Gurpreet Singh Nibber is a special correspondent with the Punjab bureau. He covers agriculture, power sector, Sikh religious affairs and the Punjabi diaspora.
Articles by Gurpreet Singh Nibber
BJP reaches out to former ally SAD for support in Presidential elections
BJP national president JP Nadda is said to have spoken to SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, who, according to sources, replied that the party will take a call on the matter after consulting the senior leadership.
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 01:52 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
VB will probe illegal mining cases: Punjab minister in House
Punjab cabinet minister Harjot Singh Bains on Thursday informed the Vidhan Sabha that he will refer cases of illegal sand mining to the state vigilance bureau for investigation
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 01:11 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab assembly passes resolution against Agnipath scheme
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who moved the resolution in the House, said he will soon raise the issue over the contentious programme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 02:26 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab assembly passes resolution against Centre’s Agnipath scheme
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann to raise defence recruitment scheme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 04:13 PM IST
Committed to fulfil all guarantees given to people of Punjab: CM Mann
Punjab CM Mann said that the thumping mandate given by the people of Punjab to the Aam Aadmi party (AAP) has given a clear signal that people were fed up with the previous dispensations
Published on Jun 30, 2022 12:51 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
AAP govt to soon launch policy to give new tube well connections: Punjab power minister
Punjab power minister was replying to a query raised by AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura during the question-and-answer hour in the ongoing budget session of the legislative assembly
Published on Jun 29, 2022 01:25 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab assembly session: LoP Bajwa demands ‘protocols committee’ to make bureaucracy accountable
Congress leader LoP Bajwa was speaking during the zero hour in the second sitting of the Punjab assembly; his demand for ‘protocols committee’ was rejected
Published on Jun 29, 2022 01:18 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab CM promises discretionary funds to MLAs on lines of MPLADS
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann made the announcement during the Question Hour while responding to a query listed by SAD leader Manpreet Singh Ayali
Updated on Jun 28, 2022 12:59 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab budget: 60% agriculture outlay to fund free power for pumpsets
The other big slice — ₹450 crore — has been reserved for the previously announced incentive of ₹1,500 crore to paddy growers of the state for adopting direct seeding of rice
Updated on Jun 28, 2022 12:56 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Sangrur bypoll: SAD’s Panthic card comes a cropper
The “panthic card” tossed around by the Badals-led Akali party during campaigning, with focus on the demand for release of bandhi (detenues) Sikhs, has failed to catch the voters’ attention in a constituency in Malwa belt of Punjab – once the Akali bastion.
Published on Jun 27, 2022 01:47 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announces educational, health reforms for state
Winding up the discussion on governor’s address, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann also termed the Emergency a “big blot” on India’s democracy, lambasting it as a period when people’s voice was suppressed. Saturday marked the 47th year since Emergency was first imposed in the country.
Published on Jun 26, 2022 02:12 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab seeks ₹474 crore for in-situ paddy stubble management
If the central government gives its nod, it will be the fifth consecutive season when it will be providing funds to Punjab to curb paddy stubble burning post harvest in October-November
Published on Jun 22, 2022 10:15 PM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab godown owners miffed over new rent scheme; ask authorities to vacate
Unhappy with the new rent scheme, the Punjab godown owners have stopped accepting the rent and have asked the FCI and state department to vacate the godowns by removing the grain stocks
Published on Jun 22, 2022 12:17 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab demands Centre early release of ₹ 2,900 crore pending payments
The pending payments include the 3% rural development fund over the total food procurement expenditure of previous two seasons in Punjab; rabi-2022 (wheat) and kharif-2021 (paddy)
Published on Jun 20, 2022 08:25 PM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Current rainfall spell raises hopes for bumper paddy harvest in Punjab
An officer of the state agriculture department said that rice growers in Punjab should make best use of the rainfall spell for sowing paddy with the conventional or non-conventional method
Published on Jun 18, 2022 01:15 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Paddy sowing: plans to save subsoil water in Punjab ruined as hot weather plays spoilsport
Expert of the Punjab Agricultural university says that in such hot weather conditions, the evaporation and transpiration is maximum and it is worrying not for the paddy but for subsoil water
Published on Jun 14, 2022 09:29 PM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Cane growers await dues to tune of ₹664.73 cr in Punjab
The prolonged delay in payments by 16 sugar mills in Punjab has forced the cane growers to take to streets and protest for the release of their dues
Published on Jun 11, 2022 12:56 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Excise policy: Liquor set to get cheaper in Punjab from July
In the excise policy announced by the Punjab government, revenue generation has been pegged at ₹9,647.85 crore, an increase of 40% from the last financial year
Published on Jun 09, 2022 01:13 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Stalemate between staff, Punjab government brings revenue department’s work to a halt
Last week, staff of the revenue department , including direct revenue staff, tehsildars and naib-tehsildars, went on an indefinite mass casual leave demanding the Punjab government to redress their issues
Updated on Jun 08, 2022 01:35 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Paddy sowing: Punjab farmers miss DSR deadline
The agriculture department owes the slow pace of paddy sowing to erratic power and water supply and lack of outreach to the farmers; the deadline to sow paddy through the DSR method was May 31
Published on Jun 06, 2022 12:04 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab for ban on 10 agro-chemicals for basmati
Agriculture department, Punjab, has proposed to ban 10 compounds of agro-chemicals farmers normally spray over premium aromatic basmati paddy so as to avoid rejection in international market
Published on Jun 01, 2022 01:55 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab government to bypass arhtiyas for moong procurement
The Punjab government will rope in rural agricultural cooperative societies instead of arhtiyas for moong procurement
Published on May 30, 2022 12:05 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
SAD panel submits report, asks leaders to seek forgiveness from Panth
The panel was set up on the insistence of the SAD core committee to tour the state and meet party workers to hear their grouse and suggest course correction after the election rout in Punjab
Published on May 28, 2022 12:25 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Wheat stocks hit five-year low in Punjab
The fall in wheat stocks in Punjab this rabi season is 40 to 50% less as compared to the previous five years
Published on May 27, 2022 12:52 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Rain brings respite from heat wave in Punjab, Haryana
The minimum temperature dropped by up to five degrees Celsius below normal; pleasant weather forecast on Tuesday, too
Updated on May 23, 2022 12:59 PM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber and Rajanbir Singh
Punjab farmers stocking up wheat in hopes to sell at higher price later
The affluent farmers or those who have alternate income sources in Punjab have not sold their produce to state agencies are believed to be stocking up wheat
Updated on May 20, 2022 12:43 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Farmers, Punjab CMO in deadlock over demands
Farmer leaders of 16-member Sanyukt Kisan Morcha insist on meeting chief minister Bhagwant Mann over new paddy sowing schedule and relief for wheat growers who suffered losses due to early onset of summer
Updated on May 17, 2022 04:33 PM IST
DSR sowing in Punjab won’t be smooth sailing: Experts
Moving away from the traditional method of transplanting paddy saplings in puddleed fields, the new DSR method entails sowing paddy seeds directly in the soil cutting water usage. The Punjab government has announced ₹1,500 incentive per acre for farmers opting for the DSR
Published on May 16, 2022 01:10 AM IST
Relief for farmers: Centre relaxes norms for shrivelled wheat grains for Punjab, Haryana
Increases permissible limit for shrivelled and broken wheat grains up to 18% against the existing 6%; owing to sudden rise in temperature in March when wheat crop was at maturing stage, the grain quality had suffered
Published on May 15, 2022 01:17 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Punjab mining department terminates contract of Mohali cluster
The Punjab mining department rejected the plea of contractor of Mohali cluster stating that there was not sufficient material available in the mining areas allotted
Updated on May 14, 2022 01:07 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
