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Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) president and five-time Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, whose family ruled the state’s dusty and defection-ridden politics for decades largely in rural areas with predominant Jat voters, died in Gurugram after a cardiac arrest on Friday.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has said that the Bhagavad Gita, a cornerstone of India's cultural heritage, is a scripture for the welfare of humanity.

In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police apprehended two key operatives of Canada-based gangster Arsh Dalla who is involved in the murder of Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau in Faridkot, DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday.

Tens of thousands of people will participate on Friday in the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected 10,031 sarpanches of 19 districts of Punjab in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Ludhiana.

In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence and Ludhiana Police jointly dismantled a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module operated by two foreign-based individuals, DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday.

In an intelligence-led operation, Punjab Police on Sunday busted a cross-border cartel using water route to transport drugs by seizing 105 kg heroin from two associates of foreign-based drug smuggler Navpreet Singh alias Nav Bhullar.

The Haryana Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Saini, in its first meeting on Friday, decided to formally accept the Supreme Court's decision regarding the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe reservations and implement it immediately.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is committed to furthering national progress and empowering the poor and downtrodden.

Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and national highways at several places in Punjab as part of a protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha over the "tardy" procurement of paddy.

The new BJP government in Haryana will be sworn in soon as the Chief Minister and his Council of Ministers will take oath on October 17 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini is likely to take oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana in Panchkula’s parade ground on October 15 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states and party’s top functionaries likely to attend the ceremony.

Is it the Congress's overconfidence or its failure to stitch an alliance with its previous partner Aam Aadmi Party that led to its humiliating defeat in Haryana that resulted in the return of the BJP for the third, record consecutive term.

As the BJP seems set to return to power in Haryana for the third consecutive term, the Congress, which was projected to win by every exit poll, will be searching for answers to find where it fell short.

Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday won her debut election, getting elected from Julana seat in Jind district even as her Congress faced an uphill task in the Haryana Assembly elections.

As polling for the 90-member legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana began on Saturday with 2.03 crore electorates salted to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates, outgoing Chief Minister and BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini expressed confidence the party would be forming the government for the third time with a huge margin.

Haryana is all set for voting in single-phase polls for its 90-member Assembly on October 5 as the whirlwind and high-voltage election campaigning came to an end on Thursday with various parties and their leaders putting in last-minute efforts to woo the electorate.

Just three days ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, the state government on Wednesday released controversial Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on parole for 20 days, the 11th time since his conviction in August 2017 for raping two of his disciples.

On reaching his residence, he called a meeting to review preparedness for the procurement of paddy starting from October 1 against the backdrop of a call by commission agents to boycott it in view of their demands.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has responded well to the treatment for increase in pulmonary artery pressure and all his vitals are completely stable, a Mohali-based hospital where the AAP leader is undergoing treatment, said on Saturday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been undergoing some heart-related tests and examination, the results of which are still awaited, the hospital said on Friday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi went to Kashmir and reached an agenda with former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah to release all imprisoned terrorists.

The announcement of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal's resignation as Delhi Chief Minister was hailed on Sunday as a bold and revolutionary move by the party's Punjab leaders, who applauded their national leader wholeheartedly.

Rebellion grew in the Congress in Haryana after the party leadership cleared candidates for 89 seats, leaving one seat for the CPI(M), in the House of 90 with at least 12 leaders quitting the party one after another in the last couple of days, citing the party’s indifference towards them despite their dedication.

The cash-strapped AAP government in Punjab on Thursday increased the petrol price by 61 paise and diesel by 92 paise per litre and also scrapped subsidised electricity above loads of 7 KW.

Health services were severely impacted in the PGIMER, the premier health institute here with a daily footfall of around 10,000 patients, and across Punjab as all Outpatient Department (OPD) services were shut on Saturday, protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old PG trainee in Kolkata.