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Topic: Haryana government

Controversial Haryana minister Devender Babli accused of manhandling Dalit municipal engineer

Babli, who called protesting sarpanches ‘thieves’ last month, has also been accused of using casteist slurs against engineer. The two disagreed over payments for a development project.

Days after lathicharge, Haryana sarpanches continue stir against e-tendering rule: ‘Won’t bow down’

Demanding a 'complete rollback' of the state govt's new e-tendering process, protesters continue their stir even as govt issues a note explaining process again and calling it 'transparent'.

From force-feeding people dung to livestreamed ‘raids’ — rise of cow vigilantism & Monu Manesar

28-year old Mohit Yadav, alias Monu Manesar, was booked this week after charred bodies of two men — allegedly abducted & assaulted by cow vigilantes — were found in Haryana's Bhiwani.

Haryana is hurrying to make courts Hindi-only. Some things are getting lost in translation

Civil and criminal courts in Haryana have to switch to Hindi by 1 April. Task involves re-training clerks, translating court documents, preparing judges to ditch English verdicts.

Khelo India medal winners from Haryana to get direct admission to Motilal Nehru School of Sports

Players from Haryana bagged 128 medals in the KIYG held in MP. The Motilal Nehru School of Sports in Rai, Sonipat, was founded in July 1973 as a co-educational boarding school.

After Stone-Age rock carvings found in Aravallis, growing calls for protection, deeper study

A proposal for research at Aravalli’s Mangar Bani site is pending approval since 2021. Principal secretary terms it 'ambitious', but asserts govt will assess the proposal.

Haryana HM is making headlines with on-the-spot justice, but ‘without hearing the other side’

While suspensions don’t always mean a punishment and most times are revoked after an inquiry, they do cause embarrassment to the officials concerned.

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.

A slice of future in a crowded Rohtak market – Four men building blockchain technology

New Edge CEO says their work is nothing like ‘traditional mining’ and should be referred as blockchain validation or support server farm.

‘Embezzlement, violations’ — Haryana issues notice to Ashoka, 2 other private universities

Ashoka University, SRM University and World University of Design have been sent showcause notices for allegedly violating Haryana Private Universities Act. Universities deny allegations.   

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?