Articles by Sachin Sharma
Buoyed over high turnout, AAP leaders mock PM's Chandigarh rally
Buoyed over the high turnout in their recent rallies across the state, including one at Maur Mandi near Bathinda on Sunday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders took potshots at the "poor attendance" of people at the rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chandigarh on Friday.

Updated on Sep 13, 2015 10:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Look into requirements of states: Smriti to IITs, IIMs
Union human resource development minister Smriti Zubin Irani has asked the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to map the requirements of the states where they exist and work for their fulfilment.

Updated on Sep 09, 2015 12:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Ghudda (bathinda)
War of words between SAD, Cong over false cases in Rampura Phul
The war of words between the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the Rampura Phul assembly segment over their respective party men allegedly being falsely implicated by the police escalated on Sunday with both parties holding protest rallies at Bhagta in this district.

Updated on Aug 30, 2015 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Bathinda lawyers' strike continues, no sign of early end to impasse
As members of the Bathinda district bar association (BDBA) continued their boycott of courts for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday, there are hardly any signs of the strike coming to an early end.

Updated on Aug 25, 2015 09:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Khalsa’s murdered son-in-law was declared PO in 1989 killing
Now murdered in Chicago, Satwinder Singh “Bhola”, son-in-law of fasting Sikh activist Surat Singh Khalsa, was a proclaimed offender (PO) in the 1989 shooting of Rajinder Kaur, daughter of Akali stalwart Master Tara Singh, besides other sedition and terrorism cases.

Updated on Aug 19, 2015 10:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Suspected explosive found in SAD leader's car, Bathinda cops on toes
The city police remained on their toes on Friday after suspected detonators (devices used to detonate an explosive) were recovered from a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader's car that met with an accident near Lehra Mohabbat on the Bathinda-Rampura Phul road on Thursday night, hours before the Independence Day celebrations.

Updated on Aug 15, 2015 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
DNA of Kullu bus mishap victims to be preserved
With the bodies of the July 23 Kullu bus accident victims now being retrieved from the Parvati river too decayed to be recognised, the Kullu district administration in Himachal Pradesh will preserve the DNA from these to avoid identification issues later.

Updated on Aug 13, 2015 11:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Cong rally at Rampura Phul: law and order may be tough task for police
Keeping in view the record of violent clashes between political rivals in Rampura Phul assembly segment in the past over one decade, the district police might have to take extra precaution to maintain law and order in the area in view of the rally to be organised by the Congress on Tuesday at Rampura Phul. The rally will be addressed by Amritsar MP and former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

Updated on Aug 04, 2015 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Schools observe holiday on their own as nation mourns Kalam's death
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who passed away on Monday, had said, "Don't declare holiday on my death, instead work an extra day, if you love me."

Updated on Jul 28, 2015 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Kullu bus tragedy: 3 days on, 16 Bathinda residents still missing
Every passing day is adding to the grief of family members of the pilgrims missing after the tragic bus accident in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday last week.

Updated on Jul 27, 2015 02:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Fear and silence prevail at Bathinda villages
Fear and silence prevailed at Jaga Ram Tirath and Lelewala villages near Talwandi Sabo in this district on Friday as anxious residents awaited the information on the well-being of those who were travelling in the private bus that fell into the Parbati river in Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.

Updated on Jul 25, 2015 09:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Lelewala/jaga Ram Tirath (bathinda)
Maluka target of hostility not only abroad but at home also
Rural development and panchayats minister Sikander Singh Maluka, who faced ire of the Sikh diaspora in Canada, is also fighting a battle in his assembly constituency with protests, especially against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) men owing allegiance to him, having become a routine affair for the past over one year in Rampura Phul assembly constituency.

Updated on Jul 23, 2015 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Punjab to file plea in HC for banning poppy cultivation in Madhya Pradesh
Seemingly upbeat over the ban on the sale of poppy husk in Rajasthan by the Rajasthan high court following a public interest litigation (PIL), the Punjab government is now contemplating to file a PIL in the Madhya Pradesh high court to seek a ban on poppy cultivation there.

Updated on Jul 18, 2015 01:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Talwandi Sabo
Akalis, BJP councillors fighting against mayor's 'biased working' get divided
The Akali and BJP municipal councillors fighting against the alleged biased working of the mayor here have themselves got divided as five of BJP and majority of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillors have accused senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of harming the alliance.

Updated on Jul 15, 2015 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Bathinda’s co-op institutions under lens after another fraud case
With the arrest of a clerk and registration of case against the manager of the Mehraj branch of the Bathinda Central Cooperative Bank on Saturday, back-to-back incidents of embezzlement in cooperative institutions in the district have come to the fore in the past few months.

Updated on Jul 14, 2015 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Veterans press for OROP, lay siege to Bathinda-Chandigarh highway
Pressing for immediate implementation of 'one rank one pension' (OROP) scheme, hundreds of ex-servicemen on Wednesday blocked the busy Bathinda- Chandigarh highway.

Updated on Jul 09, 2015 08:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Bathinda Bathinda
Sachin Sharma PTIBathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal woos people with 'AIIMS achievement'
Even as political leaders from the Doaba region, including those of the Congress and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, are demanding the setting up the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in their region, Bathinda MP and union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal seemed to be going all out to woo the residents here by flaunting her achievement of bringing the premier institution to the district.

Updated on Jul 06, 2015 09:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Opening of Harsimrat's office leaves officials huffed and puffed
The opening of the office of union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal in the district administrative complex (DAC) premises here, first time since its inauguration seven-and-a-half months ago, for conducting a meeting with officials of Bathinda and Muktsar district administration, virtually left the Bathinda administration huffed and puffed.

Updated on Jul 06, 2015 12:26 AM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Killer roads snuff out one life daily in Bathinda police range
Road accidents are snuffing out average one life everyday, while at least one person gets injured in three districts of Bathinda, Mansa and Muktsar that fall under the Bathinda police range.

Updated on Jun 16, 2015 09:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Bhunder now does flip-flop, says police nab drug addicts, not big suppliers
A day after bringing embarrassment to the party by confessing that he had saved drug peddlers in the past, Rajya Sabha MP and SAD general secretary Balwinder Singh Bhunder, now, seems to be doing a flip-flop. Apparently having been pulled up by the party top brass and following sharp reactions from different quarters on his statement, Bhunder in an attempt to make his point clear made different statements verbally and in written.

Updated on May 21, 2015 08:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
DGP training admits initial delay on part of SHO in Moga incident
The Punjab director general of police (DGP), training, admitted here on Friday that there was initial delay on part of the police in taking action in the Moga bus molestation and murder incident. DGP SK Sharma, who was here to oversee the progress into the training of newly-recruited sub-inspectors of the Bathinda police zone, told the media that proper training of cops could avoid such situations.

Updated on May 16, 2015 08:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Youth Akali Dal’s statewide membership drive takes off
With no previous membership record of its youth wing Youth Akali Dal (YAD) available with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the organisation started a statewide membership drive from Bathinda on Wednesday, literally from scratch.

Updated on May 14, 2015 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Is the fight against drugs working, questions SC judge
A day after yoga guru Ramdev's claim that the 80% of Punjab's youth were hooked to drugs, a supreme court judge has also expressed concern over the issue and questioned if the state government's fight against the menace was yielding results.

Updated on May 10, 2015 09:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Bathinda jail firing incident: Probe points at lack of supervision, security lapse
A magisterial probe conducted after the firing incident at the Bathinda central jail has found glaring violations in following the jail manual by the authorities.

Updated on Apr 22, 2015 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Fire fury at it yet again, wheat crop over 100 acres destroyed
After facing large-scale damages to Rabi crops due to repeated spells of rain and hailstorm this season in the region, farmers for the past few days here are now coping with a new threat — that of dry and ready-to-harvest wheat crop catching fire.

Updated on Apr 21, 2015 08:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Badal to remain CM, SAD’s face: Sukhbir
Even as the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has gained majority in the Punjab assembly on its own after winning the Dhuri bypoll, deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has said that Parkash Singh Badal will continue to be the chief minister as well as the party’s face.

Updated on Apr 16, 2015 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Naruana(bathinda)
Sukhbir, Harsimrat differ on viability of routes from Bathinda civil airport
The issue of the Bahinda civilian airport at Bhisiana near here lying non-functional even after the formation of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre is creating an awkward situation for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders, who are now making contradictory statements on the possibility of starting flights from this airport.

Updated on Apr 15, 2015 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Naruana (bathinda)
Daduwal gets control of Bathinda gurdwara
Sikh religious leader Baljit Singh Daduwal has been handed over the possession of Gurdwara Jandalisar Sahib in Kotshamir town near here over seven months after he was ousted from the gurdwara.

Updated on Apr 12, 2015 09:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Kotshamir (bathinda)
Hefty fee for kerosene sample tests, stumps district police
The 'exorbitant' fee demanded by a Dehradun-based laboratory to test samples of the kerosene oil recovered from a sweets shop here about three months ago has virtually stumped the Bathinda district police.

Updated on Mar 30, 2015 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda
Financially unviable route holding up start of Bathinda airport: Harsimrat
The non-functioning of the civilian airport at Bhisiana near here even after 10 months of the formation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at Centre, of which the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is a constituent, seems to be becoming a thorn on the SAD's side.

Updated on Mar 27, 2015 09:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sachin Sharma, Bathinda