PANCHKULA: Aam Aadmi Party blows the election bugle for Haryana Assembly elections. On Saturday, in the state level town hall program at Indradhanush Stadium in Panchkula, Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor and wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sunita Kejriwal, gave five guarantees of Arvind Kejriwal to the people of Haryana. Along with her, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Rajya Sabha MP and National Spokesperson Sanjay Singh, National General Secretary (Organization) Dr. Sandeep Pathak, State President Dr. Sushil Gupta, State Senior Vice President Anurag Dhanda and Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers from every corner of the state were present among others.

CHANDIGARH: Para cricketer Shri Aamir Hussain Lone met Haryana Governor Shri Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has criticized the BJP government of Haryana and said that the Haryana government is going to honor those police officers who opened fire on the farmers of Punjab agitating on the Haryana Punjab border.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday announced it will contest the Haryana Assembly elections, slated likely in October, alone on all the 90 seats.

KAITHAL: MP Naveen Jindal said that under the aim of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas, a medical college is being built by the government in Kaithal district at a cost of Rs 1000 crore. With this, along with providing employment to the youth, children, especially daughters, will also get an opportunity to make a career in the medical field.

SHIMLA: In a high-stake bypolls for three Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday not only ensured a win on two of three seats, including his greenhorn politician wife Kamlesh Thakur’s Dehra constituency that saw neck-and-neck contest but also strengthened his government by securing an absolute majority in the Assembly.

SHIMLA: It is a neck-and-neck contest in Himachal Pradesh’s Dehra assembly bypoll where Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur, who is making her electoral debut, has been leading by a slender margin, as per trends in the sixth round of counting on Saturday.

DHARAMSALA: In a significant crackdown, the Vigilance Department arrested two journalists on charges of extortion in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, yesterday. The accused were caught red-handed while extorting money from school operators.

AMRITSAR: Taking cognizance of the action taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party government of Haryana to demolish the houses of four Sikh families who fled Punjab and settled in Haryana at Amupur village of Karnal district during the partition, a delegation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) reached here with the affected families.

SHIMLA: In a straight contest between traditional arch-rivals Congress and the BJP, the stakes are high for Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu with his wife Kamlesh Thakur making her electoral debut from one of the three Assembly seats where bypolls will be held on Wednesday.

KAITHAL: Wing Commander SVG Reddy said that the recruitment process of eligible youth from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh is being conducted in the Indian Air Force as Agniveer under the Agneepath Scheme for which unmarried men and women of these states.

KAITHAL: While investigating the case of duping a youth of Rs 39 lakh in the name of sending him to America, the team of ASI Praveen Kumar of Sadar police station arrested the accused Surajmal alias Surju, resident of village Kamalwala district Fatehabad.

DHARAMSALA: The ongoing road widening and cable laying projects in Dharamsala have resulted in significant damage to both private and public properties, sparking widespread concern among residents.

DHARAMSALA: Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur was in Dehra today to campaign for BJP candidate Hoshiar Singh in the upcoming assembly by-elections, making strong allegations against the Sukhu government. Thakur accused the current administration of being embroiled in scams worth hundreds of crores, claiming that it is poised to set a record for corruption.

KAITHAL: ADC C.Jaya Shraddha said that road safety is an issue related to human life, hence all concerned officials should ensure to complete the works related to road safety on priority, so that possible accidents can be prevented. The police department took strict action against those who did not follow traffic rules and issued instructions for challaning. He also instructed officials of NHAI, PWD, MC and Panchayat department to install reflectors on destitute animals.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on Thursday had a courtesy meeting with Ireland Ambassador to India Mr Kevin Kelley. He was accompanied by Mr Raymond Mullen, Deputy Ambassador, Mr Peadar O Hubain, Consul, Second Secretary, Mr Caibre O Fearghail, Head of Visa Office, Third Secretary.

KAITHAL: As per the instructions of the Director General of Prisons, Haryana, the 10th International Yoga Day was celebrated in the jail with the courtesy of AYUSH Department and Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust, Kaithal and under the leadership of Superintendent Jail, Kaithal.

DHARAMSALA: In a press statement issued from Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state media co-in-charge and former media coordinator for the Chief Minister, Advocate Vishwa Chakshu, , highlighted the severe water crisis plaguing the state. Chakshu criticized the current state government, led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, for failing to address the growing problem effectively.

CHANDIGARH: Due to intense heat waves in the state ,the power demand in Haryana has increased by more than 23 % in the first 16 days of June as compared to last year during the same period. The maximum demand in the first 16 days of June was 13384 MW on June 14 , while last year the maximum demand was 10816 MW during the same corresponding period.

KAITHAL: Indian National Congress General Secretary and MP Randeep Singh Surjewala addressed the press conference at his residence here today .Regarding the released list of HCS officers, Randeep Surjewala accused the BJP government of being anti-SC BC.

AMRITSAR: A Punjabi NRI who went to visit Himachal Pradesh with his Spanish wife was beaten up by locals at Khajihar in Himachal Pradesh in reaction to Kangna Ranaut slapgate. Punjabi brother of NRI was also thrashed.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Governor Shri Bandaru Dattatraya on Friday called upon the youth of the state to come forward in large numbers to voluntarily donate blood and help the patients in need.

DHARMASALA: In a disturbing incident from the Bhagsunag area of Dharamshala, a case has surfaced involving a local youth allegedly raping a foreign tourist under the pretext of marriage. According to ASP Kangra Bir Bahadur, the case was registered at the McLeodganj police station.

KAITHAL: Taking prompt action, two accused were arrested in a case where unknown youths assaulted a person and uttered words that hurt religious sentiments.

CHANDIGARH: About a fortnight ago on 31 May 2024, the statutory tenure of the 38-member Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Adhoc Committee, which was constituted in Dec,2022 has been completed; however a new temporary Committee is yet to be notified for reasons best known to the State Government.

SHIMLA: Fifteen products from Himachal Pradesh have been registered under the Geographical Indication (GI).

SHIMLA: The newly elected six legislators, who won the bye-elections, took oath as members of the Legislative Assembly here on Wednesday.

AMRITSAR: Sukhbir Singh Badal Badal president Shiromani Akali Dal has strongly condemn the heinous attack on a peaceful Sikh youth in Kaithal as a separatist. This is a direct result of the politics of hatred and communal polarization that has been driving the country down the wrong path for the past decade, reviving the dangerous anti-Sikh policies of the Indira Gandhi era.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) strongly condemned the Kaithal incident where a Sikh man was subjected to hate crime. AAP's senior leader called it an outcome of the BJP's politics of hatred and polarisation. Rajya Sabha member Dr Sandeep Pathak also criticised BJP leader Kangana Ranaut for her comments against Punjab and said that Kangana Ranaut's comments were irresponsible and highly offensive.

DHARAMSHALA: A serious case of ragging has surfaced at Tanda Medical College and Hospital (TMC) in Kangra. According to reports, the incident occurred a week ago, but the college administration has only recently taken stringent action against the culprits. Four senior trainee doctors have been expelled from classes and fined for their involvement in ragging a junior.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Monday said the state government was ready to release water to Delhi as per agreement with its government.

HAMIRPUR: Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Anurag Thakur (49) is leading with decisive largin in his stronghold Hamirpur parliamentary seat.

CHANDIGARH: On May 31 the 38-member Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Ad-Hoc Committee, which was constituted on December 1, 2022, through an order issued by the Home Department of the Haryana Government, whose gazette notification was also published,

MANDI: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is a BJP candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh was leading with over 30,000 votes.

SHIMLA: With the state-ruling Congress and the main opposition BJP locked in a direct contest in Himachal Pradesh for all four Lok Sabha seats and bypoll for six Assembly seats, the counting of votes began on Tuesday amid all arrangements.