IAS officers Arun Gupta, Saket Kumar & Yashpal are the new faces in the CMO. Removal of Khattar’s aides implies Saini may be stepping out of his shadow, political watchers say.
Two joint commissioners, 2 deputy municipal commissioners & an executive officer face salary cuts, while 24 have been suspended for failing to check farm fires—all in a matter of 20 days.
When Khattar handed over reins to Saini, Khullar continued in his role. Now, after Saini’s resounding poll victory, Khullar is back as chief principal secretary, albeit after some drama.
BJP won 10 of 11 seats in Rao Inderjit’s home turf, the Ahirwal belt. Party functionaries say he wants to dilute Khattar’s influence and have party accommodate his wish list.
Haryana's Karnal seat has been held by two BJP CMs in past decade: Manohar Lal Khattar & Nayab Singh Saini. When Khattar was elected in 2014, he had ended BJP's 18-year drought in the seat.
Draft MPD-2041, which aims to make New Delhi a 24x7 city, was put up for public scrutiny in 2020 & sent to ministry for notification in 2023. Delay has stalled land pooling, green development.
Badoli unsuccessfully contested 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Sonipat. His appointment as Haryana BJP chief is attempt by party to achieve ‘perfect combination’ of caste equations.
Manohar Lal Khattar is known for his simplicity as well as controversies over comments made by him about 'fixing' judges and his handling of farmers' unrest.
Some BJP candidates like Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Ranjit Singh from Hisar complained about lack of support from party cadre, it is learnt.
Khattar resigned from Haryana CM's post in March this year, following change of guard in state. He also resigned as MLA and BJP later named him as candidate from Karnal.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
New Delhi: The Maharashtra Police placed an order last week for 15 US-made Barrett Multi-role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifles and related accessories worth...
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