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Neeraj Mohan

Neeraj Mohan is a correspondent, covering Karnal, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Panipat and Yamunanagar districts of Haryana.

Articles by Neeraj Mohan

Once notorious for female foeticide, Haryana now celebrates birth of girl child: Khattar

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar revealed that there are 56,434 SHGs in Haryana, to which the government provided an assistance of ₹796 crore. He further urged the SHGs to link all women, whose family has an income less than ₹1 lakh, with their groups so that their economic condition can be improved.

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar honoured around 500 women for their exemplary work in various fields during an International Women’s Day event. (HT File)

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Published on Mar 11, 2023 01:26 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Haryana: NGT slaps ₹2-crore green fine on NHAI for violations on NH-44

NGT said the Highways Authority had failed to comply with dust-control measures or plant trees in lieu of the ones felled for construction; air pollution control norms are an essential component of sustainable development, and any activity resulting in generation of dust has to be accompanied by dust-control measures, which, in this case, have not been taken. NGT bench

The violations were reported from the stretch between Mukarba chowk and Singhu border. (HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 10, 2023 01:21 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

7-year-old girl stepped out to buy a pack of biscuits, run over by speeding car

Police said the protesters agreed to disperse and hand over the girl’s body after they were promised stringent action against the culprit. The 7-year-old girl’s body was sent for autopsy

The Karnal Sadar police station said angry residents blocked the Karnal-Munak road to protest the girl’s death and demand the driver’s arrest. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Mar 09, 2023 07:38 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan

Green norms violation: Panipat DC urges pollution board to lift ban on sale deeds of private society

DC says many proprietors, who have brought the properties, are suffering. The state pollution board had banned the registration of sale deeds as the project violated several environmental norms

Representational image of a private housing society. (HT File)

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Published on Mar 07, 2023 01:32 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Karnal woman murders neighbour in a plot to fake her death, arrested

The Karnal police arrested a 25-year-old woman nearly four months after she murdered her 55-year-old neighbour and burnt her body in a plot to fake her own death, officials said

The accused woman in Karnal CIA custody. (HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 06, 2023 12:12 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

NGT may slap fine on Haryana over legacy waste

Not just this, the principal bench of the NGT, headed by justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (retd), has stated that since statutory timelines have already lapsed, “environmental compensation may have to be levied” at ₹300 per MT, on the pattern of orders in such cases.

Haryana has been facing the twin challenge of dealing with the continuous flow of solid waste and the legacy waste which has resulted in garbage heaps at dumpsites. (HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 02, 2023 02:01 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma & Neeraj Mohan, Chandigarh/karnal

Falling mustard prices worry Haryana farmers

Due to the lack of procurement by government agencies in Haryana, mustard farmers are being forced to sell their produce from ₹4,800 to ₹5,200 per quintal against the minimum support price (MSP) of ₹5,450 fixed by the Union government.

After two consecutive rich harvests, mustard growers in Haryana are a worried lot as the prices in the private market have recorded a steep decline of around 25%. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Feb 28, 2023 02:03 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Overcrowded Haryana gaushalas await funds & fodder

Since 2014, the number of stray cattle in gaushalas increased to over 5 lakh from 1.75 lakh, while the number of shelters increased from 215 to over 700. Gaushala committees generally depend on donors to meet their daily expenses of upkeep and fodder.

Around 50,000 stray cattle are brought to these cow shelters every year making it difficult for the gaushala committees to accommodate and take care of all the animals. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 26, 2023 12:59 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan

NGT directs Haryana pollution board to fill vacant posts

A total of 481 posts have been sanctioned in HSPCB, out of which 303 posts are vacant and only 178 employees are working to take care of entire state comprising 22 districts

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Published on Feb 23, 2023 02:00 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

HSGMC takes control of three more gurdwaras of Haryana

Amid heavy police deployment, former HSGMC president Baljit Singh Daduwal and incumbent president Karamjit Singh took the management of Gurdwara Manji Sahib and Gurdwara Neem Sahib in Kaithal along with Gurdwara Dhamtaan Sahib in Jind

Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee members outside Gurdwara Neem Sahib in Kaithal on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 22, 2023 02:28 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

SGPC, HSGMC members scuffle over possession of Kurukshetra gurdwara

SP says they haven’t got any complaint but police have been deployed to monitor the security of the gurdwara and the situation is under control. Minor skirmishes were witnessed between SGPC and HSGMC members after which Kurukshetra gurdwara staff and police managed to control them and they were taken out of the gurdwara.

A high-voltage drama was witnessed at Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi on Monday as the members of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) reached the gurdwara and accused the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) of forcibly taking over the control of the gurdwaras in Haryana. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 21, 2023 12:32 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

HSGMC takes control of Kurukshetra’s Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi from SGPC

Almost five months after the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act 2014, the ad hoc committee of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) on Sunday took the control of the management of the Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi of Kurukshetra.

As per the information, members of the HSGMC’s ad hoc committee led by Karamjit Singh reached Kurukshetra’s Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi and took control from the managers without any protest. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Feb 20, 2023 02:29 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Monitor wheat crop to check yellow rust disease: Karnal institute

Since the ongoing climatic conditions are favourable for the spread of the yellow rust disease, farmers are urged to keep inspecting the wheat crop for the disease regularly. IIWBR, Karnal, has issued a few measures to lessen impact of rising mercury on the crop if the temperature reaches beyond certain limits.

Amid reports that rise in day temperature could impact the wheat output, the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, has issued a few measures to lessen the impact of the rising mercury on the crop if the temperature reaches beyond certain limits. Farmers were also told to monitor wheat crop to check yellow rust disease. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 19, 2023 01:39 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Cheating in TGT recruitment exam: Police suspect woman cop, husband tried to take help of ‘exam solvers’

The investigators started suspecting the role of the woman constable and her husband after it was found that the gang members had also tried to gain access to their computers. While the solvers managed to secure access to the woman cop’s computer, they could not access her husband’s system.

The gang members were helping the candidates by accessing the candidates’ computers remotely and solving the paper while sitting at a private hotel. (HT File)

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Published on Feb 17, 2023 01:06 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Five held for helping candidates of TGT recruitment exam in Panipat

The accused were helping the candidates cheat from a hotel room by getting remote access of the online exam

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Published on Feb 16, 2023 12:14 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Farmers agree to give land for completing pending stretch of Saraswati River

Saraswati river rejuvenation project got delayed as around 10km stretch of the 67-km river in the district is missing in the revenue records of 11 villages and the government will require a total of 51 acres to complete the pending work

File photo of a priest taking out water from a well constructed under Saraswati River in Haryana’s Mughalwali village in Yamunanagar district (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 16, 2023 12:08 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Big drop in terror-related incidents in J&K since Article 370 abrogation: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah said that the government has also succeeded in checking the left-wing extremism in the Northeast, and there was around a 60% decline in terror activities since the Modi government took over

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Updated on Feb 14, 2023 09:48 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Madhuban (karnal)

Four arrested for poisoning 45 cattle to death at Karnal gaushala

Sixteen days after 45 cattle were found dead under mysterious circumstances at a gaushala in Phoosgargh village run by the Karnal Municipal Corporation, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the Karnal police have arrested four persons for poisoning the cows.

The accused in police custody in Karnal.The investigators claimed that the accused had mixed Celphos in jaggery and served it to the cows. As many as 45 cattle were found dead at a gaushala in Phoosgargh village run by the Karnal Municipal Corporation. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 13, 2023 01:22 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Report indicts OT technician of sexual harassment in Karnal Medical college

The Vidhan Sabha committee has recommended the termination of the services of the OT technician Pawan Kumar

The matter came to light on January 21, during an inspection by a committee of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha as the students of the BSc (OT technician) first-year batch submitted the written complaint to Seema Trikha, chairperson of the committee

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Published on Feb 11, 2023 02:17 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Sudden rise in temperature worries Haryana wheat growers

Sudden rise in day temperature has the wheat growers of the state worried

Following favourable weather conditions in the past few months, scientists of the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, were hopeful of a bumper wheat crop. (HT File photo)

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Published on Feb 10, 2023 12:39 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

10 years on, Karnal’s agro mall turned into export house

Union home minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the export house on February 14; built on 2.02 lakh sq-ft, the Karnal agro mall has 86 shops on the ground floor and 46 offices on the top floor.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar reviewing arrangements ahead of Union minister Amit Shah’s visit, on Wednesday. (HT File)

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Published on Feb 09, 2023 12:40 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Haryana potato growers suffer as wholesale prices fall below ₹3 per kg

Kurukshetra’s potato grower Gurpreet’s bumper harvest has turned into a nightmare as he is struggling to even recover the input cost of his produce

Pipli is the biggest potato mandi in the state and farmers from Haryana and Punjab sell their produce here but due to the fall in the prices, thousands of potato growers associated with this mandi are suffering losses. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 04, 2023 10:50 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Pipli (kurukshetra)

Haryana : Domestic consumers shell out more as foodgrain exports continue to surge

As per traders, basmati rates have reached an all-time high of ₹120 to ₹170 per kg (depending upon the quality and variety) from ₹90 to ₹140 three months ago, due to increasing exports amid falling production. The rates of parmal (non-basmati) rice have also witnessed an increase, going from ₹30 to ₹40 per kg three months ago to above ₹45 per kg now.

Domestic consumers are on the receiving end as the rates of foodgrains, including basmati and non-basmati rice, besides wheat flour, have shot up due to the growing exports. (HT File)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2023 12:53 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Labourers, workers suffer as sugar mills remain shut across Haryana

The impasse between the sugarcane farmers and the Haryana government entered the fifth day on Tuesday. It has left labourers and contractual workers of the sugar mills associated with the transportation of sugarcane jobless

Besides workers and labourers, hundreds of drivers of the tractor-trailers, who are engaged in the transportation of sugarcane from the purchase centres to the sugar mills’ are also suffering, (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 25, 2023 12:51 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Labourers face uncertainty as sugar mills stay shut in Haryana

The farmers’ bodies have said they will not allow the crushing operations at sugar mills until the Haryana government increases the SAP to ₹450 per quintal from the existing ₹362

Farmers demanding a hike in the State Advised Price protest at Shahbad cooperative sugar mill in Kurukshetra on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 25, 2023 04:11 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan

Karnal medical college students allege sexual harassment by OT technician

The matter came to light during an inspection by a committee of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha as the students of BSc (OT technician) first year batch of Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital (KCGMCH), Karnal,submitted the written complaint to Seema Trikha, chairperson of the committee.

Several girl students of Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital (KCGMCH), Karnal, have accused an OT technician of sexual harassment and mental torture. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)

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Published on Jan 21, 2023 10:36 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, BKU (Tikait), Bhupinder Hooda extend support to Haryana cane growers, stir from January 20

The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) has given a call to stop crushing operations at all 14 sugarmills, including three private ones, in the state from Friday; want SAP to be fixed at ₹450 a quintal

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Updated on Jan 19, 2023 11:10 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Haryana: Six members of family killed in LPG cylinder blast in Panipat

Family of migrant labourer from West Bengal was cooking when explosion reduced their one-room accommodation to ashes

The room where the LPG cylinder explosion took place in the Tehsil Camp area of Panipat on Thursday morning. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 12, 2023 11:09 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan

Kurukshetra shocker: Woman doctor bludgeoned to death after she resists robbers; 5 held

The victim’s husband told the police that he was on the second floor of the house with his parents when he heard his wife’s screams. As he rushed to the first floor, he saw the men threatening his wife. On spotting Dr Atul, the robbers took out a gun and forcefully took him back to the second floor. There they beat him up and told him surrender all the cash and valuables present in the house.

The victim has been identified as Dr Vineeta Arora, a gynaecologist who used to practice on the ground floor of the house with her husband Dr Atul Arora. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 11, 2023 01:28 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Haryana crime: Woman doctor killed in Kurukshetra, house robbed

CCTV footage shows armed men came in car and hit her on the head when she resisted their bid to rob the house

CCTV footage shows the armed men came in a Maruti Swift car and headed for the first-floor residence of the doctor in Kurukshetra around 10pm on Monday

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Published on Jan 10, 2023 02:19 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan

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Neeraj Mohan is a correspondent, covering Karnal, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Panipat and Yamunanagar districts of Haryana.

Police said the protesters agreed to disperse and hand over the girl’s body after they were promised stringent action against the culprit. The 7-year-old girl’s body was sent for autopsy

DC says many proprietors, who have brought the properties, are suffering. The state pollution board had banned the registration of sale deeds as the project violated several environmental norms

The Karnal police arrested a 25-year-old woman nearly four months after she murdered her 55-year-old neighbour and burnt her body in a plot to fake her own death, officials said

Not just this, the principal bench of the NGT, headed by justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (retd), has stated that since statutory timelines have already lapsed, “environmental compensation may have to be levied” at ₹300 per MT, on the pattern of orders in such cases.

Due to the lack of procurement by government agencies in Haryana, mustard farmers are being forced to sell their produce from ₹4,800 to ₹5,200 per quintal against the minimum support price (MSP) of ₹5,450 fixed by the Union government.

Since 2014, the number of stray cattle in gaushalas increased to over 5 lakh from 1.75 lakh, while the number of shelters increased from 215 to over 700. Gaushala committees generally depend on donors to meet their daily expenses of upkeep and fodder.

A total of 481 posts have been sanctioned in HSPCB, out of which 303 posts are vacant and only 178 employees are working to take care of entire state comprising 22 districts

Amid heavy police deployment, former HSGMC president Baljit Singh Daduwal and incumbent president Karamjit Singh took the management of Gurdwara Manji Sahib and Gurdwara Neem Sahib in Kaithal along with Gurdwara Dhamtaan Sahib in Jind

Almost five months after the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act 2014, the ad hoc committee of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) on Sunday took the control of the management of the Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi of Kurukshetra.

The investigators started suspecting the role of the woman constable and her husband after it was found that the gang members had also tried to gain access to their computers. While the solvers managed to secure access to the woman cop’s computer, they could not access her husband’s system.

The accused were helping the candidates cheat from a hotel room by getting remote access of the online exam

Saraswati river rejuvenation project got delayed as around 10km stretch of the 67-km river in the district is missing in the revenue records of 11 villages and the government will require a total of 51 acres to complete the pending work

Union home minister Amit Shah said that the government has also succeeded in checking the left-wing extremism in the Northeast, and there was around a 60% decline in terror activities since the Modi government took over

Sixteen days after 45 cattle were found dead under mysterious circumstances at a gaushala in Phoosgargh village run by the Karnal Municipal Corporation, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the Karnal police have arrested four persons for poisoning the cows.

The Vidhan Sabha committee has recommended the termination of the services of the OT technician Pawan Kumar

Sudden rise in day temperature has the wheat growers of the state worried

Union home minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the export house on February 14; built on 2.02 lakh sq-ft, the Karnal agro mall has 86 shops on the ground floor and 46 offices on the top floor.

Kurukshetra’s potato grower Gurpreet’s bumper harvest has turned into a nightmare as he is struggling to even recover the input cost of his produce

The impasse between the sugarcane farmers and the Haryana government entered the fifth day on Tuesday. It has left labourers and contractual workers of the sugar mills associated with the transportation of sugarcane jobless

The farmers’ bodies have said they will not allow the crushing operations at sugar mills until the Haryana government increases the SAP to ₹450 per quintal from the existing ₹362

The matter came to light during an inspection by a committee of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha as the students of BSc (OT technician) first year batch of Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital (KCGMCH), Karnal,submitted the written complaint to Seema Trikha, chairperson of the committee.

The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) has given a call to stop crushing operations at all 14 sugarmills, including three private ones, in the state from Friday; want SAP to be fixed at ₹450 a quintal

Family of migrant labourer from West Bengal was cooking when explosion reduced their one-room accommodation to ashes

CCTV footage shows armed men came in car and hit her on the head when she resisted their bid to rob the house

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