Political leaders cast their vote in Haryana, MaharashtraOctober 13th, 2009 Rohtak (Haryana)/PUNE - Prominent leaders came out to cast their votes for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana on Tuesday. In Rohtak, Bhajan Lal, former Haryana Chief Minister and chief of the Haryana Janhit Congress came out and cast his vote.
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 Assembly dissolvedAugust 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia dissolved the state assembly on the recommendation of the State Cabinet on Friday evening. Earlier in the day Haryana Cabinet recommended the Governor to dissolve the State Assembly.
Akali Dal opposes separate gurudwara committee in HaryanaAugust 11th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) with the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) would take all possible measures under the Constitution to prevent the setting up of a separate SGPC in Haryana, said Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday. Sukhbir, who was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister on Monday after winning from the Jalalabad Assembly seat paid obeisance at the Golden Temple on Tuesday.
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.
Barbra Streisand was molested by producerMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - Singing legend Barbra Streisand was molested by a producer during an audition at the start of her career, says her ex-boyfriend Jon Peters. Hollywood mogul Ray Stark, who produced Streisand's musical 'Funny Girl' in 1968, had allegedly sexually harassed her, reports thesun.co.uk.
Rape victim dies after consuming poison outside cop's officeMay 6th, 2009 ROHTAK - In a major embarrassment for the Haryana police, a young woman who had alleged that she had been raped earlier, died after she with her husband consumed poison outside the office of a police officer here as no case had been filed despite her complaint. The victim, Alka, died at the Civil Hospital in Rohtak, some 250 km from Chandigarh, while her husband Sunil was admitted in a serious condition, Rohtak district police chief Alok Mittal said.
Hear Hooda, insist Haryana copsMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The turnout was dismal at the Congress rally in Haryana Monday, so low that Haryana police had to intervene to ensure that the crowd stayed put during Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's address. After all the Congress leaders had addressed the meeting in Faridabad, it was finally Hooda's turn.
Paris Hilton molested during night outApril 30th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton was at the receiving end of a bizarre incident when she was molested by a fellow clubber during a nightout with her beau American TV personality and baseball player Doug Reinhardt. The 28-year-old was wearing a revealing low-cut dress and was groped by an unidentified man, who was partying at the same spot LAs H Club Wednesday night, reports the Dailymail online.
Selja needs to beat sixApril 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has a comparatively lighter weight of opponents to beat to re-claim the Ambala (reserved) Lok Sabha seat in Haryana. There are just six candidates against her - the lowest for any of the state's 10 Lok Sabha seats.
Low is high in Haryana!April 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Having only 14 women from among 210 candidates in the fray for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana may be a low for many. But for the state, which has one of the worst sex ratios in the country (over 800 females for every 1,000 males), this is actually a high!
The 14 women contestants this time for the general elections is the highest number of candidates from the fair sex in the fray ever since Haryana was carved out based on linguistic homogenity Nov 1, 1966.
Headmaster held after Class 5 student alleges molestationFebruary 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The headmaster of a government run school in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested after a 12-year-old student alleged that he had molested her in an empty classroom. Ram Yadav, headmaster of the Muzaffarpur Primary School in Azamgarh, about 300 km from here, has been accused of molesting the Class 5 student Tuesday, police said Thursday.
Haryana Police to probe woman's molestation complaintJanuary 12th, 2009 PANCHKULA - After staging a sit-in for nearly 24 hours, a woman who complained of being molested by a senior police officer was Tuesday assured by the Haryana Police chief that her allegation would be looked into and the necessary corrective steps would be taken. Haryana Police chief Ranjeev Dalal finally met the woman Tuesday evening and listened to her grievance for over half-an-hour, an official said.
Indian National Lok Dal to start anti-government marchJanuary 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) will organise a monthlong foot march in Haryana to protest against the ruling Congress government in the state. 'We will start our 30 day padyatra (foot march) on January 14 and culminate it on February 12.
Medal-winning Haryana sportsmen appointed police officersDecember 22nd, 2008 CHANDIGARH - Four sportsmen from Haryana, who won medals in international competitions, were Tuesday appointed as Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) in the Haryana police by the state government. The decision to appoint the four sportsmen as DSPs was taken at a meeting of the Haryana cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
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