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TopicCM Manohar Lal Khattar

Topic: CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana CM ‘factually incorrect’, says Gehlot over remark on withdrawal of Old Pension Scheme

Haryana khaps, government workers' Union demand implementation of the scheme, threaten to launch state-wide agitation.

‘Need accountability’ — Minister Sanjeev Balyan questions recruitment exams in BJP-ruled Haryana

At the centre of the row are two recruitment exams that two exams — one for agriculture development officers and another for veterinary surgeons. The exams are conducted by HPSC.

‘Objections hasty,’ says Haryana govt on calls for scrapping Aravalli Safari Park project

Residents & conservationists have flagged increase in human presence, traffic, construction, water usage & waste generated because of the project will negatively impact Aravalli ecosystem.

Haryana mahapanchayat demands removal of minister accused of sexual assault: ‘Or face bigger stir’

Head of Dhankar khap says mahapanchayat resolved Sandeep Singh won't be allowed to unfurl tricolour anywhere in the state on Republic Day and asked he be sacked from Cabinet by 23 Jan.

Haryana sarpanches are gearing up for bigger stir against Khattar govt’s e-tendering rule

Amending Panchayati Raj Institution Act, govt ordered development work over Rs 2 lakh to be done via e-tendering, but sarpanches say routing all work via govt takes away their powers.

Haryana dept reallocations: Setback for Vij as he loses 2 key portfolios, Khattar now has 14

Loss of Technical Education & Science and Technology departments 2nd blow for Vij after losing control of CID in January 2020, when it was taken out of the purview of his Home department.

What’s Sutlej-Yamuna link dispute & why it’s had Punjab & Haryana at loggerheads for decades

Following SC order, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat convened meeting of Punjab & Haryana CMs to resolve the issue. Haryana completed its portion of the project by June 1980.

Why Haryana Opposition is demanding local development fund for MLAs — ‘officials reject projects’ 

Opposition legislators also claim they're not receiving enough promised funds from administration. But CM asserts MLAs have to get development work done under government schemes.

Why Haryana’s sugarcane farmers are threatening to intensify stir over support prices

Support prices kept unchanged, BKU (Charuni), BKU (Tikait) & SKM said they will hold Kisan Mahapanchayats in January if demands aren't met even as CM Khattar announced a review panel.

‘Removed for CM’s visit’ — Khattar govt draws flak for police ‘brutalities’ on student protestors

Students protesting against govt bond policy at Rohtak's Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences were 'forcibly' removed from outside auditorium, night before Harayana CM's convocation visit.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.