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Gurgaon: A delegation of farmers and landowners of nine villages in the Pachgaon-Manesar belt, whose land is under the acquisition process, met Deputy Commissioner PC Meena at his office here today.

After listening to the contention of the farmers, Meena said he would fix their meeting with the Chief Minister so that they could apprise him of their concerns.

Farmers of Pachgaon, Kasan, Mokal

Gurgaon: Over 1,500 protesters from about 10 villages in Gurgaon blocked the National Highway-8 near Pachgaon on Sunday for more than two hours.

Thousands of aggrieved farmers held a Mahapanchayat at Panchgao in Gurgaon on Sunday. Farmers demanded that the State Government revert its decision of acquiring land of farmers for expansion of the industrial township near Manesar. When nobody from the authorities listened to them, they came out on roads and blocked the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway No 8.

The Central plan to earmark Rs 3,500 crore every year for the next five years to set up seven industrial cities on proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor has cheered both Haryana and Punjab.

With a major part of the corridor in Haryana, the state government hopes that the proposed corridor would leapfrog industry in the state as major urban centers of the state _ Gurgaon and Faridabad _are p

Gurgaon: The bird reserve in Sultanpur National Park near Gurgaon played host to more than 40,000 migratory birds this year. According to officials, the rise in the bird population was a marked improvement from last year

Demolition ordered in Silokhera village, DLF among the three companies penalised
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday set aside the release of prime land in Gurgaon to private companies by the Haryana government, calling it

The Rail Metro Rapid Gurgaon (RMRG) project, which is to connect Gurgaon residents with the Delhi metro, is back on track. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition against the use of a green belt for the project.

Taking a cue from the fast depleting ground water table in Gurgaon, the state government has directed the SEZ developers to procure water from own resources.

With 30 of 34 Special Economic Zones notified so far in

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