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Topic: Haryana

I-Day face-off in Hansi: Farmers, cops clash as protest targets Saini’s flag-hoisting, many injured

SP Vinod Kumar, a DSP among the injured as farmers demand arrest of dairy owner Jeewan Kundu's killers; CM Saini goes ahead with tricolour hoisting amid tight security.

Haryana makes three years of law practice mandatory to appear for judicial service exam

In doing so, the state govt ended a two-decade-long experiment that had let fresh graduates enter the judicial service without a single day in court.

Younger the child, crueller the act, longer the sentence. HC’s formula for punishment in POCSO cases

Punjab & Haryana HC has ordered that man convicted of raping and murdering 7-year-old girl in Kaithal not walk free, if at all, before he turns roughly 73, ‘till the sunset of his virility’.

Haryana khap wants daughters off phones, not astride two-wheelers. Gen Z films its reply on Insta

A Khap member’s remarks on how daughters sit on bikes and use phones have triggered an Instagram pushback from young Haryanvis, the latest sign of a widening generational rift.

Drivers’ Haridwar to Sansad Kanwar Yatra halted at Sonipat. Ganga water offering to Parliament unlikely

Drivers wanted to offer Ganga jal at Sansad to draw govt attention to their problems. ‘Whenever there is accident, our drivers become victims of lynching. People don't even see who is at fault.’

Gurugram viral waterlogging prompts govt U-turn? Civic chief Pradeep Dahiya transferred back in 24 hrs

In one of its biggest bureaucratic reshuffles, Haryana transfers 17 IAS, 7 HCS officers. Aditya Dahiya new public relations director, two 2007-batch officers elevated to commissioner & secy rank.

Who is Kaushal-Bambiha gang member Gaurav Gadoli, extradited to India after 3-yr pursuit

Fearing arrest, Gaurav Gadoli had fled India on 30 November, 2023, boarding a flight from Lucknow Airport to Dubai. He was extradited by Haryana STF after a three-year chase.

226 sanctioned posts, shortfall of 44: Haryana’s IAS shortage set to worsen with 8 retirements

With 20% shortage, officers hold charges across departments & cities. 2007-batch officers are being handed Administrative Secretary-level charges, usually helmed by much senior officers.

Hooda wants Haryana’s BJP govt to take a leaf out of his book—appoint CWG gold winners as DSPs

Congress leader renews party’s old ‘medal for a post’ demand after Haryana boxers dominate at Glasgow. Scheme’s record has been uneven, with some appointees turning to politics.

Bhiwani’s boxer factory delivers 5 golds in Glasgow—a reminder of why it’s dubbed India’s ‘mini Cuba’

5 of the 7 gold medallist boxers at 2026 Commonwealth Games are from Haryana's Bhiwani, highlighting a legacy that has been 40 years in the making.

On Camera

Our scriptures say that only fools indulge in self-praise: Vajpayee

On 15 August 1998, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, touching upon defence, economic reforms, secularism, corruption, and employment.

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

Navy officer, who entered burning LPG tanker repeatedly to recover missing crew, awarded Shaurya Chakra

Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman