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LS polls: PM Modi, 10 Union ministers, 5 CMs among BJP's star campaigners in Rajasthan

LS polls: PM Modi, 10 Union ministers, 5 CMs among BJP's star campaigners in Rajasthan The BJP has released its list of star campaigners for the Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan. The list of 40 names includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 10 Union ministers and the chief ministers of five states. The names of Jhalawar MLA and former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje and former MLAs Rajendra Rathore and Satish Poonia also feature in the list. The Union ministers who would be campaigning in the desert state include Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Bhupendra Yadav, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Kailash Choudhary. The chief ministers of five states, including Rajasthan's Bhajanlal Sharma, will also campaign in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Mohan Yadav Madhya Pradesh), Bhupendra Patel (Gujarat) and Nayab Saini (Haryana) are the other chief ministers who would campaign for the saffron party in the desert state. Besides Raje, state BJP president C P Joshi, Rajya Sabha MPs Ghanshyam Tiwari and Rajendra Gehlot, former state unit chiefs of the party Arun Chaturvedi and Satish Poonia and former leader of opposition in the state Assembly Rajendra Rathore are also the star campaigners for the saffron party. The names of Deputy Chief Ministers Diya Kumari and Premchand Bairwa, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena also feature in the list. Tijara MLA Baba Balaknath is the lone BJP legislator from Rajasthan whose name figures in the list of star campaigners. Six Lok Sabha poll candidates from Rajasthan will be star campaigners for the BJP -- Meghwal (Bikaner), Shekhawat (Jodhpur), Bhupendra Yadav (Alwar), Om Birla (Kota), Choudhary (Barmer) and Joshi (Chittorgarh).

devdiscourse 28 Mar 2024 7:30 pm

Casteist Slogans Against Brahmins-Baniyas Raised in Ashoka University

Haryana: In a shocking viral video of Haryanas Ashoka University, students raising casteist slogans draw the attention of people on social media. The students roaming in the university corridor were shouting slogans directed at Brahmins and Baniyas. Releasing a statement, the university said it attaches great value to freedom of expression and vigorous debate, but [] The post Casteist Slogans Against Brahmins-Baniyas Raised in Ashoka University appeared first on Pragativadi | Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha, Latest Odisha News .

Pragativadi 28 Mar 2024 7:26 pm

Ex-Haryana minister Savitrijindalquits Congress, joins BJP

Chandigarh: Former Haryana minister SavitriJindalquit the Congress and joined the BJP on Thursday, March 28, days after her son and industrialist NaveenJindalleft the party to join the saffron outfit. The 84-year-old SavitriJindaljoined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at an event in Hisar. She joined the BJP in presence of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

The Siasat Daily 28 Mar 2024 7:24 pm

MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10 per cent for different states

NEW DELHI: Wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme have been revised, with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states. Haryana has the highest wage rate for unskilled workers under the scheme at Rs 374 a day, while Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have the lowest at Rs 234, according to a notification. The wage rate in three panchayats of Sikkim -- Gnathang, Lachung and Lachen -- is Rs 374 a day. The wage revision under the scheme was notified by the Union rural development ministry on March 27 after clearance from the Election Commission as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force for the Lok Sabha polls. The increases have been made on the 2023 wage rates under scheme that is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The hike in the wage rate in Goa was highest in the country at Rs 34 and the per day payment now stands at Rs 356 in the state, according to the notification. In Andhra Pradesh, it was increased by Rs 28 a day and the wage rate is now Rs 300. The increase for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand was the lowest at Rs 7 and the wage rate in both the states is Rs 237 a day to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Low hike in MGNREGS wages brazen display of BJP's hatred for Bengal: TMC's Saket Gokhale The wage rate in West Bengal has been increased to Rs 250 (increase of Rs 13), in Tamil Nadu to Rs 319 (increase of Rs 25), in Telangana to Rs 300 (increase of Rs 28) and in Bihar to Rs 228 (increase of Rs 17). Though Haryana tops in terms of wage rate, the increase is only around four per cent. Overall, the hikes vary between four and 10 per cent. Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Telangana have registered an around 10 per cent increase, an analysis of the data mentioned in the notification shows. In a report tabled in Parliament earlier this year, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj had pointed out that the high range of variation in MGNREGS wages across states. It had also said that the wages were inadequate and not in consonance with the rising cost of living. The panel also quoted a report of the Central Government Committee on minimum wages, Anoop Satpathy Committee, had recommended that the wages under MGNREGA should be Rs 375 a day.

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 7:06 pm

Days After Son Quits Congress, Savitri Jindal Follows Suit, Joins BJP

Former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal quit the Congress and joined the BJP in Haryana's Hisar on Thursday, days after her son and industrialist Naveen Jindal switched parties.

NDTV 28 Mar 2024 6:17 pm

Indias Richest Woman And Former Haryana Minister Savitri Jindal Quits Congress, Joins BJP

Her move came days after her son and industrialist Naveen Jindal left the party to join the saffron outfit

News18 28 Mar 2024 4:28 pm

Good News For MGNREGA Employees! Centre Announces Pay Hike: Check State-Wise Wages Here

The employees of Haryana receive the highest wage rate of Rs 374 per day.

Zee News 28 Mar 2024 3:01 pm

Punjab and Haryana high court questions EC decision on Karnal bypoll

Punjab and Haryana High Court examines the ECI's decision on Karnal by-election due to Haryana assembly's short term. Legal challenges arise from the Representation of Peoples Act regarding election term duration.

The Times of India 28 Mar 2024 2:33 pm

Ex-Haryana minister Savitri Jindal quits Congress, joins BJP

A few days ago, her son Naveen Jindal, a former MP, also quit the Congress and joined the BJP

The Hindu Businessline 28 Mar 2024 2:33 pm

Rajnath Singh on 'parivarvaad' politics, says denied ticket to son in 2017 UP Assembly polls

Rajnath Singh on 'parivarvaad' politics, says denied ticket to son in 2017 UP Assembly polls Amid criticism by Opposition parties, especially the Congress, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday recalled that he had once denied a party ticket for his own son, the current MLA from Noida because he did not want to be accused of propagating 'parivaarvaad' (dynasty politics). Speaking at the Time Now Summit, the union minister referred to 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections during the time he was the BJP President. At that time, former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and current Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra came to me that they suggested that Pankaj Singh can contest from an assembly constituency in Varanasi. At that time, I was the president of the party and I refused. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani who were sitting next to me requested me but I refused both leaders and said that I will not give the ticket to my son with my own hands. Singh said, his son was also upset that he did not get my blessing. Pankaj came home and touched my feet, I did not give my blessings to him. He was very sad and went and complained to his mother. I clearly said that I cannot not give the symbol to my son with my own hand. After that Pankaj acted with great restraint and said to me 'Papa, if you don't want me, I will not contest the elections, the Union Minister said. Singh said that his son was given a ticket to contest in 2017 when Amit Shah was the national president of the BJP. Explaining more about the concept of 'parivaarwad', Rajnath Singh said, Suppose I am the president of a party and have a wish that my son would hold the post after me and later his son ... we call them parivaarwad. PM Modi also clarified dynastic politics in the House, in which he said that 'If 8-9 people of a family are active in the politics, we cannot call it parivarvaad, but when a family runs a party and preference is given to a family, that is parivarvaad'. It means that the party does not practice democracy and there should be at least internal democracy in every party, Singh said. PM Modi had on February 5 in his Motion of Thanks to the President's address speech in Parliament said that if a family has progressed on its own, they do not oppose it and they oppose the nepotism in which the family alone runs the family party and the family takes all the decisions of the party. Addressing a rally in Nizamabad last year, BJP national J P Nadda had said, We are fighting Farooq Abdullah and his son and Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu and Kashmir. Prakash Singh Badal and now Sukhbir Singh Badal in Punjab. Chautala Brothers in Haryana. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party, whose leaders were Mulayam Singh and later Akhilesh and Dimple. We are fighting Lalu's family in Bihar, Mamata and her nephew in Bengal, Stalin's family in Tamil Nadu, and KCR, KTR and Kavitha here in Telangana. (ANI)

devdiscourse 28 Mar 2024 2:07 pm

Ex-Haryana minister Savitri Jindal quits Congress days after son Naveen joined BJP

CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal has quit the Congress, days after her son and industrialist Naveen Jindal left the party to join the BJP. The 84-year-old Savitri announced her decision to quit the Congress on a social media post late Wednesday night. I represented the people of Hisar for 10 years as an MLA and have served Haryana state selflessly as a minister. The people of Hisar are my family and on the advice of my family, I am resigning from the primary membership of the Congress today, she posted in Hindi. A few days ago, her son Naveen Jindal, a former MP, also quit the Congress and joined the BJP. Naveen, son of noted industrialist and former Haryana minister O P Jindal (who had founded the Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate), has been made as BJP candidate from Kurukshetra. Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India, and as of March 3, 2024, she is the 50th richest person in the world. (With online desk inputs) Industrialist and ex-Congress MP Naveen Jindal joins BJP; to contest from Kurukshetra LS seat

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 1:45 pm

Haryana Police Constable Recruitment 2024: Last Date Today to Apply for 6000 Vacancies, Check Direct Link Here

The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) announces a massive recruitment drive for 6,000 Constable positions in the Haryana Police department. Today marks the last day to apply, with applications closing on March 28th, 2024. Open to both men and women, candidates must meet age and educational requirements. The selection process includes a written exam, physical tests, and medical examination. Don't miss this chance to contribute to law enforcement and serve the community. Apply now!

The Times of India 28 Mar 2024 1:39 pm

Ex-Haryana minister Savitri Jindal quits Congress

Former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal, 84, has left the Congress after her son, industrialist Naveen Jindal, joined the BJP. Savitri cited family advice and her service to Hisar as reasons for her decision. Naveen, son of industrialist O P Jindal, also switched parties and is now a BJP candidate from Kurukshetra.

The Economic Times 28 Mar 2024 12:31 pm

Former Haryana Minister Savitri Jindal quits Congress

The 84-year-old Savitri Jindal announced her decision to quit the Congress on a social media post on March 27.

The Hindu 28 Mar 2024 12:07 pm

Students raise 'casteist slogans' at Ashoka University

Video of Haryana's Ashoka University students shouting casteist slogans like 'Brahmin-Baniyawaad Murdabad', and we need caste census have surfaced on X. Former board member at Infosys, Mohandas Pai shared the videos on X tagging Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan questoning why there was so much caste hatred at Ashoka University. Ashoka University attaches great value to freedom of expression and vigorous debate, but it also attaches great importance to mutual respect. The university deplores expressions of hatred directed against any individual or group. Ashoka University's Guidelines on Protecting Ashoka University (@AshokaUniv) March 27, 2024 Pl take action to stop such hatred, if true? @dpradhanbjp Govt should look into why such hatred prevails. How can universities keep quiet? said Pai in his post on X. The university in its statement condemning the act on X said, The university deplores expressions of hatred directed against any individual or group. The University will take all measures necessary to ensure that peace and harmony in the campus is not disturbed. This is very very shocking if true why is there so much caste hatred in @AshokaUniv ? Will @sbikh Pl take action to stop such hatred, if true? @dpradhanbjp Govt should look into why such hatred prevails? How can universities keep quiet? https://t.co/7hEGtcNfvv Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) March 27, 2024 Ashoka University's Guidelines on Protecting Freedom of Expression have clearly laid down that such freedom of expression is not unlimited and enjoins respect for the rights and sensibilities of others. This is essential to preserving the spirit of community at Ashoka. Actions that make the atmosphere intimidating, threatening or hostile to individuals or groups are therefore regarded as serious offences and are subject to University disciplinary procedure, the statement said. X handle @socialjusticeforum shared images of the students taking part in a sit-in protest on march 26th demanding a caste census and asking for reservation. Protest outside Ashoka gates Day 1 Students raised slogans outside the universitys gate to make themselves heard by everyone entering and exiting the campus. This included the admin, faculty, students and other staff. #WeDemandCasteCensusAtAshoka #WeDemandReservationAtAshoka pic.twitter.com/D4E8ODidg7 @socialjusticeforum (@forum2024) March 26, 2024

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 10:30 am

New faces and warhorses: BJP plays balancing act in Haryana poll list

CHANDIGARH: The BJP has named six new faces in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Sonepat districts of Haryana while reposing trust in its old warhorses in Bhiwani-Mahendergarh, Rohtak, Gurugram and Faridabad for the Lok Sabha elections. With more than 50% per cent of its candidates being turncoats, the party depends on them to win the polls in the state. The saffron party has declared all the ten candidates in the state. In a surprise move, 53-year-old industrialist Naveen Jindal, former -- a two-time Congress MP who recently joined the BJP, is being fielded from Kurukshetra. Nayab Singh Saini, the Haryana Chief Minister, was the sitting MP from Kurukshetra. He won from Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat in 2004 and 2009 on a Congress ticket. Also, former Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar, who had joined AAP, has joined the BJP after quitting AAP. He has been given a ticket from Sirsa as the party dropped Sunita Duggal, a first-time MP. Besides, independent MLA from the Rania assembly segment and state cabinet minister in Saini cabinet Ranjit Singh Chautala has been given a ticket from Hisar after he was inducted into the party fold after the sitting party MP from Hisar Brijendra Singh resigned and joined the Congress. Chautala was a Rajya Sabha MP in 1990 and a two-time MLA in 1987 and 2019. He is the son of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and brother of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) president and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. Former CM Manohar Lal Khattar has been fielded after he resigned in a sudden change of guard as he has been the CM for the past nine-and-a-half years. While Banto Kataria, wife of former MP Rattan Lal Kataria, who died, has been given a ticket from Ambala by the party, she is the only woman candidate in the list of ten candidates. Also, Mohan Lal Badoli, sitting MLA from the Rai assembly segment is the party candidate for the Sonepat Lok Sabha seat, replacing Ramesh Chander Kaushik, the two-time MP. The BJP has given tickets to four sitting MPs: Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav from Gurgaon, Krishan Pal Gurjar from Faridabad, Chaudhary Dharambir from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh and Arvind Kumar Sharma from Rohtak. Alliance with JJP ended The alliance between the BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in Haryana came to an end recently leading to the resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar from the CMs post. Former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and other cabinet ministers too stepped down from their post and new government under the leadership of Nayab Singh Saini was reinstated.

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 8:35 am

Casteist Slogans At Ashoka University Sparks Row

Casteist slogans have been raised by the students of Haryana's Ashoka University at the campus, sparking a flood of questions and criticism on social media.

NDTV 28 Mar 2024 7:50 am

BJP nominates Haryana CM Nayab Saini for Karnal Assembly by-poll

The by-election was necessitated as the seat fell vacant after outgoing Chief Minister Manohar Lal resigned from the constituency earlier this month

The Hindu 28 Mar 2024 6:37 am

Different events held on Day-2 of Khelo India Womens Wushu League

Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 27: On the second day of Khelo India Womens Sub Junior & Junior Wushu League -2023 different events took place at Indoor Sports Complex Bhagwati Nagar, here today. In Chang-Quan Gold medal was won by Toijam Priyangka Devi of Manipur, Silver medal won by Komal Timsina of Assam & Bronze Medal won by Pranjal of Haryana. In Sub Junior Category (Group B) in Chang-Quan Gold Medal won by Leimapokpam Pinky Channu of Manipur, Silver medal [] The post Different events held on Day-2 of Khelo India Womens Wushu League appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

Daily Excelsior 28 Mar 2024 6:00 am

Haryana cops bust gang of inter-state cyber criminals

The Times of India 28 Mar 2024 5:30 am

Hoping to retain all Haryana seats, BJP faces resentment

The Times of India 28 Mar 2024 5:30 am

BJP West Tripura candidate Biplab Kumar Deb files his nomination papers for Lok Sabha polls

BJP West Tripura candidate Biplab Kumar Deb files his nomination papers for Lok Sabha polls BJP candidate from West Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb filed his nomination papers on Wednesday in the presence of Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. He marched to the office of the District Magistrate to file his nominations. Along with Biplab Kumar Deb, Tripura CM Dr Manik Saha, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Tipra Motha Supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarman and BJP State President Rajib Bhattacharya took part in the rally with a huge number of supporters. The elections are scheduled to be held in two phases in the state. The West Tripura seat will go to the polls on April 19, while the East Tripura seat will witness voting on April 26. The counting of votes will be held on June 4. While the BJP marked a significant shift in Tripura's political landscape by winning both seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the upcoming elections present a crucial opportunity for the CPI(M) and the INDIA Alliance to regain their stronghold. The CPI (M) had secured a landslide victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, winning both seats in the state. The upcoming Lok Sabha election in Tripura is set to be a thrilling event as the INDIA Alliance prepares to challenge the ruling BJP. This election will indeed be a pivotal moment for both the INDIA Alliance and the BJP, potentially reshaping the political landscape of the region. (ANI)

devdiscourse 27 Mar 2024 10:31 pm

BJP appoints Lok Sabha poll in-charges and co-incharges for several states and UTs including Andaman, Assam and UP

Former Haryana BJP president OP Dhankhar has been appointed as the in-charge for Delhi, while Dr Dinesh Sharma has been appointed as the in-charge of Maharashtra. In Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party picked Sanjiv Chaurasia.

The Economic Times 27 Mar 2024 9:40 pm

Oppn leaders come together to protest Kejriwal's arrest, to hold joint rally on March 31

Delhi CM's arrest rallied opposition parties, with TMC joining despite Banerjee's absence. Congress, an ally of Kejriwals AAP in Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat for the LS polls, on Friday claimed Kejriwal's arrest shows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attled by the strength of the INDIA bloc.

The Times of India 27 Mar 2024 9:21 pm

Congress holds meeting for Maharally on March 31 against arrest of Kejriwal, Soren

Congress holds meeting for Maharally on March 31 against arrest of Kejriwal, Soren All India Congress Committee General Secretary (Org) KC Venugopal on Wednesday addressed a preparatory meeting of Delhi and Haryana leaders for the Maharally at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi scheduled on March 31. The meeting was attended by AICC General Secy Incharge of Haryana and Delhi Deepak Babaria, PCC presidents of Delhi and Haryana and other PCC office bearers. The rally is being organised to protest against the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former CM of Jharkhand Hemant Soren by the Enforcement Directorate and the freezing of the Congress' bank accounts. All the leaders resolved to make the rally a grand success. In his post on X, Venugopal said that the suppression of democracy is unacceptable and INDIA bloc will fight against it. In preparation of the INDIA Mega Rally at the Ram Leela Maidan, Delhi on 31st March, held a meeting with leaders from Delhi and Haryana at the AICC HQ today. The environment of authoritarianism and the blatant suppression of democracy is unacceptable. The people are disgusted with this. INDIA will never let it happen. We will fight back, he said. Earlier today, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said The law of India is equal for everyone. Everyone from their party (AAP), councillor to MP to MLA to Minister to Deputy Chief Minister are in jail and now the staunch corrupt Arvind Kejriwal is also in jail. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) praying for the removal of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from holding the post of chief minister of the government of NCT of Delhi on Thursday. The bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora is scheduled to hear the matter on Thursday. The plea filed by one Surjit Singh Yadav through lawyer Shashi Ranjan Kumar Singh stated that the continuance of Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister of the Government of NCT of Delhi after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam has degraded the credibility and image of the Government of NCT of Delhi in the eyes of the general public. The continuation of Kejriwal as the Chief Minister of Government of the NCT of Delhi will not only lead to the obstruction of due process of law and disrupt the course of justice but will also lead to the breakdown or the constitutional machinery in the state, the plea stated. The ED arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case linked to a money laundering case and remanded the next day to the ED till March 28. The case pertains to alleged irregularities and money laundering in framing and implementing the Delhi excise policy case 2022, which was later scrapped. (ANI)

devdiscourse 27 Mar 2024 8:33 pm

BJP Fields Haryana CM Nayab Saini From Karnal Assembly; Navneet Rana From Amravati Lok Sabha

The BJP also announced the names of 10 candidates for the Andhra Pradesh assembly polls.

Zee News 27 Mar 2024 8:25 pm

BJP announces candidates for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections; fields Haryana CM Nayab Saini for Karnal b - The Economic Times

BJP announces candidates for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections; fields Haryana CM Nayab Saini for Karnal b The Economic Times

Google News 27 Mar 2024 7:43 pm

BJP announces candidates for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections; fields Haryana CM Nayab Saini for Karnal bypoll

Wednesday's announcement also included Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's name, with the BJP leader set to contest in the Karnal by-poll, necessitated by former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stepping down to contest the Lok Sabha elections.

The Economic Times 27 Mar 2024 7:43 pm

HPSC Releases Subject Knowledge Test Result 2023 for Medical Officer Post: Download Now

Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has released a notification for the recruitment of Medical Officer Vacancy. Candidates interested in the vacancy details and who fulfill all eligibility criteria can read the Notification and Apply Online.

Naukrinama 27 Mar 2024 7:30 pm

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to contest assembly bypoll from Karnal: BJP.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to contest assembly bypoll from Karnal: BJP. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to contest assembly bypoll from Karnal: BJP.

devdiscourse 27 Mar 2024 7:29 pm

Four Muslim men thrashed in Rajasthan's Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling

JAIPUR: Four men from Haryana were allegedly beaten up by locals on suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar district early Wednesday, police sources said. The four accused, all from Haryana's Nuh district, were identified as Aarif, Gaffar, Salim and Habib. The incident occurred in Khushkhera police station area of Alwar around 3 am. SHO of Khushkhera Police Station, Virendra Yadav, said the patrolling officer received information that some locals had stopped a pickup vehicle in which cows were being allegedly smuggled. When the police reached the spot, the four suspected cow smugglers were found in an injured state, he said, adding they were admitted to district hospitals. Seven cows were rescued from the spot and shifted to a cow shelter. While police sources said the suspected cow smugglers were allegedly beaten up by the locals, residents claimed that the four got injured while trying to escape from the spot. It was alleged that they were smuggling cows. Locals who caught the vehicles said the four persons got injured while trying to escape from there. However, it will become clear in investigation whether the locals were involved in thrashing them, the SHO said. Yadav said a case against the four will be registered for alleged cow smuggling.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 4:06 pm

Second Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League final stage to take place in Lucknow

Second Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League final stage to take place in Lucknow The final stage of the second Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League is all set to take place from March 28 to April 6 at the Padma Shri Mohammad Shahid Synthetic Hockey Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This follows the successful completion of Phase 1 in December 2023 and Phase 2 in January 2024, both held in the national capital Delhi. Nine teams have been divided into two Pools. Pool A consists of SAI Shakti Team, Odisha Naval Hockey High-Performance Centre, Khelo India State Excellency Centre, Bilaspur, Bhai Behlo Hockey Academy, Bhagta and Haryana Hockey Academy while SAI BAL team, Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy, Jai Bharat Hockey Academy and Raja Karan Hockey Academy form Pool B. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the Semi-Finals, which are scheduled for April 5. Meanwhile, the teams finishing third and fourth in their respective pools will compete in 5th/8th classification matches to determine their final positions in the tournament. Teams that lose their Semi-Finals will play in the 3rd/4th place play-off, while the winners will proceed to the all-important Finals scheduled for April 6. Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey said, This is yet another step in Hockey India's commitment towards growing the game at grassroots levels. We have already completed the first two phases of the second Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League successfully and the Final stage will also, I have no doubt, be a wonderful tournament. This league serves as a platform for nurturing talents, providing them with the exposure needed at early stages to play in great conditions and hone their skills to become better players that may one day go on to bring laurels to the nation. It exemplifies our persistent efforts towards developing the future stars of Indian hockey and bringing about a competitive approach right from the grassroots levels, said Hockey India Secretary General Shri Bhola Nath Singh. We have seen that domestic tournaments like these have proven to be fruitful in identifying talents. The second Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League will aid us in our vision to take Indian hockey to greater heights, he said. (ANI)

devdiscourse 27 Mar 2024 3:09 pm

Four men thrashed for 'cow smuggling' in Rajasthan's Alwar

Four men from Haryana were attacked by locals in Alwar district, Rajasthan, on suspicion of cow smuggling. The incident occurred in Khushkhera police station area at 3 am. Police found the suspects injured, rescued seven cows, and relocated them to a shelter. Discrepancies exist between police and locals' accounts.

The Times of India 27 Mar 2024 2:57 pm

Haryana and Delhi Lead in Rs 19,690 Crore Fake Credit Claims in FY24 Until January

The amount involved in fake ITC claims in FY24 (till January) is 49 per cent higher than Rs 13,175 crore detected in 1,940 cases in FY23. A total of 1,999 cases have been booked for fake input tax credit (ITC) claims in India in the ongoing financial year 2023-24 (till January), involving amount of Rs [] The post Haryana and Delhi Lead in Rs 19,690 Crore Fake Credit Claims in FY24 Until January appeared first on Northlines .

The Northlines 27 Mar 2024 1:45 pm

After parting ways with BJP, JJP to go it alone

NEW DELHI: Days after the BJP-JJP alliance fell apart, the Ajay Chautala-led party on Tuesday announced that it will contest on its own all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Jannayak Janata Partys political affairs committee (PAC) in Delhi, the party said in a statement. Various issues related to the Lok Sabha elections were discussed at the PAC meeting held in Delhi. In the meeting chaired by JJP national president Ajay Singh Chautala, some names were shortlisted for each Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana.It was suggested by some members in the meeting that apart from Haryana, the party should also explore the possibility of contesting elections on the Lok Sabha seat of Chandigarh, the statement said. The PAC discussed the names of the probable candidates for all the 10 Lok Sabha seats of Haryana and evaluated them on various parameters. Lok Sabha polls for all 10 seats in Haryana will be held in sixth of the seven-phase general elections on May 25. The BJP has already announced its candidates for all the 10 seats. In the PAC meeting, a suggestion was made that the JJP should contest the Chandigarh parliamentary seat as well, on which the party leadership directed to explore the possibilities, said the statement. Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and JJP state president Nishan Singh were among those who were present in the meeting. Ajay Chautala had recently said his party demanded two Lok Sabha seats in Haryana for the general elections, but was refused by the BJP. His statement had come after the BJP-JJP alliance ended in Haryana with the national party replacing Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini as the chief minister.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 1:28 pm

Electoral bonds: Poor fund flow for regional parties in Hindi heartland

NEW DELHI : In eight states of the Hindi heartland, which elect about 200 Lok Sabha members, the fund flow to regional parties through the now-scrapped electoral bond scheme was poor in comparison to their southern counterparts and the BJP, according to data disclosed by the Election Commission and the parties. The eight states are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Utatrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Haryana. The BJP, which is the ruling party in six of the 8 states and in power though an alliance in one, got Rs 6986.5 crore through electoral bonds between March 2018 and July 2023. But none of the major regional parties in these states could manage to find a place in the list of big gainers, barring Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD, Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and Akhilesh Yadav-led SP. UP has 80 Lok Sabha seats, Bihar 40, MP 29, Rajasthan 25, Jharkhand 14, Chhattisgarh 11, Haryana 10 and Uttarakhand 5. In the politically crucial UP, only one out of the five major regional parties received contributions through the electoral bonds, which was introduced by the Centre in 2017. The parties which did not receive funds include the BSP, the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) ASP, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the RLD. Making the disclosure on behalf of the party, SP secretary general Ram Gopal Yadav submitted to the EC that the party received electoral bonds worth Rs 84 lakh in April 2019 and another Rs 3 crore on January 10, 2022, ahead of the UP assembly polls. The party also submitted that in May 2019, ahead of the general election, it received electoral bonds worth Rs 10 crore via unnamed sources by post. Electoral Bonds Data: Listed companies overwhelmingly back BJP Later, in the data released by the EC, the SPs donors were identified as Gurugram-based SK Traders, Jaipur-based BS Traders, Delhi-based AS Traders, Faridabad-based BG Traders, and San Beverages Pvt Ltd. In adjacent Bihar, the RJD in its submission to the EC informed about receiving an electoral bond worth Rs 1 crore during 2019 general election and another tranche worth Rs 55 crore between July and October 2023. The JD(U) had disclosed that it received electoral bonds worth Rs 24.40 crore -- including the first lot worth Rs 13 crore in April 2019 and the second one worth Rs 1.40 crore in October 2020 days before the first phase of the assembly elections. The party received the last tranche worth Rs 10 crore in January 2022. The electoral bonds scheme was announced in the 2017-18 Budget on 1 February 2017. The Finance Bill, 2017 made elaborate changes in the Companies Act, the Income Tax Act, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Act, and the Representation of People Act to build the architecture of the scheme. The Parliament did, after considerable discussion, pass the Finance Bill to lay the legal bedrock for electoral bonds. The Supreme Court on February 15 scrapped electoral bond scheme.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 11:17 am

Stuffed Inside Washing Machine, ED Seizes Crores of Cash In Forex Violation Probe

The central agency did not disclose the dates of these searches carried out at various locations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Kurukshetra in Haryana. Additionally, details regarding the recovery location of the cash found in the washing machine were omitted.

News18 27 Mar 2024 8:36 am

JJP to contest on all 10 seats in Haryana

The Times of India 27 Mar 2024 5:31 am

Punjab Cong averse to joining INDIA bloc rally in Kejriwal's support

There is no official communication yet from the high command about participating in the March 31 rally, but most Punjab Congress leaders are averse to the idea and have instead called for going all-out against Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt. Despite no tie-up in Punjab, both parties remain part of INDIA bloc at national level, with seat-sharing agreements in Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa and Chandigarh.

The Times of India 27 Mar 2024 1:30 am

Punjab: Revenue official held for accepting Rs 34 lakh in bribes, including shoes worth Rs 3 lakh

Chandigarh, Mar 26 (PTI) A revenue official was arrested on charges of accepting bribes over Rs 34 lakh, including Pakistani juttis' (shoes) worth Rs 3 lakh, Punjab Vigilance Bureau said on Tuesday. Gurwinder Singh, Revenue 'Patwari' posted in Ludhiana, surrendered before police after his bail application in the matter was rejected by the Punjab and Haryana High court, a spokesperson of the bureau said. Singhs father and brother, and his agent Nikku have also been booked in the corruption case. The case was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Babbu Tanwar, a resident of Bathinda, against Singh and his agent. The complainant had alleged that the accused had accepted a bribe amount of Rs 40,000 for sanctioning the mutation of a property of his father, located near Ludhiana bus stand. The complainant further alleged that the 'patwari' and his agent Nikku had also taken Rs 3.40 lakh for purchasing two Apple iPhones and smart watches. He also accepted Pakistani juttis' worth Rs 3 lakh as bribes, the complainant added. In addition to this, the complainant had to spend Rs 80,000 for Nikkus birthday party. The vigilance bureau spokesperson said during the probe it was found that the 'patwari', his accomplice Nikku, his father Parmjeet Singh and brother Balwinder Singh accepted another Rs 27.50 lakh as bribes on four occasions from the complainant. The 'patwari' neither did the mutation of property in question nor returned the money to the complainant, said the spokesperson. PTI CHS SKY SKY Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 27 Mar 2024 12:06 am

Congress never did caste politics: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Congress prioritizes OBC politics post-Rahul Gandhi's caste census push. Hooda highlights inclusive policy, Haryana's reservation for poor upper castes, and partnership with all sections. Mentions Modi govt's reservation, Anand Sharma's opposition, SC-ST-OBC quota, Brahmins, Rajputs.

The Economic Times 27 Mar 2024 12:00 am

ED Officials During a Raid Seized Rs 2.54 Crore That Was Concealed in a Washing Machine.

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate officials on Tuesday conducted searches on various companies in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Kurukshetra, Haryana and Kolkata and seized Rs 2.54 crore froze 47 bank accounts. Of the raided firms, Vinayak Steels Pvt Ltd and Vashishta Constructions Pvt Ltd were city-based, sources said. The others on whom the ED conducted searches were Capricornian Shipping and Logistics Pvt Ltd and its directors Vijay Kumar Shukla and Sanjay Goswami and associated entities; Laxmiton Maritime, Hindustan International, Rajnandini Metals Limited, Stalwart Alloys India Pvt Ltd, Bhagyanagar Limited. During the searches, various incriminating documents, digital devices and unexplained cash worth Rs 2.54 crore cash, hidden in a washing machine in once instance, were seized. Apart from that 47 current and savings accounts in banks had been frozen, a press release issued from ED stated.

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 11:37 pm

No intention to fight LS polls, discussion in Cong about fielding son Deepender: Bhupinder Hooda

Chandigarh, Mar 26 (PTI) Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of him contesting the Lok Sabha elections and said a discussion was on within the party about fielding his son Deepender Singh Hooda from the Rohtak seat. There is no intention that both of us will fight. I am also the Leader of the Opposition (in Haryana) and the Assembly polls are nearing. So I don't have any intention (to fight the parliamentary election), the former Haryana chief minister told reporters in Rohtak. Replying to a question, the senior Congress leader said discussion is on within the party about fielding Deepender Singh Hooda from the Rohtak parliamentary seat. He said that he does not have any intention to fight the Lok Sabha polls when Deepender enters the fray. The final decision on the matter will be taken by the party, he added. Bhupinder Singh Hooda said if senior party leaders, Randeep Singh Surjewala or Kumari Selja, decide to fight the Lok Sabha polls we will be happy. Notably, Bhupinder Singh Hooda unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Sonipat while his son Deepender also lost from Rohtak. At present, Deepender Singh Hooda is a Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana. When asked how soon can one expect the Congress to name its Lok Sabha candidates from Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the party's screening committee will meet soon. I am hopeful that the party will release names of candidates in the next few days. Polling for the 10 parliamentary seats in Haryana will be held on May 25 in the sixth of the seven-phase general elections. In Kurukshetra, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini took a dig at the Congress' state unit, saying that ig leaders are running away from the contest. Somewhere they are sensing defeat. Indian National Lok Dal senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala said, Neither the BJP nor the Congress have candidates. Had it been so, the BJP would not have been giving tickets to people who joined the party only 30 minutes before, Abhay said. Notably, industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal and Independent MLA Ranjit Chautala, joined the BJP on Sunday and were named as the party's candidates from Kurukshetra and Hisar Lok Sabha seats, respectively. Earlier, the BJP announced the candidature of Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa Lok Sabha seat. Tanwar, a former Haryana Congress president, joined the BJP after switching over from AAP recently. PTI SUN NSD NSD Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 11:27 pm

Will Contest All 10 Lok Sabha Seats in Haryana: JJP

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Jannayak Janata Party's political affairs committee (PAC) in Delhi

News18 26 Mar 2024 11:05 pm

Haryana Minister Resigns As MLA After BJP Fields Him From Hisar

Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, who has been named by the BJP as its candidate from Hisar Lok Sabha seat after he joined the party, has resigned from the membership of the state assembly, officials said on Tuesday.

NDTV 26 Mar 2024 9:43 pm

FEMA case: ED seizes Rs 2.54 crore in cash including wads hidden in washing machine

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has seized Rs 2.54 crore unexplained cash, including a part of it hidden in a washing machine, during searches in various cities linked to a case of alleged violation of the foreign exchange law. The premises of companies like Capricornian Shipping and Logistics Pvt Ltd and its directors Vijay Kumar Shukla and Sanjay Goswami and associated entities Laxmiton Maritime, Hindustan International, Rajnandini Metals Limited, Stawart Alloys India Pvt Ltd, Bhagyanagar Limited, Vinayak Steels Limited, Vashishta Constructions Pvt Ltd and their directors/partners Sandeep Garg, Vinod Kedia and others were searched, it said in a statement. The central agency did not say when these searches were executed at various locations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Kurukshetra in Haryana. It also did not mention from where the cash kept in the washing machine was recovered. The action was undertaken on the basis of credible information that the entities were involved in sending foreign exchange outside India on a large- scale and made suspicious outward remittances amounting to Rs 1,800 crore to Galaxy Shipping and Logistics Pte Ltd. and Horizon Shipping and Logistics Pte Ltd, Singapore. Both these overseas entities are managed by a person named Anthony De Silva, it said. Capricornian Shipping and Logistics Pvt Ltd, Laxmiton Maritime along with its associates made outward remittance to the tune of Rs 1,800 crore to the Singapore-based entities in the garb of bogus freight services, imports and layering them through web of complex transactions with the help of shell entities like Neha Metals, Amit Steel Traders, Triple M Metal and Alloys and HMS Metals. During the course of the search, unexplained cash amounting to Rs 2.54 crore, part of which was hidden in a washing machine, was found and all of this amount has been seized apart from various incriminating documents and digital devices. A total of 47 bank accounts have been frozen as well, the ED said. PTI NES SMN SMN Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 8:55 pm

After being named Hisar LS candidate, Haryana minister Ranjit Chautala resigns as MLA

After being named Hisar LS candidate, Haryana minister Ranjit Chautala resigns as MLA Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, who has been named by the BJP as its candidate from Hisar Lok Sabha seat after he joined the party, has resigned from the membership of the state assembly, officials said on Tuesday. The independent MLA from Rania seat in Sirsa district has sent his resignation to Haryana Assembly Speaker, they said. Chautala and industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal joined the BJP on Sunday and were named as the party's candidates from Hisar and Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seats, respectively. Recently, former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had also resigned as an MLA from Karnal. Khattar is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Karnal. As an independent MLA, Chautala had extended support to the BJP when it fell short of majority on its own after the 2019 assembly polls. He was later made power and jails minister. Earlier this month, in a surprise move, the BJP replaced Khattar with OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana chief minister in a swift switch in the state, just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Ranjit Chautala again became the power minister in the Saini-led BJP government.

devdiscourse 26 Mar 2024 8:27 pm

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Days After Split With BJP, JJP To Fight On All 10 Seats In Haryana

Days after the BJP-JJP alliance fell apart, the Ajay Chautala-led party on Tuesday announced that it will contest on its own all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Jannayak Janata Party's political affairs c

NDTV 26 Mar 2024 8:27 pm

Haryana crowned champions at boxing Sub Junior National Championship

Greater Noida, Mar 26 (PTI) Haryana clinched the team titles in both the boys and girls categories with an impressive combined haul of 19 medals at the boxing Sub Junior National Championship here. Haryana, the reigning champions in the girls section, successfully defended their title after finishing on top of the table with 64 points. They won 10 medals including seven gold, one silver and two bronze. Haryana boxers stamped their authority with a dominating display as six out of seven boxers won comfortably with unanimous 5-0 decisions. Diya (61kg) continued her phenomenal form with a convincing 5-0 win over Delhis Yashika. She was also adjudged the best boxer. The other gold medallists for Haryana in the girls category were Bhoomi (35kg), Nischal Sharma (37kg), Rakhi (43kg), Naitik (52kg), Navya (55kg) and Sukhreet (64kg). Delhi and Maharashtra finished second and third with 34 and 31 points respectively. Boxers from Delhi won one gold, three silver and four bronze medals while Maharashtra ended their campaign with a gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Bronze medallist Hillang (37kg) of Arunachal Pradesh secured the most promising boxer award in the girls category. Haryana boxers showcased their might in the boys category as well, winning nine medals which included six gold, two silver and one bronze to secure the first position with 62 points. Uday Singh led Haryana's domination with 5-0 victory in 37kg against S Sujith of Tamil Nadu. Nitin (40kg), Ravi Sihag (49kg), Lakshay (52kg), Naman (58kg) and Anmol Dahiya (64kg) also won their respective finals to give Haryana a perfect end to their impressive campaign. Uttarakhand finished second with 34 points (three gold and three silver medals) followed by UP (one gold, three silver, one bronze medal). The tournament witnessed the participation of 612 boxers, including 337 boys and 275 girls. PTI APA BS BS

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 8:14 pm

Haryana win 3rd Sub Junior National Championship

Harpal Singh Bedi New Delhi Haryana clinched boys and girls team titles with an impressive combined tally of 19 medals at the 3rd Sub Junior National Championship at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida. Haryana, the reigning champions in the girls section, successfully defended their title after finishing on top of Continue reading Haryana win 3rd Sub Junior National Championship

The Indian Awaaz 26 Mar 2024 6:32 pm

Haryana finishes with 19 medals, crowned the champion

Diya named best boxer among girls; UPs Bhavya Pratap takes the honours in boys section

The Hindu 26 Mar 2024 5:28 pm

AAP's Haryana unit holds protest against Kejriwal's arrest

AAP's Haryana unit holds protest against Kejriwal's arrest The AAP workers on Tuesday staged a protest here and in other parts of Haryana against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP workers gathered near the the BJP's Ambala City office and staged a protest during which they raised slogans against the BJP-led government at the Centre. Protests by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were also held in other parts of Haryana, including Karnal, Rohtak and Faridabad. AAP state unit president Sushil Gupta said the BJP government is scared of the good works done by the Kejriwal dispensation. He said, ''The dictatorial Modi government wants to destroy the Aam Aadmi Party but today the entire country stands firmly with honest leader Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party''. During their protest, the AAP also hit out at the BJP government in Haryana over the alleged police lathicharge on the AAP workers and some state leaders of the party in Kurukshetra on March 22. Following Kejriwal's arrest on March 21, the AAP had given a nationwide call for protest against the BJP the next day. AAP national convener Kejriwal, who was subsequently remanded to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody till March 28 by a Delhi court, faces allegations of direct involvement in a conspiracy related to the formulation of the excise policy favouring specific individuals.

