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Avtar Singh is a staff correspondent who covers politics, agriculture, crime and rural areas in Sangrur, Barnala and Malerkotla districts of Punjab.

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Farmers favour traditional crops over diversification

Despite measures to promote crop diversification and rotation by the state government and agricultural experts, farmers stuck to traditional crops such as wheat and paddy this year as well. In fact, the area under crop diversification was recorded to be smaller than last year.

A farmer inspecting his sugarcane crop at Simbro village near Patiala on Monday.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 23, 2016 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Only four primary education officers for 13 Patiala blocks

More than 75% posts of block primary education officer (BPEO) in the district are vacant. The existing BPEOs have extra charge of many other blocks.

The state of primary education is elementary.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Aug 19, 2016 02:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Sale of tobacco rampant near educational institutions in Patiala

Despite a ban that has existed for over a decade now, it is ironical that smokers are daily spotted buying tobacco near the Government Medical College from a shop that has been challaned in the past but continues to remain at the same spot.

A tobacco shop near Mata Kaushalya Hospital in Patiala.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 18, 2016 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Food adulterators made to pay by Patiala administration

The administration has imposed a fine of Rs 23.22 lakh in 127 of 298 cases where food items failed quality and brand test. Nearly 40 cases are pending in the court of Patiala additional deputy commissioner Mohinder Pal.

Delicious! But is your ice-cream also safe? Many food samples have failed the health department’s purity test in Patiala.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Aug 09, 2016 03:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Power to streetlights in PDA-Omaxe City colony in Patiala disconnected

The residents of posh colony, PDA-OMAXE City, Sirhind road, have been abandoned to live in darkness as Punjab State Power Corporation Limited disconnected power connection of street lights on Friday for non-payment of electricity dues amounting Rs 5 lakhs.

A view of the PDA-OMAXE City on Sirhind road in Patiala.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2016 04:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Farmers to protest as admn fails to build fence at Gurdialpura sanctuary

Bir Gurdialpura, a wildlife sanctuary situated on the Patiala-Samana-Shatrana road has become a headache for farmers of over dozen nearby villages as wild animals often destroy their crops.

The Gurdialpura wildlife sanctuary near Samana near Patiala on Tuesday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 03, 2016 04:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar singh, Patiala

Mohindra College in Patiala starts 3 more self-financed courses

The Government Mohindra College has started three more self-financed courses -- BSc (hons) physics, BSc (hons) chemistry and BSc (hons) mathematics -- from the new academic session.

Students filling forms at Government Mohindra College.(HT File Photo)
Published on Aug 02, 2016 04:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Government schoolteachers double up as clerks!

The parents in Samana are sending their students to government schools under the impression that teachers are educating them on various subjects, but sadly it is not the case.

“The deadline forces us to leave the classes; school heads and teachers are fully aware that students wait for teachers in the class but we have to complete this work,” said, Honey Garg, district president, Computer Adhyapak Union.(Representative image)
Updated on Jul 31, 2016 02:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Pbi varsity’s colleges have 94 vacant posts of lecturers, another 100 needed

The new academic session has begun in Punjabi University’s 11 constituent colleges, but these colleges do not have adequate number of lecturers to teach students, who on an average number in 1000 in each of them.

Updated on Jul 30, 2016 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Nursing students run wards in Patiala hospital, patients suffer

The indefinite strike called by nurses and the ancillary staff since the beginning of last month has taken its toll on the working of labour room, emergency wing and operation theatres of Rajindra Hospital.

Nursing students taking care of patients at the emergency ward of Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on Saturday.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 10, 2016 03:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Govt Mohindra College to wind up evening classes from new session

The Government Mohindra College here has decided to wind up evening classes from the new academic session. The college had started evening classes for Bachelor of Arts (BA) students last year.

The Government Mohindra College in Patiala.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 05, 2016 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Quran sacrilege: AAP MLA grilled for 5 hrs; man who named him faces lie test

Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi legislator Naresh Yadav was interrogated for five hours at the crime investigation agency (CIA) office here on Tuesday about the June 24 burning of Quran and resultant violence in Muslim-dominated Malerkotla.

AAP MLA Naresh Yadav leaving after his questioning for five hours by police in Patiala on Tuesday.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 06, 2016 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Health dept shuts its eyes over food safety violations in Patiala

Throwing caution to the wind, street vendors in the city are putting the health of residents in danger by not using gloves while preparing and serving food items. The health department, too, has miserably failed to take action despite open violation of food safety norms by these vendors.

A street vendor serving golgappas without wearing gloves in Patiala on Sunday.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 27, 2016 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Paramedics clear NH-64 in Patiala after assurance on regularisation of jobs

The Nurses and Ancillary Staff Union opened the Chandigarh-Sangrur nation highway after getting the assurance of regularisation of jobs by principal secretary to CM, SK, Sandhu, during a meeting in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Members of Nurses and Ancillary Staff Union blocking the Patiala-Sangrur national highway on Thursday.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 24, 2016 02:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Patients face hardship as OTs, OPD remain closed at Rajindra Hospital

Akashdeep Singh, 15, who was injured in an accident, has been waiting to be operated upon for over two weeks at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala.

20-year-old Sukhjinder Singh has been waiting for his operation since June 11 at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 22, 2016 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Study reveals 86,000 men habitual smokers in Patiala district

The figures of Union health and family welfare department present the dark side of smoking in Patiala district where 86,000 men, aged 15-69 years, are habitual of smoking.

A man smoking on the famous mall road in Patiala.(HT File)
Updated on Jun 19, 2016 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Paramedics protest paralyses services at Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital

Patients were at the receiving end as the outdoor patient department services of Rajindra Hospital remained paralysed for the second day on Saturday as the protest of nurses and ancillary staff entered into fourth day. Efforts of the hospital and medical college authorities to woo the staff failed. The protesters said that if their demands were not met, they will lock all four main gates of the hospital on Monday.

An unattended patient; and (below) nursing staff protesting against the non-regularisation of their jobs at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala.(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 05, 2016 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

Punjab Dialogue: AAP promises comprehensive youth policy

Unemployment, lack of skill education, drugs and gender inequality were the key questions raised by the youth cadre of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during the “Punjab Dialogue” programme held for youths in Patiala on Saturday.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi addressing the youth during the ‘Punjab Dialogue’ programme in Patiala on Saturday.(Bharat Bhushan/HT)
Updated on May 29, 2016 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Patiala

After three drug deaths, cops lay siege to Ludhiana village

A strange calm prevails in Kul Gehna, a tiny village in the Bet area on the banks of the Sutlej. Its streets are filled with gun-toting policemen, some of them wielding lathis, signalling every visitor to a halt.

Syringes and lighters used to consume drugs in a field at Kul Gehna village in Ludhiana.(JS Grewal/HT)
Updated on May 09, 2016 06:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByHarshraj Singh and Avtar Singh, Kul Gehna(ludhiana)

Ludhiana’s Tarush Goyal is district topper in ICSE Class 10

City students won laurels in the Class 10 and 12 ICSE examinations, with the toppers achieving 97.8% and 96.5% marks respectively.

Tarush Goyal celebrating with family in Ludhiana on Friday.(HT Photo)
Updated on May 07, 2016 01:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

A village of child brides, grooms in Ludhiana: In school together!

“I am engaged to Anjali, she lives near my home, will get married to her soon,” says Salman, his eyes gleaming with pride. All fine, except that he is just 10.

These little boys and girls of Government Primary School, Rawat village, near Ludhiana, have been pushed into the big institution of marriage.(Sikander Singh Chopra/HT)
Updated on May 02, 2016 04:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Rawat (ludhiana)

Ready-to-harvest wheat crop over 100 acres of land engulfed in fire

As wheat harvesting is in full swing, farmers across the region are worried as dry and ready-to-harvest wheat crop is catching fire incurring losses.

Locals trying to douse the fire that destroyed wheat crop in a 40-acre area at Jalaldiwal village near Raikot.(HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 22, 2016 04:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

Parents protest against schools for not complying with DC’s orders

Even though deputy commissioner Ravi Bhagat had directed the private schools to reduce development charges by 30% and hike fee only by five percent, some schools are not implementing the orders fuelling protests by parents.

Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam caused due to the six-hour protest by parents.(Sikander Singh Chopra/HT)
Updated on Apr 23, 2016 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

KVM students visit Dayanand Medical College

HT Image
Published on Apr 18, 2016 06:09 PM IST
ByAvtar singh

Bhagat Singh’s nephew supports Tharoor’s Kanhaiya remarks

A day after Shashi Tharoor’s remarks about Kanhaiya Kumar having qualities similar to Bhagat Singh evoked quite a controversy, the martyr’s nephew, ProfessorJagmohan Singh, agreed with the senior Congress leader.

Jagmohan, who is a human rights activist, said Kanhaiya Kumar is following the ideology of Bhagat Singh and performing well intellectually and politically by raising issues concerning the society.(HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 22, 2016 12:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

Women colleges rue lack of contributions from renowned alumni

Even as the city steps forward to celebrate International Women’s day, city based women colleges rue the “lack” of interest taken by its former students in their colleges once they have passed out.

Updated on Mar 07, 2016 10:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

Rohith Vemula’s suicide: BSP seeks apology from Smriti Irani

As the debate over Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula’s suicide in Rajya Sabha boils, the Punjab wing of the Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday launched a broadside against HRD minister Smriti Irani’s apology over the issue.

HRD minister Smriti Irani speaking in the Rajya Sabha.(PTI Photo / TV GRAB)
Updated on Mar 01, 2016 08:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

Teachers not ‘meritorious’ enough, ex-armymen made principals in Punjab

While appointing retired army officers as principals of all nine meritorious schools, the Punjab government has diluted the criteria it had initially framed to select academics to head these schools, a dream project of Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Almost a week after the Punjab government gave the nod to the appointment of nine retired army officers as principals, it has come to light that the government did this after it failed to find suitable academics for the post.(Sikander Singh Chopra/HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 04, 2016 09:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

‘Everyone knows why Anupam Kher has been picked for Padma’

Actor Anupam Kher, who was recently picked for the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher(HT FILE)
Updated on Feb 02, 2016 07:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana

Anupam Kher a ‘darbari artist’, says Punjabi writer who returned award

We never said India is intolerant, we criticised the ruling party over its attitude: Gurbachan Singh Bhullar

Gurbachan Singh Bhullar, the first Punjabi author to return his Sahitya Akademi award to protest the assassination of Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi, flayed actor Anupam Kher who was recently picked for the Padma Bhushan.(Sikandar Singh Chopra/HT & Twitter)
Updated on Feb 01, 2016 11:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAvtar Singh, Ludhiana
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