Gurgaon: After reports of bird flu from Assam and West Bengal, a team of veterinary doctors has started collecting blood samples to test for the disease in migratory birds at the Sultanpur Lake and Bhindawas in Haryana.

Chandigarh: The state mandis will now be connected with Internet services provided at all centres. The Government has planned its computerisation project in such a way that the prices of agro-commodities would now be available online. The farmers would be educated and trained to use the new facilities.

JHAJJAR: Haryana could become the first state in the country to set up a 2,800 mw nuclear power plant after the signing of the civil nuclear deal between India and the US.

In order to evaluate and recommend reforms in the working conditions of labourers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set up an expert committee, headed by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice S S Kang.

Compensation for land acquired, two toll plazas and maintenance of roads to be discussed on Dec 16

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu inaugurated the four-lane Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he assured the ministers from Punjab and Haryana that all the issues pertaining to the new stretch would be addressed by next week.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that the Power Utilities had prepared a comprehensive Rs.25,520-crore plan to develop infrastructure for generation, transmission and distribution of power in the State under the 11th Five Year Plan.

Providing a ray of hope to the residents of Gurgaon, Haryana Government has promised to build a modern solid waste-treatment plant at Bandhwari village, along the Gurgaon-Faridabad road.