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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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Residents hassled as rain, sewerage water entre houses in Mohali

People residing in 1,200 houses located in the low-lying area of Phase 11, Mohali, were seen pumping out water using buckets, tubs, wipers and making temporary brick walls to combat the rain water getting inside their houses

Commuters wade through a waterlogged road after rain in Mohali on Monday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 03, 2024 06:56 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Job lure: Married woman gangraped at Mohali hotel

The accused, identified as Vipan of Rampur, Himachal Pradesh, and Sanjeev Dawas of Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, remain at large

The woman, who hails from Solan, Himachal Pradesh, said the two men promised to land her a job and asked her to accompany them to Nayagaon, Mohali. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 02, 2024 08:22 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Three shot at after spat over staring in Kharar

The victims included two brothers and their two friends who, following a quarrel at a barber shop, were ambushed by a group of 15 assailants in Kharar’s Rasanheri village around 11.30 pm on Thursday

Acting swiftly, Kharar police arrested five of the accused on Saturday (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 01, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Bajwa Developers MD nabbed in Mohali after HC snubs DGP

Earlier in May, the high court had issued a show-cause notice to Bajwa as to why he should not be convicted for contempt of court; the bench of justice Rajbir Sehrawat had then asked him to be personally present and submit his response

Jarnail Singh Bajwa, who is named in over 50 cases of cheating investors, has been declared PO in multiple cases, said police officials familiar with the matter. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 08:36 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Life term for 2 sisters, their aide for killing moneylender

The victim, Maya Devi, a resident of Gobind Colony, Kharar, was found dead in an open sewage line near Kainor village on the Morinda-Ropar road on June 11, 2021

Awarding the sentence, the court of additional sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sra also imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>14,000 each on the convicts, Krishna Devi, her son Gurdas Singh and sister Raj Dulari. The mother-son duo are residents of Kharar, while Raj Dulari lives in Ropar. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 08:16 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Mandi board asks PHC to vacate warehouse, seeks pending rent

The Mandi Board has requested Punjab Health Commission (PHC) to clear pending rent of over ₹9.72 crore for using the warehouse located in Mohali’s Phase-11 Mandi Complex from 2021 till date

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 28, 2024 09:08 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Panel to probe why Mohali advt’s sites have no takers

Pandemonium prevailed in the past two house meetings over advertisement tenders, following which councillors accused the MC officials of corruption. Councillors questioned how the civic body had failed to achieve its proposed income of ₹31 crore in 2023-2024 through advertisement tender, earning just ₹6.11 crore, despite hoardings being allotted across the city

Annoyed with the corporation’s continuous failure, councillors asked mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu to fix accountability of officers. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 27, 2024 08:42 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Traffic police push for roundabouts, slip roads, lights with timers for Mohali’s Airport Road

In 2022 alone, Mohali reported 486 road mishaps and 296 fatalities; out of these, a whopping 62% fatalities occurred on Airport Road and surrounding areas, including Sohana, Kharar, Zirakpur, Lalru, and Dera Bassi, as per data compiled by the police department

Mohali senior superintendent of police (SSP) Deepak Pareek has directed traffic SP and SP City to ensure deployment of cops at key areas from 5 pm to 7 pm. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 26, 2024 10:59 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Poor sanitation, waterlogging rocks Mohali MC house

Voicing their fury, councillors said they felt helpless while facing the public due to poor upkeep of the city, especially when it came to sanitation

Voicing their fury at the Mohali MC House meeting, councillors said they felt helpless while facing the public due to poor upkeep of the city, especially when it came to sanitation. (Sanjeev Sharma/HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 23, 2024 08:58 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Uproar in Mohali MC House over delay in vigilance probe into advt tender allotment

As Mohali MC secretary Surjit Singh began to read the agenda for the House approval, the councillors interrupted the proceedings, insisting to take up the resolution related to fresh advertisement tenders and sought an action-taken report pertaining to the same

During the meeting that was held after a gap of around six months, the councillors accused the Mohali MC officials of corruption and deliberately not initiating a vigilance probe into the civic body’s failure to allot the advertisement tender five times. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 23, 2024 08:54 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Chandigarh Class 12 student raped by school bus driver

26-year-old Chandigarh resident morphed 17-year-old girl’s pictures to threaten her into submission; raped her repeatedly at her house; arrested, say police

According to police officials familiar with the matter, the school driver, who was employed on contract basis, submitted his resignation after the school authorities took up the matter with him. Childline helpline, which is run by the Chandigarh administration, was also informed about the crime. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 23, 2024 05:28 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

General House meet: August 22 Amid trash trouble, Mohali MC to table agenda on compressed biogas plant

The proposed biogas plant will help alleviate Mohali’s trash troubles by converting wet waste from six urban local bodies -- Mohali, Banur, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi, Lalru and Nayagaon -- into compressed biogas, which can be used as fuel in vehicles

A Panchkula-based contractor has been hired temporarily to process the waste collected at the 14 RMCs. Both MC and GMADA will pay around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,090 per tonne to the private contractor. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 21, 2024 09:32 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Speeding Mercedes snuffs out biker’s life in Zirakpur

While Zirakpur police are yet to identify the driver, they found that the vehicle is registered in the name of one Abhishek Arora of Krishna Nagar, East Delhi

The victim was identified as Rahul Dogra of Shivpuri Colony, Dera Bassi. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 20, 2024 08:26 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

₹30,000 compensation for Mohali man who didn’t receive online order

Facebook and online retailer penalised by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for not delivering a kitchen rack worth ₹2,535 despite multiple e-mails from the complainant

The order was to be delivered within two weeks, but never arrived, the complainant told the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mohali. (HT File photo for representation)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 19, 2024 09:20 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Life term for labourer who killed farmhouse manager for scolding him

A 24-year-old Uttar Pradesh native had attacked the manager with an axe at a Nayagaon farmhouse after being scolded for shoddy work

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 18, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Chandigarh Congress V-P, wife, son held for cheating

Mohali police arrested Babla’s sister Balwinder Kaur, who is vice-president of the Congress women wing, Chandigarh; her husband Roopinder Singh, vice-president of Chandigarh Congress, besides their son Ranjot Singh, general secretary of Chandigarh Youth Congress, from their house in Sector 27 A

The accused were booked on July 22 by Phase-1 police following the directions of the then Mohali SSP. He had asked the police to register a case based on the probe report submitted by SP HS Maan. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 15, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Kharar village replaces ‘migrants’ with ‘tenants’ in fresh diktat

After the Jandpur village’s diktat didn’t go down well with the migrants, many UP and Bihar natives gathered in the village and objected to the instructions, which also restricted migrants’ outside strolls after 9 pm

Jandpur village in Kharar is home to 2,000 people, including 500 migrants. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 13, 2024 10:44 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Diktat from Punjab village: ‘Migrants should not be seen outside after 9 pm’

The village is home to 2,000 people, including 500 migrants, who the villagers say will have to follow certain instructions to continue to stay in the village.

After a village in Kurali barred entry of migrants, now Jandpur village in Kharar has displayed boards, restricting migrants from roaming in the village after 9 pm. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 11, 2024 04:43 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: 15-year jail for 31-year-old man caught with restricted injections

The police said Kumar was apprehended from near a T-point near Gurudwara Sahib, Booth Market, Sunny Enclave, Kharar, based on suspicion while ASI Kewal Singh, along with a police party, was patrolling the area

A Mohali special court also imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.50 lakh on convict Rohit Kumar, of Pathankot. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

New mechanical sweeping machines: Mohali mayor fumes as MLA steals his thunder

AAP MLA Kulwant Singh flags off new machines, procured by Mohali municipal corporation from Italy, without inviting the mayor

AAP MLA Kulwant Singh inaugurates mechanical sweeping machines outside the Sector-78 Sports Complex in Mohali on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 08:40 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali: Four rob food delivery man of bike, cash, mobile phone

Victim Gurtej Singh, 21, of Ferozepur had reached the city for work two weeks ago and was out for food delivery around 11.30 pm on Monday when four motorcycle-borne miscreants intercepted him. They took out cash and mobile phone from his pocket. When he confronted them, one of the accused hit him with a rod.

Four unidentified men robbed a food delivery man of his belongings, his bike, <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3,500 cash and a mobile phone near the flower market in Phase-7, Mohali, after attacking him with a rod. (Representational image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 08, 2024 08:32 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali MC procures two for mechanical sweeping machines from Italy

In January, the Mohali municipal corporation’s finance and contract committee (F&CC) had given nod to a ₹40-crore tender for self-propelled mechanical sweeping machines for cleaning A and B roads (main roads) for five years

The previous contract for mechanical sweeping had expired on June 14, 2021. (HT Photo)

Other Cities

Published on Aug 06, 2024 10:01 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Ropar man caught with banned drugs gets 10-year jail

The defence counsel opposed prosecution’s case and claimed that no recovery was effected from the conscious possession of the accused and that he was falsely implicated by the police

Police recovered 198 strips (each containing 60 tablets) of intoxicant Lomotil and recovered a total of 11,880 tablets from the accused. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 05, 2024 09:10 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Kingpin Bhola used drug money to buy assets in name of kin: PMLA Court

The court observed that after Jagdish Singh Bhola’s drug business expanded with time and in the year 2012, the accused seemed to have been at the peak of his career.

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 02, 2024 08:12 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

2 fall into pits: SDM issues show-cause notice to Nayagaon EO

Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Gurmandar Singh has asked Ravi Jindal, the executive officer (EO) of Nayagaon MC, to mention the names of the persons responsible for removing blockage in sewer lines near Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk

Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Gurmandar Singh said Nayagaon MC officials should have covered the pits and such negligence cannot be tolerated as public safety should be the top priority during development works. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 01, 2024 08:52 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Nayagaon

Kurali village passes resolution barring migrants

When HT visited the village on Wednesday, a few migrants were seen moving their belongings in response to the diktat

Migrants say shopkeepers aren’t selling them ration as a pressure tactic. (HT photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 01, 2024 08:50 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Money-laundering case: Drug racket kingpin Jagdish Bhola gets 10-year jail

17 people, including kingpin Jagdish Singh Bhola, were convicted in a drug-linked money-laundering case in Mohali, sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.

Chandigarh

Updated on Jul 31, 2024 06:30 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Mohali roads snuff out another life, this time a BTech student

The deceased was identified as Ashish Manhas, 20, of Mukerian, Hoshiarpur. He was a BTech student at a private college in Jhanjeri and used to stay in a rented accommodation in Sante Majra, Mohali

A 20-year-old motorcyclist was crushed under a truck while his friend was injured in the accident that took place on the Airport Road near Bathlana village on Sunday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jul 30, 2024 09:28 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

21-yr-old woman shot dead by brother-in-law in Mohali village; 2 held

The victim was being harassed by her brother-in-law at her rented accommodation in Nano Majra, Sector 86, Mohali

The Sohana police on Sunday arrested two persons, the mother-in-law of the victim, Swati, and a relative for criminal conspiracy. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jul 29, 2024 09:02 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Killer black spots up from 49 to 90 in Mohali

As per the 2019-2021 report of the Punjab Road Safety and Traffic Research Centre, Mohali is among the districts with the highest number of black spots

As road accident black spots doubled in the past five years, 26 lives on an average are being lost on the killer Mohali roads every month. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jul 29, 2024 08:58 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.

People residing in 1,200 houses located in the low-lying area of Phase 11, Mohali, were seen pumping out water using buckets, tubs, wipers and making temporary brick walls to combat the rain water getting inside their houses

The accused, identified as Vipan of Rampur, Himachal Pradesh, and Sanjeev Dawas of Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, remain at large

The victims included two brothers and their two friends who, following a quarrel at a barber shop, were ambushed by a group of 15 assailants in Kharar’s Rasanheri village around 11.30 pm on Thursday

Earlier in May, the high court had issued a show-cause notice to Bajwa as to why he should not be convicted for contempt of court; the bench of justice Rajbir Sehrawat had then asked him to be personally present and submit his response

The victim, Maya Devi, a resident of Gobind Colony, Kharar, was found dead in an open sewage line near Kainor village on the Morinda-Ropar road on June 11, 2021

The Mandi Board has requested Punjab Health Commission (PHC) to clear pending rent of over ₹9.72 crore for using the warehouse located in Mohali’s Phase-11 Mandi Complex from 2021 till date

In 2022 alone, Mohali reported 486 road mishaps and 296 fatalities; out of these, a whopping 62% fatalities occurred on Airport Road and surrounding areas, including Sohana, Kharar, Zirakpur, Lalru, and Dera Bassi, as per data compiled by the police department

Voicing their fury, councillors said they felt helpless while facing the public due to poor upkeep of the city, especially when it came to sanitation

As Mohali MC secretary Surjit Singh began to read the agenda for the House approval, the councillors interrupted the proceedings, insisting to take up the resolution related to fresh advertisement tenders and sought an action-taken report pertaining to the same

26-year-old Chandigarh resident morphed 17-year-old girl’s pictures to threaten her into submission; raped her repeatedly at her house; arrested, say police

The proposed biogas plant will help alleviate Mohali’s trash troubles by converting wet waste from six urban local bodies -- Mohali, Banur, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi, Lalru and Nayagaon -- into compressed biogas, which can be used as fuel in vehicles

While Zirakpur police are yet to identify the driver, they found that the vehicle is registered in the name of one Abhishek Arora of Krishna Nagar, East Delhi

Facebook and online retailer penalised by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for not delivering a kitchen rack worth ₹2,535 despite multiple e-mails from the complainant

A 24-year-old Uttar Pradesh native had attacked the manager with an axe at a Nayagaon farmhouse after being scolded for shoddy work

Mohali police arrested Babla’s sister Balwinder Kaur, who is vice-president of the Congress women wing, Chandigarh; her husband Roopinder Singh, vice-president of Chandigarh Congress, besides their son Ranjot Singh, general secretary of Chandigarh Youth Congress, from their house in Sector 27 A

After the Jandpur village’s diktat didn’t go down well with the migrants, many UP and Bihar natives gathered in the village and objected to the instructions, which also restricted migrants’ outside strolls after 9 pm

The village is home to 2,000 people, including 500 migrants, who the villagers say will have to follow certain instructions to continue to stay in the village.

The police said Kumar was apprehended from near a T-point near Gurudwara Sahib, Booth Market, Sunny Enclave, Kharar, based on suspicion while ASI Kewal Singh, along with a police party, was patrolling the area

AAP MLA Kulwant Singh flags off new machines, procured by Mohali municipal corporation from Italy, without inviting the mayor

In January, the Mohali municipal corporation’s finance and contract committee (F&CC) had given nod to a ₹40-crore tender for self-propelled mechanical sweeping machines for cleaning A and B roads (main roads) for five years

The defence counsel opposed prosecution’s case and claimed that no recovery was effected from the conscious possession of the accused and that he was falsely implicated by the police

The court observed that after Jagdish Singh Bhola’s drug business expanded with time and in the year 2012, the accused seemed to have been at the peak of his career.

Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Gurmandar Singh has asked Ravi Jindal, the executive officer (EO) of Nayagaon MC, to mention the names of the persons responsible for removing blockage in sewer lines near Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk

When HT visited the village on Wednesday, a few migrants were seen moving their belongings in response to the diktat

17 people, including kingpin Jagdish Singh Bhola, were convicted in a drug-linked money-laundering case in Mohali, sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.

The deceased was identified as Ashish Manhas, 20, of Mukerian, Hoshiarpur. He was a BTech student at a private college in Jhanjeri and used to stay in a rented accommodation in Sante Majra, Mohali

The victim was being harassed by her brother-in-law at her rented accommodation in Nano Majra, Sector 86, Mohali

As per the 2019-2021 report of the Punjab Road Safety and Traffic Research Centre, Mohali is among the districts with the highest number of black spots

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