Sulking Jaffer Sharief arrives in Delhi; to meet Sonia

Senior Congress leader C K JafferSharief, who has resigned from the party, arrived here on Saturday for a meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi but remained non-committal on the future course of action.
Sharief, a six time MP who was humbled in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, said he could not predict the outcome of […]

Raped 12-yr-old gives birth to boy

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 […]

Haryana govt signs medical agreement

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 […]

Karan is here for Haryana’s folk art

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 […]

Haryana powers up competitive bidding

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 […]

Clash in Gurgaon factory, 17 hurt

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 […]

Private universities to be set up in Haryana soon

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, […]