EC clears revised pension for Haryana employees

Saturday 18 April '09

The Election Commission has cleared the revised pension of retired Haryana government employees, despite the model code of conduct.

Naveen Jindal files nomination papers amid much fanfare

Saturday 18 April '09

Accpmpanied by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress MP Naveen Jindal today filed his nomination from the Kurukshetra Parliamentary seat.

Cong dissidence could hit poll prospects of its candidates

Friday 17 April '09

Dissident activities by Congress leaders can hit the poll prospects of party candidates in at least four key constituencies of Bhiwani-Mehendragarh, Faridabad and Sonepat, and to some extent Karnal, according to sources.

Battlelines drawn for 10 LS seats in Haryana

Monday 13 April '09

With the declaration of its candidates for all ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana by the Haryana Janhit Congress, all major parties in the state have now declared their candidates.

Teacher hurls shoe at Jindal

Saturday 11 April '09

After Home Minister P Chidambaram's tryst with the shoe a few days back, it was the turn of Kurukshetra MP Navin Jindal...

Lok Sabha polls to be acid test for HJC

Thursday 9 April '09

For the Haryana Janhit Congress, the Lok Sabha elections are very crucial, linked as they are to its very survival.

EC working on list of sensitive booths

Wednesday 8 April '09

The Election Commission is in the process of finalising the list of sensitive booths in Haryana. The deployment of the police force during the Lok Sabha elections will depend on the number of such booths.

Atma Singh Gill is first Congress rebel, to go it alone

Wednesday 8 April '09

Denied a ticket again from the reserved Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency, sitting Congress MP Atma Singh Gill has become the first rebel candidate of the party in the state.

Cong names three more candidates

Tuesday 7 April '09

In the second lot of the seats declared today by the Congress, names of three candidates were cleared for Gurgaon, Karnal and Sirsa reserved seat.

Haryana pockets over Rs 400 cr more through liquor vend allotment

Monday 6 April '09

The Haryana Excise and Taxation Department is on a high after the allotment of the retail outlets of the liquor vends in the state.

Haryana govt ‘harasses’ own official, to pay compensation

Saturday 4 April '09

In a rare case, the Haryana government has been asked by the State Information Commission of Haryana to pay compensation of Rs 10,000 to one of its officers for harassment in a case relating to the forest department.

Cong again tries to woo BSP candidate from Gurgaon

Friday 3 April '09

The Congress has reportedly been eying the BSP candidate from the Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency, Zakir Hussain, for quite some time, despite the fact that Mayawati’s party had reposed faith in him months ago for the Gurgaon seat...

Haryana voters get more gimmicks, less of candidates this election

Thursday 2 April '09

Mobile vans, CDs, cassettes, voice messages, SMS, special election raths, documentaries, computers. You name it and they have them.

‘Social engineering going to work wonders in Haryana’

Wednesday 1 April '09

The Bahujan Samaj Party is eying the non-Jat votes in Haryana for the Lok Sabha elections.

Haryana SGPC now divided over holding sangat

Friday 27 March '09

The Haryana unit of the SGPC is divided over holding of the Sikh sangat in Kurukshetra on March 29.

Enhanced pension awaits ECI nod

Friday 27 March '09

The state Election Commission office has forwarded the Haryana government’s request for distribution of enhanced pension worth Rs 500 crore to the aged...

Rain a dampener for farmers, politicians alike

Thursday 26 March '09

Untimely rain in the past two days in most parts of Haryana, which could delay the harvesting of wheat crop, has come as a damper not just to farmers of the state...

Notices to Haryana officials for misuse of govt machinery

Wednesday 25 March '09

The Haryana government clearly seems to be on a backfoot as far as use of official machinery for serving the party is concerned.

Cong eyes BSP candidate in Gurgaon

Wednesday 25 March '09

Finding itself on a weaker wicket in the Meo-dominated Gurgaon parliamentary constituency in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls...

Now, voice to field CM Hooda’s wife from Sonepat

Tuesday 24 March '09

With each passing day, aspirants for the Congress tickets for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Haryana are getting more anxious.

Haryana Congress, INLD in no hurry to announce candidates

Monday 23 March '09

Political parties in Haryana seem to be following the tradition of pehle aap in announcing the candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

Corridors of power deserted in Haryana

Saturday 21 March '09

Corridors of power in the Haryana Civil Secretariat seem deserted these days in the absence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda...

Only four women MPs from Haryana in past 30 years

Friday 20 March '09

Another gender bias plagues male-dominated Haryana. The state has thrown up only four women members of Parliament in the past 30 years.

Tussle for Cong tickets persists in Haryana

Wednesday 18 March '09

Even as the first phase of campaigning came to an end more than a week back,the Congress is yet to announce its candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

HFC loan disbursement improper, says CAG report

Monday 16 March '09

Even after 40 years of its operation, the Haryana Financial Corporation has no system to formulate long term plans for its operations.