Three members of a family, including a 13-year-old girl, were killed after their motorcycle was run-over by a truck here on Thursday. Bhiwani police took the bodies into custody and shifted the injured to a Government hospital.

A team of police in Haryana's Nuh district on Thursday arrested an accused after a brief encounter who was involved in violence that broke out during Brajmandal Jalabhishek Yatra organised by the VHP on July 31, officials said. According to the police, after secret inputs a police team led by Inspector Vimal nabbed the accused, Osama alias Pehlwan, a resident of Firozpur Namak in Nuh after an encounter on Thursday.

Nuh administration has denied permission to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Brij Mandal Jal Abhishek Yatra which was to be held on August 28. Nuh Deputy Commissioner Dhirendra Khadgata confirmed the development and told that, “On Tuesday evening that the permission for VHP’s Yatra was cancelled.”

A team from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) knocked on the doors of Ashoka University, ahead of the August 23 deadline set by the faculty members for the varsity authorities demanding non-interference in their work and to address the issue concerning assistant professor Sabyasachi Das. The development came days after Das resigned from the university following the latter's attempt to investigate his research paper titled 'Democratic Backsliding in the World's Largest Democracy'.

A man had a miraculous escape on Tuesday when his Land Rover SUV suddenly caught fire on the Sohna elevated highway near Vatika Chowk and burst into flames. The estimated cost of the vehicle is around Rs 35 lakhs. A team from the fire department reached the spot and doused the flames, but by then, the car was fully damaged.

Following an encounter, the Crime Branch has arrested an accused involved in the July 31 communal violence in Haryana's Nuh district that killed six people, police said on Tuesday. Following a tip-off, a team from the district Crime Branch arrested Aamir, a resident of Dhidara village in Nuh, after the encounter in the the ravines of the Aravalli mountain range on Tuesday. The suspect received a bullet injury in the leg during the gunfight.

 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved several key developmental projects aimed at fast-tracking the growth of Gurugram city.  The Chief Minister was presiding over the 12th Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) meeting late evening of Saturday in Gurugram. 

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The Haryana government will introduce a spirulina-based product under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) for severe acute malnourished and moderate acute malnourished children on a pilot basis in Nuh for six months.

Spirulina, an algae that grows in fresh or saltwater, is rich in nutrients and possesses antioxidant properties.

A study conducted by the Institute of Health Management and Research (IHMR), Bengaluru, demonstrated a 46 and 67 per cent reduction in malnutrition by administering spirulina for six months to children.

Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said three nutrition-rich programmes will be implemented across all blocks of the aspirational district Nuh under Nutrition Campaign-II.

These programmes aim to alleviate malnutrition and anemia among children and women. Nutritional support in the form of ready-to-eat food items, nutritional packets, and antioxidant-rich foods will be provided to children and women in all blocks of Nuh district.

The Women and Child Development Department will provide aurthonut (peanut mix) under the Integrated Child Development Scheme to severe acute malnourished and moderate acute malnourished children. He said women and child development would introduce a pictorial card game called “Poshan ki Potli” to raise awareness about the nutritional value and benefits of different food items.

Raj Kumar aka Bittu Bajrangi, who was arrested for allegedly instigating the July 31 communal clashes in Haryana's Nuh district that killed six people, was on Wednesday sent to a one-day police remand. He was arrested on Tuesday and was produced before the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM), Anjali Jain in Nuh on Wednesday. The ACJM's said that her daughter was also targeted and their car was set a blaze by the mob on July 31.

A day after Raj Kumar aka Bittu Bajrangi was arrested for allegedly instigating the communal clashes that took place in Haryana's Nuh during a procession organised by Hindu groups, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday said that he is not associated with the Bajrang Dal. "Rajkumar alias Bittu Bajrangi, who is being described as a worker of Bajrang Dal, has never had any connection with Bajrang Dal. The video released by him is also not considered appropriate by the VHP," the VHP said in a statement.