Chandigarh Mar 30 PTI A Haryana Roadways bus driver was garlanded with shoes while a conductor was also heckled allegedly by some employees at Dabwali in Sirsa district as they refused to participate in the nationwide strike called by central trade unions an official statement said here on Wednesday Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma said an FIR has been registered on the complaint of the driver and the conductor Public transport services were affected in Haryana for two days as the Roadways employees came in support of the nationwide strike called by central trade unions on March 28-29 to protest against the Centres alleged wrong policies Sharma said it is everyones democratic right to protest but if employees misbehaves by garlanding their colleagues with shoes then strict action would certainly be taken against those found guilty Along with the legal action strict departmental action too will be taken against such employees he added as per an official statement Sharma said this in reference to the incident where a Haryana Roadways driver was garlanded with shoes for not taking part in the strike in Dabwali Sirsa district on Tuesday In this strike the bus conductor was also heckled by some of the employees who had joined the strike as he refused to participate in the said protest the statement said Police have also made some arrests in the matter the minister said Such people who indulge in such actions will not be spared he said Sharma said during the two-day strike general managers of the Roadways did a good job in some districts and got a large number of buses plying on the roads but general managers of some districts failed to do so Departmental action has been initiated against such general managers he said Meanwhile Sharma alleged that the employee unions are spreading rumours and misinformation about the privatisation of the Haryana Roadways He said the truth is the government is continuously increasing the number of buses in the fleet of Roadways Recently 2000 Roadways employees have also been promoted he added Haryana Roadways is leading in the country The general public will not face any kind of trouble he said On Monday Sarbat Singh Punia a leader of the joint front of 10 unions of Roadways employees had alleged that the BJP led Haryana government was not strengthening the Haryana Roadways fleet This indicates their intent to promote privatisation of the transport services There were 4200 buses in the Haryana Roadways fleet about six years ago which have been reduced to 2600 now and route permits are given to promote private buses Haryana Roadways needs 10000 buses in its fleet but the government is not paying heed to it Punia had claimed PTI SUN VSD AQS AQS

New Delhi [India], February 28 (ANI): A 55-year-old woman was killed after her two-wheeler collided with a Bharat gas supply truck in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area, informed police on Sunday.

Chandigarh Nov 23 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said free tablets will soon be given to students of Class 11 and 12 across the state The government has decided to purchase five lakh tablets which will be given to the students studying in Class 11 and 12 in the upcoming academic session A total of Rs 560 crore will be spent to buy these tablets he said In future the government would plan to give tablets to the students of other classes as well he said Besides 15000 tubewell connections will be issued to the farmers soon Khattar said In this regard the process of purchasing power equipment worth Rs 350 crore was completed during the meeting of a high-power purchase committee These decisions were taken in a meeting held here in which Education Minister Kanwar Pal Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma Power Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and Agriculture Minister J P Dalal were among others present according to an official release Later interacting with reporters the Chief Minister said curbing corruption is the main goal of his government If any officer or employee is found involved in corruption strict action will be taken against him he said in response to questions on the alleged scam in recruitment for dental surgeons The Chief Minister said if anyone gets any information related to corruption in jobs or departments then they should immediately inform the State Vigilance Bureau PTI SUN HDA

Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday said the state government has decided to give subsidy on the purchase of e-vehicles to encourage their useKhattar his ministers and BJP MLAs rode bicycles from the chief ministers official residence to the Haryana civil secretariat to mark the World Car Free Day WednesdayThe civil secretariat is nearly two km from Khattars official residence in Chandigarh He has cycled the distance on a few occasions in the past alsoKhattar according to an official statement said that in a bid to encourage the use of electric-vehicles the state government has decided to give subsidy on their purchaseSpeaking to reporters on the occasion the chief minister appealed to people to cycle as often as possible saying it is an affordable and environment-friendly mode of commutingThe chief minister later drove an e-vehicle from the secretariat back to his official residenceEarlier he inaugurated an awareness exhibition on e-vehicles organised at the Civil Secretariat here on the occasion of World Car Free Day People consider vehicles as a status symbol so employees and officers use vehicles as the main mode of commuting even when they stay close to their offices said the chief ministerOn the occasion Khattar called upon people to take a pledge to adopt a car-pooling system or to travel on foot or cycle to nearby placesThe chief minister also said plying of CNG buses has been encouraged in Gurgaon till now to curb pollution but now the emphasis will also be laid on running e-buses and e-autos there tooAmong those who cycled from the chief ministers residence to the civil secretariat included Education Minister Kanwar Pal Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma Agriculture Minister J P Dalal and several MLAs PTI SUN VSD TIR TIR