INLD demands judicial probe into Haryana SEZ ’scandal’

October 5th, 2009 AMBALA - It was only in May this year that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) organised a big rally in Punjab's industrial city of Ludhiana two days before the final phase of general elections in a show of strength and solidarity of all alliance partners. Just five months and a few hundred kilometres thence, the NDA partners have taken different directions.

September 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that his party would win the Assembly elections with a thumping majority. Filing his nomination papers from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi assembly constituency in Rohtak district for the October 13 polls, Hooda who is also a senior leader of Congress party exuded confidence that his party would storm to power with thumping majority.

September 25th, 2009 JIND - The 96th birth anniversary of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal provided the right opportunity for the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) to kick off its poll campaign in Haryana with a big rally in this town in the state's Jat heartland Friday. The INLD, which is the main opposition party in the state, called upon people to overthrow the Congress government in the state led by chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

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.

August 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE CHANDIGARH - After intense speculation about their future, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday announced that it was snapping its alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). The announcement followed mounting differences between the two parties.

August 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday announced that it had decided to break its alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana and would go it alone in the assembly elections in the state. "We have broken our tie-up with INLD and would go for the forthcoming assembly polls alone," Vijay Goel, BJP general secretary in charge of the party's Haryana affairs, told reporters here.

August 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) snapped its ties with the Om Praksh Chautala led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana on Monday. Addressing aprhs conference, party General Secretary Vijay Goel said: "The alliance with INLD has come to an end, we will contest the upcoming Assembly polls in the state on our own." According to sources both parties were said to be at loggerheads over seat sharing for the upcoming assembly elections.

July 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Sampat Singh, a former leader of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, Monday joined the Congress at a ceremony here attended by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Singh, a former finance minister in the Om Parkash Chautala government and a Jat leader, said: "I have joined the Congress just as a party worker and have no big expectations.

July 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Sampat Singh, a former leader of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, Monday joined Congress at a ceremony here attended by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Sampat Singh, a former finance minister in the Om Parkash Chautala government and a Jat leader, said: "I have joined Congress just as a party worker and have no big expectations.

July 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the runup to the assembly elections in Haryana, the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) suffered another major setback Saturday when its legislator Sushil Kumar Indora resigned from the assembly and joined the ruling Congress. Indora, deputy leader of the INLD in the assembly and a close confidant of party president and former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, sent his resignation to Speaker Raghubir Singh Kadian.

July 14th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - One of the senior-most leaders of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, Sampat Singh Tuesday quit the party citing differences over the way it was being run by the family of former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. Sampat Singh, a former finance minister in the Chautala government and a Jat leader, said that he was quitting due to the "commercialisation of the INLD".

May 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The ruling Congress in Haryana had established convincing leads in nine of the state's 10 Lok Sabha seats at midday Saturday as counting trends continued to pour in. The Congress was leading in Gurgaon, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Ambala, Karnal, Sonipat and Faridabad.

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.

March 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At least one person was killed and another injured when police opened fire on protesters in a village in Karnal district of Haryana Friday. The villagers were protesting police inaction to trace a missing girl when things took a violent turn.

February 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana's main opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Thursday ended its 30-day, 600-km foot march across the state and its chief Ajay Chautala submitted a memorandum to Governor A.R. Kidwai, demanding dismissal of the Congress government.