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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
Covid vaccine hesitancy: 16% Haryana govt school teachers yet to get first jab
Sixteen percent Haryana government school teachers are yet to take first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine while 15
Published on Jan 20, 2022 12:57 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
16% Haryana teachers still not vaccinated against Covid: Data
Sixteen percent of teachers in Haryana’s government-run schools are yet to take their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, while 15% teachers have received only the first dose, according to data seen by HT.
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 12:48 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Save girl child fight of Haryana suffers eight points dip in sex ratio at birth
The Haryana government’s flagship programme to stop female foeticide has registered an eight-point dip in sex ration at birth (SRB) in 2021, according to official data
Updated on Jan 15, 2022 12:31 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Amid third Covid wave, Haryana puts off Khelo India Games again
This is the second time the games have been put off due to the pandemic after the first postponement in November 2021
Published on Jan 12, 2022 12:09 PM IST
Private vet colleges’ fee hike: Haryana ACS orders inquiry amid differing stances
In a latest spin, Ankur Gupta, when posted as ACS (animal husbandry), appointed retired IAS officer OP Langayan on December 23, 2021, to conduct preliminary inquiry against three officials of directorate of animal husbandry who had recommended fee hike
Published on Jan 10, 2022 05:16 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Now Covid grounds public programmes of BJP-JJP in Haryana
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers have cancelled their scheduled political rallies and public meetings amid spectre of the third wave of coronavirus looming large and after the state government declared public places out of bounds for people not fully vaccinated
Published on Jan 04, 2022 12:59 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Farmers’ protest: Probe report into Karnal toll plaza violence to be submitted to CM
Justice SN Aggarwal commission of inquiry was set up to look into the August 28 violence and police lathicharge at Bastara toll plaza
Published on Dec 24, 2021 05:27 PM IST
Haryana assembly session starts today: Congress set to raise storm over recruitment scam
Already the Congress has moved at least nine calling-attention notices and one adjournment motion on the issue of paper leak, setting the stage for a heated exchange as the Haryana assembly session gets underway on Friday
Published on Dec 17, 2021 01:16 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Fake birth, death certificates: Centre asks Haryana to hold inquiry, seeks action-taken report
PASSING THE BUCK The Registrar General of India writes to Haryana CS, says chief registrar of state is responsible for effective functioning of birth, death registration system
India’s Registrar General and Census Commissioner has requested the Haryana government to “conduct a proper inquiry” into the red flags the state health department has raised over unauthorised people generating fake birth and death certificates by breaking into the Civil Registration System (CRS) portal
Published on Dec 11, 2021 01:11 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana sounds alarm over fake birth, death certificates
In a series of letters, the state urges the Registrar General of India to act fast and plug the security breach in the Civil Registration portal which contains nationwide data
Published on Dec 02, 2021 01:42 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Repeal of farm laws: Much needed reprieve for Haryana govt
Repeal of the three farm laws has come as a political and administrative relief for the BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana which has been fire-fighting the law and order fallout of an unrelenting farmer agitation for around a year
Published on Nov 20, 2021 01:12 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
This year till September, rural Haryana witnessed more deaths than urban areas
Every district in state has recorded unusually more deaths (irrespective of their cause) than they would have been in a normal year, in what is a clear sign of the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic caused.
Updated on Nov 17, 2021 04:25 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
Haryana’s sex ratio at birth touches 5-year low, shows data
Officials say 906 girls were born per 1,000 boys this year till September against 915 in the corresponding period in 2020; this is the first time that the sex ratio at birth has dropped by nine points after the launch of the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme in 2015
Updated on Oct 27, 2021 02:37 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Bajra procurement proving to be a double-edged sword for Haryana government
Short shelf-life, low demand in terms of consumption, a cause of concern for the Haryana, which is the only state in the region procuring bajra on MSP; from this season, Haryana has opted for ‘Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana’ for bajra procurement
Published on Oct 12, 2021 01:43 AM IST
Pawan Sharma & Neeraj Mohan, Chandigarh
BJP announces nominee for Haryana’s Ellenabad by-poll
Ellenabad by-poll is significant in view of the ongoing farmer agitation against the three farm laws passed last year. Haryana is among the states where the agitation has drawn much support
Updated on Oct 07, 2021 10:31 AM IST
Indomitable spirit takes Divyang trekkers to Siachen
Eight differently abled (Divyang) trekkers created a world record for the largest number of people with disabilities scaling the world’s highest battlefield, Siachen Glacier, up to Kumar Post at the altitude of 15,632 ft. Read on to find out how they achieved the feat
Published on Oct 01, 2021 02:35 AM IST
Gaurav Bisht, Ravi Krishnan Khajuria and Pawan Sharma
Ellenabad bypoll: Joint nominee of BJP-JJP to be from saffron party
BJP poll panel to meet on October 3 in Chandigarh; Congress to discuss poll matters in Delhi on Friday
Published on Oct 01, 2021 12:51 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana gears up to douse paddy stubble burning
Fatehabad, Kaithal, Jind, Karnal, Sirsa and Kurukshetra districts in Haryana are in the red zone of farm fires
Updated on Sep 18, 2021 03:32 PM IST
NCRB data: At 39.7%, Haryana’s chargesheeting rate among worst in country
The chargesheet filing rate of the Haryana Police last year was third from the bottom in country after Meghalaya and Manipur, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report
Published on Sep 16, 2021 12:05 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana’s unemployment rate is nearly 10%
Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala tells the assembly that the figure is much less as compared to the national average of 13.3%. He was replying to a question of Congress MLA from Nuh Aftab Ahmed during the monsoon session on Friday
Published on Aug 22, 2021 01:41 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana to launch ‘state song’ depicting glorious past, rich present
The Manohar Lal Khattar-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) coalition government in Haryana on Monday knocked the doors of prominent Haryanavi poets and writers to compose what will be called a ‘state song’ by August 15
Published on Aug 10, 2021 12:43 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana records 911 sex ratio at birth in first six months of 2021
It’s a setback to ‘Beti Bachao’ programme as in the same period in 2020, the state had recorded 922 SRB
Published on Jul 17, 2021 11:57 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Charuni gives ‘mission Punjab’ call, exhorts farmers to fight 2022 polls
Haryana Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Wednesday called upon the farmers agitating against Centre’s three farm laws to launch ‘mission Punjab’ ahead of assembly elections to form a “kisaan-majdoor sarkaar” in the border state
Updated on Jul 08, 2021 01:51 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana sets ₹20 lakh limit to buy staff car for babus re-employed after retirement
Officials said issuing new instructions had become imperative as the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP government was often grappling with this issue of post-retirement entitlement of staff car for retired officers appointed as chairpersons or members.
Published on Jul 06, 2021 01:30 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana unveils master plan for eco-friendly development around Sultanpur National Park in Gurugram
Twenty-two villages nestled in the salubrious environs of Sultanpur National Park have been included in the zonal master plan that the Haryana government rolled out for an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) where numerous activities will be either prohibited or regulated
Published on Jun 29, 2021 11:05 PM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Paddy fields of 8 Haryana districts to demonstrate new technique to grow rice
Farmers of eight districts of Haryana under the watch of experts will grow paddy on 20,000 acre during the current paddy cultivation season, in what is the first-of-its-kind incentive-driven push to promote direct-seeded rice (DSR) technique
Published on Jun 17, 2021 12:42 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana’s diversification push: Don’t grow any crop during paddy season and get ₹7,000 per acre
Yet another contour of the diversification drive this year is that the government will give ₹10,000 as incentive to farmers adopting agroforestry for three years. If a farmer opts for agroforestry and plants 400 trees on his land, he will be eligible for ₹10,000 (instead of ₹7,000) for three years.
Published on Jun 09, 2021 12:44 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
17 girls among 30 children orphaned due to Covid in Haryana
The Haryana government has so far identified 30 children orphaned during the Covid-19 pandemic
Published on Jun 04, 2021 06:30 PM IST
Covid dip breathes new life into Haryana’s health infra
With the number of new cases on the decline, 80% of oxygen beds and nearly 60% ICU beds in state’s hospitals are available
Updated on Jun 03, 2021 01:44 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
May added half of total Covid deaths in Haryana
A month back when the skyrocketing medical oxygen demand had set the alarm bells ringing, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had described as “tsunami” the second Covid-19 wave which in May has left behind a trail of death and devastation
Published on Jun 01, 2021 01:16 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh