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Jan 14, 2022 Outlook Web Desk The restrictions imposed by January 5 order in "Group A" districts, which had witnessed a big spike in cases, shall now be imposed in all districts, the Haryana State Disaster Management Authority (HSDMA) said.
Jan 14, 2022 Outlook Web Desk The doctors owing allegiance to Haryana Civil Medical Services Association (HCMSA) decided not to proceed on the proposed strike on Friday after a consensus over their demands was reached between them and the state government during their talks on late Thursday evening.
The doctors are demanding the creation of specialist cadres for them and stopping the direct recruitment of senior medical officers.
Jan 11, 2022 Outlook Web Desk Vij was presiding over a meeting of commissioners of police, inspector generals of police, superintendents of police, DSPs and ASPs and other senior officers of the Police Department through video conferencing, an official statement said.
The six districts where the restrictions will be applicable are Karnal, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Rohtak and Jhajjar. The restrictions were imposed in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat from January 2 to 12.
Four people were killed, two injured and at least one more is still feared trapped under the debris at the mining site following a landslide at the site on early Saturday. The rescue operation is to be continued at least till Monday.
Presiding over a virtual meeting to review the Covid situation in the state, he directed the deputy commissioners of all districts to inspect hospitals, oxygen plants and other facilities and equipment in their districts.
The Army helicopter was flying from Bathinda in Punjab to Delhi
The rescue operation continued at Haryana's Dadam mining site for the second day on Sunday, where four people were killed in a landslide, a day earlier.
According to Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal, three people have been rescued so far while 15 to 20 people are feared trapped along with more than half a dozen vehicles.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Thursday said the state is the top performer in the five parameters of self-reliance, and its economy is better than Delhi's which has "spoiled" its economy by "giving freebies".
"Appropriate action" will be taken by the commission "accordingly", the NCM said adding that chairman Lalpura has "proposed" to visit the site in Ambala where a "church was vandalized" recently.
The farmers’ protest kept politics on the boil in Haryana for most of 2021.
A group of men claiming to be right-wing activists allegedly barged into the premises of a church in Pataudi here on the eve of Christmas and disrupted the prayers, according to a viral video.
Three years ago, the administration had designated 37 sites in Gurugram city for Muslims to offer Friday namaz. A Hindu group, however, has been objecting to the practice of Friday prayers in open for the last few months.
Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal told the House that at present a total of 8,506 posts of different categories of teachers are sanctioned in the Mewat cadre. At present, 4,325 teachers are working in 938 government schools of Nuh district, he said.
In an exclusive conversation with Outlook, singer-songwriter Gajendra Verma talks about his decision to stay independent, following the success of his 2018 single ‘Tera Ghata’.
Gurugram Friday 'namaz' disruption has led to the arrest of seven people. Earlier, some people had gathered at the site in Gurugram where Muslims were offering Friday prayers in open, and raised ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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