Varinder Bhatia

Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka had been seeking information about the ownership of the said 60 farm houses for over two years under the Right to Information Act.

These crops include wheat, mustard, barley, gram, paddy, maize, bajra, cotton, sunflower, moong, groundnut, tur, urad and sesame.

Haryana Budget 2022 Highlights: Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda claimed the government has cut economic progress and infrastructure budget by 3 per cent “even at a time of record unemployment”.

Speaker Gian Chand Gupta revoked Kadian's suspension after examining video footage of Friday's proceedings and verifying that the latter committed the act on a "sudden provocation".

Haryana Vidhan Sabha witnessed unruly scenes over the introduction of an anti-conversion Bill on Friday. Congress MLA Dr Raghuvir Singh Kadian was suspended for tearing a copy of the Bill and not apologising for the act.

The BJP govt in Haryana introduced an anti-conversion Bill in the Vidhan Sabha today. Why did the Opposition protest? What are the provisions in the Bill?

Other Congress MLAs, including BB Batra, Geeta Bhukkal and others, termed the Bill an attempt by the BJP government to “create a divide” between Hindus and Muslims.

Khattar is one of the 30 leaders named as star campaigner by the BJP for Punjab. He is also the only other BJP chief minister, apart from Himachal Pradesh's Jai Ram Thakur, to make it to the list.

While son Dushyant had led the party to 10 seats in the 2019 Assembly elections, putting it in the position of kingmaker and getting him a seat in the BJP-led government as Deputy Chief Minister, JJP leaders said it was Ajay who was the “guiding light” of the fledgling party.

The Haryana government is set to enact legislation to prevent unlawful religious conversions. What is the progress on the proposed law so far, and what happens now? What does the draft Bill cleared by the Cabinet propose?

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been released on furlough days before the Punjab elections. On what grounds was he released, and will this impact the polls? What role has the Dera played in elections in the past?

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed the Haryana law that ensures 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs on a petition filed by Faridabad Industries Association and other associations.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed a law that reserves 75 per cent of jobs for Haryanvis in private establishments across the state. What is this law, and what were the contentions raised by petitioners?

The court, while staying the Haryana law, said “the core issue is whether any state can restrict employment (even in the private sector) on the basis of domicile”.

The analysis of the deaths that occurred this year, out of 251 patients, 103 had died after they were on ventilator support due to their deteriorated condition, 82 were on oxygen and others on BiPaP or other life-saving equipment stage.

The initial analysis conducted by the state health department, has revealed that out of the fatalities this year, the death rate of vaccinated patients is five times that of the non-vaccinated.

The BJP unit in Haryana is going all out to regain trust among the rural population, a major chunk of the state’s electorate. A look at why, and what the party has been doing.

As on January 6 morning, the number of active Covid-19 patients in Chandigarh was 665, Haryana had 6,059 active patients, Himachal Pradesh reported 1,216, while Punjab had 4,434 active Covid-19 patients in the state.

🔴 The two new ministers are JJP's Tohana MLA Devender Babli and BJP's Hisar MLA Kamal Gupta, taking the strength of the Manohar Lal Khattar Cabinet to 14.

After the officer's objectionable comments went viral on social media, farmers had gheraoed the mini-secretariat of Karnal and sat on an indefinite dharna demanding suspension of the officer and registration of a criminal case against him.

Party leaders said AAP is aiming to launch its membership drive for Haryana within the next few days and plans to add at least one lakh new members by January 2022.

The JJP is likely to support the BJP in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh, especially in the Jat-dominated seats.

The agency is yet to arrest the candidates who had allegedly paid bribe

Sources say his name was misused to lure customers, may get clean chit