GURUGRAM:The Haryana government said that "full payment" of wages and salaries will be made to all employees, including contractual, outsourced or person engaged through Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON) and any other outsourcing machanism, for the entire duration of Covid-19 lockdown period, weather no attendance has been recorded or no work has been performed by them.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday evening registered a formal protest for non-supply of a proposed legislation set to be introduced in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday to members with Speaker Rana K.P. Singh, besides asking him to take action against those responsible for not allowing its members to interact with the media.

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Police say they've arrested two key accused including a wanted criminal in connection with the murder case of a liquor contractor which took place on September 2.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Government has appointed a retired IAS officer, Mr. D.S. Dhesi as Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Haryana against a newly created post with immediate effect.

NEW DELHI:The air quality of the national capital and the surrounding regions has improved marginally owing to a slight increase in surface winds, but is likely to deteriorate mid-week, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, a Central government agency said on Monday.

PATIALA: Following Punjab Government's instructions against the illegal flow of paddy from various other states into Punjab, the Patiala police has not only launched a massive drive but also succeeded in putting a check on the malpractice. The police along with revenue and mandi board officials have busted a racket and lodged as many as 13 FIRs during the last 2 days, arresting 20 persons, seizing over 32 vehicles carrying about 822.5 tonnes of paddy.

CHANDIGARH Haryana Health Department is happy to announce that no death due to COVID-19 has been reported today.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab, while welcoming the decision of the Amarinder Singh government for giving a final nod to the one-day special Vidhan Sabha session on Monday (October 19) against the contentious agriculture laws being imposed by the Modi-led government at the centre, adding that keeping in view the significance of the sensitive issue linked to the very existence of peasantry, the one-day session was too short a period for the purpose.

Haryana to appoint district transport officers to check corruption

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Deputy Speaker Bir Devinder Singh today appealed to Punjab and Haryana High Court to take suo moto notice of gruesome murder of Balwinder Singh Bhikhiwind, shaurya Chakkar awardee.

NEW DELHI:Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Friday hit out at the Congress and BJP alike while welcoming the Supreme Court's decision to appoint its retired judge Justice Madan B. Lokur to monitor stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh amid rising pollution in the capitaal and its surrounding areas.

NEW DELHI: Law firm Singh & Associates has been raided by the Income Tax Department on Thursday as part of a raid on its founding partner, Manoj K Singh, Legally India reported.

CHANDIGARH--National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) distributed 95 cotton plucking machines free of cost to the farmers under its Corporate Social Responsibility.

GURUGRAM:One day after the Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) declared a ban on the use of diesel gensets to curb air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) from October 15, no big impact has been seen on high-rise societies, shopping malls, industries and construction sites in Gurugram.

NEW DELHI:In a step to contain the menace of stubble burning which chokes Delhi-NCR every year, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS) and Bharat Scouts and Guide to assist the one-man committee of retired apex court judge Justice Madan B Lokur.

NEW DELHI:Law firm Singh & Associates has been raided by the Income Tax Department on Thursday as part of a raid on its founding partner, Manoj K Singh, Legally India reported.

NEW DELHI:To check the rising pollution levels across Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), Union Minister of Environment Prakash Javadekar on Thursday flagged off 50 teams of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for conducting field visits to the various hot spots to ensure checks on pollution. The field visits starting on October 15 will continue till February 28 next year.

NEW DELHI:About 65 per cent households of Delhi have one or more individuals who have already started experiencing pollution-related ailments, a survey has revealed.
Forty-seven per cent are facing cold, cough or sore throat issues, while 26 per cent are witnessing burning eyes, and 30 per cent are facing breathing difficulties, the survey results on Thursday showed.

NEW DELHI:A noxious haze hung over the national capital on Thursday as its air turned foul and the quality index mounted to 'very poor' category, for the second time this week. The East Delhi district recorded highest pollution.

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Delhi’s Greater Kailash MLA and chief spokesman of the party Saurabh Bhardwaj and Jarnail Singh, MLA and in charge Punjab Affairs, on Wednesday said that the three black laws being imposed on the beleaguered farming fraternity in the country by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Center, was nothing a brazen attempt to dismantle the MSP regimen, a well thought-out designed move of the government to decimate the peasantry.

CHANDIGARH,:Punjab government has declared a paid holiday  on November 3, 2020 under Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act 1958  and  under Factories Act 1948 on November for voters of Assembly Constituency-33 Baroda in view of by-poll. This holiday will facilitate workers of Haryana working in the factories, Shops and commercial establishments situated in the district adjoining to the State of Punjab. 

MOHALI: The living conditions of the residents of Nayagoan will improve remarkably with a slew of development projects envisaged for the region, informed Member Parliament Manish Tewari while laying the foundation stone of Community Centre Nayagaon, to be built at a cost of Rs. 1.41 crore.

LUCKNOW:The Uttar Pradesh excise department is all geared up to check smuggling of liquor in view of the forthcoming Assembly bypolls in the state and also the Bihar Assembly elections.

NEW DELHI: The air quality index of the national capital turned foul and mounted to 'very poor' category at 304 on Tuesday morning, with northwest district recording the most polluted air, according to the Central pollution Board's data.

NEW DELHI:What's the central government's plan for the 100 most backward districts of the country? How true are rumours of differences between Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal. How effective will Rahul Gandhi's tractor rallies be in Haryana? Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh spoke candidly on all these subjects and more in a special interview with the IANS. Edited excerpts:

NEW DELHI:With the sharp increase in air pollution in the national capital, several public health experts have flagged a rise in the number of patients reporting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Government’s campaign to make the villages of State free from ‘Lal Dora’ got a major boost today when Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi digitally launched the physical distribution of property cards to the property owners of 763 villages of six pilot States including 221 villages of Haryana under the “Svamitva Scheme” through video conferencing today. The other five states included Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Police has been constantly working to bring the smile back to the faces of families whose children had gone missing for one or another reason. Once again, the police have set an example of humanity by reuniting three missing children with their families.

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced it would hold a protest outside Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's residence in Karnal on Sunday morning over the new farm laws.

NEW DELHI:The air quality index of the national capital plummeted to 221 and stood in the poor category on Saturday, a day after improving a notch, with West Delhi recording the most polluted air, according to Central pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

NEW DELHI:After the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) allotted land for rebuilding the Ravidas Temple in South-East Delhi's Tughlaqabad area, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti said on Friday that the same was possible only after the persistence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation is deeply saddened to hear the demise of Dr. Ashwani Kumar, former Director, CBI. CBI extends its deepest condolence & sympathy to the bereaved family and prays to the Almighty to give the family the strength & fortitude to bear their loss at this time of great sorrow.

PANIPAT:Himanshu Gupta XEN Panchkula was elected president of the Haryana Power Generation Engineers Association (HPGEA).

NEW DELHI:The Special cell of Delhi Police arrested four criminals after an exchange of fire on Thursday in the Begampur area of the national capital.