Rajesh Moudgil is a Special Correspondent in Haryana bureau of Hindustan Times.
Articles by Rajesh Moudgil
Health dept to expedite inquiries against 150 docs
The Haryana government has asked the health department to complete nearly 150 inquiries on war footing pertaining to serious complaints against doctors pending for the past about one to three years.
Updated on Oct 04, 2013 08:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Health dept gets tough on defaulting doctors
In an unprecedented move, the Haryana health department has decided to take strict action against more than 25 doctors for neither serving the mandatory period of government service nor returning the money that the government spent on their post-graduation degrees.
Updated on Oct 02, 2013 08:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Kanda receives warm welcome by Cong MLAs
The former minister of state for home and Sirsa MLA Gopal Kanda, an accused in air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case, who was on Thursday granted interim bail by a Delhi court till October 4 for attending state assembly session, was accorded a warm welcome by several Congress MLAs inside Vidhan Sabha here on Friday.
Updated on Sep 07, 2013 02:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
What's your hobby? Ask MLAs for interesting answers
Some of the Haryana legislators in the 90-member House pursue interesting hobbies during their free time. Listing their hobbies, among other things, is a book titled 'Who's Who' compiled and published by the state assembly secretariat.
Updated on Sep 05, 2013 08:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Docs' shortage leaves Haryana health dept 'sick'
The Haryana health department, plagued with acute shortage of doctors, has again hit a roadblock in its recent recruitment drive. During the selection process from February to May for 434 doctors, only 150-odd medical officers were found to be eligible, of which just 71 joined service after three months of their appointment, senior officials of the department told HT.
Updated on Aug 27, 2013 10:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Traffic snarls, deep potholes make Haryana roads cry out for repairs
For motorists travelling to Saharanpur or beyond from Yamunanagar via National Highway-73, the 10-km stretch joining the two towns is not only torturous, but also puts them at risk of getting stuck in long traffic jams which have become almost constant on the road in the past three years.
Updated on Aug 20, 2013 08:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
In Ambala cells, cell phones know no bounds
The Haryana prisons department has decided to take action against at least 10 of its officials for dereliction of duty because of which mobile phones were being smuggled into the Ambala central jail.
Updated on Aug 14, 2013 06:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
June 15 bus strike: Govt in a fix over action against staff
The Haryana transport department authorities seem to be a fix over the issue of strict action against Haryana roadways drivers who had refused to ferry their buses inside Delhi on June 15, 2013 and instead dropped them on the borders of the national capital, to protest against what they held unfair challaning by Delhi police.
Updated on Jul 17, 2013 07:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Four held for attack on KU teacher
Though four persons have been arrested in the case of assault on a Kurukshetra University teacher during the University Grants Commission's National Eligibility Test (NET) held on June 30, Kurukshetra University Teachers' Association (KUTA) on Wednesday demanded a high-level probe into the incident.
Updated on Jul 04, 2013 09:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Dalhousie calling
I will fondly cherish memories of the recent family trip to Dalhousie. I know it won't be only because of the scenic beauty, which abounds in this hill station of Himachal Pradesh that is silhouetted by the awesome, snow-capped Dhauladhar ranges. Rajesh Moudgil writes
Updated on Jul 02, 2013 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil
Karnal police start probe in 5-yr-old land fraud case
Finally, the Karnal police have got going in a five-year-old case, in which a fraudulent deal involving 5.5-acre land worth more than Rs 6.8 crore was struck on the basis of a forged general power of attorney (GPA) registered in Jalandhar, Punjab.
Updated on Jun 08, 2013 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
MC POLLS: Right hand to the 'rescue' of lawyers
Putting an end to Haryana lawyers' dilemma of choosing between the elections to the Punjab and Haryana bar council and municipal corporations (MC), scheduled on consecutive days, bar council election returning officer justice (retd) NK Aggarwal on Tuesday said that index finger of advocate's right hand would be inked for the bar council polls.
Updated on May 28, 2013 08:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Women step into unreserved territory
Atrocities on women or their depressing sex ratio notwithstanding, their number in the forthcoming elections to the seven municipal corporations in Haryana shows a good picture.
Updated on May 26, 2013 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana advocates sandwiched between bar council, MC polls
The Punjab and Haryana Bar Council elections scheduled for June 1 and municipal corporation elections for June 2 have left more than 5,000 advocates of Haryana in a tizzy.
Updated on May 23, 2013 10:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Yet, he prayed for his son
The law has done film actor Sanjay Dutt in, finally. While many seem to sympathise with him, I only pray that the soul of his father, kind legend Sunil Dutt, rests in peace. I still remember his eyes deluged with tears over his son's crime, though it is two decades since. Rajesh Moudgil writes
Updated on May 20, 2013 09:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil
Rahul asks heads not to seek tickets
In what may sound jarring to many prospective ticket seekers, Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday suggested that the Haryana Congress president, district and block presidents should not contest elections.
Updated on May 08, 2013 10:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil and Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
2 MLAs embroiled in murder case given security cover
The Haryana government provided security cover to 41 people, including four legislators, between April 1, 2005, and January 15, 2013.
Updated on Mar 02, 2013 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Lokayukta for probe into 'shoddy' police investigation in suicide case
The Lokayukta, Haryana, justice Pritam Pal, has recommended an inquiry into the alleged shoddy investigation by an assistant sub-inspector of police in a suicide case.
Updated on Feb 19, 2013 08:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
JBT teachers' jobs scam: Now Cong on the offensive
It seems that a rather subdued Congress, in the wake of the JBT scam verdict, has decided to match the Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) criticism step by step.
Updated on Feb 06, 2013 07:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
HUDA launches SMS service for property allottees
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has launched a short messaging service (SMS) facility through which it would keep all its allottees informed about each step of their transaction relating to property.
Updated on Feb 01, 2013 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Which districts were favoured, and how
Candidates for the post of JBT teachers from Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Jind and Mahendragarh were glaringly favoured at the behest of the Ajay Chautala, who was a Lok Sabha member from Bhiwani in 2000, according to the CBI report quoted by the special court in Delhi in its judgment that convicted Ajay, his father and the then CM Om Prakash Chauatala and 53 others in the job scam on Wednesday.
Updated on Jan 19, 2013 12:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana govt in tight spot over fate of teachers
The recent convictions in the JBT teachers recruitment scam by CBI may seem to have summed up the case in a way, but has put the Haryana government in a tight spot as regards the fate of 3,206 teachers, alleged to be beneficiary in the same.
Updated on Jan 18, 2013 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Yesterday once more
It's been a fortnight into 2013 but I'm yet to get over 2012. They say it's high time I rolled up the old calendar but before letting go, I am tempted to reflect on events that shaped the year that just slid by. Rajesh Moudgil writes
Updated on Jan 17, 2013 11:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil
Plan to put rape convicts' names online awaits nod
The Haryana government is yet to approve the plan to put names of those convicted of rape, molestation and other crimes against women online. Rajesh Moudgil reports.
Updated on Jan 11, 2013 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Culture vulture
I regret writing this, for I fear it might only play up what we should despise. Nevertheless. This is about the recent move of the Punjab government to have own censor board to check vulgarity spewed by singers (can or should we call him one?) such as Honey Singh. Rajesh Moudgil writes
Updated on Jan 05, 2013 04:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil
Tale of two IITians
Two IITians hogged the limelight in Chandigarh this week for opposite reasons: one, an IAS officer, for brave, single-handed fight against the shady land deals of the country's most powerful, and another for being the youngest IPS officer probably to have been apprehended by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) on bribe charge. Rajesh Moudgil writes
Updated on Oct 22, 2012 10:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil
After media buzz, quiet day for Khemka in new post
After going through the rigour of giving interviews to news channels on the Robert Vadra-DLF land deals, Haryana-cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka had a quiet day in his new assignment as the managing director, Haryana Seeds Development Corporation, on Wednesday.
Updated on Oct 17, 2012 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Khemka has quiet day in new office
A day after hectic interactions with the media, dissecting the Robert Vadra-DLF land deal, Haryana cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka had a quiet day in his new assignment as managing director of Haryana Seeds Development Corporation on Wednesday.
Updated on Oct 17, 2012 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Woman's topless act gets hotel manager the stick
A British woman's over-the-top dancing, in which she took off her shirt on stage, not only shocked many participants at a private conference of tattoo artists at Hotel Rajhans of Haryana tourism department in Faridabad, but has also led to suspension of the hotel's general manager.
Updated on Oct 06, 2012 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Woman’s topless act gets hotel manager the stick
A British woman’s over-the-top dancing, in which she took off her shirt on stage, not only shocked many participants at a private conference of tattoo artists at Hotel Rajhans of Haryana tourism department in Faridabad, but has also led to suspension of the hotel’s general manager. This happens only in India...
Updated on Oct 06, 2012 10:28 PM IST
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