Haryana: News

28 Apr 2018

Telangana

Meet UPSC 2017 toppers Anudeep Durishetty and Anu Kumari

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the much-awaited final results of the All India Civil Services Examinations 2017 on Friday.

Water crisis in summer: SC summons Haryana, Delhi chief secys

Angered by the power struggle between Delhi and Haryana bureaucrats, the Supreme Court asked chief secretaries of both the states to appear before the bench on Monday.

15 Apr 2018

Saina Nehwal

Haryana government announces Rs. 1.5 crore prize to CWG gold-medalists

Anil Vij, Haryana Sports Minister, announced today that a Rs. 1.5 crore reward will be given to the state's player who won gold medals in the 2018 Commonwealth games.

13 Apr 2018

India

Kathua-rape: Center mulls death-penalty for rapists of minors under 12

The Center is mulling the death penalty for rape of minors aged under 12, Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi said.

09 Apr 2018

Punjab

Rains lash many places in Punjab, Haryana; farmers worried

Heavy rains lashed many places in Punjab and Haryana, including Chandigarh, increasing woes of farmers who fear damage to the wheat crop.

Haryana govt to introduce CBCS for undergraduate subjects

The Haryana government said it has decided to introduce choice-based credit system (CBCS) and also revise the syllabus and workload in eleven subjects at the under-graduation level "in keeping with global scenario".

07 Apr 2018

Delhi High Court

National karate champion beats up Haryana cop for sexual harassment

21-year-old Neha Jangra, a national-level karate champion from Haryana, beat up a constable from the Haryana police in Rohtak after he tried to sexually harass her in a shared auto-rickshaw late on Thursday night.

07 Apr 2018

India

Haryana karate champion beats up cop for sexual-harassment; cop arrested

A Haryana traffic police constable has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a national-level woman karate player in a shared auto-rickshaw in Rohtak.

03 Apr 2018

Exams

CBSE paper-leak: Board cancels re-test for Class 10 Math

The CBSE has finally decided against a retest for Class 10 Math. It said it is taking the decision "consequent to the evaluation of the impact of leaked Math paper & keeping in mind the paramount interest of students."

02 Apr 2018

Suicide

Haryana: Girl shoots self with father's-revolver for not topping class

A Class XI student of Pillukhera town of Haryana's Jind allegedly shot herself to death with her father's licensed gun on Sunday for not topping the class.

01 Apr 2018

WhatsApp

CBSE hit by Hindi paper leak claims, Board denies reports

Even as the CBSE battles a damning PR fiasco, it has been hit by allegations of yet another leak, this time of the Class 12 Hindi (Elective) paper.

Haryana: Stones hurled at Anil Vij's car, minister escapes unhurt

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said two people hurled stones at his official car when he was leaving the secretariat building complex in Panipat on Friday, but he escaped unhurt.

30 Mar 2018

Delhi

CBSE: Class-12 Economics re-test on April-25, Class-10 Math for Delhi,Haryana

After cancelling the Class-10 Math and Class-12 Economics exams earlier this week, the CBSE has announced that the retest for the latter will be held on April 25.

Do not question adults' choice of marriage-partner: SC warns khaps

Interference by khap panchayats when two consenting adults have married is "absolutely illegal," the SC has ruled.

26 Mar 2018

Crime Against Women

Beautician touched inappropriately while giving me facial: Bengaluru student

A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a student of a prestigious north Bengaluru college on the pretext of giving her a facial.

26 Mar 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

AAP promised Kejriwal rally attendees Rs. 350, but didn't pay

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is receiving muck flak. Laborers have alleged they had been promised money and food to attend his rally in Hisar (Haryana) yesterday.

SC to hear DJB-plea accusing Haryana of supplying less water

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) alleging that Haryana was supplying 120 cusecs less water to Delhi out of the 450 cusecs of water it was supposed to supply.

19 Mar 2018

Exams

In Haryana boards, cellphones inside hollow cardboard, Bluetooth-device in turban

Left red-faced after widespread reports of mass cheating in successive board exams, the Haryana education board has upped security this time.

18 Mar 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Skeletal remains recovered in Sonepat chemical factory fire

At least one worker was burnt to death early Sunday and skeletal remains were found while seven others sustained injuries in a major fire which broke out in a chemical factory in Sonepat, police said.

16 Mar 2018

India

Haryana approves death penalty for rapists of girls below 12

The Haryana Assembly passed a bill yesterday approving death penalty for rapists of girls aged 12 or below.

