Chandigarh, Nearly 50 passengers, including women and children, had a narrow escape after a moving Haryana Roadways bus caught fire on the Sonipat-Rohtak highway on Monday, police said.

The driver of the bus, showing alertness, immediately stopped the bus and asked all passengers to get out.

The bus was completely destroyed in the incident.

Chandigarh, Two assailants shot dead a policeman on Monday in Haryana's Bhiwani in a bid to free a prisoner who was being produced in a court there, police said on Monday.

Gurugram, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest all 90 Assembly and 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in 2019, a party leader said on Monday.

The elections in Haryana will be fought "on the basis of development works done by the party in Delhi", Aam Aadmi Party convener Naveen Jaihind said.

Chandigarh,  With heavy arrivals in the past 4-5 days, government procuring agencies and traders have purchased over 50.34 lakh tonnes of wheat from farmers in Haryana, a government spokesman said on Thursday.

Chandigarh, A cricket coach was shot dead outside a school in Haryana's Sonipat district on Tuesday, police said.

The incident took place outside the government senior secondary school in Kharkhoda town as the coach Sumit Badhwar was coming out.

Gurugram, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday sanctioned Rs 1,025.60 crore for Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) at a meeting here.

Khattar said that many development projects have been sanctioned for this Millennium City.

Chandigarh, The Haryana government has directed the closure of all slaughter houses in the state on March 29 in view of Mahavir Jayanti.

The sale of meat, fish and eggs will also be restricted, state Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain said on Wednesday.

Chandigarh, Billing accounts of thousands of electricity consumers in Haryana have been hacked in a cyber attack, a state discom official said on Wednesday.

Chandigarh, Haryana Government has procured 5924235 tonnes of paddy during Kharif 2017-18 as compared to 5347848 tonnes of paddy procured during last Kharif season. 
This was informed by Additional Chief Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Mr Ram Niwas while addressing a press conference here today. He said that out of the total procured rice, 39,69,237 tonnes would be delivered to FCI and till date 34,61,646 tonnes rice have already been given to FCI as compared to 3099016 tonnes rice given to FCI during the same period last year.

Chandigarh, Chinese company Wanfeng Auto Holding Group will double the capacity of two wheeler alloy wheels at its existing plant in Haryana's Rewari district from May with an additional investment of $25 million, it was announced on Wednesday.