Everything you need to know about Ebs Hisar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Ebs Hisar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Scorching summer heat sizzled most places in the pllains of Haryana and Punjab Sunday, recording temperatures of over 45 degrees Celsius, the Met department officials said here.
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Allegedly harassed by police over their missing daughter, who was a rape victim, a Dalit family in Haryana's Hisar district Monday attempted suicide, leaving two dead and three others in a critical condition.
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) A group of villages in the Nalwa area of Haryana's Hisar district are set to reap the benefits of their own ability to plan: Having successfully reduced aggregate technical and commercial (AT and C) power supply losses to below 25 percent, these villages are set to get power supply for 20-22 hours every day.
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) With two incidents of suicides by girls in Hisar and Yamunanagar districts in recent days, Haryana's police chief Tuesday asked women to complain to police if they were harassed, molested or sexually exploited by anyone.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Two people were arrested for stealing steel blades for export and worth Rs.70 lakh belonging to Jindal Steel group, police said here Tuesday.
Chandigarh, Jan 6 (IANS) The temperature fell to minus 1.1 degrees Celsius in Hisar town in Haryana Sunday as a bitter cold enveloped both Haryana and Punjab, officials said.
Hisar (Haryana), Dec. 31 (ANI): Khap Panchayats in Haryana have opposed the demand for death penalty for rapists, saying such laws can be misused.
Chandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS) Cold and foggy conditions returned in most parts of Punjab and Haryana Sunday morning after two days of clear, sunny weather in the region.
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The central government is planning to develop two new rapid rail transit corridors -- Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar and Delhi-Baraut via Shahdara, union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath said Thursday.
Chandigarh, Oct 12 (IANS) A woman minister in the Bhoopinder Singh Hood government has Friday made a controversial claim that the rising number of rapes in the state were a "conspiracy" against the Haryana state.
Rajkot, Oct 3 (ANI): Amid the ongoing controversy over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's remarks against her foreign travels, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will arrive in the state on Wednesday to launch her party's campaign for the upcoming assembly polls.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday came out in full defence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that the Centre had spent Rs. 1,880 crores on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign tours, and charged the ruling Congress Party of diverting public attention.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat on Tuesday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to Congress President Sonia Gandhi for wrongly alleging that Rs. 1880 crores had been spent on her foreign tours.
Raipur, Oct 2 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has begun an ambitious programme to increase the population of the wild buffalo through cloning.
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) Gang-rapes, ministers getting involved in murder conspiracies and suicides, honour killings, violent industrial disputes, kidnappings, murders, farmer agitations, community clashes - and much more. This is not from the crime file of a police station but just some of the incidents that have occurred during the present tenure of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana.
Chandigarh, Sep 28 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday said all of the accused in the Hisar gang rape case would be apprehended soon, and that they would be severely punished.
Chandigarh, Sep 28 (IANS) With two back-to-back gang-rape cases shocking Haryana, police and the state establishment have been put on the defensive.
Chandigarh, Sep 26 (IANS) Under pressure from all quarters for having failed to nab the alleged rapists of a teenaged Dalit girl in Hisar district, Haryana Police Wednesday claimed they have arrested nine people for the crime.
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 25 (IANS) A teen-aged Dalit girl, who was allegedly gang-raped by eight upper caste youths near this Haryana town earlier this month, has been provided police protection, while a hunt is still on for six of her attackers who are on the run, officials said Tuesday.
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Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Heat wave conditions continued to prevail over most parts of Punjab and Haryana even though the maximum temperatures Saturday gave partial relief compared to the highs recorded Friday, weather officials said here.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh Friday said the story that suggested a coup bid on the basis of movement of two key army units towards the capital has been 'blown out of proportion'.
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) The Haryana government has transferred 35 top Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in a major bureaucratic reshuffle, an officical spokesperson said here Sunday.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The countdown to Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh hanging up his boots May 31 began Saturday with his first farewell visit to the Western Command headquarters in Chandimandir.
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Maximum temperatures at most places in Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh dipped Saturday by five to nine degrees Celsius below average owing to overcast conditions and rain at some places during the past 24 hours, Met officials said.
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The three armed forces chiefs will be questioned on the gaps in India's military preparedness but not on April 20 as has been reported in the media, the parliamentary standing committee on defence said Friday.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Taking serious note of the gaps in defence preparedness, a parliamentary panel Monday summoned the three armed forces chiefs to depose before it April 19-20 to clarify the actual state of their readiness in case of a war.
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday has expressed his concern over the published report of an English Daily 'The Indian Express' on 'unnoticed' Army Troop Movement towards capital that 'spooked' government.......
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday said the Indian Express report on the government getting spooked by an army movement highlighted a 'deep' trust deficit in the establishment.
Kathmandu, April 5 (IANS) Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh Thursday dismissed as "absolutely stupid" a report that suggested a coup bid on the basis of movement of two key army units towards the capital".
New Delhi, Apr 5 (ANI): Reacting to a media report that suggested that two units of the Indian Army had made an unexpected movement towards New Delhi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday said the roots of Indian democracy are very strong, and added that India is not Pakistan.
Kathmandu, Apr 5 (ANI): Army Chief General V.K. Singh on Thursday rubbished The Indian Express report concerning the movement of two key Army units towards the national capital New Delhi without notifying the government, saying it as "absolutely stupid".
New Delhi/Visakhapatnam, April 4 (IANS) The stir caused by a media report Wednesday morning about an attempted 'military coup' in January turned into a whimper by the evening after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called it 'alarmist' and Defence Minister A.K. Antony termed it 'baseless' and vouching for the army's pro-democracy credentials.
New Delhi, April 4(IANS) 'Ridiculous,' 'irresponsible', 'contemptible' and 'mischief' were the common refrain of several former armed forces chiefs, senior officials and strategic analysts on the sensational media report here Wednesday suggesting that there was an army coup bid based on movement of two key battalions to the national capital in January.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday sought a 'proactive' role by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in resolving the 'rising trust deficit' between the army and the government.
Visakhapatnam, April 4 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday denied that the Indian army had intimidated the civilian government by moving two of its units towards the capital in January without notifying the defence ministry.
New Delhi/Visakhapatnam, April 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday called a media report on two key army units moving closer to the capital in January without prior notice to the government as 'alarmist' and said it should not be taken at face value.
Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said that there is no need of doubt about the patriotism of the armed forces
Visakhapatnam, April 4 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said he did not doubt the patriotism of the armed forces and that the reported movement of two army units towards Delhi in January was 'nothing unusual'.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the media report on two key army units being moved suspiciously closer to the capital from their bases outside was 'alarmist' and should not be taken at face value.
Visakhapatnam, April 4 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday denied as 'baseless and incorrect' a media report that in January two key army units had suspiciously moved closer to the capital from their bases outside, without notifying the defence ministry.
New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): With the political battle intensifying for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls scheduled on April 15, several independent candidates in the fray this time are approaching the members of civil society to campaign for them.
Hisar, Mar 11 (ANI): The Jat community, which had been holding protests for the last few weeks demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category, called off their stir on Sunday following discussions with the government.
Hisar, Mar 11 (ANI): The Jat community, which had been holding protests for the last few weeks demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category, called off their stir on Sunday following discussions with the government.
Hisar, Mar 8 (ANI): Agitating protestors from the Jat community in Haryana's Hisar city on Thursday demonstrated near the railway tracks with the dead body of a youth killed in violent clashes over reservation row.
Hisar/Chandigarh, Mar 8 (ANI): The Jat community, which has been holding protests for the last few weeks demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category, on Thursday asked the government to release their leaders.
Hisar, Mar 8 (ANI): Agitating protestors from the Jat community in Haryana's Hisar city on Thursday demonstrated near the railway tracks with the dead body of a youth killed in violent clashes over reservation row.
Hisar/Chandigarh, Mar 8 (ANI): The Jat community, which has been holding protests for the last few weeks demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category, on Thursday asked the government to release their leaders.
New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday paid his last respects to Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja's mother Kalavati, who passed away here after prolonged illness. She was 84.
New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday paid his last respects to Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja's mother Kalavati, who passed away here after prolonged illness. She was 84.
Pune, Nov 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan regards the anti-graft movement of social activist Anna Hazare to be having a political agenda.
Ralegan Siddhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Civil society activists Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi arrived here this morning to brief veteran social activist Anna Hazare on the deliberations of the core committee meeting.
Ghaziabad, Oct 29 (ANI): Amid a clamour for its revamp over allegations of financial mis-conduct by some key members, Team Anna on Saturday decided not to dissolve the core committee.
Ajmer, Oct 22 (ANI): Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahay has lashed out at veteran social activist Anna Hazare for campaigning against Congress in the recently concluded Hisar by-polls
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khursheed has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not being serious about the corruption cases against former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Pretoria, Oct 18 (ANI): A day after the Congress Party suffered a humiliating defeat in the Hisar by-polls, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today rubbished suggestions that the party's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-election be considered a referendum on the performance of the government or the party.
Lucknow, Oct 18 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has asked veteran social activist Anna Hazare to clear his stand on the remarks made by his aide Prashant Bhushan on the Kashmir issue.
New Delhi/Nagpur, Oct 17 (ANI): Terming the results of the Hisar by-polls to be a victory of the democratic forces, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the Congress Party should learn a lesson from it and stop covering up corruption, as the people of the country are distressed with the functioning of the UPA Government.
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (ANI): Former senior police officer and civil society activist Kiran Bedi on Monday said the trend of the by-polls in Haryana reveals that the electorates support and want a strong and effective Jan Lokpal Bill that would help to combat corruption.
Hisar, Oct 17 (ANI): Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi, son of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, won the Hisar by-poll on Monday defeating his nearest rival Ajay Chautala of Indian National Lok Dal by more than 6323 votes.
New Delhi/Hisar, Oct 17 (ANI): Expressing disappointment over the Congress Party's dismal performance in the Hisar by-polls, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the party shall try to recognise the reasons behind it.
New Delhi/Hisar, Oct 17 (ANI): Expressing disappointment over the Congress Party's dismal performance in the Hisar by-polls, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the party shall try to recognise the reasons behind it.
Hisar, Oct 17 (ANI): Kuldeep Bishnoi of Haryana Janhit Congress is leading over his nearest rival Ajay Chautala of Indian National Lok Dal by over 11,000 votes after two rounds of counting for the by-polls to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat.
Hisar, Oct 13 (ANI): The Chairperson of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Savitri Jindal, on Thursday said veteran social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign will not trim down the votes of the Congress Party in the Hisar by-poll.
Hisar, Oct 13 (ANI): Polling is underway for the Hisar Parliamentary constituency by-election being held today.
Bangalore, Oct 12 (ANI): Karnataka Lokayukta and civil society activist Justice Santosh Hegde has criticised the Central Government's plans to release edited tapes of panel discussions.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): Asserting that Team Anna has been exposed by campaigning against corruption in Hisar, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and the party's in charge of Haryana, BK Hariprasad, on Tuesday accused civil society activists of supporting icons of corruption.
Panaji, Oct 11 (ANI): Former Karnataka Lokayukta and civil society activist Justice Santosh Hegde has disapproved of Team Anna's anti-Congress stance in the Hisar bye-polls.
Hisar, Oct 11 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has criticised Team Anna for targeting the Congress Party on corruption charges.
Hisar, Oct 11 (ANI): Former senior police officer and civil society activist Kiran Bedi has criticized the Congress party for delaying the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
Hisar, Oct 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh should step down from his post and spend some time in relaxation if he is not able to curb the rampant corruption and inflation in the country.
Hisar, Oct 9 (ANI): Extending his full support to Haryana Janhit Congress' candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi for the upcoming Hisar by-poll, former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Amritsar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Sunday slammed the ruling Congress Government in Haryana.
Hisar, Oct 9 (ANI): As the political battle for the Hisar by-poll scheduled on October 13 gains momentum, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders participated in a rally organised here on Sunday to extend their support to Haryana Janhit Congress' candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi.
Hisar, Oct 9 (ANI): Residents of Hisar appear to be supporting Anna Hazare's aide Arvind Kejriwal's appeal not to vote for the Congress Party in the Hisar by-poll, as they see the ruling party steeped in corruption.
Hisar, Oct 9 (ANI): Hitting out at the Centre yet again over the delay in passing of an effective Lokpal Bill, RTI crusader Arvind Kejriwal, a key figure in veteran social activist Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption, on Sunday said they are asking the people not to vote for the ruling Congress Party, as it is not governing properly and indulging in corruption.
