Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan dismissed Haryana BJP leader Anil Vij's bid for the chief minister's post, asserting that Nayab Singh Saini is the party's official candidate for the upcoming state assembly elections.

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Polling for the 90 assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the votes will be counted on October 8.

Haryana Assembly elections 2024: Earlier, AAP and Congress negotiated for an alliance but failed to reach a consensus on seat sharing. Subsequently, AAP announced to contest the polls alone.

Ambala Cantt Assembly Election 2024: In the 2019 elections, Anil Vij, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won the Ambala Cantt seat by defeating Chitra Sarwara from the INL. Vij secured 64571 votes while Sarwara got 44406.

Haryana Assembly elections: BJP has announced its first list of 67 poll candidates, set for October 5. The list includes eight women candidates and highlights new entrants to the party. Key figures like Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and veteran leader Anil Vij are among the nominees.

It is pertinent to mention that Anil Vij was recently dropped in the newly formed cabinet, leading to disquiet in the state party unit.

Anil Vij has apparently been upset with the party not keeping him in the loop when they decided to make Nayab Singh Saini the chief minister of Haryana by replacing Manohar Lal Khattar.

Earlier today, Manohar Lal Khattar along with his entire Cabinet resigned from their posts. The cabinet comprised 14 ministers, including Khattar and three members of the Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala-led JJP. All have resigned.

INLD Haryana chief Nafe Singh Rathee was killed by attackers on Sunday. State Home Minister Anil Vij said that a CBI probe into his killing will be ordered.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that forces will be air-dropped if the situation arises.

A few days ago Assam Police issued similar direction in which the department said obese officials will get VRS. In Haryana unfit personnel will be transferred to police lines.

Bihar government is under severe attack as the number of deaths in Chhapra hooch tragedy continues to increase and the political blame game is also on in the state.

Haryana: The report for the samples of three drugs of the Sonipat-based pharmaceutical company, which were mentioned by the WHO, are yet to come, state Health Minister Anil Vij said.

"A campaign will be launched to strengthen the inspection and inspection of tenants in Haryana so that no unknown and anti-social person is living in someone's house using a fake identity," said Anil Vij.

Congress also appointed four working presidents -- Shruti Choudhary, Ram Kishan Gujjar, Jitender Kumar Bhardwaj and Suresh Gupta -- to its Haryana unit.

There are two Indias -- one for the rich, one for the poor -- and the gap between the two was widening, Rahul Gandhi had alleged.

Haryana Health Minister said from January 1 people who have not got the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would not be permitted to congested public places.

Pakistan had registered a 10-wicket victory over India in the ICC T20 World Cup tie in Dubai on Sunday.

Punjab and Haryana witnessed widespread protest and anger over the delay in the procurement.

Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as Chief Minister of Punjab, citing continued humiliation by the Congress leadership over the past two months.