Promising the moon, BJP seeks chance to rule HaryanaCHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election manifesto for Harayana assembly polls that was released Tuesday has promises for all sections of the society, while the party urged the voters to offer it an opportunity to rule the state. Couple booked in Chandigarh for attempting suicideCHANDIGARH - Police Tuesday registered a case against a middle-aged couple here for attempting to commit suicide by swallowing some poisonous substance. Australia assures safety of Punjab studentsCHANDIGARH - A high-level delegation from Australia’s Victoria state met Punjab ministers here Tuesday and assured them of the safety of Indian students, many of whom have faced violent attacks in Down Under in recent months. Party posts irrelevant for Vajpayee, Advani: JaitleyCHANDIGARH - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday said party veterans Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani had made invaluable contribution to the BJP and their guidance was needed by the cadres. UPA ministries arrogant, lack humility: Arun JaitleyCHANDIGARH - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former union minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday said certain ministries of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government were “arrogant” and “lacked humility” in governance. Haryana BJP plans to ban western music through lawCHANDIGARH - Night clubs like F-Bar and other discotheques in Haryana’s millennium city of Gurgaon and other places in the state have some cause to worry. Lals to battle it out again in HaryanaCHANDIGARH - Haryana’s famous Lal families are again in the fray for next month’s assembly elections. Nine held in Chandigarh for gamblingCHANDIGARH - Nine people including three women, all from prominent families, were arrested here on charges of gambling, police said Monday. Worth Tourism Day marked in the countryNEW DELHI/ CHANDIGARH / SRINAGAR - Several functions were held on the occasion of World Tourism Day on Sunday in different parts of the country. Punjab jails hub of ‘anti-national activities’: secret reportCHANDIGARH - Jails in Punjab have become a hub of “anti-national activities” with Khalistani prisoners speaking over mobile phones to contacts outside who are in touch with Pakistan, a secret report of the Punjab Police says. Iranian ban on Punjab Basmati rice perturbs farmersCHANDIGARH - Paddy farmers in Punjab are perturbed following Iran declaring an embargo on import of the aromatic Indian Basmati rice. Chandigarh airport without crucial landing deviceCHANDIGARH - Chandigarh airport’s only Instrument Landing System (ILS), used for the safe landing of flights in case of poor visibility due to bad weather or fog, has been out of order for the last few months. Airport authorities say it will take four-five months to replace it. Six killed in Haryana road accidentCHANDIGARH - Six people, including a woman, were killed Sunday when the car in which they were travelling slammed into a truck in Panipat district of Haryana, police said. India’s greenest city to lose ‘dangerous’ treesCHANDIGARH - A number of the trees which had helped Chandigarh get a tag of greenest city of India have become ‘dangerous’. 432 nominations rejected in HaryanaCHANDIGARH - Of the 1,874 nominations filed for the Haryana assembly election, 432 nominations have been rejected during scrutiny Saturday, officials said. Education is not about autonomy or flexibility: SibalCHANDIGARH - In the backdrop of the row between the faculty of premier education institutes and the union ministry, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Saturday that education is neither about autonomy nor about flexibility, it’s about taking the country forward. College enrolment a challenge for India: SibalCHANDIGARH - Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday expressed concern over the poor enrolment from schools to colleges in India, and observed that the national average was “just above” that in the sub-Sahara African countries. Bhupinder Hooda says Congress party would win Assembly electionsCHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that his party would win the Assembly elections with a thumping majority. Heroin worth Rs.35 crore seized in PunjabCHANDIGARH - Police Friday seized 7.8 kilograms of heroin, worth Rs.35 crore, from two places in Punjab and arrested three people, said the officials. 1,874 file nominations for Haryana assembly pollCHANDIGARH - The Haryana assembly election next month is headed for a bigger contest than in the past with 1,874 candidates filing their nominations till Friday evening. Punjab farmers forced to sell paddy at less price to private tradersCHANDIGARH - In the absence of government procurement, paddy farmers in Punjab are selling their produce at lesser price to private traders. Chandigarh government offices to have jail-made furnitureCHANDIGARH - Government offices in Chandigarh will soon get new furniture - not from any ordinary furniture shop but from the model jail factory here. Haryana polls will be multi-corneredCHANDIGARH - Unlike the previous assembly elections, especially the last one in 2005, the polls in Haryana next month will be a multi-cornered one on all 90 seats. Punjab government exempts Adarsh schools from taxesCHANDIGARH - The Punjab government has exempted Adarsh (model) schools, coming up under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the state, from various taxes. Chander Mohan’s love life costs him Congress ticketCHANDIGARH - Dumping a four-time legislator who was the number two in the government until just nine months ago may not have been easy for the Congress in Haryana. But the love life of former deputy chief minister Chander Mohan has clearly eclipsed his innings in the party. Congress dumps Chander Mohan, names 68 Haryana candidatesCHANDIGARH - With just 48 hours to go before the deadline for filing nominations, Haryana’s ruling Congress Wednesday announced its first list of 68 candidates for elections to the 90-member state assembly. Congress list of 68 Haryana candidates out, Chander Mohan ignoredCHANDIGARH - The Congress party Wednesday announced its first list of 68 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections to be held next month. The party is yet to name its candidates for 22 other seats in the 90-member assembly. It’s poll season, but alliances remain non-starter in HaryanaCHANDIGARH - Assembly elections in Haryana are barely 20 days away, but there is no sign of political alliances being forged by leading opposition parties that could give the ruling Congress some serious competition. Unable to meet official, Punjab teacher commits suicideCHANDIGARH - A 35-year-old teacher from a Punjab town committed suicide by swallowing poison here Tuesday when she was unable to meet a top education official and submit an appeal for deferring her transfer orders, police said. Two Haryana ministers file nominations even before Congress listCHANDIGARH - Two ministers of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana have filed their nominations for next month’s assembly election even before the ruling Congress announces the list of candidates. |
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