Nagpur, Oct 8 (ANI): Asserting that the government is committed to bring an effective Lokpal Bill in the Winter Session of Parliament, Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said the Standing Committee is making all efforts to ensure that an effective legislation in this regard is formed.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (ANI): Accusing the Congress Party of trying to cover up corruption, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today justified veteran social activist Anna Hazare's agitation, and said the stand of the ruling party on the Jan Lokpal Bill is not clear, and that it should stop beating around the bush on the issue.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (ANI): Criticising social activist Anna Hazare for his open threat to work for Congress' defeat in upcoming Assembly elections, Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi on Tuesday said if Hazare comes out against Congress, it won't affect the party.
New Delhi, June 4(ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has condoled the sad demise of former Haryana Chief Minister and leading Jat leader Bhajan Lal, who died in a local hospital in Hisar following a massive heart attack on Friday evening.
New Delhi, June 3 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the sad demise of former Haryana Chief Minister and leading Jat leader Bhajan Lal, who died in a local hospital in Hisar following a massive heart attack on Friday evening.
Hisar (Haryana), June 3 (ANI): Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal died of heart attack at his residence here on Friday. He was 79.
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court today ordered a magisterial probe into allegations that victims of Mirchpur caste violence were being targeted by those accused of killing an elderly Dalit and his daughter in the village.
Hisar, Mar.23 (ANI): Jats demanding reservation in government jobs occupied 14 railway tracks in Haryana today, which badly disrupted train services in the region.
Hisar, Mar.22 (ANI): Jat protesters demanding reservation for the community in government jobs are likely to hold another round of talks with the Centre on the issue even as the agitation continues to disrupt train services in many parts of Haryana.
Hisar (Haryana), Mar 13 (ANI): The Jats, who have been demanding 27 per cent reservation in Central jobs under the OBC category, disrupted rail services around Haryana's Hisar city as their quota stir entered the seventh day today.
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court today asked the Haryana Government to identify the persons and organisation responsible for staging demonstration in December last year against booking of some upper caste people in connection with the Mirchpur caste violence last year in which an elderly Dalit man and his daughter were killed in an arson attack.
Jind, Jan 23 (ANI): Members of the pre-dominant Jat community staged a protest here on Sunday demand a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Mirchpur caste violence last year in which an elderly Dalit man and his daughter were killed in an arson attack.
Ellenabad (Haryana), Dec.11 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said the state has prepared a litigation policy on the pattern of the Centre and a proposal to set up 96 evening courts has been approved.
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 15 (ANI): Jat protests flared up again in Haryana's Hisar District on Wednesday despite government claims that the agitation has been called off following a compromise.rotesters demanding a quota under the OBC category blocked the national highway and also set fire to the railway station at Jind.
Hisar (Haryana), Sep.14 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Bhoopinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday announced that the Jats have called off their protest, after the State government agreed to accept their demands.
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 14 (ANI): Curfew was imposed in several parts of Haryana's Hisar District on Tuesday after a large number of agitators demanding OBC reservation for Jat community damaged public property and set on fire a bank and a petrol pump.
Mirchipur (Haryana), Apr 29 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met a Dalit family in Haryana's Mirchipur village in Hisar District, two of whose members, including a physically challenged girl, were burnt alive during caste violence.
Amritsar, Apr 11 (ANI): With the mercury soaring above the 40 degrees Celsius mark, Amritsar is reeling under severe heat wave conditions since Saturday.
Hisar, Sep. 9 (ANI): Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's helicopter today made an emergency landing here due to bad weather.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a man wanted in double murder case after engaging him in a gunbattle in Outer Delhi.
Hisar (Haryana), April 17 (IANS) It's 'better late than never' for the Haryana police. The state police have cracked a case of dacoity 15 years after it was committed in this Haryana town with the arrest of two men.
Chandigarh, Apr 11 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal will contest the general elections from Hisar parliamentary constituency on a Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) ticket.
Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) A low-profile minister in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana has emerged as the richest woman in the country.
Sonepat (Haryana), Nov 1 (IANS) Thousands of people at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) rally here began to leave as soon as BJP's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani began addressing the gathering Saturday.
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a Roman spa of monumental proportions in downtown Prokuplje in southern Siberia.
