Articles by Harpreet Kaur
Defeated MLA holds sway in Hoshiarpur
Former BJP minister Tikshan Sud might have been defeated in the last assembly polls but for his partymen and the bureaucracy, he still is the MLA. Although he holds no constitutional post, he conducts himself as an elected representative. He inaugurates official buildings, distributes government grants and even presides over official meetings.
Updated on Apr 15, 2013 11:47 PM IST
None | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
PU panel indicts centre superintendent, slams college
An inquiry committee that probed sexual harassment charges against an examination superintendent and the alleged misconduct of the management of Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Dasuya, by five women teachers of the college's English department, has found the charges to be true. Harpreet Kaur reports
Updated on Apr 09, 2013 08:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Security guards trained at Jahan Khelan in great demand
The Punjab Security Training Institute at Police Recruits Training Centre (PRTC), Jahan Khelan, has become a source of skilled security guards for public and private sector companies. Started in 2008, it has churned out more than 5,000 trained security personnel, including about 300 female security guards and all have been employed.
Updated on Apr 08, 2013 06:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Prof accused of sexual harassment debarred from exam work
After running from pillar to post for nearly three months to get justice, women lecturers of Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Dasuya, have seen a ray of hope as Panjab University has debarred the professor, whom they had accused of sexual harassment, from examination duty.
Updated on Apr 02, 2013 06:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Professor accused of sexual harassment debarred from exam duty
After running from pillar to post to get justice for nearly three months, the women lecturers of Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Dasuya, have seen a ray of hope as the Panjab University has debarred the professor, they had accused of sexual harassment, from any examination.
Updated on Apr 03, 2013 09:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Panchayats start fight to save primary schools
Even as some opposition parties and teacher unions are busy opposing the state government's decision to merge primary schools falling within 1 km radius of each other, as part of its rationalising policy, village panchayats have started the fight to save of their respective schools.
Updated on Apr 01, 2013 07:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Professor suspended for not toeing college line in sexual harassment complaint
Even as inquiries are pending against the management of Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, it has suspended the last of the five teachers on its staff, who had complained of sexual harassment on the campus.
Updated on Mar 10, 2013 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Cop-court synergy holds the key here
The law stipulates that trials in all criminal cases be completed within the shortest possible period, but it was only in the aftermath of Delhi gangrape case that trial courts came over the slow-motion syndrome. In fact, they have gone into overdrive.
Updated on Feb 25, 2013 08:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Woman tests positive for swine flu in Hoshiarpur
A 50- year-old woman of Makhsoospur village in district's Mahilpur block has been diagnosed with swine flu. Laxmi Devi was admitted to the civil hospital here on February 15 with symptoms of cough and high fever. Her nasal smear was sent for an examination to PGI Chandigarh the same day.
Updated on Feb 18, 2013 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
No check on use of black films
The Punjab and Haryana high court recently issued a notice to the state director general of police (DGP) warning of contempt proceedings for failing to comply with Supreme Court's orders to check vehicles with black films. However, buses and other vehicles keep plying with black glasses, at least in Hoshiarpur.
Updated on Feb 13, 2013 05:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Five Punjabis, a Himachali in captivity in Saudi Arabia
Six Indians, five from Punjab and one from Himachal Pradesh, are reportedly living lives in captivity in Saudi Arabia, as their employer, Namla Transport Corporation, has allegedly refused to extend their visas. Afraid of being caught by the local police, they cannot venture beyond the den they have been put up in.
Updated on Feb 12, 2013 06:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur court disposes of rape trial in three days
A district court, which had completed a rape trial in just eight days last month, on Thursday sent a rape convict to jail for 12 years, just three days after the framing of charges.
Updated on Feb 07, 2013 07:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur court disposes of another rape case in three days
Hoshiarpur court disposes of another rape case in three days
Updated on Feb 07, 2013 05:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Chinese kite string: Khanna takes up matter to PSHRC
The district police have started a crackdown on sellers of China-made kite string. Also, Rajya Sabha member Avinash Rai Khanna has taken up the matter with the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC).
Updated on Feb 06, 2013 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Prescription drug abuse rampant in Hoshiarpur
For officials in the drug department and the police who claim that they are unaware of any abuse of prescription drugs, a visit to the wholesale drug market in Bassi Khwaju could perhaps be enlightening.
Updated on Feb 05, 2013 04:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Dr Lakhvir Singh elected PCMSA district president
The medical officer Dr Lakhvir Singh was, on Sunday, elected president of the district unit of Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Association. More than 100 medicos participated in the election process held under the supervision of state observer and returning officer Dr Baldev Singh.
Updated on Feb 03, 2013 06:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Jalandhar
Hoshiarpur court disposes of rape case in eight days
Amid the nationwide clamour for fast-tracking rape cases, the court of additional sessions judge JS Bhinder disposed of a rape case within eight days of production of the challan. The convict, Jai Parkash Divedi, alias Pawan Dubey, a resident of Ambala Shri Duar (Uttar Pradesh), has been awarded 10-year imprisonment. Two co-accused have been acquitted.
Updated on Jan 11, 2013 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
40-yr-old attacked in Hoshiarpur, succumbs to injuries
Purshottam Lal, 40, a resident of Hariana died after being seriously injured in an attack by 15-20 goons in his house late Saturday night. His wife Neelam told the police that Taranjit Singh alias Mahant of Bhulana village and his cohorts barged in to their house around 10 pm and inflicted serious injuries to her husband with sharp-edged weapons.
Updated on Jan 06, 2013 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Leopard keeps officials on toes on Day 2
The leopard, which had strayed in to the city on Friday and kept the wildlife department on toes throughout the day, escaped somewhere in the Bhangi choe.DFO (wildlife) Satnam Singh claimed that its pug marks were seen near Bassi Jana government nursery-cum-park. "In all probability, it has escaped to the jungle, its natural habitat".
Updated on Jan 05, 2013 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Leopard strays into Hoshiarpur colony
A leopard which had sneaked in to the canal colony here in the wee hours of Friday, kept the wildlife officials on tenterhooks the whole day. The big cat could not be trapped till late in the evening.An expert was called from Chandigarh to calm the animal but it remained untraceable due to wild growth on the vacant plot it had hidden in.
Updated on Jan 04, 2013 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Court frames charges against NRI Raja Kandhola
The court of additional session judge JS Bhinder framed charges against NRI drug kingpin Ranjit Singh alias Raja Kandhola and 9 others, on Wednesday, in the multi-crore drug smuggling case.
Updated on Dec 19, 2012 09:59 PM IST
None | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
2 killed in car-train crash as barriers not lowered
Two men were killed and two suffered serious injuries when a passenger train rammed into their car at a crossing after the guard failed to lower the barriers at Jhingar Kalan near Dasuya, around 40km from here, on Sunday.
Updated on Dec 09, 2012 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur on high alert
The district administration is on high alert as the 7-day ultimatum given by the Youth Congress to the government to remove chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's photos from '108' ambulances ended on November 28. Drivers of the ambulances have been asked to park in the nearest police stations, to avoid being targeted by Congress workers.
Updated on Nov 30, 2012 08:12 PM IST
None | Harpreet Kaur, Ludhiana/hoshiarpur
PADB forwards scam case to cops
On receiving the nod from senior officers in Chandigarh, the Hoshiarpur primary agriculture development bank (PADB) authorities have submitted the Rs 13-crore loan fraud case to the police.
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Sarpanch booked for fraud in Tanda
The sitting sarpanch of village Bains Awan in Tanda block has been booked for fraudulently drawing old age pension by misrepresenting his age. Gurmit Singh, whose age, as per his birth certificate, is 53 years, has been getting pension since 2008. The matter came to light when some panches made a complaint to the deputy commissioner.
Updated on Nov 07, 2012 03:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
CM welcomes genocide petition in Aus parliament
Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has welcomed tabling of a petition in the Australian parliament which has sought recognition of violence against sikhs in 1984 as 'genocide'. Talking to media persons here on Saturday, Badal said it was "good" that the issue of carnage of sikhs had come up in the Australian parliament
Updated on Nov 03, 2012 03:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Illegal mining at Bhangi choe causes panic among villagers
Illegal quarrying of sand from the Bhangi choe bed on the outskirts of the city has never quite stopped even despite a ban by the Punjab and Haryana high court.
Updated on Oct 25, 2012 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Loan scam: Chargesheet issued against whistleblower
The whistleblower in the loan scam that has rocked the Hoshiarpur Primary Agriculture Development Bank (PADB) has landed into trouble. Showing no latitude to her for exposing wrongdoings of her colleagues, State Agriculture Development Bank (SADB) has issued a chargesheet to PADB's former assistant general manager (AGM) Santosh Kumari, accusing her of "sleeping over" the matter for two-and-a-half years.
Updated on Oct 07, 2012 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Capt blames Badal for attack on Lt Gen Brar
Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee(PPCC) president Captain Amarinder Singh indirectly blamed chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for the attack on Lt General K S Brar, who was stabbed in London on Sunday night.
Updated on Oct 02, 2012 04:22 PM IST
None | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
Ban on quarrying earth shoots up brick prices
Prices of bricks have shot up by about Rs 2,000 following a ban of quarrying of brick earth. While there is no new production, kiln owners are cashing in by sell their old stock at higher rates. Some brick kiln owners have huge stock lying with them, but are creating an artificial scarcity to make money.
Updated on Sep 29, 2012 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur
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