Manohar Lal Khattar

Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that Bihar had formally requested such a facility and the Centre would assist in its establishment.

Coal-fired power is going to continue to do the heavy lifting by meeting 70-74% of the peak demand this summer. Like last year, the government plans to use state-run gas-based plants too, for which it has issued a tender to procure 1,800 MW of gas-based power. Besides, coal stocks at thermal power plants are at 51 million tons that would last for more than 21 days.

Congress party reacted strongly to Manohar Lal Khattar's remark that Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru became PM by accident' and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said,"He himself became an accidental chief minister and that's why he is talking like this

Haryana 2024 Lok Sabha Election Polls: The 2024 general elections in the state will be held in a single phase on May 25; votes will be counted on June 4. Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha seats, with the BJP holding all 10 seats in the state.

The bypoll will be held on May 25, along with the general election for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Nayab Singh Saini's rise to the position of Haryana's new CM unfolded as a sudden and unexpected development, resonating with the element of surprise reminiscent of the BJP's prior decisions, akin to when Khattar was appointed to the post in 2014.

Saini, the 54-year-old OBC leader, was administered oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at the oath-taking ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan here.

Haryana Lok Sabha elections 2024: Reports suggest that he may be given a national role like former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan.

On October 27, 2023, Nayab Singh Saini, an OBC member, and Lok Sabha MP from Haryana's Kurukshetra, was appointed the new state unit president, replacing Om Prakash Dhankar, in the run up to the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections

The development came amid speculation of cracks emerging in the BJP-Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) coalition over seat sharing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Haryana Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Some BJP leaders have said that Khattar will remain the chief minister and may take oath again.

Haryana Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP has 41 MLAs in the assembly, while JJP has 10. Several Independent MLAs have extended support to the saffron party.

Haryana Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Stakes are high on Home Minister Vij to take charge as the 11th chief minister of the state. Meanwhile, Kurukshetra MP Nayab Singh Saini is also being seen as another potential candidate in the CM race.

The announcement comes a day after JJP leader Dushyant Chautala met the BJP president J P Nadda to discuss the seat-sharing among the two allies in the state.

Khattar made this announcement during the 'Jan Samvad programme' at Bakana village in the Yamunanagar district, said an official release.

There has also been a nominal increase in rates of excise duty on country liquor and IMFL.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the 13th instalment of over Rs 16,000 crore, under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), through direct benefit transfer to more than eight crore beneficiaries.

Khattar, a one-time pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), expressed happiness over the abrogation of the Article 370 by the BJP-led central government in August 2019 and said Jammu and Kashmir has come out of the terrorism phase and is now marching along on the path of development with rest of the country.

After the meeting, Bhagwant Mann said Punjab does not have any water to share and the question of completing the Punjab portion of the canal does not arise.

Addressing a news conference in Chandigarh on Thursday, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who during his recent Dubai visit also garnered investments for this project, said the project is being developed by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).