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Nikhil Sharma

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

Articles by Nikhil Sharma

Encroachments, rising crime ignite heated debate at Mohali MC meet

In a major boost to the pilot project for the state, MC house on Monday approved proposal of allotment of waste management tender to Suntan Life Agency for ₹1,107 per tonne

Councillors Kulwant Singh Kaler and Rishav Jain holding up banners to protest widespread encroachments in the city at the MC House meeting in Mohali on Monday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 09:28 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Blackmail drove Mohali couple to suicide: Police probe

Both deceased left behind suicide notes, blaming a mobile repair man for their extreme step, that prompted police to dig deeper, leading to discovery of the disturbing facts

The man was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his rented accommodation in Phase 1, Mohali, and his friend was found dead on the bed with a dupatta wrapped around her neck. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 09:20 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

8 months after arrest, Bawa joins as PUDA CTP

Bawa took the new charge on Monday following the order dated November 14 released by the department of housing and urban development administrative secretary Rahul Tiwari

A senior officer said that Bawa joined back following a legal process but was not given the previous charge and was kept in the town planning department only. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 06:58 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Graft case: CBI court accepts closure report in graft case involving brigadier

CBI anti-crime branch on December 22, 2021, booked Brigadier Narender Kumar besides Rochak Agro Foods Products Private Ltd, Kolkata, the company’s managing director Ghanshyam Choudhary, his son Shubham Choudhary and others under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and for criminal conspiracy.

Praying for acceptance of the closure report, CBI’s public prosecutor submitted that during the investigation, the allegations levelled in the FIR could not be substantiated. (Picture only for representational purpose)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 10:12 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Finally, Punjab govt clears tender to process Mohali’s daily 100MT waste

The contract, valued at over ₹5 crore, was cleared by a board of three chief engineers of the Punjab local government department, allowing the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) to award the tender to an Ambala-based company for approximately four years

The hired agency, according to MC officials, will install garbage processing machinery at the 14 RMCs for processing city’s daily waste generation of 100 metric tonnes. (HT File Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 12, 2024 09:04 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Banur man caught with intoxicating tablets to spend 12 years in jail

The convict was caught with commercial quantities of intoxicating Lomotil tablets near Jharmari barrier on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway in November 2021

The special court of judge Harsimranjit Singh also imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.5 lakh on the convict, Beer Chand, 42, a resident of ITI Colony, Banur. (Shutterstock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 11, 2024 09:18 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Overflowing sewage posing health risk in Mohali market

Shopkeepers at the Sector-70 market in Mohali complain that repeated requests to the local MC to address the issue have fallen on deaf ears

The market houses several businesses, banks and eateries, leaving hundreds of traders and visitors grappling with foul smell and swarming mosquitoes. (Sanjeev Sharma/HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 11, 2024 08:48 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Punjab: 2 shooters of Arsh Dalla gang held for Sikh activist’s murder

Punjab Police arrested two key shooters, members of the Arsh Dalla gang, from Kharar on Saturday, a month after Gurpreet Singh, alias Bhodi, a Kotkapura-based Sikh activist, was shot dead by four assailants at Hari Nau village in Faridkot district

Other Cities

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 06:04 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma

Hari Nau Sikh activist’s murder: Punjab police nab key shooters, members of Arsh Dalla gang

Punjab police arrested two key suspects linked to the murder of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau, allegedly ordered by imprisoned leader Amritpal Singh.

The arrested accused Anmolpreet Singh, 23, and (right) Navjot Singh, 26, both residents of Barnala. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 05:21 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Costly setback: ‘Suspicious’ ₹800 transaction freezes payment giant’s bank account

Generally, there are two types of online transfers, direct and merchant. In direct transfers, the amount transferred is credited directly to the receiver’s account; however, in merchant transfers, the amount is credited briefly to the payment service provider’s account, which then makes settlement to the original receiver, officials privy to the matter said

The probe was launched after Harpinder Singh Saini, 68, a resident of Sector 79, lost over <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 crore to fraudsters, who lured him into investing in online trading of shares. (Shutterstock)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 08, 2024 01:12 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Facebook pages of 3-time Nalagarh MLA’s son, Mohali MLA’s son hacked

Unknown individuals hacked the official Facebook pages of two local Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Mohali municipal councillor from ward number 38 Sarabjit Singh, who is also the son of Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh; and former councillor Rajinder Prashad Sharma

While Sarabjit Singh and Harpreet Singh Saini lodged complaints on October 30 with Mohali cyber police, Rajinder Prashad Sharma lodged a complaint the next day accusing hackers of trying to tarnish their reputations and affect their political careers. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 08, 2024 01:07 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Stepmother murders 2-yr-old girl, arrested

A native of Islam Nagar, Roorkee, the accused, Ayesha Praveen had moved to Mohali after marrying the toddler’s father Mohammad Nadeem, 25, also a native of Roorkee and an auto driver, on January 5, 2024

Following the child’s death, police had initially initiated inquest proceedings in the case and sent her body for autopsy at the Kharar civil hospital, Mohali. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 08, 2024 12:56 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: 3 years on, trial begins in Vicky Middukhera murder case

Following framing of charges, prosecution witnesses have started testifying in the murder case, with the next hearing scheduled on November 11

Vicky Middukhera was shot dead in Sector 71, Mohali, on August 7, 2021. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 09:40 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

23 booked as Panchayat poll clashes continue in Mohali

In one of the cases, Victim Jai Kishan,36, of Kurari village told police that while he was at his house, he was attacked by the group with sharp-edged weapons after they had issued threats to him previously

In one of the cases, 12 people, including a sarpanch, were booked for murder bid on a man. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 04, 2024 08:16 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mandi Gobindgarh man robbed of SUV in Mohali, four booked

This is the second car robbery in less than 10 days after a local resident was robbed of his car and a mobile phone at gunpoint by four people in Sector 86, Mohali on October 26 morning; Sohana police had booked four people, including a woman

In the CCTV footage, victim Deepak Aggarwal, a property dealer by profession, was seen having long altercation with the accused before they took off with his vehicle. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 04, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

GMADA rings in Diwali with ₹1,893-crore from property auction

345 of total 394 properties on offer find buyers; sale of residential sites alone fetches GMADA a whopping ₹1,153 crore

GMADA sold plots in Sectors 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 78, Aerocity, Ecocity-1, Sector 82-A and 83-A, garnering maximum revenue from residential sites. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 31, 2024 08:18 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Speeding SUV snuffs out lives of two friends in Mohali’s Sector 79

Toyota Fortuner crashes into Skoda Superb at traffic intersection, killing its two occupants; accused driver survives with fractures, arrested

The Toyota Fortuner that rammed into the victims’ Skoda Superb (right) near Amity School in Sector 79, Mohali, on Sunday night. (HT photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 29, 2024 09:22 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Man robbed of car, phone at gunpoint in Mohali, 4 booked

The victim has been identified as Baljinder Singh, 33, of Sector 111, TDI, who works at Mohali Club and was returning home

Sohana police have booked four persons, including a woman, for robbing a man of his car and a mobile phone at gunpoint in Sector 86, Mohali. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 05:04 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Another cheating case against realtor Jarnail Singh Bajwa, count now at 56

Ruchika, who had purchased the plot from Bajwa developers, was yet to get the plot in her name, but she further sold the property to the complainant.

In more trouble for Mohali-based realtor Jarnail Singh Bajwa, another cheating case has been registered against him, this time for allegedly defrauding a 78-year-old partially paralysed woman of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>55.6 lakh. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 27, 2024 08:10 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Rtd SDO faces 2-day ‘digital arrest’, loses ₹41 lakh to fraudsters

The 68-year-old victim, a resident of Mohali, who retired as a sub-divisional officer, was forced to sleep at night with video call on, enabling scammers to keep an eye on him round the clock from October 17 till October 19

The fraudsters bluffed the victim by claiming that his number was being used for money laundering transactions and thus, he would be arrested soon. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 25, 2024 06:40 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

From November, traffic violators in Mohali to get e-challans

To be installed at a cost of ₹17.70 crore, the 405 CCTV cameras are expected to rein in reckless driving, by way of prompt e-challans, thereby bringing down accidents and subsequent fatalities

Come November and commuters violating traffic rules in Mohali will be served e-challans on their phones. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 24, 2024 09:08 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: 3 Haryana gangsters held in Zirakpur robbery case

Mohali SSP Deepak Pareek said one of the accused, Fauji, recently came out of Patiala jail on bail and was earlier involved in 10 criminal cases in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan

The accused in the custody of Zirakpur police. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 23, 2024 08:48 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

After SC rap, Mohali police book 27 farmers for stubble burning

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up Punjab and Haryana for tolerating farm fires by collecting nominal fines

A farmer burning straw stubble at a field in Dera Bassi. A senior officer said that out of the total 27 farm fire cases, almost 19 were reported in Dera Bassi, Mohali. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 22, 2024 06:36 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Chandigarh-Hyderabad flight gets hoax bomb threat

Panic gripped authorities after IndiGo officials received a tweet regarding a bomb in the flight, following which they immediately alerted the airport security

As the flight, carrying around 200 passengers, reached the Mohali airport around 12.40 pm, it was halted at the runway. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 20, 2024 06:58 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Now, DSP Gursher Sandhu booked for forgery, corruption

A probe by DIG Nilambari Vijay Jagdale found that the allegations made by the petitioner were substantiated with evidence, and the act and conduct of DSP Gursher Sandhu entailed criminal liability

The DIG recommended a regular departmental inquiry against DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 09:58 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Jail interview: Punjab Police drop 6 charges against Lawrence Bishnoi

The gangster’s interview was telecast on March 14 and March 17, 2023, when he was in Bathinda jail. The Punjab Police had initially denied that these interviews took place within the state.

In the interviews, the gangster had claimed that he was not involved in the gruesome and broad daylight murder of prominent Punjabi singer, Sidhu Moose Wala, who was killed in 2022. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 16, 2024 05:18 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Surender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab police crack daylight Rajasthan murder, 3 held

Following a joint operation by Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) and Dera Bassi police to unearth a criminal module, Navjot Singh, alias Jota, a notorious gangster with 21 criminal cases, along with three Rajasthan-based illegal weapon suppliers led by foreign-based handlers, Pavitar (USA) and Manjinder (France) were arrested.

Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that during questioning it was revealed that the three Rajasthan-based weapon suppliers identified as Bhanu Sisodia, Mohammad Asif and Anil Kumar, all residents of district Balotra in Rajasthan were involved in Sohu’s murder. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 06:00 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

55th FIR against Mohali-based realtor Bajwa, revenue officers named

In the fresh case of alleged property fraud with a local, Mohali-based realtor Bajwa’s son Sukhdev Singh Bajwa alias Sunny, his personal assistant Bhupinder Singh, Kapil Chechi of Dera Bassi, Jhungian village patwari and the then Kharar sub-registrar have been named

Mohali-based realtor Jarnail Singh Bajwa (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 14, 2024 05:20 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Accused of cheating, realty firm director detained at Hyd airport

The accused were identified as Tejinder Singh Bhatia and his wife Paramjot Kaur, who was detained while she was flying abroad; Punjab Police are yet to make a formal arrest

The accused were booked on July 6 following the complaint of Panchkula-based businessman Anshul Singla. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 05:32 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Ex-HPCL official gets 3-yr jail in disproportionate assets case

Convict Abhinav Sethi, 42, of Chandigarh has also been fined ₹1 lakh fine. He reportedly amassed assets worth ₹28.11 lakh from June 14, 2008 till May 31, 2012, while being employed at an LPG retail outlet of the HPCL.

Convict prayed for leniency in the court, claiming that he was aged 39 and had an eight-year-old son studying in Oman. He also mentioned that since HPCL terminated his services, he and his wife had been working in Oman, and he had no previous conviction.

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 10, 2024 06:56 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.

In a major boost to the pilot project for the state, MC house on Monday approved proposal of allotment of waste management tender to Suntan Life Agency for ₹1,107 per tonne

Both deceased left behind suicide notes, blaming a mobile repair man for their extreme step, that prompted police to dig deeper, leading to discovery of the disturbing facts

Bawa took the new charge on Monday following the order dated November 14 released by the department of housing and urban development administrative secretary Rahul Tiwari

The contract, valued at over ₹5 crore, was cleared by a board of three chief engineers of the Punjab local government department, allowing the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) to award the tender to an Ambala-based company for approximately four years

The convict was caught with commercial quantities of intoxicating Lomotil tablets near Jharmari barrier on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway in November 2021

Shopkeepers at the Sector-70 market in Mohali complain that repeated requests to the local MC to address the issue have fallen on deaf ears

Punjab Police arrested two key shooters, members of the Arsh Dalla gang, from Kharar on Saturday, a month after Gurpreet Singh, alias Bhodi, a Kotkapura-based Sikh activist, was shot dead by four assailants at Hari Nau village in Faridkot district

Punjab police arrested two key suspects linked to the murder of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau, allegedly ordered by imprisoned leader Amritpal Singh.

Unknown individuals hacked the official Facebook pages of two local Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Mohali municipal councillor from ward number 38 Sarabjit Singh, who is also the son of Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh; and former councillor Rajinder Prashad Sharma

A native of Islam Nagar, Roorkee, the accused, Ayesha Praveen had moved to Mohali after marrying the toddler’s father Mohammad Nadeem, 25, also a native of Roorkee and an auto driver, on January 5, 2024

Following framing of charges, prosecution witnesses have started testifying in the murder case, with the next hearing scheduled on November 11

In one of the cases, Victim Jai Kishan,36, of Kurari village told police that while he was at his house, he was attacked by the group with sharp-edged weapons after they had issued threats to him previously

This is the second car robbery in less than 10 days after a local resident was robbed of his car and a mobile phone at gunpoint by four people in Sector 86, Mohali on October 26 morning; Sohana police had booked four people, including a woman

345 of total 394 properties on offer find buyers; sale of residential sites alone fetches GMADA a whopping ₹1,153 crore

Toyota Fortuner crashes into Skoda Superb at traffic intersection, killing its two occupants; accused driver survives with fractures, arrested

The victim has been identified as Baljinder Singh, 33, of Sector 111, TDI, who works at Mohali Club and was returning home

Ruchika, who had purchased the plot from Bajwa developers, was yet to get the plot in her name, but she further sold the property to the complainant.

The 68-year-old victim, a resident of Mohali, who retired as a sub-divisional officer, was forced to sleep at night with video call on, enabling scammers to keep an eye on him round the clock from October 17 till October 19

To be installed at a cost of ₹17.70 crore, the 405 CCTV cameras are expected to rein in reckless driving, by way of prompt e-challans, thereby bringing down accidents and subsequent fatalities

Mohali SSP Deepak Pareek said one of the accused, Fauji, recently came out of Patiala jail on bail and was earlier involved in 10 criminal cases in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up Punjab and Haryana for tolerating farm fires by collecting nominal fines

Panic gripped authorities after IndiGo officials received a tweet regarding a bomb in the flight, following which they immediately alerted the airport security

A probe by DIG Nilambari Vijay Jagdale found that the allegations made by the petitioner were substantiated with evidence, and the act and conduct of DSP Gursher Sandhu entailed criminal liability

The gangster’s interview was telecast on March 14 and March 17, 2023, when he was in Bathinda jail. The Punjab Police had initially denied that these interviews took place within the state.

In the fresh case of alleged property fraud with a local, Mohali-based realtor Bajwa’s son Sukhdev Singh Bajwa alias Sunny, his personal assistant Bhupinder Singh, Kapil Chechi of Dera Bassi, Jhungian village patwari and the then Kharar sub-registrar have been named

The accused were identified as Tejinder Singh Bhatia and his wife Paramjot Kaur, who was detained while she was flying abroad; Punjab Police are yet to make a formal arrest

Convict Abhinav Sethi, 42, of Chandigarh has also been fined ₹1 lakh fine. He reportedly amassed assets worth ₹28.11 lakh from June 14, 2008 till May 31, 2012, while being employed at an LPG retail outlet of the HPCL.

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