Chandigarh,  Amid the coronavirus pandemic, only a few spiritual leaders on Sunday took a holy dip and performed rituals in the historical place Kurukshetra in Haryana, one of the places where the annular solar eclipse, wherein the sun appears like a ring of fire, was visible

Chandigarh,  The Haryana government on Friday decided to lower the rates of Covid-19 test samples to Rs 2,400, down from the current Rs 4,500, an official said.

The decision, which came into effect on Friday itself, was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Chandigarh-Haryana Chief Minister has announced that schools would be reopening after August 15, 2020, in the state. He also informed that the colleges would conduct exams only for final year students- Read here

The ministry of human resource development, MHRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recently announced that schools and colleges would be allowed to re-open after August 15 in a phased manner. After this Haryana’s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar following the guidelines announced the same for Haryana schools too. Now the schools in the state would reopen in the second half of August. Also as per his announcement, the colleges would only conduct exams for the last semester students.

Karnal reported the four new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 112.

Haryana on Thursday reported four new cases of coronavirus, taking the state’s case tally to 5,583.
Karnal reported the four new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 112. The new cases include a man, 38, of Sector-13 and a man, 38, of Sector-9 and two teenagers from

Chandigarh,  Haryana Board of School Education will declare results of Class 10 examination on Monday, officials said.

"Haryana Board of School Education will declare results of 338,096 candidates, who appeared for the secondary examination, on June 8," a Board spokesperson said.

Out of 338,096 secondary students, 186,153 are boys and 151,943 are girls. The exam for science subject could not be conducted as the coronavirus lockdown was imposed.

Chandigarh,  Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has accorded an approval to a proposal for setting up a centralized testing facility accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) in every district, the government said on Sunday.

This will ensure that all tests related to agriculture, food, soil, environment, health, water, etc, can be carried out under one roof.

Chandigarh, The Haryana government on Saturday decided to allow the reopening of religious places, places of worship for the public and shopping malls in a regulated and restricted manner across the state with effect from June 8, except in Gurugram and Faridabad districts in view of large number of positive case.

Apart from this, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services will be reopened with generic preventive measures across the state.

New Delhi,  Manohar Lal Khattar is an RSS hand who was handpicked by Prime Minister Modi to lead the first ever BJP government in the state of Haryana after the party swept to power in 2014.

He is into his second term as Chief Minister and represents the Karnal Assembly constituency. Although he retained power in 2019 through an alliance with Dushyant Chautala of the Jannayak Janta Party after a tough fight with Congress' Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Khattar, Haryana's first Punjabi CM, has been in the forefront of the Covid fight in the state which shares borders with Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

In an extensive conversation with IANS, Khattar said that if the battle against Covid-19 goes on for long, harsh decisions may have to be taken.

Chandigarh, TikTok star and Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat has landed in a controversy with the surfacing a video in which she was seen beating up Hisar Market Committee secretary Sultan Singh with her slipper.

The video of her thrashing Sultan Singh with the slipper during a visit to the Balsamand Mandi, 25 km from the district headquarters, has gone viral with police personnel present at the scene remaining mute spectators.

Chandigarh,  Haryana has decided to start teaching in schools in July and in colleges and universities in August, state Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar said.

"We will reopen schools in a phased manner by starting teaching work for Classes 10, 11 and 12 from July 1, for Classes VI, VII, VIII and IX after 15 days and for the primary classes in August," he said.

"The classes will be held in shifts so that half the students of a class attend the first shift and the rest come in the second. We are yet to decide on the timings of the shifts," he added.

Chandigarh, The Haryana government on Wednesday said it has allowed sports training and other related activities in sports complexes and stadiums.

A spokesman for the Sports and Youth Affairs department said the athletes will be allowed to practice from 5 a.m. till 9 p.m.

Chandigarh, While curbs were eased in Punjab and Haryana on Monday with an eye on revival of economy, small retailers and businessmen expressed anguish over fall in revenue due to lockdown.

Both the states announced extension of lockdown until June 30 with different sets of guidelines.

In line with the central government's guidelines for 'Unlock 1.0', Punjab has ordered formulation of norms for reopening of hotels, other hospitality services, shopping malls, places of worship and restaurants for in-dining from June 8.

Chandigarh, One thing that has surely not changed in the post-corona world is the strength of Japan-Haryana heart-to-heart connect. This was the consensus of a virtual meeting chaired jointly by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki on Monday.

It was organized by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) in which 35 top Japanese investors and CEOs participated.

Chandigarh, May 30 (IANS) Haryana Tourism Corp is providing board and lodging in their tourist complexes free of cost to the frontline doctors and paramedical staff treating Covid patients.

An official spokesperson said during the nationwide lockdown, which was imposed from March 24, the government has decided to provide free board and lodging facilities at tourist complexes.

Chandigarh, - Massive traffic jams were witnessed on the borders of Haryana and the national capital on Friday as the former restricted the entry of motorists, except essential service providers and e-movement pass holders, owing to a spike in coronavirus cases.

Chandigarh,  The Haryana government has directed all Deputy Commissioners to ensure that international travellers arriving in the state will remain in institutional quarantine for the first seven days and then home quarantine for the next similar days.

Giving details, an official spokesperson said if there is no adequate home quarantine facility, the Deputy Commissioner concerned, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer, may retain that passenger for seven days more at the institutional quarantine facility.

New Delhi, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), here on Wednesday, said it had registered a fresh case against Haryana-based Shakti Basmati Rice and its three directors for allegedly causing over Rs 100 crore loss to the State Bank of India (SBI).

The CBI said case was registered on the complaint received from the SBI against Shakti Basmati Rice its directors Shyam Lal, Praveen Kumar and Suresh Kumar, and also some unknown public servants.

Chandigarh, Twenty-five Covid-19 cases were reported in Punjab on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 2,106.

There are 148 active cases in the state, the health bulletin said.

Neighbouring Haryana reported 43 cases, taking the state's tally to 1,256.

Chandigarh, A total of 2.90 lakh migrant labourers has been sent to their home states through 77 trains and 5,500 buses from Haryana, an official said on Tuesday.

For this, an expenditure of Rs 10 crore has been incurred, Additional Director General of Police Anil Rao, who is monitoring their transportation, said in a statement.

Chandigarh,  To attract foreign investments post-coronavirus, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC) said a new policy was on the anvil for allotment of industrial plots on leasehold on a first-come, first-served basis.

Chandigarh, After starting intrastate movement, Haryana has now sought the consent of the neighbouring states to restart the interstate bus service, an official said on Tuesday.

The state has written letters to Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Chandigarh for seeking their permission for a to and fro movement of the commuters, a state Transport Department spokesperson said.

Chandigarh, The Haryana government on Monday announced it has allowed government schools to open their offices to carry out administrative functions while ensuring strict compliance of norms for the containment of Covid-19.

An official spokesman said that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved a proposal in this regard.

Haryana reported seven fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus on Sunday, taking the tally of confirmed cases to 880.

According to the official Health bulletin, three fresh cases have been reported from Faridabad, two from Kurukshetra and one case each from Sirsa and Mahendergarh districts.

Chandigarh, Police in Yamunanagar town in Haryana cane-charged migrant workers on Sunday who were trying to move towards the border of Uttar Pradesh some 20 km from there.

The labourers were seen running back to the shelter. Some of them left their luggage and cycles at the place and ran away.

Officials told IANS that they were allowing only those migrants to cross over to Uttar Pradesh who have been registered and staying at rescue centres set up by the government especially for them.

Promote Students Without Exams. The academic year has been disrupted due to the unprecedented national shutdown to curb the Corona pandemic. There is high anxiety among students because of the prospect of wasting a year due to delayed academic calendar as well as the possibility of online exams without proper completion of course work.

The inter-state movement of those engaged in providing essential services, including medical professionals, resumed on Friday between Haryana and Delhi after a fortnight's hiatus, officials said.

Also, the state, the first in the country, restarted bus service initially in 10 districts.

However, people offering essential services need to procure an e-pass that is issued in just half an hour.

Haryana on Friday reported a coronavirus death, and a new case of the deadly disease, taking the state’s death toll to 12 and case tally to 819.

Panchkula reported one more case of the contagion, taking the total in the district to 24. A 63-year-old woman tested positive for the disease.

Chandigarh, In a heart-warming video, Gurugram Police on Friday offered a cake to five visually impaired children of migrant labourers at the Gurugram railway station.

They organised a cake-cutting ceremony at the platform.

Chandigarh, In a major relief to those stranded in the national capital owing to the imposition of nationwide lockdown, the Haryana government has now decided to run special buses from May 18, an official said on Friday.

For this online ticket booking is a must.

Chandigarh, The Haryana government has decided to start special bus services on selected routes from Friday to facilitate the people stranded within the state due to lockdown, an official said on Thursday.

For this, the passengers need to get an online ticket.

Chandigarh, With a bumper crop, wheat procurement in food grain states Punjab and Haryana has reached 185 lakh tonne amid the ongoing lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said on Thursday.

The wheat procurement in Punjab is almost double than its neighbouring Haryana.

Chandigarh, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing a financial package of Rs 20 lakh crore for giving impetus to industrial growth, especially small, micro and medium enterprises (MSMEs), closed due to the nationwide lockdown.

The announcement is sure to rejuvenate the GDP after the second quarter of fiscal year 2020-21, he said in a statement.

New Delhi, Haryana is geared up to provide tap water connection to all rural households by December 2022, ahead of the national goal by 2024-25, a statement said on Wednesday.

The state provided 1.05 lakh tap connections during 2019-20 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Now the state is planning 100 per cent coverage by December 2022, a government statement said.

Kaithal-Adani Agri Logistics Limited (AALL), a part of the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd facilitated the dispatch of 30,000 MT food grains, during the lockdown. This is equivalent to feeding over 60 lakh citizens across different states in India like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bengal, etc. Seven trains owned and operated by the company for transportation of food grains from production centres in northern India to consumption centres played a critical role in facilitating this.