Pak violates ceasefire; BSF guns down intruder 
Jammu/Poonch, August 20
On the occasion of ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ today, Pakistan violated a mutually brokered truce by opening small and medium arms fire in Pargwal sector along the International Border (IB) in the Akhnoor sub-division and in the Krishna Ghati sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.

Police plea for Kanda aide’s custody rejected
Judicial custody continues for a day
New Delhi/Gurgaon,Aug 20
The plans of Delhi Police to confront former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda with his aide Aruna Chadha failed to fructify today with a Delhi court rejecting a plea seeking her custody even as investigators continued to collect evidence in the Geetika Sharma suicide case.

A Delhi Police team at the MDLR office in Gurgaon on Monday. 

Death anniversary: Longowal remembered, not really
Longowal (Sangrur), Aug 20
In the absence of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who are overseas these days, the state-level 27th death anniversary function of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal remained a lacklustre affair today. No national or state-level leader of the BJP visited Longowal to take part in the function.

Haryana minister takes up ‘bias’ against southern areas, rebuffed
6 MLAs refute the charge as power minister demands university for Rewari
Gurgaon/Rewari, August 20
It has become almost a ritual in the South Haryana region for the past some time. 


Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Capt Ajay Yadav

Ajay Yadav takes on Hooda again
Chandigarh, August 20
After months of ceasefire, fresh trouble has erupted on the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-Ajay Singh Yadav front, with the seven-time MLA from Rewari firing a volley of salvos at the Chief Minister, that too while addressing party workers. Relations between the CM and the Power Minister have reached a new low. So much so that Yadav has abruptly cancelled the rally, which Hooda was scheduled to address in the minister’s Assembly constituency of Rewari on September 1. 

Maruti plant to reopen today Gurgaon, August 20 After a month-long lockout, Maruti Suzuki India will reopen its Manesar facility on Tuesday. The plant will resume operations with only one tenth of its total workforce which will operate for one shift from 8 am to 4.30 pm. The initial production has been targeted at 150 cars per day instead of 1,500-1,700 units being produced earlier. “We are making a fresh start with the best available resources and will have a realistic production target.