With a view to create awareness among people towards protection of wildlife, Haryana forest department will observe Wildlife Safety Week in the State from October 4.

The face-off between the government and farmers agitating for higher compensation for land acquired for a rail freight corridor entered the third day today. The farmers raised anti-government slogans.

They alleged that the government was following the Land Acquisition Act in fixing the compensation to them. The Railways had acquired 450 acres at 19 villages of this district for its Dadri-Mumbai freight corridor.

Wants conservation reserve for blackbucks on NPCIL colony land

Member of Parliament, environmentalist and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi wants the upcoming nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad to be scrapped. She also wants the 185-odd acres acquired by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its residential colony to be declared a conservation reserve for blackbucks inhabiting the area.

Dengue is spreading its tentacles in Haryana with 383 confirmed cases reported so far as compared to just 87 cases in the corresponding period last year. Gurgaon has accounted for 166 cases.

Official sources said improper water management, storage of stagnant rainwater, unplanned construction activities and lifestyle changes are some of the major factors responsible for proliferation of mosquito breeding sites and spread of dengue.

Gurgaon district has emerged as a high-risk area in Haryana with the maximum number of dengue cases reported there so far this year.

In July this year, there was high drama around Maruti Suzuki's Manesar factory in Haryana.

Despite being the number one state on several parameters, Haryana lags behind several other states when it comes to the infant mortality rate (IMR) and the maternal mortality rate (MMR).

Out of every 1,000 children born in Haryana, 42 die within a year of their birth while 162 out of 1 lakh mothers die during childbirth.

Unhappy over the quantum of compensation announced by the government for their land acquired by the Railways, farmers in 19 villages today said they would resort to an agitation from tomorrow.

As many as 53 confirmed and nearly 250 suspected dengue cases have been reported from Karnal alone.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has asked the health departments of all states to discontinue the use of a particular batch of Hepatitis B vaccine supplied to government hospitals a