#claims in Haryana

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हरियाणा में दिल्ली के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री केजरीवाल का दावा, कहा, सरकार किसी की भी बने, बिजली फ्री करवा दूंगा

Haryana Elections: हरियाणा विधानसभा चुनाव का काउंटडाउन शुरू हो चुका है। 5 अक्टूबर को वोट डाले जाले जाएंगे। ऐसे में सभी पार्टियों ने चुनाव प्रचार भी तेज कर दिया है। आम आदमी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय संयोजक अरविंद केजरीवाल भी जेल से बाहर आने के बाद हरियाणा में धुआंधार चुनाव प्रचार कर रहे हैं। अरविंद केजरीवाल का दावा है कि हरियाणा में कोई भी सरकार उनके समर्थन के बिना नहीं बनेगी। पुंडरी में आज रोड शो के…

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“Not asking Punjab for anything, in fact they do not have anything to give,” says Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhivinder Singh Sukhu says there has been a big investment drain in the State’s major hydel sector, and that its royalty share in power projects needs to be raised. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Over six months into power in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu asserts that the State has been deprived of its legitimate rights from the…

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October 10, 2022

Amit Kumar had everything going for him. After graduating in engineering and landing a decent job, Amit wanted to settle down with his childhood sweetheart Renu. The couple had known each other since Class IX and dreamt of a life together. The only difficulty was that Renu belonged to a Brahmin family and Amit was a Dalit.

With their homes barely a kilometre apart in Garhwa district of Jharkhand, Renu knew her family would never approve of the match. The couple decided to run away and tie the knot in another State. And thus began their tale of unending harassment and tragedy.

The couple married at a temple in Dehradun and got their marriage registered there. They had just about settled down at Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh when, in a midnight raid, the Uttar Pradesh police took away Renu, claiming that she had been abducted. Amit and Renu have not seen or spoken to each other since that fateful night of August 13, 2021.

Amit’s life has been a quagmire of legal battles and dismissed habeas corpus petitions since then. “I fear my wife is no more,” he told The Hindu.

Activists say such tragic situations can be avoided if couples like Amit and Renu are provided safe houses and special protection by the State governments as mandated by the Supreme Court.

According to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of “honour killings” in the country was 24, 25 and 33 in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand topped the list in 2021 and 2020, while Manipur was on top in 2019.

The government in 2021 informed Parliament that there were 145 “honour killing” incidents in the country between 2017 and 2019.

Interestingly, though the NCRB report attributed only 25 deaths to “honour killings” in 2020, it said there were 27 deaths due to casteism and 1,558 due to “illicit relationship”. Similarly, in 2021, 33 deaths were listed under “honour killings”, but 1,544 and 1,532 under “illicit relationship” and “love affairs”, respectively.

So far, only Delhi, Haryana and Punjab have safe houses for inter-faith and inter-religious couples. Kerala has only announced the setting up of a safe house.

In fact, only 21 States have said that they have complied with the Supreme Court directives, which means that they have asked the police officers concerned of a State for strict compliance, according to Dhanak for Humanity, a non-governmental organisation which works with such couples, helping them solemnise their marriages and providing legal support.

The Supreme Court had in 2018 directed that safe houses be set up in every district as well as a special cell in States for couples facing opposition from families and community.

Gaurav Yadav, an engineer from IIT Chennai, said he was working with survivors of “honour crimes” and couples who are in hiding to petition the government for more safe houses across the country.

“Soon we will form an official grouping and petition the government to follow the Supreme Court directives on safe houses and special cells,” Mr. Yadav said, adding that he had organised a convention regarding the same in Delhi recently.

He said though couples had been demanding that safe houses be set up, the State administrations had looked the other way.

An example is of Ravikant Chandrawanshi and Alisha, who had a harrowing time getting married under the Special Marriage Act in Chhattisgarh.

The inter-faith couple at first decided to elope and marry in Bilaspur. However, a lack of support system and security, including finances, saw them return home in Kawardha within four days.

“As my wife’s family were well to do and politically connected, they kept up the pressure on us. Finally, we had to take legal recourse and approached the High Court asking them to direct the State administration to provide the mandated safe house and police protection.

“However, we were informed that there was no safe house and Alisha had to go to a sakhi centre or a women’s safe house,” Mr. Chandravanshi said.

Though the couple approached the highest of authorities, they were not given any police protection either and had to go into hiding for around six months after their marriage.

According to Asif Iqbal of Dhanak for Humanity, most States send the girl to a Nari Niketan after couples approach them. “It is here that the girl is the most insecure as her family mostly approaches her and puts pressure to go back. Many a time, this also leads to what is known as honour killing of the girl”.

Sanjay Sachadev of Love Commandoes, an organisation which rescues and shelters such couples, said, “The need of the hour is safe houses across the country. In almost every case, the police try and send the girl to a women’s shelter and the boy is left to fend for himself.”

A couple who are staying in a Delhi safe house and did not wish to be identified said that they could not have thought of living together had it not been for the security of the safe house.

Mr. Iqbal, whose organisation has helped many couples seek legal recourse to stay together and get married, said that of the distress calls he receives, the most were from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

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On August 27, Sabir Malik, a migrant worker in the Indian state of Haryana, was lured from his home and beaten to death by a mob of at least 10 Hindu men. They suspected that Malik, a Muslim, had eaten beef. Lab tests run by local police would later find that he hadn’t. But it didn’t matter: The attack was led by “cow vigilantes,” the name for Hindu nationalist militias and mobs that take it upon themselves to violently enforce Hindu supremacy on India’s minority communities, particularly Muslims.

A new report from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) shared exclusively with WIRED found that Instagram, which is owned by Meta, is becoming a key avenue for cow vigilantes to share their violent exploits with a wider audience, and even raise money.

“It's clear that Meta is complicit in the proliferation or the flourishing of cow vigilantism in India,” says Raqib Hameed Naik, founder and executive director of CSOH. These practices, Naik says, are likely in violation of Meta’s own policies around hateful and violent content.

Between February and August 2024, CSOH identified and analyzed 1,023 Instagram accounts run by users involved in cow vigilantism. Researchers found that 30 percent of the accounts shared content showing physical violence against Muslims involved in the cattle business. Some videos flagged by CSOH show high-speed car chases down India’s highways, where cow vigilantes tail and try to pull over trucks carrying cows. Others are more graphic, showing vigilantes beating men who they claim are engaging in cow slaughter or the cattle trade. One video, which garnered 5,200 likes, showed three frightened Muslim men in the trunk of a car. Another video shows a cow vigilante beating an older Muslim man with a wooden bat. That video received more than 1,200 likes.

The 121 Instagram Reels analyzed by CSOH showing physical violence against people transporting cattle garnered over 8.3 million views, and most were not labeled with the Meta filter that warns users of graphic content. CSOH found 53 accounts that had posted violent content were eligible for Instagram’s “Send Gift” function, which allows approved creators to earn money directly from donations from their followers. Other accounts would post bank details in their Reels or comments sections. “That means anyone on Instagram who likes their work can send them money to continue doing that violent extremist activity,” says Naik.

To test Meta’s systems, CSOH reported 167 posts that depicted violence using Instagram’s on-platform reporting systems. None of the posts had been removed as of October.

According to Meta’s policies, it does not allow “content that glorifies, supports, or represents events that Meta designates as violating violent events,” including “hate events” and “hate crimes.” Meta spokesperson Erin Logan told WIRED that Meta has “strict policies against violent or graphic content on our platforms, and we enforce these rules impartially. We will review this report once we are provided it and will remove any violating content and disable accounts of repeated offenders.” Logan declined to answer questions about whether Meta considers cow vigilantes as part of “violent or hateful groups.” Last year, the company removed profiles associated with Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante who was arrested and accused of instigating violence in Haryana.

Cow protection is not new in India, where Hinduism holds cows sacred. But the country also has a substantial minority population that includes Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Adivasis, or indigenous people, that have no religious prohibition against eating beef. Dalits, the group at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, also sometimes consume beef. Due to their marginalized status, Muslims and Dalits in particular have long relied economically on the cattle industry.

Since India prime minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party swept into power in 2014, several states have passed stricter laws when it comes to cow protection. A Congressional Research Service report released last week noted that cow vigilantism was one of several types of “religiously motivated repression and violence” used by Hindus and supported by the country’s Hindu nationalist government against minority communities. According to an April report from Armed Conflict Location and Event Data, cow vigilantism was the motivator for 22 percent of all communal violence by Hindus targeting Muslims between 2019 and 2024.

“Vigilantes organize their targeting to disburse punishment to minorities through extrajudicial means,” says Angana Chatterji, chair of the Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative at UC Berkeley. “Hindu nationalist leaders in government have aligned with these militias, and their speeches often function as dog whistles to rally people, reportedly stirring them to commit these extrajudicial acts that have included home invasion, theft, and lynching.”

Chatterji says that making the violence public on a place like Instagram allows cow vigilantes to recruit new members and rally other Hindu nationalists in different parts of the country. “For Muslims and minorities and their allies, Instagram messaging is calculated to spread terror with impunity,” she says. “To indicate, ‘Stop protesting. We are going to come for you and there will be nothing to stop us,’ especially as law enforcement is often either absent or in collusion.”

Naik worries that the problem is much deeper than just the accounts he and his team were able to identify. Earlier this year, Meta shuttered CrowdTangle, its tool that allowed researchers to track content across its platforms. “I would say it's the tip of the iceberg,” says Naik, because there is no public access to Meta’s data for journalists and civil society organizations.

