Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh
Breaking in Haryana
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Constitution Day session: Haryana MLAs to sit on November 26, Saini says
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced the date after a cabinet meeting in Chandigarh. The move follows a Constitution fortnight that included a 'Janpratinidhi Sammelan' in the assembly on Monday, attended by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Details of the session's business were not disclosed.
Airtel and Carlyle put $1 billion into Nxtra, valuing the data centre arm at $3.1 billion
Bharti Airtel, Carlyle, Alpha Wave Global and Anchorage Capital will invest $1 billion in Nxtra Data, Airtel's data centre arm. Alpha Wave puts in $435 million, Carlyle $240 million, Anchorage $35 million and Airtel about $290 million. The deal values Nxtra at around $3.1 billion, up from $1.2 billion in 2020.
Thirteenth arrest in the Tiger Shroff firing case, this one from Karnal
Mumbai Crime Branch arrested a 22-year-old woman from Karnal district in Haryana on Sunday in connection with the firing near a Juhu football ground on October 18, taking the total arrests to 13. Actor Tiger Shroff's driver and a bystander were injured. Police have invoked MCOCA and are probing an absconding gangster's alleged role.
Voter list deadline moves to Nov 25 in Delhi, Nov 13 in Maharashtra after a nudge from the Supreme Court
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to consider giving more time, the EC extended the claims-and-objections window in six states and reopened it in five. Final rolls are now due November 30 in five states and December 22 in Delhi.
₹5,000 transfers, a Turkish pistol and a Sonipat village: 12th arrest in Tiger Shroff case
The Mumbai police crime branch detained a 12th accused, Aman, from Rohna village in Sonipat district, Haryana, in the October 18 firing on actor Tiger Shroff. Police say money from Anil Pandit, an alleged operative of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, reached Aman's account and was passed to an accused who supplied the Turkish-made Zigana pistol. A special MCOCA court has remanded the 11 earlier accused to police custody till November 6.
Gold slips away in the last 30 seconds, but Neelam and Kajal take world silvers
Neelam Sirohi and Kajal Dhochak won silver at the World Wrestling Championships in Astana, the first time two Indian women have reached finals at the same edition of the senior worlds. Neelam, 26, lost the 50kg final to Japan's Yui Susaki; Kajal, 18, went down 6-8 to Ukraine's Anastasiya Alpyeyeva in the 76kg final.
Grenade attack accused held at his aunt's house in Faridabad, police say ISI link
Punjab and Faridabad police arrested Kulwant Singh, wanted for a hand grenade attack in Jalalabad in Fazilka district on September 13, from Panchayati Jhuggi village. Police say he has links to Pakistan's ISI and the Shahzad Bhatti Network. He was also wanted over the recovery of 8 kg of RDX in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
114 medals, five records and a flag to carry: India's para athletes land home to a hero's welcome
India's para athletes returned from the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a best-ever 114 medals — 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze — and a fourth-place finish. Para shooter Mona Agarwal, who set a world record and was India's closing-ceremony flag bearer, led the arrivals in Chennai.
40,000 power staff on strike, outages darken Haryana's cities and factories
About 40,000 electricity employees in Haryana began a three-day strike against a private distribution licence, leaving large parts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Rewari and other districts without power. Residents blocked highways as inverters and water pumps failed.
Zomato-Blinkit parent Eternal nearly doubles Q2 profit as revenue jumps 78%
Eternal, the parent of Zomato and Blinkit, reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 125 crore for the September quarter, up 92.3% from Rs 65 crore a year earlier. Revenue from operations surged 77.6% to Rs 24,138 crore. The stock rose over 2% after the results.
Deepinder Goyal teases Dark.ai, a new AI venture under Eternal
Zomato founder and Eternal vice-chairman Deepinder Goyal has teased Dark.ai, a new artificial intelligence venture that will sit under Eternal. Details remain scarce, and the announcement came on the day of Eternal's September-quarter results.
Two years, 13 cities, one demand: Congress takes Haryana govt to account
Two years into the BJP's third term in Haryana, the Congress launched a statewide offensive on Wednesday, holding simultaneous press conferences in 13 cities to demand an account of the government's record. Leaders including Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja and Deepender Hooda are leading the charge. The party is focusing on prices, unemployment, law and order, farmers and women.
BJP will form the next Punjab government and needs no ally, says Haryana CM Saini
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini predicts the BJP will form the next government in Punjab and rules out any pre-poll alliance there, accusing the AAP government of failing on drugs.