Rajesh Moudgil is a Special Correspondent in Haryana bureau of Hindustan Times.
Articles by Rajesh Moudgil
Dalal objects to Ramdev as Haryana brand ambassador
Senior Congress leader Karan Singh Dalal on Thursday objected to the decision of the BJP government in Haryana to make yoga guru Ramdev as its brand ambassador. Dalal, while speaking on the issue of women's safety during the discussion on the governor's address in the state assembly, asked how could Ramdev be made the state ambassador while his pharmacies sold medicines to help bear male child.
Updated on Mar 13, 2015 08:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana: War of words intensfies between BJP, Cong MLAs
The third day of the Haryana assembly budget session on Wednesday witnessed an exchange of personal digs between the ruling BJP and opposition MLAs, prompting chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar to intervene for the first time during the calling attention motion on hailstorm-hit crops, followed by a walkout by Congress MLAs.
Updated on Mar 13, 2015 09:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
'Namaste' can help check swine flu spread, says Haryana minister
Health minister Anil Vij, who seemed to be in a tight spot on the floor of Haryana assembly while explaining the increasing incidence of swine flu in the state, came up with a rather saffron way of tackling the problem while replying to a calling attention motion on the issue on Tuesday, much to the amusement of a majority of MLAs.
Updated on Mar 11, 2015 02:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Namaste can help check swine flu spread: Anil Vij
Health minister Anil Vij, who seemed to be in a tight spot on the floor of Haryana assembly while explaining the increasing incidence of swine flu in the state, came up with a rather saffron way of tackling the problem while replying to a calling attention motion on the issue on Tuesday, much to the amusement of a majority of MLAs.
Updated on Mar 11, 2015 05:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana: No salary for CM advisers since last 4 months
All eight advisers of Haryana chief minister ML Khattar have not been paid even a penny since they joined the CM Office about four months ago.
Updated on Mar 08, 2015 04:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Aam Aadmi Party seeks to remind MPs of 'namak halaali'
The first leg of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP's) symbolic stir against the land acquisition ordinance ended on Monday.
Updated on Feb 23, 2015 06:54 PM IST
None | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Minister Anil Vij ko gussa kyun aata hai?
Known for his outspokenness, Haryana health and sports minister Anil Vij’s loaded tweets have caused ripples in the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government recently.
Updated on Feb 19, 2015 04:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Dinner diplomacy: CM attempts to placate Vij
After Haryana health minister Anil Vij’s recent tweets gave rise to speculations about some disagreement between him and the government, chief minister ML Khattar took recourse to dinner diplomacy with him on Wednesday.
Updated on Feb 12, 2015 01:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana government begins process to teach Gita in schools
The BJP government in Haryana has begun the process of introducing the Bhagavad Gita into the state education board curriculum and will start teaching the scripture in schools from the next academic session.
Updated on Jan 30, 2015 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Woman succumbs to swine flu in Hisar, season's death toll rises to 8 in Hry
With a woman succumbing to swine flu in Hisar, this season's death toll rose to eight in Haryana on Thursday, while 47 positive cases of H1N1 virus have been recorded in the state so far.
Updated on Jan 30, 2015 10:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
SYL canal row: Haryana to file fresh suit in apex court
The BJP government in Haryana is learnt to have decided to file a fresh suit in the Supreme Court (SC) to declare the Termination of Agreements Act passed by the Punjab assembly null and void, which would pave the way for implementation of the two judgments of the apex court for completion of the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and enable the carriage of Haryana’s full share of 3.5 million-acre-feet (MAF) of surplus Ravi Beas waters.
Updated on Jan 29, 2015 06:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
SIT detects Rs 10,000-cr tax evasion in Haryana
A special investigation team (SIT) formed by the Haryana Lokayukta has claimed to have detected revenue loss of more than Rs 10,000 crore, allegedly caused by builders and developers through tax evasion, officials said.
Updated on Jan 17, 2015 07:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana: Several real estate firms in state evaded sales tax, says SIT report
Several real estate firms have been found to have evaded the sales tax (ST) in Haryana by the special investigation team (SIT), formed by the Lokayukta to look into the matter. Headed by inspector general of police Shrikant Jadhav, the SIT formed by Lokayukta justice (retd) Pritam Pal about six months, submitted its report to Lokayukta here on Thursday.
Updated on Jan 16, 2015 02:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Truckers call off strike, get 1 year to correct truck bodies
The truckers in Haryana withdrew their strike on Wednesday after chief minister ML Khattar gave them one year’s time to get their vehicles modified as per the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR), 1989.