15 Mar 2018

Crime Against Women

Sonipat: As dummy student writes exam, principal rapes Class-10 girl

A school principal in Sonipat (Haryana) allegedly raped a Class 10 student yesterday while pretending to "help" her clear her board exams.

14 Mar 2018

Bihar

Will successive gathbandhans lead to BJP's downfall in 2019?

Recently, BJP faced a unique challenge: After a quarter century, arch-rivals SP and BSP combined forces to contain the saffron tide in UP's Gorakhpur and Phulpur LS bypolls.

13 Mar 2018

Uber

Haryana: Uber cab driver held for abducting, harassing woman

A 22-year-old Uber driver has been arrested for allegedly abducting and sexually harassing a woman after she boarded his cab in Haryana, the police said on Tuesday.

06 Mar 2018

India

Haryana: Four persons, including 7-month-old baby, burnt alive in accident

In a tragic incident, four members of a Delhi-based family, including a seven-month-old girl, were charred to death after being trapped in their car that caught fire after a collision in Haryana's Karnal.

05 Mar 2018

Tripura

Khattar: Impossible to implement 'One nation, One election' in 2019

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar claimed that Haryana assembly elections will be held next year, as per the schedule.

05 Mar 2018

Faridabad

Akash Yadav, from an 'accidental' murder to Haryana's top don

A 16-year-old teenager is being tried as an adult in the Ryan School murder case.

02 Mar 2018

DC Comics

11 IAS, 3 HCS officers transferred in Haryana

The Haryana government on Thursday issued transfer and posting orders of 11 IAS officers and four HCS officers with immediate effect.

02 Mar 2018

Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana govt eases eligibility criteria for police jobs

In a bid to woo the youth of the state, the Haryana government has relaxed the criteria for physical endurance and measurement tests for recruitment to the post of police sub-inspectors.

25 Feb 2018

Manohar Lal Khattar

After Gita shlokas, Gayatri Mantra recital in Haryana's schools

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, an out-and-out RSS man, is taking his Hindutva-agenda to the grassroots. His government has decided to add the recital of "Gayatri Mantra" in prayers across all schools in the state.

25 Feb 2018

Yogi Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Haryana CM celebrated Holi in Barsana

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday celebrated the festival of colors Holi along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Barsana.

Haryana khap breaks custom, wants women to shun the 'ghunghat'

Breaking the barriers of tradition, a khap in Haryana has urged women to shun the 'ghunghat' (veil) system.

19 Feb 2018

Gurugram

Gurugram's Bhondsi jail inmates to undergo reform through music lessons

In a bid to bring positive reform to over 2,000 prisoners lodged in Gurugram's Bhondsi jail, the authorities have recently started to help the inmates through music.

15 Feb 2018

Manohar Lal Khattar

Pillion-riding Amit Shah leads 1L strong rally in Jind, Haryana

Keeping with BJP's philosophy of doing things king-size, BJP president Amit Shah's "Yuva Hunkar Rally" in Haryana's Jind was exactly that.

09 Feb 2018

India

Haryana win Khelo India Games

Haryana have been the sports hotbed of India for years now and the youth of the state have proved it, yet again, by winning 102 medals in the Khelo India School Games.

07 Feb 2018

Delhi

Bus driver assaulted by Gurgaon-Faridabad toll employees

The driver of a Haryana Roadways bus was allegedly assaulted by toll employees at the Gurgaon-Faridabad plaza on Tuesday. The incident took place around 11.30 am.

05 Feb 2018

Faridabad

Have we stopped caring? Behind the three Faridabad, Gurgaon gangrapes

Gangrapes don't shock us anymore. Neither does civic apathy.

03 Feb 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

J&K CM demands probe after assault on Kashmiri students

After reports of two Kashmiri college students getting assaulted in Haryana surfaced, Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti demanded a probe into the issue, and urged the Haryana government to take stringent action against the perpetrators.

Ram Rahim Singh chargesheeted in forced mass castration case

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against former Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2014 castration case.

29 Jan 2018

Gurugram

Haryana village takes up wall art as an employment source

A village in Haryana's Nuh district has taken up wall art as a source of generating employment for its residents.

25 Jan 2018

Rajasthan

Schools forced to shut as Padmaavat releases

Protests over Padmaavat reached a violent high as the movie released today. School-buses have been attacked, self-immolation attempts made and rioters clashed with police.