A team of the District Town and Country Planning (DTCP) department conducted a demolition drive in Gurugram's Sohna block, where ten illegal colonies were being developed over an area of around 15 acres, the officials said on Thursday.

The district town planner, along with its team, carried out a demolition drive in the area.

DTCP officials claimed that these colonies were being developed illegally in Alipur, Ghamroj, Bhondsi, and Sehjawas villages without prior permission from the concerned department.

During the drive, three illegal colonies were demolished in Alipur village. It was coming up over eight acres of land. During this, 7 boundary walls, an under-construction house, and a road network were demolished.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that it is the collective responsibility of all of us to attentively listen to public grievances and address them in a timely manner. He said that if officials proactively take note of people's concerns, their resolution can be expedited effectively.

The Chief Minister said while chairing the meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee in Gurugram on Wednesday.

During the meeting, 19 complaints were placed, of which the Chief Minister resolved 18 on the spot. He instructed that one case be kept pending until the next meeting, directing the concerned officials to present a status report at that time. "The citizens should not encounter any inconvenience,” CM Saini said and called for special attention to cleanliness in the city, aiming to make Gurugram clean and beautiful.

A gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists has broken out in J&K's Kulgam district on Wednesday, hours after two terrorists were killed as the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district.

Officials said that the security forces surrounded the Tangmarg area in Kulgam after getting intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there.

"As the security forces closed in on the hiding terrorists, they fired, triggering an encounter, which is now going on. Additional reinforcements have been rushed to the area to ensure that the terrorists are prevented from escaping," an official said.

Earlier in the day, the Army's Srinagar-headquartered Chinar Corps posted on X that "approximately 2-3 terrorists attempted to infiltrate through the general area of Sarjeevan at Uri Nala, Baramulla" and "alert troops on the Line of Control (LC) challenged and intercepted them, leading to a firefight".

A 26-year-old Navy officer, Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who got married on April 16, from Haryana's Karnal city, was among 16 people killed in the Pahalgam terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

He was on honeymoon in Pahalgam when the tragedy occurred. His wife, Himanshi, hails from Gurugram.

His wedding reception was solemnised on April 19. Hailing from Bhusli village in Karnal district, Narwal was currently living in Sector 7 in Karnal city.

He had joined the Navy three years ago.

"We were just having bhelpuri... and then a gunman shot my husband. The gunman said my husband was not a Muslim and then shot him," the officer's wife said.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will dedicate 18 road development projects worth over Rs 115 crore related to the Public Works Department (PWD) in Sohna and Pataudi Assembly constituencies in Gurugram on April 23, officials said.

The Chief Minister will also inaugurate the first modern street of Haryana at Udyog Vihar during his visit.

Executive Engineer of PWD Charandeep Singh Rana said that Chief Minister Saini will inaugurate the Loh Singhani to Chamanpura Road, Nunera from BPDS Road, and Alipur Hari Heda from Loh Singhani to Chamanpura Road, built in the Sohna assembly constituency.

A crime branch team of the Gurugram police has arrested three accused persons of threatening victims for extortion, police said on Tuesday.

The accused were identified as Amit Bhati alias Bobby, Lalit, and Karan, all residents of Bandhwari village, Gurugram.

The accused were arrested near Red Light T-Point on the Gurugram-Faridabad road on Monday.

A crime branch team of the Gurugram police has arrested a female Nigerian drug peddler from near Paras Buildtech Sector-54, Gurugram, on Tuesday, police said.

The accused was identified as Praise Osibe (28) of Nigeria, currently a resident of Lohia Apartment, Mehrauli, Delhi.

The police team recovered 13.8 grams of illegal MDMA from the possession of the accused.

A case was registered against her in the Sector-53 police station, Gurugram, under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act.

During the initial questioning of the accused woman, it was found that she had come to India in 2011.

The accused woman was given illegal drugs by another Nigerian man from Delhi for supply.

The accused woman also works as a cook in homes in Delhi.

The body of an unidentified woman with a mutilated face was found in the bushes near an under-construction site in Sector-84 in Gurugram on Tuesday, police said.

Panic gripped the area after the body was spotted.

According to the police, they received information that a woman's body was lying in the bushes.

After this, the police team reached the spot, took the body into its possession and sent it for autopsy.

It is suspected that the woman was murdered and her body was thrown here.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday inaugurated and laid the foundation for development works of Rs 55.38 crore in Panchkula, comprising the inauguration of a newly constructed bridge over the Ghaggar river built at a cost of Rs 50 crore, to transform it into a smart city.

Additionally, he also laid the foundation for two dispensary buildings in Sector 28 and 31 with estimated cost of Rs 4.64 crore and Gram Sachivalaya in Kanauli village in Barwala at a cost of Rs 74.38 lakh.

Furthermore, Saini announced to give Rs 5 crore for development works in various villages under the Panchkula Assembly segment.

Saini said the projects would serve as a milestone in transforming Panchkula into not just a smart city, but also a cleaner, healthier, and more livable city.

He emphasised the goal is to develop Panchkula into a smart city equipped with all essential amenities for its residents.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said the government is committed to promoting sports not just as a career option but also as a way of life. He said sports are being made compulsory at the school level across the state to ensure a balanced development of physical and mental health from an early age.

He said a resolution has been taken to provide medical insurance cover of Rs 20 lakh to every player. The Chief Minister was addressing the gathering after formally inaugurating the third All India Shiv Kumar Smriti Basketball Competition in Kiloi village in Rohtak district, the stronghold of two-time Congress Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.