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Mohammad Ghazali

Mohammad Ghazali

Mohammad Ghazali is a multimedia correspondent with Hindustan Times based in Punjab. He was earlier associated with Media Network of India as a research associate with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in New Delhi. Having a post graduate degree from Asian College of Journalism, his area of interest includes Indian politics and economy.

Articles by Mohammad Ghazali

SC’s green firecrackers order leaves Ludhiana’s local vendors in Catch-22 situation

Cracker-sellers protesting outside the deputy commissioner’s office in Ludhiana on Friday. They are demanding an increase in the limit of issuance of temporary licences.

Updated on Oct 27, 2018 05:38 IST

Punjab Agricultural University students turn stubble into jewellery

A student preparing a wall hanging from crop waste at PAU in Ludhiana.

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 17:21 IST

Ludhiana varsity to turn paddy straw into animal feed, Qatar firm to sell it in the Gulf

In a press briefing, the university vice-chancellor said the state produces around 20 million tonnes of paddy straw, of which only 2 million tonnes are utilised either by feeding animals or are used in fields

Updated on May 23, 2018 14:24 IST

Unaccounted cash to the tune of over Rs 500-crore detected in Ludhiana: I-T dept

Under the Centre’s ‘Operation Clean Money’, launched after demonetisation, the department has detected unaccounted cash deposits to the tune of over Rs 500 crore.

Updated on Mar 17, 2018 05:27 IST

Punjab industry gives thumbs down to Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget at Parliament, in New Delhi.

Updated on Feb 1, 2018 18:35 IST

After demonetisation and GST, it’s payback time for govt: Ludhiana industry, traders on budget

The business community in Ludhiana expects finance minister Arun Jaitley to ease the taxation policy.

Updated on Jan 29, 2018 16:00 IST

Dr GS Kalkat (1926-2018): Think-tank on agrarian issues and voice of farmers

Dr Gurcharan Singh Kalkat

Updated on Jan 27, 2018 17:30 IST

Ludhiana parks a safe haven for drug addicts

Labourers who have encroached upon the parks complain that due to meagre pay, they cannot afford accommodation outside the industrial area, which is why they have made the parks their home.

Updated on Jan 17, 2018 11:09 IST

Wooing Dalits a political compulsion due to large vote bank, says Punjab minister

Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Punjab’s minister for welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes

Updated on Jan 8, 2018 15:33 IST

Canal breach submerges 200 acres of Mansa wheat fields

Updated on Nov 22, 2017 15:48 IST

3 drug addicts jump off moving train in Punjab fearing police action, 2 dead

Punjab police personnel with the injured Gurpreet Singh in civil hospital in Mansa.

Updated on Nov 18, 2017 12:08 IST

Farmers in Mansa let down at rural procurement centres, forced to travel to cities to sell produce

Labourers at work at the mandi in Makha Chehlan village in Mansa district.

Updated on Oct 29, 2017 06:08 IST

Mansa MLA bats for cattle pound in waterlogged fields

Under SAD-BJP regime, drainage department worked on scheme for motor pumps to drain out water from fields.

Updated on Oct 21, 2017 05:13 IST

Farmers stare at debt trap as cotton prices crash in Mansa

Cotton is piling up at grain markets in Mansa.

Updated on Oct 2, 2017 05:40 IST

Transformer thefts another worry for Mansa farmers

The power transformers are dismantled for oil and copper, materials that are later sold in grey market; farmers claim cases 80% of thefts go unreported due to legal hassles.

Updated on Oct 1, 2017 05:16 IST

Waterlogging damages cotton, paddy in Mansa; threat looms over wheat-sowing

Pipes fitted with pumps are damaged at several places.

Updated on Sep 22, 2017 05:22 IST

Malwa farmers in a fix as labourers seek higher wages for cotton-picking

Farmers negotiating wages with labourers at the Mansa railway station on Friday.

Updated on Sep 16, 2017 09:40 IST

Dera followers start crowd-funding for legal support to accused in Mansa

Fearing a police crackdown, many dera followers who own businesses in the district have gone into hiding and their shops have been closed for the last week

Updated on Sep 5, 2017 13:50 IST

Death of student ‘due to iron pill’: Family refuses to cremate boy, demand action against teacher

Karn Prasad, who studied in Class-8 at the government middle school in Uddat Bhagat Ram village, was given folic acid tablets on Thursday as part of school health programme of the state government.

Updated on Jul 14, 2017 18:54 IST

Mansa farmers stare at major crop loss due to heavy rain

Cotton farmers in the district a situation similar to the one they faced in 2015 when their crop was damaged.

Updated on Jul 10, 2017 03:33 IST

Facing pressure to bring addicts to get salary: Mansa rehab centre staff

Rehabilitation centre at Mansa.

Updated on Jul 7, 2017 04:04 IST

Booked for graft, Mansa food controller accuses DC of false implication

Mansa DC Dharam Pal Gupta had been approached by members of the local truck union, who had accused Chopra of seeking bribe to clear their bills.

Updated on Jun 16, 2017 15:43 IST

Fight against drugs: Senior police officials ‘trash’ Mansa cops’ suggestions to STF

Updated on May 22, 2017 03:42 IST

Inspired by Akshay Kumar, IAS officer plans website for kin of farmer suicide victims in Punjab’s Mansa

Actor Akshay Kumar launched the website www.bharatkeveer.gov. last month.

Updated on May 12, 2017 09:30 IST

Farmer suicides in Mansa: Aid, counselling elude victims’ kin

In last two years, 530 cases of farmer suicides have been reported from Mansa district.

Updated on May 11, 2017 07:01 IST

Mansa farmers making stubble-burning calls from gurdwaras

Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Dakounda) have been encouraging farmers to defy government orders by making announcements from gurdwaras.

Updated on May 4, 2017 05:22 IST

Not getting alerts on field fires, says Mansa DC

In last one month, more than 20 incidents of fire have been reported in the district, most of them from agricultural fields.

Updated on Apr 29, 2017 05:02 IST

Inaugurated by Badal, it’s shutters down for Mansa village de-addiction centre

The first de-addiction centre inaugurated by former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2012 at Khyala Kalan village has been closed.

Updated on Apr 22, 2017 18:29 IST

Ex-SAD sarpanch hurt, son killed in attack by Congress men in Mansa

Sukhwinder Singh, the victim.

Updated on Apr 21, 2017 03:31 IST

SGPC land dispute in Mansa village: Wheat crop on 93 acres harvested under police security

The dispute between the SGPC and local villagers is over the ownership of 98 acres of land which also includes the historic gurdwara of Soolisar Sahib in Kotdharmu village.

Updated on Apr 18, 2017 08:54 IST

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