Polling in Haryana will take place on February 3 alongside first phase of polling in Bihar and Jharkhand.
The Congress is citing the model code of conduct, which is presently in place for the upcoming elections.
The music composer came under sharp criticism for his "sarcastic" tweet on Jain monk Tarun Sagar.
The Haryana CM faces state Congress president Randeep Singh Surjewala.
BJP general secretary in-charge of Haryana Anil Jail also appealed to the Jats who have been protesting in Haryana to call off their agitation, which has badly hit life in the region, and return to their homes as their demands have been met.
The BJP has promised the people of Haryana a corruption-free government if voted to power in the assembly elections.
Jindal, 75, had been elected to the state assembly for the third time from the Hissar assembly constituency.
After Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Haryana has become the third state where the assembly has approved the provision of capital punishment for such sexual offenders, the House was informed.
Dadlani had tweeted a photograph of the spiritual leader, saying he was making a "monkery of democracy".
Modi thanked the people of the state for making the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' initiative a fruitful one.
While the term of 288-member Maharashtra assembly ends on November 9, that of the 90-member Haryana assembly expires on November 2.
She won't contest next Lok Sabha poll due to health reasons.
The Election Commission on Tuesday deliberated on holding the assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir before or after Dussera.
"It is very wrong and condemnable that Gurmehar has tried to do politics over her father's martyrdom," Vij, a five-time MLA said.
The PM asserted that 'we know how to take challenges head-on'.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday night announced the 47 remaining candidates for Haryana assembly elections who include Union Minister Sushma Swaraj's younger sister Vandana Sharma and two former Congress MPs and a former minister in B S Hooda government in the state.
The monk asked him to seek forgiveness from the Jain community for hurting their sentiments.
Music composer Vishal Dadlani has been booked by Haryana police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his sarcastic tweet on Jain monk Tarun Sagar.
They also took strong objection to Delhi legislator Naresh Balyan being appointed as Haryana affairs in-charge.
The online edition of the 52-page magazine has been removed from the official website of the primary education department.
The Haryana government has imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form and proposed to provide for 10 years rigorous imprisonment for cow slaughter, but ruled out equating it with murder.
'Politics and religion is a dangerous mix in India and anybody even remotely seen crossing the line is taken to task.'
Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda on Friday surrendered before a Delhi court upon expiry of his month-long interim bail in the Geetika Sharma suicide case.
Political observers feel that the outcome of the elections weighs in favour of the BJP which had won a massive mandate in the Lok Sabha elections, held earlier this year.
Haryana government's 'Gau Sewa Ayog' said the step will prevent unscrupulous elements from extorting money and harassing people in the name of cow protection.
Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, an accused in airhostess Geetika Sharma suicide case, was denied bail by a Delhi court which said the stage of the trial is at the threshold and considering his power and status, his mere presence is likely to intimidate witnesses.
'I don't believe in jumlebaazi.' 'Kahan hua hai sabka saath, sabka vikas?'
Prices have declined 18 per cent this year.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the Election Commission to take serious note of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda clearing the land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF, alleging that it was done hastily as the Congress faced "certain defeat" in the October 15 Haryana assembly polls.
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He may have been the latest victim of the gang-war which has been going on in between two villages
For "protection and upkeep" of cows, Haryana Assembly on Monday night passed a Bill which clamps a complete ban on cow slaughter in the state and provides for a rigorous imprisonment ranging from three years to ten years for killing the animal.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in the JBT teachers recruitment scam case, saying he violated bail conditions.
Demanding forensic examination of the pens used to cast votes, Hooda said the Election Commission should conduct a thorough inquiry.
Breaking from tradition, two women were among those who presided over the largely male-dominated Mahapanchayat.
After it failed the crucial May 2014 'exams' without even getting 'passing marks', its that time again for the Congress as elections for the two state assemblies of Maharashtra and Haryana taking place on October 15. Renu Mittal reports
Congregations of Sikhs in Amritsar and in Karnal against the formation of a separate Gurdwara Management Committee in Haryana were called off on Saturday after the Akal Takht's intervention but Haryana Sikhs went ahead with the election of office-bearers for the ad-hoc committee.
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