India is an important market for Meta—it accounts for more than 362 million users on Instagram alone—and in the past, the company has been hesitant to take action on content that could put it in the crosshairs of the Indian government. In 2022, The The Washington Post reported that Facebook allowed hate speech and propaganda to stay on the platform under pressure from India’s government. (Meta’s shareholders later voted against an inquiry into the issue.) In 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported that employees in India worried that Meta’s then-head of public policy for India was unevenly applying the company’s hate speech policies to allow violent rhetoric from Bharatiya Janata Party politicians to stay up on the platform.

“It is interesting to note what is stopped by social media platforms—because some messaging is stopped immediately—and what is allowed to grow,” says Chatterji. “Just the extent of violence in the images requires that they should be taken down.”

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Freeing Palestine is India's fight

I've seen lots of posts about how Western countries and their populations should be concerned for stopping the genocide in Palestine but Indians are involved in this as well.

India has a HUGE Islamophobia problem, from the day India became what it is, this country exists the way it does through conflict regarding religious majorities and it is a problem we must acknowledge.

Collective punishment has often been carried out indiscriminately against Muslims in India- Muslim people's houses in Madhya Pradesh have been demolished without warning. This has also happened in Uttar Pradesh and in 2023, Haryana(300 businesses and homes). These were all normal innocent civilians who had proper legal paperwork showing their purchase and ownership of their home and land, but the police did not care. In many of these instances the police stood by and were involved in demolition and all of these were under BJP-majority and ruled areas. The recent Ram Mandir was built on the demolished land of Babri Masjid(it was built in the 14th century before India as it was even a THING, its destruction & demolition on the claim that it was Ram's birth place is unfair). Hate crimes against Muslims run amok and there are multiple cases of violence against Muslims in India.

PM Modi of the BJP party has been consistent in maintaining positive relations with Benjamin Netanyahu and the occupying force of Israel. A majority of the military equipment for India comes from Israel, and India has constantly been neutral in UN council meetings when decisions regarding Israel are brought up. A spyware called Pegasus, developed by the occupying force of Israel was used to surveil politicians, journalists, activists etc severely breaching right to privacy and threatening freedom of speech.

Worse; India has been using the Israeli strategy of colonizing Palestine with Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir is a union territory which basically means they are allowed to function independently on most fronts but India has been seeking to integrate J&K into itself and has been extremely hostile to its Muslim citizens and are currently intensifying their occupation efforts. There have been consistent internet and communication blackouts since 2018 and it is STILL ongoing.

India invited Israeli officials to Kashmir to open 'Centers of Excellence' which are supposedly for agricultural innovation but everyone in J&K are concerned and see it as India taking an opportunity to intensify its occupation with Israeli help.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, several Kashmiris told Middle East Eye the Israeli agriculture hubs would deepen India's occupation in the region and accelerate its settler-colonial project. "Earlier, we would draw the parallels between Kashmir and Palestine or India's intimate alliance with Israel. But now they are bringing Israel to the Valley in the form of these institutions - which will be "agro-oriented" in name - but we all know that Israel will physically help India in Kashmir to turn it into a proper Palestine," a Kashmiri academic based in Istanbul told Middle East Eye.

In 2016 Coalition of Civil Society said there are more than 8000 'disappearances' of people in J&K. There are mass graves with over 2000 bodies being found with these unlawful activities being attributed to the Indian Security Forces. That's just scratching the surface of decades of violence and human rights violations enacted by India.

BJP is not shy about its ties to the RSS and promotes Hindutva(I've seen people citing the literal meaning of the word as evidence that it is harmless but the word is a label given to an embraced by extreme right-wing groups who are open about their Islamaphobia. Meaning of the word becomes pointless when actions speak otherwise).

India is an occupying force on J&K, it's suppressing Muslims, demonizing them and further marginalizing them in the name of 'Hinduism'. It buys from Israel and endorses them. As Indians, it is key that we do whatever we can to stop the genocide because we are unwittingly being used to fuel this and are being radicalized to hate on our neighbors, the people we share our land and history with.

Even outside of the ways in which the current government is shamelessly supporting Israel, India's history is rife with colonization. The British had occupied us, forced us into fighting each other, into prioritizing meaningless differences to suppress each other. We were once starved by occupying forces, violated, killed. Our land is also covered in blood shed by colonization.

What are we doing if we don't speak up? If we don't stop this? Do not follow the propaganda conflating extreme right-wing ideologies with the identity of being Indian. Don't buy into the idea that India is "for Hindus", we are so ridiculously diverse, there are 100s of languages and religions in this country.

Free Jammu & Kashmir, free Palestine, stop Islamophobia.

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An 18-year-old schoolboy was shot and killed by so-called cow protection vigilantes in India after they chased him for miles over suspicion of being involved in cattle smuggling.

The incident took place in Faridabad in the northern Indian state of Haryana on 23 August, days after a migrant worker was beaten to death by another cow vigilante group in the state’s Charkhi Dadri district over suspicion of consuming beef.

Cows are considered sacred and worshipped by many Hindus, the religion that makes up a large majority of India’s population. Cow vigilante groups are accused of enforcing, often violently, Indian laws banning cattle slaughter and beef consumption.

Scores of cow “protectors” in recent years have been accused of using violence to carry out extra-judicial activities, often finding themselves at odds with law enforcement. Yet their activities have also received a degree of public support from those who believe they are defending the Hindu faith. Their activities have seen an increase since prime minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 as the head of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The vigilantes were allegedly searching for cattle smugglers when they chased Aryan Mishra’s car for about 18 miles (30km) before opening fire, reported NDTV.

Five members of the group have been arrested in connection with the incident. The accused, identified as Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna, Adesh, and Saurabh, claimed they had received information that smugglers were active in the area in large Renault Duster and Toyota Fortuner cars, hoping to pick up cattle.

Mishra and his friends, Harshit and Shanky, were in a Renault Duster car when they were stopped by the vigilantes. The occupants of the car are said to have had a prior dispute with another individual, mistook the vigilantes for their rivals and sped away.

The vigilantes, convinced that the occupants were cattle smugglers, chased the car and opened fire, hitting Mishra. When the car finally stopped, the attackers fired another shot into Mishra’s chest, resulting in his death, reported India Today.

According to the police, the suspects initially attempted to mislead the investigators, saying they threw the weapon into a canal. However, it was later recovered from Kaushik’s home, police said. The arrested men are currently in police custody, and further investigation is underway.

The killing of Mishra comes on the heels of another brutal incident in Haryana where Sabir Malik, a migrant worker from West Bengal, was beaten to death by a group of cow vigilantes on 27 August on suspicion of consuming beef. Authorities arrested seven individuals, including two minors, in connection with Malik’s death, as the state grappled with the rising tide of such crimes.

Hardline Hindu groups have been demanding a complete ban on cow slaughter across India, with several states enacting strict laws against it. Critics say that these laws have emboldened the vigilantes, leading to an increase in attacks on those accused of killing cows for meat or leather – predominantly people from the minority Muslim community and those on the lower rungs of India’s ancient caste system.

Last week, a 55-year-old woman died, reportedly of a panic attack, after police raided her home in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh state to see if she was storing beef. In the end their searches showed she wasn’t.

Uttar Pradesh enforces strict laws against cow slaughter, with violations punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to Rs500,000 (£4,500). The state’s anti-cow slaughter law not only bans the animal’s killing, but also the sale and transport of beef.

In the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh, authorities bulldozed the homes of 11 people in June after allegedly finding beef in their refrigerators and cows in their backyards. Police later claimed that the homes were demolished for being illegally built on government land, without providing evidence.

In September last year, police arrested Mohit Yadav, better known by his alias Monu Manesar, after he was accused of inciting deadly religious violence in the north Indian state of Haryana in July.

The head of a unit set up by a hardline Hindu group to protect cows, he was detained for allegedly uploading “objectionable and inflammatory” posts in the run-up to religion violence in Nuh in which at least six people were killed and several injured. He was also accused in the murder of two Muslim men in the neighbouring state of Rajasthan.

In April last year, four members of the right-wing group All India Hindu Mahasabha were arrested in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly slaughtering cows to falsely implicate Muslim men. The arrests were made after police uncovered the group’s involvement in filing a false complaint against four Muslim men for alleged cow slaughter.

In March 2023, police in Bihar arrested three men in connection with the death of a Muslim man, Naseem Qureshi, who was attacked because he was suspected of carrying beef.

On 1 September, an elderly Muslim man was assaulted by his co-passengers on a moving train in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on suspicion of carrying beef. Police arrested three men allegedly involved in the incident after a video of the assault went viral on social media.

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"You Killed Bharat Mata In Manipur": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre

Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister over the ongoing unrest in Manipur which has claimed over a hundred lives.

New Delhi: The BJP has “murdered India in Manipur” and is now trying to set Haryana on fire, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha today in a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government.

Addressing the Lower House during the debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP government, Mr Gandhi said, “India is a voice, a voice of the heart. You have killed that voice in Manipur. You have murdered Bharat Mata in Manipur. You are traitors. My mother is sitting here. The other mother, Bharat Mata, you killed her in Manipur. That is why Prime Minister does not visit Manipur. You are not protectors of Bharat Mata, you are her killers.”

“The Prime Minister has not gone to Manipur because he doesn’t consider it a part of India. You (BJP) have divided Manipur,” Mr Gandhi said, amid loud protests from the treasury benches. He alleged that the centre can stop the violence in Manipur by calling in the Army, but has not acted yet.

Invoking the epic Ramayana, Mr Gandhi said Ravan was not killed by Ram, but by his arrogance. “You have sprinkled kerosene everywhere, you have set fire to Manipur, you are now trying the same thing in Haryana,” he said, referring to recent communal clashes in Gurugram and Nuh that killed six people.

