After Punjab, Haryana too bans ACs in offices

October 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the controversial issue of sharing of water between Haryana and Punjab should be sorted out through talks. The water sharing has been a thorny issue between both states with Haryana seeking completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and Punjab opposing the move.

October 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - More paddy is arriving in grain markets in Haryana compared to neighbouring Punjab. Officials of the food and supplies department of Haryana said 161,345 tonnes of paddy had arrived in the state till Wednesday evening.

September 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government has declared a public holiday in the state Friday as a mark of respect to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday.

July 28th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Heavy rains lashed Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana Tuesday, ending days of dry weather in the region. "There has been heavy rainfall in different parts of Punjab and Haryana.

June 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Residents of the union territory of Chandigarh Monday got some relief from the scorching heat with a dip in temperature. And there was more good news in store with the weatherman predicting that monsoon will hit the city by Wednesday.

June 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Having ordered a ban on the use of air conditioners in government offices throughout Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday led by example when he ordered that the air-conditioner of his committee room be switched off too. Hooda had come to the committee room of the Haryana civil secretariat here to chair a meeting on the functioning of the state's power sector.

June 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Faced with a major power crisis in the state in the paddy sowing season, the Punjab government has issued instructions banning the use of air-conditioners in all government offices throughout the state from Thursday. An official spokesman said late Wednesday that the move had been made to ensure eight-hours uninterrupted power supply to the farm sector for transplantation of paddy crop.

May 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Residents of the union territory of Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana continued to reel under heat wave conditions Sunday with the mercury staying above 40 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said. Hisar town in Haryana was the hottest in the region at 46.7 degrees Celsius, which was six degrees above average, meteorological officials said.

May 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Wheat procurement in Punjab and Haryana has achieved a historic record this season. Both states have jointly procured over 17.6 million tonnes of wheat so far.

May 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Wheat procurement in Punjab and Haryana has achieved a historic record this season. Both states have jointly procured over 17.6 million tonnes of wheat so far.

April 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The northern states of Punjab and Haryana too saw the mercury soar way above normal with the city of Hisar being the hottest at 45.4 degrees Celsius, officials said. The temperature recorded at most places was above the 40-degree mark and Hisar in Haryana saw the mercury rise five degrees above normal, a weather official said here.

April 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Temperatures at most places across Punjab and Haryana Monday remained at over 40 degrees Celsius as the plains of north India sizzled in the heat wave, the weatherman said. Hisar city in Haryana was the hottest at 44 degree Celsius while Karnal and Ambala towns in the same state recorded 41 and 40.2 degree Celsius, respectively.

April 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Temperatures at most places across Punjab and Haryana Monday remained at over 40 degrees Celsius as the plains of north India sizzled in the heat wave, the weatherman said. Hisar city in Haryana was the hottest at 44 degree Celsius while Karnal and Ambala towns in the same state recorded 41 and 40.2 degree Celsius, respectively.

February 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The submission Friday of a report to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda suggesting the formation of a separate Sikh body to manage Sikh shrines in the state could lead to friction with Sikh leaders of neighbouring Punjab. The report for having a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) for Haryana was submitted Friday to Chief Minister Hooda by a committee headed by Haryana?s Agriculture Minister H.S.

January 12th, 2009 SHIMLA/CHANDIGARH - The cold wave eased its grip on Himachal Pradesh with no fresh snowfall or rain, while people in the plains in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana continued to shiver with the night temperatures plummeting further Tuesday, the meteorological office said. Chilly winds swept the plains even as bright sunshine greeted the people in the region.