Heavy overnight rains and rising water level in the Yamuna are hampering rescue operation to take out the 52 villagers, who are stranded on a tract of land in Lapra village here due to floods triggered by heavy rains.
52 people, including 15 children, stranded on a tract of land in Haryana's Yamunanagar district due to floods triggered by heavy rains, were rescued today.
The district administration have roped in teams of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the army to airlift 50 villagers, including 15 children, who are stranded at Lapra village in the district due to flooding of the Yamuna river.
The next assembly elections in Haryana would seal the fate of the Congress, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhey Chautala has said.
A stringer photographer with three English dailies, including Hindustan Times, was attacked on Sunday for highlighting the sorry state of affairs at Haryana Tennis Academy here. His journalist friend was injured while saving him. The victims were identified as Manoj Dhaka, a stringer photographer, and Deepender Deswal, a journalist with Times of India.
In a decision, the Malik khap which is also known as Gathwala khap has unanimously resolved to permit the matrimonial alliances in any Jat gotra except their parents.

Rajya Sabha MP and a former Haryana minister, Birender Singh (67) will be inducted into the Union cabinet on Monday. Singh will be the second MP from Haryana to be inducted into the UPA –II cabinet II. Lok Sabha MP from Ambala, Kumari Selja is the Union minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.
Local police on Sunday arrested a man, who suspecting 'illicit' relations, allegedly killed his 17-year-old daughter at a Kurukshetra village on late Friday night. The matter came to the fore when police recovered the body of the girl from a well at Khairi village, about 20 kms from Kurukshetra town on Sunday.
The second phase of the Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) 'janjagran abhiyan' (awareness campaign) has kicked off from Dabwali in Sirsa district on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would provide agriculture loans to farmers at one per cent rate of interest, if voted to power in the upcoming parliamentary elections, BJP national president Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday.
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) on Saturday declared the result of state-level entrance test conducted for admissions to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) degree courses on June 8. The registrar, SS Dahiya, said results had been displayed on the university website - www.hau.ernet.in and http://ams.mycollegeform.com/ccshau/admission.
A young woman was hacked to death over a trivial matter allegedly by her father-in-law in Zenabad village of Rewari district in Haryana today.
Haryana Public Works (building and roads) minister Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday said the proposed third front had no future in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections "as it neither has any policy nor any motive".
A day after Rewari city observed a complete shutdown against the police's alleged failure in tracing the two minor girls, who went missing from the Rewari railway station last month,Haryana MLA and state power minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav on Saturday sought railway ministry intervention into the matter.
A day after Hindustan Times reported that Dr RK Karwasara, who was suspended from the Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences here for "gross misconduct", delayed 400 surgeries, university authorities have decided to take action on the basis of a chief vigilance office (CVO) investigation report.