Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that Rs. 560 crore would be spent in Haryana under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) during the current financial year so that ample employment opportunities could be generated in the rural areas. Addressing a meeting after launching the NREGS …
Haryana has submitted the complete transportation plan for increasing both rail and road connectivity besides recommendations for augmentation of power and upgradation of technical training institutes to the Central Government for accelerated development under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir discussed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project …
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said Haryana had acquired the number one position in the country with per capita investment of Rs 78,709, as per a survey conducted recently by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. This leap to the top is from 14th position some years ago. Addressing …
The Supreme Court today told the Centre that Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) cannot claim monopoly in supply of CNG in areas around the Capital, including Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana and Noida and Greater Noida in UP. Solicitor General G E Vahanvati and Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium had informed …
After months of politics and bureaucratic wrangling with various state governments, the Union HRD Ministry has finally selected the states which will get new IITs and IIMs. While six new IIMs will be set up in Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand, four new IITs will …
As many as 42,000 women from rural areas in Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have learned to read and write. According to the World Bank Development Policy Review 2003, over one third of Indians above sseven years of age are illiterate. This rounds up to over …
Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh asserted in the Vidhan Sabha that if the rate of economic growth continues at the present level of 11.2 per cent and the 20 per cent increase in revenue receipts is also maintained, Haryana would be able to completely wipe out poverty in the next …
Acquisition rates have to be responsive to give armers a good information environment With growth, decline in agricultural workforce, literacy and migration, India's urbanisation will increase and require acquisition and "conversion' of land for urban and commercial use. This acquired land will not always be barren land, forests, swamps or …
DELHI Migrants might be causing uproar in some parts of the country but photo-journalist Harish Tyagi sees their lives in an entirely different light through his lense. In an exhibition titled Distress Migration and its Effect on Children, Tyagi's pictures tell an often-sor
The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has sanctioned a sum of Rs 55.86 crore to carry out various developmental activities. This will include release of new domestic connections to people living below poverty line (BPL), erecting 11 KV lines and aerial bunched cable, installation of new distribution transformers and distribution transformer …
With the precision of a director's cut, Mrs Gandhi has swung her attention to farmers whose lands have been acquired by the government or private companies for big-ticket infrastructure projects such as SEZs, integrated townships and other industrial corridors. A senior Congress leader close to Mrs Gandhi talks about avenues …
That Haryana presented a cash surplus Budget of Rs 1,400 crore on Tuesday should not come as a surprise. Because this Jat land means business and reaps rich dividends in all its enterprises. From an agrarian state, Haryana has become a smart business hub, taking advantage of its geographical location …
The agricultural scene in Haryana, dominated by paddy-wheat rotation, is causing degradation to soil fertility and fall in the underground water level. This was stated in the economic survey tabled in the state assembly here today. It said the area under wheat and paddy crops crossed over 53 per cent …
Fourth budget: Haryana Finance Minister Birendra Singh presenting the budget in the State Assembly in Chandigarh on Tuesday as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and others look on. CHANDIGARH: Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh presented a surplus Budget for 2008-2009 in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. Presenting his fourth consecutive …
The weekend started off on an uncomfortably warm note and Delhiites had to bear the worst of it with water supply showing no signs of improvement. However, for those worried about not being able to celebrate Holi properly this year, officials have their fingers crossed that the supply should normalise …
The widening and strengthening of the Gurgaon-Alwar and Hodal-Nuh-Pataudi Patauda roads have been approved under the National Capital Region (NCR) scheme in order to create a sound network of roads in and around Gurgaon and Mewat region. An official spokesman said that widening and maintenance work on 193-km of road …
Under pressure to resolve quickly the impending water crisis in the Capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said that if Haryana and Uttar Pradesh did not release Delhi's share of water then her government would not fight shy of going to the Supreme Court. However, she expressed confidence that …
It is high time Parliament took serious note of the sordid story of the unwarranted hike in the prices of petroleum products. AFTER months of vacillation, the Union government has raised the price of petrol and diesel by Rs.2 and Re.1 a litre respectively. The leftist parties and the National …
In a major setback to Haryana's request for re-assessing Delhi's demand for water, the Upper Yamuna River Board has not just turned down the appeal but insisted that Haryana stick to the 1996 Supreme Court order directing it to release the required quantum of water to the national Capital. In …
