Nikhil Sharma is a staff reporter who covers Faridkot district in the Mansa region of Punjab.
Articles by Nikhil Sharma
CH-01 BF-0001 auctioned for Rs 3.5 lakh in Chandigarh
The auction of new series of numbers CH-01-BF on Saturday fetched the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), Chandigarh, Rs 60.79 lakh.
Updated on Jan 31, 2016 01:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
‘Text message form; mobile necessary to file supplementary challan’
Clearing the air over the recorded conversation of subinspector Surinder Kumar, one of the accused in the Rs 70 lakh economic offences wing (EOW) graft case, with the co-accused or complainant, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has averred that the conversation, under examination at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, is in the form of text messages.
Updated on Jan 29, 2016 02:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi and 23 others acquitted in 2010 rioting case
A local court on Friday acquitted Haryana Janhit Congress(HJC) supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi and 23 others in a 2010 rioting case.
Updated on Jan 23, 2016 11:33 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Family of accident victim to get Rs 32-lakh compensation
Providing relief to the kin of a 56-year-old accident victim, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, has directed the owner, driver and insurer of the car to pay a compensation of Rs 32 lakh.
Published on Jan 19, 2016 11:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma
Drug-laced paranthas:UT police into action, yet to establish sale
A day after the Punjab and Haryana high court bench made an alarming observation that drug-laced paranthas were being sold by street vendors in the city, the UT police swung into action on Thursday morning, but the drives carried out by them didn’t have a lasting effect.
Updated on Jan 15, 2016 01:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Power dept fined for deficient service
Providing relief to a city resident regarding a disputed electricity bill, the local district consumer dispute redressal forum has directed the department of electricity, UT, to pay Rs 10,000 for causing mental agony and physical harassment.
Updated on Jan 10, 2016 11:09 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Court urged to conduct lie detection test on Sippy’s mother, brother
In a surprising turn of event, the daughter of a Punjab and Haryana high court serving judge and a suspect in the sensational Sukhmanpreet Singh murder case on Friday requested a local court to
Updated on Jan 09, 2016 12:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma
CBI court rejects SI’s plea for release of mobile phone, I-card
A local CBI court on Thursday turned down a plea of sub-inspector Surinder Kumar, one of the accused in Rs 70 lakh economic offences wing (EOW) graft case, regarding the release of his mobile phone and
Updated on Jan 08, 2016 10:12 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Builders in Chd get 2-yr jail for not complying with consumer forum’s order
A bench of the district consumer disputes redressal forum has awarded two-year imprisonment to directors of realty firms - Chandigarh Overseas Private Limited, SAS Nagar, and Greenfield Sites Management Private Limited, Chandigarh - for noncompliance of its orders. The forum has also imposed a fine of `10,000 each on them.
Updated on Jan 07, 2016 11:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Immigration firm to cough up Rs 64,000 for failure to send Mohali resident abroad
For failing to fulfil its commitment to send a couple to the desired destination and for not informing them about the objections raised by the Canadian embassy against his case file within time, the district consumer disputes redressal forum has ordered a city-based immigration firm to pay Rs 25,000 as compensation to a SAS Nagar resident for causing him mental and physical harassment.
Updated on Jan 02, 2016 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma
Homeless in city: Will 2016 be any different for them?
Despite the fact that the UT social welfare department has provided 10 night shelters across the city, for the convenience of the poor, many homeless people continue to sleep in the open.
Updated on Jan 01, 2016 11:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti / Nikhil Sharma
Mobile dealer, service centre fined for deficient services
The district consumer disputes redressal forum, Chandigarh, on Thursday directed an electronic store and a service centre to refund Rs 13,100 to a complainant for deficient services. Anmol Watches and Electronics Pvt Ltd, an authorised dealer of HTC India in Sector 22, Chandigarh, and TVS Electronics Ltd, an authorised service centre of HTC in Sector 47, Chandigarh, have been directed to pay the money.
Updated on Jan 01, 2016 11:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma
Getting best treatment at PGI, but shifting due to limited beds: Victim
Though deputy commissioner (DC) Ajit Balaji Joshi announced monetary relief to the injured and the family members of those killed following a liquor shop collapsed in Sector 26 on Monday, one of the survivors claimed he was struggling hard to get a bed at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)
Updated on Dec 30, 2015 11:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma and Ifrah Mufti
Man injured in road mishap to get Rs 24-lakh compensation
Providing relief to an accident victim, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, has directed a car driver, owner and insurer to jointly pay Rs 24.26 lakh to him. The victim, a dance and fitness expert, suffered 51% disability in the left lower limb in the road accident near Sector 49.
Updated on Dec 27, 2015 11:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Complainant didn’t apply for security cover in graft case: RTI
Though the complainant in the Rs 70 lakh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) graft case, fearing threat from the accused held in the case, had sought security, an RTI application has revealed she didn’t file any such complaint.
Updated on Dec 18, 2015 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Realtor gets notice for failing to refund Rs 3 cr to Kargil War veteran
Coming to the aid of a Kargil War veteran, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has issued a show-cause notice to realty firm Unitech Ltd, asking the latter as to why the proceedings for attachment of its assets should not be initiated for non-compliance of court orders.
Published on Dec 17, 2015 11:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Data in place to identify serial traffic offenders, challan defaulters
With the aim to curb the long pendency of challans in the local courts, a database has been created by the Punjab and Haryana high court.
Updated on Dec 14, 2015 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Immigration firm to pay Rs 25,000 for failing to send man abroad
For failing to fulfil the commitment of sending a man to the desired destination, the district consumer disputes redressal forum has ordered a city-based immigration firm to compensate Rs 25,000 for causing him mental agony.
Updated on Dec 10, 2015 01:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Consumer forum order not implemented, Mohali tehsildar’s salary attached
For non-compliance of its order of recovering compensation amount from a city-based developer, the district consumer disputes redressal forum has attached the salary of SAS Nagar tehsildar.
Updated on Dec 08, 2015 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Chandigarh health ministry to examine need for changes
The Central Administrative Tribunal has directed the Union ministry of health and family welfare to constitute a committee to examine the need and nature of amendments in recruitment rules under the Chandigarh Administration Medical Posts Recruitment Rules, 1983.
Updated on Dec 06, 2015 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
CFSL report says semen found on victim’s body not that of accused
The DNA report submitted by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in connection with the death of 20-year-old daughter of a Sector 22-based eatery owner has revealed that the semen samples taken from her body didn’t match with those of the three accused. The victim, a student of architecture of a Sector-34 institute, had died of drug overdose in October last year.
Published on Dec 04, 2015 11:11 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Nikhil Sharma
Pirzada denied relief; plea against court order on forgery dismissed
Additional sessions judge Roopam Singh on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by former IAS officer Gurnihal Singh Pirzada against an order passed by the court of judicial magistrate of first class Hasan Deep Singh Bajwa for producing forged evidence in the court.
Updated on Dec 04, 2015 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Firms to pay Rs 50,000 relief for not giving possession of property
For failing to hand over possession of a property within a stipulated time, the district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed two city-based real estate firms to pay compensation Rs 50,000 for causing mental harassment to a complaint.
Updated on Dec 01, 2015 10:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Mobile dealer, service centre fined Rs 10K for poor services in Chd
For failing to repair the mobile phone and then denial to replace it within the warranty period, the district consumer disputes redressal forum, Chandigarh, has directed a dealer of HTC India Pvt Ltd in Sector 22—Anmol Watches and Electronics Pvt Ltd — and company’s authorised service centre TVS Electronics Ltd in Sector 47, to give a new handset to the complainant.
Updated on Nov 22, 2015 11:08 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
PU pension cell scam : Charge sheet filed against Bagga, seven others
The Economic Offences Wing of Chandigarh Police on Wednesday filed the charge sheet in the district court in connection with the Rs 2.08-crore Panjab University Pension Cell fraud.
Updated on Nov 20, 2015 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Chandigarh bank fined Rs 5 lakh for breaking open locker
For gross negligence on the part of a Chandigarh-based nationalised bank officials, who broke the locker of the complainants without permission, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the bank authorities to pay Rs 5 lakh to the complainants. The commission has also directed the bank officials to pay Rs 50,000 towards the litigation expenses to the complainants.
Updated on Nov 15, 2015 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
‘Consumer forum can’t decide plaints against service charge’
The district consumer disputes redressal forum, Chandigarh, has ruled that the complaints challenging levying of service charge by eateries are “not maintainable” in the consumer courts. This is despite the fact that in the past the consumer courts have fined some eateries based in the city for levying service charge on food items.
Updated on Nov 14, 2015 12:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Babus consider themselves above judiciary, says Justice GR Majithia
The seriousness with which bureaucrats in Chandigarh pay heed to court orders became evident when a local court had to order attachment of vehicles of the UT finance secretary and other officials for failing to comply with its orders despite repeated directions.
Updated on Nov 11, 2015 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Festive mood: While in India, they are doing as the Indians do
The festive spirit during preparations for Diwali across the city has enthused foreigners as well. With just two days to go for the festival, foreigners residing in the city are geared up to follow the locals by lighting up the surroundings and indulging in shopping.
Updated on Nov 10, 2015 03:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh
Truck owner, driver to pay over Rs 22 lakh for injuring two
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has directed a truck driver and owner of the vehicle to jointly pay rs 19.9 lakh and rs 3.77 lakh to two persons who were hit by the rashly-driven truck near Industrial Area, Phase 1, in 2014.
Updated on Nov 08, 2015 10:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh