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Dhami relents, to resume his duties as SGPC chief

A day after the executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) rejected his resignation as the president of the apex gurdwara body, Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday agreed to resume his duties as SGPC chief

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:30 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Harjinder Singh Dhami relents, to resume duty as SGPC chief

After closed-door meeting with SAD leaders Sukhbir Singh Badal and Balwinder Singh Bhunder, agrees to resume office soon.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders Sukhbir Singh Badal and Balwinder Singh Bhunder addressing the media after meeting Harjinder Singh Dhami (centre) at his residence in Hoshiarpur on Tuesday. (Harpreet Kaur/HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 18, 2025 04:29 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

SGPC rejects Dhami’s resignation, appeals him to reconsider decision

The executive body of the SGPC held meeting in Chandigarh led by senior vice-president Raghujit Singh Virk. So far, Dhami has not accepted the appeal, as he would take any decision reportedly after talking to the party high command.

The executive body of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) held on Monday rejected the resignation tendered by committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami on February 17. The committee appealed to Dhami to resume charge and met him at his residence in Hoshiarpur. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 18, 2025 09:14 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Harpreet Kaur, Chandigarh/ Hoshiarpur

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal reaches Vipassana centre

This marks Arvind Kejriwal’s seventh Vipassana retreat since 2013 and his second visit to the Dhama Dhaja centre, the first being in December 2023

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 06, 2025 09:14 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Kejriwal reaches Hoshiarpur for 10-day Vipassana session

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Hoshiarpur on Tuesday evening to join a 10-day Vipassana meditation session in the nearby Anandgarh village

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 05, 2025 09:32 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

No place for gangsters, criminals in Punjab, says CM Mann

Addressing a gathering during the passing out parade of 2,490 (1,992 males, 498 females) newly recruited Punjab police constables here, the CM said that the government had started a decisive war against drugs and anti-social elements.

CM Bhagwant Mann hands over job letter during the passing out parade at Jahan Khelan in Hoshiarpur on Sunday. (Sourced)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 03, 2025 08:16 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Akal Takht jathedar calls on Dhami, urges him to withdraw resignation as SGPC chief

Harjinder Singh Dhami had resigned as SGPC president on February 17 after Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh condemned the gurdwara body for the dismissal of Giani Harpreet Singh as the jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib.

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh calling on Harjinder Singh Dhami at his residence in Hoshiarpur on Friday. (Harpeet Kaur/HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Feb 28, 2025 04:11 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Dhami turns down SAD’s request to withdraw resignation

A special meeting of the executive committee of SGPC has been called on February 21 to take call on Dhami’s resignation.

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 20, 2025 08:36 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur deportees recall ‘donkey’ route horror

Harwinder Singh and Sukhpal Singh revealed that the deportees remained handcuffed throughout their return journey to India. Both urged youth not to go to foreign countries illegally.

Harwinder Singh of Hoshiarpur's Tahli village meets his family on Wednesday. (Harpreet Kaur/HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 07, 2025 07:54 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

My son was in Italy 20 days ago, we don’t how he reached US: Retd Hoshiarpur teacher

Sukhpal’s kin insists that he had gone to Italy legally and was working for someone known to their family.

Sukhpal Singh of Darapur village of Hoshiarpur

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 06, 2025 09:18 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Agents promised legal entry, took ₹42L from us, say Hoshiarpur man’s kin

Harwinder Singh's family celebrated his US entry, but were devastated by his deportation. They face crushing debt and uncertain futures due to a fraudulent agent.

Harwinder Singh of Tahli village of Hohiarpur (HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 06, 2025 09:14 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Chabbewal: AAP debutant Ishank trounces BJP, Cong turncoats

Ishank Kumar, a doctor, polled 51,904 votes and Ranjit Kumar secured 23,214 votes. The BJP’s Sohan Singh Thandal was a distant third with 8,692 votes, Election Commission data showed.

AAP’s Ishank Kumar and his MP father Raj Kumar during a roadshow in Chabbewal byelection. (HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 07:24 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Chabbewal

Bypoll battle: Will Chabbewal see ‘son-rise’ against battle-ready turncoats

The Chabbewal assembly by-election features a contest among candidates with past party switches, creating voter confusion and a battle for support.

AAP candidate Ishank Kumar during campaigning. (HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 16, 2024 07:46 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Punjab: BJP fanning anti-farmer sentiments, says Channi

According the Congress leader and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the central government is deliberately pushing the farmers to the wall so that they resort to road blockades and invite the wrath of other categories.

Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi. (ANI file)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 13, 2024 09:08 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Chabbewal (hoshiarpur)

Punjab: Mann hints at stepping down from AAP’s state prez post

CM Bhagwant Mann hinted at a potential leadership change in AAP Punjab, expressing the need for a new state president to share responsibilities.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at an election meeting for AAP’s Dera Baba Nanak candidate Gurdeep Singh Randhawa on Sunday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 07:36 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Punjab: Former SAD minister Thandal joins BJP, likely to contest Chabbewal bypoll

BJP Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani welcomes Thandal into party fold on eve of last date of filing nomination papers for the November 13 byelection.

Punjab BJP affairs in-charge and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani welcoming former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Sohan Singh Thandal into the party in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Oct 24, 2024 03:32 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Punjab: Second successive win for migrant woman from UP as sarpanch

Ram Bai was re-elected sarpanch of Dagana Khurd village, securing 47 votes. Villagers cite her lack of contributions but support her for future projects.

Ram Bai who was elected the sarpanch of Dagana Khurad village in Hoshiarpur. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:04 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

4 injured in cracker blast during Dussehra festivities in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur

Procession was being taken out by followers of Lord Hanuman when spark from firecracker burst by a devotee fell on a bag full of crackers, leading to loud explosion.

Four persons were injured, two of them seriously, and several buildings were damaged when an explosion took place during a religious procession in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. (Representational photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Oct 10, 2024 04:36 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Mann announces to fill all vacant posts of Punjabi teachers in schools

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced to fill all the vacant posts of Punjabi teachers in the government schools across the state on a priority basis to promote the language.

Punjab chief minister presenting awards to teachers at state level function in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. (Harpreet Kaur/HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Sep 05, 2024 10:18 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Punjab: Former Hoshiarpur MLA Sunder Sham Arora quits BJP, back in Congress

Speculation of his returning to the Congress fold gained ground when senior party leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Charanjit Singh Channi called on him at his residence recently.

Former minister Sunder Sham Arora (left) with Punjab Congress in-charge Devender Yadav after joining the party. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 28, 2024 04:14 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Punjab: 16 injured as speeding bus overturns in Hoshiarpur

Accident occurred near Dasuya near Hoshiarpur on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway on Monday morning, bus driver absconding.

The private bus that met with the accident near Dasuya on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway on Monday, leaving 25 passengers injured. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 20, 2024 06:36 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Mistakes could be forgiven, not sins: Mann on Sukhbir’s apology

CM Bhagwant Mann says those responsible for desecration of Guru Granth Sahib would be given exemplary punishment

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that those responsible for the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib would be given exemplary punishment.

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 07, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Punjab CM assures exemplary punishment in sacrilege cases

A day after Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal’s apology to Akal Takht, Bhagwant Mann says mistakes could be forgiven, not sins; claims Akali leadership already guilty in ‘court of public’ and now it’s time to punish legally.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann addressed a gathering after inaugurating the state-level Van Mahotsav by planting a sapling at the community centre in Hoshiarpur on Tuesday. (HT file photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Aug 06, 2024 02:27 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur

Will lead Jalandhar bypoll campaign, camp in constituency, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

According to the plan, Mann was to join the campaign only in the last leg. Twenty-three senior leaders, including two MPs, four ministers and MLAs, are camping in Jalandhar as a part of the campaign for the bypoll. Pathak himself has been meeting senior leaders in the city for the last two days

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann paying tributes to Sant Kabir during a state-level function in Hoshiarpur on Saturday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 07:32 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Jalandhar/hoshiarpur

Hat-trick at Centre, PM Modi tells unjab, wraps up 2024 campaign

Addressing his last rally of this general election in Hoshiarpur, Modi expresses confidence that the BJP will be back to fulfil the ‘Viksit Bharat’ vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab on Thursday. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Published on May 30, 2024 10:33 PM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Hat-trick at Centre, says PM Modi, wraps up LS campaign in Punjab

Addressing his last rally of this general election in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Modi expressed confidence that BJP will be back to fulfil the Viksit Bharat vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding up a mace at a public meeting in Hoshiarpur on Thursday, the last day for campaigning for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections. (PTI Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on May 30, 2024 03:21 PM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Harpreet Kaur

Sukhbir targets BJP for ‘divisive’ politics, Cong for Op Bluestar

Sukhbir has accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government of terminating all welfare schemes started by the erstwhile SAD government.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal during an election rally in Tanda, Hoshiarpur, on Thursday. (HT photo)

Chandigarh

Published on May 23, 2024 10:55 PM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Former diplomat Sanjiv Arora joins Congress

Asked why he chose the Congress over any other political party, Sanjiv Arora says he is impressed by the party’s ideology.

Chandigarh

Updated on May 23, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur constituency watch: AAP nominee aims to make inroads into BJP stronghold

For the Congress, it is now a struggle to stay afloat, particularly in the Hoshiarpur and Chabbewal segments, in the absence of prominent leaders who have defected to other parties.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded incumbent MP Som Parkash’s wife Anita Som Parkash. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on May 18, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Ex-MLA Sukhjit Kaur Sahi quits SAD, joins BJP

Her son Harsimrat Singh Sahi too has joined the saffron party. Sukhjit is the wife of late two-time MLA Amarjit Singh Sahi. Two years ago, she had quit the BJP to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Around two years ago, Sukhjit Kaur Sahi had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Chandigarh

Updated on May 10, 2024 08:20 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Dasuya (hoshiarpur)

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A day after the executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) rejected his resignation as the president of the apex gurdwara body, Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday agreed to resume his duties as SGPC chief

After closed-door meeting with SAD leaders Sukhbir Singh Badal and Balwinder Singh Bhunder, agrees to resume office soon.

The executive body of the SGPC held meeting in Chandigarh led by senior vice-president Raghujit Singh Virk. So far, Dhami has not accepted the appeal, as he would take any decision reportedly after talking to the party high command.

This marks Arvind Kejriwal’s seventh Vipassana retreat since 2013 and his second visit to the Dhama Dhaja centre, the first being in December 2023

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Hoshiarpur on Tuesday evening to join a 10-day Vipassana meditation session in the nearby Anandgarh village

Addressing a gathering during the passing out parade of 2,490 (1,992 males, 498 females) newly recruited Punjab police constables here, the CM said that the government had started a decisive war against drugs and anti-social elements.

Harjinder Singh Dhami had resigned as SGPC president on February 17 after Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh condemned the gurdwara body for the dismissal of Giani Harpreet Singh as the jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib.

A special meeting of the executive committee of SGPC has been called on February 21 to take call on Dhami’s resignation.

Harwinder Singh and Sukhpal Singh revealed that the deportees remained handcuffed throughout their return journey to India. Both urged youth not to go to foreign countries illegally.

Sukhpal’s kin insists that he had gone to Italy legally and was working for someone known to their family.

Harwinder Singh's family celebrated his US entry, but were devastated by his deportation. They face crushing debt and uncertain futures due to a fraudulent agent.

Ishank Kumar, a doctor, polled 51,904 votes and Ranjit Kumar secured 23,214 votes. The BJP’s Sohan Singh Thandal was a distant third with 8,692 votes, Election Commission data showed.

The Chabbewal assembly by-election features a contest among candidates with past party switches, creating voter confusion and a battle for support.

According the Congress leader and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the central government is deliberately pushing the farmers to the wall so that they resort to road blockades and invite the wrath of other categories.

CM Bhagwant Mann hinted at a potential leadership change in AAP Punjab, expressing the need for a new state president to share responsibilities.

BJP Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani welcomes Thandal into party fold on eve of last date of filing nomination papers for the November 13 byelection.

Ram Bai was re-elected sarpanch of Dagana Khurd village, securing 47 votes. Villagers cite her lack of contributions but support her for future projects.

Procession was being taken out by followers of Lord Hanuman when spark from firecracker burst by a devotee fell on a bag full of crackers, leading to loud explosion.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced to fill all the vacant posts of Punjabi teachers in the government schools across the state on a priority basis to promote the language.

Speculation of his returning to the Congress fold gained ground when senior party leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Charanjit Singh Channi called on him at his residence recently.

Accident occurred near Dasuya near Hoshiarpur on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway on Monday morning, bus driver absconding.

CM Bhagwant Mann says those responsible for desecration of Guru Granth Sahib would be given exemplary punishment

A day after Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal’s apology to Akal Takht, Bhagwant Mann says mistakes could be forgiven, not sins; claims Akali leadership already guilty in ‘court of public’ and now it’s time to punish legally.

According to the plan, Mann was to join the campaign only in the last leg. Twenty-three senior leaders, including two MPs, four ministers and MLAs, are camping in Jalandhar as a part of the campaign for the bypoll. Pathak himself has been meeting senior leaders in the city for the last two days

Addressing his last rally of this general election in Hoshiarpur, Modi expresses confidence that the BJP will be back to fulfil the ‘Viksit Bharat’ vision

Addressing his last rally of this general election in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Modi expressed confidence that BJP will be back to fulfil the Viksit Bharat vision

Sukhbir has accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government of terminating all welfare schemes started by the erstwhile SAD government.

Asked why he chose the Congress over any other political party, Sanjiv Arora says he is impressed by the party’s ideology.

For the Congress, it is now a struggle to stay afloat, particularly in the Hoshiarpur and Chabbewal segments, in the absence of prominent leaders who have defected to other parties.

Her son Harsimrat Singh Sahi too has joined the saffron party. Sukhjit is the wife of late two-time MLA Amarjit Singh Sahi. Two years ago, she had quit the BJP to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.

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