Haryana minister is country's richest woman: Forbes Nov 14, 2008
Her late husband, O.P. Jindal, had set up the Jindal empire from Hisar town in Haryana nearly four decades ago ... She contested the Hisar assembly seat, earlier represented by her husband, in the 2005 by-election and won it by a huge margin ... The Jindal family mainly operates from Hisar, 300 km from Chandigarh. (India Times)
Drunk Haryana cops kill innocent youth Nov 4, 2008
The Hisar police team which killed the youth arrived in Bhiwani without any intimation to their local counterparts, he said even as deputy commissioner T L Satyaprakash ordered a magisterial inquiry. Not surprisingly, A K Rao, SP, Hisar, tried to defend his men and said, quite incredibly, that it was a case of accidental fire in which the gun of a cop went off due to poor condition of the road. (Times of India)
BJP to contest six Lok Sabha seats in Haryana Oct 14, 2008
The remaining four Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Sirsa and Hisar seats will be left for the INLD.. Ashok Arora president of the state unit of the INLD, who was present on his occasion, refused to comments on this issue but said that the NDA will contest all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state and win all of them. (India Times, India)
Eight dengue deaths in Haryana Sep 14, 2008
Of the malarial cases, the worst affected districts were Hisar, Karnal, Rohtak and Fatehabad, with over 4,000 cases being reported from these areas. Sharma said the health department was taking steps to prevent breeding of mosquitoes around inhabited areas with methods like indoor fogging and applying insecticide in households. (Daily News & Analysis)
Happily married couple shocked to find they divorced 10 years ago Jun 4, 2008
The couple, from the town of Hisar in the state of Haryana, told the BBC that they never sought the divorce which was granted by a local court. They insist that their neighbours and relatives are prepared to vouch for their story. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Happy couple gets divorce shock Jun 3, 2008
HISAR: Virender Verma and Meena got the shock of their lives when a local court recently stated that the happily-together couple got a 'divorce' 10 years ago ... Additional chief judicial magistrate, Hisar, JB Gupta referred the matter to protection officer Poonam Raman ... "A perusal of court records revealed that a petition for restoration of conjugal rights under section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act was filed on behalf of Virender Verma against Meena in the court of district judge, Hisar" said... (India Times, India)
Haryana man tricked, gets older bride May 30, 2008
Incidentally, just a couple of days back, an Assamese girl escaped from the clutches of her 40-year-old husband in Hisar to tell the police of a widening bride market in parts of Haryana. She had been bought for Rs 55,000 and seven other girls, who had accompanied her from a village in Assam, had been bought as prospective wives for amounts ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 100,000. (India Times, India)
Mumbai coldest in 45 years Jan 29, 2008
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News. THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS. (The Tribune)
Cold wave sweeps Punjab, Haryana Jan 27, 2008
2 C, four below normal while the minimum at Hisar settled at 4 C, down two degrees. There was no respite for the residents of Shimla, where the minimum settled at minus 2. (India Times, India)
Gurgaon shootout: Father gets remand Dec 17, 2007
Deputy Commissioner of Police Satheesh Balan said as Azad Yadav has informed that the revolver used by his son Akash and his friend Vikas belonged to his friend Raj Singh Dalal, a wrestler and resident of Hisar, the police was looking for him. Azad Yadav had told the police that Dalal had given him the revolver in December 2006 and since then he has been keeping it with him without informing the concerned authority. (Times of India)
Gitanjali ready to live life again Oct 28, 2007
So I am happy to go to Hisar as long as I am going out, she said. Gitanjalis mother and a hospital attendant will accompany her to the Jindals Girls School hostel in Hisar where they will spend the next three months ... I was thinking if it was possible that I go to Hisar first and mom can join me later when she is better, said a concerned Gitanjali. (India Times)
Ex-model Gitanjali plans vacation Oct 27, 2007
Gitanjali Nagpal is planning to go on a vacation to Hisar with her mother Santosh Nagpal (TOI Photo) ... The erstwhile model, however, is still not going home but on a vacation to Hisar with her mother, Santosh Nagpal ... A revitalised Gitanjali, minus her dreadlocks, will be discharged from Vimhans after the city court gives her permission to spend a few months at Jindal girl's hostel in Hisar. (India Times, India)
Man held for starving child in Hisar Oct 10, 2007
CHANDIGARH: Hisar police on Monday booked a farmer for allegedly trying to kill his own five-year-old son by deliberately starving him at his home. The child, Ashwani Kumar, who is presently under treatment at the civil hospital in Hisar, was rescued by police on Sunday from his house in village Bandaheri ... Hisar SSP Shreekant Jadhav said the case would be investigated thoroughly to bring out the truth. (India Times, India)
Wife puts self on sale to save husband Oct 3, 2007
LUDHIANA: Within a fortnight of a poverty-stricken widow from Hisar putting up her daughters for adoption through a newspaper advertisement, a 34-year-old woman in a desperate attempt to save her ailing husband decided to put her five-year-old son and herself on sale here. Harsh Sharma married Bhupinder, who worked with a property dealer, eight years back. (India Times, India)
Jatland grapples with gotra hurdle Sep 30, 2007
Nafe Singh Nain, president of Baniyan Khap, comprising 52 villages in Jind and Hisar districts, said, "We plan to exclude grand mothers gotra, for which we will have to call a mahapanchayat.". Loading. (India Times, India)
Jind: So, what was MP Atma Singh up to? Sep 8, 2007
30 am, the place was thronged by a large number of persons, mostly by political activists, including a former M.P of Hisar and former Haryana minister, started raising slogans after gheraoing the building ... However, no entry had been done in the register of the rest house, regarding the stay of the VIP. Jai Prakash, Congress MP from Hisar, when contacted described the incident as a fabricated attempt of the INLD to defame both Gill and the Congress party, in order to get political mileage. (The Tribune)
Dera followers call off Jul 15, 2007
Hisar Division Commissioner P.C. Bidhan offered refreshments to the followers who were on fast since June 28. Also present were Sirsa Deputy Commissioner V. Umashanker and police chief Vikas Arora. (Sahara Samay)
Rains keep mercury down in North, heat returns to Rajasthan Jun 24, 2007
2 c (down 6) while Hisar, which recorded 46-plus temperatures about 10 days ago, was 36. 9 c (3 degrees below normal), the weatherman said. (Zee News)
Hisar 47.9C; three more die Jun 10, 2007
Hisar and Amritsar were the worst hit by the unrelenting heat, which has gripped the region since the beginning of this month. Hisar recorded a high of 47. (The Tribune)
Nuclear power plant in Haryana: PM May 20, 2007
Hisar (Haryana), May 19: Work on a new nuclear power plant in Haryana will start soon to help narrow electricity demand-supply gap in the state, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. "I am told that a site to develop a nuclear plant has been identified at Fatehabad and work will start shortly. This will... Reduce power shortage in the state in the next three to four years", the Prime Minister said after laying the foundation stone for a 1,200 MW thermal project. (Zee News)
N-plant for Haryana May 20, 2007
Barwala (Hisar), May 19 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda that the Centre would ensure supply of gas and coal for all thermal power plants that might come up in Haryana in the coming years ... He announced that Hisar would be developed as a magnet town under the National Capital Region plans. (The Tribune)
Death for former MLAs daughter, son-in-law restored Feb 16, 2007
Sonia with the help of her husband Sanjeev mercilessly killed her father Relu Ram, mother Krishna, her sister Priyanka, stepbrother Sunil, his wife Shakuntla and their three children Lokesh (4 years), Shivani (2 years) and Preeti (45 days) by hitting them one after the other with a iron rod when they were fast asleep on the night of August 23, 2001, at their farm house in Litani Mod in Hisar. The sessions judge, Hisar, had sentenced the duo to death, but the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on... (The Tribune)
Jindal Stainless to invest Rs 5,000 cr in Orissa plant Jan 27, 2007
The company presently operates through its three plants in Hisar, Visakhapatnam and Jajpur. JSL expects Hisar plant's capacity to touch 0. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Maran Wants Local Content on Internet Jan 20, 2007
Internet being an interactive medium gives us great opportunity to find out what the customer wants (Techtree.com)
Refinery unit dedicated to nation Jan 13, 2007
Hisar, January 12 As part of the Army's drive to showcase its achievements in various spheres to the people, the DOT Division launched an exhibition titled "Know Your Army" at Mahabir Stadium here today. Ambala, January 12 Haryana Governor Dr A.R. Kidwai observed today Urdu originated in India and developed in Haryana and Punjab region. (The Tribune)