Updated on Jan 08, 2015 11:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Radio ga ga, radio goo goo
On November 12, our dear Akashwani celebrated its annual Public Service Broadcasting Day. On this day in 1947, when Mahatma Gandhi could not reach Kurukshetra for a scheduled address to thousands of refugees from Pakistan camping in the Haryana city, All-India Radio (AIR) had carried his voice to them. Writes Rajesh Moudgil.
Updated on Dec 27, 2014 12:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana wildlife dept starts sampling bird droppings
Five days after the confirmation of avian flu in geese at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, teams of the Haryana wildlife and animal husbandry departments have started taking samples of the droppings wildlife birds in forests and wetlands across the state.
Updated on Dec 20, 2014 08:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Haryana: 5,000 ‘shiksha preraks’ without honorarium for over a year
Blame it on the official lethargy or red tape in Haryana’s secondary education department, over 5,000 ‘shiksha prerak’ — teachers hired by panchayats — who teach non-literate people in rural interiors of the state have been without their honorarium since September 2013.
Updated on Dec 08, 2014 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Officials take serious cases casually, says lokayukta
The Haryana lokayukta, on whose recommendations chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday ordered a criminal case against former chief parliamentary secretary Ram Kishan Fauji in a graft-for-CLU (change of land use) case, has written to the government in his annual report that officials take serious cases casually.
Updated on Dec 04, 2014 10:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Action against Fauji first such case at instance of lokayukta
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s order for registration of a criminal case against former CPS Ram Kishan Fauji is the first instance of a government proceeding against a prominent politician on the recommendation of the state lokayukta.
Updated on Dec 04, 2014 08:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
'Simple and religious-minded, Rampal finally made religion his power'
Some of his old friends and ex-government colleagues HT talked to said Rampal born to a farmer in 1951, in Dhanana, Sonepat did his schooling from Dhanana and later Gohana before doing his diploma in engineering from polytechnic of Nilokheri.
Updated on Nov 21, 2014 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
From a junior engineer to a brazen baba
His religious convictions and the massive following over the years seem to have given him a false high that ultimately proved his undoing and brought disgrace on Barwala ashram head Rampal.
Updated on Nov 21, 2014 01:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Draws of lots for residential plots to be webcast live
In a first-of-its-kind move, the information technology (IT) wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has made arrangements to webcast live the draws of lots for residential plots of Pinjore, Karnal and Kalanwali, scheduled to be held on November 21 and 24.
Updated on Nov 18, 2014 03:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
All’s not well with health department: Anil Vij
Anil Vij (61) may be a first-time minister, but is already on the move, travelling to hospitals and sports schools to gather first-hand information about the state of affairs there. Unmarried and unwavering, the five-time MLA from Ambala Cantonment appears determined to show that he means business. “The health of the health department is not well” Vij tells
Updated on Nov 12, 2014 11:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Fake beneficiaries hurting schemes: Kavita Jain
A two-time MLA, Kavita Jain (42) is still grappling with the task of understanding nuances of governance, but is confident of making a difference nonetheless. Confident and cautious, the new minister tells Special Correspondent Rajesh Moudgil that cleansing of system is what is urgently required.
Updated on Nov 11, 2014 02:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Kiran Choudhary made CLP leader in Haryana
Kiran Choudhary, daughter-in-law of late Bansi Lal, was on Monday made the Congress Legislature Party leader in Haryana where the party lost power after a 10-year rule under Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Updated on Nov 10, 2014 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Badal gets the cold shoulder from Modi
The frost in ties between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was visible during the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar at Panchkula on Sunday.
Updated on Oct 27, 2014 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
BJP workers invade media enclosure
The gathering at the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday here had several over-enthusiastic supporters of the BJP and ardent fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; and they were most visible to newspersons, for they were right inside the media enclosure.
Updated on Oct 27, 2014 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Panchkula
Modi cold-shoulders Badal on Khattar's day
The frost in ties between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was visible during the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar at Panchkula on Sunday.
Updated on Oct 26, 2014 11:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Chaos, confidence and crackers mark BJP legislators’ meet
Crowds of farmers, traders, employees and people in saffron robes, shouting with élan, setting off fireworks, pushing each other, at times uncontrollable — it was quite a crowd of BJP supporters at the meeting of the party’s newly elected legislators at which Manohar Lal Khattar was officially chosen as their leader and thus the next chief minister, in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 21, 2014 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh
Routed in north and south, INLD fails to make a mark in 13 districts of state
Haryana principal opposition party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), which until Sunday had 31 legislators in the house of 90, is down by 12 seats in its third consecutive defeat in the assembly elections.
Updated on Oct 20, 2014 10:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh