Gurpreet Singh Nibber is an Assistant Editor with the Punjab bureau. He covers politics, agriculture, power sector, environment, Sikh religious affairs and the Punjabi diaspora.
Articles by Gurpreet Singh Nibber
Punjab Cong incharge gives call for unity
The Congress' Punjab affairs incharge, Shakeel Ahmed, here on Sunday called upon leaders and workers of the state party unit, including MLAs and MPs, to "iron out differences and work for a common goal" of making the party victorious from all 13 parliamentary seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Jul 01, 2013 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Attack on Pannu exposes PR disaster
The Punjab government's 'publicity-oriented' drive after the natural disaster in Uttarakhand has been disastrous right from the beginning. The assault on senior IAS officer Kahan Singh Pannu, video clips of which went viral on YouTube, has exposed the public anger brewing among stranded pilgrims, especially from Punjab, against the Parkash Singh Badal regime. VIDEO INSIDE
Updated on Jun 26, 2013 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber and Vishal Rambani, Chandigarh/patiala
Hemkunt shrine closed for season
After the June 16 cloudburst, the Hemkunt Sahib shrine at a height of 15,200 feet in Chamoli district of Uttrakhand has been shut for the current season. The Hemkunt trust managing gurdwara at Hemkunt took the decision on Friday.
Updated on Jun 22, 2013 10:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
As JD(U) breaks up with BJP, Badal to be NDA convener?
With Sharad Yadav resigning from the top post as convener of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) following the JD(U)'s split with the BJP on Sunday, one name that has automatically come into reckoning for the post is that of Punjab chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal.
Updated on Jun 17, 2013 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Amarinder enters Cong core group, Brar out
Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has been elevated to the highest decision-making body of the Congress. He has been inducted as a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), having a bigger role and say in the party's core group at the national level. AICC president Sonia Gandhi issued the orders on Sunday.
Updated on Jun 17, 2013 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
As MLAs’ society wants out, Tata Camelot set for burial
A partnership entered into six years ago, with an eye on a potential windfall from the realty sector, is coming to an end after a reality check. The MLAs’ Cooperative House Building Society, which gave land to business giant Tata for the since-doomed Camelot project in Punjab’s Kansal village adjoining Chandigarh, wants out. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports
Updated on Jun 14, 2013 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Foundation stone of 1984 Sikh genocide memorial laid
The foundation stone of 1984 Sikh Genocide Memorial being built in Gurdwara Rakabanj Sahib Complex was unveiled on Wednesday.
Updated on Jun 12, 2013 03:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, New Delhi
Foundation stone of 1984 Sikh genocide memorial laid
The foundation stone of 1984 Sikh Genocide Memorial being built in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib Complex was unveiled on Wednesday. Hearing in a petition challenging construction of memorial in the Gurdwara premises was also listed for hearing in Delhi high court but the foundation stone was laid before the case came for hearing.
Updated on Jun 12, 2013 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, New Delhi
Poll head in place, BJP's Punjab ticket queue prepares ground
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), junior partner of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab's ruling combine, may have won 19 of the 23 seats it contested in the 117-strong assembly last year, but the Lok Sabha elections due in 2014 look set to be a tough battle for the saffron brigade in the agrarian state. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.
Updated on Jun 10, 2013 01:09 AM IST
None | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
No illegal construction inside Gurdwara Rakabganj complex, NDMC tells DSGMC
As the DSGMC was gearing up to lay the foundation of the 1984 Sikh genocide memorial in the Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib complex, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) today served a notice to the Gurdwara committee, asking not to erect any illegal structure in the complex. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.
Updated on Jun 07, 2013 08:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
NDMC notice to gurdwara committee over 1984 memorial
As the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) gears up for the June 12 foundation-laying of a '1984 Sikh genocide memorial' inside Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib complex in the heart of the national capital, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) on Friday served a notice on the DSGMC, cautioning it against any "illegal structure" in the complex. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports.
Updated on Jun 08, 2013 12:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, New Delhi
Foundation stone of 1984 memorial to be laid on June 12
The five Sikh head priests would lay the foundation stone of the November 1984 Sikh ‘genocide’ memorial in the Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib complex, near Parliament House, in New Delhi on June 12.
Updated on Jun 07, 2013 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
100 days milestone: Foundation of 1984 memorial on June 12
Exactly on hundredth day in office on Wednesday, Manjit Singh GK led Delhi Sikh Gurdwara management committee (DSGMC) finalised a decision to lay foundation stone of November 1984 Sikh genocide memorial on June 12.
Updated on Jun 06, 2013 02:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Sidhus hurting own team
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) had stars in its eyes when it inducted this couple and now it has only dust. Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer turned commentator who is in Team Saffron since 2004, hasn't returned to his parliamentary home turf, Amritsar, in almost a year.
Updated on Jun 02, 2013 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
PSPCL to set up 1,320-MW power plant at Mukerian
The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has taken in-principle decision to set up a super-critical thermal-based power plant at Hajipur in Mukerian town of Hoshiarpur district. Recently, a team of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) had cleared the project site. The acquisition of 900 acres is expected to start soon.
Updated on May 31, 2013 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Wheat procurement falls in Punjab by 16%, rises 50% in UP
Wheat procurement in punjab was recorded at 11 million tonnes in the current rabi season, which is a decline of 16% over last season’s procurement of 12.8 million tonnes. In the country as a whole, procurement fell from 38.2 million tonnes in 2011-12 to 27 million tonnes, of which Punjab has contributed 40%, in the current season.
Updated on May 29, 2013 12:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Wheat procurement: Punjab on top but not at its best
There may have been a drastic fall in wheat procurement in Punjab, but the state still tops the chart nationally. The state's contribution to the national pool is 40%, the highest among all wheat-producing. The procurement figure vindicates renowned agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan's recent observation that Punjab would continue to serve as a major foodgrain producer for the country.
Updated on May 28, 2013 10:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
DSGMC plans memorial at Gurdwara Rakabganj
In an affront to the Congress government in the national capital, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) plans to build a memorial to 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims at Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib, adjacent to Parliament House.
Updated on May 21, 2013 08:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
A blackout of hope for ‘power surplus’ dream?
The ray of light in the dark is getting dimmer and dimmer. The commissioning of the 540-megawatt thermal-electricity plant at Goindwal Sahib, a project conceived in 1994, is delayed by another three months. A fortnight ago, GVK Power of Chennai, which is building the plant, had announced it would light up the 270-MW first unit of the project on May 7 but now the deadline has moved to the first week of August. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports
Updated on May 21, 2013 09:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Patiala
Ranjit Sagar dam: Punjab assures J&K on 1979 pact
Punjab has assured Jammu and Kashmir that it would abide by provisions of an agreement signed between the two states in 1979 regarding the Ranjit Sagar dam (RSD) project.
Updated on May 14, 2013 10:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
In charge of DSGMC, Badal's SAD has say in Delhi
The newly-formed Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has started bearing fruit for the Shiromani Akali Dal. The turn of events during the past fortnight has proved that being in charge of the DSGMC is not an ordinary achievement for the SAD.
Updated on May 13, 2013 12:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
L&T seeks coal for Rajpura plant, PSPCL in refusal mode
With no coal arrangement to run the upcoming 1,400MW (megawatt) thermal plant in Rajpura, Larsen and Toubro, which is undertaking construction of the plant, has demanded coal from the block allotted to Punjab in Jharkhand's Pachwara district.
Updated on May 11, 2013 10:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
J&K dithers on Shahpur Kandi project
As the deadlock between the Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir governments over the 206-MW Shahpur Kandi dam project continues, the union secretary for water resources has called the chief secretaries of the two states to a meeting next week to resolve the matter.
Updated on May 08, 2013 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Worked like magic, spell breaking now
Battling food scarcity, nervous excitement gripped India when the first consignment of seeds of dwarf wheat variety from Mexico landed at the Calcutta port in 1963. It was billed to be the gamechanger based on research. Gurpreet Singh Nibber reports
Updated on Apr 13, 2013 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Proposed farm policy too divergent to be cleared
A draft of the agriculture policy tabled last week has deviated from the Punjab government's stand on key issues. Foreign direct investment (FDI), free electricity to farmers, and the payment of the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat and paddy to growers through commission agents are the issues on which the draft and the government's stand differ.
Updated on Apr 09, 2013 10:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
DSGMC suspends Sarna's aide
Following reports of multi-crore bungling of funds of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), the committee has suspended general manager Ram Singh (55). Ram Singh joined the DSGMC as a clerk and came close to Paramjit Singh Sarna when the latter took over as the committee president for the first time in 2000. For the past few years, he had been looking after DSGMC affairs.
Updated on Apr 03, 2013 08:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Mayors, zila parishad heads in lokpal ambit
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday passed a bill to bring top office-bearers of municipal bodies and zila parishads under the scrutiny of the state lokpal. An amendment bill passed on Monday now brings into the lokapl's purview chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of zila parishads, mayors, senior deputy and deputy mayors, and the presidents and vice-presidents of municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
Updated on Mar 26, 2013 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Wheat nears market, storage crunch ahead
From April 1, the procurement of wheat would begin, and a whopping 150 lakh tonnes of the golden grain are expected to arrive in the 1,750-odd procurement centres in Punjab in the current rabi season. The crop may well be termed bumper, but there is space for only 60 lakh tonnes.
Updated on Mar 25, 2013 12:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Property tax 'rocks' Cong mock session
Continuing its boycott of the House proceedings, the opposition Congress held a mock assembly session for the third consecutive day on Tuesday.
Updated on Mar 19, 2013 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Cong plans no-confidence motion against speaker
After boycotting the budget session of the Punjab assembly for five days over the suspension of its nine MLAs, the Congress decided to bring a no confidence motion against speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal on Tuesday.
Updated on Mar 19, 2013 11:29 PM IST
None | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh