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.
Articles by Gurpreet Singh Nibber
It’s Payback time for SGPC members
The upcoming assembly elections will be payback time for members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), who won the September polls on the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ticket. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.
Updated on Dec 30, 2011 01:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Slim in courses
Students at the Haryana institute claim they are satisfied with its facilities
Updated on Dec 28, 2011 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, New Delhi
Don't take hasty decision on UP division: Advani
BJP leader LK Advani said on Thursday that any move to divide Uttar Pradesh should not be made in haste.
Updated on Nov 17, 2011 09:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Women seek right to do kirtan in Golden Temple
The parties may be different, but when it comes to their priority, all women candidates in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections are united — it’s womanhood!
Updated on Sep 13, 2011 07:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
No stemming the rot
As Punjab tumbles into another wheat season, at least 48 lakh tonne will not find proper storage even in the open. Only 3 lakh tonne storage has been added since the Supreme Court admonition last year. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.
Updated on Oct 14, 2011 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
In Punjab, Prince shows concern about environment
Visits a farmhouse in Fatehgarh Sahib district, asks his staff to tie up with Punjab govt on supplying neem saplings.
Updated on Oct 04, 2010 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Hansali, (fatehgarh Sahib)
Prince Charles arrives in Patiala on Monday
Unlike 2006, the visit of Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker will be a “closed-door affair” at New Moti Bagh Palace in Patiala on Monday.
Updated on Oct 02, 2010 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Parents seek govt help to get Ranjodh’s body home
A phone call from Australian Police at 4 a.m. on Wednesday dashed any hopes that the Singh family had of their son’s survival.
Updated on Jan 06, 2010 11:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Alhoran (patiala)
Bank robbers find it doesn’t pay to pray
Offering God a cut of stolen money may not be the best way to win divine favour, a gang of bank robbers recently found out.
Updated on Oct 21, 2009 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Blooming business in times of a slowdown
Recession and slowdown are two words that Simraan Rang, 23, isn’t losing sleep over. He is more worried about timely delivery of flower seeds grown in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka to his customers in Europe, the US, Oman and Taiwan on time, writes Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on Apr 12, 2009 10:23 PM IST
Agencies | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Punjab minister ‘resigns’
A day after an incubator fire at a hospital in Patiala killed five newborns, Punjab’s Minister for Research and Medical Education Tikshan Sud resigned on Sunday owing moral responsibility for the tragedy, reports GS Nibber.
Updated on Feb 03, 2009 05:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Punjab minister ‘resigns’
A day after five newly borns were burnt alive in an incubator fire, Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Tikshan Sood resigned from the post owning moral responsibility for the heart-rending tragedy, reports Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on Feb 02, 2009 02:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Hospital fire kills newborns
Five newborns were burnt alive in a fire that broke out in the gynaecology ward of the government-run Rajindra Medical College & Hospital in Patiala in the wee hours of Saturday.
Updated on Feb 01, 2009 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Saif says sorry after assault charge
Actor Saif Ali Khan tried to wriggle out of a legal soup by apologising to the media, reports Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on Sep 30, 2008 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
ISI agent arrested in Patiala
The Jagroan police arrests an ISI agent hailing from Lahore who was staying in Patiala under a fake identity, reports Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on Aug 03, 2008 10:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Inmate creates software to improve jails
Accused of murdering his wife, 28-year-old Sarabjeet Singh has prepared a computer software for better management of jails — a place that has been almost a second home for him. A report by Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on Jun 30, 2008 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Former militant’s role under scanner
Haryana Police is looking into the role of a former Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) militant in the attack on the motorcade of Dera Sacha Sauda chief in Karnal, report Gurpreet Singh Nibber and Preetinder Singh.
Updated on Feb 04, 2008 01:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber and Preetinder Singh, Patiala
Case filed against Amarinder aide Chahal
The Kotwali police on Wednesday registered a case, the third so far ,of criminal intimidation and breach of trust against Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, reports Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on Jun 14, 2007 04:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Violence erupts in Patiala too
The violence left at least 10 persons injured. Four persons were arrested and booked for rioting, reports Gurpreet Singh Nibber.
Updated on May 17, 2007 03:52 AM IST
None | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Six magistrates, but no verdict
Six magistrates, but no verdict
Published on Aug 07, 2006 04:04 AM IST
None | Archis Mohan and Gurpreet Singh Nibber, New Delhi/ Patiala