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Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was cremated on Saturday with full state honours in Teja Khera village in his native Sirsa district. Chautala, who was a five-time chief minister, died in Gurugram on Friday. He was 89. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal reached Teja Khera to attend the last rites of the departed leader. Many Haryana ministers, state Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan, former Union minister Venod Sharma, SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, BJP's Manpreet Badal and Manjinder Singh Sirsa and several other leaders also reached Teja Khera to pay their last respects. Political leaders cutting across parties laid floral wreaths to pay their last respects to the departed leader. Earlier, Chautala's mortal remains were Saturday kept at the family's Teja Khera farmhouse here for people to pay their last respects to the departed Indian Nati

In an effort to discourage farmers from burning crop residue, the Haryana agriculture department has implemented strict measures

The early trends showed that in Haryana, the Congress was leading in 60 of the 90 seats. In Jammu-Kashmir, the Congress and the National Conference alliance was leading on at least 40 of the 90 seats

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Dangi went to 'Meham Chaubeesi' for support. The khap ruled in favour of Dangi and conveyed its decision to Devi Lal, who rejected the organisation's validity. A political battle was on.

The Indian National Lok Dal has decided to again join hands with its former ally Bahujan Samaj Party for the Haryana Assembly polls scheduled later this year, the leaders of the two parties announced on Thursday. Under the arrangement, out of 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BSP will contest 37 seats leaving the rest for its senior partner in Haryana, where the ruling BJP is eyeing to come to power for third time in a row. Addressing a joint press conference with the BSP at Nayagaon on the outskirts of Chandigarh, INLD leader Abhay Chautala said this alliance is not based on any selfish interests, but has been formed keeping in mind people's feelings. The BSP and INLD's thinking is how the poor will get justice and how weaker sections will get empowered, he said. "In Haryana, we have decided to jointly fight the upcoming assembly elections. Today, the feeling of common people is to oust the BJP from power and keep the Congress party at bay, which looted the state for 10 years ...

According to Jhajjar police, the shooters were nabbed from Goa in a joint operation of Haryana's Jhajjar police, Delhi Police Special Cell and the Haryana Special Task Force (STF)

Unidentified assailants shot dead the Indian National Lok Dal's Haryana unit president Nafe Singh Rathee in Jhajjar district on Sunday, according to a senior party leader. Rathee, a former MLA, was travelling in an SUV when the assailants, who were in a car, attacked him in Jhajjar's Bahadurgarh town. INLD leader Abhay Chautala told PTI that Rathee was shot dead in Jhajjar district. He accused the government of failing to provide Rathee with security despite their being threat to his life, and demanded the resignation of the chief minister and the home minister. Police said the investigation in the matter was underway.

The results of Haryana Panchayat polls were declared on Sunday with the candidates of the BJP, AAP and INLD registering victory on several seats of zila parishads in the state. The notification of the names of all the elected candidates will be duly issued in the Haryana state government gazette before November 30, a senior poll official said. The ruling BJP won 22 out of 102 seats of zila parishad it contested in seven districts including Ambala, Yamunanagar and Gurugram, according to a party leader. However, the party received a jolt in Panchkula where it lost 10 seats of zila parishads. The Aam Aadmi party managed to make its presence felt in the panchayat polls as it claimed victory over 15 seats of zila parishads in districts including Sirsa, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Jind. The AAP had contested around 100 seats of zila parishads. The Indian National Lok Dal, which contested 72 seats of zila parishads, registered victory over 14 seats in the polls. The Congress did not contest

The INLD is looking to make a comeback in the state riding on the support it extended to farmers when they were struggling against the now-withdrawn three central farm laws

Chief Minister M L Khattar hailed the budget, terming it as "pro-farmers"

If political observers are to be believed, the INLD's move can prove to be a masterstroke because it has little to lose and much to gain

The govt's bid to 'criminalise' farmers' dissent seems to have ended up infusing new energy into the agitation: Those who had gone back exhausted to villages have returned emotionally charged

Elections to the municipal bodies in Haryana are scheduled to be held on December 27

JJP leader Dushyant Chautala is under pressure to withdraw support from Khattar govt amid farmer protests

Asked the reasons for joining the BJP, Mahavir Phogat said, We are impressed with policies and programmes of the Narendra Modi government

Former Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala, elder son of Ajay Chautala, had launched Jannayak Janata Party last year

The announcement ends the simmering power struggle in the Indian National Lok Dal