Aayush Goel

Chandigarh: Households across Haryana will get cleaner water at the tap as the government overhauls its ageing supply network, with about ₹1,000 crore set aside for the work, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Tuesday. The money will rebuild 466 old brick-built water works as reinforced cement concrete (RCC) structures. At these ageing plants, groundwater has been seeping into the stored water and pushing up fluoride, hardness and total dissolved solids (TDS); the concrete rebuild will shut that seepage out and ease the strain on treatment machinery. “Providing safe drinking water is among the government’s top priorities,” Saini told

Chandigarh: Haryana's Monsoon Session opened in disorder on Thursday as Congress MLAs, dressed in black to protest alleged paper leaks and irregularities in Ram Mandir donation collections, clashed with police outside the Vidhan Sabha before the House itself was repeatedly adjourned amid uproar.

Reviewing arrangements for the visit, Vice-Chancellor Professor Meenakshi Goyal said, “The university is delighted to welcome the Vice-President and Chancellor to the campus. His focus on research, innovation and technology will give a strong push to our students and young researchers, and the visit will strengthen our work towards the national goal of Viksit Bharat @2047.”

Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday offered employees a shift to Central basic pay with Central DA, instead of applying the Centre's 60% DA to Punjab's existing basic-pay scales — a move that effectively revives a pay reform recommended six years ago by the Punjab government appointed Montek Singh Ahluwalia panel.

Ferozepur: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, black band tied around his turban and hundreds of workers walking behind him, was stopped by a heavy police deployment on Sunday as he marched towards Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's programme here with black flags.

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has opened 24 rooms in its guest houses in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Shimla for online booking by the general public, and has reduced the tariff for these rooms from Rs 4,000 to Rs 3,000 per room per day, inclusive of all taxes.

Chandigarh: The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA), Gurugram, has directed BPTP Ltd and Countrywide Promoters Pvt Ltd to pay 11% annual interest on Rs 61,250 collected from a homebuyer as interest-free maintenance security (IFMS), holding that retaining the interest earned on the amount was not permissible by law.

Published Date: 09-09-2026 | 4:05 pm On Tuesday, the government shifted 26 officers — 16 IAS and 10 HCS — with changes running through HSVP, HAFED and Gurugram Metro Rail.

Published Date: 09-09-2026 | 4:49 pm Chandigarh Haryana wants its ITI and polytechnic graduates working in Australia, and on Wednesday it made the pitch directly to Canberra's man in Delhi.

Published Date: 09-09-2026 | 6:06 pm Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has crossed into Punjab nearly 100 times over the past two