A Gurugram court on Friday sent the killer father of national-level tennis player Radhika Yadav to a day's police remand for interrogation, even as her mother failed to give a clear answer on the reason behind the shocking incident.

Deepak Yadav, 49, the 25-year-old victim's father, pumped three bullets into his daughter following an argument over her operating a sports academy at their home in Gurugram on Thursday. He was allegedly upset with his daughter running a tennis academy, the police said.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Thursday, visited the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan in Nur Mahal, near Punjab's Jalandhar city, and took part in Guru Purnima.

Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu accompanied Chief Minister Saini.

The Chief Minister bowed to the portrait of Ashutosh Ji, head of Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan, and took his blessings.

He expressed his heartfelt greetings to all devotees.

A director-cum-principal was stabbed to death in a private school in a village in Haryana’s Hisar district on Thursday, allegedly by two minor students who were upset at being repeatedly reprimanded for not having a proper haircut and following discipline.

According to information received, the students, one of Class 11 and another of Class 12, attacked director-principal Jagbir Singh Pannu with a knife and repeatedly stabbed him.

The local police reached the spot and started investigating the matter.

A sudden spell of heavy rain battered Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday evening around 7 PM, leading to widespread waterlogging, traffic disruptions, and a red alert from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The IMD, in its latest advisory, warned that the weather system moving eastward is expected to bring moderate rainfall across most parts of the region, with isolated pockets likely to witness heavy downpours over the next two hours.

Light to moderate rain was already underway in several eastern parts of Delhi by evening, and conditions were rapidly intensifying.

In a significant move to support the aspirations of daughters and bring joy to families from backward classes, the Haryana government has enhanced the financial assistance being provided to eligible families of backward classes under the Mukhyamantri Vivaah Shagun Yojana.

The amount of shagun has been increased by Rs 10,000, ensuring that financial constraints do not stand in the way of a dignified wedding. The government is enabling every backward class family to celebrate their daughters’ marriages with pride. This increase will bring smiles to thousands of families and foster greater social harmony across the state.

To provide a platform to landowners to prevent distress sale of land in case of dire necessity due to non-availability of suitable purchasers, the Haryana Cabinet on Thursday approved a new land purchase policy for development projects, besides adopting the Unified Pension Scheme.

The Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, here approved the policy for purchase of land voluntarily offered to government departments, its entities, i.e. boards and corporations and government companies for development projects.

The Centre has given Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi an extension of a year. The 1990-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who was retiring on June 30, was elevated to the post of the Chief Secretary by not following the seniority principle.

Official sources said the state government had written to the Central government for an extension, which has been approved by it.

Rastogi’s contemporaries -- Sudhir Rajpal, Sumita Misra, Anand Mohan Sharan and Raja Shekhar Vundru -- and the 1991 batch officers -- Vineet Garg, Anil Malik, G. Anupama, A.K. Singh and Abhilaksh Likhi -- were the probable candidates for the post.

According to the gradation list of state IAS officers, Sudhir Rajpal of the 1990 batch is the senior-most as per the inter-se seniority, followed by Sumita Misra, Anurag Rastogi, Anand Mohan Sharan and Raja Sekhar Vundru.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has taken a step towards building a “Yoga Yukt, Nasha Mukt Haryana” by embracing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of “Yoga for One Earth, One Health” on the occasion of the 11th International Yoga Day.

As a result of this initiative, more than 20 lakh people across the state will participate in yoga sessions on June 21.

An official spokesperson said yoga programmes will be organised in all 22 districts and 121 blocks of the state on June 21. More than 20 lakh citizens will come together to practice yoga. So far, over 12.10 lakh people have registered themselves through the portal to participate.

As part of the “Harit Yoga” campaign to promote environmental awareness, more than 70,000 saplings have already been planted. The state-level main event will be held at the Brahma Sarovar in Kurukshetra, where Chief Minister Saini and other dignitaries will participate in yoga exercises along with thousands of practitioners, in the presence of yoga guru Swami Ramdev.

Haryana has made strides in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, emerging as the seventh largest state in startups, recognised with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

With over 8,800 DPIIT-recognised startups, the state reflects a vibrant and growing startup ecosystem. A particularly encouraging aspect of this growth is the strong presence of women entrepreneurs; more than 45 per cent of the startups are led by women. This was revealed at a review meeting of the State Startup Ecosystem and Incubator Schemes held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Tuesday.

Canada-based terrorist Goldy Brar and four others were named in a chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a Special Court over twin grenade attacks on clubs in Gurugram last year, an official said on Saturday.

The NIA has charged Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar, along with Sachin Taliyan, Ankit, Bhawish and US-based Randeep Singh alias Randeep Malik, under various Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Arms Act, Explosives Substance Act, and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Barring Brar and Malik, all others have been arrested in the case, the NIA said.

Brar is wanted in India for more than three dozen cases, including the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala.