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
Hostel of government girls school in Budhlada lacks security
The hostel of the government girls school in Budhlada, which houses around 100 girls, lacks arrangements for the security of the hostlers. An investigation carried out by the HT found that the school doesn't have any record of the visitors nor there are any fixed visiting hours for parents of the students and others in the hostel. It was found that post-sunset, the main gate of the school remains open and strangers have easy access to the premises.
Updated on Jan 15, 2015 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Maghi mela a boon for AAP, MPs rally together for first time
It was perhaps the best Maghi mela for the state unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as all the four members of Parliament (MPs) Dharamveer Gandhi, Prof Sadhu Singh, Harinder Singh Khalsa and Bhagwant Mann, including the state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur, rallied together for the first time and cleared air on the upcoming Delhi elections, drug issue and 2017 assembly elections in the state, in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
Updated on Jan 15, 2015 07:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Muktsar
Mansa cop imparts yoga training to fellow policemen
When he joined the police service, Yadvinder Singh had never thought even in his dreams that one day he will become a yoga trainer. Fifteen years in the service and now working as an ASI in Mansa, Yadvinder is better known as yoga trainer of policemen.
Updated on Jan 09, 2015 11:25 PM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Mansa: Ex-DC still awaits proper inquiry in fake X-ray case
More than a week after the HT report (‘Mansa DC fumes over X-ray that wasn’t’, December 25), no action has been taken against the officers and officials responsible for the goof-up.
Updated on Jan 02, 2015 10:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
PYC activists protest against SAD's criticism of Warring
Members of the Punjab Youth Congress (PYC), on Sunday, led by former president of Mansa district unit of Youth Congress Gurpreet Singh, blocked the Bathinda-Mansa road near Baidesa village to protest against the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for levelling allegations against MLA Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.
Updated on Dec 28, 2014 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Mansa deputy commissioner Thind fumes over X-ray that wasn’t
A fake ‘all is well’ assurance has not gone down well with the Mansa deputy commissioner (DC). In a major embarrassment for the district health department, a team of the Civil Hospital here assured the DC, Pravin Kumar Thind, that he had no fracture — on the basis of an X-ray that wasn’t even taken.
Updated on Dec 25, 2014 02:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Stray animals, a threat to commuters
Stray animals such as dogs, cows and bulls have increasingly become a menace in the city as they are leading to frequent road accidents. The latest incident of a stray animal leading to an accident involved the deputy commissioner of Mansa.
Updated on Dec 23, 2014 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
BJP sees local SAD leaders' hand in the transfer of Mansa DC
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the alliance partner in the state government, BJP has been seeing a political conspiracy behind the transfer of deputy commissioner Pravin Kumar Thind. The orders for his transfer came earlier this month.
Updated on Dec 22, 2014 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Patients leave de-addiction centre due to poor quality food
Patients at the only drug de-addiction centre here have complained of substandard food and many patients have left the centre due to this. The centre has the capacity of 10 patients.
Updated on Dec 20, 2014 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Mansa civil hospital lacks basic facilities
A visit to the civil hospital here is enough to see its sorry state of affairs. The hospital, housed in a decent building of its own, lacks even the basic amenities and is severely short of adequate staff and doctors.
Updated on Dec 13, 2014 08:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Fake nurse untraced, FIR to be dropped against rape accused
The district police claimed to have finally blown the lid off the Delhi nurse rape case and have decided to drop an FIR registered against the two rape accused Lakhwinder Singh and Balwinder Singh.
Updated on Dec 06, 2014 12:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Inmates lack engaging timetable behind bars
Prisoners in the district jail, which houses about 500 inmates, seem to have a lot of free time behind bars as there is no activity to keep them busy throughout the day.
Updated on Dec 03, 2014 08:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Unable to afford treatment, family chains mentally-challenged girl
The state government's rehabilitation policy for the mentally challenged may have taken a beating as a shocking case has come to light where a 25-year-old mentally challenged girl has been bound by chains for the past 12 years.
Updated on Dec 03, 2014 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
District library at Mansa, a library without newspapers
Have you ever been to a library with no subscription of newspapers of its own? Welcome to the district library of Mansa in the judicial complex, which not subscribed to newspapers for the past two months, thanks to the pending bills.
Updated on Dec 01, 2014 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Row over district BJP chief's visit to civil hospital
A few days after the joint director of the health department inspected the civil hospital here, district Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Satish Goyal followed suit, which has not gone down well with some employees, who are fuming over his inspection.
Updated on Nov 30, 2014 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
100 Mansa families ineligible, govt to recover money
The state government’s Shagun scheme, introduced to encourage and facilitate the marriage of financially poor girls, has come to haunt the beneficiaries in Sardulgarh subdivision of the district as, in a recent audit report, it has been found that the 100 families, who were given funds under the scheme, were not eligible for them as their daughters were minor and below marriageable age.
Updated on Nov 29, 2014 09:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Man held for uploading photo in police garb
Karandeep Singh (22), a resident of Mansa, was arrested on Thursday for uploading a picture of himself in police uniform, on Facebook. Karandeep is allegedly close to a DSP-rank officer of the district.
Updated on Nov 27, 2014 08:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Former sarpanch booked for old-age pension fraud
Complainant Dharampal Singh, a former panchayat member, had received information through RTI that old-age pension of Rs 250 each had been issued against the names of five persons who had already expired.
Updated on Nov 24, 2014 08:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Streetlights in Mansa continue to remain dysfunctional
Electronics giant Philips had installed them across the city around two years ago. But they worked for only six months and then became non-functional. Most of the streetlamps don't work properly and the locals have to face a lot of difficulties.
Updated on Nov 24, 2014 07:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Two booked for fake degree of Nagaland University
The police registered an FIR on Friday against two people Roop Singh and Navendra Singh for providing a fake graduation degree to complainant Trilochan Singh.
Updated on Nov 22, 2014 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa:
Rape victim alleges medical team of negligence
A controversy broke out on Sunday following the death of a "newborn" at the civil hospital with her mother alleging negligence by the the medical team handling her delivery for the baby's death which was, however, refuted by the hospital authorities who termed the case a "premature delivery".
Updated on Nov 17, 2014 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Fields flooded as canal in Mansa village breaches
A water channel in Phaphre Bhaike village here has become a big headache for the villages with two consecutive breaches during the last two days. The authorities have failed to carry out the repairs allegedly due to lack of funds.
Updated on Nov 04, 2014 10:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
60-ft tower of Baba Jogi Peer shrine tilts
Travelling 20 kilometres north of the city, on the outskirts of Ralla village, the holy shrine of Baba Jogi Peer Ji is usually crowded with his followers from across the world. But of late, the shrine doesn't have the same kind of gathering due as the 60-feet tower in the premises of the shrine has been declared unsafe by the Public Works Department (PWD).
Updated on Nov 01, 2014 01:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Amid suspense over train route, Shatabdi flag off cancelled
Amid huge confusion over its route, the flag off of the Bathinda-Delhi Shatabdi, which was expected on Tuesday, has been cancelled for now. No further schedule has been given for the inauguration.The route of the train from Bathinda to Delhi has become a mystery with no official ready to confirm the route and timings of the train which has been awaiting resumption of services for the past 12 years.
Updated on Oct 28, 2014 09:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Lack of basic facilities at Mansa railway station
Despite several inspections carried out by senior officials at Mansa railway station, one of the most important stations on the Ferozepur-New Delhi line, basic facilities are still lacking at the station that caters to passengers from the entire district.
Updated on Oct 27, 2014 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Man arrested in Mansa for debit card fraud
Police arrested Jasveer Singh (24) of Gehle village on Saturday for allegedly making online transactions through the debit cards of unsuspecting visitors to ATM machines by copying their card details in the garb of helping them with their transaction.
Updated on Oct 26, 2014 08:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Shatabdi likely to be on track on Oct 31, halt at Mansa a mystery
Twelve years after it was discontinued, union minister of railways Sadananda Gowda is expected to flag off the Bathinda-New Delhi Shatabdi Express fron Bathinda on October 31. But the mystery over its halt at Mansa railway station is not yet over.
Updated on Oct 25, 2014 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
No official check on sale of firecrackers in Mansa
The sellers of firecrackers in the city have ignored all the rules and warnings issued by the district administration. The administration had issued a circular on October 10 stating that the sale, purchase and bursting of crackers should be held in specified areas only. The circular clearly highlighted the previous incidents of fire and accidents due to illegal storage of firecrackers. The administration has declared six locations across the district where the sale of firecrackers is permitted.
Updated on Oct 22, 2014 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
SAD-BJP alliance safe, says Majithia
Inaugurating a solar power plant in Mansa on Tuesday, state minister for new and renewable energy Bikram Singh Majithia said the alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) would not be strained due to the recent comments made by former Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Updated on Oct 15, 2014 10:34 PM IST
BBC | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
Father held for raping married daughter
A 36-year-old married woman has alleged her father raped her around four months ago and she was expecting a child now. The woman, a resident of Budhlada sub division,had earlier complained to SSP Bhupinder Singh Khattara regarding the same. The father of the complainant was arrested on Monday from Mansa and an FIR under Section 376 has been registered against him.
Updated on Oct 14, 2014 10:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohammad Ghazali, Mansa
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