Articles by Harpreet Kaur
Polling goes off peacefully in Hoshiarpur
Barring an incident of boycott by voters in a village and a few technical glitches, polling went off peacefully at 1,860 polling booths in the district. People turned out in sizeable number to cast their votes.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 06:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Dhadiala village voters boycott poll in protest
Nearly 800 voters of Dhadiala village in Urmur assembly segment of Hoshiarpur, boycotted poll in protest against police's inaction to arrest the killers of a village youth Ravinder Singh who was found hanging in a tubewell room of a fellow villager on March 9.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 05:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Never favoured Vadra: Hooda
Defending Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday claimed that his government never extended any favour to him (Vadra) to acquire land in the state.
Updated on Apr 29, 2014 08:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Haryana never gave favour to Robert Vadra, says Hooda
Defending Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday claimed that his government never gave any favour to him (Vadra) to acquire land in the state.
Updated on Apr 28, 2014 10:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Sham Churasi (hoshiarpur)
Manmohan cheated Punjab, alleges Modi; rakes up black money issue
Alleging that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had cheated Punjab and claiming that former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh held foreign bank accounts when in power in the state, BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi raked up the issue of black money and nepotism within the Congress at a rally in here on Friday.
Updated on Apr 26, 2014 10:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ravinder Vasudeva and Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Modi rally boosts Sampla supporters' morale
With BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi holding a successful rally here on Friday, the morale of party candidate Vijay Sampla's supporters has certainly got a boost, especially when Congress president Sonia Gandhi' Saturday rally had to be cancelled due to "security reasons
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 09:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ravinder Vasudeva and Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiapur
Controversy over Modi’s wife a Cong creation: Ramdev
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s programme to meet the media at the Press Club here remained a patchy affair, with the administration denying permission minutes before the scheduled start. However, Ramdev remained unfazed.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
5 years on, Rahul’s poor host looks to BJP
Ask anyone in the village about the house of Soma Devi that the Gandhi progeny once visited, and they’ll lead you to the place caught in a time warp.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 09:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Satial
'Rahul leads bachelor’s life out of compulsion'
Yoga guru Ramdev has refuted allegations that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben had been kept in isolation in one of his ashrams in Rishikesh.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 07:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur town turns into fortress ahead of Modi rally
Residents are facing the heat as the city has been turned into a fortress ahead of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's visit on Friday to address a rally in favour of party candidate Vijay Sampla.
Updated on Apr 23, 2014 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Got ticket late, so Kaypee making up for lost time
The first election meeting is scheduled for 8 am but he is all set to hit the campaign trail by 7.45. As he waits for district Congress president and local MLA Sunder Sham Arora to arrive at his sparsely furnished rented accommodation on Una Road, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Congress candidate from Hoshiarpur.
Updated on Apr 20, 2014 11:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Kaypee, Sampla out to shed the ‘outsider’ tag
Punjab’s most literate district with the highest sex ratio, Hoshiarpur still carries the tag of backwardness — a pointer to the apathy of successive state governments as well as the indifference of local parliamentarians.
Updated on Apr 17, 2014 09:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
In Hoshiarpur, Badal exhorts voters to decimate Cong
Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday addressed three rallies in favour of BJP candidate from the Hoshiarpur parliamentary constituency Vijay Sampla in Hoshiarpur, Dasuya and Mukerian assembly segments.
Updated on Apr 12, 2014 11:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
22 Punjabi ‘slaves’ free to leave Saudi Arabian soil
After five months of bonded labour in Saudi Arabia, 22 Punjabi victims of travel fraud and human trafficking are free at last to return home. Three, including one from Hoshiarpur, arrived late Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 09, 2014 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
NRIs give Lok Sabha polls a miss
Many non-Resident Indians (NRIs), who came to their native places during the panchayat elections last year, particularly in the Doaba region, are giving the upcoming parliamentary election a miss.
Updated on Apr 09, 2014 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
On Ashtami, candidates make a beeline to file nomination papers
Ashtami being an auspicious occasion as per the Hindu calendar, many Lok Sabha candidates from the Hoshiarpur parliamentary segment on Monday made a beeline at the mini-secretariat to file their nomination papers.
Updated on Apr 07, 2014 05:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Students’ Jago to ‘awaken’ voters
To 'awaken' the voters in Hoshiarpur constituency, girl students of the JR government polytechnic here took out a ‘Jago’ on Thursday.
Updated on Apr 04, 2014 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Santosh Chowdhary accuses Kaypee of 'stabbing'
Much to the embarrassment of Hoshiarpur Congress nominee Mohinder Singh Kaypee, union minister of state for health and family welfare Santosh Chowdhary accused him of stabbing her in the back.
Updated on Apr 03, 2014 12:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Congress a spent force: Sukhbir
Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that the Congress was a spent force and it would be decimated in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Mar 31, 2014 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Garhshankar (hoshiarpur)
Bhullar deserves to be released soon: Sukhbir
Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has welcomed the Supreme Court judgment commuting the death sentence of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to life term.
Updated on Mar 31, 2014 09:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
In Hoshiarpur, CM flays Cong for misrule, bias towards Punjab
Addressing a rally in favour of BJP candidate from Hoshiarpur parliamentary segment Vijay Sampla in Ghasipur village of Sham Churasi assembly segment, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday lambasted the Congress for its alleged "misrule and bias towards Punjab", adding that it would be seen nowhere after the elections.
Updated on Mar 28, 2014 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
BJP candidate's poll campaign yet to pick momentum in Hoshiarpur
Even as the BJP took the lead in announcing its candidate from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat, it has not started a proper campaign more a week has passed since.
Updated on Mar 27, 2014 09:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Magician hired to spread awareness among voters
The district election officials are hitting upon new ideas to make voters aware about the importance of their right to vote. In Mukerian assembly segment of Hoshiarpur parliamentary constituency, the officials have hired the services of a magician to catch the voters' fancy.
Updated on Mar 27, 2014 10:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur Harpreet Kaur, Jalandhar
All Congress leaders will face humiliating defeat in polls: CM
Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said the Lok Sabha election would prove to be Congress’s nemesis as it would be completely wiped out this time.
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 10:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ravinder Vasudeva/Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur admn takes social media route to sensitise voters
While social networking sites have become a battle ground for political parties in run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the Hoshiarpur administration has put social media in to use for the purpose of sensitising voters about the democratic process.
Updated on Mar 12, 2014 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Poverty, fear of social stigma force couple to 'donate' newborn twins
Poverty and fear of social stigma forced a middle-aged couple of Badla village in the district to 'donate' their newborn twins to two families. When the accredited social health activists (ASHA) and the parties involved were confronted on the issue about the alleged pay-off in the deal, the health authorities asked the recipient families to return the babies to their parents, but the latter refused to accept them.
Updated on Mar 08, 2014 06:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
H1 drugs no longer available without prescription
With the implementation of new policy on sale of schedule H1 drugs from March 1, sellers and buyers of anti-biotic, anti-tuberculosis and habit forming drugs have started feeling the pinch. These drugs can no longer be sold without the prescription of a registered medical practitioner.
Updated on Mar 04, 2014 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Lone fighter, she wages on
When Congress MP Santosh Chowdhary, 69, was inducted as the union minister of state for health in the Manmohan Singh cabinet last summer, many believed her candidature for the Hoshiarpur seat was certain. But in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections this summer, the veteran Dalit leader knows that she has a fierce battle at hand, with a number of contenders competing with her for the Congress ticket.
Updated on Feb 28, 2014 11:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Yojana Yadav and Harpreet Kaur, Chandigarh/hoshiarpur
Punjab's depleting water table: green tribunal summons chief secy
The National Green Tribunal has issued a fresh notice yo the Punjab chief secretary and asked him to appear before it on March 5 to explain the state government's position on a complained filed by a Hoshiarpur NGO that alleges that Punjab was not doing enough to arrest its depleting water table.
Updated on Feb 20, 2014 09:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
In Hoshiarpur, new faces vie with veterans
New faces from the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are set to give a tough fight to leading contenders in the race for ticket from Hoshiarpur (reserved) parliamentary, which has a sizeable chunk of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporters who make an impact on every poll battle.
Updated on Feb 19, 2014 12:10 AM IST
None | Ravinder Vasudeva and Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur