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Friday, March 29, 2024
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On-the-spot suspensions & (sometimes misplaced) outbursts — why Anil Vij is called Haryana’s ‘Gabbar’

Vij has been a minister in Haryana govt for past eight and half years. He was health and sports minister in the 1st term, retained health portfolio and was given home affairs in 2nd term.

Awareness camps, machines, inspection — how Haryana’s Ambala cut farm fires by 80% in a year

Ambala saw 702 farm fires last year between 15 September and 30 October. This year, figure has fallen to 146. Numbers compare quite favourably with Haryana’s overall figures.

Temples, mosques, gurdwaras help Ambala get high vaccination rate, best Haryana district tag

Ambala has 2.75 lakh people above the age of 45, who are eligible for vaccination, and the district had vaccinated 2,20,267 people till 13 April.

Forgive us, say ‘killers’ of two men after they attack wrong targets in Ambala

Members of slain gangster Davinder Bambiha claimed on Facebook the two victims were innocent & the murder happened out of a ‘misunderstanding’. Police are examining the claims.

Protesting farmers show black flags, block Haryana CM Khattar’s motorcade in Ambala

The farmers raised slogans against the government and said that they would continue to protest till the three farm laws are not repealed.

Rafale jets formally inducted into IAF, put up aerobatics display at Ambala Air Station

Rafale jets were formally deployed into IAF Squadron No. 17, known as the Golden Arrows. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and French minister Florence Parly were among those present.

India’s Rafale lands in Ambala, Rajnath warns those who threaten territorial integrity

Five aircraft and seven pilots land after 8,500-km journey from Merignac in France, welcomed at Ambala with traditional water salute.

BJP is looking to get around caste, the pulse of Haryana politics, and win the state

The BJP is once again relying on the strategy it adopted in some of the seats in 2014 — of fielding non-Jats in Jat areas and a non-Brahmin in a Brahmin seat.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.