With a sleek new school in Haryana, Virender Sehwag starts his new innings as an education entrepreneur.
This time, India may win as many as 17 medals at the Games.
The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre and states to ensure implementation of the decisions taken in a meeting to curb air pollution, observing that it cannot get into the 'nitty gritty' and the bureaucracy has developed a 'sort of inertia' of not taking decisions which are left to the courts.
Prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more persons have also been issued by some district authorities, including Sonipat, as a precautionary measure to maintain peace.
Schedule Caste families were stoppped from performing Holi pooja and assaulted allegedly by the members of upper caste at Jahangirpur village of Jhajjar district of Haryana.
Haryana was again on the edge on Thursday with the 72-hour deadline set by Jats for resuming their agitation over quota from on set to come to an end on Thursday night.
After his party lost power in Haryana in the 2014 polls, the 72-year-old satrap had nothing going in his favour.
Star batsman Virender Sehwag feels a player can only earn respect when he starts respecting the opposition.
'The protesters took out a march carrying black flags. They burnt Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effigy while raising slogans against the three farm laws'
Haryana remained on the boil on as the Jat stir unleashed fresh incidents of violence and arson even as the Army had to use choppers to reach parts of blocked Rohtak.
K L Kathuriya, Medical Superintendent of PDM Hospital, told media persons that the students complained of vomiting and pain in stomach when they were brought here by the school staff on Friday afternoon.
The war of words between the duo started after the 16-year-old athlete took to Twitter questioning Vij about the 2 crore cash reward, the latter had promised after she won a gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics at Argentina.
While the police have kept the Haryana-Delhi border at Singhu and Tikri closed for traffic, the protest at Ghazipur, the city's border with Uttar Pradesh, has also intensified.
Farmers gathered at several national highways, key roads and some railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana on Friday morning as part of their nationwide protest against the Centre's new agri laws.
Earning a dream Grand Slam debut for himself, Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal set up a US Open first round clash against the legendary Roger Federer, one of the greatest players of all-time, on Monday.
Police personnel in adequate strength were deployed across the state to maintain law and order, officials said.
Private and government insurance companies have already made payments over Rs 12 crore to these people whose insured properties were damaged.
Farmer leaders on Saturday said the protesting unions stand firm on their demand of a complete repeal of the three agri laws and asserted that they are ready for talks with the government, but that should be held without any condition.
The delegation of 20 'progressive farmers' from Haryana, led by Padma Shri awardee Kanwal Singh Chauhan, said the government may amend some provisions of the laws but should not repeal them.
The doctors have also demanded enhanced security outside and within the hospitals where the Markaz evacuees have been admitted. A doctor said some patients evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz, the headquarters of Tabligh-e-Jamaat in south Delhi, don't follow instructions from doctors and are reluctant to take medicines.
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said that while the Congress ensured equitable and uniform development in all areas, the National Democratic Alliance rule was biased against states ruled by her party.
The army conducted flag march in tense areas and used choppers to reach parts of Rohtak even as incidents of violence and arson by Jats demanding quota continued
Japan's consumer electronics major Panasonic plans to double its headcount in India to 20,000 in next two years with the commissioning of its new manufacturing facility at Jhajjar in Haryana.
From carrying portraits of their sons and husbands who have committed suicide due to agrarian distress to picketing to doing sewa 24x7 at langars, women have shown a rare determination not to capitulate before the government.
'We have discontinued or replaced certain contractual staff, total number not exceeding double digits, in the north India operations involved in activities under the discretionary cost head,' a Reliance Industries spokesperson said in reply to an e-mailed query sent by Business Standard. According to some employees, who claimed to have been retrenched, the number of laid-off people is much higher. However, the company denies this.
Bindra realistic after the Haryanvi takes a set off Federer in US Open first round.
The border guarding force has the maximum confirmed cases of the disease among the Central Armed Police Forces, also known as paramilitary forces.
Maj Deswal of 21 Para (Special Force) was killed in a gunbattle with Zeliangrong United Front militants in densely forested Nungba area during a combing operation undertaken by Rashtriya Rifles and Special Forces personnel.
A stone-pelting mob attacked personnel of army and paramilitary forces who were trying to clear the road blockade in Sonipat, leading to a clash in which there were some "casualties".
Internet and mobile SMS services have been suspended indefinitely by authorities in Rohtak district in the wake of protests by Jat community.
The Congress on Sunday night sought to downplay the remarks of its president Sonia Gandhi at a public meeting in Haryana that the opponents of India-United States nuclear deal were enemies of development. The party said the comments were not directed at the Left parties.
A show cause notice was issued to actress Soha Ali Khan was on Friday, asking her how she allegedly obtained a gun licence when she was underage and why it should not be cancelled, since it is in violation of the Arms Act. It also asked her why her father, former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who was the retainer of the .12 bore rifle, allegedly misused the weapon in connection with the black buck hunting case registered against him in Jhajjar district.
Sporadic incidents of arson were on Monday reported as life in violence-torn Haryana limped back to normal with curfew being lifted gradually and Jat protesters starting to lift blockades after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced setting up of a committee to examine the quota demand of the community.
A 25-year-old sailor died on vessel 'INS Kalinga' with Navy today claiming that the death was caused by a bullet injury sustained while handling firearms even as police suspected it to be a case of suicide.
The accused, charged under the Wildlife Protection Act, sought more time saying the police notices were served at\ntheir residences in their absence.
The deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Gurgaon were removed from their posts on Wednesday.
With Dayal Singh's surrender, six of the eight accused in the alleged June 3 hunting of a black buck and two rabbits near a wildlife sanctuary in Jhajjar have given themselves up.
A .22 bore gun, bought legally, was one of the weapons seized, whose license has not yet been submitted to the police.
As yet another deadline lapsed on Thursday, former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and his accomplices, facing arrest in the black buck hunting case, did not present themselves before the Haryana police in Jhajjar.
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