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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicHaryana assembly polls

Topic: Haryana assembly polls

How parole to rape & murder convict Ram Rahim days before Haryana polls might benefit BJP

His Dera Sacha Sauda is mobilising its followers to vote en masse, it is learnt. Some are labeling his timely release as 'desperate push' by BJP, others say it's unlikely to change outcome.

Months before assembly polls, Haryana CM Saini declares 10% Agniveer quota in police, mining guard jobs

Agnipath scheme was major poll issue in Haryana, Rajasthan, UP. ‘People want rollback of scheme, not reservation in jobs,’ says Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Modi calls assembly poll results ‘exceptional’ despite falling short in Haryana

PM Narendra Modi congratulates CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar. Amit Shah says Modi’s leadership had led BJP from strength to strength.

Gopal Kanda, millionaire debtor & accused in 2 suicides, tries luck in Haryana polls again

When Haryana goes to polls on 21 October, Gopal Kanda will contest from his home constituency of Sirsa, which he had won in 2009 but lost in 2014.

BJP’s 2014 spend on Maharashtra, Haryana poll campaign was 4 times that of Congress: Report

The report, prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms, comes days before Haryana and Maharashtra go to polls again.

Manohar Lal Khattar’s bank balance grew 10-fold since 2014 but he still doesn’t own a car

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar declared his assets Tuesday while filing his nomination papers from Karnal.

Sportspersons, 11 turncoats in BJP’s first list of 78 candidates for Haryana elections

Wrestler Babita Phogat, former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh & Olympic medalist Yogeshwar Dutt will contest from Dadri, Pehowa and Baroda, respectively.

Congress has a test for warring Haryana leaders eyeing CM chair — ace Lok Sabha polls first

The Congress' Haryana unit is said to be ridden with factionalism, with several leaders in the fray for a chief ministerial nomination.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.