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Gurpreet Singh Nibber is an Assistant Editor with the Punjab bureau. He covers politics, agriculture, power sector, environment, Sikh religious affairs and the Punjabi diaspora.

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Rajnath to prepare ground for parliamentary polls

In the run-up to the forthcoming parliamentary elections, BJP national president Rajnath Singh, who arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit, will interact with the core group leaders of four states - Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh -- and union territory of Chandigarh on Monday.

Updated on Sep 23, 2013 01:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

SAD (Badal) wants two seats in West Delhi

The BJP has asked its coalition partner Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to announce its candidates on two seats before September 19, before the Shradh period begins.

Updated on Sep 17, 2013 02:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi

Regulatory panel questions power body functioning

Casting aspersions on the functioning of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has pointed out that the former has claimed 2,157 million units excess power in agriculture pump set (AP) category in the past three years which actually was lost in transmission and distribution.

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Updated on Sep 09, 2013 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Farmer suicides;State govt fails to compensate all affected families

As the state government has ordered a fresh survey to identify the number of farmers in the state who had committed suicide owing to debt from 2010 till now, the government is yet to compensate the families identified in the earlier survey.

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Updated on Sep 05, 2013 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Almost back in SADdle, Sukhbir to step on development pedal

Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, who is set to be re-elected as the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president, on Monday said that in five years at the helm, he had changed the "attitude, configuration and agenda" of the party.

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Updated on Sep 03, 2013 02:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByGurpreet Singh Nibber & Harkirat Singh, Chandigarh/amritsar

PSPCL's worry: imported coal to lead to tariff hike

A decision by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), which allowed private sector thermal plants coming up in Punjab to import coal directly, has added to the worries of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).

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Updated on Aug 30, 2013 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Eviction of Sikh farmers from Kutch

The Punjab government on Wednesday pressed into service its advocate general to provide legal support to Sikh farmers of the Kutch area who are fighting against the Gujarat government's eviction orders.

Updated on Aug 21, 2013 08:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Murders in Manila: Veteran financiers blame new entrants for mess

The new generation of Punjabi money-lenders in the Philippines is "spoiling the entire show", as per the old-timers in the business.

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Updated on Aug 13, 2013 11:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Punjabi financiers at receiving end

The cost of a life in the Philippines is just 10,000 pesos (around Rs 14,000), or even less. As per an estimate, nearly 500 Punjabis were murdered in 2012, while about 50 have been killed this year so far. Most of these cases involved contract killings in which the victims were financiers.

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Updated on Aug 12, 2013 11:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Money-lending business fraught with danger

Lives of a large number of Indians, most of them Punjabis, engaged in un-institutional finance business in the Philippines are fraught with danger. The business, according to those settled in the Philippines, has a huge profit margin but that comes at a price.

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Updated on Aug 12, 2013 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

DSGMC delegation reaches Dubai from Rome

A DSGMC delegation, including its president Manjit Singh GK, has reached Dubai for a religious function. The members left from Rome airport on Thursday morning after protocol officer from India's high commission arranged their departure without removing turbans for security check. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports

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Updated on Aug 08, 2013 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

DSGMC members told to remove turbans at Rome airport

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjit Singh GK was told to remove his turban during a security check at the Rome airport on Tuesday night. However, he, along with other members of the DSGMC delegation, refused to do so and decided not to board their Dubai-bound Emirates flight.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2013 10:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Sikh farmers 'evicted', Modi govt gets trouble

Punjab's Shiromani Akali Dal, which runs the state government in coalition with the BJP, is in a dilemma whether to support the farmers or not after the Narendra Modi government in 2010 said that they had no rights on their land. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.

Updated on Aug 07, 2013 11:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

SAD slams Modi for plight of Sikh farmers

After the Punjab unit of the Congress, in separate letters, urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to intervene and prevent the "forcible eviction" of Sikh families by the Gujarat government, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday swung into action and slammed Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for the plight of Sikh farmers.

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Updated on Aug 02, 2013 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Fund crunch hampers Shahpur Kandi project

The much-delayed 168-MW Shahpur Kandi project on the Ravi river in Pathankot district has hit another roadblock, with the Centre yet to release funds to the tune of Rs 190 crore to the Punjab irrigation department.

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Updated on Jul 26, 2013 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

War heroes' kin PCS officers missing from seniority list

Eight Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officers, who have been working in various capacities in the state for the past seven to 14 years have been left reeling from the shock after their names were found missing from the recently updated seniority list.

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Updated on Jul 14, 2013 10:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Punjab fails to make the most of NABARD funds

For the past two years, the Punjab finance department has been unable to make the most of sanctioned funds from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The lackadaisical approach of the state government has hampered the pace of development works, especially in the rural development and irrigation sectors.

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Updated on Jul 06, 2013 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

BJP may have to open without Sidhu

It's likely to be a show without star host, as the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team in Punjab assembles in Amritsar for the first innings. Many senior leaders, including party national president Rajnath Singh, will be attendance on July 7 and 8 at the opening meeting of the BJP's new state executive body but the constituency's MP, Navjot Singh Sidhu, may not be able to make it.

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Updated on Jul 05, 2013 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Race for two key PSPCL posts hots up

The race for the posts of director, human resource development (HRD), and director, distribution, in the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is hotting up. The selection committee, headed by the Punjab chief secretary and including the secretary (power) and the chairman, rural electrification corporation (REC), is likely to meet later this month for the final decision.

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Updated on Jul 04, 2013 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Punjab Cong incharge gives call for unity

The Congress' Punjab affairs incharge, Shakeel Ahmed, here on Sunday called upon leaders and workers of the state party unit, including MLAs and MPs, to "iron out differences and work for a common goal" of making the party victorious from all 13 parliamentary seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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Updated on Jul 01, 2013 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Attack on Pannu exposes PR disaster

The Punjab government's 'publicity-oriented' drive after the natural disaster in Uttarakhand has been disastrous right from the beginning. The assault on senior IAS officer Kahan Singh Pannu, video clips of which went viral on YouTube, has exposed the public anger brewing among stranded pilgrims, especially from Punjab, against the Parkash Singh Badal regime. VIDEO INSIDE

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Updated on Jun 26, 2013 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByGurpreet Singh Nibber and Vishal Rambani, Chandigarh/patiala

Hemkunt shrine closed for season

After the June 16 cloudburst, the Hemkunt Sahib shrine at a height of 15,200 feet in Chamoli district of Uttrakhand has been shut for the current season. The Hemkunt trust managing gurdwara at Hemkunt took the decision on Friday.

Updated on Jun 22, 2013 10:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

As JD(U) breaks up with BJP, Badal to be NDA convener?

With Sharad Yadav resigning from the top post as convener of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) following the JD(U)'s split with the BJP on Sunday, one name that has automatically come into reckoning for the post is that of Punjab chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal.

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Updated on Jun 17, 2013 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Amarinder enters Cong core group, Brar out

Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has been elevated to the highest decision-making body of the Congress. He has been inducted as a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), having a bigger role and say in the party's core group at the national level. AICC president Sonia Gandhi issued the orders on Sunday.

Updated on Jun 17, 2013 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

As MLAs’ society wants out, Tata Camelot set for burial

A partnership entered into six years ago, with an eye on a potential windfall from the realty sector, is coming to an end after a reality check. The MLAs’ Cooperative House Building Society, which gave land to business giant Tata for the since-doomed Camelot project in Punjab’s Kansal village adjoining Chandigarh, wants out. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports

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Updated on Jun 14, 2013 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Foundation stone of 1984 Sikh genocide memorial laid

The foundation stone of 1984 Sikh Genocide Memorial being built in Gurdwara Rakabanj Sahib Complex was unveiled on Wednesday.

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Updated on Jun 12, 2013 03:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi

Foundation stone of 1984 Sikh genocide memorial laid

The foundation stone of 1984 Sikh Genocide Memorial being built in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib Complex was unveiled on Wednesday. Hearing in a petition challenging construction of memorial in the Gurdwara premises was also listed for hearing in Delhi high court but the foundation stone was laid before the case came for hearing.

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Updated on Jun 12, 2013 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi

Poll head in place, BJP's Punjab ticket queue prepares ground

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), junior partner of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab's ruling combine, may have won 19 of the 23 seats it contested in the 117-strong assembly last year, but the Lok Sabha elections due in 2014 look set to be a tough battle for the saffron brigade in the agrarian state. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.

Updated on Jun 10, 2013 01:09 AM IST
None | By, Chandigarh

No illegal construction inside Gurdwara Rakabganj complex, NDMC tells DSGMC

As the DSGMC was gearing up to lay the foundation of the 1984 Sikh genocide memorial in the Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib complex, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) today served a notice to the Gurdwara committee, asking not to erect any illegal structure in the complex. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.

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Updated on Jun 07, 2013 08:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

NDMC notice to gurdwara committee over 1984 memorial

As the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) gears up for the June 12 foundation-laying of a '1984 Sikh genocide memorial' inside Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib complex in the heart of the national capital, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) on Friday served a notice on the DSGMC, cautioning it against any "illegal structure" in the complex. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.

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Updated on Jun 08, 2013 12:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi
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