Sumeer Singh is a staff correspondent at Ludhiana. He covers industry, transport, district courts and sports.
Articles by Sumeer Singh
Cops booked but kin of Ludhiana suicide victim receiving threats
The Government Railway Police (GRP) have booked three policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), in a case of abetment to suicide after a shopkeeper threw himself under a train last week, but not arrested anyone yet.
Updated on May 03, 2016 12:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Litigants face harrowing time at Ludhiana district courts
Thousands of visitors who come to district courts for hearing of their cases are a harried lot owing to the ailing infrastructure of the district courts complex premises.
Updated on May 02, 2016 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Victim’s kin shrug off CPS Sidhu visit as gimmick
Chief parliamentary secretary Navjot Kaur Sidhu was in the city on Saturday to condole with the family of Inderpal Ahuja, a 25-year-old Dugri-based mobile shop owner who jumped in front of a running train on Friday and died. Ahuja was upset after alleged harassment by the police.
Updated on May 01, 2016 01:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Son shares Satyanand Munjal’s dedication towards Arya Samaj
A day after patriarch Satyanand Munjal’s death, second son Suresh Munjal recalled how winning a declamation contest organised on ‘Arya Samaj’ during his father’s school days at the age of 17 in Faisalabad, Pakistan, inspired him to dedicate his entire life to propagate teachings of the sect.
Updated on Apr 18, 2016 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
With Munjal’s demise, first generation of ‘heroes’ comes to an end
With the demise of Satyan and Munjal at the age of 99, the eldest among four brothers who founded Hero Cycles Group in Amritsar in 1943, an entire first generation of founding members of the cycle giant came to an end on Thursday.
Updated on Apr 17, 2016 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
After 42 days, Ludhiana jewellers finally call off strike
After a 42-day protest, city jewellers finally called off their strike on Wednesday.
Updated on Apr 16, 2016 11:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Coffee with Captain: PPCC chief criticises SAD-BJP over drug issue
Terming drug menace the most debatable and a key poll issue in the state, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that if he was voted to power, his priority would to counter drug menace from Punjab. He said he would identify and catch the drug lords, who were channelizing the drug networks and bring-in more drug rehabilitation centres in the state.
Updated on Apr 09, 2016 09:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
3 hours of hope for Namdhari followers before Mata’s death
Panic prevailed at Satguru Partap Singh (SPS) Hospital on GT Road on Monday, when hundreds of Namdhari sect followers as well as heavy police force accompanied injured Chand Kaur (90), wife of late Namdhari sect head Satguru Jagjit Singh, to the hospital around 10am on Monday.
Updated on Apr 04, 2016 08:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Protest against excise duty - Day 23 : Mann, Gogi detained
Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders joined the jewellers protest against levying of one percent excise duty on gold jewellery, on the 23rd day of stir on Saturday.
Updated on Mar 27, 2016 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Day 23: Jewellers cane-charged by cops on NH-1
To mark their dissent over the levying of one percent excise duty on gold jewellery, the cavalcade of infuriated jewellers (in thousands) were cane-charged by heavy police force deployed at the scene to disrupt them from blocking the Ladhowal Toll Plaza. The jewellers were joined by district Congress president Gurpreet Gogi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member of parliament from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann on day 23 of the strike
Updated on Mar 26, 2016 03:28 PM IST
Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Divided on strike, jewellers clash over opening of shops
The ongoing strike of jewellers over levying of excise duty turned ugly on Hambran Road here on Wednesday when the traders, who opened their shops, were allegedly beaten up inside their shops and later dragged in public.
Updated on Mar 25, 2016 03:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
New liquor policy favours big brands: Traders
The excise department’s bid to streamline the multi-crore liquor business in the state by putting in place a transparent supply chain process has not gone down well among the wholesalers (liquor contractors) and retailers who are in the business for decades now.
Updated on Mar 23, 2016 01:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Punjab budget 2016-17: Breather for Ludhiana’s cycle industry
Cycle industry in Ludhiana, which has been facing constant downturn in market and battling unhealthy cheap import from China got a major breather with the SAD-BJP government earmarking 300-acre land for establishing a hi-tech cycle valley in the city in the Budget on Tuesday.
Updated on Mar 16, 2016 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana sees sharp rise in chickenpox, viral fever cases
Due to the changing season number of patients suffering from cold, cough, throat irritation and chicken-pox has suddenly increased in city hospitals.
Updated on Mar 07, 2016 12:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Stay expires, shops still running at Ludhiana ISBT
Even a day after the expiry of court’s stay on the order to vacate shopping vends at city bus stand, the owners have still not vacated the shops.
Updated on Mar 03, 2016 08:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Kejriwal a liar, says Maluka
Launching a scathing attack against Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, minister for rural development and panchayats Sikandar Singh Maluka termed him a ‘gappi’ (liar).
Updated on Feb 27, 2016 01:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Malaudh
Flipkart, Amazon among e-tailers singed by Jat agitation fire
“Two trucks, each with approximately 1,500-1,600 articles, come to us daily. We haven’t received any shipment in the past four days. If the agitation continues, we will not only lose revenue worth crores, but also our customer base (confidence) will take a hit,” added Bajwa.
Updated on Feb 23, 2016 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Punjab Roadways takes city bus stand’s charge temporarily
Punjab Roadways has assumed the charge of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Bus Terminal for a period of three years after a private bus company Welspun Private Limited ended its 10-year contract this month.
Updated on Jan 24, 2016 09:18 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Cheap imports hit local garment industry in Ludhiana
Though the gradual shift from manual to automation, as part of technological upgradation, in last decade has resulted in increased efficiency and production, thousands of woollen and other winter garment manufacturing units in Ludhiana are running into huge losses. They have reduced their production.
Updated on Dec 18, 2015 12:43 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Anti-dumping duty on yarn to effect micro hosiery business
Textile industry, which is already battling low business for over a year now, has further been burdened by imposition of an anti-dumping duty against importing polyester yarns from China or Thailand.
Updated on Oct 25, 2015 08:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
‘Bir’ desecration : Bus operators suffer huge losses
As uproar over the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib continues, losses are piling up for bus operators with each passing day. With their buses stranded at terminals, the operators are seeking tax concessions from the government.
Updated on Oct 19, 2015 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Investment prospects may take a hit due to religious tension
Amid rising tension following the desecration of holy Guru Granth Sahib at various locations in the state, industrial units in Ludhiana as well as state have invited a huge threat to its investment prospects.
Updated on Oct 18, 2015 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Pensioners not getting minimum amount of Rs 1,000 as per EPS
Even as the Prime Minister (PM) has given green signal to the minimum pension of Rs 1,000 as per the Employee Pension Scheme (EPS) which is effective from April 1, the pensioners in city continue to get less amount, while officials’ response has remained evasive for the past six months now.
Updated on Oct 04, 2015 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Speeding vehicles putting road safety at jeopardy
Safety of pedestrians and vehicle drivers has become one of the major concerns while moving on the city roads as horrific road accidents due to speeding are on the rise.
Updated on Sep 29, 2015 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Cheema exhorts students to get quality education
Quality education rather than degrees and distinctions, preservation and significance of Punjabi language, skill development and most importantly taking up of the issue of gap in age groups in private and government schools with regard to the Right to Education will be given priority, said state education minister Daljeet Singh Cheema on the occasion of 50th anniversary of formation of the state of Punjab, at Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle here on Sunday.
Updated on Sep 24, 2015 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Cheema exhorts students to get quality education
Quality education rather than degrees and distinctions, preservation and significance of Punjabi language, skill development and most importantly taking up of the issue of gap in age groups in private and government schools with regard to the Right to Education will be given priority, said state education minister Daljeet Singh Cheema on the occasion of 50th anniversary of formation of the state of Punjab, at Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle here on Sunday.
Updated on Sep 20, 2015 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Parkash Singh Badal demands more BSF personnel in Punjab
Increased infiltration in neighboring Jammu and Kashmir and the Gurdaspur terror attack have prompted Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to ask for more Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on the Pakistan frontier in his state.
Updated on Aug 30, 2015 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Ready for over 1 year, Rakh Bagh squash court yet to be opened
The squash court at Rakh Bagh is lying non-functional despite being completed in January last year. The sports enthusiasts attribute it to the apathetic attitude of the municipal corporation (MC).
Updated on Jul 19, 2015 11:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
Punjab Roadways buses stationed at depot for months causing losses worth lakhs
Mismanagement on the part of the Punjab Roadways with regard to repair of its buses is causing state transport department losses worth lakhs of rupees on monthly-basis.
Updated on Jul 13, 2015 08:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
High court holds ETO guilty of highhandedness while collecting taxes
The Punjab and Haryana high court has slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on a local official of the excise and taxation department for resorting to unlawful activities while collecting taxes.
Updated on Jul 10, 2015 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sumeer Singh, Ludhiana
