New Delhi: A snap cold and heavy fog blanketing north India claimed dozens of lives and severely disrupted airline and railway traffic across the region for the third day on Monday.

Gurgaon: For 25 years, residents of Tajnagar village near Gurgaon lobbied for a railway station in their village. When their demand was not met, the villagers decided to take matters in their own hands

The administration

The Haryana Rural Development Fund Administration Board has sanctioned Rs 696 crore to execute various development works during the current financial year. Out of this, expenditure to the tune of Rs 415.60 crore had already been incurred so far.

Ban on plastic bags in Gurgaon would soon be observed at par with Delhi as the Haryana Government has decided to amend the rule to make it more rigorous.

Vrinda Sharma

CHANDIGARH: With mercury falling sharply in many parts of Punjab and Haryana, there has been a surge in swine flu cases here as 38 people have died in December so far, officials said on Sunday.

Haryana Government has formulated Rs.10.21crore project for augmenting water supply in 23 villages of Mahendragarh district.

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University plans to focus on environmental problems affecting agricultural production, water management, bio-technology, food processing technology, crop value addition and seed production technology during the coming year.