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Nikhil Sharma

Nikhil Sharma is a staff reporter who covers Faridkot district in the Mansa region of Punjab.

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Mohali: Survey begins on international flight demand

The survey has been designed by CHIAL under the supervision of CEO Ajay Verma following the demand raised by the international flight operators for assessing the demand and the footfall from Chandigarh to foreign countries, including London

After several meetings with the flight operators, including British Airlines, Emirates airline, Etihad Airways, Fly Dubai besides a few middle eastern flight operators, CHIAL has initiated this survey. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 13, 2025 09:14 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Six liked to KZF get life term for smuggling arms via drones in Punjab

A special NIA court in Mohali sentenced six KZF-linked individuals to life imprisonment for smuggling arms and explosives via drones for a 2019 terror plot.

Explosives and arms recovered from the accused linked to proscribed Khalistan Zindabad Force. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 12, 2025 09:20 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Speeding over 50 km/hr on Mohali’s Airport Road to now invite up to ₹5k fine

On Monday, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) installed 10 speed limit boards across its jurisdiction, including on the busy PR-7 road (Airport Road)

A GMADA officer explained that the speed limit aligned with the Punjab transport department’s 2022 notification, which set clear rules for different types of vehicles. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 11, 2025 11:40 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Another singer lodges cheating complaint against music producer Dhaliwal

A singer, writer, composer, director and filmmaker, Brar, while submitting his complaint with the Mataur police, also levelled similar allegations of cheating against Dhaliwal

Following Dhaliwal’s arrest from outside his house in Sector 71 on Saturday evening, many artistes have come out in Sharma’s support, but some have also raised questions on her complaint. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 11, 2025 11:36 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Music producer arrested for cheating, exploiting Punjab singer Sunanda Sharma

33-year-old Punjabi singer alleges Punjabi music producer Pushpinder Dhaliwal’s conduct caused her significant financial loss, mental trauma and reputational damage

Popularly known as Pinky Dhaliwal, the accused, who runs companies like Mad4Music and Amar Audio, was arrested from outside his house in Sector 71 on Saturday evening by Mohali police. (HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 10, 2025 08:56 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

604 GMADA properties to go under the hammer in Mohali

While GMADA has yet to decide on the reserved price, it will be offering 457 residential plots in Mohali and New Chandigarh, 88 SCOs, 26 shops, 13 booths, eight mixed used plots, four IT plots, three school and commercial sites each, and two hotel sites

While Mohali residents will be able to buy shops and SCOs in Sectors 64, 70, 78,79 and 80; booths will be available in Sectors 59, 60, 61 and 69 in Block D. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 09, 2025 09:02 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Beware! CCTVs now keeping an eye on traffic violators in Mohali

Mohali police launch e-challans through mobile phones after Punjab chief minister unveils City Surveillance and Traffic Management System, a first in state

Within just two hours of the project’s formal inauguration by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, the challan register started buzzing, racking up a staggering 1,150 challans. (Sanjeev Sharma/HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 07, 2025 08:36 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Strategic locations in state to have AI-driven security solutions: Mann

Strategic locations in the state will be equipped with advanced CCTV surveillance, major traffic junctions will feature AI-driven equipment with Adaptive Traffic Control Systems (ATCS) and Vehicle Actuated Control (VAC), said chief minister Bhagwant Mann after inaugurating the city surveillance and traffic management pilot project in Mohali on Thursday.

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 07, 2025 07:24 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma

Punjab: Ex-Patti SHO gets life term in 1993 fake encounter case

The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Thursday awarded life sentence to then station house officer (SHO) of Patti police station, who was held guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 07, 2025 07:08 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma

Former SHO among two cops convicted in 1993 Patti fake encounter case

The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Monday held two former Tarn Taran police officials, including then station house officer (SHO) guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 04, 2025 09:52 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma

2018 sexual harassment case in Zirakpur: Mohali court issues non-bailable warrants against pastor Bajinder

A Mohali court on Monday issued non-bailable warrants (NBW) against three persons, including 42-year-old self-styled preacher and pastor Bajinder Singh, who runs the Church of Glory and Wisdom at Majri, after the trio did not appear before the court in a 2018 sexual harassment case registered against them at the Zirakpur police station.

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 04, 2025 09:32 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma

New shopping street coming up in Mohali

After developing these markets, GMADA will hold an e-auction to sell the showrooms and shops; as per GMADA, a total of 57 shops and showrooms will be developed in Sector 85; 73 in Sector 86; 90 in Sector 88; and 69 in Sector 89

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 03, 2025 09:02 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

American dreams: Travel agent booked for duping Zirakpur man of ₹22 lakh

The Zirakpur man lodged a police complaint against the Ludhiana-based travel agent after the refund cheques he gave bounced

Efforts are underway to arrest the accused, identified as Daljit Singh, who is the son of a former sarpanch of Koom Kalan village in Ludhiana. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Mar 03, 2025 08:58 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Life sentence for Dhakoli man who axed wife to death

Son had found the woman’s body in the toilet of their Dhakoli house after noticing her abrupt disappearance in October 2020

Sentencing Ashok Kumar, a resident of Basant Vihar, Phase 2, Dhakoli, to life imprisonment, the Mohali court of additional sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sra also slapped a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,000 on him. (Getty Images/Purestock)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 27, 2025 08:52 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Centralised control room in Mohali to handle statewide 112 emergency calls

The building, which will be constructed on a one-acre land in Sector 89, will have centralised control over statewide emergency calls and will divert calls to the district police or police wing concerned. Records of all 112 calls, the response time and status reports will be maintained here.

Even if someone from Amritsar dials 112, the call will be connected to the centralised emergency response system in Mohali, a senior cop revealed. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 25, 2025 09:50 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Unidentified man booked for posting morphed photos of Raghav Chadha, his wife Parineeti

According to the police, the objectionable pictures of AAP MP Raghav Chadha and his actor wife, Parineeti Chopra, were AI-generated. The said post has been making rounds on social media for the past few days.

The Mohali cyber-crime police on Friday booked an unidentified person for morphing the pictures of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha and his actor wife, Parineeti Chopra, and posting the same on Facebook. (Shutterstock/ Representational image)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 22, 2025 10:21 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Two Ambala agents booked on deported Mohali youth’s plaint

The duo, including a woman, is already facing FIRs for trying to send another Mohali youth to the US illegally though the donkey route in July last year

With the new case filed at Majri police station, the number of FIRs registered in Punjab against travel agents, for illegally sending Indians abroad, have gone up to 11. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 19, 2025 08:32 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali MC inks ₹200-cr ad deal with Delhi firm

Earlier, the Mohali MC failed to allot ₹31-crore advertisement tender five times in a row, but later it had allotted five work tenders worth around ₹28 crore for advertising at 287 sites across the city which includes billboards, gantry, unipoles and toilet blocks

The deal is likely to give a major boost to Mohali’s infrastructure and smooth functioning of the civic body. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 18, 2025 09:02 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Kerala man caught with 40gm ambergris in Kharar

The accused, identified as Subin Mohammad, 40, was nabbed following a complaint by Kharar-based veterinarian Sahil Jaggi; the complainant told police that he came to know that the accused was in illegal possession of wildlife prohibited substance and looking for a buyer

Produced by sperm whales, the waxy substance is known for its ability to help perfumes’ scent last longer. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 17, 2025 08:48 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

‘We were so happy when our children reached US...now they have returned dejected & heartbroken’

Lalru couple boarded a Dubai flight on May 27 last year and since then have been struggling to reach America. After journeying through Darien Gap, a 97 km stretch of forest and mountains that connects Panama and Columbia, the couple entered the US 15 days back. Family then found out they were being deported.

Family members of the Lalru couple who were deported in the second flight from the US on February 15. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 17, 2025 07:18 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: GMADA superintendent gets 5-year jail in graft case

The special court of judge Harsimranjit Singh also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on the convict, Narinderpal Singh, 61, superintendent-4, Estate Office, GMADA, Sector 62, Mohali

The co-accused in the case, Karam Singh, 64, a peon with GMADA, died during the trial. Thus, proceedings against him were abated in 2022. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 16, 2025 08:58 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

3 deadlines missed, but CCTV challans still out of sight in Mohali

Envisioned to make roads safer through prompt challans, project mired by three missed deadlines amid bureaucratic lapses, missing infra

The ambitious <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>17.70-crore project, which involves installing 405 CCTV cameras at 20 intersections for strict surveillance, was aimed at issuing prompt e-challans, thereby bringing down traffic violations and accidents in Mohali. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 14, 2025 09:10 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

NGT slams GMADA for green violations at Purab Premium Apartments

NGT directs GMADA chief administrator to hold inquiry and act against officers responsible within three months, tells PPCB to slap additional penalty after ₹1.02-crore fine in 2022

NGT’s action came following a petition by the Purab Premium Apartments Allottees Association and resident SK Loona, accusing GMADA of violating essential Environmental Clearance conditions, including non-installation of a Sewage Treatment Plant. (HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 13, 2025 09:08 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

GMADA to enhance services with seven new counters, token system

The new area will have two LED screens where the token numbers will be displayed; at present, long queues can be witnessed daily at the service counters in GMADA building

Last week , the development body allotted work tender of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>43.2 lakh to a Mohali based company to renovate the existing service window reception counter area within two months. (HT File Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 12, 2025 08:54 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali MC shoots off notice to Sector-67 mall for digging on road sans permit

Mohali MC engineer alleged that the excavation by CP 67 Mall authorities caused trouble to the commuters and financial loss to the civic body.

CP 67 Mall has now started repairing the dug up road. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 11, 2025 09:52 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Donkey route: 2 immigration agents among 3 booked as 20-year-old Mohali youth stuck in Mexico

This comes in the backdrop of the US recently deporting 104 illegal immigrants from India, including 30 from Punjab, 33 from Haryana and two from Chandigarh.

All three accused, including two immigration agents, have been booked under Sections 318(4) (cheating and fraud), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 13 of Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, 2014 at Phase-11 police station (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 11, 2025 09:42 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Social media influencer among 4 dead in Mohali road crashes

Neeraj Sharma, 38, was killed and seven others injured after their Maruti Baleno car got sandwiched between a tipper truck and a bus, at Bakarpur light point on Airport Road around 4:30 am on Sunday.

Neeraj Sharma, 38, a Himachal Pradesh native who resided in Kharar, was travelling with his family and relatives to Haridwar when the tragedy struck. He was a social media influencer. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 11, 2025 09:38 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

10 years after takeover, land of six villages still not under Mohali MC’s ambit

Despite the Mohali MC taking over the villages before 2014, the panchayat department still holds the ownership of shamlat land, awaiting transfer by the revenue department

Mohali MC Commissioner T Benith has now renewed the call for the revenue department to expedite the transfer and demarcation of the land. (HT File Photo for representation)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 10, 2025 08:26 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Three held with illegal weapon, 7 cartridges in Mohali

Police said they had received information that four suspects involved in snatchings and robberies were travelling from Manakpur village towards Mohali

Mohali police have denied trio’s links with gangsters. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 09, 2025 10:08 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Uttar Pradesh man loses truck, mobile phone to robbers in Zirakpur

The victim, Mohammad Farman of Uttar Pradesh, told police that he was going in his truck to Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib on Wednesday when a Maruti Alto intercepted him

Police recovered the truck within 24 hours from Ghanaur, Patiala, using GPS tracking, CCTV footage and human intelligence. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 07, 2025 10:24 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

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Nikhil Sharma

Nikhil Sharma is a staff reporter who covers Faridkot district in the Mansa region of Punjab.

The survey has been designed by CHIAL under the supervision of CEO Ajay Verma following the demand raised by the international flight operators for assessing the demand and the footfall from Chandigarh to foreign countries, including London

A special NIA court in Mohali sentenced six KZF-linked individuals to life imprisonment for smuggling arms and explosives via drones for a 2019 terror plot.

On Monday, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) installed 10 speed limit boards across its jurisdiction, including on the busy PR-7 road (Airport Road)

A singer, writer, composer, director and filmmaker, Brar, while submitting his complaint with the Mataur police, also levelled similar allegations of cheating against Dhaliwal

33-year-old Punjabi singer alleges Punjabi music producer Pushpinder Dhaliwal’s conduct caused her significant financial loss, mental trauma and reputational damage

While GMADA has yet to decide on the reserved price, it will be offering 457 residential plots in Mohali and New Chandigarh, 88 SCOs, 26 shops, 13 booths, eight mixed used plots, four IT plots, three school and commercial sites each, and two hotel sites

Mohali police launch e-challans through mobile phones after Punjab chief minister unveils City Surveillance and Traffic Management System, a first in state

The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Thursday awarded life sentence to then station house officer (SHO) of Patti police station, who was held guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993

The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Monday held two former Tarn Taran police officials, including then station house officer (SHO) guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993

After developing these markets, GMADA will hold an e-auction to sell the showrooms and shops; as per GMADA, a total of 57 shops and showrooms will be developed in Sector 85; 73 in Sector 86; 90 in Sector 88; and 69 in Sector 89

The Zirakpur man lodged a police complaint against the Ludhiana-based travel agent after the refund cheques he gave bounced

Son had found the woman’s body in the toilet of their Dhakoli house after noticing her abrupt disappearance in October 2020

The building, which will be constructed on a one-acre land in Sector 89, will have centralised control over statewide emergency calls and will divert calls to the district police or police wing concerned. Records of all 112 calls, the response time and status reports will be maintained here.

According to the police, the objectionable pictures of AAP MP Raghav Chadha and his actor wife, Parineeti Chopra, were AI-generated. The said post has been making rounds on social media for the past few days.

The duo, including a woman, is already facing FIRs for trying to send another Mohali youth to the US illegally though the donkey route in July last year

Earlier, the Mohali MC failed to allot ₹31-crore advertisement tender five times in a row, but later it had allotted five work tenders worth around ₹28 crore for advertising at 287 sites across the city which includes billboards, gantry, unipoles and toilet blocks

The accused, identified as Subin Mohammad, 40, was nabbed following a complaint by Kharar-based veterinarian Sahil Jaggi; the complainant told police that he came to know that the accused was in illegal possession of wildlife prohibited substance and looking for a buyer

The special court of judge Harsimranjit Singh also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on the convict, Narinderpal Singh, 61, superintendent-4, Estate Office, GMADA, Sector 62, Mohali

Envisioned to make roads safer through prompt challans, project mired by three missed deadlines amid bureaucratic lapses, missing infra

NGT directs GMADA chief administrator to hold inquiry and act against officers responsible within three months, tells PPCB to slap additional penalty after ₹1.02-crore fine in 2022

The new area will have two LED screens where the token numbers will be displayed; at present, long queues can be witnessed daily at the service counters in GMADA building

Mohali MC engineer alleged that the excavation by CP 67 Mall authorities caused trouble to the commuters and financial loss to the civic body.

This comes in the backdrop of the US recently deporting 104 illegal immigrants from India, including 30 from Punjab, 33 from Haryana and two from Chandigarh.

Neeraj Sharma, 38, was killed and seven others injured after their Maruti Baleno car got sandwiched between a tipper truck and a bus, at Bakarpur light point on Airport Road around 4:30 am on Sunday.

Despite the Mohali MC taking over the villages before 2014, the panchayat department still holds the ownership of shamlat land, awaiting transfer by the revenue department

Police said they had received information that four suspects involved in snatchings and robberies were travelling from Manakpur village towards Mohali

The victim, Mohammad Farman of Uttar Pradesh, told police that he was going in his truck to Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib on Wednesday when a Maruti Alto intercepted him

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