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    Gurpreet Singh Nibber

    Gurpreet Singh Nibber is an Assistant Editor with the Punjab bureau. He covers politics, agriculture, power sector, environment, Sikh religious affairs and the Punjabi diaspora. His work in agriculture sector has been recoganised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi with an award of excellence. He possesses a strong understanding of politics, people and cultural ethos of the land, and believes in fact based ethical journalism. In his career spanning over two decades he continues to write path breaking people centric, investigative and policy driven stories with an indelible impact.

    Articles by Gurpreet Singh Nibber

    Stock shortage: As Centre tightens noose, Punjab rice millers seek scientific checks

    Union food ministry’s directions call for FIR, double recovery and ban against erring millers. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 25, 2026 02:32 IST

    Amarjit Singh Chawla's rape case puts Akali Dal on backfoot in Punjab 2027 polls

    Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal along with his senior leadership during Punjab Bachao Campaign rally in Fatehgarh Sahib.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 24, 2026 06:07 IST

    Punjab govt releases 8% DA hike; employee unions question unpaid arrears

    Employee leaders criticised the order for failing to clarify effective dates for two pending 4% DA installments and for omitting details regarding retroactive arrears. (HT file photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 23, 2026 09:29 IST

    Punjab govt announces 8% DA hike, employees end 3-week stir

    Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann with representatives of government employees and pensioners
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 19, 2026 07:54 IST

    Punjab govt gives in to striking staff, approves 8% DA release

    The breakthrough came during an hour-long meeting between chief minister Bhagwant Mann, cabinet ministers Aman Arora and Baljit Kaur, and 12 representatives of the Sanjha Mulazim Manch (Joint Employees Forum) on Friday. (File photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 18, 2026 08:48 IST

    BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) backs water sharing, hits out at SKM’s repeal demands

    On September 7, the state government stated that the Centre would be urged to rework the provisions according to riparian principles. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 16, 2026 02:29 IST

    Punjab rice millers seek extra labour costs for 10% broken rice segregation

    During a meeting with officials of the Centre’s ministry of food and public distribution, Punjab rice millers on Monday demanded additional labour costs for segregating 10% broken rice while processing paddy for custom milled rice (CMR) to be handed over to the central pool for the upcoming season starting October 1. (File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 15, 2026 02:17 IST

    Power cuts bring Punjab rice mills to grinding halt

    Paddy procurement is expected to begin from October 1. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 14, 2026 02:12 IST

    Punjab govt employees call off pen-down strike after assurance

    Punjab chief secretary KAP Sinha assured the employees on Wednesday that no punitive action will be taken against them for striking work.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 9, 2026 08:22 IST

    Punjab: Rationalise demand, BBMB tells states as Bhakra, Pong levels remain below average

    The BBMB has asked the partner states to help ensure that the reservoir reaches at least 1,650 feet by September 20, the end of the filling season. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 9, 2026 02:14 IST

    Punjab govt employees go on mass casual leave over unpaid DA arrears

    Punjab government employees observing a strike in Ludhiana on Tuesday. The protesters were demanding the immediate release of pending dearness allowance arrears. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 8, 2026 10:26 IST

    Farmers end stir as Punjab accepts demands, promises special House session

    Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian hands over an assurance letter to farmer leaders at their protest site in Mohali on Monday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 8, 2026 02:27 IST

    Punjab rice millers seek eased norms, say past stock higher than new policy estimates

    A day after the Punjab government’s Custom Milling Policy (CMP) for the upcoming season starting October 1 permitted millers who delivered 90% of their 2025 paddy allocation to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to receive fresh allocations, millers claimed that their previous year’s stocks are actually higher than projected in the policy. (File Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 7, 2026 02:05 IST

    Punjab readies for bumper basmati yield this season

    Early-sown 1509 basmati varieties have started arriving in Punjab’s mandis and are fetching prices of up to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3,800 per quintal, indicating a firm opening to the season. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 4, 2026 16:50 IST

    Punjab govt staff plan mass leave on Sept 8 if notices not withdrawn

    The move followed a meeting of different unions in Ludhiana to decide the next course of action. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 02:56 IST

    Government staffers’ strike cripples services across Punjab, Mann refuses to meet unions

    Government employees raise slogans during a statewide strike outside deputy commissioner's office in Amritsar on Thursday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 28, 2026 02:38 IST

    Punjab's govt services to be hit today as 3 lakh staffers go on strike over DA

    Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 27, 2026 08:48 IST

    Punjab: Tighten taps, BBMB cautions partner states as weak monsoon strains Bhakra reserves

    BCloudbursts and heavy rains in the catchment of Bhakra Dam reservoir had caused the inflow to cross 1 lakh cusecs. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 25, 2026 02:41 IST

    Australia rejects India's plea to trademark Basmati rice citing Pakistan's sales

    Between 1988 and August 2018, the volume of Indian Basmati sold through Australian retail outlets was estimated at 306,095 tonnes, valued at $380 million. In contrast, Pakistani sales were $44.12 million.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 24, 2026 05:39 IST

    Punjab to give 22,500 crop residue machines to curb stubble burning

    The Centre has sanctioned <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>576 crore for crop residue management in Punjab this year. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 21, 2026 02:43 IST

    Punjab: Storage worries mount amid reports of bumper paddy crop

    Punjab has 271 lakh tonnes of foodgrain stocks against total capacity of 180 lakh tonnes. (ANI File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 02:45 IST

    Punjab: SAD demands NIA probe into attack on Sukhbir 

    SAD Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal discharged from the private hospital where he was admitted following the attack by 62- year-old Jaspal Singh inside a gurdwara at Namded, in Mumbai on Friday. (HT Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 15, 2026 02:30 IST

    Attack on Sukhbir: Assailant from Pune, serving as gurdwara sewadar, say cops

    Jaspal Singh, 63, a commerce and law graduate; motive for attack yet to be ascertained, say police. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 14, 2026 03:11 IST

    Nihang in 60s, a 'sewadar': What we know about Sukhbir Singh Badal's attacker

    Sukhbir Singh Badal's attacker was a Nihang dressed in blue attire and in his mid-60s.
    india news
    Updated on Aug 13, 2026 13:29 IST

    Himachal rain takes Bhakra Dam level to 1,612 feet, still far from 1,680 danger mark

    The current water level is well within the maximum filling level of 1,680 feet, say BBMB officials. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 10, 2026 03:12 IST

    Day after Modi-Sukhbir meet, Akali Dal backs women’s quota, delimitation bills

    Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal during a meeting with senior party leaders in Chandigarh on Saturday.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 9, 2026 02:45 IST

    After meeting PM Modi, Sukhbir Badal backs women’s quota, delimitation bills

    Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
    india news
    Updated on Aug 8, 2026 13:05 IST

    Noisy scenes in Punjab assembly session over BJP MLA’s ‘girl child’ remark

    BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma at Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the fourth day of monsoon session in Chandigarh. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 7, 2026 02:50 IST

    ‘When girl is born…’: BJP MLA's remark sparks storm in Punjab assembly

    BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma's remarks were an attempt to counter the AAP's allegations that the Centre had curtailed Punjab's funds
    india news
    Updated on Aug 7, 2026 01:35 IST

    Punjab: Resolution lauding ovt on jobs passed, Oppn demands white paper

    Industries and commerce minister Aman Arora, who was speaking in the absence of chief minister Bhagwant Mann, defended the government’s employment record. (HT Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 6, 2026 02:36 IST
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