Haryana Health, AYUSH and Medical Education Minister Aarti Singh Rao inspected the progress work of Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Medical College and Civil Hospital under construction in Gurugram on Tuesday.

After the inspection, Rao also chaired her first meeting with the officials of the Health Department and GMDA Department here in Gurugram.

After taking oath as a cabinet minister, Aarti Singh Rao reviewed the progress of construction of development projects related to the health sector in Gurugram district, like the Civil Hospital and Shri Sheetla Mata Medical College, and gave necessary directions to the Health Department officials.

Cracking the whip against lax officials, the Haryana government placed 24 Agriculture Department employees, including seven supervisors and three inspectors, under suspension for failure to act against farmers indulging in stubble burning, an official said on Tuesday.

FIRs were also registered against three farmers each in Sirsa and Karnal. In Karnal, two farmers were arrested for illegal burning of stubble, officials said.

An order issued by Haryana’s Director of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Rajnarayan Kaushik, said, “The 24 officials/officers are hereby suspended on the administrative ground. Terms and conditions of the suspension will be circulated later.”

Kadipur Animal Hospital will be renovated and around Rs 100 crores will be spent to make the facility a modern veterinary hospital, officials said on Monday.

Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said that an MoU was signed between the Animal Husbandry Department and Vedanta Company on 11 October so that pets and animals in the Gurugram district can get proper medical service at the right time.

"The company has prepared a project report to make the government animal hospital in Kadipur a Veterinary Center of Excellence, which will be implemented in two phases. Soon, this project will get approval from the Animal Husbandry Department, and after that,t, this work will be started after about a month," he said.

He further said that a committee has been formed at the district level for this work. This committee will monitor the work and services being done in the hospital.

A terrible road accident took place in Panchkula today. A bus full of children met with an accident near Tikkar Tal near Morni. Many children have been injured in this accident. On receiving information about the accident, police and local people reached the spot and started rescue operations.

A team of the cyber cell of Gurugram Police has arrested two accused including an official of a government bank for allegedly providing bank accounts to cybercriminals.

Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cybercrime), said that the arrested accused have been identified as Rohit Sharma, a native of district Eta in Uttar Pradesh, and Vishwas Kumar, native of district Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, a man filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station East in June 2024, that he was duped Rs 1.20 crore in the name of investing in the stock market.

The newly inducted Cabinet Ministers of Haryana on Friday took charge of their respective offices in the presence of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini at the Civil Secretariat here.

The Chief Minister first made Cabinet Minister Anil Vij take charge and congratulated him by presenting a bouquet and sweets.

Vij, while interacting with the media, expressed happiness on the occasion and said the present government would not only run non-stop like the previous two terms but will do so at the “speed of the metro”.

In response to a question, he said whatever responsibility was given to him in the past, he had fulfilled it with full devotion and would continue to do so in the future as well.

A day after taking oath of office and secrecy along with his 13 Cabinet colleagues, second-time Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday assumed office here and vowed to tirelessly serve 2.80 crore people of Haryana.

“I assumed charge as the chief servant of the state,” he wrote on X.

Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of inclusion, he said, “I am emotional and bowed down. The resolve of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’ is paramount,” he said, adding, “We will leave no stone unturned in making Haryana the best, prosperous and self-reliant state.”

“Under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our full majority government will be dedicated to service, good governance, equality, prosperity and welfare of the poor,” the soft-spoken Saini added.

Hours after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana, BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday fulfilled party’s major job promise by announcing the result of recruitment exams for 25,000 posts.

Ahead of the BJP to form the government for the record third time in a row, Saini had said 25,000 appointments would be made before the oath-taking ceremony.

“In the past, they (the Congress) had won power by deceiving people in several states, including Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and others. The Congress has lost its credibility,” Saini said.

Six gang members of the Dheeraj Nakhdola and Rathi gang have been arrested for allegedly demanding a ransom from an earth mover company owner here in Gurugram, police said.

The accused allegedly had planned to extort money after kidnapping the company owner or staff.

Those arrested have been identified as Dheeraj (40) a resident of village Nakhdola, Gurugram, Samunder Deshwal alias Rathi (21) a resident of village Atawala district Panipat, Sagar (21) of village Atawala district Panipat, Manish (23) of Jhajjar district, Anuj (24 ) of village Dharampur, Gurugram and Vikas (28) resident of village Khacharoli district Jhajjar.

The police have also recovered 04 pistols, 01 revolver, 05 magazines and 35 live cartridges from their possession.

Other Backward Classes (OBC) face Nayab Singh Saini took oath as the Haryana Chief Minister for the second time on Thursday with the BJP defying anti-incumbency to form the government in the state for a record third consecutive term by securing an absolute majority in Haryana.

OBC leader Saini, 54, had first taken over as Chief Minister in March this year, succeeding Manohar Lal Khattar who had headed the state since 2014.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP’s top leadership and 18 National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Chief Ministers attended a mega political gathering in Panchkula, near the state capital Chandigarh.