The remarks sparked a huge uproar in the House, with senior ministers demanding Mr Gandhi’s apology.

Earlier, Mr Gandhi said that when he set out on the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, he was confident of his fitness and did not expect it to be difficult. “But this country does not tolerate arrogance. Within a few days, an old injury resurfaced and I was in pain,” he said.

The Congress leader recounted how he derived strength and courage from the people he met during the march and also felt their pain and hardship. Mr Gandhi also recounted his conversations with two women in the relief camps set up to shelter those displaced due to ethnic violence in Manipur.

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Haryana was part of the Kuru Kingdom during the Vedic era during 1200 BCE.

Haryana has been inhabited since the pre-historic period. Haryana was part of the Indus Valley civilization during the Bronze Age period. The ancient sites of Rakhigarhi and Bhirrana are some of the oldest Indus Valley civilization sites.(5) Haryana was part of the Kuru Kingdom during the Vedic era during 1200 BCE.(6)(7)(8) The area now Haryana has been ruled by some of the major empires of India. The Pushyabhuti dynasty ruled the region in the 7th century, with its capital at Thanesar. Harsha was a prominent king of the dynasty.(9) The Tomara dynasty ruled the region from 8th to 12th century. The Chahamanas of Shakambhari defeated them in the 12th century.(10)

Harsha Ka Tila mound, ruins from the reign of 7th century ruler Harsha.

Lal kot built by Anangpal Tomar in 1052

Portrait of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, who fought and won across North India from the Punjab to Bengal, winning 22 straight battles.(11)

In 1192, Chahamanas were defeated by Ghurids in Second Battle of Tarain.(10) In 1398, Timur attacked and sacked the cities of Sirsa, Fatehabad, Sunam, Kaithal and Panipat.(12)(13) In the First Battle of Panipat (1526), Babur defeated the Lodis. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya claimed royal status after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces on 7 October 1556 in the Battle of Delhi. In the Second Battle of Panipat (1556), Akbar defeated the local Haryanvi Hindu Emperor of Delhi, who belonged to Rewari. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya had won 22 battles across India from Punjab to Bengal, defeating the Mughals and Afghans. Hemu had defeated Akbar's forces twice at Agra and the Battle of Delhi in 1556 to become the last Hindu Emperor of India with a formal coronation at Purana Quila in Delhi on 7 October 1556. In the Third Battle of Panipat (1761), the Afghan king Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.(14)

In 1966, the Punjab Reorganisation Act (1966) came into effect, resulting in the creation of the state of Haryana on 1 November 1966.(15)

Distribution

Haryanvis within Haryana

See also: Demography of Haryana

The main communities in Haryana are Gujjar, Jat, Brahmin, Agarwal, Ahir, Chamar, Nai, Ror,Rajput, Saini, Kumhar, Bishnoi etc.(16) Punjabi khatri and Sindhi refugees who migrated from Pakistan had settled in large numbers in Haryana and delhi.

Haryanvi diaspora overseas

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See also: Indian disaspora overseas

There is increasingly large diaspora of Haryanvis in Australia, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, USA, etc.

In Australia, the community lives mainly in Sydney and Melbourne, has set up Association of Haryanvis in Australia (AHA) which organise events.(17)

In Singapore, the community has set up the Singapore Haryanvi Kunba organisation in 2012 which also has a Facebook group of same name. Singapore has Arya Samaj and several Hindu temples.

Culture

Main article: Haryanvi culture

Language

Main article: Haryanvi language

Haryanvi, like Khariboli and Braj is a branch of the Western Hindi dialect, and it is written in Devanagari script.(18)

Folk music and dance

Main article: Music of Haryana

Folk music is integral part of Haryanvi culture. Folk song are sung during occasion of child birth, wedding, festival, and Satsang (singing religious songs).(2) Some haryanvi folk songs which are sung by young woman and girls are Phagan, katak, Samman, Jatki, Jachcha, Bande-Bandee, Santhene. Some songs which are sung by older women are Mangal geet, Bhajan, Sagai, bhat, Kuan pujan, Sanjhi and Holi. Folk songs are sung in Tar or Mandra stan.(19) Some dances are Khoriya, Chaupaiya, Loor, Been, Ghoomar, Dhamal, Phaag, Sawan and Gugga.(19)

Cuisine

Haryana is agricultural state known for producing foodgrains such as wheat, barley, pearl millet, maize, rice and high-quality dairy. Daily village meal in Haryana consist of a simple thali of roti, paired with a leafy stir-fry (saag in dishes such as gajar methi or aloo palak), condiments such as chaas, chutney, pickles. Some known Haryanvi dishes are green choliya (green chickpeas), bathua yogurt, bajre ki roti, sangri ki sabzi (beans), kachri ki chutney (wild cucumber) and bajre ki khichdi. Some sweets are panjiri and pinni prepared by unrefined sugar like bura and shakkar and diary. Malpua are popular during festivals.(20)

