The Congress in Haryana is leading in nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats two hours after the counting for the parliamentary elections began Saturday. The Congress is leading in Gurgaon, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat and Faridabad.
Former chief minister Bhajan Lal of the newly floated Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) was leading in [...]

At least five Maoists have been arrested in Haryana. The Maoists were arrested in Jheen village of Jinda, Haraya.
An official of Police has said that the Maoists identified as Rajesh, Ved Pal, Tilku, Sanjiv, Devinder, were arrested when they were collecting money from the village residents.
Another accomplice of the five accused fled after seeing the [...]

Supreme Court has banned all mining activity in Aravali hills area in Haryana. The court has said that the ecological degradation is so serious that it cannot permit even the smallest mining activity in the region.
Earlier in March, the court talked tough and showed its inclination for a total ban on mining in the Aravali [...]