A Multimedia correspondent, based in Jalandhar, covers Doaba Region of Punjab. Covers politics, Punjab police and Vigilance bureau, enforcement directorate, legal, rural issues, socio economic issues, technical education besides having specialisation in investigative stories.
Articles by Gagandeep Jassowal
Guru Nanak museum at Sultanpur Lodhi runs into roadblocks
Land for the museum has been found 8 acres lesser than previously identified 45 acres; farmers are also demanding higher compensation for acquisition
Updated on Nov 25, 2022 01:04 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab: Process to build Guru Nanak museum at Sultanpur Lodhi set in motion
The Punjab government had announced the plan to construct the museum on the first Sikh master’s 550th birth anniversary celebrated in 2019
Published on Nov 08, 2022 01:10 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
SGPC president elections: In-house TV channel for Gurbani telecast: Jagir Kaur’s topmost agenda
Bibi Jagir Kaur spelled out her agenda for the upcoming election of the SGPC president scheduled on November 9, as she has decided to contest the polls. She launched an attack on SAD
Updated on Nov 06, 2022 10:17 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab forest scam: VB hands over records to ED for money laundering probe
In September, the federal agency had filed an application in the court of Mohali additional district and sessions judge Parminder Singh Grewal seeking the records. I
Published on Oct 22, 2022 04:01 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Woman, her parents, children burnt to death over marital dispute in Jalandhar
The man set fire to his wife, her parents and two children, aged 8 and 5, from her first marriage after poring patrol on them in their sleep; he is absconding
Published on Oct 18, 2022 12:56 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab: PMLA court frames charges against Channi’s nephew in illegal mining case
Special PMLA judge Rupinderjit Chahal registered the case under sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Published on Oct 12, 2022 08:20 PM IST
Illegal mining case: Charges framed against ex-Punjab CM's nephew, aide
Both Bhupinder Singh, alias Honey, ex-Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, and his aide, Kudrat Deep Singh, were charged under sections 3 and 4 of the PMLA Act in the alleged illegal mining case
Updated on Oct 12, 2022 06:48 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Food grain transportation scam: Former Cong minister Ashu sent to 3-day VB custody
In September this year, a case was registered against three contractors at the VB police station, Jalandhar, for allegedly committing fraud and embezzlement causing huge losses to the state exchequer
Updated on Oct 12, 2022 12:59 AM IST
Anti-Sikh hate crimes rise by 169% in UK, says British MP Gill
British Sikh MP from Birmingham, Preet Kaur Gill, quotes hate crime statistics 2021-22 and urges the home secretary to take action
Published on Oct 11, 2022 12:22 AM IST
Punjab forest scam: Chargesheet filed against ex-minister Gilzian’s nephew
The vigilance bureau has filed a chargesheet against former Punjab minister Sangat Singh Gilzian’s nephew Daljit Singh and two others in the alleged multi-crore forest scam; Gilzian, along with senior officials of the state forest department and some private contractors, are accused in the case.
Published on Oct 10, 2022 02:14 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab CM announces Bhagat Singh Chair to be set up at GNDU
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann says Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Awards will be revived and a statue of the freedom fighter will be installed at Chandigarh airport
Updated on Sep 28, 2022 10:44 PM IST
8 posts of SDM in Doaba yet to be filled
The respective district administrations in the Doaba region have given additional charges of these posts to the available sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) or tehsildars.
Published on Sep 24, 2022 02:21 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Jalandhar AAP MLA caught in scuffle with Punjab Police DCP
Ironically, the two were called to settle a property dispute between car dealers when the fight took place on Wednesday night
Published on Sep 22, 2022 01:12 PM IST
40kg heroin seized off Gujarat coast, was ordered by two Punjab jail inmates
Ani Chief Obinna and Meeraz Rehmani, lodged in Amritsar and Kapurthala jails, had ordered the consignment, says Gujarat ATS DIG
Updated on Sep 15, 2022 01:28 AM IST
Mann defends Punjab officials’ meeting with Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal met top officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on April 11. A day later, Mann called on Kejriwal in Delhi to discuss the AAP’s pre-poll promise of 300 units of free electricity as demand peaks.
Updated on Apr 15, 2022 02:09 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
No ‘remote control’, Punjab CM says he sent officials to Kejriwal ‘for training’
Oppn criticism after Delhi CM met Punjab chief secretary, senior power department and PSPCL officials in Bhagwant Mann’s absence on Monday to discuss the AAP’s pre-poll promise of 300 units of free electricity as demand peaks
Updated on Apr 14, 2022 04:04 PM IST
Former Punjab CM Channi questioned by ED in illegal sand mining case
Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey was arrested in connection with the case on February 3 and is in judicial custody at present
Updated on Apr 14, 2022 02:20 PM IST
Hoshiarpur land scam: Vigilance bureau probe not in consonance with FIR allegations: Court
Ludhiana court observed that investigation conducted by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in the multi-crore Hoshiarpur land scam case and the allegations in the FIR are not in consonance with each other
Published on Apr 09, 2022 02:38 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Probe into illegal regularisation, recruitment of employees in ZPs, panchayat samitis
Financial commissioner of the rural development and panchayat department (FCR) Rahul Bhandari on Wednesday formed a panel to verify the records of such employees
Published on Apr 07, 2022 01:27 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Hoshiarpur land scam: Setback for vigilance bureau as Ludhiana court rejects closure report
Ludhiana court on Tuesday rejected the closure or cancellation report filed by the Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) in the multi-crore Hoshiarpur land scam case of 2017
Updated on Apr 06, 2022 01:42 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Sand mining case: ED files chargesheet against Punjab former CM Channi’s nephew, aide
ED filed a charge-sheet against Punjab former chief minister Charanjit Channi’s nephew, Bhupinder Singh, alias Honey, and his aide, Kudratdeep Singh in illegal sand mining case
Updated on Apr 03, 2022 01:45 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
More victims approach Punjab vigilance bureau against woman clerk arrested through anti-corruption helpline
The Punjab vigilance bureau arrested the woman clerk on March 24 for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹4.80 lakh from a vegetable seller, the first arrest through the anti-corruption helpline launched by the Punjab government
Published on Mar 30, 2022 09:08 PM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Punjab police busts ‘goonda tax’ racket; 14 arrested
Punjab Police said the 14 arrested were allegedly extorting money from truck drivers transporting sand as ‘goonda tax’
Published on Mar 30, 2022 12:08 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Former Nawanshahr Congress MLA’s aide shot dead
Fortnight after kabaddi player’s murder, six assailants gun down Makhan Singh of Kanga village at Rahon fuel station in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab and flee
Published on Mar 28, 2022 02:46 PM IST
Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Congress leaders to reach consensus on leader of opposition post
Navjot Singh Sidhu held a meeting with 24 Congress leaders where a consensus on the name of Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira for the post of leader of opposition was reached
Published on Mar 27, 2022 01:06 AM IST
Kabaddi player’s murder: Punjab Police to seek killers’ extradition
The Jalandhar rural police will begin the extradition process of the three accused, two in Canada and one in Malaysia, in international kabaddi player Sandeep Nangal Ambian’s murder case
Published on Mar 21, 2022 01:32 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
‘Rang De Basanti’ moment at Bhagwant Mann’s oath ceremony in Khatkar Kalan
Thousands of AAP volunteers wearing yellow (basanti) turbans and stoles, attended the oath-taking ceremony of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at Khatkar Kalan
Published on Mar 17, 2022 01:15 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Nearly 75% newly elected MLAs in Punjab are crorepatis
As many as 87 newly elected MLAs in the 117-seat Punjab assembly had declared assets in excess of ₹1 crore while filing their nominations
Updated on Mar 15, 2022 01:34 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar
Kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Sandhu shot dead in Jalandhar
In a video of the incident moments after the shooting targeting Kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Sandhu aka Sandeep Nangal started, more than a dozen shots are heard.
Updated on Mar 15, 2022 12:29 AM IST
Dalit bastion Doaba swings the AAP way
AAP managed a gain in Doaba, the hub of Dalit politics, by clinching 10 of total 23 seats in the region comprising four districts, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar and Kapurthala,
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 03:34 AM IST
Gagandeep Jassowal, Jalandhar