Articles by Sukhdeep Kaur
Bargari heat: Pressure mounts on Captain Amarinder Singh to name former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in FIR
The Bargari protesters have give the government a 15-day ultimatum to take action against those indicted.

Updated on Oct 12, 2018 09:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
We don’t engage with those who choose violence: Canada’s Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer
He refused to comment on Trudeau’s India visit saying everyone can make their own assessment and as a matter of official policy, they do not criticise each other on foreign soil.

Updated on Oct 11, 2018 09:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
After Bargari boost, AAP rebel leader Sukhpal Khaira to float new front ‘for Sikhs’
The move may set off political tremors in Punjab as AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will be forced to expel Khaira and seven other MLAs supporting him.

Updated on Oct 10, 2018 09:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab refuses to toe line of BJP-ruled states on fuel price cut
State finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal has dubbed the Centre’s move as ‘too clever by half’.

Updated on Oct 06, 2018 03:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
5 states, union territory agree to move towards uniform fuel prices
The prices of petrol and diesel have hit record highs in recent weeks and the Centre has been asking states to cut down their value added tax (VAT) on fuel to provide relief to the common man.

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Five northern states, Chandigarh to meet for uniform VAT on petrol diesel
Haryana finance minister Capt Abhimamyu will be hosting his counterparts from neighbouring states of Punjab, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and union territory of Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 11:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
In 2013, Congress drew a blank in 10 zila parishads, it’s Akali Dal now
This time, it is the Akalis who have failed to bag even a single seat at the ground zero of anti-sacrilege and police firing protests, helping the Congress walk away with 10 of 10.

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Congress sweeps Punjab rural polls, Akalis down, AAP out
The party got an overwhelming mandate in all panchayat samitis polls too.

Updated on Sep 23, 2018 11:46 AM IST
Indo-Asian News Service, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Under shadow of sacrilege row, Punjab rural polls today
The polls will be held amid competitive religious populism between the traditional rivals in state politics — the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Updated on Sep 19, 2018 08:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab FM Manpreet Badal shoots down plan for new armoured sedans for Badals
The Punjab Police security wing had sent a proposal to the finance department to replace ageing Toyota Land Cruisers in Badal and Sukhbir’s fleets

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 09:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Decriminalising drug use will be ousted Punjab’s anti-drug STF chief’s role in CMO
The move was seen as Amarinder clipping the wings of detractors of Punjab Police chief Suresh Arora.

Updated on Sep 12, 2018 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Jakhar says Congress not harping on Panthic agenda, but exposing Badals
In an interview to Sukhdeep Kaur on Monday, Jakhar said exposing Akalis does not dent secular credentials of the Congress nor is state’s communal harmony under threat.

Updated on Sep 11, 2018 10:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab DGP vs DGP: Enforcement Directorate examines money laundering angle in Raj Jit, Inderjit cases
Raj Jit is being probed for his alleged complicity with Inderjit in drug trafficking.

Updated on Sep 06, 2018 11:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Sacrilege cases: Who ordered firing wasn’t my probe mandate, says Zora Singh
The Zora panel too had indicted police for not probing desecration cases and “unwarranted” firing at Behbal Kalan where two Sikhs were killed and seven injured.

Updated on Sep 04, 2018 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
With eye on polls, Rahul Gandhi asked Congress to up ante against Badals
Captain Amarinder Singh’s “no vendetta” line had not gone down well with Congress rank and file and the party high command was told if things continue this way, the party may have to face its consequences in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Updated on Sep 02, 2018 09:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Congress flirts with Sikh radicals to keep the poll pot boiling in Punjab
It will go down in history as a session when politics and religion were again mixed, dangerously, to toe the radical line. It is not the first time that the Congress is doing it.

Updated on Aug 30, 2018 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab to take back sacrilege, police firing cases from CBI
Capt Amarinder said a special investigation team will be set up to probe sacrilege and firing incidents taken back from the CBI.

Updated on Aug 29, 2018 08:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab House resolves to take back sacrilege cases from CBI
The Punjab assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday to take back investigations into incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and subsequent police firing at protesters from CBI

Updated on Aug 28, 2018 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Ranjit Singh panel indicts former CM Parkash Singh Badal, Akalis trash report
Though one person was injured at Kotkapura unlike Behbal Kalan where two Sikhs were killed, the indictment of Badal for police action has added more fire to the Congress arsenal as it debates the report on Tuesday.

Updated on Aug 28, 2018 09:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patiala | Sukhdeep Kaur
Congress lays religious, political landmine, SAD to set off one outside House today
The Congress is all set to launch a frontal attack on the Akalis based on report’s indictment of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and SAD chief, Sukhbir Badal, for the Akal Takht’s pardon for dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim in September 2015.

Updated on Aug 26, 2018 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Decoding the House jargon
As the three-day monsoon session of 117-member Punjab Vidhan Sabha (assembly) got underway on Friday, HT explains the meaning of frequently used terms/phrases during the proceedings.

Updated on Aug 25, 2018 09:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Key findings of Ranjit Singh panel have counter arguments too
HT lists some of the key observations that have counter arguments too in the report itself, leaving it open to questions.

Updated on Aug 19, 2018 09:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Congress, Akali Dal to slug it out in House over wooing dera voters
The Congress strategy is to make political capital out of report’s indictment of the previous Badal regime for securing Akal Takht’s pardon for dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim in September 2015.

Updated on Aug 18, 2018 10:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Randhawa seeks live telecast of House debate on report
Randhawa said the Congress won the state elections promising to bring culprits of the Bargari sacrilege to justice.

Updated on Aug 14, 2018 11:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Seizing on panthic agenda, Sukhpal Khaira steals march over AAP, Akalis
As he wages a relentless war against his party after being sacked as leader of opposition, Sukhpal Khaira is now also trying to claim the panthic constituency of AAP and the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Updated on Aug 14, 2018 09:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Sacrilege incidents: Assembly session after inquiry panel submits entire report, says Punjab govt
Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) panel still to submit supplementary to Bargari report besides three reports on other incidents in state; tenure ends on August 30.

Updated on Aug 12, 2018 01:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Meet the new ‘Gen D’ of Punjab politics
Fresh crop of dynasts may see soft launch in 2019 LS polls, emerging from behind the curtains to play active role in politics

Updated on Aug 11, 2018 10:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
No gain in pact with AAP, Punjab Congress tells high command
A divided AAP is to the advantage of the Congress, whether or not it opts for an alliance. If it does, the Congress gets better bargaining power over the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and may concede fewer seats to the former.

Updated on Aug 08, 2018 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Cracked case during SAD term, but stopped from nabbing dera men: SIT head told Ranjit Singh panel
Justice Singh was tasked by the Captain Amarinder Singh government last year to probe the Bargari sacrilege and subsequent firing incidents in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in Faridkot district.

Updated on Aug 02, 2018 10:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Badals secured Akal Takht pardon for Dera Sacha Sauda head: Ranjit Singh panel
The report, accessed by HT, also reveals that then director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini spoke to Badal hours before the police opened fire at Sikh protesters at Kotkapura chowk between 5 to 6 am on October 14, 2015.

Updated on Aug 01, 2018 05:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh