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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.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.