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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicHaryana government

Topic: Haryana government

Chandigarh admin funds also hit? Haryana Vigilance chief’s revelation in IDFC First Bank fraud

Haryana Vigilance chief DGP Arshinder Singh Chawla says some Chandigarh admin accounts involved, though amount smaller than Haryana’s and bank delayed action till FIR threat loomed.

FIR on Rs 578 crore bank account fraud this week, but Haryana govt flagged ‘irregularities’ months ago

In July 2025, Finance Department asked why govt offices based in Panchkula had opened bank accounts in Chandigarh 'without valid justification, contrary to laid-down instructions'.

‘Dear Chaudhary Saab’: What’s on Rao Inderjit’s budget wishlist sent to Haryana CM Saini

Union minister says builders have eye on Aravallis, & public anxiety is high in Gurugram, Rewari, Nuh and Faridabad over these environmental questions.

120 ‘premature’ transfers in a year: How Haryana shredded Supreme Court’s tenure rules for IAS officers

The Civil Services Board’s annual report to the Centre exposes systematic violation of the two-year minimum posting norm, with officers shifted in weeks.

In order to regularise 41 daily wage workers, High Court gives Haryana govt a lesson on ‘Rajdharma’

Punjab & Haryana HC went beyond binaries of 'legal vs illegal' appointments to say a State can't invoke procedural technicalities to deny dignity to those who have sustained its functioning.

15th parole in 8 yrs for rape-murder convict Ram Rahim, time spent out of jail set to cross 400-day mark

Dera Sacha Sauda chief has been granted 40-day parole, just months after he was given a parole of same duration in August 2025 ahead of his 58th birthday.

Haryana DGP OP Singh invokes Tennyson in farewell letter to force; warns of ‘crime spike in 2026’

Unlike his predecessors who stuck to official channels, Singh, during his tenure, chose to address his force, and often the public, through letters shared on social media.

How Haryana brought in law to take over Rs 2,400-cr Gurugram ashram set up by ‘Indira’s Rasputin’

Haryana notifies law to take over Dhirendra Brahmachari’s Gurugram ashram. Branded Indira Gandhi’s ‘Rasputin’ by opposition, he remains one of most controversial spiritual figures. 

‘Why study for a 1% raise?’ Haryana engineers say failing govt exam was normal—until now

This year, 89% of Haryana government engineers failed the Departmental Professional Examination for promotion. Now they're being called ‘incompetent’ and mocked on WhatsApp.

SC upholds landowners’ rights to unused common village land, dismisses Haryana govt claim

Setting aside own 2022 ruling & upholding HC verdict, SC dismisses Haryana govt appeal, saying unutilised 'bachat' land should revert to landowners who contributed it for common village purposes.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.