Rioting, blockade over power cuts in Hooda’s district
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) Fed up with power cuts, hundreds of villagers of Haryana's Rohtak district, the home district of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, went on the rampage ... Read more...
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Free Raksha Bandhan ride to women, kids in Haryana
July 31st, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) Women and children will be allowed free travel in state Roadways buses in Haryana Thursday (Aug 2) in view of the Raksha Bandhan festival, an official ... Read more...
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Gurgaon-Chandigarh Volvo buses a hit
April 2nd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 2 (IANS) The luxury Volvo buses launched Monday between Gurgaon in Haryana and Chandigarh via Delhi are already a hit.The first batch of the Haryana Roadways service was ... Read more...
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Strike affects banking services in Punjab, Haryana (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Banking services across Punjab and Haryana were affected Tuesday as employees of various nationalised banks joined the nationwide 24-hour strike call given by 11 trade unions ... Read more...
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Fog affects life in Punjab, Haryana
December 20th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Fog and cold wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Punjab and Haryana Tuesday.Thick fog engulfed most parts of Haryana, affecting road and rail traffic. ... Read more...
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Haryana bus strike hits thousands (Second Lead)
June 8th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Bus commuters had a tough time in Haryana Wednesday as Haryana Roadways employees went on a day's strike against the government's privatisation policy. Around 100 strikers ... Read more...
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Thousands hit due to bus strike in Haryana (Lead)
June 8th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Bus commuters had a tough time in Haryana Wednesday as Haryana Roadways employees went on a day's strike to denounce the government's privatisation policy.The large fleet ... Read more...
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Haryana Roadways employees’ strike harasses people
June 8th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Residents of Haryana had a tough time as hundreds of Haryana Roadways employees went on a one-day strike Wednesday to protest against the privatisation policy of ... Read more...
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Haryana issued notice over alleged massacre
March 3rd, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 3 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday issued notice to the Haryana government over the alleged massacre of Sikhs
in a village in Rewari district 26 years ... Read more...
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Man killed in vehicle collision
February 13th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) A 22-year old man was killed when the vehicle he was in was hit by a speeding bus in north Delhi Saturday, police said.Prem Singh was on ... Read more...
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Haryana bureaucrat gets five years’ jail for fraud
November 23rd, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) A Haryana bureaucrat has been sentenced by a court in Karnal to five years' imprisonment in a case of fraud, an official of the state vigilance bureau said ... Read more...
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Services resume at Kashmere Gate bus terminus
September 25th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The usually busy Kashmere Gate Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) resumed its services Saturday after these were hit owing to waterlogging in the complex. The terminus was ... Read more...
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Forced out of ISBT, bus operators running in losses
September 24th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Suhas Munshi
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) At Delhi's busiest and oldest bus terminus - Kashmere Gate Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) - one may encounter waterways instead of pathways, an eerie silence ... Read more...
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Prohibitory orders in violence-hit Hisar (Lead)
September 15th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 15 (IANS) Prohibitory orders were issued in this violence-hit Haryana district Wednesday to maintain law and order and deal with any untoward incident in the wake of an agitation ... Read more...
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Jat protests flare up again in Hisar, Jind railway station set on fire
September 15th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 15 (ANI): Jat protests flared up again in Haryana's Hisar District on Wednesday despite government claims that the agitation has been called off following a compromise.Protesters demanding a quota ... Read more...
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Curfew in Hisar after Jats’ violently protest for quota
September 14th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 14 (ANI): Curfew was imposed in several parts of Haryana's Hisar District on Tuesday after a large number of agitators demanding OBC reservation for Jat community damaged public property ... Read more...
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Curfew in Hisar, army help sought as violence intensifies
September 14th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Sep 14 (IANS) Curfew was imposed in several parts of Haryana's Hisar district Tuesday after Jat community members seeking reservation in government jobs and educational institutions went on the rampage, ... Read more...
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Bus catches fire in Haryana, all passengers safe
May 11th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), May 11 (IANS) A Haryana state transport bus caught fire at a village near here Tuesday but the passengers had a miraculous escape, police said.
The Haryana Roadways bus was completely ... Read more...
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Bus services paralysed in Haryana after staff strike
March 31st, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Bus services in most parts of Haryana were paralyzed Wednesday following a one-day strike called by the Haryana Roadways Employees Union.People were stranded at various bus stands as ... Read more...
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Haryana Roadways to get 700 new buses
December 13th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 13 (IANS) Haryana Roadways will add 700 new buses in its fleet and will run special buses to the religious and prominent places in neighbouring states, an official said here ... Read more...
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Police seize one kilo cocaine worth 100 million rupees from a couple in Ludhiana
November 27th, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, Nov.27 (ANI): Punjab Police seized at least one kilogram of cocaine worth 100 million rupees from Sahnewal village in Ludhiana district of Punjab state on Friday (November 27).Acting on a tip-off, ... Read more...
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Students damage bus after it mows down 23-year-old
September 16th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Sep 16 (IANS) Scores of engineering students damaged a Haryana Roadways bus and tried to set it on fire after it mowed down their 23-year-old classmate here Wednesday, police said.
"The ... Read more...
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Kanwarias again on rampage in Delhi
July 20th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Kanwarias, or devotees of Lord Shiva, roughed up a bus driver over a minor row here Monday a day after some of them went on a rampage ... Read more...
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Haryana to insure a million solar eclipse pilgrims
July 18th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Kurukshetra (Haryana), July 18 (IANS) As the country prepares to watch the July 22 solar eclipse, the Kurukshetra district administration in Haryana has announced that nearly one million pilgrims who come to ... Read more...
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One killed, over 30 injured in bus accident
April 9th, 2009 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), April 9 (IANS) A 22-year-old student died and more than 30 passengers were injured when a bus fell off the road near Haryana's Pinjore town, police said.
The driver of ... Read more...
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Four rallies throw Delhi traffic into disarray
February 18th, 2009 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Four massive rallies and protest demonstrations Wednesday led to terrible traffic tangles at various places in the capital, even as Delhi Police said they were unable to ... Read more...
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Haryana to purchase 1,000 new buses
October 30th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) To augment and modernise its existing fleet of buses and infrastructure, Haryana Roadways has decided to purchase 1,000 new buses by the end of 2012.These buses will include ... Read more...
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Drivers celebrate Vijendera’’s Olympic bronze in his native town Bhiwani
August 21st, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI
Bhiwani (Haryana), August 21 (ANI): The drivers of Haryana roadways on Thursday celebrated the bronze medal won by their colleague''s son Vijendera Kumar in Beijing Olympics by distributing sweets in his ... Read more...
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Free travel for Haryana women on Raksha Bandhan
August 14th, 2008 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 14 (IANS) Women in Haryana will be allowed to travel free in state roadways buses on the festival of Raksha Bandhan Saturday, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Thursday. This ... Read more...
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Haryana resumes Volvo buses on Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon route
August 1st, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) Travel on the Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon route just got better with Haryana resuming its air-conditioned Saarthi Volvo bus service Friday, almost three years after it was discontinued. Of the newly-acquired ... Read more...
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One killed, 17 injured in train, bus collision
March 8th, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by admin
Bahadurgarh (Haryana), March 8 (IANS) One person was killed and 17 others, including five women, injured when an express train hit a Haryana Roadways bus near a manned traffic crossing here Saturday. ... Read more...
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