Haryana Assembly dissolved

October 14th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana voters set a new record for the state, registering 72.71 percent balloting in Tuesday's assembly election. The previous record was 72.65 percent in 1967.

October 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Voting to elect members for Haryana's 90 assembly seats began Tuesday morning. The fate of 1,222 candidates will be decided by an electorate of over 1.31 crore.

October 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Election rallies and campaigning for the 90 assembly seats in Haryana reached fever pitch Saturday as the Sunday evening deadline for their end approached. Among the star campaigners for the ruling Congress Saturday was Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who addressed three rallies Saturday in Samalkha (Panipat), Ateli (Mahendergarh) and Ballabhgarh (Faridabad).

October 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The fate of a total of 1,222 candidates will be decided Oct 13 in the election for 90 assembly seats in Haryana. Haryanas Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said Thursday that 1,222 candidates remained in the fray after withdrawal of nominations and rejection of invalid nomination papers.

September 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is contesting on its own all the 90 seats in the Haryana assembly elections next month, is banking on youth energy by fielding many young candidates. The average age of the BJP candidates contesting in the Haryana assembly elections is 45 years.

September 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Election Committee of the Congress party met here today to finalise candidates for Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls. Prime Minister Dr.

September 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission Friday issued the notification for the Haryana assembly elections next month. Elections to the 90-member assembly will be held Oct 13.

September 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday indicated that it could consider advancing the counting of votes in assembly elections to be held in Maharashtra and Haryana next month. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla said here that the long gap between the polling (Oct 13) and the counting (Oct 22) for assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh was kept in view of the Diwali festival season next month and also due to the tough terrain in Arunachal Pradesh.

September 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the main opposition party in Haryana, Friday released the first list of 42 candidates of the party for next month's assembly elections. The list includes the name of INLD national president and former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala (Uchana Kalan), state INLD president Ashok Arora (Thanesar) and several former ministers and legislators.

September 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Just weeks after their alliance was announced in Haryana for the forthcoming assembly elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Thursday announced snapping of political ties with the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC). BSP's in-charge for Haryana Man Singh Manhera Thursday announced the spilt with HJC at Rohtak town, 270 km from here.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana Cabinet on Friday decided to recommend the dissolution of the State Assembly to Governor Jagannath Pahadia. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Friday evening dissolved the assembly, just hours after the state cabinet recommended its dissolution. An official spokesman confirmed to IANS that the governor issued a notification Friday evening dissolving the state assembly.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Friday evening dissolved the state assembly, just hours after the Haryana cabinet recommended its dissolution. An official spokesman confirmed to IANS that the the governor issued a notification Friday evening, dissolving the state assembly.

August 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Cabinet minister in Haryana, Kartar Devi, died Sunday after a prolonged illness. She was 66. Devi was admitted to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here since July following multiple complications, including acute asthma, state government officials said.

April 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Ram Kumar Gautam, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in Haryana, Wednesday resigned from his assembly seat. Gautam submitted his resignation to assembly Speaker Raghubir Singh Kadian at a function in Jhajjar town, sources close to the legislator said.