PM to join Haryana poll campaignOctober 6th, 2009 AMBALA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Wednesday address his first campaign rally here for the Haryana assembly elections. The prime minister will address the rally at the Gandhi ground in Ambala, 45 km from Chandigarh, in favour of Congress candidate Venod Kumar Sharma and the party candidates of the adjoining assembly constituencies.
67 candidates with criminal cases in Haryana pollsOctober 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At least 67 candidates, contesting the Haryana assembly elections, have criminal cases pending against them for murder, attempt to murder and extortion, an NGO said here Sunday. We have scrutinized the affidavits of 489 candidates of political parties contesting the Haryana assembly polls.
Expert team probes oil spill in Haryana schoolsSeptember 24th, 2009 AMBALA - A team of experts began its probe into the oil spill in two schools in Haryana's Ambala Cantt town, officials said Thursday. The expert team, comprising of officials of this Haryana district's administration and technical officers of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum (HP), visited the Government Senior Secondary School and Government Primary School in Ambala Cantt Wednesday to examine the problem of oil spill in the school premises, the state spokesperson said here Thursday.
Two groups clash during Mayawati's rally in HaryanaSeptember 20th, 2009 JIND - Two groups clashed during a election rally, being addressed by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in Haryana's Jind district on Sunday. Mayawati was campaigning ahead of the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.
Haryana Police free missing kidsAugust 27th, 2009 HARYANA - The Haryana Police has released two kids-Nikita and Himanshu - after their grandparents promised to prevent them from protesting. The eight-year-old Nikita and seven-year-old Himanshu were staging a dharna outside the Haryana Court demanding arrest of the rapists of their mother.
Haryana schools will be given aid for toilets: SibalAugust 18th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday assured the Haryana government that all possible financial help would be provided to set up proper toilets in the schools of the state. Sibal made this announcement after paying a quick visit to the government middle school in Mankya and the senior secondary school in Ramgarh in Panchkula district, where he interacted with the students of various classes and also visited the school toilets, especially those for the girls.
Fear of Maoists keeps school shut for 3 monthsJuly 18th, 2009 PATNA - During the Lok Sabha elections in April Maoist rebels blew up a portion of a school building in Bihar's Gaya district to prevent security forces from using it as a camp. Three months later, authorities of the Patluka Bunyadi (Basic) School are yet to re-open it.
Haryana to woo dropouts back to schoolJuly 14th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government will start a two-week campaign from Wednesday to woo school dropouts back to school to increase the literacy rate in the state, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Tuesday. "This campaign is part of our drive to educate every individual in Haryana.
Huge cache of arms seized in PanchkulaJune 7th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Haryana police on Saturday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested three persons in Panchkula. Most of the weapons were stolen from a gun depot in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
Telephone exchange office catches fireMay 16th, 2009 AMBALA - A telephone exchange office in Ambala caught fire on Friday night. The fire broke out at the BSNL telephone exchange due to a short circuit and spread towards a nearby school, K R Jain School damaging a few classrooms.
5 Haryana teachers jailed for pilfering students' fundsMarch 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Saying it was meant to serve as a deterrent, a court in Haryana has jailed five teachers for seven years for siphoning off funds meant for providing mid-day meals to government school students. The teachers, including a headmaster, have been charged with siphoning off funds for providing mid-day meals to poor students of a government primary school near Safidon town in Jind district, 250 km from here.
Haryana students given wrong exam paperFebruary 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Students appearing for the class 10 mathematics examination in Haryana were taken aback Tuesday when they were given a semester I question paper instead of the semester II paper they were expecting. Students at various centres of the Haryana School Education Board were given the wrong question paper, a board official said.
Students return to Bihar from Tamil NaduFebruary 4th, 2009 PATNA - Hundreds of students from Bihar studying in Tamil Nadu have returned home fearing violence in the wake of Sri Lanka's military offensive against the Tamil Tigers. Many of the students, looking frightened, reached Patna by train early Thursday.
Rights body takes up case of sexually abused school girlFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two years after she was allegedly sexually abused by her headmaster in school, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up the case of a class 8 student in Haryana by ordering an enquiry and recommending compensation to the victim. The commission received a complaint by Sube Singh, the victim's grandfather, alleging that three days after the incident happened, the police lodged an FIR Feb 14 2007 against the headmaster of the school, Samay Singh, for sexually abusing the victim.
Congress may deny poll tickets to lazy Haryana lawmakersJanuary 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.
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