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HARYANA Haryana govt to provide free books to Scheduled Castes students   Haryana Government will provide free books to the students belonging to Scheduled Castes who are studying in government colleges across the State.   The data of students belonging to the Scheduled Castes who will be getting money for buying books for the year … Read more

HARYANA Road accidents in Haryana fell by 13.82% in 2020   A total of 9,431 accidents were recorded in Haryana in 2020, which is 13.82% less than the number of mishaps reported in the corresponding period in year 2019. Around 30 mishaps were reported daily in 2019, which fell to 26 last year. Similarly, the number of people who … Read more

HARYANA Tobacco companies targeting youth in Haryana, says a report   A new report released revealed that tobacco companies are systematically targeting youth as young as eight years old, by selling and advertising tobacco products near educational institutions. A total of 1011 educational institutions and 885 points of sale were investigated for this study using a mobile app … Read more

HARYANA CM announces revision of Haryana Schedule Rates   To eradicate corruption, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced revision of Haryana Schedule Rates (HSR) which remained unchanged since 1987. As per the announcement, new HSR will come into force from March 1, 2021. Besides this, once the new HSR becomes effective, all … Read more

HARYANA Work on logistics hub in Mahendragarh to begin soon   Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala issued directions to begin the construction of North India’s largest Integrated Multimodal Logistics Hub in Nangal Chaudhary region of Mahendragarh district.   The Deputy Chief Minister, who holds the portfolio of Industries and Commerce Department, held a review meeting … Read more

HARYANA Decline of 16% in road accidents in 2020 in Haryana   Haryana has witnessed a decrease of 16% in road accidents in 2020 as compared to 2019 along with the number of deaths which has decreased by 12%.   In his address during the 40th meeting of Transport Development Council organised by the Union … Read more

HARYANA Haryana CM approves 218 new schemes of Public Health Engineering Dept   Haryana Government on Saturday approved 218 new schemes costing Rs 245 crore and six schemes costing Rs 49.27 crore of Public Health Engineering Department in the 52nd meeting of Haryana State Drought Relief and Flood Control Board held under the Chairmanship of … Read more

HARYANA Startup launches UT-Hisar air taxi   Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated an air taxi service between Chandigarh and Hisar from the Chandigarh International Airport under the Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme of the Centre.   On September 3, 2019, the CM had inaugurated the shuttle air service from Chandigarh to Hisar. … Read more

HARYANA Haryana governor yet to clear 75% quota bill in private sector, seeks clarity   The Haryana governor, Satyadeo Narain Arya, has sought clarification on certain aspects of the BJP-JJP coalition government’s much touted bill aiming to provide 75% quota for locals in private jobs. The Haryana state Employment of Local Candidates Bill 2020 was passed on November 5 … Read more

HARYANA Enrolment in polytechnics increases   Sustained efforts of the government to boost technical education in the state have yielded results.   Unlike past years, an increase of 16 per cent in enrolment at government polytechnics has been recorded during this session.   In order to encourage these efforts and maintain this tempo, the department … Read more