Chandigarh, Dec. 22 -- The Haryana government has issued a notification making Hansi a separate district, effective from today, Monday. With this, the state now has a total of 23 districts.

In its statement, the government said "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act 17 of 1887 ) read with section 5 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908), the Governor of Haryana hereby varies the limits and alters the number of sub-division of district Hisar, so as to form a new District to be called Hansi comprising of the sub-divisions of Hansi and Narnaund."

Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the land registration process in all tehsils across the state ...