Clothes

See also: History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent and History of Textile industry in India

Traditional attire for men is turban, shirt, dhoti, jutti and cotton or woollen shawl. Traditional attire for female is typically an orhna (veil), shirt or angia (short blouse), ghagri (heavy long skirt) and Jitti. Saris are also worn. Traditionally the Khaddar (coarse cotton weave cloth) is a frequently used as the fabric.(21)(22)

Cinema

See also: Haryanvi cinema and List of Haryanvi-language films

The First movie of Haryanvi cinema is Dharti which was released in 1968. The first financially successful Haryanvi movie was Chandrawal (1984) which spurted the continuing production of Haryanvi films, although none have been as successful.(23) Other films such as Phool Badan and Chora Haryane Ka followed with only about one out of twelve films being profitable at the box office.(23) In 2000, Aswini Chowdhary won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the National Film Awards for the Haryanvi film Laddo.(24) In 2010 the government of Haryana announced they were considering establishing a film board to promote Haryanvi-language films.(25)

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India's Water Scarcity Expected To Get More Severe By 2050: UN Report

Pic Source: https://www.circleofblue.org/2019/india/groundwater-plummets-in-delhi-city-of-29-million/

To Start the Discussion

The nation that pumps the most groundwater has come to terms with its food and water security, which threatens to undermine political and economic stability as well as long-term public health. Circle of Blue uncovers how a nation of 1.3 billion people is inviting disease, economic suffering, and social instability by neglecting to safeguard its water in this special report, which builds on years of on-the-ground reporting. This post is included with the assumption on India's Water Scarcity Expected to Get More Severe By 2050. Have a look on the discussion for detailed information. A food supply "toxic time bomb" with global repercussions goes hand in hand with the depletion and poisoning of groundwater. Farmers use untreated wastewater that is mixed with sewage and industrial chemicals when irrigation wells run dry. The water changed from sustaining life to claiming it, as one villager put it.

A Wide Range of Issues

Delhi is making an effort to meet the demands of tens of millions of people by building new infrastructure on top of water systems that were created centuries ago, like other worldwide megacities, some of which are the size of small nations. Historically, the city relied on a network of check dams, step wells, and natural drains for its water supply. In this arrangement, rainwater was collected during the monsoon season and used all year round. Its historic network was neglected as a result of the metro area's recent decades of rapid growth, which has seen its population surpass 29 million, according to the UN. The majority of the city's natural drainage systems have been covered over or blocked by rubbish. Either lakes or other bodies of water have dried up, or they are now clogged with trash and other pollution. According to Upmanu Lall, a professor at Columbia University and the head of the Columbia Water Center, "Sewers, where they exist, release untreated or inadequately treated water," he told Circle of Blue. According to Lall, seasonal floods also disperses toxins throughout the city's water supply. "There are many places that flood when there are no sewage systems, mobilizing everything on the ground." Delhi's surface water is in poor condition as well. The Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges, is used by locals for drinking, bathing, and washing. However, the river is a poisonous brew of industrial chemicals, agricultural runoff, and sewage. According to a recent study, 1,500 unlicensed slums' worth of sewage and feces are dumped right into the Yamuna. The government-owned Delhi Jal Board is in charge of managing the city's water distribution system. Eighty-one percent of Delhi households have some access to piped water, though the supply—which comes from the Yamuna River and the ground—isn't always dependable or clean. The water that enters the pipes frequently leaks out. Water loss in the city might reach 40% as a result of theft and leakage. Approximately 625,000 households do not have any connection to the city pipelines, according to the 2011 Census. These homes are mostly found in slums or unofficial settlements.

Closing the Discourse

Borewells or tanker trucks are used by millions of residents who are not adequately supplied by the city's water distribution system or are excluded from it. Illegal borewells are commonplace across the city, with some of them extending more than 120 meters. According to a report from March 2018, 15 of Delhi's 27 administrative divisions "overexploit" groundwater. There are additional variables at play in Delhi's impending groundwater issue besides illegal groundwater extraction. According to Lall, the Delhi metropolitan region includes its own capital territory and is bordered by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, both of which regularly pump considerable amounts of groundwater for domestic use. The region's water users as a whole are taking groundwater more quickly than it is naturally replenishing. Read the full article

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Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri makes political debut as Delhi BJP's office bearer

Bansuri, who has more than 15 years legal experience currently practices law in the Supreme court.

NEW DELHI: Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj made her political debut as she was appointed as co-convenor of the legal cell of Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.

Congratulating Bansuri on this occasion, party president Virendra Sachdeva stated that Swaraj's appointment will take effect right away and expressed the hope that she would help the BJP.

In a tweet, Bansuri also thanked senior party leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “ I am grateful to the Hon'ble PM Narendra Modi ji , Amit Shah ji, JP Nadda ji , BL Santosh ji, Virendra Sachdeva ji, BJP -Delhi and BJP for giving me this opportunity to serve the party as the state co-convenor of the Bharatiya Janata Party Delhi State Legal Cell.”

