Haryana Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a Bill to provide reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and educational institutions, ahead of the April 3 deadline set by the community which had launched a violent agitation last month. Congress members did not attend the session today as they were demanding revoking the […]
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was on Tuesday heckled and an angry crowd gheraoed his vehicle as he visited Jat dominated Rohtak district, the epicentre of the stir, even as he assured that strict action would be taken against who caused damage to public and private property. As soon as he reached Rohtak, the
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The BJP-appointed high-powered committee, headed by senior union minister Venkaiah Naidu, to examine the demand of Jats for quota in central jobs has called Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for deliberations on Tuesday to ascertain state’s views on the subject. During the hour-long meeting, the committee, comprising union ministers — Mahesh Sharma, Sanjeev Baliyan
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Ever heard of a gentleman called Mangal Sein? Try searching for a dozen people who have heard of him in Punjab. You would be lucky to find one. Try looking for him on Google. This is what you get on Wikipedia: Mangal Sein (1927-1990) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Haryana and the
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Nearly 100 people were injured when two trains collided in Haryana’s Palwal district on Tuesday morning due to foggy conditions, police officials said. Unconfirmed reports said that two people, including a train driver, were killed in the accident which took place near village Baghola in Palwal district, about 80 km from New Delhi. An EMU
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Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh met Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar and offered his support to any government initiative aimed at promoting sports in the state. Vijender, who turned professional earlier this year, is on his first trip to India after making the transition. The 30-year-old former Olympic and World Championships bronze-medallist won both
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With the aim to decongest traffic and air pollution in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given infrastructural boost to three states. Modi has laid the foundation stone of the 135 km Kundli Gaziabad Palwal (KGP) expressway, which bypasses Delhi through the eastern side covering Haryana and western UP. The construction work of the 136.5
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One day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that crimes like the murder of Dalit children at Sunped village in Faridabad won’t happen again as the state is a ‘peaceful’ one, a 15-year-old Dalit boy, who was accused of stealing a pigeon, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Haryana’s Gohana town. According
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With BJP under fire over controversial remarks of its leaders on Dadri and beef row, party chief Amit Shah has cracked the whip and warned them against making such remarks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed “extreme displeasure” on the comments. Shah has pulled up Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma,
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Hours after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stirred a controversy by reportedly telling a newspaper that ‘Muslims can live in this country but they will have to give up eating beef because the cow is an article of faith here’, the Haryana government has moved into the damage control mode. The chief minister’s office
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In a statement which is likely to create fresh controversy, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has said that Muslims can live in India if they give up eating beef. He has also said that both sides committed mistakes in Dadri. Speaking to The Indian Express, Khattar who has been associated with RSS for close to
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