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.
Thousands of kilometres away but always close at heart, joy and celebrations busted on Friday in a village of Haryana's Panipat as the family of Neeraj Chopra, who won the silver medal in the men's javelin final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with the athlete's gracious mother saying the "guy who got gold is also my child".
Former Punjab Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and international wrestler Jagdish Bhola was sentenced to 10 years in jail by a Special CBI Court in Mohali on Tuesday in a money laundering case linked to a multi-crore drugs racket.
_Assembly_bypoll-min.jpg "In one-sided contest, AAP wins Punjab's Jalandhar (West) Assembly bypoll")
In a face-saving for the AAP government in Punjab led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, its nominee Mohinder Bhagat on Saturday won the Jalandhar (West) Assembly bypoll by 37,325 votes, defeating nearest rival and BJP candidate Sheetal Angural, whose defection from AAP necessitated the bypoll.
The detention of newly elected Punjab MP Amritpal Singh and nine others under the National Security Act at Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam was extended on Wednesday for a year.
Newly-elected MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut was allegedly "slapped" by a CISF constable at the Chandigarh airport on Thursday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday said it has seized a China-made drone near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Amritsar district along with a packet of 500 gm of heroin.
Seven school students were killed and at least 15 sustained injuries after their bus with 40 children onboard lost control and overturned in Haryana's Mahendragarh district on Thursday.
Legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s grandson, Yadvinder Sandhu, on Friday, hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the row over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s jailed image continued.
After a 10-year-old girl reportedly died post eating her birthday cake ordered online in Patiala, netizens slammed online food delivery platforms for poor regulation over Cloud kitchens listed as food-delivering apps.
Manohar Lal Khattar resigned as Haryana Chief Minister on Tuesday. The entire Khattar cabinet has also resigned as the BJP and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) head for a split.
A goods train that was at a halt at the Kathua station in Jammu suddenly started running towards Pathankot, without the driver, at the speed of over 100 km per hour, creating panic, officials said on Sunday.
A protesting farmer died of a head injury and several injured as Haryana Police dropped tear gas shells at the Shambhu and Khanauri border in Punjab on Wednesday afternoon.
Amid the huge build-up of farmers at the borders of Haryana as they get ready to march to the national capital, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday said the Centre was ready to discuss all issues.
In a setback, farm union leaders on Monday rejected the Centre's proposal of buying pulses, maize and cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by government agencies for five years, saying it was not in farmers' interest.