Bansuri, who has more than 15 years legal experience currently practices law in the Supreme court.

Prior to this, She enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2007 and has 16 years of experience in the legal profession, according to a statement from the Delhi BJP.

She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Warwick, earning a BA (Hons) in English Literature, and then continued on to the BPP Law School in London to pursue a law degree.

Qualified as barrister at Law, Swaraj was called to the bar from the inn of inner temple in London. She then finished her Masters degree at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford.

She has handled cases concerning contracts, real estate, taxes, international business arbitrations, and a number of criminal trials.

In addition to maintaining her private practice, Bansuri Swaraj has been appointed as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Haryana.

Swaraj claimed that she had previously assisted the party in legal concerns. She added, "I have now been formally granted the chance to serve the party more actively in the position as the Delhi BJP's co-convener of the legal department."

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The famous brand of world ?

About Allen Solly

Presentation of Allen Solly

Allen Solly is a brand of the Madura Style and Way of life, a division of Aditya Birla Gathering. It was established in the mid 1990s. The brand is known for its proper wear, semi-formal wear, and easygoing wear for all kinds of people. It has many items that incorporates shirts, pants, suits, overcoats, coats, ties, belts, shoes, and frill. The brand has north of 200 elite Allen Solly stores across India. Allen Solly's process started in the mid 1990s with the send off of its most memorable shirtings range for men. The point was to furnish the Indian customer with worldwide guidelines of styling and quality at reasonable costs. Today, Allen Solly is one of India's most perceived way of life brands with serious areas of strength for an across every single significant city and towns. The brand has north of 200 restrictive Allen Solly stores across India. Allen Solly is additionally present in driving departmental stores, for example, Customers Stop, Way of life, Focal, Pantaloons and Westside. What's more, Allen Solly items are accessible through a selective organization of multi-brand outlets and enormous arrangement stores, for example, Dependence Patterns and Vijay Deals.

Is Allen Solly an Indian brand?

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Who is proprietor of Allen Solly?

Allen Solly is a brand of the Aditya Birla Gathering, an Indian global combination organization. The organization was established in the year 1786 by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla. The organization is settled in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The organization has a labor force of north of 102,000 representatives. The organization has a turnover of US$44.3 billion. The organization works in 36 nations and has its presence in 6 mainlands.

What does Allen Solly logo mean?

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Woh is the President of Allen Solly?

Allen Solly is a main Indian design brand that is known for its in vogue and snappy dress. The brand was established in the year 1990 by Ashok KumarDhingra, and it is settled in Gurgaon, Haryana. Allen Solly is a piece of the Aditya Birla Gathering, and its item range incorporates formal wear, relaxed wear, party wear, and ethnic wear. The brand has areas of strength for an in the Indian market, and it has countless retail outlets the nation over. Allen Solly has been effective in making a specialty for itself in the Indian style market, and it is one of the most well known brands among Indian purchasers.

Is Allen Solly an extravagance brand?

Indeed, Allen Solly is an extravagance brand. The organization was established in 1990 and has its base camp in Mumbai, India. It is an auxiliary of the Aditya Birla Gathering, perhaps of the biggest combination in India. Allen Solly is known for its excellent textures, perfect fitting, and slick plans. The brand's clothing is worn by the absolute most renowned names in the style business, including supermodels Gisele Bundchen and Naomi Campbell.

History of Allen Solly ?

Allen Solly is a brand of the Aditya Birla Gathering, perhaps of the biggest combination in India. The organization was established in 1744 by Brit John Allen as a little fitting business in Kolkata. In the mid 1900s, the organization started delivering instant pieces of clothing. By the mid-twentieth hundred years, Allen Solly had become one of the biggest instant piece of clothing makers in India. The organization was nationalized by the Indian government in 1969, yet was privatized in 1991. In 2007, Allen Solly was procured by Aditya Birla Group.Today, Allen Solly is known for its smart and stylish apparel for all kinds of people. The brand has a great many items including shirts, suits, pants, coats, dresses, skirts, and that's just the beginning. Allen Solly is additionally known for its utilization of strong tones and prints in its clothing. The brand is accessible in more than 500 stores across India and is additionally sold on the web.

Which creature is in Allen Solly logo

Many individuals frequently can't help thinking about what creature is highlighted in the Allen Solly logo. The response might shock you - it's a kangaroo! This remarkable decision was made to address the organization's Australian legacy. The kangaroo has likewise come to represent the brand's energetic energy and liveliness.

Memoir of Allen Solly?

