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    Jhota murder case: Deadlock ends after 22 days as family agrees to autopsy, cremation

    Punjab assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan condoles slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota’s father Bhim Singh.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Nov 5, 2026 02:29 IST

    Bathinda AIIMS to launch hospice facility for terminally ill patients

    Executive director Ratan Gupta said patients enrolled in hospice care were more likely to have better symptom and pain management assisted by trained caregivers. (Shutterstock)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Nov 2, 2026 02:25 IST

    Jhota murder: Second govt panel meets protesters to end deadlock

    Insaaf Committee seeks a meeting with the Speaker, two ministers to discuss their demands. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Nov 2, 2026 02:23 IST

    Mansa man’s death: Autopsy conducted at AIIMS, murder case registered on father’s statement

    According to the SSP, the case was registered on a complaint filed by Daljit’s father, Jarnail Singh. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 29, 2026 02:05 IST

    Farmers protest Punjab Police action over Mansa youth’s death

    Former chief minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi at the protest site in Mansa on Wednesday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 28, 2026 08:28 IST

    Mansa tense as cops stop villagers from taking man’s body to anti-drug protest site

    Mansa senior superintendent of police (SSP) Vaibhav Chaudhary said the body was shifted to an undisclosed location outside Mansa, and his family had been informed.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 27, 2026 19:45 IST

    Kheti Virasat Mission: PM Modi hails women weavers from Faridkot in Mann Ki Baat

    Started in 2004 by Umendra Dutt, KVM has trained nearly one lakh farmers from Punjab and Haryana about natural farming. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 26, 2026 02:21 IST

    Jhota murder case: No breakthrough in talks as family stands firm on CM, DGP resignations

    Slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 24, 2026 02:25 IST

    CBI takes over Jhota murder probe, registers fresh FIR as team visits Punjab's Mansa

    FSL teams collect samples from the site where anti-drug activist Parminder Singh alias Jhota was shot dead, in Mansa on Wednesday. (ANI Video Grab)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 22, 2026 02:25 IST

    CBI takes over Mansa anti-drug activist’s murder case; autopsy at PGI, Chandigarh

    A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team arrives to investigate the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 21, 2026 07:01 IST

    Shah targets AAP in Punjab, seeks transfer of anti-drug activists' death cases to CBI

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during an event, in Ludhiana, Punjab.
    india news
    Updated on Oct 21, 2026 04:17 IST

    Amit Shah meets kin of drug-violence related deaths in Punjab, vows justice

    The BJP has made drugs a core issue in its campaign for the high-stakes assembly elections due early next year.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 21, 2026 04:38 IST

    Punjab Police constable shoots family before dying by suicide in Mansa

    A 40-year-old Punjab Police constable and his minor son were killed, while his wife (37) and another son (17) were critically injured in a shooting at their house in Mansa on Tuesday morning, police said. (Representational photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 20, 2026 08:56 IST

    Punjab hands over Jhota murder probe to CBI ahead of Amit Shah’s visit

    Anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh, alias Jhota, was fatally shot inside a medical store at a busy Mansa market on October 13 while broadcasting live on Facebook.He was known for raising his voice against the illegal sale of habit-forming pharmaceutical drugs. (HT file photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 20, 2026 05:30 IST

    Anti-drug activist’s father welcomes Shah’s Mansa visit, rejects protest panel’s call

    Farmers staging a protest outside the residence of Punjab cabinet minister Harbhajan Singh ETO in Amritsar to seek justice for anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 20, 2026 04:36 IST

    3 govt laboratories position Bathinda as food-testing hub

    The laboratories, located at the Central University of Punjab (CUP), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU) and Punjab Agricultural University’s (PAU) regional research station, have different capabilities and levels of accreditation. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 19, 2026 02:16 IST

    SGPC to put up anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota’s portrait at Central Sikh Museum

    Anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota’s portrait will be installed at the Central Sikh Museum in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. (HT file photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 17, 2026 07:12 IST

    Anti-drug activist’s murder: Mansa police register 3 FIRs over arson, hate speech during protests

    Technical wing analysing videos and CCTV footage to identify and arrest the culprits, says DIG. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 17, 2026 02:17 IST

    Mansa activist murder: Accused pharmacist’s wife booked, SHO suspended

    Protesters blocking the Bathinda-Talwandi Sabo road near Kotshamir village in response to the Punjab Bandh call on Thursday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 15, 2026 08:07 IST

    Mansa anti-drug activist’s killing: Accused arrested from Rajasthan; house bulldozed, shop torched

    District authorities demolish a portion of the house belonging to Ashwani Kumar, the medical store owner who fatally shot anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh alias Jhota in broad daylight, in Mansa on Wednesday. (PTI)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 15, 2026 02:19 IST

    Aggressive anti-drug campaign made Jhota a polarising figure

    Parvinder Singh (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 15, 2026 02:03 IST

    Anti-drug activist’s murder: Mansa authorities raze chemist’s house, mob torches shop

    An agitated mob torched a chemist shop which was demolished by Mansa district authorities on Wednesday. The shop belonged to Ashwani Kumar, where he fatally shot Parvinder Singh Jhota on Tuesday morning. (HT Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 14, 2026 08:38 IST

    Medical store owner accused of killing Punjab anti-drug activist Jhota arrested in Rajasthan

    Tensions escalated in Mansa after the murder, with Jhota’s supporters vandalising the medical shop and his family refusing to cremate his body. (HT Photo/Sanjeev Kumar)
    india news
    Updated on Oct 14, 2026 06:44 IST

    Small swarms, big dreams: Bee biz buzzes for Bathinda’s rural women apiarists

    The groups now hope to produce 75,000 kilograms of honey worth nearly <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4 crore this year. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 5, 2026 02:00 IST

    CCI begins cotton procurement in Malwa

    These centres have been connected with 25 cotton ginning factories. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 02:22 IST

    Bathinda gears up for 8.5 lakh tonne paddy residue to be generated this year

    Ahead of the paddy harvesting season, the Bathinda district authorities have chalked out a plan to manage the almost entire paddy biomass stock of 8.5 lakh tonnes to be produced this year. (HT file)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Oct 1, 2026 02:21 IST

    Punjab set for two-fold jump in biomass pellet-making units

    Entrepreneur Sandeep Dhillon at his unit, which converts paddy residue into pellets used by thermal plants for co-firing, in Kot Fatta, Bathinda on Sunday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 28, 2026 02:04 IST

    Punjab: Bathinda civil hospital gets one-stop diagnostic facility as new lab starts operations

    The newly built integrated public health laboratory at the civil hospital in Bathinda on Friday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 26, 2026 02:20 IST

    Bathinda: Influencer’s murder trial deferred to Nov as witnesses skip hearing

    Mehron was deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in April this year. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 23, 2026 02:16 IST

    Shivraj Singh Chouhan says BJP will dismantle drug trade chain within two years

    Chouhan said the problem of drug availability continues to hurt Punjab because the Bhagwant Mann government has “failed to act”.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 22, 2026 06:57 IST
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