Haryana gets nine ministers

November 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Congress government in Haryana led by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will induct new ministers Saturday, 15 days after the assembly poll results came Oct 22, an official said Friday. Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia will swear in the new ministers.

November 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Barely 12 hours before new ministers were to be inducted in the Congress's second successive government in Haryana under Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the swearing-in ceremony was postponed, an official said Thursday evening. The swearing-in ceremony was to take place Friday at 11 a.m.

November 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The swearing-in of new ministers in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana, which was to be held Friday, has been postponed, an official said Thursday night. The Congress, which won 40 seats in the assembly polls, has taken the support of seven Independents and a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member to get the numbers to form government.

November 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - New ministers in the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be inducted Friday, officials said Wednesday. Governor Jagannath Pahadia will administer the oath to the new ministers.

October 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Six union ministers landed up in the city, a centrally-administered union territory (UT) that is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, for one reason or the other Friday. While Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, whose mind otherwise would have been more pre-occupied with the political scene in Maharashtra, came here for a meeting with officials from Punjab and Haryana regarding procurement of paddy and other agriculture issues.

October 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Two Congress ministers in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government lost their assembly seats in the results of the Haryana state elections declared Thursday. Transport Minister Mange Ram Gupta lost from the Jind assembly seat to the Indian National Lok Dals (INLD) Hari Chand Middha by over 7,800 votes.

October 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Counting of votes began Thursday morning in Haryana to pick a new 90-member assembly. Hundreds of officials started the exercise at 90 counting centres amid tight security.

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.

September 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - 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. Forests, Environment and Tourism Minister Kiran Chaudhary Tuesday filed her nomination papers as the Congress candidate from Tosham assembly constituency in Bhiwani district.

September 9th, 2009 HISAR - A helicopter carrying Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda made an unscheduled landing here Wednesday due to bad weather ahead. District administration officials said that the helicopter carrying Hooda, who was flying from New Delhi to Muktsar in Punjab, landed in this Haryana city, 300 km from state capital Chandigarh, Wednesday afternoon.

September 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission (EC) has prohibited the use of official aircraft till the electoral process for Haryana assembly polls concludes next month. Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said Tuesday that there would be a complete ban on use of aircraft, owned by the state government and public sector undertakings (PSUs) by political functionaries, including the chief minister and ministers.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the wake of a poor monsoon in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday urged the central government to allocate 400 MW additional power from the unallocated pool of central generation. In response to our earlier request, the central government had allocated only 100 MW of additional power for Haryana.

July 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - With over 500 personal guests, most of them from his home state, descending on this city, former Rajasthan chief minister Jagannath Pahadia was Monday sworn-in as the 15th governor of Haryana. Pahadia, the 77-year-old Gandhian, was administered the oath of office by Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice T.S.

July 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Former Rajasthan chief minister Jagannath Pahadia will be sworn in as Haryana governor here Monday. Pahadia, 77, will replace A.R.

January 3rd, 2009 ROHTAK - Congress legislators in Haryana who do not devote adequate time to their constituencies and people could be denied the party ticket in the next assembly elections, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Sunday. 'The party ticket is given by the high command.