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Topic: Haryana

Haryana ASI ‘suicide’: Mystery FIR yet to surface after kin allowed autopsy ‘on being told IPS wife named’

Gurugram: Two days after the Rohtak police reportedly told the agitating family of Sandeep Lathar—an ASI who committed suicide on 14 October—that they had...

If my friend betrays someone, I feel ashamed—new DGP’s cryptic couplet for Haryana Police amid suicides

New DGP, who took charge after Shatrujeet Kapur was sent on leave following alleged suicide by IPS officer Puran Kumar, urges personnel to promote equality.

UP, MP emerge as new stubble burning hotspots, beating usual suspects Punjab & Haryana. Here’s why

Satellite data shows that between 1 and 14 October, 158 fires were reported in UP, and 70 in MP. Punjab and Haryana recorded only 39 and 9 fires respectively.

Rahul meets Haryana IPS officer’s family & sends Saini govt a message: ‘Stop this tamasha’

Amid heightened criticism of CM's alleged inertia & protests by Dalit organisations, a rally where PM was to be chief guest has been cancelled. Analysts say Haryana govt in a state of paralysis.

Dynasty politics, not patriarchal society, is Haryana’s real challenge: Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu

At the launch of the book Power Pivots, former Haryana finance minister Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu said Haryana is ‘not what we read about from the lens of Delhi. It has changed a lot’.

IPS officer Puran Kumar’s ‘suicide’: Haryana DGP sent on leave; no decision on postmortem yet

Kumar’s family has been demanding the arrest of DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and the now-transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya.

Haryana IAS association puts weight behind Y Puran Kumar’s family, IPS body offers condolences

The two resolutions show sharp divide in civil & police arms of Haryana administration on the officer's 'suicide'. IAS body requests govt to provide support to wife Amneet, also an IAS.

‘Poison in society’: Chirag Paswan writes to CM Saini, urges impartial probe into Dalit IPS’ ‘suicide’

While the Opposition is already targeting BJP on issue of Dalits, after shoe was thrown at CJI, even its alliance partner at Centre has now openly attacked the party ahead of Bihar polls.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.

Chandigarh cops shielding Haryana DGP, Rohtak SP? IPS Puran Kumar’s IAS wife flags ‘incomplete FIR’

Chandigarh police Thursday registered FIR on complaint by IAS officer Amneet Kumar in connection with husband Puran Kumar’s death. IPS officer was found dead at Chandigarh residence on 7 Oct.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.