President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned a special session of the Senate on May 23 that will be addressed by visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Signaling a possible realignment of his party's alliance in Haryana, BJP President Rajnath Singh on Thursday met Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala at a hospital in national capital, party sources said.

Haryana government will take over 50 percent of short-term liabilities of power utilities which would be converted into bonds to be issued to lenders, as part of debt restructuring plan for discoms, a senior official of Haryana Power Utilities said on Wednesday.

The Haryana government on Tuesday carried out an administrative reshuffle affecting responsibilities of 37 IAS officers and 14 HCS officers.

The Haryana government has decided to do away with the practice of verifying the Below Poverty Line cards for allotment of land or flats earmarked for Economically Weaker Sections in licensed colonies.

The Haryana government has decided to launch a State Livestock Mission in the state to address problems pertaining to livestock.

Haryana has asked the Centre to align resources in favour of states, revise its policy of advances and reduce weightage to income criteria in providing grants to reward performing states.

To curb incidents of eve-teasing in and around campuses of technical institutes in Haryana, the government has instructed colleges to post guards and install CCTV cameras at main entrance gates, among others.

The Haryana government said the strike call given by employees of the state roadways in support of their various demands failed to make much impact in the state on Thursday.

Nearly a century after the Lady Harding Medical College was established for women in New Delhi, a medical college for women is being set up in the government sector in Haryana, a minister said in Chandigarh on Tuesday.