Navrajdeep Singh
Navrajdeep Singh is a senior staff correspondent. He covers agriculture, crime, local bodies, health and education in the Patiala district of Punjab.
Articles by Navrajdeep Singh
Punjab villages sombre after clash, still back stir
By Navrajdeep Singh, Avtar Singh, Mohit Khanna, Anil Sharma, Hindustan Times, Tarn Taran/patiala/sangrur/ludhiana
UPDATED ON JAN 28, 2021 07:28 AM IST
Across Punjab’s hinterlands — especially in the home villages of senior farm leaders — there was disappointment over the violence that farm protesters unleashed when they broke through barricades, clashed violently with police, ran riot on the Capital’s streets and stormed the Red Fort, hoisting the Nishan Sahib, the flag of the Sikhs, on its ramparts.
Punjabi University’s liabilities piled up even as state grant doubled in five years
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
PUBLISHED ON DEC 15, 2020 12:58 AM IST
The grant has gone up from ₹76.7 crore in 2014-15 to ₹152.97 crore in 2019-20
Bharat bandh: All trade, arhtiya unions in Punjab announce to keep commercial establishments shut
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2020 01:25 AM IST
V-C’s failure to act on anomalies during predecessor’s tenure led to mess at Punjabi University
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
UPDATED ON NOV 21, 2020 01:12 AM IST
PRTC’s daily receipts cross ₹1 crore for first time post lockdown
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
PUBLISHED ON NOV 16, 2020 11:32 PM IST
Before the lockdown was imposed due to the Covid pandemic, it earned around ₹1.4 crore daily
FCI trails in procurement target this year too, buys just 1.2% of Punjab’s total paddy
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
UPDATED ON NOV 04, 2020 02:34 AM IST
Three-member panel on Punjabi University reform meets tomorrow
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON OCT 28, 2020 04:36 PM IST
The committee was mandated to submit its report within a month of its formation on August 11, but it missed the deadline due to covid-19 pandemic and the admission process at the varsity
Illegal paddy inflow: 13 FIRs registered, over 822 tonnes of paddy confiscated
PUBLISHED ON OCT 18, 2020 07:52 PM IST
PRTC approaches state government for ₹90 crore bailout package amid mounting losses
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2020 02:23 AM IST
Crops not ready for harvesting in parts of Punjab as paddy procurement begins
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Patiala
UPDATED ON SEP 27, 2020 05:30 PM IST
Agriculture director Sutantar Kumar Airi has said at present only around 1% of advance varieties of paddy, mainly basmati, are ready for harvesting and procurement in parts of Majha
In fight against Centre’s agriculture ordinances, youth dominates farmer protests in Punjab
By Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala
UPDATED ON SEP 21, 2020 02:14 AM IST
Finance dept unhappy at agenda of Punjabi varsity syndic meeting
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times/Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON SEP 16, 2020 03:50 PM IST
The department observed that the services of contractual employees should not be regularised by the university in violation of government policy, without the approval of the administrative department
High caseload, fatality: Patiala authorities ask health staff to increase sampling or face music
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Amritsar, Patiala
UPDATED ON SEP 05, 2020 11:50 PM IST
Direct teams to collect at least 3,000 samples a day against 1,500-1,800 being taken presently
Punjab health dept faces public refusal to be being tested
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times/Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 26, 2020 07:52 PM IST
A health official said that for past one week, the department has given each health sub-centre a target of collecting 100 samples a day.
Punjabi University syndicate presses for staff rationalisation
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 17, 2020 10:04 PM IST
According to budgetary proposals for this fiscal, the varsity expects an income of ₹380 crore, with expenditure at ₹676 crore, leaving a massive ₹296-crore deficit
After a year, Punjabi varsity syndicate meets today; to decide on inquiry reports
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 16, 2020 08:23 PM IST
The varsity has circulated a 250-odd page agenda for the meeting, prominently including discussions to decide key inquiry reports pending for the past two years
300 buses plying under PRTC’s kilometre scheme yet to resume operations
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON AUG 14, 2020 12:57 PM IST
Under the scheme, the responsibility of operating the buses is of the private transporters and the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation has to give only the running cost
3-member panel to study Punjabi varsity’s woes, give report in a month
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 12, 2020 07:37 PM IST
According to budgetary proposals for this fiscal, the varsity expects an income of ₹380 crore, with expenditure at ₹676 crore, leaving a massive ₹296-crore deficit
Rs 20 cr work in Patiala on hold, as trust fails to open financial bid
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 05, 2020 09:04 PM IST
An official with the Patiala Improvement Trust (PIT) added that the department of local government had failed to materialise tenders, even as over 10 contractors had filled in the papers
Bootleggers operating on Ghaggar banks got tip of raids beforehand, claim locals
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2020 11:38 PM IST
Not a single arrest made even as lahan in large quantities seized in two Patiala villages notorious for illicit liquor business
Illicit liquor flows freely in Patiala dist despite 1,823 FIRs in 2 years
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Tines, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 02, 2020 11:03 PM IST
Patiala also has links with the state’s Majha hooch tragedy in Ghanour and Rajpura areas as at least four persons have been arrested
Hooch tragedy: Four held in Patiala raids, 1,150 litre lahan seized
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala, Patiala
PUBLISHED ON AUG 01, 2020 11:54 PM IST
The police recovered 200 litre lahan from Jhilmil Dhaba and 200 litre diesel-like liquid from Green Dhaba
Punjabi University row: V-C’s adviser puts in papers over delay in joining
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2020 12:21 AM IST
The recently appointed former bureaucrat alleged that the varsity administration failed to acknowledge his attendance report sent to the V-C through email on July 24.
Patiala’s 55-year-old garbage dump to finally go
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2020 07:30 PM IST
Rs 6.8 cr project: MC has awarded tender to a Karnal-based company for scientific segregation of garbage at the site
Punjabi University gets special state govt grant of Rs 20 crore
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2020 07:37 PM IST
As per budgetary proposals for this fiscal, the varsity expects an income of ₹380 crore, with expenditure at ₹676 crore, leaving a massive ₹296-crore deficit
Punjabi varsity fiscal crisis deepens, finance minister to chair meet today
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala, Patiala
PUBLISHED ON JUL 22, 2020 12:27 AM IST
University demands Rs 21 crore from the state finance department which has asked it to put its house in order after financial anomalies surfaced in its functioning
Punjab govt school students resort to widespread cheating, make mockery of online exams
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JUL 20, 2020 04:51 PM IST
Teachers concerned as students copy from textbooks and guides before uploading answer sheets, say some completed exam within 15 minutes of releasing question paper
Higher edu dept seeks report from Punjabi University over financial ‘anomalies’
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2020 08:16 PM IST
The department has also asked the varsity to submit its blueprint to increase its income from its own resources.
OTS policy for unauthorised construction on hold, violations continue unchecked
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2020 10:04 PM IST
The regularisation policy was meant to ensure that existing unauthorised buildings were aligned with parking, fire and safety standards, as it was no longer feasible for the govt to demolish such buildings
No syndicate meeting at Punjabi varsity for 11 months; action on inquiry reports delayed indefinitely
By Navrajdeep Singh | Hindustan Times/Patiala, Patiala
UPDATED ON JUL 17, 2020 10:28 PM IST
The delay in holding the syndicate meeting has delayed action against officials and employees on the basis of the findings of inquiry reports related to allegations of corruption, nepotism and misuse of funds during 2007-2017