India has proposed “constructive talks” on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections.
India is particularly keen on railway connectivity between Akhaura in eastern Bangladesh and Agartala, capital of Tripura in India’s north-east, New Age newspaper said.
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A twelve-year-old girl from a village near Haryana gave birth to a boy at Safdarjung Hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday. The girl became pregnant after she was apparently raped by a 35-year-old man in her village.
The girl, a student of Class V in Palwal district of Haryana, was brought by her sisters to [...]
The Haryana government will sign an MoU with private practitioners and medical colleges in the state to ensure effective implementation of the World Bank aided Rs . 2.17 crore integrated disease surveillance programme (IDSP).
The MoU to be signed between the state health department and private practitioners as well as the medical colleges would also [...]
Multi -talent artiste Karan Singh Saini from Haryana is yet another name added to the list of young talents who is determined to promote folk art and culture. The energetic youth from Jind district is in the city to teach children the folk dance ‘ghoomer’ which is the identity of Haryana. He is conducting the [...]
Due to a severe power crisis, the Haryana Power Generation Coorporation Limited (HPGCL) has begun the process of competitive bidding, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the ministry of power, for determination of tariff to procure power.
A HPGCL spokesman said the corporation has invited bids to procure 3,000 mw power from existing generators [...]
Raising spectre of the violence at Honda factory last year, 17 persons were injured as workers and members of the management at Amtek Siccardi India Limited clashed on Tuesday. Nine workers were admitted to the Civil Hospital. Said Gurgaon’s chief medical officer D V Saharan, “The patients were given immediate care and two of [...]
The Haryana cabinet on Monday decided to enact the Private Universities Act to allow self-financed, non-affiliated private universitiesinto the state. A state government official said these private universities would be of international standards and the decision was taken in view of the interest shown by several institutions to set up universities for management, computer science, [...]
The Haryana agriculture department is all set to achieve its target of diversification of agriculture without any help from private players, in contrast to Punjab, where the state government opened its doors for the corporate sector to indulge in contract farming.
The state government has taken the initiative to increase the total area under cultivation [...]
Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan’s son Rahul was arrested on Monday evening for alleged consumption of drugs and destruction of evidence, three days after he was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in a critical condition and his father’s key aide Vivek Moitra brought dead there.
31-year-old Rahul was placed under arrest at the Hospital after nearly [...]
Close to 50 per cent of Hutch subscribers in the Haryana Telecom circle, have been issued SIM cards on the basis of forged identity documents, the police said. Superintendent of Police Kaithal, Navdeep Singh Virk told PTI that the total subscriber base of Hutch in the Haryana Circle as on April 30, 2006 is 3,73,801 [...]