York City in 1858. His dad was a fruitful dealer, and his mom was from a well off family. Solly experienced childhood in a favored climate and went to tuition based schools. He moved on from school in 1880 and went to work for his dad's business.In 1884, Solly wedded Emma Jones, the little girl of a rich Allen Solly was an American financial specialist and the pioneer behind the Allen Solly brand. He was brought into the world in New financial specialist. The couple had four kids: two children and two daughters.Solly's dad passed on in 1890, and he assumed control over the privately-owned company. He effectively extended the organization and made it one of the biggest dress producers in the US. He likewise became one of the most extravagant men in America.In 1900, Solly resigned from business and moved to France with his loved ones. He purchased an enormous domain in Normandy and lived there until the end of his life. He kicked the bucket in 1935 at 77 years old.

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau New Delhi, 23rd November.: With the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) headed for a stunning rout in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut raised questions about the integrity of the election process, alleging foul play and calling for a return to ballot paper voting. As of 11:30 am, the ruling Mahayuti coalition, comprising the BJP, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, was leading in 220 of the state’s 288 constituencies, while the MVA struggled with projections of just 56 seats. Aaditya Thackeray, seen as a key figure in the UBT faction, was trailing Milind Deora of the rival Shinde-led Shiv Sena by 600 votes. “There is definitely something amiss. This cannot be the people’s verdict,” Raut thundered, alleging that “money machines” influenced results across constituencies. He further questioned the unprecedented confidence displayed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who had earlier claimed he would resign if any of his MLAs lost. Raut insisted that the results implied dishonesty in the process, declaring that “the voters of this state are not dishonest.” He reiterated his demand for elections to be re-held using ballot papers, dismissing electronic voting machines (EVMs) as unreliable. BJP Hits Back The BJP dismissed Raut’s accusations as baseless. National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla slammed the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, accusing him of “mental bankruptcy.” Poonawalla pointed out the opposition’s selective skepticism, stating, “The results in Wayanad are fine because Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is winning there. But suddenly, EVMs are faulty in Maharashtra and Haryana.” The Mahayuti’s commanding lead—Eknath Shinde’s faction leading in 54 seats, close to its 2019 performance, and the BJP ahead in 125 constituencies—has left the MVA coalition grappling with a political reality check. As allegations and counter-allegations dominate the post-election discourse, the ruling coalition is on track for a historic mandate, leaving opposition leaders to reflect on their strategies amidst a fractured state polity.   The post Something Amiss, Can’t Be People’s Verdict”: Sanjay Raut on Maharashtra Election Results appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau New Delhi, 23rd November.: With the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) headed for a stunning rout in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut raised questions about the integrity of the election process, alleging foul play and calling for a return to ballot paper voting. As of 11:30 am, the ruling Mahayuti coalition, comprising the BJP, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, was leading in 220 of the state’s 288 constituencies, while the MVA struggled with projections of just 56 seats. Aaditya Thackeray, seen as a key figure in the UBT faction, was trailing Milind Deora of the rival Shinde-led Shiv Sena by 600 votes. “There is definitely something amiss. This cannot be the people’s verdict,” Raut thundered, alleging that “money machines” influenced results across constituencies. He further questioned the unprecedented confidence displayed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who had earlier claimed he would resign if any of his MLAs lost. Raut insisted that the results implied dishonesty in the process, declaring that “the voters of this state are not dishonest.” He reiterated his demand for elections to be re-held using ballot papers, dismissing electronic voting machines (EVMs) as unreliable. BJP Hits Back The BJP dismissed Raut’s accusations as baseless. National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla slammed the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, accusing him of “mental bankruptcy.” Poonawalla pointed out the opposition’s selective skepticism, stating, “The results in Wayanad are fine because Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is winning there. But suddenly, EVMs are faulty in Maharashtra and Haryana.” The Mahayuti’s commanding lead—Eknath Shinde’s faction leading in 54 seats, close to its 2019 performance, and the BJP ahead in 125 constituencies—has left the MVA coalition grappling with a political reality check. As allegations and counter-allegations dominate the post-election discourse, the ruling coalition is on track for a historic mandate, leaving opposition leaders to reflect on their strategies amidst a fractured state polity.   The post Something Amiss, Can’t Be People’s Verdict”: Sanjay Raut on Maharashtra Election Results appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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Chandigarh residents in uproar over new Haryana building, Punjab minister resolute not surrendering land. CM Saini's reaction

The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab criticized the decision to allocate land to Haryana for constructing the assembly building in Chandigarh on Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party claims that Chandigarh is a part of Punjab. Haryana should not receive any land at all to construct the assembly building here. On Friday, a group of AAP members met with Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and put forward this…

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Historic 10-Wicket Haul by Haryana's Anshul Kamboj

Haryana Pacer Anshul Kamboj Scripts History with 10-Wicket Haul in Ranji Trophy Haryana pacer Anshul Kamboj etched his name in the annals of Indian cricket history on Friday, November 15th. He became only the third bowler to claim a 10-wicket haul in a Ranji Trophy innings. Kamboj bowled remarkably, recording a spell of 10/49 against Kerala. This performance took place at the Chaudhry Bansi Lal…