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Rashpal Singh

Rashpal Singh covers socio-economic and development issues in Gurgaon and adjoining districts. A journalist for over a decade with stints in Shimla, Chandigarh and Jaipur, he also writes on transport, local administration and the district BJP.

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V Umashankar becomes new chief executive officer of GMDA

Elevation coincides with the GMDA taking over charge of water, roads, and sewerage facilities from the Haryana Urban Development Authority in Gurgaon

Umashankar will continue as the MCG commissioner, but that will be an additional charge.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 01, 2018 11:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRashpal Singh Bhardwaj, Gurgaon

Ryan murder: Ten things about Pradhyumn Thakur case

All you need to know about the Ryan International murder case — from the 7-year-old being found with throat slit to Juvenile Board ruling that accused be tried as an adult.

Class 2 student Pradhyumn Thakur was found dead in Ryan International school toilet on September 8.(HT file photo)

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Updated on Dec 20, 2017 04:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | ByRashpal Singh

Gurgaon: Lack of routes, overcrowding keep residents away from buses

City residents, who took part in a recent survey, said they are willing to switch to public transport if more routes are made available

Currently, almost 51% residents travel to work using private mode of transport, followed by autorickshaws which account for 22% passenger traffic.(Parveen Kumar/HT FILE)

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Updated on Dec 17, 2017 04:43 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh and Dhananjay Jha, Gurgaon

Dedicated bus service for Gurgaon by March-end as govt invites tenders

The issue of city’s poor public transport system came to limelight when the district administration expressed its inability to implement the odd-even vehicle rationing plan to control pollution

In a survey, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram estimated a potential ridership of 3 lakh passengers per day.(Sanjeev Verma/HT photo)

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Published on Nov 26, 2017 11:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Padmavati row: Haryana BJP leader booked for offering bounty on Padukone, Bhansali

The police had filed an FIR against Suraj Pal Amu at Sector 29 police station

Members of Kshatriya Swabhiman Sabha burn an effigy of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Gurgaon on Tuesday.(Parveen Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 21, 2017 11:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Padmavati row: Haryana BJP leader booked for offering bounty on Padukone, Bhansali

The police filed a first information report at Gurgaon’s Sector 29 police station on the complaint of an art lover and fan of Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Haryana’s BJP chief media coordinator Suraj Pal Amu threatened filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actors of Padmavati.(ANI)

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Updated on Nov 21, 2017 06:07 PM IST

Gurgaon, Hindustan Times | ByRashpal Singh

Gurgaon authority gets rights to execute change of land use

Move gives more powers to GMDA and does away with need to go to Chandigarh for such matters

Director, TCP, TL Satyaprakash said the development is a step towards the decentralisation of power.(PArveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 18, 2017 11:14 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Development charges in 15 Gurgaon colonies fixed

Development charges are the fee collected from builders to provide municipal services and infrastructure such as including roads, water, sewer, community centres, fire and police facilities.

The ULB minister said the rate of development charges have been fixed on the basis of the collector rate.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 17, 2017 10:50 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Dingarheri murder-gangrape ‘accused’ move CBI special court, seek acquittal

The four accused have sought their discharge on the ground that the CBI has arrested the real accused and they were implicated falsely by the Haryana police SIT due to “socio-political pressure

The accused sought acquittal after the city police caught four members of a gang of dacoits (above) on September 13. They confessed their involvement in Dingarheri murder and gangrape(HT File Photo)

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Published on Nov 16, 2017 10:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

FIR for selling ‘beef biryani’: Mewat leaders take move with a pinch of salt

Mewat leaders say that the move is a ploy to malign the image of residents

On August 24, 2016, officials of the animal husbandry department and the police collected seven samples of biryani from vendors at Mundaka village of Mewat. The samples tested at a lab in Hisar were found containing “meat of cattle species”.(Parveen Kumar/HT FILE)

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Updated on Nov 06, 2017 11:06 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Seven booked for selling ‘beef biryani’ in Mewat

Action came more than 14 months after Haryana authorities collected seven samples of biryani. Lab test found ‘meat of cattle species’

The biryani samples were collected following directions from the state government to keep a tab on consumption of beef in Mewat’s Mundaka area.(Parveen Kumar/HT FILE)

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Updated on Nov 06, 2017 10:45 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon civic polls: BJP loses out on the post of senior deputy mayor due to infighting

Congress-backed Kablana secured the votes of 23 of the 35 councillors, while BJP has 26 councillors in the house. Her husband Gaje Singh Kablana, a former councillor, is a Congress leader.

Newly elected mayor Madhu Azad (L) takes the blessings of Rao Inderjit Singh (second from left) in the presence of Rao Narbir Singh (R) and other party members.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 03, 2017 10:16 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

With Gurgaon development authority in place, city bus service on fast track

The authority has floated tenders for two bus depots in sectors 10 and 54, while land for third depot in Sector 72 is being earmarked.

Gurgaon and its nearby areas does not have requisite public transportation services, because of which people have to depend on their own vehicles or hired vehicles for commute.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 28, 2017 10:20 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Centre for anti-terrorism studies to come up at NSG Manesar

The talks for setting up the centre, to be named ‘Centre for Anti-terrorism Studies’, are on with the Union government and it is likely to become a reality by next year.

Commandos displayed various drills, including sky diving, neutralising terrorists, canine power, aerial skills, and yoga.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 16, 2017 09:58 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Women SHOs hone their skills in tackling cyber crime

The session on tackling cyber crime was the first of its kind for station house officers of women’s police stations in Haryana

Women SHOs at the training session on Monday.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 16, 2017 09:57 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon civic polls: Khattar justifies poll show, says mayor will be of BJP

Khattar was in Gurgaon on Tuesday to visit the Sheetla temple. “It is strange that opposition is nowhere in the MCG election. The mayor will be from BJP and the party has performed better than the previous time,” he said.

Voter turnout was 55.92%(Sanjeev Verma/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Sep 26, 2017 10:06 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon civic polls: Five women, man ousted from BJP won the polls

Sheetal Bagri from ward 10 defeated an independent candidate. She and her husband Mangat Ram Bagri, who won 2011 election from a BJP ticket, were both removed from the party.

Of the six ousted women members, five contested as independents and won the election on Sunday.(Sanjeev Verma/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Sep 25, 2017 09:53 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon civic polls: BJP loses clear mandate but set to form the house

Of the total 35 wards, independent candidates won 20 seats while one went to Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).

Of the total 35 wards, independent candidates won 21 seats while one went to Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 25, 2017 08:44 AM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Day left for polling: BJP, Congress, INLD fight over independents

Congress have thrown their weight behind independents after deciding not to contest on party symbol

The BJP leaders on Friday accused the Congress and INLD of supporting independent candidates in ‘desperation’ as they were not confident of contesting on party symbols.(Parveen Kumar/HT FILE)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2017 10:07 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon civic polls: BJP biggies throw weight behind candidates to allay reports of rift

The party had on Sunday ousted 24 of its members, including six women, from 16 wards on disciplinary grounds for contesting against the party’s nominated candidates in the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) elections scheduled to be held on September 24.

Senior BJP leaders, MP, MLAs and ministers are camping in Gurgaon to canvass for the candidates.

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Published on Sep 21, 2017 09:34 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

MCG elections: Not contesting on party symbol, Congress backs independents

Congress leaders claimed the BJP, in its manifesto, has listed projects taken up during Congress regime, as its achievements

Haryana Congress has decided to extend support to 10 independent candidates.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 17, 2017 10:08 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

MCG polls: Facing rift over tickets, BJP boots 24 members

Dissenting party workers claimed outsiders had been preferred over loyal members during allotment of tickets

The BJP removed 24 members, including six women from 16 wards, as part of the disciplinary action.(Parveen Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 17, 2017 10:04 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Ryan school reopens Monday with Gurgaon DC as administrator

After a traumatic shutdown following the murder of an eight-year-old boy in its premises, Ryan International School is set to reopen on Monday under the government’s administration.

The deputy commissioner of Gurgaon will run the Ryan International School at Bhondsi for the next three months after it reopens on Monday.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 18, 2017 12:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | ByRashpal Singh

MCG elections: BJP manifesto promises better infra, civic amenities

The manifesto, titled ‘Achievements and Vision Document’, has enlisted the party’s achievements and 26 points through which it wishes to ensure comprehensive development of Gurgaon to make it a world class city.

BJP state president Subhash Barala (centre) released on Saturday his party’s manifesto for the MCG polls.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 16, 2017 10:06 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Ryan International School murder: Accused a tough nut to crack, say probe officials

The 42-year-old bus conductor, Ashok Kumar, who has been arrested for allegedly murdering an eight-year-old student at Ryan International School at Bhondsi, is not cooperating with investigators and has so far not divulged anything more than what he said in his initial ‘confession’, police said.

Fourty two-year-old Ashok Kumar, who allegedly slit the throat of an eight-year-old in Ryan International School, Bhondsi, on Friday morning was produced before a court on Tuesday.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Sep 12, 2017 11:55 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Gurgaon civic polls: BJP releases list of 26 candidates

Sources said that the rest of the candidates are likely to be announced on Tuesday.

The party has given a chance to several new faces the following the new demarcation of wards, by which the equations of former councillors were marred.(Sanjeev Verma/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 11, 2017 10:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Ryan International School murder: Two top officials arrested in Gurgaon

Bus conductor Ashok Kumar has been accused of killing an eight-year-old boy in the school toilet. Ryan Group’s regional head and HR chief were sent to two-day police custody on Monday.

Regional head of Ryan Group of Institutions Francis Thomas (in white shirt) and HR head Jeyus Thomas (grey shirt) at the court premises in Sohna on Monday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 12, 2017 07:37 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | ByRashpal Singh

Committee finds loopholes in Ryan security system, says Haryana minister

A 42-year-old bus conductor Ashok Kumar was arrested for the crime. Kumar was in the toilet when the victim walked in. Kumar tried to sodomise the kid and killed him when he put up a resistance.

Tight security arrangements outside the Ryan International School .(PTI)

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Published on Sep 11, 2017 12:11 AM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

Minister says won’t derecognise Ryan International School, points to security loopholes after child’s murder

Protesters, who were demanding a CBI probe into the murder of a seven-year-old child in Gurgaon’s Ryan International School, set afire a liquor outlet close to the institution on Sunday.

Police resort to lathcharge to control protesters near Ryan International School in Gurgaon on Sunday.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 10, 2017 07:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | ByRashpal Singh

Ryan International School murder case highlights: Father calls for CBI probe, Congress condemns attack on media by cops

The management of Ryan International School and owner have been booked under the Juvenile Act over the murder of eight-year-old child.

Father of the victim meets former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.(HT)

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Updated on Sep 10, 2017 06:29 PM IST

Gurgaon, Hindustan Times | ByLeena Dhankhar, Abhishek Behl and Rashpal Singh

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Rashpal Singh

Rashpal Singh covers socio-economic and development issues in Gurgaon and adjoining districts. A journalist for over a decade with stints in Shimla, Chandigarh and Jaipur, he also writes on transport, local administration and the district BJP.

Elevation coincides with the GMDA taking over charge of water, roads, and sewerage facilities from the Haryana Urban Development Authority in Gurgaon

All you need to know about the Ryan International murder case — from the 7-year-old being found with throat slit to Juvenile Board ruling that accused be tried as an adult.

City residents, who took part in a recent survey, said they are willing to switch to public transport if more routes are made available

The issue of city’s poor public transport system came to limelight when the district administration expressed its inability to implement the odd-even vehicle rationing plan to control pollution

The police had filed an FIR against Suraj Pal Amu at Sector 29 police station

The police filed a first information report at Gurgaon’s Sector 29 police station on the complaint of an art lover and fan of Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Move gives more powers to GMDA and does away with need to go to Chandigarh for such matters

Development charges are the fee collected from builders to provide municipal services and infrastructure such as including roads, water, sewer, community centres, fire and police facilities.

The four accused have sought their discharge on the ground that the CBI has arrested the real accused and they were implicated falsely by the Haryana police SIT due to “socio-political pressure

Mewat leaders say that the move is a ploy to malign the image of residents

Action came more than 14 months after Haryana authorities collected seven samples of biryani. Lab test found ‘meat of cattle species’

Congress-backed Kablana secured the votes of 23 of the 35 councillors, while BJP has 26 councillors in the house. Her husband Gaje Singh Kablana, a former councillor, is a Congress leader.

The authority has floated tenders for two bus depots in sectors 10 and 54, while land for third depot in Sector 72 is being earmarked.

The talks for setting up the centre, to be named ‘Centre for Anti-terrorism Studies’, are on with the Union government and it is likely to become a reality by next year.

The session on tackling cyber crime was the first of its kind for station house officers of women’s police stations in Haryana

Khattar was in Gurgaon on Tuesday to visit the Sheetla temple. “It is strange that opposition is nowhere in the MCG election. The mayor will be from BJP and the party has performed better than the previous time,” he said.

Sheetal Bagri from ward 10 defeated an independent candidate. She and her husband Mangat Ram Bagri, who won 2011 election from a BJP ticket, were both removed from the party.

Of the total 35 wards, independent candidates won 20 seats while one went to Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).

Congress have thrown their weight behind independents after deciding not to contest on party symbol

The party had on Sunday ousted 24 of its members, including six women, from 16 wards on disciplinary grounds for contesting against the party’s nominated candidates in the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) elections scheduled to be held on September 24.

Congress leaders claimed the BJP, in its manifesto, has listed projects taken up during Congress regime, as its achievements

Dissenting party workers claimed outsiders had been preferred over loyal members during allotment of tickets

After a traumatic shutdown following the murder of an eight-year-old boy in its premises, Ryan International School is set to reopen on Monday under the government’s administration.

The manifesto, titled ‘Achievements and Vision Document’, has enlisted the party’s achievements and 26 points through which it wishes to ensure comprehensive development of Gurgaon to make it a world class city.

Sources said that the rest of the candidates are likely to be announced on Tuesday.

Bus conductor Ashok Kumar has been accused of killing an eight-year-old boy in the school toilet. Ryan Group’s regional head and HR chief were sent to two-day police custody on Monday.

A 42-year-old bus conductor Ashok Kumar was arrested for the crime. Kumar was in the toilet when the victim walked in. Kumar tried to sodomise the kid and killed him when he put up a resistance.

Protesters, who were demanding a CBI probe into the murder of a seven-year-old child in Gurgaon’s Ryan International School, set afire a liquor outlet close to the institution on Sunday.

The management of Ryan International School and owner have been booked under the Juvenile Act over the murder of eight-year-old child.

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