The Supreme Court said unattached members of a legislative assembly or Parliament are entitled to vote and cannot be prevented from voting. “Unattached members can vote. There is nothing which prevents them from voting”, a bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J Chelameshwar said while dealing with the Haryana Assembly Speaker’s petition challenging the High [...]
The Budget Session of the Haryana Assembly will begin here tomorrow with the Governor’s address. The session, which is likely to be of over two-week duration, will see presentation of the budget on March 5, official sources said. The Assembly, which has a total strength of 90 members, would discuss the Governor’s address on February [...]
The Haryana government today announced to increase the minimum wage of an unskilled worker to Rs 186 per day and that of highly skilled to Rs 211.42 per day in the state. The decision to increase the minimum wages would benefit about 7.5 lakh labourers working in about 11,500 small and big factories, Chief Minister [...]
Three persons were killed while one sustained critical injuries when a roadways bus crashed into an auto rickshaw near Ramnagar village in Bhiwani early this morning. As per witnesses the speeding bus hit into the rear side of the auto which overturned on the road leading to the death of three passengers on the spot. [...]
The Budget session of the Haryana Assembly, scheduled to open on February 23, may be a 19-day affair, according to the tentative programme prepared by the state government. If all goes as planned, the session would be the longest at least in recent memory. It is another matter that the House would meet only on [...]
Talks between the government and Jat leaders over the OBC quota demand in Mayyar, near Hisar, proved inconclusive with the latter not budging from its stand. However, they did give govt some space. The All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti extended the ultimatum to fulfill their demand for quota in government jobs till 5pm today. [...]
In Karnal, a lower kg student died nearly two months after he was allegedly locked up in a classroom by his teacher for not doing his homework. Parents of six-year-old Pankaj alleged that their child was admitted to a hospital ever since his class teacher punished him on December 27th. They claimed that the teacher [...]
All food business operators in Haryana are now required to be registered or licenced in accordance with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. A spokesperson of the Food and Drugs Administration Department said any person undertaking food business, whether it is for profit or not-for-profit, is required to obtain the requisite license or get [...]
The Haryana Urban development Authority has issued notices to 32 petrol pumps to renew their leases. Huda officials have claimed losses worth crores owing to the non renewal of leases which were to be renewed after 15 years of their issuance. There are also a few sites where no petrol pumps have come up despite [...]
Railway authorities today cancelled some trains while the routes of few others have been diverted as the members of the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti sat on a dharna near the rail track in village Ramayan about 15 km from here. A railway spokesman said that a decision to this effect has been taken [...]
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