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Sachin Sharma

Sachin Sharma

Sachin Sharma is a senior staff correspondent, who covers crime, politics, rural civic issues and health in the Malwa region of Punjab.

Articles by Sachin Sharma

Belying Harsimrat’s claim, green clearance for AIIMS in Bathinda came before ground-breaking ceremony

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Updated on Aug 30, 2018 14:15 IST

Harsimrat, Manpreet spar over NOCs for AIIMS at Bathinda

Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal.

Updated on Aug 12, 2018 07:52 IST

Will seek autonomy for AAP Punjab unit at Bathinda meet: Sukhpal Singh Khaira

Sukhpal Singh Khaira

Updated on Jul 30, 2018 17:53 IST

New Bathinda SSP to work with DSP he indicted in probe last year

SSP Nanak Singh and DSP Gurjit Singh Romana find themselves in a peculiar situation.

Updated on Jul 13, 2018 08:54 IST

Villagers in Bathinda bring addicts to de-addiction centres

The state government is charging Rs 250 per day per patient at five model drug de-addiction centres in Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Faridkot and Patiala.

Updated on Jul 9, 2018 07:02 IST

Farmers defy govt notification, to start paddy sowing from today

While the government has set June 20 as deadline for paddy sowing, some farmers have already started transplanting the crop in the state.

Updated on Jun 10, 2018 10:28 IST

Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate two road projects in Punjab, CM Amarinder to preside

Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari

Updated on May 13, 2018 17:31 IST

Congress govt has no control over anything, says Sukhbir Badal

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal with SAD general secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra at Takht Shri Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo on the occasion of Baisakhi on Saturday.

Updated on Apr 14, 2018 14:58 IST

58 farm suicide victim kin meet Bathinda MLAs; women rue life of suffering

Each farm suicide leaves behind a trail of broken families with women, in most cases, bearing the brunt.

Updated on Apr 1, 2018 05:47 IST

Law run over as liquor sold on wheels in Talwandi Sabo, with a loudspeaker!

The vehicle with loudspeaker making announcement of “heavy discount” on liquor, in Talwandi Sabo, 30km from Bathinda, on Friday.

Updated on Mar 31, 2018 04:01 IST

Police take 4 months to lodge FIR in mobile seizures in Bathinda jail

Representative Image

Updated on Mar 1, 2018 04:47 IST

Symbol or symptom? No stop to VIP culture as Manpreet Badal’s wife launches traffic drive in Bathinda

Veenu Badal, wife of local MLA and finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, helping a woman wear a helmet at the launch of a traffic safety programme by the police in Bathinda on Friday.

Updated on Feb 24, 2018 05:38 IST

Row over name of Punjab village with high population of Dera Sacha Sauda followers

A section of villagers has been carrying a campaign to get the village changed back to Kotli Khurd.

Updated on Feb 23, 2018 04:45 IST

AAP’s Talwandi Sabo MLA indicted over dual vote

Baljinder Kaur

Updated on Feb 15, 2018 09:15 IST

13-yr-old victim’s family shocked as fellow Dera Sacha Sauda ‘premis’ booked for Maur blasts

Officials examining the spot where the blasts took place in Maur Mandi.

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 04:29 IST

A year after, victims relive trauma of twin Maur blasts; demand CBI probe

Hardeep Kaur, mother of Japsimran Singh, 14, who was killed in the bomb blasts in Maur on Wednesday.

Updated on Feb 1, 2018 04:45 IST

Noose tightens: Eight gangsters killed, 26 held in a year by Punjab Police

Punjab DGP Suresh Arora

Updated on Jan 28, 2018 04:38 IST

Maur bomb blast: Year on, victims’ kin await justice, cops still clueless

The blasts left seven dead and 12 injured.

Updated on Jan 15, 2018 08:02 IST

Minibuses gather dust in Bathinda as PRTC cites losses

The minibuses bought under the central scheme parked in Bathinda.

Updated on Dec 27, 2017 08:16 IST

Two gangsters killed, 3 held after encounter in Bathinda

An injured accomplice of Vicky Gounder being admitted in a hospital on Friday.

Updated on Dec 15, 2017 17:20 IST

Stubble burning cases double over a week in Punjab

Efforts of the state government to check stubble burning have not been received well by the farmers. They are demanding an aid of Rs 300 per quintal or Rs 6,000 per acre to manage the paddy stubble.

Updated on Nov 8, 2017 06:28 IST

Smog engulfs Punjab with rise in stubble burning incidents

The ban on practice of burning paddy straw has had little effect.

Updated on Oct 31, 2017 03:59 IST

Attack on Kolianwali’s son and what it means for Shiromani Akali Dal

Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal meeting Parminder Singh Kolianwali, son of SAD Muktsar district president and SGPC member Dyal Singh Kolianwali . Parminder was attacked in Malout.

Updated on Oct 25, 2017 09:26 IST

Demoralised officials not acting against Congress workers committing crime: Parkash Singh Badal

Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal meeting Parminder Singh Kolianwali, son of SAD Muktsar district president and SGPC member Dyal Singh Kolianwali in Bathinda on Monday. Parminder was attacked in Malout on Sunday evening.

Updated on Oct 23, 2017 16:17 IST

Haryana cops search Bathinda house where Honeypreet hid for a week

The house at Bathinda’s Jangi Rana village where Panchkula police brought Honeypreet and her aide Sukhdeep.

Updated on Oct 12, 2017 06:42 IST

Haryana cops take Honeypreet to Bathinda to search ‘hideout’, find ‘nothing’

Honeypreet Insan (face covered) in a police car in Bathinda on Thursday.

Updated on Oct 6, 2017 04:13 IST

Honeypreet aide Sukhdeep’s family had close ties with Dera Sacha Sauda

Honeypreet Insan with Sukhdeep Kaur at a Panchkula court on Tuesday evening.

Updated on Oct 5, 2017 05:47 IST

After Takht offer of homecoming to Sikh premis, dera hits back

Jora Singh, in-charge of the Dera Sacha Sauda centre in Salabatpur near Bathinda

Updated on Aug 30, 2017 17:28 IST

No compensation to dera law-breakers from Punjab, says CM Amarinder

Amarinder Singh said it was up to the Union government to take decision on ordering a probe into the collapse of law and order that led to anarchy and violence in Panchkula and other parts of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi on Friday.

Updated on Aug 28, 2017 03:34 IST

Will appeal for peace, but can’t control devotees’ emotions: Dera’s Punjab HQ in-charge

Jora Singh, Dera Sacha Sauda’s Punjab headquarters in-charge.

Updated on Aug 24, 2017 17:47 IST

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