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    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

    4 cops indicted for custodial torture, electric shocks in Punjab's Bathinda

    Narinderdeep, a resident of Goniana, near Bathinda, died under mysterious circumstances on May 23, 2025.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 21, 2026 04:34 IST

    Four Ferozepur men held with 47-kg heroin, pistols

    The Faridkot district police on Sunday busted a cross-border smuggling network with the arrest of four operatives, seizing 47.3 kg of heroin, three .30 bore pistols, three magazines, and 15 cartridges. (HT Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 20, 2026 11:36 IST

    Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Prosecution opposes Bishnoi’s plea for production warrant

    The next hearing is scheduled on October 9. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 19, 2026 02:30 IST

    Faridkot police bust jail-operated border arms ring, two operatives arrested

    Faridkot police bust jail-operated border arms ring, two operatives arrested
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 17, 2026 10:35 IST

    Punjab intensifies vaccination amid lumpy skin disease threat

    The infection also spreads rapidly with multiplication of infected vectors. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 16, 2026 02:15 IST

    The progressive shift: Sriganganagar’s success inspires Abohar horticulturists to switch to carrots

    Farmer Ravi Singhmar during a carrot seed sowing exercise in his field in Dharamura, near Abohar, Punjab, on Sunday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 14, 2026 02:10 IST

    AAP ‘propped up’ Akali Dal Waris Punjab De to split Panth: Sukhbir

    Sukhbir Singh Badal (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 10, 2026 02:30 IST

    Mann accuses Centre of muzzling Punjab’s federal rights by elevating HC chief justice

    Addressing the ‘Lok Milni’ programme at Ghudda village in Bathinda, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said he had received a communication to grant assent to the name of the next chief justice, but the Union government did not wait for the Punjab CM’s response. (HT Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Sep 7, 2026 02:11 IST

    2 years on, Bathinda’s botanical garden plan remains on paper

    Bathinda MC superintendent engineer Sandeep Romana said the space earmarked for the project near Rose Garden was occupied by the sewage board, and their relocation took time.
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 03:01 IST

    Punjab: In a first, Sukhbir lashes out at Amritpal, his party

    The SAD president also mentioned the murder of Amritpal’s former aide and Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau in Faridkot in October 2024. (HT Photo)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 27, 2026 02:34 IST

    After kinnow, cotton setbacks, dates yield sweet returns for Malwa farmers

    Around 70 date palm saplings can be sown per acre, with an average yield of 1.5 quintals from a single tree in a season. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 23, 2026 19:21 IST

    Punjab: Bathinda government sports school set for a fresh innings

    The school has sanctioned posts for seven teachers and 14 coaches, officials said, only five teachers and seven coaches were currently available. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 21, 2026 02:49 IST

    Punjab: Baba Farid University of Health Sciences suspends 200 employees over ‘recruitment irregularities’

    Asks them to appear before a panel on Aug 20 for audit. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 19, 2026 02:40 IST

    Punjab yet to file reply on gangster Anmol plea seeking to expedite trial in Moose Wala murder case

    Mansa court gives prosecution time till August 28 to reply to Feb 27 plea. (HT File)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 15, 2026 02:32 IST

    Ludhiana content creator’s killing: Bathinda court frames murder charges against mastermind Mehron, associate

    Amritpal Singh Mehron
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 11, 2026 03:17 IST

    After cotton crunch, Bathinda go nuts

    According to experts, groundnut requires far less water compared to other kharif crops like cotton and paddy, and also reaches maturity quicker, reaping faster returns. (HT)
    chandigarh news
    Updated on Aug 10, 2026 03:14 IST
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