Army was on Friday called in for deployment in eight districts of Haryana after one person was killed and 21 were injured in police action as Jat stir for quota turned violent and the rampaging mobs set ablaze the house of state's Finance Minister besides several government and private properties.
The voter turnout recorded in the 2019 assembly polls was around 68 per cent.
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The Haryana government on Thursday reinstated the driver and conductor of the roadways bus in which two college-going sisters were allegedly eve-teased by three youths, following their suspension earlier this week.
Two persons, including a security guard, were killed and as many injured in an exchange of fire between two rival gangs in a hospital in Rohtak district in Haryana, police said on Thursday. Praveen, 35, a member of one of the two gangs who was undergoing treatment at the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, died in the shooting incident along with the guard, Tejveer, Rohtak's Superintendent of Police B Satish Balan said.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chided Congress member Deepender Hooda over certain remarks as Shashi Tharoor chanted 'Jai Hind, Jai Samvidhan' after taking oath as member of the House.
Besides Hooda, Bhan and Phogat, the Congress has fielded Mewa Singh from Ladwa to take on Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
Dharmender revved the throttle and hit Sandeep's motorcycle from behind, dragging him for some distance before hitting a stationary car and crushing the constable between the two cars, stated the FIR which was accessed by PTI. The gruesome incident was caught on CCTV camera.
The talks between two sides have been stuck over the number of seats to be contested by AAP, with the party demanding 10 seats and the Congress offering 5, party sources said.
On the eve of the Haryana assembly poll results, the issue of chief minister-ship has taken centre stage in the Congress with all eyes on its high command's next move as the party expects to regain power after 10 years in the state.
Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday joined protesting farmers at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana and said the central government should pay heed to their demands and make it a priority to address their issues.
Haryana MLA Kiran Choudhry has resigned from the Vidhan Sabha and is likely to be fielded in the Rajya Sabha bypolls by the Bharatiya Janata Party, nearly two months after she joined the party after quitting the Congress.
President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and several other famous faces were seen at polling booths, exercising their franchise in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.
Paris Olympics hero P R Sreejesh made a stylish statement on Sunday.
Punjab, starting the penultimate day on 73/3 and needing 144 more runs, crumbled under pressure from Sindhu's relentless spin and Jayant Yadav's precise off-spin (3/35 in 10.4 overs), collapsing well before lunch and handing Haryana their second outright win in four matches.
The Jats, who went on a rampage to demand quota, attacked the showrooms of only non-Jats.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Panacea Biotec have initiated the first-ever phase three clinical trial for developing a dengue vaccine in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
One person was killed and several others, including police personnel, were injured when a mob went on rampage, torching several vehicles during a protest over setting up of an ashram at Karontha village near Rohtak on Sunday.
After hectic parleys and much back and forth with the INDIA bloc allies, the Congress also ended up going into the polls with its original plan of largely going solo.
The testing facility at Rohtak would have more than 30 different tracks covering a length of about 30 km to check the various operational aspects of a vehicle.
The situation on Tuesday remained tense in some parts of Jat dominated areas like Rohtak and Sonipat while curfew was lifted in Jind district.
What makes the brutality every more evident, is that her oesophagus was missing and gnawing effects were seen over chest of the victim.
Shreyas Iyer continued with his red-hot form, smashing a stroke-filled 233 to lead Mumbai to a massive 602/4 declared in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match against Odisha.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday night announced the new dates of cancelled and postponed examinations, including the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test, amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in their conduct.
The high court asked the state government to make arrangements for security and safe transport by air of the judicial officer and two staff members.
Observing that working conditions have made doctors and health professionals susceptible to violence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a 10-member task force to formulate a national protocol for ensuring safety and facilities for them in the wake of the rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata.
Fernandez evaluated India's chances at the upcoming Summer Games.
Two persons, including the main accused Sumit, who is also a Dalit, have been sent to seven days in police remand.
After the Congress' shock defeat in Haryana, the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) parties flexed their muscles on Wednesday, accusing the grand old party of ignoring them.
The situation on Monday was tense but under control in Rohtak's Karontha village where three persons were killed and about 100 others in a clash between two groups over an ashram even as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda ordered a magisterial probe into the violence.
The Haryana police, finally acting in the incident in which two sisters from Rohtak took on three molesters in a moving bus as the other passengers remained mute spectators, arrested all three youths.
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According to a police official from Rohtak, Singh returned to Sunaria jail late afternoon.
Around 200 paramilitary personnel were on Saturday airlifted to Rohtak in Haryana from Chandigarh after Jat protesters blocked roads following fresh incidents of violence.
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 only occasion when the BJP had 100 seats in the Upper House was in 2022.
'There is some deep rot that has set in the Congress party. This requires an organisational surgery.'
The Apna Ghar shelter house in Rohtak, which was hit by allegations of women and children being sexually assaulted and tortured including by police officials, has been sealed.
Instead of harvesting the wrath against the BJP and using it to their advantage by opting for a collective form of leadership, the Congress decided once again to bestow their trust in the Hooda family who were given a free hand in the distribution of tickets. This turned out to be the biggest blunder and this faulty selection was the single over riding factor in the Congress defeat, explains Rashme Sehgal.
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