposition Congress' claims in this regard holds no merit.

06 Jul 2021

Punjab

After Punjab, Haryana Congress faces turmoil over BS Hooda

As the Indian National Congress is trying to douse the fire in its Punjab state unit, the party is now facing another crisis in the neighboring Haryana.

03 Jul 2021

Government Schools

Haryana: Private schools witness 42% decline in enrollments this year

Haryana has seen a 42% dip in enrollments at the state's private schools compared to last year as at least 12.51 lakh private school students failed to register for the current academic year even three months after it commenced.

01 Jul 2021

Monsoon

IMD issues heatwave warning for northwest Indian regions, including Delhi

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that northwestern Indian regions, including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, northern Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and northwestern Madhya Pradesh, are likely to witness heatwave conditions over the next two days.

Karan Chautala washes Devi Lal's statue in name of 'purification'

Two days after Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala unveiled an 18-feet tall statue of Devi Lal at the Chaudhary Devi Lal University in Sirsa, his cousin brother Karan Chautala on Wednesday washed it with holy Ganga water for "purification."

21 Jun 2021

Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana: Extra marks for students nurturing plant saplings, says CM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced a new policy wherein extra marks will be given to those students from classes VIII to XII who will cater and nurture plant saplings.

19 Jun 2021

Farmers

Haryana: 42-year-old dies near farmers' protest site, family alleges murder

A 42-year-old man from Jhajjar district in Haryana died due to burn injuries he had sustained earlier this week near the farmers' protest site at Tikri border.

15 Jun 2021

Faridabad

Man allegedly beaten up in custody dies, 12 policemen booked

Twelve Faridabad Police personnel have been booked after the family of a 24-year-old man alleged that he was assaulted in police custody leading to his death, police said on Tuesday.

07 Jun 2021

India

Delhi, Mumbai, TN begin reopening from COVID-19 lockdown. What changes?

After seeing the world's worst coronavirus outbreak, India's COVID-19 situation is finally improving.

06 Jun 2021

Vaccine

Haryana may receive 60mn Sputnik V doses from Malta-based company

The Haryana government on Saturday said that a pharmaceutical company in Malta has expressed interest in supplying the state up to 60 million doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.

04 Jun 2021

Manohar Lal Khattar

Khattar directs officials to ramp-up health facilities for third wave

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday directed Deputy Commissioners across the state to ramp up health arrangements at community health centers (CHCs) and to be prepared for a potential COVID-19 third wave.

30 May 2021

Coronavirus

COVID-19: Haryana extends lockdown till June 7 with some relaxations

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday extended the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in the state till June 7.

23 May 2021

Coronavirus

Haryana extends COVID-19 lockdown till May 31; some curbs eased

The Haryana government has extended its ongoing COVID-19 lockdown by another week. The lockdown was supposed to last until Monday (May 24). Some of the restrictions, however, have been relaxed.

20 May 2021

Manohar Lal Khattar

Villagers in Jind defy lockdown norms, Hisar locals join in

A number of locals in a village in Haryana's Jind district on Wednesday allegedly defied COVID-19 lockdown norms with some of them marching through the streets and giving various reasons for their actions.