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TopicHaryana assembly

Topic: Haryana assembly

Why do Haryana Assembly sessions begin on Friday? It’s not just about ‘MLA allowances’

A former Speaker and a six-time MLA offer candid explanations, while govt says session is fixed keeping several factors in mind.

Haryana govt gave BPL ration cards to 12 lakh families before 2024 polls, only to cancel 11 lakh after

Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda says the BJP distributed free ration like election bribes before snatching away the cards from families post its Haryana victory.

Walking your dog off leash? No liquor licence? No jail time as Haryana decriminalises 164 offences

Haryana's Jan Vishwas (Amendment) Bill 2025 decriminalises minor offences across 42 state laws. It aims to enhance ease of living & ease of doing business in the state.

How BJP tried to use ‘vote chori’ to launch an attack on Congress in Haryana assembly

Congress-BJP slugfest after 2 BJP MLAs move motion on discussion of electoral reforms. ‘Assembly can’t discuss ECI,’ says Congress; BJP says, ‘they cry Vote Chori on streets, shy away in assembly'. 

Al Falah effect? Haryana govt can now take control of universities in case of ‘national security lapses’

Bill to amend Haryana Private Universities Act passed. Responding to Oppn's concerns, education minister says amendment aimed at streamlining procedures related to pvt universities.

5 months, 10 lakh families struck off. Congress puts Haryana BJP govt in dock over BPL list pruning

BJP govt in Haryana did not find it politically expedient to ‘apply the stick to undeserving elements’ covered under BPL list owing to Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, it is learnt.

10 months since shock Haryana defeat, Congress to walk into its 3rd assembly session without an LoP

Monsoon session of assembly begins Friday without an LoP, underscoring Congress's inability to make organisational decisions amid factional differences.  

Nayab Saini-led BJP govt recategorises Eid-ul-Fitr as restricted holiday, uproar in Haryana assembly

Oppn slams move to recategorise Eid-ul-Fitr as restricted holiday instead of gazetted. CM Saini says decision was taken because it coincided with end of financial year.

No. of Haryana youths reporting at drug de-addiction centres surged almost 5-fold in last 5 yrs

Assembly told that Sirsa, with 7,020 affected youths this year, has just 80 beds in 2 facilities. Panchkula’s 10-bed general hospital woefully insufficient for its 13,442 cases.

Whose song is it anyway? What’s the controversy that has stalled release of Haryana’s Rajya Geet

Five-member panel of Haryana MLAs finalised composition to be unveiled in ongoing budget session. Speaker has now directed panel to resolve issue before it can be adopted as state song.

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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.