Articles by Gagandeep Jassowal
Mann defends Punjab officials’ meeting with Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal met top officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on April 11. A day later, Mann called on Kejriwal in Delhi to discuss the AAP’s pre-poll promise of 300 units of free electricity as demand peaks.

Updated on Apr 15, 2022 02:09 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
No ‘remote control’, Punjab CM says he sent officials to Kejriwal ‘for training’
Oppn criticism after Delhi CM met Punjab chief secretary, senior power department and PSPCL officials in Bhagwant Mann’s absence on Monday to discuss the AAP’s pre-poll promise of 300 units of free electricity as demand peaks

Updated on Apr 14, 2022 04:04 PM IST
Former Punjab CM Channi questioned by ED in illegal sand mining case
Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey was arrested in connection with the case on February 3 and is in judicial custody at present

Updated on Apr 14, 2022 02:20 PM IST
Hoshiarpur land scam: Vigilance bureau probe not in consonance with FIR allegations: Court
Ludhiana court observed that investigation conducted by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in the multi-crore Hoshiarpur land scam case and the allegations in the FIR are not in consonance with each other

Published on Apr 09, 2022 02:38 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Probe into illegal regularisation, recruitment of employees in ZPs, panchayat samitis
Financial commissioner of the rural development and panchayat department (FCR) Rahul Bhandari on Wednesday formed a panel to verify the records of such employees

Published on Apr 07, 2022 01:27 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Hoshiarpur land scam: Setback for vigilance bureau as Ludhiana court rejects closure report
Ludhiana court on Tuesday rejected the closure or cancellation report filed by the Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) in the multi-crore Hoshiarpur land scam case of 2017

Updated on Apr 06, 2022 01:42 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Sand mining case: ED files chargesheet against Punjab former CM Channi’s nephew, aide
ED filed a charge-sheet against Punjab former chief minister Charanjit Channi’s nephew, Bhupinder Singh, alias Honey, and his aide, Kudratdeep Singh in illegal sand mining case

Updated on Apr 03, 2022 01:45 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
More victims approach Punjab vigilance bureau against woman clerk arrested through anti-corruption helpline
The Punjab vigilance bureau arrested the woman clerk on March 24 for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹4.80 lakh from a vegetable seller, the first arrest through the anti-corruption helpline launched by the Punjab government

Published on Mar 30, 2022 09:08 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab police busts ‘goonda tax’ racket; 14 arrested
Punjab Police said the 14 arrested were allegedly extorting money from truck drivers transporting sand as ‘goonda tax’

Published on Mar 30, 2022 12:08 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Former Nawanshahr Congress MLA’s aide shot dead
Fortnight after kabaddi player’s murder, six assailants gun down Makhan Singh of Kanga village at Rahon fuel station in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab and flee

Published on Mar 28, 2022 02:46 PM IST
Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Congress leaders to reach consensus on leader of opposition post
Navjot Singh Sidhu held a meeting with 24 Congress leaders where a consensus on the name of Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira for the post of leader of opposition was reached

Published on Mar 27, 2022 01:06 AM IST
Kabaddi player’s murder: Punjab Police to seek killers’ extradition
The Jalandhar rural police will begin the extradition process of the three accused, two in Canada and one in Malaysia, in international kabaddi player Sandeep Nangal Ambian’s murder case

Published on Mar 21, 2022 01:32 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
‘Rang De Basanti’ moment at Bhagwant Mann’s oath ceremony in Khatkar Kalan
Thousands of AAP volunteers wearing yellow (basanti) turbans and stoles, attended the oath-taking ceremony of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at Khatkar Kalan

Published on Mar 17, 2022 01:15 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Nearly 75% newly elected MLAs in Punjab are crorepatis
As many as 87 newly elected MLAs in the 117-seat Punjab assembly had declared assets in excess of ₹1 crore while filing their nominations

Updated on Mar 15, 2022 01:34 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Sandhu shot dead in Jalandhar
In a video of the incident moments after the shooting targeting Kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Sandhu aka Sandeep Nangal started, more than a dozen shots are heard.

