Haryana Governor Jaganath Pahadia has directed Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was sworn in as the state Chief Minister for his second successive term, to prove his majority on the floor of the state assembly within a week.
The home ministry said these individuals are operating from Pakistan and other foreign soil and involved in various acts of terrorism.
West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh was on Friday summoned to the state assembly and ordered to pay Rs 1000 as 'punishment' by Speaker H A Halim for taking a photo in the House with his mobile. The Speaker asked the DGP, who was produced by the marshal in a temporary dock set up in the well of the assembly, whether he had taken a photo in the House with his mobile phone camera on Thursday.
'This move rendered the chiefs of important investigative agencies to the status of daily wage earners. It undermined the autonomy and independence of the agencies.'
Deepinder Singh Hooda, son of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, won the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest rival Abhimanyu of the Bhartiya Janata Party by a margin of 2,32,098 votes.
The G-23 group seems to have expanded with several senior Congressmen attending Wednesday's meeting.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said that having a separate High Court for the state was a "legitimate demand" and he had taken up the issue with Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily.
Sharma, who last weekend had attacked the Congress leadership accusing it of targeting BSP supremo Mayawati, came to Parliament House on Tuesday in the company of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and said that he would vote for the Congress in the confidence motion. "Congress is my party, Sonia Gandhi is my leader. I was never against the party, I will vote in favour of the Congress," the MP from Karnal said when asked about his stand on the confidence vote.
Harbhajan Singh will lead Punjab in the Ranji Trophy match against Odisha at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali, from October 27 to 30.
Hooda said the people had contested this election and they had given a befitting reply to those who were trying to harm the democratic set up.
The young and suave candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Bhavya Bishnoi, looks to defend his 'family bastion' for five decades, while the main opposition Congress has placed its bet on veteran leader Jai Prakash in the Adampur bypoll in Haryana.
The Madhya Pradesh chief minister skirted the issue of whether senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia can be nominated for the Rajya Sabha seat from the state.
Four days after he was sworn in as the Haryana Chief Minister for the second straight term, Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday won the vote of confidence in the state assembly. Hooda, chosen by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for the top job despite a sizeable decline in the party's strength in the assembly, won the trust motion with 47 members voting in the government's favour in the 90-member House.
Capping two-and-half years of strained ties since he was ignored by the Congress high command for chief ministership in Haryana, the party's veteran leader Bhajan Lal and his son Kuldeep Bishnoi on Sunday quit the party, attacking leader Sonia Gandhi and floated a new outfit.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday hit out at his detractors in the party for below expectation result of Congress in the state assembly elections saying, "Some of our own leaders did not back the party."
Jindal, 75, had been elected to the state assembly for the third time from the Hissar assembly constituency.
With his party set to return to power for the second consecutive term, creating a record of sorts in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that the Congress high command will take a final decision on the final candidate for the coveted post. "I am a disciplined soldier of the party. The high command will decide on the name of candidate for the chief minister's post," an elated Hooda said.
Haryana goes to polls on Tuesday with ruling Congress making all out efforts to retain power and in the process break a jinx of three decades during which no incumbent government succeeded in returning to power.
Sabeer Bhatia's proposal for setting up a 'Nano City' has been given the go ahead.
A new alliance is on the cards and this one involves two of the best-known Jat families of Rajasthan and Haryana.
Kangana Ranaut plays an Air Force pilot in Tejas, joining an increasing list of films and shows centered around women playing significant roles in their careers.
Korean major Samsung would invest Rs 85 crore (Rs 850 million) to implement its various ambitious projects in Haryana by year 2010, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday.
Independent MLA Balraj Kundu, who has been vocal against the BJP-led government on several issues, remained firm in his decision to abstain from voting.
In a public show of dissent, the 'G-23' leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibal, who have been pressing for a leadership change and organisational overhaul in the Congress, gathered on one stage in Jammu on Saturday, saying the party is weakening and they have come together to strengthen it.
Suzuki chairman Osamu Suzuki on Saturday assured Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda that the company's future investment in India would be made in Haryana only and they would make Gurgaon the ''Detroit'' of India.
The two had got engaged in October last year and according to reports, they had agreed upon the wedding before Malik had left for Rio to compete in the Olympics.
The Haryana government has facilitated an agreement between the agitating workers and the management of Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Limited, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said late on Friday night.\n\n
Conceding defeat in Haryana, the Congress party on Sunday expressed their hope that the new dispensation will continue the growth momentum that the state witnessed during its decade long rule.
Another MoU was signed in Berlin with the Osram Group
Venod said there was no pressure on him from the government or the party high command to resign from his post.
Luck has been smiling on six-year-old Prince since the nation watched him being rescued from a 60-feet-deep pit last week with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announcing free education for him.
The plush Taj Exotica hotel cited lack of rooms for not being able to accommodate them.
South Korea's LG Electronics, which is scouting for a site to locate its next big venture in India, has decided to zero in on Haryana.
Samsung Telecommunications on Wednesday said it would set up a $15 million mobile handset manufacturing facility in Haryana.
The Rajya Sabha elections have again highlighted dissension and lack of cohesion in the opposition ranks from Maharashtra to Karnataka and Haryana.
In a populist move, the Congress government in Haryana on Friday announced to waive off Rs 1600 crore outstanding power arrears of farmers and rural consumers.
Daler Mehendi is suspected to be involved in a human trafficking racket.
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