Rajesh Moudgil is a Special Correspondent in Haryana bureau of Hindustan Times.
Articles by Rajesh Moudgil
Discussions agog on HPCC chief
All India Congress Committee general secretary BK Hariprasad on Sunday said that consensus was yet to be reached on the name of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president.
Updated on Sep 10, 2012 11:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Suspended INLD MLAs hold mock assembly
All Indian National Lok Dal MLAs, who were suspended from the Haryana assembly on Monday held a mock assembly outside the house on the last day of the monsoon session on Tuesday.
Updated on Aug 29, 2012 11:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Power crisis, Apna Ghar, Kanda issues to rock House
The monsoon session of Haryana assembly, which begins from August 24, is all set to be a stormy with several key issues, including power shortage, Rohtak Apna Ghar childcare home case, deteriorating law and order situation and Geetika Sharma suicide likely to figure prominently in the House.
Updated on Aug 23, 2012 12:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Father who killed polio-stricken girl was ‘crazed’ by poverty
Rajni, 8, begged for her life, but her sword-wielding father was like a man possessed. Apparently crazed and frustrated by poverty, Neelpal, a carpenter, hacked his polio-stricken daughter to death in Shantinagar here on Sunday morning - even as his wife and four other daughters looked on.
Updated on Aug 21, 2012 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil and Dev Sarup Mathur, Ambala (haryana)
Overburdened PGI to have outreach centre in Panchkula
The overburdened premier medical institute, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, is planning to open an outreach centre in Panchkula and has asked the Haryana government to provide land for the purpose. This centre will provide patient care to patients coming from the neighbouring states.
Updated on Aug 08, 2012 11:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil and Vishav Bharti, Chandigarh
Notorious poacher held with tiger bones, skin
Bheema Solanki, one of the country's most notorious poacher and wildlife articles smuggler, was nabbed after an action-packed chase in the busy Gurgaon Sector Lane on Wednesday afternoon. Rajesh Moudgil reports.
Updated on Aug 02, 2012 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana goes the extra mile to please ministers
When it comes to pampering its ministers and chief parliamentary secretaries, the Haryana government knows no austerity. The luxury cars provided to them barely two years ago are now ready to be replaced by new models of their choice.
Updated on Jul 22, 2012 11:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Hooda to gift his ministers posh new cars
When it comes to pampering its ministers, the Haryana government knows no austerity. Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has asked them to pick new luxury cars of their choice to replace the ones they were given barely two years ago.
Updated on Jul 22, 2012 02:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
In times of Economic crisis, austerity measures ignored by Haryana govt
When it comes to pampering its ministers and chief parliamentary secretaries, the Haryana government knows no austerity. The luxury cars provided to them barely two years ago are now ready to be replaced by new models of their choice.
Updated on Jul 21, 2012 10:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana VB head to have at least a year's tenure
Aimed at making comprehensive supervision of the investigation process in Haryana, the state government has decided that the office of State Vigilance Bureau (VB) chief will have tenure of minimum one year.
Updated on Jul 08, 2012 11:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Rohtak shelter home case heinous but isolated: Hooda
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday held that albeit the revelations about the Apna Ghar shelter home case were heinous and shocking, it was an isolated and stray incident.
Updated on Jul 04, 2012 12:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Henious, but just an isolated case: Hooda
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday held that albeit the revelations of shelter home "Apna Ghar" at Rohtak were shocking and heinous, the same was an isolated and stray incident.
Updated on Jul 03, 2012 07:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Power situation worsens in Haryana
The closure of one unit of Khedar (Hisar) power plant for the past two days has further aggravated the ongoing power shortage in Haryana, especially when both units at Yamunanagar thermal power plant were already under forced outage for the past several months.
Updated on Jun 30, 2012 09:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Power situation worsens in Haryana
While both units at Yamunanagar thermal power plant were already under forced outage since the past several months, the shutdown of one unit of Khedar (Hisar) power plant since the past two days, has further aggravated the ongoing power shortage in Haryana.
Updated on Jun 30, 2012 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Shelter home abuses: Haryana to take back award from owner
Haryana government is all set to take back the state award given to Jaswanti Devi, head of the non-government organisation Bharat Vikas Sangh, which was running a shelter home in Rohtak where several minor girls were allegedly sexually abused by her son-in-law Jai Bhagwan.
Updated on May 28, 2012 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Soul studio
With musical talent or technological expertise or both, 200-something youngsters are working overtime at a dazzling studio in Film City to whip up, what appears at this point of time, a musical storm!
Updated on May 29, 2012 06:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil
Acid attack: Volleyball player suffers 20% burns in Rohtak
Two motorcycle-borne youths threw acid on an 18-year-old girl, a promising volleyball player, today afternoon in Rohtak, the hometown of Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.Doctors attending on the girl said that she had sustained 20% burns on her face, including on her mouth and eyes.
Updated on May 26, 2012 10:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Acid thrown on girl in Rohtak, cops clueless
Lawlessness seemed to have gripped Rohtak, the hometown of Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as in yet another heinous crime, two motorcycle borne youths threw acid on an 18-year old girl, said to be promising volleyball player, on Saturday.
Updated on May 26, 2012 08:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Big Picture: Living horror
You may doubt the figures that show large-scale economic development in the state, and even hazard questioning the credibility of awards the state government has won; but when it comes to setting bad examples on the social front, it's rather hard to disagree with that famous slogan perpetuated by radio and TV ads - 'Number One Haryana'.
Updated on May 24, 2012 01:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Sanghi govt polytechnic head beaten up by teachers
Putting the Haryana technical education department in poor light, an ugly spat has been reported from Chaudhary Matu Ram Memorial Government Polytechnic Education Society, village Sanghi in district Rohtak, in which its principal was beaten up and held captive allegedly by a group of teachers on Monday.
Updated on May 15, 2012 08:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
TTE suspended, pleads not guilty
Railway authorities today suspended travel ticket examiner Manoj Kumar, accused of fatally assaulting French national Franck Wilfred on April 29.
Updated on May 03, 2012 06:59 PM IST
None | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
‘Providing basic amenities duty of local authorities’
The Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in its judgment has held that it is the duty of the local authorities to provide basic amenities to the citizens.
Updated on May 01, 2012 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Black thunder rocks the ramp
Their vital statistics weren’t exactly 36-24-36, but that didn’t stop these ‘models’ from grabbing eyeballs.
Updated on Feb 22, 2012 09:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Jind
Need to further hike MSP of agri produce: Pawar
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday that there was a need to further increase the minimum support prices (MSP) of agricultural produce for the sake of farmers' prosperity.
Updated on Feb 22, 2012 09:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Jind
More than 1.44 lakh new voters added
In an ongoing special drive to enroll voters, a total of 1,44,493 residents registered themselves from various cities in Haryana.
Updated on Feb 17, 2012 12:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
When it comes to adoption, girls most preferred in Haryana
Against 2 boys, 22 girls adopted last year from state council for child welfare. Rajesh Moudgil reports. The numbers
Updated on Feb 06, 2012 01:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Hooda keeps safe distance from his daughter's 'sasural'
Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda may be campaigning in some parts of Punjab but he is evading this constituency even though his daughter is married here.
Updated on Jan 27, 2012 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Abohar (fazilka)
Family loses all 3 sons, village goes into mourning
It was the morning after the accident on the Saha-Shahbad highway about 15 km from here in which 11 school children died, and the villages of Pasyala and Sabga were in mourning. Rajesh Moudgil & Dev Sarup Mathur reports.
Updated on Jan 03, 2012 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil & Dev Sarup Mathur, Ambala
Congress blames internal sabotage for Hisar defeat
The Haryana congress on Friday passed a resolution to write to the national leadership against ones who reportedly worked against the party candidate Jai Parkash in the recent Hisar parliamentary bypoll. Rajesh Moudgil reports.
Updated on Oct 22, 2011 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Jai Parkash condemns assault on Kejriwal
The Congress leader from Hisar, Jai Parkash who had reportedly said on Sunday last that Anna team member Arvind Kejriwal could be beaten up like his colleague Prashant Bhushan, condemned the assault on first named, here on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 18, 2011 08:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh