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Pawan Sharma, based in Chandigarh, is Punjab’s Chief-of-Bureau, Hindustan Times. In the past 16 years, stints in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh including, he has done high-impact stories on Tibetan affairs, judiciary, politics and corruption in governments.
Articles by Pawan Sharma
G20 meet: India seeks global cooperation for economic stability & growth
As the two-day parleys on economic issues saw participation of nearly 100 delegates from G20 member countries, India said the presence of the delegations, invitees and international organisations in Chandigarh “demonstrated the strong commitment” of the global community to support India’s G20 Presidency.
Published on Feb 01, 2023 12:48 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Rising global debt to be in focus as G20 conclave kicks off in Chandigarh today
World economies to discuss ways to enhance stability and financial resilience at first meeting of G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group
Published on Jan 30, 2023 02:32 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Frontline world economies to discuss rising global debt at G-20 conclave
Leading economies of the world will discuss the global debt situation and explore possible solutions to handle the mounting debt in a better manner during the first G-20 international financial architecture working group conclave beginning on Monday in Chandigarh under the Indian Presidency
Published on Jan 30, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Investigating officer’s negligence can’t be a ground to acquit accused, says Haryana’s Panipat court
While sentencing two Jhajjar district men to 10 years imprisonment in a March 2019 robbery case, Panipat’s additional sessions judge Nishant Sharma has reprimanded the investigating officer (IO) for “negligence” and observed that the IO not performing his duty well cannot be a ground to acquit the accused
Published on Jan 25, 2023 12:28 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Panipat court awards 20-year jail to three in gangrape case
The DNA of the two men Vikas and Mohit had matched with the DNA retrieved from the clothes and cotton swabs of the victim
Published on Jan 24, 2023 01:20 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Sex ratio at birth: Poor show by 5 districts sets off alarm bells across Haryana
What has set the alarm bells ringing in the Manohar Lal Khattar government is the “disturbing dip” in the 2022 SRB of Hisar (904), Karnal (903), Kurukshetra (893), Faridabad (892) and Rewari (883), all of which had recorded an SRB between 903 and 925 in 2021.
Updated on Jan 11, 2023 01:26 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana’s sex ratio at birth improves slightly in 2022
Five districts in Haryana ranked worst with their sex ratio at birth slipping below 900 females per 1,000 males
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 10:30 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Indian hockey’s ‘Soorma’ Sandeep Singh caught on wrong foot as Haryana minister
Can Haryana’s sports minister Sandeep Singh bounce back from setback of sexual misconduct allegations like he defied a life-threatening gunshot wound 16 years ago to achieve hockey glory or is it an abrupt end to a short-lived political career? An accidental gunshot had pierced through the lower abdomen of Sandeep Singh in August 2006 when he was a rising star of Indian hockey
Published on Jan 04, 2023 01:01 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
On last day of winter session, ruling MLAs turn the heat on govt over health, education
Speaker Gian Chand Gupta also expressed anguish when it emerged that in certain cases, the reply ministers were giving were incorrect
Updated on Dec 28, 2022 10:17 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Coalition partner JJP MLAs question govt over curtailing financial powers of sarpanches
Development and panchayats minister Devender Singh Babli said the government has not reduced the powers of sarpanches and that the decision in question was taken to ensure transparency
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 09:45 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
United Congress hits out at Khattar government for neglecting development in opposition segments
The principal opposition party legislators hit out at the state government’s lofty ‘sabka saath-sabka vikas’ catch phrase, in what was a well-coordinated offensive, and blamed the government for willfully ignoring development in the assembly segments of Congress MLAs
Published on Dec 26, 2022 06:57 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana panel summons 3 ACS rank officers
The departments against which the eight-member assembly panel has launched proceedings are agriculture and farmers’ welfare, development and panchayats, office of the chief secretary, home, urban local bodies and health
Published on Dec 15, 2022 12:54 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Nearly 50% of complaints filed with rights body in Haryana in last six years against police: HHRC data
The data of the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) revealed that at least 45% (8,367) cases of the total 18,659 received between January 1, 2016 and November 30, 2022 were against the police
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 01:04 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana issues guidelines to stop dismissing employees without inquiry
Article 311 empowers the competent authority to dismiss, remove or reduce in rank a government employee subject to various riders
Updated on Dec 07, 2022 09:16 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana speaker cracks whip as departments resist supplying info to MLAs
The departments in the dock are agriculture and farmers welfare, development and panchayats, office of the chief secretary, home, urban local bodies and health
Published on Nov 26, 2022 01:18 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana government plans big rejig to improve student-teacher ratio
Under the plan, teachers will be pulled out from different government schools in Haryana where their numbers are more than the workload and depute them in schools functioning without a teacher
Published on Nov 25, 2022 12:12 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Adampur win: BJP-Bishnois gamble pays off
In last three years, Adampur was the third by-election the BJP was facing after the party retained power with the support of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) in the wake of fractured mandate in the October 2019 state elections
Updated on Nov 07, 2022 12:11 AM IST
Pawan Sharma and Sunil Rahar, Chandigarh
Stubble fires in Haryana down 31% compared to last yr: Data
Haryana government’s target is to contain the crop residue burning cases up to 3,000 during the current paddy harvesting season
Updated on Nov 05, 2022 02:09 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana’s runaway couples find themselves in financial knot
Not only Tina, staying in a single-room safe house under police protection, a majority of the runaway couples taking refuge in such government-run houses across Haryana have to battle financial burden
Updated on Nov 02, 2022 12:55 AM IST
Pawan Sharma & Neeraj Mohan, Chandigarh
₹ 26 lakh fine slapped on Haryana farmers for stubble burning
: The Haryana government has issued 1,041 challans and slapped nearly ₹ 26 lakh as fine on farmers in different paddy sowing districts so far for burning crop residue, it has been learnt
Published on Oct 28, 2022 12:32 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s 3 releases this year coincide with elections
Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, convicted in two separate cases of murder, and a charge of rape, was released from Sunaria prison in Rohtak on a 40-day parole on October 14.
Updated on Oct 20, 2022 04:41 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Air quality commission asks Haryana to reduce farm fires by 50%
Sources say that under the radar of the commission for stubble burning were Ambala, Jind and Kurukshetra districts
Published on Oct 11, 2022 01:39 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
First phase of 3-tier PRI polls in Haryana on Oct 30, Nov 2
The Haryana State Election Commission on Friday announced the first phase of the polls to all the three tiers of panchayati raj institutions in 10 out of the 22 districts of the state, with the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections to be held on October 30 and panchayat poll to be conducted on November 2
Updated on Oct 08, 2022 12:49 AM IST
Gambia cough syrup deaths: Centre, Haryana team inspect Sonepat pharma firm, collect samples
WHO has issued a medical product alert over four cough syrups made by Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals, warning they could be linked to acute kidney injuries and deaths of 66 children in Gambia
Published on Oct 07, 2022 04:34 AM IST
Pawan Sharma and Sunil Rahar, Chandigarh/ Sonepat:
WHO alert on Gambia deaths: Same fatal substances detected in WHO-banned cough syrups killed kids in India earlier
Two poisonous substances which WHO has blamed for the death of 66 children in Gambia has been at the centre of identical tragedies earlier in Gurugram and Jammu.
Published on Oct 07, 2022 04:11 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Years ago, chemical killed several kids in Gurugram, Jammu
A Haryana government official aware of the matter said the victims included at least 26 children from Gurugram, who were prescribed a cough syrup manufactured by a Gurugram-based company. The syrup was later found to have traces of DEG.
Updated on Oct 07, 2022 05:00 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Cough syrups probe: Haryana firm keeps shut as Centre takes steps to curb damage
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, the top drug regulatory authority of India, has launched an inquiry and alerted the Haryana government last week after learning about The Gambia tragedy.
Updated on Oct 07, 2022 12:48 PM IST
Gambia cough syrup deaths: Samples from Haryana firm sent to Kolkata lab
Day after WHO issues alert over four cough syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals, Sonepat, warning they could be linked to recent acute kidney injuries and deaths of 66 children in The Gambia, a west African nation, the Centre and Haryana joint team is inspecting the pharma firm today for the third time this month
Published on Oct 06, 2022 12:16 PM IST
96% child marriage cases pending trial across India by 2021: Rights body
At the forefront of this nation- wide movement to be launched on October 16 will be 50,000 women of 10,000 villages who will take a vow to fight the menace of child marriage which, the KSCF said remains grossly underreported due to numerous reasons.
Updated on Oct 05, 2022 10:33 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana takes new approach to check stubble burning
The focus is on massive awareness campaign in the hinterland and educating farmers about ways to dispose of crop residue and stop stubble burning
Published on Sep 24, 2022 01:18 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