devdiscourse 26 Mar 2024 3:28 pm

Haryana man held for bid to tamper with ATM unit

The Times of India 26 Mar 2024 4:39 am

Election Fever Catches Up in TN

Chennai: With just two more days left to file nominations for the Lok Sabha elections, Monday saw a mad scramble for presenting the papers at the designated offices that witnessed scuffles and scenes of bonhomie between rivals though the Congress party alone could not name its nominees for the Mayiladuthurai and Tirunelveli constituencies and for the by-election to Vilavancode Assembly seat till closing time. In the announcement that came later, the Congress high command nominated C Robert Bruce for Tirunelveli and Tharahai Cuthbert for Vilavancode but was unable to decide on the candidate for Mayiladuthurai, over which there was reportedly a tug of war between Praveen Chakravorthy and S Thiurnavukarasar. Even the Tirunelveli candidate was named because Chief Minister M K Stalin was addressing a campaign meeting at Nanguneri to introduce the coalitions nominees for Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari constituencies in the evening. Since it would be pointless to seek votes for an unknown candidate of the Congress by the Chief Minister, the announcement for Tirunelveli was made in a hurry, party sources said. Earlier in the day, three other Congress nominees, M K Vishnu Prasad, Jothimani and Sasikanth Senthil, called on Stalin at his residence, along with TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai, while two of the three DMK candidates for the Chennai constituencies filed their nominations. The visit of North Chennai DMK candidate Kalanidhi Veerasamy, along with an entourage, to the polling office in Royapuram created a flutter. The AIADMK candidate Royapuram Mano had arrived at the office ahead of the DMK members and had obtained token number 7. Though the DMK workers came late, the leader of the group, Minister S K Sekarbabu, barged in and took a seat opposite the officer, prompting the AIADMK members, led by former Minister D Jayakumar, to raise an objection, triggering an angry exchange of words. Even as the argument was on, with the police personnel keeping a close watch, BJP candidate for the constituency R C Paul Kanagaraj landed at the spot but had to wait for the two parties to sort out the difference and also filed their nominations. With the presiding officer making it clear that Token No 7 will be given precedence over Token 8, the dispute was sorted out. DMK candidate for South Chennai, Tamilachi Thangapandian, was just completing the formalities before the presiding officer when BJP candidate Tamilisai Sounararajan arrived at the office. Both the candidates hugged each other and exchanged pleasantries, besides greeting each other. AIADMK nominee Jayavardhan. For Chennai constituency, the DMK candidate Dayanidhi Maran did not file the nominations while AIADMK alliance candidate Parthasarathy of DMDK and BJPs Vinoj P Selvam presented their papers. Maran is expected to file nomination on Wednesday, the last day. In the neighbouring Sriperumbudur constituency, DMK candidate T R Baalu also filed his papers. More than 75 per cent of the candidates all over the State chose Monday to file nominations as it was considered an auspicious day. Once the filing was done, the candidates and their followers started their campaign work by calling party cadre and booth committee members for introductory meeting and kick starting the electioneering for the April 19 polling. The States polling machinery was also activated by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as officials and flying squads buzzed past the roads, keeping a vigil. At the MTH Road, near the Padi over bridge in Chennai, officials stopped a container trucker after it was found to be carrying sacks of BJP flags, caps and such material. The truck was coming from Haryana and was supposed to deliver the goods at the BJP office. But the officials wanted the way bills and such papers to be produced and drove it out to a police station as huge crowds gathered on the roads, suspecting the goods carried by it to be cash bundles. The Chief Electoral Officer Sathyabrata Sahoo, who met media persons, said that it had received 3,05,000 complaints of defacement of public walls and 1,00,800 complaints of unauthorized painting on private walls. He said 1,403 complaints of Model Code of Conduct violations and 178 FIRs had been filed.

Deccan Chronicle 25 Mar 2024 11:54 pm

Myriad colours of India in full display as Holi celebrated with fervour

Myriad colours of India in full display as Holi celebrated with fervour Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated on Monday with full gusto across the country by people from all walks of life. The festival was extra special this year as it was the first in Ayodhya after the consecration of the Ram temple and also as it fell in the middle of an election year. In the national capital, the Delhi Traffic Police deployed special teams across major road intersections to check drunk driving and red-light jumping. Six people were injured after they came in contact with a high-tension wire while celebrating Holi on the roof of a house in east Delhi's Ganesh Nagar area. Among the injured, three people, including a woman, are reported to be in serious condition. The celebrations were grand at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. People from different places reached the temple early in the morning and offered colour and gulal to the deity. The entire Ram Janmabhoomi premises was immersed in the joy of the festival of colours. ''Ram Lalla is celebrating his first Holi after his consecration in the temple. His charming idol was decorated with flowers, gulal has been applied on the forehead. On this occasion, the idol of Ramlalla wore a pink dress,'' Ram Janmabhoomi temple chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das told PTI. Union Home Minister Amit Shah celebrated Holi with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and BJP functionaries in Ahmedabad. Referring to the consecration of the Ram temple on January 22, he said Holi this year was special for all ''Ram bhakts'' because the lord was celebrating the festival of colours after a gap of 500 years. ''There is an old folk song which says Holi Khele Raghuveera Avadh Mein Now after 500 years, Raghuveer is playing Holi at Avadh. This is a matter of great joy for everyone. My greetings to all the citizens on the occasion of Holi,'' he told a gathering. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Gorakshpeethadhishwar Yogi Adityanath performed Rudrabhishek at Gorakhnath temple and prayed to Lord Shiva for the welfare of the people and the world. The ancient city of Varanasi threw itself with full abandon in the Holi celebrations with the revellers dancing to music in streets amid bursts of abir and gulal. Foreign tourists joined the locals in the excitement as the ghats of the city teemed with people who indulged in all sorts of festivities. Holi was celebrated in Haryana, Punjab and their joint capital Chandigarh with great fervour on Monday as children threw balloons filled with colourful water at each other while elders visited friends and relatives and distributed sweets. Industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal, who joined the BJP on Sunday, met Chief Minister Saini and former chief minister Khattar here on Monday and greeted them on the occasion of Holi. Mathura in Uttar Pradesh was drenched in hues of the rainbow on Monday as people celebrated Holi and smeared 'gulal' on each other. Brij Bhoomi, especially Vrindavan and Govardhan, also witnessed an explosion of colours. Pilgrims visiting the ISKCON temple also joined the celebrations in Vrindavan. In parts of Mathura, women hit men with sticks as part of Lathmar Holi. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde celebrated Holi in Thane after paying tribute to his mentor late Anand Dighe at Anand Ashram. He refused to answer questions on seat sharing talks in the ruling alliance for the Lok Sabha polls. Holi was celebrated with great enthusiasm across Rajasthan, with everyone joining in the revelry and coming out in the streets to paint each other with colours. Foreign guests who are staying in Rajasthan also enjoyed the 'Rangotsav' and several of them were seen playing with colours in the walled city of Jaipur. Chief Minister Bhajnalal Sharma played Holi with the people on the Officers' Training School campus. In West Bengal, colours of Holi blended with the hues of different political parties as candidates tried to make the most of the occasion to connect with the people in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Smeared with 'gulaal' of different colours, several leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPI(M) and other parties celebrated the festival of colours, known as 'Dol Yatra' in West Bengal, with common people on the streets. Tapas Roy, who recently joined the BJP from TMC, and was on Sunday named the saffron party's candidate from Kolkata North constituency, tried to make the most of the day by engaging in people-to-people connect while celebrating the festival of colours. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee greeted all through social media on the occasion of Dol Purnima and Holi. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and Governor S Abdul Nazeer extended Holi greetings to the people of the state. Holi was celebrated with fervour and gaiety across Telangana on Monday as revellers applied colours on each other and exchanged greetings. They painted each others' faces with gulal and threw colour water, while some danced to music. Telangana Governor C P Radhakrishnan, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, state BJP president and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao wished people on the occasion of Holi. Meanwhile, a man was injured in Dombivali in Thane district after being assaulted amid Holi celebrations, a police official said on Monday.

devdiscourse 25 Mar 2024 9:27 pm

After CM Saini, Khattar meets Anil Vij

After CM Saini, Khattar meets Anil Vij Three days after Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini met former Home Minister Anil Vij, ex-CM Manohar Lal Khattar also met him here on Monday and greeted him on the occasion of Holi festival. Khattar, who was on way to Karnal from Chandigarh, made a halt at Vij's Ambala Cantonment residence. The two leaders hugged each other and wished each other a happy Holi. Earlier on Friday, Saini had met senior BJP leader and former minister Vij, who was stated to be upset with the party for not keeping him in the loop when deciding to replace Khattar as the chief minister. Speaking to reporters here after meeting Vij, Khattar said that he was going to Karnal from Chandigarh. ''I dropped in to wish him on the occasion of the Holi festival,'' Khattar said. We remained colleagues in the cabinet for a long period and during our meeting we shared some old memories, he added. When asked that Vij had been upset, the former chief minister said there is no such issue. Khattar also said that he has been meeting him at regular intervals. Even after the recent developments in the state, I happened to meet him. We have also been having conversations on the phone too, he said. Speaking to reporters after meeting Vij at his residence here on Friday, Chief Minister Saini had said, ''I have come here to seek his blessings. He is our senior leader and under his guidance, we have to win all 10 Lok Sabha seats from Haryana.'' In a surprise move a fortnight ago, the BJP replaced Khattar with OBC leader Saini as Haryana's chief minister in a swift switch in the state, just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Vij did not find a place in the Saini-led cabinet, though his name was said to have figured in the initial list of ministers. On the day of swearing-in of Saini earlier this month, Khattar, when asked whether Vij's name was there in the race for the post of a deputy chief minister, had said, ''Ministers had to take oath today and his (Vij's) name was on that (list). But he could not come.'' Asked whether Vij was upset, Khattar had then said, ''Anil Vij is our senior colleague' He sometimes gets upset easily, but he becomes normal later.'' ''In the past too, there have been many incidents when Vij got upset over something but later on things became normal,'' he added. Vij had told reporters earlier, ''It was not in my knowledge that the chief minister of our state was being changed. This came as a bombshell to me that the chief minister was being changed.''

devdiscourse 25 Mar 2024 7:58 pm

NITI Aayog ex-employee PhD student dies in London tragic cycle-lorry crash

NITI Aayog ex-employee PhD student dies in London tragic cycle-lorry crash A 33-year-old former NITI Aayog employee pursuing her PhD at the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science died in a tragic road accident as she was hit by a refuse truck while cycling back home from the university here. Cheistha Kochhar was a Doctoral Candidate studying behavioural research since she moved to London from Gurugram, Haryana, last year. While tributes have been pouring in for the bright, brilliant and brave student after her father shared the news of her death online, the Metropolitan Police are yet to officially name the victim and have appealed for witnesses to the fatal collision. The accident took place on Clerkenwell Road, near the junction with Farringdon Road, on March 19 evening. Officers attended along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service. A 33-year-old woman was found seriously injured. Despite the efforts of emergency services, she died at the scene. Her next of kin has been informed, the Met Police statement said. The lorry, believed to be a refuse vehicle, stopped at the scene and the driver is helping police with their enquiries. There has been no arrest and enquiries into the circumstances continue, the statement said. Anyone who witnessed the incident or road users with dashcam footage which may have captured the events have been asked to contact the Met Police. Cheistha Kochhar worked with me on the #LIFE [Lifestyle for the Environment] programme in NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, former NITI Aayog CEO said in a post on X. She was in the #Nudge unit and had gone to do her PhD in behavioural science at LSE. Passed away in a terrible traffic incident while cycling in London. She was bright, brilliant & brave and always full of life. Gone away too early. RIP, he said. Kochhar served as Senior Advisor at the National Behavioural Insights Unit of India for nearly two years until April last year, before moving to London with her software engineer husband Prashant Gautam. I am still in London trying to collect the remains of my daughter, Cheistha Kochhar. She was run over by a truck on 19 March while cycling back from LSE, where she was doing her PhD, her father Lieutenant General Dr S P Kochhar, Director General at the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), said in an emotional post on LinkedIn. It has devastated us and her large circle of friends, he said, along with a link to an online memorial page created in her memory. The memorial page opens with a quote from Cheistha, which reads: What we create should last longer than we do, and is followed by several moving tributes posted by friends and family. A fantastic student and an amazing person. While our interaction was too brief, Cheistha left a lasting impression. Be it her research acumen combined with practical relevance, uncanny foresight and high-level thinking combined with down-to-earth humility and helping nature, she was one of a kind, and always will be. Om Shanthi, read one. The Bareilly-born Behavioural Strategist earned her Masters from the University of Chicago after studying at Ashoka University and Delhi University and completing her schooling in Delhi and various Army schools around India. She made her mark in all these institutions and is still remembered very fondly for her creativeness, spontaneity, compassion, helpfulness, smiling demeanour and yet excelling in academics and co-curricular activities like debating, drawing and dramatics, shared her father in his tribute to Cheistha. Her heart was at obtaining a doctorate in behavioural science under Org Behaviour from LSE. She got selected with a full scholarship and joined in Sep 23. She was the only student to be selected for this programme and was working under Prof. Sosa, he said, describing her sudden death in the road crash on March 19 as a black day for us and the society.

devdiscourse 25 Mar 2024 7:27 pm

Ex-NITI Aayog employee dies in freak accident in UK

Cheistha Kochhar, 33, was a Doctoral Candidate studying behavioural research since she moved to London from Gurugram, Haryana, last year.

Rediff 25 Mar 2024 3:41 pm

Haryana HCS Prelims Result 2023 Out: Download Mains Admit Card

Dreaming of a fulfilling career serving the people of Haryana? The Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) offers an exciting opportunity through their Haryana Civil Services (HCS) Exam. This blog post provides a comprehensive overview of the HPSC HCS Recruitment 2023, including crucial dates , eligibility criteria, vacancy details, and the selection process.

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Naukrinama 25 Mar 2024 2:41 pm

NITI Aayog ex-employee PhD student dies in London cycling crash

NITI Aayog ex-employee PhD student dies in London cycling crash A former NITI Aayog employee pursuing her PhD at the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) died in a tragic road accident as she was hit by a truck while cycling back home from the university here. Cheistha Kochhar, 33, was a Doctoral Candidate studying behavioural research since she moved to London from Gurugram, Haryana, last year. While tributes have been pouring in for the bright, brilliant and brave student after her father shared the news of her death online, the Metropolitan Police are yet to officially name the victim and have appealed for witnesses to the fatal collision. The accident took place on Clerkenwell Road, near the junction with Farringdon Road, on March 19 evening. Officers attended along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service. A 33-year-old woman was found seriously injured. Despite the efforts of emergency services, she died at the scene. Her next of kin has been informed, the Met Police statement said. The lorry, believed to be a refuse vehicle, stopped at the scene and the driver is helping police with their enquiries. There has been no arrest and enquiries into the circumstances continue, the statement said. Anyone who witnessed the incident or road users with dashcam footage which may have captured the events have been asked to contact the Met Police. Cheistha Kochhar worked with me on the #LIFE [Lifestyle for the Environment] programme in NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, former NITI Aayog CEO said in a post on X. She was in the #Nudge unit and had gone to do her PhD in behavioural science at LSE. Passed away in a terrible traffic incident while cycling in London. She was bright, brilliant & brave and always full of life. Gone away too early. RIP, he said. Kochhar served as Senior Advisor at the National Behavioural Insights Unit of India for nearly two years until April last year, before moving to London with her software engineer husband Prashant Gautam. I am still in London trying to collect the remains of my daughter, Cheistha Kochhar. She was run over by a truck on 19 March while cycling back from LSE, where she was doing her PhD, her father Lieutenant General Dr S P Kochhar, Director General at the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), said in an emotional post on LinkedIn. It has devastated us and her large circle of friends, he said, along with a link to an online memorial page created in her memory. The memorial page opens with a quote from Cheistha, which reads: What we create should last longer than we do, and is followed by several moving tributes posted by friends and family. A fantastic student and an amazing person. While our interaction was too brief, Cheistha left a lasting impression. Be it her research acumen combined with practical relevance, uncanny foresight and high-level thinking combined with down-to-earth humility and helping nature, she was one of a kind, and always will be. Om Shanthi, read one. The Bareilly-born Behavioural Strategist earned her Masters from the University of Chicago after studying at Ashoka University and Delhi University and completing her schooling in Delhi and various Army schools around India. She made her mark in all these institutions and is still remembered very fondly for her creativeness, spontaneity, compassion, helpfulness, smiling demeanour and yet excelling in academics and co-curricular activities like debating, drawing and dramatics, shared her father in his tribute to Cheistha. Her heart was at obtaining a doctorate in behavioural science under Org Behaviour from LSE. She got selected with a full scholarship and joined in Sep 23. She was the only student to be selected for this programme and was working under Prof. Sosa, he said, describing her sudden death in the road crash on March 19 as a black day for us and the society.

devdiscourse 25 Mar 2024 2:28 pm

Holi celebrated in Haryana, Punjab with gaiety

Holi celebrated in Haryana, Punjab with gaiety Holi was celebrated in Haryana, Punjab and their joint capital Chandigarh with great fervour on Monday as children threw balloons filled with colourful water at each other while elders visited friends and relatives and distributed sweets. All of them painted each others' faces with gulal. While some revellers zoomed through the streets on motorbikes, others danced to music. Durgiana Temple in Amritsar witnessed heavy rush on the day. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini extended Holi greetings to the people ''The festival of Holi marks the arrival of spring and symbolises the victory of good over evil. As the onset of spring fills the environment with mystic charm and fragrance, may this vibrant festival of colour transcend across all social barriers and strengthen social harmony, bring joy, delight, hope and happiness in the lives of people of Punjab and Chandigarh,'' Purohit said. Dattatreya urged people to celebrate the festival of colours with love, joy and compassion. Mann on X said, ''May God fill everyone's life with colours of joy and maintain mutual love and brotherhood,'' Nayab Saini, who celebrated the festival at his official residence here, said that Holi festival symbolises the victory of good over evil and appealed to the people to celebrate the festival in a true spirit of amity, goodwill and brotherhood. Haryana Minister Kanwar Pal, State Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta were among those present at Saini's residence. Industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal, who joined the BJP on Sunday, met Chief Minister Saini and former Chief Minister Khattar here on Monday and greeted them on the occasion of Holi. ''Following the path shown by my father (late) Shri O P Jindal ji, politics has always been a medium of service for us,'' Jindal posted on X after meeting Saini. Khattar celebrated Holi with party workers at the party office in Panchkula. Police in the two states and Chandigarh had made elaborate arrangements to ensure a safe and joyous Holi. A warning was issued against hooliganism, while traffic and local police were deployed at many places to check incidents of hooliganism, speeding and reckless driving. Meanwhile, there was a huge rush of devotees for the Holla Mohalla festival of the Sikh community at Anandpur Sahib in Punjab. They also offered prayers at the Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib.

devdiscourse 25 Mar 2024 12:42 pm

Colors of Unity: Holi's Radiance Across the Nation

Today, on Monday, March 25, people all over India are joyously celebrating Holi, the vibrant festival of colors. With great excitement and fervor, let's explore how this festival is being commemorated across the nation. In the sacred city of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, the Radha Vallabh Temple is alive with a kaleidoscope of colors as large crowds fill the streets, immersing themselves in the festive spirit. Meanwhile, in Chennai's lively Sowcarpet area, streets are transformed into a riot of colors as people join in the jubilation of Holi. In Rajasthan, the Dhulandi festival, a part of Holi celebrations, is organized by the Tourism Department at Jaipur's Khasa Kothi, adding a touch of cultural richness to the festivities. Moving to Punjab's Amritsar, the Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans are not only safeguarding the borders but also indulging in the joyous revelry of Holi at the Khasa Headquarters. In Assam's Dibrugarh, Shyam devotees are commemorating Holi uniquely by playing with flowers during a special Prabhat Pheri, spreading fragrant hues of love and devotion. In the cultural hub of West Bengal, Kolkata, the streets come alive with people joyously smearing colors on each other, celebrating the vibrant spirit of Holi. Down in Maharashtra's bustling Mumbai, Juhu Beach becomes a colorful carnival ground as people gather to revel in the festivities, spreading joy and laughter. Similarly, in Pune, the air is filled with laughter and excitement as children delight in playing with vibrant colors, adding to the festive cheer of Holi. In Jadavpur, Trinamool Congress leader Sayoni Ghosh joins in the celebrations, spreading happiness and camaraderie among the locals. Meanwhile, in Haryana's Yamunanagar, Agricultural Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar partakes in the festivities, bonding with the community over the shared joy of Holi. Lastly, in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at the Gorakhnath Temple, performing the sacred 'Rudrabhishek' ceremony, symbolizing spiritual purification and divine blessings on this auspicious occasion of Holi. As Holi unites people across regions, cultures, and communities, it embodies the essence of joy, love, and togetherness, bringing people closer in the colorful tapestry of celebrations across India. How Holi 2024 Reflects Modern India: Celebrating Cultural Identity and Unity Holi 2024: Setting the Date Straight - March 24 or 25? Holi 2024: Keep Your Gadgets Dry and Dazzling

News Track 25 Mar 2024 12:10 pm

Lok Sabha Polls: Industrialist Naveen Jindal Joins BJP, To Contest From Kurukshetra

Independent MLA from Haryana Ranjit Chautala will enter the fray from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat.

Bloomberg Quint 25 Mar 2024 10:54 am

BJP fields Cong ex-MP Jindal, min Ranjit from Kurukshetra & Hisar after joining

Navin Jindal and Ranjit Singh Chautala are BJP's Lok Sabha candidates from Kurukshetra and Hisar. BJP completed its Haryana candidate list with Badoli from Sonipat and Sharma from Rohtak.

The Times of India 25 Mar 2024 10:52 am

Cyclonic troughs set to bring rains for Holi

NEW DELHI: Holi may be wetter in northwest and eastern India as multiple cyclonic troughs are set to bring rains. Northwest India, including Delhi-NCR, has received pre-Holi cloudy weather and isolated events of light rain with gusty winds with speed of 30-40 km/hour under the influence of the ongoing western disturbance. The Indian Meteorological Department has forecast that another spell of western disturbance will hit on March 26. It will cause light to moderate snowfall in higher reaches of Himalayas and scattered rain with thunderstorms in Punjab, Haryana, western UP and Rajasthan between March 26 and 29. Experts say there has been a change in the western disturbance pattern, which mostly took place during the winter. But this time, most of these are taking place post-winter. The alterations in the western disturbance trend are mostly attributed to climate change. This year winter was a record dry and snowless, but the sudden frequency of western disturbance increased from late February, said Mahesh Palawat of a private weather agency Skymet Weather Services. Rain, accompanied with snowfall, will cause a fall in maximum temperatures by 3-4C very likely over northwest India during the next 24 hours and then rise by 3-4C during subsequent 3-4 days. In the meantime, a cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Assam and neighbourhood, and a trough runs from northwest Bihar to southeast Assam across north Bangladesh in lower tropospheric levels. It will bring fairly widespread rainfall in Bihar, Jharkhand and northeast states and snowfall in the sub-Himalyan region such as West Bengal and Sikkim. Such unseasonal rain would impact standing wheat crops ready for harvest. In this period, hot and humid weather is very likely to prevail over Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, and Kerala and Mahe. However, isolated pockets over Saurashtra and Kutch will see heat wave conditions on March 26-27. An analysis from Climate Central, an independent group of scientists and communicators, shows that during Holi, temperatures have been rising in the past five decades. Analysing the data from 1970, the study claims that during March, the northern and western regions have the fastest warming, with the largest change occurring in J&K (2.8C). Wwarming in April has been more uniform and Mizoram stands out with the largest change since 1970 (1.9C). The study shows that only Maharashtra, Bihar and Chhattisgarh would have only a 5% probability of increasing temperature above 40C in the early 1970s. However, in the past five decades, this probability has not only increased but expanded to more states. The analysis states that the chance of reaching 40C expands to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

The New Indian Express 25 Mar 2024 7:22 am

BJP names 4 LS candidates for Haryana in latest list; nominees for all 10 seats announced

BJP names 4 LS candidates for Haryana in latest list; nominees for all 10 seats announced The BJP on Sunday named its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in its fifth list of nominees, fielding Naveen Jindal and Ranjit Singh Chautala who joined the party earlier in the day. With this list, the party has now announced its candidates for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, six of whom are new faces. In the list announced on Sunday, the party fielded Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra, Ranjit Chautala from Hisar, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Arvind Kumar Sharma from the Rohtak parliamentary constituency. Industrialist and former Congress MP from Kurukshetra Jindal and Independent MLA from Haryana Ranjit Chautala joined the BJP on Sunday, hours before the list of announced. Jindal, 54, represented Kurukshetra in Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2014 as a Congress MP. He is the son of former Haryana minister and late industrialist O P Jindal. Chautala, 78, joined the BJP at an event in Haryana's Sirsa. He is a minister in the BJP-led Haryana government. He is former deputy prime minister Devi Lal's son and the brother of Indian National Lok Dal chief and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. BJP MP from Hisar Brijendra Singh recently resigned from the party's primary membership and the Lok Sabha and joined the Congress. Of the 10 parliamentary seats in Haryana, sitting MPs from Sonipat, Karnal and Sirsa have not been re-nominated. The party has fielded new faces in Kurukshetra, Karnal, Hisar, Sonipat, Sirsa and Ambala seats. Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia made way for former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar whom the party has fielded from the seat. Khattar was named as a BJP Lok Sabha candidate in the list released on March 13 after he quit as chief minister as the party effected a major shake-up in the state leadership. Hours before the BJP announced his name for the Lok Sabha elections, Khattar quit as the MLA from Karnal as well. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is likely to be fielded from Karnal assembly seat. In the outgoing Lok Sabha, Kurukshetra was represented by Nayab Singh Saini, who recently replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as the chief minister of Haryana. The BJP denied re-nomination to its sitting MP Ramesh Chander Kaushik in Sonipat and fielded Badoli, an MLA from the Rai Assembly segment, in his place. Arvind Kumar Sharma has been re-nominated in Rohtak. The BJP's March 13 list of candidates also included names of former MP Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa, from where the party has denied re-nomination to sitting parliamentarian Sunita Duggal. In the Ambala-SC parliamentary seat, the BJP fielded Banto Kataria. The seat has been lying vacant since the death of her husband and former Union minister Rattan Lal Kataria last year. The party has also re-nominated its sitting MPs Rao Inderjit Singh, Dharambir Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar in Gurugram, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh and Faridabad seats, respectively. The BJP won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in the last general elections held in 2019. Congress is yet to announce its candidates for the nine seats it is contesting in Haryana. The Aam Aadmi Party, which is contesting in Haryana jointly with the Congress, has fielded its state unit chief Sushil Gupta in Kurukshetra. Indian National Lok Dal senior leader and party MLA Abhay Singh Chautala has also entered the fray from the Kurukshetra seat. Polling for all the 10 LS seats in Haryana will be held on May 25 in the sixth of the seven-phase election.

devdiscourse 25 Mar 2024 12:21 am

BJP names four LS candidates for Haryana in latest list; nominees for all 10 seats announced

BJP names four LS candidates for Haryana in latest list; nominees for all 10 seats announced The BJP on Sunday named its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in its fifth list of nominees, fielding Naveen Jindal and Ranjit Singh Chautala who joined the party earlier in the day. With this list, the party has now announced its candidates for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The party has fielded Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra, Ranjit Chautala from Hisar, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Arvind Kumar Sharma from Rohtak parliamentary constituency. Industrialist and former Congress MP Jindal and Independent MLA from Haryana Ranjit Chautala joined the BJP on Sunday. Jindal represented Kurukshetra in Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2014 as a Congress MP. Chautala, 78, joined the BJP at an event in Haryana's Sirsa. He is a minister in the BJP-led Haryana government. He is former deputy prime minister Devi Lal's son and the brother of Indian National Lok Dal chief and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. BJP MP from Hisar Brijendra Singh recently resigned from the party's primary membership and the Lok Sabha and joined the Congress. Of the 10 parliamentary seats in Haryana, Sitting MPs from Sonipat, Karnal and Sirsa have not been re-nominated. Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia made way for former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar whom the party has fielded from the seat. Khattar was named as a BJP Lok Sabha candidate in the list released on March 13 after he quit as chief minister as the party effected a major shake-up in the state leadership. Hours before the BJP announced his name for the Lok Sabha elections, Khattar quit as the MLA from Karnal as well. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is likely to be fielded from Karnal assembly seat. In the outgoing Lok Sabha, Kurukshetra was represented by Nayab Singh Saini, who recently replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as the chief minister of Haryana. The BJP denied re-nomination to its sitting MP Ramesh Chander Kaushik in Sonipat and fielded Badoli, an MLA from the Rai Assembly segment, in his place. Arvind Kumar Sharma has been re-nominated in Rohtak. The BJP's March 13 list of candidates also included names of former MP Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa, from where the party has denied re-nomination to sitting parliamentarian Sunita Duggal. In the Ambala-SC parliamentary seat, the BJP fielded Banto Kataria. The seat has been lying vacant since the death of her husband and former Union minister Rattan Lal Kataria last year. The party has re-nominated its sitting MPs Rao Inderjit Singh, Dharambir Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar in Gurugram, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh and Faridabad seats, respectively. The BJP won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in the last general elections held in 2019. Congress is yet to announce its candidates for the nine seats it is contesting in Haryana. The Aam Aadmi Party, which is contesting in Haryana jointly with the Congress, has fielded its state unit chief Sushil Gupta in Kurukshetra. Polling for all the 10 LS seats in Haryana will be held on May 25 in the sixth of the seven-phase election.

devdiscourse 24 Mar 2024 11:11 pm

LS polls: BJP names 111 more candidates; drops 2 ministers, Varun Gandhi; fields Arun Govil, Kangana

LS polls: BJP names 111 more candidates; drops 2 ministers, Varun Gandhi; fields Arun Govil, Kangana The BJP on Sunday named 111 more Lok Sabha poll candidates, dropping Union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, and MP Varun Gandhi, while fielding actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan will contest from Sambalpur and the party's spokesperson Sambit Patra will try his luck again from Puri after losing out in a close contest in 2019. The party has axed former Union minister Anantkumar Hegde, a six-term Lok Sabha member from Uttara Kannada, this time. A hardline Hindutva leader, he has often courted controversies with his remarks including the recent row when he said a big mandate for the BJP is necessary so that it could amend the Constitution. The BJP has denied tickets to nearly 37 incumbent MPs in the latest list, including nine in Uttar Pradesh, five in Gujarat, four in Odisha and three each in Bihar, Karnataka and Jharkhand. The count of dropped MPs does not include those who won recent assembly elections like Diya Kumari and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in Rajasthan, or someone like Nayab Singh Saini who has taken over as Haryana chief minister or Hisar MP Brijendra Singh, who has already quit the party. Kerala BJP president K Surendra will contest from Wayanad, the seat from where incumbent MP and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is again in the fray. The BJP has fielded Rekha Patra, who party leaders said is one of the Sadeshkhali victims, from West Bengal's Basirhat constituency in a bid to corner the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. The BJP named candidates for all 17 seats it is contesting in Bihar, renominating Union minister Giriraj Singh from Begusarai and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib. Union ministers R K Singh and Nityanand Rai have also been fielded from their current seats, while in Uttar Pradesh the ruling party named 13 more candidates. While it has denied the ticket from Pilibhit to Varun Gandhi, a three-term Lok Sabha MP who has often aired views deemed critical of his party's governments at the Centre and in the state, it has renominated his mother Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur. Jitin Prasada, a minister in the state government, is the party's choice from Pilibhit while Atul Garg replaces two-term MP V K Singh in Ghaziabad. Hours before the party released the list, Singh said in a post on X that he is opting out of the polls. Three leaders who joined the BJP on Sunday figured in the list -- Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra, Haryana government minister Ranjit Chautala from Hisar (both in Haryana), and Varaprasad Rao from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. With this list of 111 candidates, the ruling party has named 398 nominees, excluding the four who withdrew after their names created controversy, for the elections to the 543-member Lok Sabha. Ranaut, a vocal supporter of the BJP, will contest from Mandi in her home state of Himachal Pradesh, while veteran actor Arun Govil, famed for his role of Lord Ram in the popular TV serial ''Ramayan'', has been preferred to seasoned parliamentarian Rajendra Agrawal in Meerut by the ruling party. Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, is the BJP's candidate from Dumka. She had quit the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha a few days ago. Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who snapped his long ties with the BJP to join the Congress last year before returning to its fold months later, will contest from Belgaum. The party has named 19 more candidates from West Bengal, including former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Tamluk. It has shifted Dilip Ghosh, the MP from Medinipur, to BardhamanDurgapur, dropping the incumbent S S Ahluwalia. It named seven candidates from Rajasthan, four each from Haryana, Karnataka and Kerala, 18 from Odisha, and three each from Maharashtra and Jharkhand among other states. Its Andhra Pradesh president D Purandeswari will contest from Rajahmundry and former chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy from Rajampet as the party named its picks for all the six Lok Sabha seats in the state it is contesting in alliance with the TDP and the Jana Sena. BJP vice president Baijayant Panda will contest from Kendrapara, a constituency he has represented in Lok Sabha as a BJD member twice.

devdiscourse 24 Mar 2024 11:09 pm

Industrialist Naveen Jindal joins BJP, to contest from Kurukshetra; Ranjit Chautala from Hisar

Industrialist Naveen Jindal joins BJP, to contest from Kurukshetra; Ranjit Chautala from Hisar Industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal and independent MLA from Haryana Ranjit Chautala joined the BJP on Sunday and were named as the party's candidates from Kurukshetra and Hisar Lok Sabha seats respectively in the state. Chautala, 78, is a minister in the BJP-led Haryana government. He is former deputy prime minister Devi Lal's son and the brother of Indian National Lok Dal chief and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. Jindal, who represented Kurukshetra constituency in Lok Sabha from 2004-14 as a Congress MP, said he wants to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda of 'Viksit Bharat'. He joined the BJP at its Delhi headquarters in the presence of its general secretary Vinod Tawde. Jindal, who lost from Kurukshetra in 2014, said the country has progressed under Modi's leadership in the last 10 years and many historic steps such as the abrogation of Article 370 have been taken. The dream of having a Ram temple in Ayodhya has also been realised, he told reporters. Tawde said Jindal's presence in the party will help the government's agenda of boosting the country's economy and prosperity. He noted that the Jindal Steel chairperson has a keen interest in sports and education as well. ''Like Naveen Jindal has joined (BJP) here (in Delhi), Ranjit Chautala ji, who is a minister in the Haryana government and an Independent MLA, has also joined the BJP. We welcome these two new members in the BJP fold,'' Tawde told reporters. Ranjit Chautala joined the BJP in Sirsa in the presence of former MP Ashok Tanwar and other leaders at an event in Sirsa, the party leaders said. Speaking to PTI after he joined the BJP, Ranjit Chautala said the country is making great progress under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi. ''We will work hard to ensure that BJP wins all the 10 seats from Haryana,'' Ranjit Chautala, who is an MLA from Rania segment in Sirsa district, said. Asked if he will resign from the membership of the state assembly as the BJP has fielded him from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat, Chautala said he will take a call on this soon. Tanwar, a former Haryana Congress president, recently switched from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the BJP and has been fielded from Sirsa. Shortly after the BJP announced the names of four more candidates from Haryana, including Jindal and Ranjit Chautala, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini posted in Hindi on X, ''I can say with full confidence that we will win 10 out of 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana and we will achieve the goal set by the Honourable Prime Minister of making India a developed nation by 2047.'' The BJP has now announced names of all the 10 candidates from Haryana. In another post on X, Saini, while welcoming Ranjit Chautala into the party fold, said, ''Your joining the BJP will definitely strengthen the party and it will benefit from your political experiences.'' On Jindal's joining, Saini posted, ''Famous industrialist of the country, former MP of Kurukshetra and experienced leader who fought for the right of every Indian to hoist the tricolor @MPNaveenJindal Welcome to the BJP family.'' Notably, Jindal is the son of former Haryana minister and late industrialist O P Jindal. In September 2023, Ranjit Chautala, while talking to PTI, had said he was not averse to contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and might take the step if the BJP offered him a ticket. ''Politics is the art of the possible,'' Ranjit Chautala had then said. He had said he was the first to offer unconditional support to the BJP after it fell short of a majority. In 2019, the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), founded by Dushyant Chautala and his father Ajay Chautala, and independents extended support to the BJP after which it formed the government in Haryana. The alliance fell apart earlier this month. Ajay Chautala is Om Prakash Chautala's son. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won all the 10 seats in Haryana. Last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with the then chief minister M L Khattar and other leaders had visited the Sirsa residence of Ranjit Singh Chautala.

devdiscourse 24 Mar 2024 11:02 pm

Jindal, Ex-IAF Chief Join BJP

New Delhi: Former IAF chief R.K.S. Bhadauria, industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal, and former YSR Congress leader Varaprasad Rao joined the BJP on Sunday. Additionally, Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala also joined the BJP at an event in Sirsa. Former MP Naveen Jindal announced his resignation from the Congress before formally joining the BJP later in the evening. Bhadauria and Rao joined the saffron party in the afternoon in the presence of Union minister Anurag Thakur and party general secretary Vinod Tawde. Jindal joined the party in the presence of Tawde at the BJP. After joining the BJP, Naveen Jindal expressed his desire to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda of Viksit Bharat (Developed India).

Deccan Chronicle 24 Mar 2024 10:43 pm

Industrialist Naveen Jindal joins BJP, to contest from Kurukshetra LS seat; Ranjit Chautala fielded from Hisar

Industrialist Naveen Jindal joins BJP, to contest from Kurukshetra LS seat; Ranjit Chautala fielded from Hisar Industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal and independent MLA from Haryana Ranjit Chautala joined the BJP on Sunday and were named as the party's candidates from Kurukshetra and Hisar Lok Sabha seats respectively in the state. Chautala, 78, is a minister in the BJP-led Haryana government. He is former deputy prime minister Devi Lal's son and the brother of Indian National Lok Dal chief and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. Jindal, who represented Kurukshetra constituency in Lok Sabha between 2004-14 as a Congress MP, said he wants to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda of 'Viksit Bharat'. He joined the BJP at its Delhi office in the presence of its general secretary Vinod Tawde. Jindal, who lost from Kurukshetra in 2014, said the country has progressed under Modi's leadership in the last 10 years and many historic steps such as the abrogation of Article 370 have been taken. The dream of having a Ram temple in Ayodhya has also been realised, he told reporters. Tawde said Jindal's presence in the party will help the government's agenda of boosting the country's economy and prosperity. He noted that the Jindal Steel chairperson has a keen interest in sports and education as well. ''Like Naveen Jindal has joined (BJP) here (in Delhi), Ranjit Chautala ji, who is a minister in the Haryana government and an Independent MLA, has also joined the BJP. We welcome these two new members in the BJP fold,'' Tawde told reporters. Ranjit Chautala, 78, joined the BJP in Sirsa in the presence of former MP Ashok Tanwar and other leaders at an event in Sirsa, party leaders said. Tanwar, a former Haryana Congress president, had recently switched from the Aam Aadmi Party to the BJP and has been fielded from Sirsa. In September 2023, Ranjit Chautala, while talking to PTI, said that he was not averse to contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and may take the step if the BJP offers him a ticket. ''Politics is the art of the possible,'' Ranjit Chautala had then said. Chautala had said he was the first to offer unconditional support to the BJP after it fell short of a majority. In 2019, the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), founded by Dushyant Chautala and his father Ajay Chautala, and Independents extended support to the BJP after which it formed the government in Haryana. The alliance fell apart earlier this month. Ajay Chautala is Om Prakash Chautala's son. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won all 10 seats in Haryana. Last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with the then Chief Minister M L Khattar and other leaders had visited the Sirsa residence of Ranjit Singh Chautala.

devdiscourse 24 Mar 2024 10:04 pm

Haryana Minister and Independent MLA Ranjit Singh Chautala joins BJP

Ranjit Singh Chautala joined BJP in Sirsa, possibly contesting from Hisar. Vinod Tawde welcomed him in the national capital. Naveen Jindal, an Independent MLA, also joined BJP in Delhi.

The Economic Times 24 Mar 2024 9:01 pm

Woman, her female friend held for murdering man in Haryana's Yamunanagar

In connection with the case of murder of Ajay of Bihar, who was living in Jagadhri, the district police have arrested his wife and her friend in Jagadhri, said Yamunanagar police spokesman Chamkaur Singh on Sunday. The arrested accused were identified as Komal and her friend Sonam. Ajay was allegedly murdered by his wife Komal and her two known persons including Sonam on March 20.

The Times of India 24 Mar 2024 8:38 pm

Former MP Naveen Jindal Quits Congress To Join BJP, Says Want To Contribute To Modi's 'Viksit Bharat' Dream

The chairman of Jindal Steel and Power entered Lok Sabha in 2004 from Haryana's Kurukshetra seat and was reelected in the 2009 polls

News18 24 Mar 2024 8:34 pm

Video: Haryana Cops Destroy 50 Modified Bike Silencers Using Road Roller

Traffic police in Haryana's Kaithal seized over fifty modified silencers installed in bullet motorcycles and crushed them using a road roller today.

NDTV 24 Mar 2024 7:42 pm

Haryana ACB arrests sub-inspector for taking bribe of Rs 5,000

Sub-Inspector Surjeet Singh arrested for taking a bribe in exchange for police bail. Case registered and under investigation at ACB Police Station, Gurugram.

The Times of India 24 Mar 2024 3:57 pm