Parteek Singh Mahal is a multimedia correspondent based at Faridkot in Punjab. He covers medical education, politics and Punjab police.
Articles by Parteek Singh Mahal
Kotkapura police firing: Ex-SSP moves HC seeking transfer of case to Chandigarh
The high court has issued a notice to the state government on the issue and listed the matter for October 23.
Updated on Oct 04, 2024 08:26 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Affiliation withdrawn: 259 MBBS students of Pathankot college to be shifted by Oct 7
BFUHS will transfer 259 MBBS students from White Medical College to eight other colleges due to infrastructure issues, with counseling from Oct 3-5.
Updated on Oct 03, 2024 09:14 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Jaito MLA warns ‘fringe’ elements; Oppn says he is threatening people
After he says “je koi banda nai banda taan aitki bande banawaange (if someone doesn’t fall in line, we will teach them a lesson),” opposition slams him, claiming he has been openly threatening people ahead of the elections.
Updated on Oct 01, 2024 09:04 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Punjab: Young farmers team up to stop farm fires
The group’s approach involves incorporating crop residue into the soil using machinery provided by the Punjab government to manage stubble, planting potatoes within three to four days of harvesting paddy, reducing soil preparation time and minimising fertiliser usage while relying on organic matter.
Published on Sep 22, 2024 10:25 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Ahead of US tour, Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan apologises to Sikhs for ‘past mistakes’
Emotional apology comes as some members of the Sikh community have been opposing the singer’s US tour in October over his recent remarks.
Published on Sep 20, 2024 03:56 PM IST
London mission attack: NIA summons Behbal Kalan police firing victim’s son
Sukhraj Singh, who is to appear before the NIA on Thursday, says Avtar Singh Khanda (a pro-Khalistan activist based in the UK) had met him during his protest to seek justice for his father, who was among the two protesters killed in police firing on October 14, 2015, at Bargari in Faridkot district.
Updated on Sep 18, 2024 07:44 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Prime witness identifies AK-47 used in Moose Wala’s murder
The SUV (Mahindra Thar) in which Moose Wala was travelling on the day of the incident was presented in the court as case property.
Published on Sep 13, 2024 10:28 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
MBBS admissions: After Punjab HC’s order, BFUHS releases fresh NRI quota merit list
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) drops 45% of candidates who were picked as per the amended notification issued by the state government.
Updated on Sep 12, 2024 06:16 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Punjab: BFUHS cancels nurses recruitment test after tech glitch
Medical university issues show-cause notice to outsourced agency hired to conduct the computer-based test (CBT) for recruitment of 120 staff nurses; will notify new date of exam on its website.
Published on Sep 07, 2024 02:57 PM IST
Punjab to file special leave petition in top court
On March 11, while hearing a plea filed by Ram Rahim in 2015 sacrilege cases, the high court had stayed further proceeding against the Sirsa dera head.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 05:22 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
2 years on, Nestle yet to pay ₹1.16 cr to Moga MC
The Nestle’s manufacturing unit in Moga has failed to pay ₹1.16 crore as charges for wastewater treatment at the sewerage treatment plant (STP) since June 2022.
Published on Sep 05, 2024 10:22 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Court denies bail to suspended Faridkot ASI in corruption case
A court denied bail for suspended ASI Bohar Singh, accused of bribery linked to a gangster, after claims of political vendetta emerged.
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 09:06 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
After 3 rounds of counselling, 25% MDS seats vacant in 7 private colleges of Punjab
Of the 147 state-quota seats in 10 private and two government dental colleges in the state, 36 (25%) have been declared vacant by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Home secy told to submit tainted cops’ list, suggestion for action
Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan expanded a report on 'tainted' cops, urging action against corruption amid a suspended ASI's bail denial in a bribery case.
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 05:08 AM IST
Kotkapura ASI suspended hours after speaker raises ‘corruption’ issue
Last month, the Faridkot police had booked ASI Bohar Singh under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly accepting ₹1.5 lakh as bribe from an accused in a sexual harassment case.
Updated on Sep 03, 2024 06:52 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Behbal Kalan firing victim’s son takes political plunge, to contest Gidderbaha bypoll
Gurjeet Singh of Sarawan village and Krishan Bhagwan Singh of Niamiwala village in Faridkot district, were killed in Behbal Kalan when police opened fire at people protesting against a sacrilege incident at Bargari in Faridkot district
Updated on Sep 02, 2024 06:30 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Singer’s friend & prime witness identifies four shooters in court
The prime witnesses Gurwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh were travelling with Moose Wala and had also sustained bullet injuries in the firing.
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
NIA raids woman farm union leader’s house in Punjab’s Rampura Phul amid protest
The NIA raided BKU leader Sukhwinder Kaur's house in Bathinda, sparking farmer protests. Officials seized digital devices, alleging links to Maoist funding.
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 05:14 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
NIA raids woman farm union leader Sukhwinder Kaur in Punjab’s Rampura Phul
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU-Krantikari) general secretary was not at home during two-hour raid, farm union activists hold protest.
Published on Aug 30, 2024 03:26 PM IST
MBBS, BDS admissions: After HC stay, BFUHS puts result of NRI seats on hold
The BFUHS in a notice on Thursday said, “In the light of interim orders of the Punjab and Haryana high court vide which corrigendum dated August 20 and addendum dated August 22 has been stayed, the provisional result of candidates with allotment of seats and colleges under NRI category NEET UG-2024 had been prepared but kept on hold for the time being”
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Gangster Tinu’s escape: Charges framed against sacked Mansa CIA in-charge, nine others
Gangster Deepak, alias Tinu, an accused in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case, had escaped from the custody of the crime investigation agency (CIA) of Mansa police on October 1, 2022.
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 06:52 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Make NRIs’ siblings too eligible for quota: BFUHS to govt
This key clause was missing in the first proposal sent by the department of medical education and research (DMER)
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Now, NRIs’ kin to be eligible for quota in MBBS, BDS admissions in Punjab
Priyank Bharti, secretary, DMER, issued the order regarding the partial amendment for the provisions of NRI quota seats on Tuesday.
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Kangana’s Emergency: Son of Indira assassin and Faridkot MP wants movie banned
Independent MP Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, who is the son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassin Beant Singh, terms Sikhs being shown as separatists and terrorists “a deep conspiracy”.
Published on Aug 20, 2024 04:16 PM IST
In Gidderbaha, Sukhbir strikes emotional chord, recalls father’s local connect
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party president Sukhbir Singh Badal asked the people to bring their old pictures with his father, saying that he is making a museum on the life of Parkash Singh Badal.
Updated on Aug 19, 2024 08:38 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Gidderbaha (muktsar)
5th chargesheet places Bishnoi’s interviews from jail as evidence
The special investigation team (SIT) probing Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder recently filed a supplementary (fifth) chargesheet to bring on record as a piece of evidence the two interviews of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, said to be the mastermind in the murder case.
Updated on Aug 17, 2024 06:20 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
After 2 rounds of counselling, 43% MDS seats vacant in Punjab dental colleges
After two rounds of counselling for admissions to dental postgraduate courses (PG), 43% master of dental surgery (MDS) seats remained vacant in 12 dental colleges of Punjab.
Published on Aug 14, 2024 10:41 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Goldy Brar threat: Court declares slain dera follower’s wife ‘vulnerable witness’
Simran, wife of slain dera follower Pardeep Singh Kataria, will now record statement via video conference
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
27 booked for submitting ‘fake’ documents to get jobs in 2007
The Moga police have booked 27 persons for allegedly submitting “fake experience certificates” to get the teaching fellow jobs in the education department in 2007.
Updated on Aug 04, 2024 05:34 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
64% MDS seats vacant in Punjab dental colleges after first counselling round
Of 147 state-quota seats in 10 private and two government dental colleges in the state, 95 (64%) have been declared vacant by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot.
Updated on Jul 31, 2024 06:32 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot