Rajesh Moudgil is a Special Correspondent in Haryana bureau of Hindustan Times.
Articles by Rajesh Moudgil
Mirchpur communal violence probe nails police, magistrate
The one-man judicial commission of inquiry into the Mirchpur communal clash of five years ago has held the police and the duty magistrate responsible for the escalation of the tension.
Updated on Sep 09, 2015 11:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Vij, Choudhry get into verbal duel in Haryana Vidhan Sabha
The third day of the ongoing monsoon session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha opened with heated arguments between health minister Anil Vij and Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Kiran Choudhry.
Updated on Sep 09, 2015 11:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana assembly session: Oppn INLD causes uproar over Jat reservation issue
The principal opposition party Indian National Lok Dal created a ruckus in the House over the Jat reservation issue on the second day of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha session on Thursday.
Updated on Sep 03, 2015 10:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana Jats threaten to intensify agitation
Jats in Haryana have threatened to intensify their stir for reservation in education and jobs after a 2013 state government order extending the facility to them and four other communities was stayed by the high court last month.
Updated on Aug 27, 2015 12:04 AM IST
None | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
5 flip-flops of Haryana health minister Anil Vij
Haryana health, sports and youth affairs minister Anil Vij is the most vocal member in the cabinet of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The minister does not mind taking potshots at his party, colleagues and their decisions. But the five-time MLA is also fast acquiring an image of a flip-flop minister, thanks to his frequent rants and retreats. HT special correspondent Rajesh Moudgil recounts the minister’s top five flip-flops:
Updated on Jul 24, 2015 07:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Haryana
3 sworn in as Haryana ministers, four as chief parliamentary secys
Undertaking its first cabinet expansion, the nine-month-old BJP government in Haryana on Thursday inducted Israna MLA Krishan Lal Panwar, Bhiwani MLA Ghanshyam Saraf and Naraingarh MLA Nayab Saini in the council of ministers.
Updated on Jul 24, 2015 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hitender Rao and Rajesh Moudgil Chandigarh:
Birender, 14 others default on Vidhan Sabha loan repayment
Former five-time MLA from Haryana, Birender Singh, who is currently Union minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, has defaulted on repayment of over `24 lakh loan taken from the Haryana Vidhan Sabha secretariat five years ago.
Updated on Jul 17, 2015 12:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana info commission slaps Rs 15,000 fine on treasury official
The Haryana information commission has slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on the treasury officer, Faridabad, for failing to provide complete information to an 83-year-old Faridabad-based social worker, also a recipient of Padma Shri award, for 15 months.
Updated on Jul 07, 2015 08:54 AM IST
None | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Vijender meets Haryana CM, DGP; seeks permission for professional boxing from govt
Edgy over the future of his employment with the Haryana Police, Olympic medalist boxer Vijender Singh on Thursday met Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and sought permission to train in London and compete in the professional circuit through director general of police (DGP) Yash Pal Singhal.
Updated on Jul 03, 2015 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh Duggal & Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Pinjore Jatayu centre to free 2 vultures
After successfully experimenting with the conservation and breeding of critically endangered three species of vultures in captivity for over 10 years, the country’s first Jatayu (vulture) centre, located in the Bir Shikargah wildlife sanctuary in nearby Pinjore area, seems all set to release two vultures (Himalayan griffons) back to the nature to examine their safety after such a long spell of captivity.
Updated on Jun 24, 2015 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Panchkula
Ailing since years, Haryana food laboratory cries for attention
The Haryana state food laboratory (SFL) in the city operates from a dilapidated building and has neither the basic equipment to test food nor adequate staff for the past many years. This handicap came to the fore in the recent controversy where lead was found in popular instant noodle brand, Maggi.
Updated on Jun 19, 2015 08:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Rohtak varsity to conduct exam for over 7,000 nursing trainees
In a relief to over 7,000 nursing trainees of various private institutes in Haryana, whose examinations had not been held since 2014, Pt BDS University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, has agreed to hold their examination and give them auxiliary nursing mid-wifery (ANM) and general nursing mid-wifery (GNM) diplomas certificates.
Updated on Jun 18, 2015 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
International Yoga Day in Haryana: BJP govt proposes, Cong disposes
Even as the Haryana BJP government went whole hog on Tuesday and named its ministers as well as MPs and MLAs of all the parties as the guests for the June 21 international Yoga Day at the state, district and sub-divisions functions, the MLAs of the opposition Congress party gave it a cold shoulder.
Updated on Jun 17, 2015 12:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
South Haryana likely to take a hit in case of a drought
The deficient monsoon forecast that has stoked fears of drought would be a double whammy for Haryana. The state is already battling the heavy damage to Rabi crops by unseasonal rains and hailstorm three months ago.
Updated on Jun 05, 2015 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Karnal MP sees 'dishonest' caucus around CM Manohar Lal Khattar
Putting the seven-month old BJP government in an embarrassing situation, the party's Karnal Member of Parliament, Ashwini Kumar Chopra, on Saturday said though chief minister M L Khattar is an honest man, the officials surrounding him are "dishonest".
Updated on May 31, 2015 09:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Don’t bother who says what about my actions: Anil Vij
Haryana health and sports minister Anil Vij is a man of action, who likes to punch above his weight. While his surprise raids, run-ins with mandarins, missives and controversial tweets have made sure there is never a dull moment, there is unease among some of his colleagues and the bureaucracy.
Updated on May 29, 2015 08:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Navneet Sharma and Rajesh Moudgil
Haryana info commission expresses displeasure over PWD functioning
The Haryana information commission has expressed “severe displeasure” on the functioning of the public works department (PWD) and directed top officials to fix responsibility and streamline the functioning of the department’s public information officers so the appellants were not harassed.
Updated on May 22, 2015 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
With no airplane of its own, Haryana sends 3 pilots home
With no airplane of its own since the past about a year, the Haryana government has sent three pilots and an aeronautical engineer, deployed in its civil aviation department, home.
Updated on May 15, 2015 09:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana health dept goes musical to give vaccination message
Taking the pole position in the country by launching the seven-day second round of the Mission Indradhanush — the vaccination drive for infants and pregnant women — pan-Haryana from Thursday, the state health department has gone the whole hog to spread awareness among the masses.
Updated on May 07, 2015 08:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Action sought against those who hooted Tanwar in Delhi rally
The issue of factionalism dominated the Haryana Congress meeting here on Tuesday, with several leaders demanding action against the party workers who had hooted state president Ashok Tanwar during his address at the Kisan rally at New Delhi on April 19.
Updated on Apr 29, 2015 08:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Nepal earthquake: Ambala woman, family among several stranded
“Please do not try to make a story on me, rush help for my sister and her family instead,” bang comes the staccato reply of Ambala-based Sarika Nayyar on the telephonic talk whose sister Sonika, brother-in-law Kamal and their two children are stranded in Kathmandu area after the Saturday’s devastating earthquake.
Updated on Apr 27, 2015 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Inadequacies rife, but Haryana libraries abuzz with members
The state central library here is a study in contrasts, literally. Though plagued with gross inadequacies of infrastructure as well as manpower, the library, which is situated close to the Ambala Cantt railway station, is abuzz and lively with all-time attendance of its members, mainly college going students, quietly engrossed in reading and writing.
Updated on Apr 23, 2015 03:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Ambala:
Haryana: NSUI to go ahead with college, dist units polls by May
The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) – the students’ wing of the Congress – in Haryana would go ahead with the college and district units elections by next month and it may later hold a fresh membership drive in eight districts of the state where it had failed to enroll even a single member in its recent drive.
Updated on Apr 21, 2015 04:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
It’s official: Ramdev a VIP in home state
The first Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana may have appeared to be politically naïve when it announced to grant the cabinet minister status to the state’s brand ambassador and yoga guru Ramdev, but its decision seems to have been inspired by the previous Congress regime.
Updated on Apr 19, 2015 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Congress student drive in eight Haryana districts turns up 0 enrolments
Here’s news that every Congressman would hate to hear, what to talk of share. The recent about month-and-ahalf-long membership drive of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the students’ wing of the Congress, has failed to enrol even a single member in eight of total 21 districts of Haryana.
Updated on Apr 19, 2015 09:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
NSUI membership drive scores zero in eight districts of Haryana
Here’s news that every Congressman would hate to hear, what to talk of share. The recent about month-and-a-half-long membership drive of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the students’ wing of the Congress, has failed to enrol even a single member in eight of total 21 districts of the state.
Updated on Apr 18, 2015 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana budget session: CM Manohar Lal Khattar shows his witty side in House
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who is known for his reserved nature so far, displayed his sense of humour on the last day of the budget session of the Haryana assembly on Wednesday, with a message loud and clear that he can rise to the occasion when it comes to wit and repartee.
Updated on Mar 26, 2015 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Din in House over land release, SEZs
The ongoing budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha repeatedly saw uproar on Tuesday over the issues of land release and special economic zones (SEZs) during the previous Congress government. The House plunged into pandemonium when Congress MLA Karan Dalal raised the issue of halving the compensation rate of land acquisition to the farmers by the BJP government which was aggressively protested by the BJP MLAs.
Updated on Mar 25, 2015 10:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana: Info commission pulls up public relations dept
The state information commission has pulled up the Haryana public relations (PR) and cultural affairs department, which is primarily meant to disseminate information, for its failure to provide information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Updated on Mar 22, 2015 09:32 AM IST
None | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Din in House as Oppn MLAs seek time to speak
Pandemonium prevailed in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Friday after speaker Kanwar Pal asked the finance minister Capt Abhimanyu to give his reply on the debate on budget after MLAs’ discussion on it for three days.
Updated on Mar 21, 2015 10:46 AM IST
None | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh