Harmandeep Singh is staff Correspondent and have specialisation in investigative reporting. He covers Punjab politics, mining, crime, school education, health, medical education, administration, labour department, brain-drain and rural areas besides burning issues of Sangrur and Barnala districts.
Articles by Harmandeep Singh
Punjab bandh: Shops across Doaba region shut, lukewarm response seen in other parts of state
In the Doaba region, which includes Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar districts, most commercial establishments remained shut and market areas wore a deserted look. The transportation facilities, however, saw no impact.
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 02:21 PM IST
Punjab: ASI drives off with bribe money but getaway car gets stuck in pothole
₹10,000, opium recovered from vehicle, accused cop manages to flee on a scooter; a spokesperson of the VB said the ASI had accepted a bribe of ₹10,000 from Jagtar Singh of Himtana village for removing the name of his son from an FIR
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 12:27 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Newly regularised teachers in Punjab warn of stir, say not getting paid enough
The union termed the hike and entire process of regularisation a ‘joke’ and said despite their protests, the state government has denied the benefits of the pay scale, dearness allowance, medical allowance, mobile allowance, GPF, CPF
Updated on Jul 31, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab: Edu dept files police complaint after irregularities in govt school’s expenditure
The education department has found irregularities in expenditure of ₹1.59 crore at Mata Raj Kaur Government Senior Secondary School, Badrukhan
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 10:15 PM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab: Over 900 Social Security, Women and Child Development Dept employees await June salary
At least 943 employees of the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development have not received their salaries for the month of June due to a lack of budget. The department is working to resolve the issue and hopes to release the salaries within two days.
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 09:55 PM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab education dept sends notices to DEOs for failing to meet enrolment target
The Punjab education department has issued notices to district education officers (DEOs) for failing to achieve the enrolment target
Updated on Jul 23, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Disaster strikes twice for two families of Sangrur village
After being homeless in 1993 floods, Prem Singh and other poverty-stricken flood victims in Punjab face the same fate again as their houses are washed away. They have suffered irrevocable damage to their belongings and are now seeking compensation from the government.
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 11:39 PM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Sangrur: Haryana villagers helped Punjab brethren in crisis
Hundreds of farmers of nearby villages of Haryana had joined the efforts of plugging breach at Phulad village when it took place on last July 12
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 11:31 PM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Water level above danger mark, 56 breaches in Ghaggar yet to be plugged in Punjab
Officials said it was impossible to plug these breaches as the water level is 750.6 feet, which is around 2.4 feet above the danger mark i.e. 748.2 feet
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 12:26 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab: Floodwater starts receding in Sangrur’s Moonak
Four days after a raging Ghaggar submerged vast swaths of land in Sangrur’s Moonak sub-division, the floodwaters have started receding in several places
Updated on Jul 15, 2023 10:59 PM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab: Ghaggar continues to wreak havoc, inundates more areas
Ghaggar fury continued unabated with flood waters entering residential buildings in the towns of Khanuari and Moonak and submerging more than 5,000 acres of agricultural land
Updated on Jul 15, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Ghaggar in full fury, Sangrur’s Moonak turns into a big pool
The river is flowing 6 feet above danger mark; At least 20 villages affected, with nearly 25,000 acres of agricultural land submerged
Updated on Jul 14, 2023 01:10 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab floods: Ghaggar river breaches all-time record, overflows in Sangrur
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann heads for his home district as Ghaggar river flows 6ft above 746.2ft danger mark, inundating three villages
Updated on Jul 13, 2023 11:46 AM IST
Punjab flood fury: Three breaches in Ghaggar hit 6 Sangrur villages
As of now, water has inundated agricultural land of these villages but residents of nearby villages also fear the flood fury as water continues to flow out of the river
Updated on Jul 13, 2023 12:55 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab: Ghaggar river breaches at three places in Sangrur, district on alert
There were predictions that the district may witness a flood-like situation on Wednesday as the water released from Kaushalya Dam in Panchkula, which is 125km away, reached Sangrur on
Updated on Jul 12, 2023 09:57 AM IST
Harmandeep Singhh
Punjab: PSHRC seeks report on hospital lying locked for two years in Samana
On June 29, HT highlighted four-storeyed Mother and Child Care Hospital in Samana has been locked for two years in the absence of doctors, paramedics and sanitation staff; Patiala civil surgeon told to submit report on September 6
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 03:46 PM IST
Police lathicharge protesting teachers near CM’s house in Sangrur
Members of the Education Providers Union, who have been protesting for 19 days, said the state government gave them a marginal salary hike when they have been demanding regular pay scale
Updated on Jul 02, 2023 12:15 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab: Police lathicharge protesting teachers near CM’s house in Sangrur
Members of the Education Providers Union, who have been protesting for 19 days, said the state government gave them a marginal salary hike when they have been demanding regular pay scale
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 04:15 PM IST
Teachers decry flood control room duties in Sangrur
According to the order, the teachers will remain present in the control rooms in two shifts. The first shift will start from 9 am to 5 pm (8-hour shift), while the second shift will start from 5 pm to 9 am (16-hour shift)
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 12:23 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
No staff, Mother and Child Care Hospital in Punjab’s Samana lying locked for last 2 years
The hospital is well-equipped with modern equipment and has labour rooms, a family planning room, OPDs, a dressing/injection room, a pharmacy, delivery rooms, operation theatres, a nursing station and a baby feeding area
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 12:23 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Patiala
Punjab crime: Wholesaler kills man, fakes own death to claim ₹4 crore insurance, arrested
Police on Wednesday arrested Gurpreet Singh, a resident of village Husain Pura near Sirhind, along with five others, including his wife Khushdeep Kaur, and an insurance agent
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Fatehgarh Sahib
Punjab: Passengers bear brunt of roadways, PRTC union strike
With buses off road due to strike by contractual workers of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transportation Corporation, stranded commuters struggle to reach destinations
Updated on Jun 27, 2023 01:36 PM IST
Marriage certificate no longer needed for workers availing Punjab’s ‘Ashirwad scheme’ benefits
The labour department has decided to now allow workers who are beneficiaries of Punjab government’s “Ashirwad” scheme to seek financial assistance without providing a marriage registration certificate
Updated on Jun 24, 2023 12:54 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Punjab VB identifies 48 revenue officials taking bribe through middlemen
The bureau has also submitted the names of middlemen, who used to demand and collect bribe from people on behalf of the revenue officials. The middlemen included Vasiiqa-Naviis (deed writers), advocates, registry clerks and private persons.
Updated on Jun 21, 2023 01:20 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
NEET 2023: Malerkotla’s Pranjal tops female category,Jalandhar’s Ashika 2nd
Pranjal Aggarwal from Malerkotla has topped the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test in female category with an All India Rank of four
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 11:57 PM IST
NEET 2023: Malerkotla’s Pranjal Aggarwal tops female category, bags AIR 4
Pranjal scored 715 marks in the medical entrance exam whose result was announced by the National Testing Agency on Tuesday
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 02:05 PM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Malerkotla
Sangrur’s locality nobody’s baby, MC, panchayat pass the buck
Neither the municipal council nor the panchayat of Badrukhan village is claiming the area of Sant Attar Singh Nagar to be under its jurisdiction
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
DA Probe: VB raids ex-minister Vijay Inder Singla’s ancestral house in Patiala
The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Tuesday raided the ancestral house and a three-story commercial building of former Congress minister Vijay Inder Singla at Patiala in connection with the disproportionate assets probe
Updated on Jun 07, 2023 12:21 AM IST
Habitat blues for peafowls in Longowal village as green cover set to go amid stadium construction
The public works department (PWD) states that the trees will be translocated to another location, but as per environmentalists it will be of little help. They say the peafowl habitat in Punjab has been rapidly shrinking due to deforestation and it is now confined to only a few areas now. The latest move will only aggravate the problem.
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 12:45 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur
Lack of ‘eco-friendly’ stubble pellets irks brick kiln owners in Punjab
The owners of around 2,800 brick kilns in Punjab are struggling to meet the state government's mandate to replace 20% of their fuel with pellets made from paddy stubble due to a lack of availability. The kiln owners are also seeking a cap on prices and claim that the pellets are of poor quality. The Punjab Pollution Control Board has offered financial support to set up manufacturing units, but both sides must work together to resolve the issue.
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 01:16 AM IST
Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur