Hitender Rao is in the Haryana bureau, based in Chandigarh.
Articles by Hitender Rao
Gurugram land deal: Probe at snail’s pace as cops ‘fail’ to get full official record
Investigations in FIR by Gurugram police four years ago against former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda and Robert Vadra pertaining to suspected irregularities in a land deal, is crawling at a snail’s pace
Updated on May 25, 2022 09:56 PM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Former Haryana CM Chautala convicted in disproportionate assets case
A special CBI court held former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, 87, guilty of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income in a 16-year-old case
Published on May 22, 2022 01:54 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Gurugram land deal: Haryana govt cancels license granted to Robert Vadra’s firm
Seven years after it took over the reins of the state, the BJP-led Haryana government has cancelled the real estate development license granted to Robert Vadra’s Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited in Gurugram during the Congress reign in 2008
Updated on May 18, 2022 09:55 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Haryana grants relaxation to allow defaulting contractors to resume mining
Mining contractors in Haryana owe ₹553 crore to the state government and have failed to pay despite the introduction of a one-time settlement scheme.
Updated on May 14, 2022 03:17 PM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Controversial IPS officer, Kalson recommended for premature retirement
The recommendation for prematurely retiring him from the service is awaiting the nod of Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar
Published on May 10, 2022 12:52 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Banger’s appointment as climate change advisor raises eyebrows
The appointment of former Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) chairman KC Banger as adviser, climate change in the department of environment and climate change by the BJP-JJP government has raised eyebrows
Published on May 06, 2022 09:58 PM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Power pangs: Haryana, Adani Power to sign supplementary PPA to get 1,050MW power generated from domestic coal
Following negotiations, the Haryana government will sign a supplementary power purchase agreement (PPA) with Adani Power Ltd (APL) for supply of about 1,050MW power generated from domestic coal at the agreed tariff of ₹2
Published on May 03, 2022 12:58 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Haryana’s plan to buy 500MW power hits a roadblock
Haryana’s bid to buy 500MW power on short-term basis for three years to tide over the power shortage in state has hit a roadblock
Published on Apr 30, 2022 12:33 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
New Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan: A mass leader, but has the turncoat tag
Known for his soft spoken and calm mannerism, Bhan has been regarded as mass leader who has his ears to the ground
Published on Apr 28, 2022 12:27 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Adani Power representatives meet Khattar over Haryana power pangs
About 1,050MW power generated from domestic coal can be supplied by APL at the agreed tariff of ₹2.94 per unit
Published on Apr 26, 2022 12:41 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
HT Explainer: Why is Haryana facing power pangs this summer
An early onset of summer coupled with deficient electricity supply has led to Haryana experiencing power shortage for the last couple of weeks
Updated on Apr 23, 2022 12:33 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
SC ruling on village common land: Haryana sets timelines for restoration of illegally-sold panchayat land
Following the recent Supreme Court orders that village common land (‘shamilat deh’) can neither be repartitioned among the proprietors nor sold, the Haryana government has started the process of restoring illegally-sold land chunks back to the gram panchayats
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 12:40 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
SYL canal row: Haryana likely to file contempt petition against Punjab, says Supreme Court orders not being implemented
Haryana says Punjab is not keen on resolving the SYL canal row. The state has asked for immediate steps to get the Supreme Court decree and orders implemented at the earliest
Published on Apr 18, 2022 02:11 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Haryana blames Adani Power, Gujarat plant for adding to power woes
The Adani Power Ltd (APL) and Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL) have not been supplying power to Haryana for the last six months, thus contributing to the ongoing power shortage amid rising temperatures, show documents submitted by the state government to the power regulator
Published on Apr 15, 2022 12:35 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
IREO’s Lalit Goyal gets regular bail in money laundering case
The vice-chairman and managing director of realty giant IREO Group, Lalit Goyal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last November in a ‘multi-crore real estate scam’, was on Friday granted regular bail by the Punjab and Haryana high court
Published on Apr 10, 2022 01:00 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Village common land cannot be sold: Supreme Court
No part of the village common land can be re-partitioned amongst the proprietors and such land would not be available for sale, the Supreme Court ruled
Published on Apr 08, 2022 12:01 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Battle of resolutions: Haryana, Punjab inter-state disputes come to the fore again
Punjab’s recent move to ask the central government to hand it over the union territory of Chandigarh, and Tuesday’s riposte by Haryana to stall it till inter-state disputes including Ravi-Beas water share between the two states are settled, have rekindled a range of contentious issues plaguing the two neighbouring states for decades
Published on Apr 06, 2022 12:43 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Subsidy: Haryana farmers to pay 10 paise per unit for power costing ₹6.67 per unit
The highly-subsidised electricity supplied to Haryana’s farm sector to run agriculture tubewells will cost the state government ₹6
Published on Apr 02, 2022 01:06 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
CAG findings: ‘Haryana cited non-availability from Adani to buy costly power from private producers’
Assuming we did not go for the purchase of this power, we would have to purchase from the power exchange at much higher rates; people got an assured supply because of these contracts, says PK Das, ACS, power
Published on Mar 30, 2022 12:52 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Haryana passes anti-conversion bill, Cong walks out
Congress MLAs led by the leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Tosham MLA, Kiran Choudhry questioned the need of an anti-conversion law
Updated on Mar 23, 2022 01:17 AM IST
Haryana assembly passes anti-conversion law
Haryana’s anti-conversion bill, a controversial piece of legislation, was passed by the state assembly with a voice vote on Tuesday despite the Opposition Congress citing valid grounds to hold it back and refer it to a select committee of the assembly for wider deliberations
Published on Mar 22, 2022 10:12 PM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Panchkula industrial plots allotment: SC order to have a bearing on money laundering trial
The apex court had in 2021 stayed the PMLA court’s trial against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 21 others
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 08:33 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
AAP’s stunning rise to impact Haryana’s political landscape
Kejriwal’s party got a mere 0.48% vote share in the 2019 Haryana assembly polls but may see a resurgence
Published on Mar 12, 2022 01:44 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Haryana budget: Legislator panels not empowered to move cut motion
Cut motion is moved to reduce amounts of demands for grants to draw attention of the House to the matter specified therein
Published on Mar 10, 2022 01:22 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Haryana budget 2022-23: Khattar pushes for more earnings to create assets
Presenting his third successive budget, Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar, who holds the charge of finance portfolio, looked contended at achieving a downward trend in revenue deficit. Revenue deficit in upcoming FY to dip to 0.98% from 1.40% in 2021-22
Updated on Mar 09, 2022 05:56 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Experts pick holes in Haryana’s anti-conversion bill
Say the inclusion of divine pleasure or promise in the definition of allurement makes the proposed law capricious and irrational
Published on Mar 07, 2022 12:52 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Alleged snooping: Inquiry underway into ‘surveillance’ of IPS officer’s mobile phone
Following a complaint by Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, a preliminary inquiry into the alleged illegal surveillance and accessing of his mobile phone’s internet protocol detail records (IPDR) and call details is underway
Published on Mar 05, 2022 12:46 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Ram Rahim not a hardcore prisoner: Haryana govt
The legal opinion on whether the Dera chief would fall into the category of hardcore prisoners was sought at the insistence of the jail authorities.
Updated on Feb 08, 2022 04:20 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Private sector job quota law: SC to hear Haryana plea on Monday
After high court’s stay order, solicitor general Tushar Mehta appeared before the apex court seeking urgent hearing
Updated on Feb 04, 2022 08:49 PM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Private sector job quota law: Haryana to move SC against high court’s stay order
The Haryana government has decided to file a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the stay granted by the Punjab and Haryana high court on implementation of 75% private sector job quota law
Published on Feb 04, 2022 12:34 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
