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TopicAnil Vij

Topic: Anil Vij

Anil Vij — Haryana’s BJP minister who cracks down on IPS officers, clashes with boss Khattar

BJP's Anil Vij last week punished a senior IPS officer by withdrawing all work. He’s infamous for running his mouth and once proudly called himself ‘Gabbar Singh’.

Haryana minister decides ‘non-performing’ IPS officer will come to work, sit all day & go home

On surprise check at Haryana Police HQ, minister Anil Vij says ADGP A.S. Chawla has failed to implement ‘Dial 112’ project for a year.

‘Liquor scam’ opens fissures in BJP-JJP coalition, Chautala says there isn’t any scam at all

The SET, set up by Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij to probe the ‘scam’, indicted the excise commissioner, but deputy CM Dushyant Chautala says he won’t allow action against him.

Haryana govt reverses order, inter-state buses to run within state only

State's HM Anil Vij apprised CM Manohar Lal Khattar that it would be difficult to prevent the spread of Covid-19 once people start travelling freely from one state to the other.

Haryana’s powerful Home Minister Anil Vij locks horns with CM Khattar again as lockdown eased

Home and Health Minister Anil Vij has been at loggerheads with CM Khattar since 2014. Now, he says he ‘fears’ CM’s decisions on relaxing the Covid-19 lockdown.

How Haryana CM Khattar and Home Minister Anil Vij fought for control of CID

CID is traditionally overseen by the home ministry, which is under Anil Vij, but CM Manohar Lal Khattar has taken it under his wing.

Haryana deputy CM Chautala and home minister Vij to continue defamation battle in court

Dushyant Chautala had filed a case against Anil Vij last year when the BJP leader called him a ‘drug addict’, and won’t withdraw it now despite being allies.

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Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

With haphazard examinations for years, Haryana’s nursing diploma students left without degrees

State conducted examinations of 2011, ‘12, ‘13 and ‘14 batches in May 2018; other batches to wait.

Anil Vij: The banker & RSS product who puts both his feet in his mouth & loves the feeling

The Haryana minister has now demanded that the words ‘Sindh’ and ‘adhinayak’ be removed from the national anthem.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.