Updated on Mar 15, 2022 12:29 AM IST
Dalit bastion Doaba swings the AAP way
AAP managed a gain in Doaba, the hub of Dalit politics, by clinching 10 of total 23 seats in the region comprising four districts, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar and Kapurthala,

Updated on Mar 11, 2022 03:34 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab polls: Just 57% young first-time voters got inked
Only 57% newly registered voters, aged 18 and 19, exercised their franchise during the Punjab assembly elections held on February 20, according to data sourced from the chief electoral office

Published on Mar 06, 2022 01:28 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjabis stuck in Ukraine: Banks, ATMs shut, stranded students in dire straits
Students from Punjab, who are stranded in Ukraine, especially on the eastern side and the Polish border, said the situation has been turning worse as they had run out of money as ATMs and banks are shut

Updated on Mar 01, 2022 01:55 AM IST
, Jalandhar/bathinda
Gagandeep Jassowal & Vishal JoshiNearly 490 students from Punjab stranded in Ukraine
Jalandhar has 47, the highest number of stranded students from Punjab; to provide details about the stranded students or seek assistance, call 1100 (from Punjab) and +91-172-4111905 (from outside India)

Published on Feb 27, 2022 11:10 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Ukraine-Russia crisis: As students take refuge in bunkers, parents back home in Punjab have sleepless night
Parents of Punjabi natives stuck in Ukraine. amid Russian military offensive, appeal to the Indian government to bring their children home.

Updated on Feb 26, 2022 01:04 AM IST
, Amritsar/ Sangrur/barnala/ Jalandhar
Surjit Singh, Avtar Singh & Gagandeep JassowalED arrests another accused in 2015 Bank of Baroda loan fraud case
The enforcement directorate (ED) has arrested another accused, Suresh Seth of Phagwara, in the ₹24-crore Bank of Baroda loan fraud case registered in 2015 in Chandigarh

Published on Feb 23, 2022 01:59 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab assembly polls: In Doaba, women come out in droves, outnumber men
Women voters outnumbered men in the Doaba region in the Punjab assembly polls held on Sunday with around 70.8% women turning up to exercise their franchise against 66.74% men

Published on Feb 22, 2022 02:06 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab polls: Doaba, hub of Dalit politics, sees 6% drop in turnout
Sandwiched between Beas and Sutlej, Doaba region comprises four districts — Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and SBS Nagar — with a total of 23 seats in the Punjab assembly

Published on Feb 21, 2022 01:57 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Sultanpur Lodhi: SAD, AAP eye electoral gains amid rift in Congress
Sultanpur Lodhi, a historical town and Sikh pilgrimage where Guru Nanak spent 14 years, is today witnessing allegations and counter-allegations over drug trade and corruption

Published on Feb 19, 2022 10:42 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab elections: Kejriwal a coward who carries apology in his pocket: BJP
Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat cites AAP leader’s unconditional apology to Akali leader Bikram Majithia after accusing him of being hand in glove with drug mafia

Published on Feb 18, 2022 02:45 PM IST
Punjab polls: Four-cornered contest in Phagwara as AAP, BSP challenge Congress & BJP
The BJP chose its former state president and chairperson of National Commission for Schedule Caste Vijay Sampla, while the Congress retained its sitting MLA and former IAS officer Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal

Updated on Feb 17, 2022 03:35 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
New India possible only with new Punjab: Modi
Punjab assembly polls: Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to rid the state of corruption, the drug menace, and the mafia rule, and coined the slogan “Nawan Punjab Bhajpa de naal (New Punjab with BJP)”.

Published on Feb 15, 2022 01:44 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal Haidar Naqvi, Hindustan Times, Jalandhar/kanpur
Punjab polls: BJP promises 75% quota to youth in govt jobs in manifesto
Punjab elections: Apart from 75% job quota to Punjab youth, BJP manifesto also promises 35% reservation for women in all government jobs, including contractual ones.

Updated on Feb 13, 2022 03:04 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab elections: Congress put humanity to shame in ’84, Modi ensured justice: Nadda
BJP president was addressing maiden rally at Balachaur in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district in favour of BJP candidates Ashok Bath from Balachaur, Poonam Manik from Nawanshahr and Mohan Lal Banga from Banga constituency

Published on Feb 12, 2022 04:11 PM IST
Kapurthala court awards death penalty to youth for raping 7-year-old
The Kapurthala additional district and sessions judge also awarded ₹8 lakh compensation to the victim and her family

Published on Feb 11, 2022 12:36 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar