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Sukhdeep Kaur

Sukhdeep Kaur is an assistant editor with the Punjab bureau. She covers politics, social issues and special projects, including on-the-ground reporting during critical situations.

Articles by Sukhdeep Kaur

Little choice​, reluctant leaders: ​​Congress ​losing perception game?

Though party president Rahul Gandhi has decentralised the ticket allotment process, the new system has not ended party’s old troubles

Published on Apr 07, 2019 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 |‘Powerless couple’: Navjot Sidhu, wife say no to Congress LS seat offer in Punjab

Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu says his party -Congress- consulted him and his wife Navjot Kaur on Amritsar seat, but they refused to contest.

Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur in Chandigarh.(HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 27, 2020 11:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress clears 6 names for Punjab, fields all sitting MPs

All four sitting MPs have been renominated from their seats. Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has been fielded from Gurdaspur and Ravneet Bittu from Ludhiana. Santokh Chaudhary and Gurjit Aujla will fight from Jalandhar and Amritsar, respectively.

Amarinder’s wife Preneet Kaur has been retained from Patiala and Chabbewal MLA Raj Kumar Chabbewal will be party nominee from the reserved seat of Hoshiarpur.(HT Photo)
Published on Apr 03, 2019 02:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Lok Sabha election: Hindu-Sikh, loyalty factors at play as Congress takes a call on candidates in Punjab

Three district party chiefs write to Rahul seeking Anandpur Sahib ticket for Jat Sikh amid reports of Manish Tewari’s likely candidature from seat; besides Jakhar, party looks at Ferozepur, Anandpur Sahib, Sangrur and Bathinda to field second Hindu face.

(HT File)
Updated on Mar 30, 2019 08:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: No party’s pocket borough, Anandpur Sahib constituency is anybody’s game

No party has won twice in a row in Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency since the last five elections.

Guru-Da-Lahore-Gurwara, in Anadpur Sahib, Punjab.(HT File)
Updated on Mar 28, 2019 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Punjab has little to gain from Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income plan

Punjab’s average monthly household income is ₹16,000, higher than eligibility threshold of ₹12,000.

The income of agricultural households in Punjab is the highest in the country. The state also has the highest average monthly household income.(HT File Photo)
Published on Mar 27, 2019 01:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: AAP wants 3 seats in Punjab, Congress willing to concede just Sangrur

A senior Congress leader said the party is willing to concede just one parliamentary seat, Sangrur, to AAP. The party does not have a formidable contender there and the AAP needs the seat to field its state president Bhagwant Mann.

File photo of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and party MP Bhagwant Mann during a rally in Barnala. The party is trying for a seat-sharing pact with Congress in Punjab for the Lok Sabha elections and is learnt to be angling for three seats.(PTI File Photo)
Updated on Mar 20, 2019 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress in dilemma over Hindu candidates in Punjab

In 2014 parliamentary polls, the party had fielded three Hindus — Ambika Soni from Anandpur Sahib, Sunil Jakhar from Ferozepur and Vijay Inder Singla from Sangrur. All three had lost in three-way split of votes with the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

While the candidature of Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar seems certain from Gurdaspur, the Congress is yet to zero in on other faces and seats they can be fielded from in the May 19 Lok Sabha elections.(Pradeep Pandit / HT Photo)
Published on Mar 19, 2019 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Former PM Manmohan Singh not keen to contest elections, say sources

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, state party chief Sunil Jakhar and general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Asha Kumari met former prime minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday evening at 5pm urging him to contest from Amritsar.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has reportedly cited age and health concerns as reasons for not wanting to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress is said to have requested him to fight from Amritsar LS constituency in Punjab.(PTI File)
Updated on Mar 11, 2019 09:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Cong to sound poll bugle with Rahul’s rally in Moga today

Lok Sabha elections: Though a political rally, Rahul will hand over debt waiver certificates to landless farmers and labourers. But party leaders say the rally theme is likely to be “jawan” not “kisan”.

Congress president Rahul will hand over debt waiver certificates to landless farmers and labourers in Punjab’s Moga. But party leaders say the rally theme is likely to be “jawan” not “kisan”.(Diwakar Prasad/ HT file photo)
Updated on Mar 07, 2019 08:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Lok Sabha elections 2019: ​Rahul Gandhi’s Moga rally theme changes from ‘kisan’ to ‘jawan’

Rahul Gandhi was to sound the poll bugle for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab with launch of debt relief scheme for farm labourers and landless farmers, approved by the state cabinet on Saturday.

As a tribute to the security men killed in Pulwama, the Congress party will name the main pandal” after CRPF head constable Jaimal Singh, a native of Ghaloti Khurd village in of Dharamkot in Moga, who was killed in the February 14 attack.(Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 03, 2019 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh/Moga | By

5 lakh ‘not out’, Navjot Singh Sidhu stumps CM in popularity on Twitter

The cricketer-turned-politician crossed the mark of 5 lakh followers on Thursday, more than three months after reactivating his account. By Friday, the number had jumped to 5.14 lakh. He has beaten chief minister Amarinder Singh, who joined the site in March 2011 and has 4.85 lakh followers

Navjot Singh Sidhu(File Photo)
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla fighting ‘missing’ tag

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Though credited with starting Adampur-Delhi daily flights and four-laning highways to Hoshiarpur, BJP MP from Hoshiarpur and Union minister Vijay Sampla is criticised for being missing from his constituency after he becoming a minister.

BJP MP from Hoshiarpur and Union minister Vijay Sampla has often been criticised of missing from his constituency after becoming a minister in 2014.(HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 11, 2019 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Punjab Assembly passes bill for declaration of MLA assets with new deadline

Along with the The Punjab Legislative Assembly (Salaries and Allowances of Members) Amendment Bill , the assembly passed three more bills, including the one to hike the stamp duty.

AAP MLA Aman Arora (in maroon jacket) had sought March 31 as the deadline, saying income tax returns are filed according to closing of financial year.(HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 26, 2019 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Congress in a huddle over former PM Manmohan Singh’s seat

Manmohan Singh’s term in the Rajya Sabha is ending on June 14 this year. The term of another Congress Rajya MP, Santiuse Kujur, also elected from Assam, will end at the same time.

Congress in a huddle over former PM Manmohan Singh’s seat. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Published on Feb 23, 2019 11:52 PM IST
Chandigarh | By

Cong vs Cong in Punjab assembly, SAD raises sack-Sidhu pitch

Ministers accuse own govt of ‘colluding’ with Akalis; cornered over Pulwama remark, Sidhu dubs Majithia ‘a smuggler, a thief’; AAP asks CM to quit saying his colleagues accused him of shielding ex-minister.

Majithia’s rant could be heard louder than Manpreet’s speech as Sidhu, who sits next to Manpreet in the House, looked on.(Video grab)
Updated on Feb 18, 2019 10:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Sidhu defiant after contentious Pulwama comment, Akalis demand his sacking

Navjot Sidhu said that he won’t be cowed down by trolls for his comments on the Pulwama attack but the Akali Dal and the BJP have demanded that the Congress expel him from the party..

Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has landed in another controversy with his comments on Pulwama terror attack.(HT PHOTO)
Published on Feb 16, 2019 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Punjab Budget session Day 2: AAP guns for Akalis, speaker Rana gives treasury benches an earful

Speaker tells parliamentary affairs minister Brahm Mohindra to ensure attendance of ministers, officers

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh during the budget session in Chandigarh on Wednesday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 14, 2019 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Navjot Singh Sidhu gets bullet-proof Land Cruiser from Punjab CM’s fleet over ‘higher threat perception’

The move comes after the home department headed by the Punjab CM Amarinder Singh enhanced his cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu’s security cover to ‘Z Plus’ category.

The Land Cruiser outside Navjot Sidhu’s official residence in Chandigarh(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 10, 2019 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Punjab Congress likely to kick-start Lok Sabha polls preparations next week

Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar will kick-start preparations for Lok Sabha elections by holding meetings in each of the 13 parliamentary segments.

A poster with photos of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and other party leaders in Amritsar.(AFP File)
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 02:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Punjab MLAs all set for the Andamans, third time in 3 months

Two committees of the Punjab assembly have already visited the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the last two months. The first committee went in October this year to study its local government model and the second went to study the welfare of the Dalits.

A view of Cellular Jail in Port Blair. Punjab assembly speaker Rana KP Singh said the Ajnala committee will prepare a report on inmates from Punjab in the Cellular Jail and how their contribution to the country’s freedom struggle was being overlooked.(HT File)
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 12:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Rahul didn’t ask me to go, I went on Imran Khan’s personal invite: Navjot Singh Sidhu on Pakistan visit

Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor had recieved criticism over his praise of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and a photo taken with a Khalistani leader.

Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu(PTI)
Updated on Dec 02, 2018 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Congress divided over Amarinder Singh’s no to Pakistan invite for Kartarpur event

Punjab Jails and cooperation minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the Sikh community is thankful to Pakistan’s Imran Khan government for opening up the corridor. But Assembly speaker Rana KP Singh too hailed CM Amarinder Singh’s move saying Amarinder is as true a Sikh as he is a nationalist.

Vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and other dignitaries at the foundation laying ceremony of Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in district Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Punjab on Monday, November 26, 2018.(Sameer Sehgal / HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 27, 2018 10:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Office-of-profit bill on hold, Punjab governor goes for legal opinion

The Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill, 2018, was tabled by Amarinder Singh-led government to placate the sulking MLAs after cabinet expansion in April this year.

Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore(HT File)
Updated on Oct 28, 2018 09:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Talks fail, Punjab minister says donations and political ambition driving Bargari stir

In line of fire from a section of his own party for the failure of talks, Bajwa accuses leaders spearheading the morcha of changing goalposts.

A 20-member delegation of political and religious leaders on Wednesday met Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore to convey that Bargari morcha sit-in has been peaceful and not a threat to peace.(HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 25, 2018 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Amarinder Singh to proceed on 4-day holiday to Turkey from Israel

Questions being raised within Congress on timing of sabbatical in view of Amritsar tragedy; CM’s media adviser says he will also pay homage at Gallipoli to soldiers from his regiment who lost their lives in World War-I

(HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Amritsar train accident triggers political slugfest

Both SAD-BJP and Sidhu loyalists posted videos making claims and counter-claims over what happened.

A man cries as he stands next to the burning pyre of a family member who died after a train travelling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks on Friday, at a cremation ground in Amritsar, October 20, 2018.(REUTERS)
Updated on Oct 21, 2018 11:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Disquiet grows in Punjab Congress over Bargari standoff

On Sunday, the congregation became a ragtag bunch of radicals, written-off politicians and ambitious Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rebels joining ranks to take on the government.

On the internal revolt in the Akali Dal, Amarinder mocked the Badals, while speaking to HT on sidelines of a press conference here, saying they need to retire now and go for meditation.(HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 10:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Bargari upsurge shows urgency to deliver justice: Sunil Jakhar

The Badals are not the Akali Dal. If a vote on most unpopular persons of Punjab is held today, they will win hands down, says Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar

President of Punjab Pradesh Congress committee Sunil Jakhar during an interview in Chandigarh on Saturday.(Sanjeev Sharma/HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 14, 2018 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByRamesh Vinayak and Sukhdeep Kaur

ED shifted Inderjit drug case to Niranjan’s junior in September

Punjab’s anti-drug STF had arrested ex-inspector Inderjit last year with drugs and arms.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) deputy director Niranjan Singh(HT FILE)
Updated on Oct 13, 2018 11:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By
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