Bhartesh Singh Thakur is a senior correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Panjab University, local administration and defence.
Articles by Bhartesh Singh Thakur
Oustee quota plots scam in HUDA
With a scam in oustee quota plots coming to fore in the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered the chief secretary of Haryana to hold a probe in the entire allotment of oustee quota plots in Sectors 2, 4 and 6 of Mansa Devi Complex, take appropriate action and submit a report to the court.
Updated on Dec 27, 2013 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Encroachments continue at Sector-11 market; 4 SCOs resumed in six months
As many as four shop-cum-offices (SCOs) have been resumed in the Sector-11 market through the district courts over the past six months due to encroachments at their backside. The latest resumption is of the market committee president, SK Gulati.
Updated on Dec 25, 2013 07:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
11% Punjab elderly are abused: study
In a study funded by United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) on Punjab elderly (60 plus), it has been found that almost 11% of them are abused. Around 3% of the elderly reported experiencing verbal abuse outside the family.
Updated on Dec 22, 2013 08:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
44 % crime of 2013 remains unsolved in Pkl
The work out rate of Panchkula police for 2013 (till November 30) presents a poor picture with a total of 44 % of the total crime remaining unsolved. As many as 1,855 cases were registered in Panchkula district this year and only 1,040 cases could be worked out till November 30.
Updated on Dec 21, 2013 11:55 AM IST
None | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Lt Gen Kadyan reinstated as IESM chairman
The court of additional registrar of societies (Haryana) on Wednesday reinstated Lt Gen Raj Kadyan (retd) as chairman of the Indian Ex-servicemen Movement (IESM). Kadyan was removed in July at the behest of other faction led by Maj Gen Satbir Singh (retd), who was vice chariman.
Updated on Dec 19, 2013 02:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
AFT dismisses accused soldier's appeal
The Chandigarh bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has dismissed the appeal of Havildar Ashok Kumar, a senior non-commissioned officer, who had fired at and killed a major with an AK-47 rifle at Moltuk in Manipur.
Updated on Dec 16, 2013 09:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
HUDA corrects fault, to give back land of houses in Chowki
Rectifying its mistake, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to release land under houses in Chowki village. When land was acquired for setting up Sector 32 of Panchkula, almost the entire village’s land was taken and even houses were not spared.
Updated on Dec 14, 2013 01:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Court allows Barshami-led HOA to attend IOA’s meeting on Sunday
The court of additional district and sessions judge Rajesh Garg on Saturday allowed Indian National Lok Dal MLA Sher Singh Barshami-led Haryana Olympic Association (HOA) to attend Sunday’s meeting of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Updated on Dec 08, 2013 03:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Hisar commissioner facing trial on day-to-day basis
Commissioner, Hisar division, Yudhvir Singh Khyalia has been facing day-to-day trial in a sexual harassment case of a retired woman pharmacist after the Supreme Court indicted him and reverted the case back to Panchkula district court.
Updated on Dec 07, 2013 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
MoEF report indicts Haryana forest dept
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has indicted the Haryana forest department for continuing to plant along the National Highway-73, Panchkula-Yamunanagar, despite being aware of the fact that the road would be widened and the forest land would be diverted for the project.
Updated on Nov 16, 2013 12:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
ITBP officer pays price for pilfering fish, rice
An inspector of the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) has been dismissed for trying to take away 5-6 pieces of fish and 5 kg of rice for personal use without any authorisation.
Updated on Nov 13, 2013 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
Jyoti murder case: Experts unable to play key CCTV footage from clinic
In a fresh turn of events, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Madhuban, has reported to the Panchkula police that the CCTV footage from the hospital where Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary took Jyoti for abortion got retrieved but could not be played as they are in different format.
Updated on Nov 13, 2013 11:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
New procedure introduced for purchase of car from CSD
Facing criticism over “delay” and to “remove any likely malpractices”, the Quarter Master General’s Branch, Canteen Services, has issued fresh instructions for defence personnel seeking to buy new cars.
Updated on Nov 07, 2013 08:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
Panchkula DC cancels mutation of 325-acre land
Reversing the order of tehsildar, Panchkula deputy commissioner (DC) SS Phulia on Friday cancelled the mutation of 325-acre land in Chandimandir village after fraudulent conversion came to light in land record.
Updated on Oct 26, 2013 10:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Complaint against me motivated: Ashok Khemka
A recent complaint against Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka pertaining to alleged casteist remarks by him against an employee of the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC) has taken a new turn with Khemka seeing “wrong and vengeful” conduct of Roshan Lal, principal secretary, agriculture, behind it.
Updated on Oct 25, 2013 02:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
Missing contraband: home dept wants FSL dir chargesheeted
The Haryana government has finally decided to take action against Satish Kumar Sangwan, director, Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Madhuban (Karnal), in the missing contraband case in Panchkula district.
Updated on Oct 20, 2013 11:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
Multiple plots to defence officers
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has initiated the process of resuming the plots where defence officers got allotted more than one plot under the reserved category for defence personnel on the basis of bogus affidavits.
Updated on Oct 19, 2013 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
96-year-old World War II veteran recalls dreadful days in captivity
"In prison you are not a human being. You wish to die. We were without food and water in a Nazi camp," expressed Narinder Singh, 96, who lived in captivity of Germans from 1941 to 1945 during the World War II.
Updated on Oct 12, 2013 10:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
School closed for over 20 days after lone teacher transferred
The students of a primary school in Pinjore's Dhamsu village, near Mallah road, are left stranded as the school has been closed since September 19, after the lone teacher got transferred. The school was locked, thereafter.
Updated on Oct 11, 2013 10:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Mining scam unearthed in Pinjore, probe on
The police here have unearthed a mining scam at the construction site of a major realty firm in Sector 3 of the Kalka-Pinjore Urban Complex, and registered a case of cheating and forgery against a contractor, M/s Brij Mohan Aggarwal, for extracting material in excess of that permitted under their licence.
Updated on Sep 25, 2013 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Selja's letter bomb hastens work on Panchkula NIFT
A letter from union minister Kumari Selja over delays in allocating land for a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Panchkula has sent Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the district administration into overdrive for finalising the site.
Updated on Sep 11, 2013 11:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Crores collected for workers' welfare remain unspent: CAG slams UT admn
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has, in its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, slammed the Chandigarh administration for its failure to utilise over Rs 28 crore that it collected from 2010 to 2013 for the welfare of construction workers.
Updated on Sep 07, 2013 10:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
'Bodies could be spread over kilometres'
Inder Dev Sharma, senior mountaineer and snow rescue instructor at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali, on Thursday said the AN-12 aircraft must have hit the CB-13 peak of Dhakka Glacier at about 20,500 feet and the wreckage and bodies could be spread over an area spreading into kilometres.
Updated on Sep 06, 2013 12:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
Pilot's family hopes for recovery of mortal remains
The recent recovery of the body of havildar Jagmail Singh, who was on board the ill-fated AN-12 plane which crashed in 1968, has rekindled hopes of the pilot's family.
Updated on Sep 06, 2013 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Chandigarh
HUDA allows stilt floor; residential houses can go up to 14.5 metre
Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has allowed stilt floor on ground for residential plots of 6-marla and above. Now, the houses could go up to 14.5 metre height in case stilt floor up to 2.4 metre is constructed, with first, second and third floor above the stilt.
Updated on Aug 31, 2013 11:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Quack-run clinics on Panchkula health dept's radar
While patient's come to their clinics with the hope that they will get better, these doctor's or quacks operating across Panchkula district are indifferent towards patients and care two hoots about the consequences. Most of these 'doctors' have no medical degree and swear by experience or diplomas in alternative medicines to cure patients. Bhartesh Singh Thakur reports
Updated on Aug 28, 2013 03:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Teen champion of girl child’s cause gets honour today
“Even if a woman is involved in a road accident, people blame her. They will say the accident is because of her poor driving skills,” said Ishita Uppal, 16, who is Haryana government’s ambassador against female foeticide.
Updated on Aug 25, 2013 02:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Dist legal services body to decide compensation
The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) will decide the quantum of compensation for the victims of rape, molestation, trafficking, acid attack, loss of limb or injury and the family of murdered people.
Updated on Aug 17, 2013 12:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Court of inquiry in procurement of stores over R100 cr
Taking a serious view of the unprecedented procurement of stores worth more than Rs 100 crore in the military engineering services (MES), Western Command commander Lt Gen Philip Campose has launched a court of inquiry (CoI) against former commander works engineer (CWE), Chandimandir, Col Hemant Jha.
Updated on Aug 17, 2013 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula
Ex-sarpanch death CBI suicide theory based on AIIMS, PGI opinions
It was the opinion of doctors from two of the region's top medical institutes, which led the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conclude that the cause of the mysterious death of Karam Singh, the former sarpanch Kambopura village in Karnal, was suicide.
Updated on Aug 13, 2013 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Panchkula