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Topic: Haryana

How it took a Haryana village to fund journey of women’s shooting ball team to Nationals

After families of Haryana's female shooting ball team were unable to continue paying bills for the athletes, a village, an MLA and a federation stepped in.

Inertia or economics? Why Punjab’s farmers can’t move beyond rice and wheat

Diversification is critical for Punjab and Haryana farmers who face the challenge of depleting water tables. We need another agricultural revolution.

Here is why Haryana, Punjab are wrestling for control over Chandigarh

When Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966, both states claimed Chandigarh as their capital. Indira Gandhi gave it UT status as a temporary move to resolve the dispute.

Stolen glances to stolen lives: Stories behind the ‘honour killings’ of Rajasthan, Haryana

The news often reports ‘honour killing’ incidents, but what’s usually missing is the stories of the couples, their families, and how love can generate murderous hate.

Too many IAS chief secretaries, not enough posts — Indian states have a problem

Haryana just promoted seven IAS officers to top scale of chief secretary — taking the total to 20. This is a pan-India practice.

Punjab & Haryana’s 2009 policy to save water worsened air pollution, says ISRO study

The 2009 Act brought in by Punjab and Haryana had no impact on groundwater, shifted the crop harvesting window and stubble burning patterns to low wind season, worsening pollution.

‘Beaten up, bound for days, tortured’ — Assam worker accuses Haryana IPS, wife of bonded labour

The worker, a native of Mangaldoi, said she was tortured between March 2021 and February this year at IPS officer’s Panchkula residence. She is under treatment at Safdarjung Hospital.

This 12-year-old was abducted, married to 52-yr-old. Her rescue exposed ‘child bride’ racket

Police operation to rescue 12-year-old UP girl 'kidnapped & forced into marriage' with Haryana man unearths 'multi-state racket' feeding trend spawned by state's skewed sex ratio.

Aparna isn’t even the first Yadav to break away: 9 times politics came before family in India

SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav moving to BJP has brought the spotlight on political family splits. Such cases have been seen across states and parties.

Haryana govt invokes law to stop health workers from going on strike for next 6 months

Doctors in the Haryana Tuesday suspended OPD work in support of their demands. Govt invoked the stringent Essential Services Maintenance Act, declaring the stir illegal.

On Camera

Don’t blame Lamborghini driver. Indian toll plazas are for Maruti 800 era, not supercars

Who knows the Lamborghini guy escaped the toll on purpose. After all, they could not test the beast by touching the odometer to 200 kmph. Most highways in India do not have the speed limit beyond 120 kmph.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.