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      Pawan Sharma

      Pawan Sharma, based in Chandigarh, is Assistant Editor in HT and presently writes on Haryana's politics and governance. During different stints over the past two decades, he covered Punjab extensively for 10 years and before that judiciary and Himachal Pradesh with focus on high-impact news breaking and investigative journalism.

      Articles by Pawan Sharma

      Ruckus in Haryana House as Congress attacks BJP on assembly poll verdict

      Speaker Harvinder Kalyan chairing the Haryana assembly session. (HT Photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Nov 15, 2024 04:06 IST

      Haryana governor: Historic mandate reflects trust in govt’s development agenda

      Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya inspecting a guard of honour before heading to address the Haryana Vidhan Sabha session in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Nov 13, 2024 08:38 IST

      Haryana’s sex ratio at birth drops to 905

      Data from the Civil Registration System (CRS) up to October 2024 shows that the SRB of six districts have dipped below 900. (HT Photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Nov 8, 2024 03:34 IST

      High drama over ‘acting’ Speaker at Haryana assembly inaugural session

      The inaugural sitting of the newly elected Haryana assembly began with unexpected drama on Friday when Congress members objected to Raghuvir Singh Kadian (in pic) being addressed as acting instead of pro-tem Speaker. (HT file photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 26, 2024 03:38 IST

      Stubble burning: Haryana suspends 24 agriculture officials ahead of apex court hearing

      Farmers burning stubble,in Haryana's Kaithal. (PTI)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 23, 2024 03:36 IST

      Haryana suspends 24 agriculture dept officials amid rising farm fire incidents

      A farmer setting fire to stubble after harvesting the paddy crop. The Haryana agriculture department suspended 24 officials amid rising stubble burning incidents in their respective areas on Tuesday. (HT file photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 22, 2024 09:13 IST

      Haryana CM’s oath-taking: VVIP attendees, cheering crowd and many memorable moments

      Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini arrives for his swearing-in ceremony in Panchkula on Thursday. (PTI)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 18, 2024 04:12 IST

      Nayab Singh Saini stakes claim to form BJP govt in Haryana, to take oath tomorrow

      Union home minister Amit Shah greeting Nayab Singh Saini after he was unanimously elected as the Haryana BJP’s legislature party leader in Panchkula on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 16, 2024 08:45 IST

      All set for swearing-in, PM, BJP top brass to attend gala event on Thursday

      Preparations for Haryana government's swearing-in ceremony to be held at Dussehra ground underway in Panchkula. (Sant Arora/HT)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 16, 2024 24:28 IST

      Haryana BJP MLAs to pick next CM on Wednesday under Amit Shah’s watch

      BJP sources say the meeting is likely to begin at 10 am on Wednesday. (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 16, 2024 24:22 IST

      BJP’s gamble on fresh faces paid off in Haryana assembly elections

      Union minister of housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar meets Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini following Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory in state assembly elections, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Nayab Saini-X)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 10, 2024 24:42 IST

      Five factors that helped BJP defy anti-incumbency in Haryana

      BJP supporters during counting of votes for Haryana Assembly polls, in Jind, on Tuesday. (PTI)
      india news
      Updated on Oct 8, 2024 07:30 IST

      Counting today in Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir for first results after LS polls

      A security personnel checks the area around Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), a counting centre for Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections, a day before the election results, in Srinagar, on Monday. (PTI)
      india news
      Updated on Oct 7, 2024 23:30 IST

      Voter turnout in 11 Haryana segments crosses 75% mark

      A booth-level officer helps a woman verify her name in the voting list outside a polling station during the state assembly elections, in Karnal. (REUTERS)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Oct 7, 2024 03:16 IST

      Merit-based recruitment echo in hinterland of Haryana

      As the candidates in the fray are often behind the scheduled time, unemployment and recruitment on merit is among the many other hot topics of discussion among people assembled at the village chaupals waiting for the arrival of the party nominee. (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 30, 2024 24:20 IST

      HT interview: People fed up with misgovernance in Haryana, Centre, says Om Parkash Chautala

      INLD president Om Parkash Chautala.
      india news
      Updated on Sep 28, 2024 01:28 IST

      Poll interview| BJP will be wiped out in Haryana, says INLD leader Om Prakash Chautala

      At 93, Indian National Lok Dal supremo Om Parkash Chautala’s remains a force to reckon with in poll-bound Haryana. (HT file photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 27, 2024 12:16 IST

      Haryana polls: In Tohana cliffhanger, candidates ride high on combine harvesters

      BJP’s turncoat candidate Devender Singh Babli, 54, who in 2019 won as the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) candidate and joined the saffron party after the Congress refused him a ticket, driving a combine harvester while campaigning in Tohana on Thursday. (HT Photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 26, 2024 10:27 IST

      Haryana: Bhajan Lal’s grandson set for bumpy ride in family’s Adampur bastion

      BJP’s Bhavya Bishnoi with supporters during electioneering in the Adampur assembly constituency.
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 25, 2024 02:52 IST

      Haryana assembly polls: At 23%, AAP tops list of candidates with criminal cases

      At least 36% Independent candidates (43 out of 119) are among those with criminal background and striving to become law makers in Haryana. (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 19, 2024 03:04 IST

      Once a key force, INLD to fight only on 51 seats

      The INLD started weakening after it lost to the Congress in 2005. However, the party bounced back in 2014 by emerging the principal opposition party in Haryana Vidhan Sabha with 19 legislators and INLD general secretary Abhay Chautala became the leader of Opposition in the assembly, pushing the Congress to the third position with 17 seats. (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 17, 2024 01:24 IST

      Stage set for high-octane election battle in Haryana

      MP Deepender Hooda after pacifying Congress rebels Jasbir Malour and Himmat Singh, who were contesting against party candidate Nirmal Singh in Ambala City. Both withdrew their nominations on Monday. (HT Photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 17, 2024 01:12 IST

      Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women

      From left: Congress’ Geeta Bhukkal, Independent Savitri Jindal and BJP’s Arti Rao. (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 14, 2024 03:20 IST

      Haryana assembly polls: BJP 2nd list out, drops 2 ministers, 5 MLAs; fields 11 new faces

      The party’s second list, released before the September 12 deadline for filing nominations, is replete with its gambit of social engineering, shuffling of candidates and fielding fresh faces while denying tickets to incumbent legislators, a move aimed at bucking the anti-incumbency of its 10-year rule in Haryana. (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 11, 2024 02:00 IST

      Haryana elections: BJP’s second list of 21 candidates out, six MLAs dropped

      The BJP dropped six legislators, including the minister of state for education, in its second list of 21 candidates released on Tuesday. (Representational photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 10, 2024 10:26 IST

      Haryana elections: BJP names 67 candidates, CM Saini from Ladwa

      Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini. (HT file)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Sep 5, 2024 03:02 IST

      Existential battle for JJP in high-stakes Haryana assembly polls

      Former Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala (File)
      india news
      Updated on Sep 1, 2024 23:39 IST

      BJP bets big on ‘night watchman’ Nayab Singh Saini to fight off anti-incumbency

      Major challenge before Nayab Singh Saini who got just 77 days to run the government without poll code restrictions (HT File)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Aug 29, 2024 23:21 IST

      Job woes a major hurdle in BJP’s hattrick dash in Haryana

      The Congress has been belligerent in targeting the BJP over ‘unmet poll promises’. (HT Photo)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Aug 27, 2024 01:46 IST

      Rajya Sabha bypoll: With no opposition, it’ll be a cakewalk for Kiran

      Former Congress leader Kiran Choudhry, the daughter-in-law of former chief minister Bansi Lal, is set to get elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana as nominee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after no other candidate entered the fray on Wednesday, the last day for filing the nomination. (PTI)
      chandigarh news
      Updated on Aug 22, 2024 02:16 IST
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