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Mohammad Ghazali

Mohammad Ghazali is a multimedia correspondent with Hindustan Times based in Punjab. He was earlier associated with Media Network of India as a research associate with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in New Delhi. Having a post graduate degree from Asian College of Journalism, his area of interest includes Indian politics and economy.

Articles by Mohammad Ghazali

‘SAD will not field Dalit candidates for general seats’

Punjab cabinet minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Gulzar Singh Ranike said on Monday that Scheduled Caste (SC) or “reserved-category” candidates will “not be fielded from general seats”, that is, assembly segments that are not reserved for SCs, in the state polls due next year. He was replying to a reporter’s question on the sidelines of a meeting with SAD’s Dalit workers in Mansa.

Punjab cabinet minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Gulzar Singh Ranike.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2016 04:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Job regularisation: Midnight crackdown leaves 100 nurses scared, angry

Police detained 100 members of the nurses and ancillary staff union for three hours on Tuesday midnight, acting on a tip-off that they could be travelling to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s village to protest for regularisation of jobs.

Members of nurses and ancillary staff union inside a bus at Mansa on Tuesday midnight.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 14, 2016 03:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Strike of workers hired by MC turns Mansa into garbage hub

The strike by the garbage lifters has put the city under the shadow of a serious health disease in view of upcoming Monsoon season. The city has already witnessed pre monsoon showers.

Garbage dumped at an intersection in Mansa on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2016 11:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

AAP holds meeting with traders from Bathinda and Mansa

Members of the Aggarwal community took up the issue of reservation during Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s dialogue with the business and trading community of Bathinda and Mansa districts on Wednesday.

Aam Aadmi Party state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur (second from right) and other AAP leaders during a meeting with traders and businessmen in Mansa on Wednesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 23, 2016 03:02 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Fuel price hike ahead of paddy season irks Punjab farmers

The recent hike in fuel prices has not gone down well with the farmers in the region as they fear that it will lead to an increase in input cost for farmers in the paddy season.

Over the last one-and-a-half month, this is the fourth time that the fuel prices have been hiked by the government.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 17, 2016 12:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Thunderstorm damages solar power plant in Mansa

Thunderstorm on Friday night ripped apart a Rs 100 crore solar power plant installed here at Nangla village.

Damaged 15MW solar panel after a storm at Nangla village in Mansa on Friday night.(Sanjeev Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 12, 2016 03:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Day after, assaulted Mansa CPI (ML) leader accused of molestation

A day after being attacked by the SAD sarpanch at Borawal village in this district, the police on Friday received a molestation complaint against CPI (ML) leader Bhagwant Samao by some MGNREGA workers.

The complainants, Amarjeet Kaur and Jasweer Kaur have alleged that the Left party leader molested them and was charging money to fill up the form for demanding residential plots.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2016 02:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

SAD sarpanch booked for assaulting CPI (ML) leader in Mansa

Mansa police have booked a SAD sarpanch Surat Singh along with his son and brother for attacking a CPI (ML) leader in Mansa on Thursday morning.

The injured Mazdoor Mukti Morcha Punjab chief Bhagwant Samao.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 03, 2016 11:15 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Harsimrat cautions about fraudsters duping people by using her name

In a bid to caution public about fraudsters duping people by convincing them about their links with state leaders, union minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal took to social media and termed it a ‘political conspiracy’ of her rivals to defame her.

Union minister for food processing and member of Parliament (MP) from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal(HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 22, 2016 10:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Quick to book AAP leader, Mansa police slow to go after ‘lewd’ cop

Swift to register a molestation case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ex-servicemen’s wing state president and his son on Thursday here, the local police are slack in booking one of their own men accused of sending lewd text messages to a woman in distress.

About 15 days ago, the woman had accused the cop of making sexual advances on telephone. The matter is “still under investigation”, and no case has been made out against the man in khaki.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 22, 2016 02:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

AAP leader, son booked on molestation charges in Mansa

The district police have booked a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who is also state president of the ex-servicemen wing of the party, Jeevan Singh and his 17-year-old son for molestation after around 60 people from Kotla Kalan village submitted a complaint to the police against them.

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Updated on May 19, 2016 11:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

SAD leader booked in Mansa, Ravidasias call off agitation

Hours after the members of Ravidassia community laid siege to the panchayat land in Guraddi village of this district, the police have booked SAD leader Hakam Singh and his neighbor Balbir Singh under Section 447 ( punishment for criminal trespass) on Sunday. Both the accused are absconding though.

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Updated on May 17, 2016 11:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Don’t take your life, we will set things right: AAP to farmers

The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) has appealed to farmers not to commit suicide and promised to resolve all agriculture-related issues on priority after assuming power in Punjab.

“On coming to power, the AAP will not allow banks or the government to acquire, confiscate or auction agricultural land,” said senior journalist Kanwar Sandhu, who heads the party manifesto committee.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 09, 2016 05:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Pompous welcome to new Mansa SP upsets senior cops, transferred again

An unprecedented welcome ceremony held here on Thursday over the joining of the new superintendent of police (headquarters) has not gone down well with senior police officers and even political leaders who attended the event.

Sources said the ceremony was unprecedented as far as the joining of a new officer is concerned.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 05, 2016 11:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Sarpanches upset over political hijacking of a seminar in Mansa

Around 70 sarpanches of Mansa district were left red faced here on Saturday morning when they found that the district administration had invited them to attend a seminar on ‘water conservation’ which was actually organised by an NGO run by district BJP leaders.

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Updated on Apr 30, 2016 07:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Mansa councillors exchange blows at Dy CM’s residence in Muktsar

In what could prove to be an embarrassment for the ruling party Shiromani Akali Dal, its Mansa municipal councillors (MCs) exchanged blows on Friday after meeting deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal at his residence in Badal village.

Injured councillors at Lambi police station in Muktsar after recording their statement on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2016 02:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

‘Missing’ son calls after 11 yrs, family says was trafficked to UAE

A family in Dharampura village of this district had lost all hopes of seeing their son who had gone missing 11 years ago, now has its hope rekindled after they got one call from him on Monday from United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, he had a miserable story of trafficking to tell them.

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Updated on Apr 28, 2016 08:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Two debt-ridden farmers commit suicide in Mansa

Two marginal farmers have committed suicide in villages of the district in the last two days. Farmer Charan Singh, 45, a resident of Kotdharmu village, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house here on Monday afternoon.

Farmer Charan Singh, 45, a resident of Kotdharmu village, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house here on Monday afternoon.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2016 04:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Harsimrat left red-faced at ‘sangat darshan’ in Mansa

Union minister of food processing industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal face embarrassing moments during a “sangat darshan” programme in her Parliamentary constituency as her speeches failed to evoke the response she had expected. Besides, local Akali leaders and panchayat members did not attend the programme.

Union minister of food processing industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal during a “sangat darshan” programme in Mansa.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2016 08:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Union minister Najma Heptulla inaugurates skill development centre in Mansa

Union minister of minority affairs Najma Heptulla on Saturday launched the skill development centres at Mata Sundri College in Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Badal’s constituency Mansa. Harsimrat was also present during the occasion.

The scheme was launched simultaneously in six centres through video conferencing from the college.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2016 05:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Fissures in AAP: Party’s Bathinda legal cell disbanded over indiscipline

Two days after the Baisakhi mela, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has disbanded its Bathinda parliamentary constituency legal cell, which was headed by advocate Gurlabh Singh Mahal, over indiscipline.

Advocate Gurlabh Singh Mahal(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2016 03:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

AAP’s women wing chief Baljinder Kaur gets her moment under the sun

Kaur supervised the stage management at the party’s Baisakhi rally at Talwandi Sabo.

Aam Aadmi Party’s women wing president Baljinder Kaur supervised the stage management at the party’s Talwandi Sabo rally on Wednesday.(Sanjeev Kumar/ht)

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Updated on Apr 16, 2016 11:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Talwandi Sabo (bathinda)

Harsimrat Badal backs Centre’s neutral stand on SYL issue

In what could be seen as the compulsion of coalition politics, Union food processing minister and SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who was here on Monday, defended alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for staying away from the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal issue.

During her ongoing visit in Mansa, the minister has repeatedly criticised Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his doublespeak on the SYL issue.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 15, 2016 10:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Before water, our blood will flow in SYL canal: Bhagwant Mann

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann, who was in Mansa on Saturday to mobilise party workers for the upcoming Baisakhi rally, criticised the SAD-BJP government and the Congress for “playing politics” over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2016 11:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Harsimrat’s sangat darshan: Youth left disappointed

Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who was here on Friday, faced the ire of youths in a few villages who complained of being ignored by the minister during the sangat darshan programme.

Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal distributing sewing machines to women in Mansa on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2016 08:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Debt weighing down farmers of cotton belt

As cases of suicide by farmers due to indebtedness continue to be reported in the district, there are hundreds of households in which children, who have lost their fathers, have inherited debt and accompanying distress.

Surjeet Kaur’s (centre) son Ranjeet Singh committed suicide in 2013 after the debt mounted to Rs 4 lakh. He isurvived by his wife, a daughter and a mentally challenged son.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 11, 2016 04:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Mansa: No respite in suicides by farmers despite leaders’ visits

Cases of suicide by farmers due to debt continue to be reported in the district despite political leaders’ visits to the houses of the farmers who have committed suicide and the government’s claim of implementing pro-farmer policies.

During the last three months, around 14 cases of suicide by farmers have been reported from the district while only one case has been considered eligible for compensation.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2016 02:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Gold excise duty to be debated in next session, says Harsimrat

Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said here on Thursday that the withdrawal of the additional 1% excise duty on gold, for which jewellers of the state have been agitating, could be discussed in the next budget session of Parliament only.

Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal addressing people in Kishangarh village of Mansa on Thursday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2016 11:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Panic grips Mansa village after leopard scare

Panic gripped the area near Mander village in the district on Monday morning after someone claimed to have sighted a leopard in the fields.

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Updated on Mar 21, 2016 11:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali, Mansa

Mansa admn fails to check sale of spurious food items

Local administration has failed to check the sale of adulterated food items — particularly edible oil and ghee — in the district, with over 40 per cent of food samples collected by the health department having failed quality test in the past five months.

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Updated on Mar 17, 2016 01:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMohammad Ghazali

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Police detained 100 members of the nurses and ancillary staff union for three hours on Tuesday midnight, acting on a tip-off that they could be travelling to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s village to protest for regularisation of jobs.

The strike by the garbage lifters has put the city under the shadow of a serious health disease in view of upcoming Monsoon season. The city has already witnessed pre monsoon showers.

Members of the Aggarwal community took up the issue of reservation during Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s dialogue with the business and trading community of Bathinda and Mansa districts on Wednesday.

The recent hike in fuel prices has not gone down well with the farmers in the region as they fear that it will lead to an increase in input cost for farmers in the paddy season.

Thunderstorm on Friday night ripped apart a Rs 100 crore solar power plant installed here at Nangla village.

A day after being attacked by the SAD sarpanch at Borawal village in this district, the police on Friday received a molestation complaint against CPI (ML) leader Bhagwant Samao by some MGNREGA workers.

Mansa police have booked a SAD sarpanch Surat Singh along with his son and brother for attacking a CPI (ML) leader in Mansa on Thursday morning.

In a bid to caution public about fraudsters duping people by convincing them about their links with state leaders, union minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal took to social media and termed it a ‘political conspiracy’ of her rivals to defame her.

Swift to register a molestation case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ex-servicemen’s wing state president and his son on Thursday here, the local police are slack in booking one of their own men accused of sending lewd text messages to a woman in distress.

The district police have booked a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who is also state president of the ex-servicemen wing of the party, Jeevan Singh and his 17-year-old son for molestation after around 60 people from Kotla Kalan village submitted a complaint to the police against them.

Hours after the members of Ravidassia community laid siege to the panchayat land in Guraddi village of this district, the police have booked SAD leader Hakam Singh and his neighbor Balbir Singh under Section 447 ( punishment for criminal trespass) on Sunday. Both the accused are absconding though.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) has appealed to farmers not to commit suicide and promised to resolve all agriculture-related issues on priority after assuming power in Punjab.

An unprecedented welcome ceremony held here on Thursday over the joining of the new superintendent of police (headquarters) has not gone down well with senior police officers and even political leaders who attended the event.

Around 70 sarpanches of Mansa district were left red faced here on Saturday morning when they found that the district administration had invited them to attend a seminar on ‘water conservation’ which was actually organised by an NGO run by district BJP leaders.

In what could prove to be an embarrassment for the ruling party Shiromani Akali Dal, its Mansa municipal councillors (MCs) exchanged blows on Friday after meeting deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal at his residence in Badal village.

A family in Dharampura village of this district had lost all hopes of seeing their son who had gone missing 11 years ago, now has its hope rekindled after they got one call from him on Monday from United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, he had a miserable story of trafficking to tell them.

Two marginal farmers have committed suicide in villages of the district in the last two days. Farmer Charan Singh, 45, a resident of Kotdharmu village, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house here on Monday afternoon.

Union minister of minority affairs Najma Heptulla on Saturday launched the skill development centres at Mata Sundri College in Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Badal’s constituency Mansa. Harsimrat was also present during the occasion.

Two days after the Baisakhi mela, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has disbanded its Bathinda parliamentary constituency legal cell, which was headed by advocate Gurlabh Singh Mahal, over indiscipline.

Kaur supervised the stage management at the party’s Baisakhi rally at Talwandi Sabo.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann, who was in Mansa on Saturday to mobilise party workers for the upcoming Baisakhi rally, criticised the SAD-BJP government and the Congress for “playing politics” over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue.

Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who was here on Friday, faced the ire of youths in a few villages who complained of being ignored by the minister during the sangat darshan programme.

As cases of suicide by farmers due to indebtedness continue to be reported in the district, there are hundreds of households in which children, who have lost their fathers, have inherited debt and accompanying distress.

Cases of suicide by farmers due to debt continue to be reported in the district despite political leaders’ visits to the houses of the farmers who have committed suicide and the government’s claim of implementing pro-farmer policies.

Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said here on Thursday that the withdrawal of the additional 1% excise duty on gold, for which jewellers of the state have been agitating, could be discussed in the next budget session of Parliament only.

Panic gripped the area near Mander village in the district on Monday morning after someone claimed to have sighted a leopard in the fields.

Local administration has failed to check the sale of adulterated food items — particularly edible oil and ghee — in the district, with over 40 per cent of food samples collected by the health department having failed quality test in the past five months.

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