Nikhil Sharma is a staff reporter who covers Faridkot district in the Mansa region of Punjab.
Articles by Nikhil Sharma
Luxury car racket: Kharar SDM’s clerk lands in police net
Handesra police are pursuing a thorough probe into the potential involvement of other government officials, besides banks and insurance companies, for causing loss to government exchequer
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Jammu gangster gunned down outside Mohali mall stayed in Kharar hotel for two days
Police investigation revealed that gangster Rajesh Dogra had reached the city with one of his associates, Rajiv alias Bunty, on Friday and stayed in a Kharar hotel
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 08:58 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Third shooter involved in Mohali Sector-79 firing arrested
Mohali police are yet to arrest the fourth Sector-79 firing accused, who has been identified as Rana
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 10:02 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Jammu gangster gunned down outside mall in Mohali
Jammu gangster Rajesh Dogra, 45, was gunned down outside a Mohali mall. Police suspect gang rivalry. Second gang-related shooting in a week in the city.
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 09:42 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Jammu-based gangster shot dead outside mall in Punjab’s Mohali
Gangster Rajesh Dogra had recently come out of jail and the incident is a fallout of rivalry between two gangs from Jammu
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 05:24 PM IST
Relative killed Dera Bassi woman to avenge humiliation: Police
Identified as Subash, 55, a resident of Jind, Haryana, the accused is the maternal uncle of the victim’s daughter-in-law and has been arrested, said Dera Bassi police
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 08:12 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
In Mohali, road mishaps snuff out six lives each week
320 lives were lost in 2023, up from 296 in the preceding year; two-wheeler riders, pedestrians formed 85% of total fatalities
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 07:52 AM IST
GMADA seals BJP leader Devinder Babla’s farmhouse in Mohali
The four-acre farmhouse was built without building plan approval and was being used for illegal commercial activity, says GMADA
Updated on Feb 20, 2024 09:10 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Hitmen were hired to murder Dera Bassi woman: Police
As per investigators, the victim, Saroj, 50, owned multiple properties in her name and had some disputes with her family over them
Updated on Feb 19, 2024 08:26 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Mohali: Mullanpur bank fraud rises to ₹10 crore as more complaints pour in
While Mohali police had initially received 25 complaints against the bank manager, Gaurav Sharma, 35, for stealing a total of ₹9 crore from customers’ accounts, the number of complaints has gone up to 42, leading to detection of theft of another ₹1 crore
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 08:40 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Mohali gearing up with CCTVcameras to catch speed demons
Mohali police to issue e-challans after installation of high-tech CCTV cameras by August; tender awarded to firm that installed CCTV cameras near Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Mohali: Cashier suspected of helping bank manager steal clients’ crores arrested
Bank manager on the run with at least ₹9 crore; quantum of money stolen may go up as more complaints pour in, say Mohali police
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 08:42 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
‘Delhi Chalo’ call: Roads remain traffic-free in Mohali as motorists steer clear of travel
While motorists’ fear eventually proved to be unfounded, their apprehensions were based on the traffic snarls witnessed over the last two days, especially on the Zirakpur-Dera Bassi Road
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 11:32 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali/chandigarh
Farmers march to Delhi today: Chaos at Dera Bassi-Ambala border amid blockade
Those travelling on the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway (NH)-152 were forced to take longer routes or diversions via narrow village roads as the Haryana authorities put up three-layers of concrete jersey barriers at Dera Bassi-Ambala border near Jharmari barrier.
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 09:42 AM IST
Airport Road extension project: Commute to New Chandigarh from Mohali to get shorter from May
This will also allow air passengers from and to New Chandigarh to skip commute through Chandigarh. Commuters from Ambala and Delhi will also have direct access to Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, further easing traffic congestion in Chandigarh.
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Farmers’ protest: Highway commuters from Chandigarh tricity area stuck in slow lane
Commuters had to take longer alternative routes as Haryana authorities sealed the Dera Bassi-Ambala border near Jharmari barrier. A few commuters took diversions from Bhankharpur to Mubarikpur via Ramgarh road, Yamunanagar, to reach Delhi.
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal plays down alliance talks with BJP
I heard the Union home minister’s speech but at present our only ally is the Bahujan Samaj Party,” said Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
NIA court clears decks for Arsh Dala’s extradition from Canada
The designated KTF terrorist is required to be extradited to India to face trial for planning and conspiring to kidnap and kill Shakti Singh, a follower of Dera Sacha Sauda, in 2021, through his India-based associates to avenge sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Terrorist Landa aide caught from Mohali after hot chase
As per police sources, Rajan Bhatti was residing in an MIG flat in Sector 71. When cops got a whiff of his presence in the area, an SSOC team led by sub-inspector Harminder Singh, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Baljit Singh and head constable Yuvraj Singh laid a checkpost there.
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 09:14 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Mohali traffic police request admn to buy body cameras, reflectors before FY ends
The road safety committee has already utilised around ₹3 lakh out of the grant with the purchase of 2,800 reflectors, 28 reflecting tapes, stray cattle belts, police reflective cross belts and reflective stickers
Published on Feb 06, 2024 05:53 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Mohali: Court directs VB to book two cops in ₹1.2 lakh graft case
The accused had allegedly recovered drugs from a vehicle rented out as a taxi by the complainant, Sukhmeet Singh
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 09:52 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Pindri gang member arrested with .32 bore pistol, live cartridges in Mohali
Khan, who according to the police was booked under Arms Act in multiple cases in the past, was allegedly planning to eliminate rival gang members in Ropar and Mohali
Published on Jan 31, 2024 11:34 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Visitors locked inside for 2 hours as farmers gherao GMADA office in Mohali
Amrinder Singh Tiwana, additional chief administrator, GMADA, agreed to the farmers’ demand of holding a meeting with senior officers before February 10
Published on Jan 31, 2024 07:33 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Punjab AIG Malwinder Singh Sidhu arrested in ₹15 lakh extortion and graft case
Suspended AIG of the Human Rights Cell, Malwinder Singh Sidhu, has been arrested in a new case of extortion and graft by Mohali police. The arrest is based on an audio clip recovered from Sidhu's possession during his previous arrest for assaulting a DSP.
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 07:14 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Well-oiled racket of selling luxury cars with fake numbers busted in Mohali
Officials from Kharar SDM office, banks and insurance firms under radar of police; four cars recovered with arrest of four members; over 100 cars with fake numbers identified
Updated on Jan 29, 2024 09:22 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Road safety audit suggests steps to stem rising fatalities in Mohali’s Dera Bassi
According to police data, of the total 75 identified accident blackspots in Mohali district, the maximum, at 11 each, are located in Dera Bassi, Zirakpur and Sohana
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Sohana double murder: Third accused lands in police net
According to Mohali police, it was Sukhdev, alias Rahul, 30, a driver by profession, who had dumped the bodies there after murdering the two youths with his four accomplices
Updated on Jan 22, 2024 07:54 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Mohali: To curb road mishaps, GMADA to build eight roundabouts in a year
The development authority will open the tenders for the roundabouts on January 22, following which the work tenders will be allotted by the first week of February
Published on Jan 19, 2024 07:32 AM IST
ASER 2023: 11.3% rural youth in 14-18 age group not enrolled in schools
The survey findings are based on a shallow sample size of 1,336 youth in the said age group in a total of 1,182 households in 60 villages in the Mohali district
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 09:20 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Patients, job aspirants find home in Mohali night shelter
The night shelter has become home to patients who are undergoing treatment at Phase-6 Civil Hospital.
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 09:10 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali