Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Friday that the state would play a special role in fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of making India a developed nation by 2047.

He said, “Everyone must work together to accelerate Haryana’s pace of development”. Saini said this while interacting with people from Ambala during a programme at his residence here. He said dedicated efforts are being made to ensure that the government’s policies and welfare schemes reach every household. The Chief Minister said in the past 10 years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, India has achieved remarkable progress across all sectors, earning global recognition.

“Today, India is emerging as a secure, rapidly developing nation that puts the interests of its people first,” a statement quoting Saini said. He said the benefits of public welfare schemes of both the Central and Haryana governments are reaching every citizen. “Eligible beneficiaries need not worry, as the government is fully committed to safeguarding their interests.”

A joint demolition drive was conducted by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) in Gurugram's Sector-69 area on Wednesday.

Earlier, GMDA cleared over 60 acres of green belts along SPR, while regular monitoring of the stretch is also being carried out.

R.S. Baath, Nodal Officer for encroachments in Gurugram and DTP GMDA, along with the Enforcement Wing of GMDA, MCG, officers took action against illegal encroachment in Sector 69.

Baath said that more than 50 police personnel were also present during the drive, adding that about two restaurants, one office premise, two car washing areas and two car polish shops were demolished.

“These shops and establishments were constructed without any due permission along the service roads under GMDA jurisdiction,” he said

The cyber crimes teams of the Gurugram Police have arrested 13 cyber criminals who defrauded people across India in 8,369 complaints worth Rs 80.12 crore, police said on Wednesday.

The arrested were identified as Atul Kumar, Rohit, Meenu Chaudhary, Yatin Kumar Pathak, Rahul, Munesh, Aditiya Chaturvedi, Avinash Sharma, Ram Prakash, Mujummil, Nilofar, Abhishek Kumar Mishra and Harshit Shukla.

The accused were arrested by different teams of the Cyber Crime Police Station of the Gurugram Police. According to the police, after reviewing the data of the 10 mobile phones by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), six SIM cards were recovered, and it was found that the accused were involved in fraud of about Rs 80.12 crore and around 8,369 complaints were registered against them across India.

An official said that around 327 cases were registered across India, and out of these, 18 cases were registered against them in Haryana, including six in Gurugram.

Three people have been arrested for allegedly performing stunts in a moving car in the Badshahpur area here in Gurugram, police said on Tuesday.

The Police have also seized three cars that were allegedly found performing stunts recklessly at high speed. The stunts, which disrupted traffic for several minutes, posed a risk to commuters, police said.

The accused were identified as Rohan Yadav, Krishna Yadav, residents of the village Fazilpur Jharssa Gurugram, and Hitesh Yadav, a resident of Sector-21 Gurugram.

An official said that they have also seized a Mahindra Thar, a Swift, and a Verna.

At least 100 hutments in a slum at Gurugram's Basai Chowk area were gutted on Saturday, an official said.

The fire broke out at 6 am, the official said.

"Soon after the Fire Department received a call, fire tenders from different stations were pressed into service to douse the flames, which erupted in a hut," an official of the Fire Department said. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.

"Firefighters managed to douse flames within a few hours, and nobody was injured in the incident," the official added.

Gulsan Kalra, Deputy Director of the Fire Department, said: "We have written to the concerned departments on several occasions to remove such encroachments in Gurugram so that we can curb the fire incidents."

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Haryana Branch Office conducted an enforcement raid on 26th March 2025. Raid was conducted on distributor namely M/s Amazon Transportation Services Pvt. Ltd., Industrial Area, Phase 1, Panchkula, Haryana, 134113.

During the enforcement raid, firm was found to be having stock of non ISI marked Toys, Food mixer, Water heater which comes under various QCOs issued for Govt of India. Search & Seizure operation was conducted by team of BIS Officials constituting Sh. Sourabh Chandra, Deputy Director and Sh. Pakki Balu, Assistant Director. Stock of products violating various QCOs of BIS were found and seized during the raid from the disrtibutor. The raid operation conducted by HRBO was successfully executed as per the planned objectives. The primary goals of ensuring compliance with BIS standards and identifying unauthorized use of the BIS certification mark were achieved.

Gurugram Police Cyber Crime teams have arrested 24 cyber criminals who defrauded people across India in 9,017 complaints worth Rs 33.94 crore, police said.

The arrested were identified as Bherulal Sharma, Hitesh Saini, Devender, Abhishek Tiwari, Deepak Rajput, Rajender Kumar, Manish Srivastava, Mayank Narula, Dinesh Verma, Prakash Chandra, Rajat, Vikas alias Vicky, Sunil Kumar, Deepak alias Monu, Tahir Hussain, Deepak Kumar, Randeep, Naveen Kumar, Deepanshu, Dheeraj Tanwar, Rahul, Tahir Naseem Malik, Bijender Meghwal and Rakesh Kumar Jakhad.

The accused were arrested by a different team of the Cyber Crime Police Station of the Gurugram Police.

Police said that after reviewing the data of the nine mobile phones recovered from the accused by the police from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), it was found that the accused were involved in fraud of about Rs 33.94 crore and around 9,017 complaints were registered against them across India.

Three people, including two personnel from Ahmedabad's Ramol Police Station, were killed in a road accident near Dabwali in Haryana, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred when a government Bolero vehicle carrying the police team collided with the rear of a truck on the Bharatmala Highway near a petrol pump near Sakta Khera village in Haryana.

The deceased have been identified as police constable Sunil Gamit, Home Guard Ravindra, and the vehicle's private driver, Kanu Bhai Bharwad.

PSI J.P. Solanki, who was also in the vehicle, sustained serious injuries and has been admitted to a nearby hospital for urgent medical care.

Highlighting the experiment of crowd-sourcing 11,000 ideas for the state Budget, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Thursday that a provision of Rs 5,000 crore has been made for the "Lado Laxmi Yojana" under which Rs 2,100 will be given to eligible women every month.

Talking to IANS, CM Saini said special attention has been paid to welfare of women and youth in the Budget. “We collected 11,000 suggestions from people on the Budget and I thank everybody for this,” he said.

“With the Budget suggestions of industrialists, chartered accountants, NGOs and all sections of society, Haryana has started marching towards achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat,” he said.

The welfare of farmers, women, youth and health and education sectors are special focus areas of the Budget, said the CM

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has intensified its drive against encroachment and will remove all unauthorised entities and structures in Sector-29 and other areas of the city within 10 days' time to further resolve the rampant issue of encroachment in Leisure Valley Park and areas within its surroundings, officials said on Wednesday.

GMDA Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shyamal Misra, had recently visited the park and flagged the issue of encroachments found on government land.

He also directed to ensure that the park and its facilities are maintained for the benefit of the public.