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Jatinder Mahal

Jatinder Mahal is a staff correspondent. He covers Jalandhar, Kapurthala and SBS Nagar district for Hindustan Times.

Articles by Jatinder Mahal

Jalandhar railway station a safe haven for smugglers

As per the department data, a fine of ₹67.26 lakh was collected for tax evasion through railway transportation in last one year.

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Updated on Oct 28, 2018 10:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

Ahead of festive season, sweets, milk, grocery items fail purity test in Punjab’s Doaba region

42% food samples in Kapurthala, 28% in Jalandhar, 49% in SBS Nagar fail quality tests in past two months, drive to continue even after season gets over, say health department officials

DHO Balwinder Singh (centre) seizing milk samples from a dairy in Jalandhar.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 27, 2018 11:04 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

7-day-old girl found abandoned in Jalandhar, rescued

The baby girl was found lying in the bushes. She is undergoing treatment and investigations are on to trace her parents.

Seven days old girl baby undergoing treatment at civil hospital in Jalandhar.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 23, 2018 09:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

Kapurthala man on way to France missing, two travel agents booked

Left home in December Wife claims they paid Rs 6.5 lakh for direct flight to France; she last spoke to her husband when he was in Bosnia

A 36-year-old man from Kapurthala had left the country to enter France through travel agents in December 2017.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Sep 09, 2018 10:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal

Punjab police cop arrested for smuggling drugs into Kapurthala jail

The jail staff recovered 260 intoxicant tablets and three tobacco packets from accused Jinder Kumar,36, while frisking him when he reported for duty.

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Updated on Sep 08, 2018 11:34 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal, Kapurthala

Two Doaba youths die trying to sneak into US

The family of 18-year-old Davinderpal Singh, who was from Begowal in Kapurthala district, came to know about his death from a relative on Tuesday, who also informed them about the death of Gaurav, 20, of Banga in Nawanshahr.

One of the youths, Davinderpal Singh.(HT photo)

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Updated on Aug 22, 2018 12:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal

Kapurthala man abducted, duped of Rs 7 lakh by travel agent

The agent abducted him from Bangalore and kept him hostage for over a month, made him call his parents and tell them pay the cash as the first instalment.

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Updated on Aug 16, 2018 11:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal

Kerala nun rape: Kerala cops question Jalandhar bishop for 9 hours

The complainant has alleged that she was assaulted by Mulakkal (54) at different locations, including Jalandhar and Kottayam.

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Updated on Aug 14, 2018 11:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

Kerala Nun rape: Jalandhar bishop joins investigation

There were some tense moments when Mulakkal finally entered the premises as the private security staff of the Church manhandled members of the media.

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Updated on Aug 14, 2018 10:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

Man kills himself, wife and two children over ‘sleazy’ video in Punjab

35-year-old Kulwinder Singh set himself, his 30-year-old wife, son, 5, and daughter, 8, ablaze after he came to know about her ‘illicit relationship’ with a villager

Kulwinder Singh, 35, who was living in Jordan, was angry after coming across a sleazy video of his wife(Shutterstock Photo)

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Updated on Aug 03, 2018 12:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal

Spate in crime: Four murders, multiple snatchings in Jalandhar in three weeks

Snatching incidents are also taking place frequently and most cases are of snatching incidents are taking place in the daytime.

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Updated on Aug 02, 2018 12:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal, Jalandhar

Co-accused in gangster Sukha Kahlwan murder clash in Kapurthala jail

In the murderous attack that lasted 10 minutes, Baba has suffered a fracture in his right leg; his two aides, Pavitar Singh and Randeep Singh sustained head and arms injuries.

Entrance gate of Kapurthala jail(HT File)

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Updated on Jul 31, 2018 01:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal

Kapurthala jail packed with addicts as police crack down on drugs

About 590 people, mostly drug peddlers, have been lodged in the jail after being arrested by the Jalandhar and Kapurthala police in the last 23 days.

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Updated on Jul 24, 2018 02:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal, Kapurthala

163 HIV, hepatitis cases detected at Kapurthala centre in 3 months

The Kapurthala police seized around 1,500 injections in the past one year along with banned substances from drug peddlers.

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Updated on Jul 11, 2018 10:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal, Kapurthala

Punjab’s first women de-addiction centre finds no takers

As per Punjab opioid dependence survey conducted in 2015, there are 8,000 women addicts in the state.

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Updated on Jul 03, 2018 08:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal

Gang smuggling drugs to Canada in kadhais busted in Jalandhar

Police claim that previously, the men had sent two consignments (6kg and 14 kg) of opium to Canada.

Woks (kadhais) used to smuggle drugs to Canada.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 17, 2018 10:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

14 years of ‘business’: Drug smuggler Zeera has assets worth ₹3 crore

A-category peddler had been evading arrest since 2004, when he escaped from Rajasthan police custody.

A palatial house of drug peddler Jagir Singh Zeera in Jaladhar.(HT photo)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2018 12:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal, Jalandhar

Kapurthala jail warden caught smuggling drugs into jail; suspended

The jail staff found 45gm intoxicant powder hidden in his shoes.

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Updated on May 22, 2018 12:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal, Kapurthala

Phagwara clash: Ambedkar Sena leader among 5 Dalits arrested

This came a few hours before General Samaj Manch’s scheduled meeting to discuss its future course of action.

Two arrested Dalits being produced in the court of sub-divisional magistrate in Phagwara on Wednesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 16, 2018 10:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal

Second rank in ICSE Class 10 result: A pleasant surprise, says Jalandhar’s Jasmine

Second rank in ICSE Class 10 exams: 16-year-old scores 99.2%, daughter of a DSP says she doesn’t believe in long study hours.

Jasmine Kaur Chahal celebrates her feat with her family in Jalandhar on Monday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 15, 2018 03:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal, Jalandhar

A month after Phagwara clash, General Samaj to hold meeting on May 16

A Dalit youth Yashwant Bobby was injured in clash. He succumbed to his bullet injuries on April 29.

Police had booked around 100 people, including 33 by name, under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 295-A (hurting religious sentiments), 392 (robbery), 353 (assault), 186, 427, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Arms Act and the National Highways Act.(HT File)

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Updated on May 14, 2018 11:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal, Phagwara

Two brothers die of ‘drug overdose’ in Jalandhar

Police recovered drugs, injections and some banned drug substances near the bodies.

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Updated on May 12, 2018 03:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal, Jalandhar

Phagwara tense ahead of clash victim’s bhog; posters hailing him dot town

Over 2,000 security personnel are guarding the city. Even as a flag march was carried out, posters and hoardings calling ca martyr for the cause of the Samvidhan Chowk sprouted at several locations in the city on Saturday

A poster declaring Yashwant Bobby a martyr; (right) a flag march by Rapid Action Force personnel, in Phagwara on Saturday.(HT photos)

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Updated on May 06, 2018 05:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal, Phagwara

Phagwara tension: Day after arrest, police exonerate Dalit leader in assault case

The court of sub-divisional magistrate discharged Ambedkar Sena (Mool Niwasi) president Harbhajan Suman who along with three others was accused of assaulting a local resident.

Dalit leader Harbhajan Suman being taken by police to a local court in Phagwara on Monday.(HT File)

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Updated on May 01, 2018 10:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal

Five mobiles, internet dongle seized from 4 jail inmates in Kapurthala

During a search of barracks during the last one week, jail officials recovered a Samsung mobile phone, a SIM card, a battery from one Amar Singh of Ludhiana in barrack number 7 on April 23

Incidents of recovery of cellphones and other items have been increasing in jails despite authorities’ claims of strict security.(HT File)

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Updated on May 01, 2018 12:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal, Kapurthala

Arrest of Dalit leader puts Phagwara on the edge again

Police said he was arrested on charges of assaulting a local resident named Pawan Kumar, whose complaint said Suman and three others attacked him in his home on Sunday

Dalit leader Harbhajan Suman being taken by police to a local court in Phagwara on Monday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2018 10:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal

Phagwara tense after Dalit teen injured in April 13 clash succumbs to bullet injury

The authorities also suspended internet services in the entire Doaba region and Ludhiana at 11pm on Saturday for a period of 24 hours.

A minor scuffle took place after cremation of Yaswant Bobby in Phagwara on Sunday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2018 10:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal, Phagwara

Phagwara: Caste flare up continues as situation remains tense

Shopkeepers shut shop on Tuesday evening after reports of members of the Dalit community forcing a local shopkeeper to shut down his shop in the Bansawala Bazaar.

Phagwara MLA Som Parkash addressing protestors in Phagwara on Wednesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2018 02:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal, Phagwara

As Capt seeks to assuage Dalit sentiment, Phagwara again on the boil over chowk name

A clash had broken out between members of a Dalit outfit and Hindu “upper caste” right-wing groups when members of the former allegedly installed a board carrying a picture of Ambedkar and the “new name” at the chowk on NH-1.

A board with the name Samvidhan Chowk in Punjabi and a photo of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, who is regarded as the Constitution’s main architect, put up on April 13 at a roundabout otherwise known as Gol Chowk. This had led to violent clashes between Dalit groups and ‘upper caste’ Hindu right wing groups.(HT File)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2018 09:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Phagwara | ByJatinder Mahal

Caste clash in Punjab: 30 booked for burning a flag in Jalandhar; Phagwara calm now

Members of Shiv Sena Hind gathered at the same spot later and argued with the police for “letting” the Dalits burn the flag.

Members of Dalit community burn a saffron flag purportedly symbolising the “upper caste” Hindu right wing — Shiv Sena factions and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh — at Shastri Chowk on Tuesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2018 09:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar/Phagwara | ByParampreet Singh Narula and Jatinder Mahal

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Jatinder Mahal

Jatinder Mahal is a staff correspondent. He covers Jalandhar, Kapurthala and SBS Nagar district for Hindustan Times.

As per the department data, a fine of ₹67.26 lakh was collected for tax evasion through railway transportation in last one year.

42% food samples in Kapurthala, 28% in Jalandhar, 49% in SBS Nagar fail quality tests in past two months, drive to continue even after season gets over, say health department officials

The baby girl was found lying in the bushes. She is undergoing treatment and investigations are on to trace her parents.

Left home in December Wife claims they paid Rs 6.5 lakh for direct flight to France; she last spoke to her husband when he was in Bosnia

The jail staff recovered 260 intoxicant tablets and three tobacco packets from accused Jinder Kumar,36, while frisking him when he reported for duty.

The family of 18-year-old Davinderpal Singh, who was from Begowal in Kapurthala district, came to know about his death from a relative on Tuesday, who also informed them about the death of Gaurav, 20, of Banga in Nawanshahr.

The agent abducted him from Bangalore and kept him hostage for over a month, made him call his parents and tell them pay the cash as the first instalment.

The complainant has alleged that she was assaulted by Mulakkal (54) at different locations, including Jalandhar and Kottayam.

There were some tense moments when Mulakkal finally entered the premises as the private security staff of the Church manhandled members of the media.

35-year-old Kulwinder Singh set himself, his 30-year-old wife, son, 5, and daughter, 8, ablaze after he came to know about her ‘illicit relationship’ with a villager

Snatching incidents are also taking place frequently and most cases are of snatching incidents are taking place in the daytime.

In the murderous attack that lasted 10 minutes, Baba has suffered a fracture in his right leg; his two aides, Pavitar Singh and Randeep Singh sustained head and arms injuries.

About 590 people, mostly drug peddlers, have been lodged in the jail after being arrested by the Jalandhar and Kapurthala police in the last 23 days.

The Kapurthala police seized around 1,500 injections in the past one year along with banned substances from drug peddlers.

As per Punjab opioid dependence survey conducted in 2015, there are 8,000 women addicts in the state.

Police claim that previously, the men had sent two consignments (6kg and 14 kg) of opium to Canada.

A-category peddler had been evading arrest since 2004, when he escaped from Rajasthan police custody.

The jail staff found 45gm intoxicant powder hidden in his shoes.

This came a few hours before General Samaj Manch’s scheduled meeting to discuss its future course of action.

Second rank in ICSE Class 10 exams: 16-year-old scores 99.2%, daughter of a DSP says she doesn’t believe in long study hours.

A Dalit youth Yashwant Bobby was injured in clash. He succumbed to his bullet injuries on April 29.

Police recovered drugs, injections and some banned drug substances near the bodies.

Over 2,000 security personnel are guarding the city. Even as a flag march was carried out, posters and hoardings calling ca martyr for the cause of the Samvidhan Chowk sprouted at several locations in the city on Saturday

The court of sub-divisional magistrate discharged Ambedkar Sena (Mool Niwasi) president Harbhajan Suman who along with three others was accused of assaulting a local resident.

During a search of barracks during the last one week, jail officials recovered a Samsung mobile phone, a SIM card, a battery from one Amar Singh of Ludhiana in barrack number 7 on April 23

Police said he was arrested on charges of assaulting a local resident named Pawan Kumar, whose complaint said Suman and three others attacked him in his home on Sunday

The authorities also suspended internet services in the entire Doaba region and Ludhiana at 11pm on Saturday for a period of 24 hours.

Shopkeepers shut shop on Tuesday evening after reports of members of the Dalit community forcing a local shopkeeper to shut down his shop in the Bansawala Bazaar.

A clash had broken out between members of a Dalit outfit and Hindu “upper caste” right-wing groups when members of the former allegedly installed a board carrying a picture of Ambedkar and the “new name” at the chowk on NH-1.

Members of Shiv Sena Hind gathered at the same spot later and argued with the police for “letting” the Dalits burn the flag.

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