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Bhaskar Mukherjee

Bhaskar Mukherjee is a correspondent. He covers Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts of Haryana for Hindustan Times.

Articles by Bhaskar Mukherjee

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Vying for second term, road ahead is tough for Sirsa MP Charanjeet Singh Rori

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Analysts say that the road to Parliament in 2019 is tough for Sirsa MP Charanjeet Singh Rori if he is fielded again.He faces a challenge from multiple quarters even as he has shown willingness to contest Lok Sabha polls again.

INLD leader and Member of Parliament from Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency says he is ready to contest LS polls again in the party wants to field him.(HT Photo)
Published on Mar 07, 2019 02:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sirsa | By

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Government will be forced to release me in March, says OP Chautala

EYE ON POLLS: The statement of INLD leader, who is serving a 10-year sentence in the JBT recruitment scam in Tihar jail, comes in the wake of his appeal in the Delhi high court for remission of his sentence on the ground of old age

OP Chautala(HT)
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Hansi (hisar)

BJP chief Amit Shah in Hisar on Monday, to meet leaders of Haryana’s 10 Lok Sabha seats

BJP’s Hisar unit chief Surender Poonia said that Shah will meet the leaders of all 10 Lok Sabha constituencies to discuss the strategy for the upcoming elections. Later, he will hold a separate meeting of leaders in Sirsa, Hisar and Rohtak—the three seats from where the party lost during the last Lok Sabha elections.

BJP National President Amit Shah will meet party leaders in Haryana’s Hisar on Monday, Feb 25, 2019.(PTI)
Updated on Feb 25, 2019 11:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By, Hisar

Family of pilot killed in IAF jet crash in Bengaluru battles shock, grief

Two Hawk advanced jet trainers of the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team crashed into each other near the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru while practising for the Aero India show. While two pilots managed to eject from the aircraft and were said to be safe, Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi was killed.

Sudesh Gandhi (C) and Madan Mohan Gandhi (R), parents of Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi (L), who was killed in the mid-air crash.(HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 20, 2019 07:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

High security in Punjab, Haryana ahead of verdict in journalist murder case against Ram Rahim

Ahead of the CBI court’s hearing today, where it is likely to pronounce a verdict against Gurmeet Ram Rahim in journalist Ram Chander’s murder case, police took out a flag march covering key spots, including the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters at Sirsa, in a bid to maintain law and order.

Journalist Ram Chander was shot at point-blank range at his residence in Sirsa on October 24, 2002, months after his newspaper ‘Poora Sach’ published an anonymous letter alleging how women were raped by Ram Rahim (pictured) in the dera.(File Photo)
Updated on Jan 11, 2019 11:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Sirsa | By

Haryanvi singer Anne B attempts suicide, blames husband’s alleged affair

Anamika, who was admitted to the Hisar civil hospital on Saturday night, told media persons that she was upset over her husband’s alleged affair with a woman in Delhi. She was discharged from the hospital on Sunday after treatment.

Haryanvi singer Anne B, who attempted to commit suicide after finding her husband was allegedly having an affair, in a hospital in Haryana’s Hisar(HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

2 women join as conductors in Sirsa, have big dreams

‘No job is big or small, what is required is only dedication. I am dedicated to my job. From my salary, I will buy books’

Roadways conductor Shefali Rani aboard the bus on the Sirsa-Kagdana route(HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 30, 2018 12:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hisar

Self-styled Godman Rampal sentenced for life in two murder cases

The court had found Rampal, head of Satlok Ashram, guilty in the two cases of murder on October 12. The sentence in the second case will be pronounced tomorrow.

Self-proclaimed godman Rampal was last week convicted in two murder cases dating back to November 2014.(PTI file photo)
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Curb stubble burning: Haryana’s Active Fire Location app to be available on Google Play soon

As of now, the application is only available on Android phones from the website.

Farmers of a Panipat village pledging to give up stubble burning following an awareness drive.(HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 06, 2018 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By, Hisar

Gangs involved in flesh trade in Haryana fixing clients in fake rape cases

In what the police describe as “honeytraps or extortion rackets”, the number of rape related complaints that at the initial stage of investigation are turning out to be a “trap to target the customer” are on the rise.

At least one fake rape case a week has been reported this year so far.(HT Illustration)
Updated on Sep 26, 2018 09:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh/Karnal | ByNeeraj Mohan and Bhaskar Mukherjee, Chandigarh/karnal

Armyman, main accused in CBSE topper gangrape case, arrested in Haryana

The three main accused allegedly took turns to rape the Haryana Class 10 topper on September 12.

The three main accused in Rewari gangrape case -- Pankaj, Manish and Nishu.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Sep 23, 2018 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

No arrests yet in Haryana gangrape case

On Friday evening, the state women’s commission chairperson Pratibha Suman visited the victim at the Rewari civil hospital and said the panel had asked the police to provide security to family members of the woman.

(Representative image)
Updated on Sep 15, 2018 11:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Haryana gangrape: SIT formed, family reluctant to get victim’s statement recorded

The woman had on Wednesday complained to the police that she was drugged and raped by three persons, including an acquaintance.

(Representative image)
Updated on Sep 15, 2018 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rewari | By

20-yr-old woman allegedly gangraped on way to tuition class in Haryana

The woman’s father said he had left the victim at a bus stand on Wednesday, from where she was to catch a bus to Kanina where she was attending lessons for a railway examination.

File photo of people participating in a candle light vigil against the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua near Jammu, and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, in Bengaluru on April 13.(Reuters)
Updated on Sep 14, 2018 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rewari | By

Jat bodies threaten to intensify quota agitation

Rambhagat Malik, state spokesperson of the Malik faction said the AIJASS leaders will hold talks with the government to remind it of the promises made to Jat leaders.

All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti leader Rambhagat Malik addressing a meeting in Hansi on Thursday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 14, 2018 09:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Mirchpur violence: No convict surrenders, Delhi HC orders cops to arrest all 9 by September 5

A Dalit resident of the village said over 40 Dalit children have fled the village since the incident, fearing for their lives.

The streets of Mirchpur village in Hisar wear a deserted look since the Delhi high court verdict.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 04, 2018 12:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By, Hisar

Jat group in Haryana stopped from protesting at state minister’s function

Jats plan to picket chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s and Captain Abhimanyu’s functions.

Haryana finance minister Captain Abhimanyu at a press conference in Chandigarh on July 20, 2018.
Updated on Sep 02, 2018 03:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Jat activists’ plan to protest at Haryana FM Capt Abhimanyu’s event foiled

Police stopped the vehicles carrying Jat leaders and activists in Jind, Hisar, Hansi, Rohtak and Charkhi Dadri. Their vehicles were taken to various police stations.

Jat protesters taking out a protest march on the national highway-9 in Hisar district.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 02, 2018 11:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Mirchpur Dalit killings: Victims hail court order but remain wary of the future

The families, currently around 120, stay in temporary settlements in a plot owned by Dalit leader Vedpal Tanwar, about five kilometers from Hisar town in Haryana.

The families, currently around 120, stay in temporary settlements in a plot owned by Dalit leader Vedpal Tanwar, about five kilometers from Hisar town in Haryana.((Burhaan Kinu/HT File Photo))
Updated on Aug 24, 2018 10:47 PM IST

300 Dalit families convert to Buddhism in Hisar village

The seeds for conversion were sown when a group of Dalits and few upper-caste youths entered into a scuffle on June 15 in 2017 on the issue of drawing water from a common handpump.

Members of Dalit community during a conversion ceremony at Bhatla village in Hisar on Monday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 20, 2018 09:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

12 injured, 8 bikes set ablaze in clash over water in Hisar’s Hansi sub-division

It all started when villagers and irrigation workers started filling an empty water-box using a pipeline from Putti canal

A motorcycle that was set ablaze during a clash between two villages at Hansi in Hisar district on Monday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 27, 2018 12:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Haryana Board HBSE 12th result 2018: ‘Doctor’ the magic word for topper Naveen

Haryana Board HBSE 12th result 2018: Naveen’s hardwork showed in his Class 12 results that were announced by the Haryana Board on Friday. He topped the entire state by scoring 98.2% in the medical stream.

Naveen, who uses only one name, said since childhood he had been encouraged by his father to become a doctor and help the needy.(HT photo)
Updated on May 18, 2018 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Haryana board HBSE 12th result 2018: Topper Heena wants to become scientist like Stephen Hawking

Haryana board HBSE 12th result 2018: Heena said that she adopted smart ways of studies, when confused over clearing of topics, she took help from Internet search, teachers and books.

Haryana board HBSE 12th result 2018: Heena, who uses only one name, got first position in the Haryana board Class 12 result with 98.2% marks.(Handout image)
Updated on May 18, 2018 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Crowdfunding turns girls’ govt school in Sirsa into Shiksha Express

The villagers collected ₹60,000 to buy an LED TV and revamped the school walls.

The classrooms of the Government Girls Primary School in Kherakan village painted like a train’s compartment; and students and staff of the school.(HT Photo)
Updated on May 16, 2018 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sirsa | By, Sirsa

Meet UPSC third rank holder Sachin Gupta of Sirsa

Haryana boy Sachin Gupta secures All India 3rd rank in the Civil Services examination 2017.

Sachin Gupta of Haryana’s Sirsa district secured the All India 3rd rank in the Civil Services examination 2017.(Handout image)
Updated on Apr 27, 2018 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

UPSC result 2017: Sachin Gupta of Sirsa secures third AIR

Gupta has completed his mechanical engineering from Thapar University, Patiala.

Sachin Gupta of Sirsa secures third AIR in UPSC examinations.(HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 27, 2018 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

It’s official: AAP to contest Haryana assembly polls

Sounding the poll bugle, Kejriwal also promised to implement the Swaminathan Committee recommendations for welfare of the farmers in the state

AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressing Haryana Bachao rally in Hisar on Sunday.(Manoj Dhaka/HT)
Updated on Mar 26, 2018 12:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By, Hisar

Haryana: Groom gifted langur as wedding present booked under Wildlife Act

As per the act, langurs cannot be owned, traded, bought, sold or hired out. Violation of this law entails one to seven years in jail or a Rs 25,000 fine or both.

The family members sitting with the Langoor gifted to them, a picture of Langoor.
Updated on Feb 16, 2018 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | By

Despite arrest warrant, Haryana Police release dera administrator Vipassana

Vipassana Insan is accused of actively participating to conspire the Panchkula arson ahead of the rape case verdict against Ram Rahim.

Dera Sacha Sauda chairperson Vipassana Insan(HT File)
Updated on Feb 14, 2018 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sirsa | By

Fresh excavation work begins at Harappan site in Fatehabad village

Clue to past: Exercise will continue till April; experts say Haryana is home to archaeological treasure

Workers carrying out excavation at Kunal village in Fatehabad district.(HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 07, 2018 02:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Fatehabad | By
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