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Parampreet Singh Narula

Parampreet Singh Narula is a staff correspondent with the Jalandhar bureau at Hindustan Times. He covers political, rural and agriculture issues in Punjab.

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Ladi has the last laugh as SAD loses Shahkot

Punjab Congress president and Gurdaspur MP Sunil Jakhar and local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu addressed a press conference in Jalandhar, congratulating Laddi on the thumping win.

PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar offers a laddoo to winning Congress candidate Hardev Singh Ladi in Jalandhar as local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and party MLA Rana Gurjit Singh look on.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on Jun 01, 2018 09:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot: Ex-minister Lalli arrested for carrying revolver inside polling booth

He was detained by a flying squad in the afternoon for taking his licensed revolver inside the polling booth in Malsian

Brij Bhupinder Lalli with SAD leaders.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 28, 2018 09:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot assembly bypoll: 76.6% turnout amid peaceful polling

The bypoll is being seen as a popularity test of the 14-month-old Congress government in Punjab.

Long queues outside the polling booth in Lohian on Monday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on May 28, 2018 10:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Congress, SAD top guns hold road shows as Shahkot campaign concludes

The roadshow, which started from Lohian and passed through Malsian and Shahkot, will conclude at Mehatpur in the evening.

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh during the roadshow in Shahkot on Saturday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on May 27, 2018 10:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot bypoll: AAP roadshow gets tepid response, Sisodia fails to turn up

The bypoll, scheduled to be held on Monday, was necessitated by the death of former MLA and SAD leader Ajit Singh Kohar. Delhi MLAs Alka Lamba and Naresh Yadav started the roadshow from Lohian Khas village and they were joined by Mann.

Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann with party candidate Rattan Singh Kakkarwal (left) during a road show in Shahkot.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on May 26, 2018 12:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot (jalandhar)

Inclement weather sours sweetness of melons

Untimely rain causes melons to swell, thereby making them tasteless.

Muskmelons on sale at Roopewal near Malsian in Shahkot on Tuesday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on May 23, 2018 11:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Roopewal (Shahkot) | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Roopewal (shahkot)

2016 money exchanger murder: Police theory falls flat, court acquits accused industrialist

Billa was shot dead on the night of June 3, 2016, when he was sitting in his Toyota Fortuner (PB-08 BW 8006) car outside the Allahabad Bank near the Company Bagh Chowk here.

Jalandhar commissionerate police, led by commissioner of police (CP) Arpit Shukla, had arrested Kochar claiming enough circumstantial evidence against him, all of which fell flat in the court on Thursday.(Representative image)

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Updated on May 18, 2018 04:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

Former Congress minister Bhupinder Lally joins SAD ahead of Shahkot bypoll

Lally was among five Congress leaders who had sought a “non-controversial” candidate for Shahkot bypolls.

Brij Bhupinder Lalli with SAD president Sukhbir Badal, who is also flanked by Hans Raj Hans, in Shahkot on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 18, 2018 10:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot

Shahkot bypoll: Senior leaders missing from action, AAP campaign fails to gather pace

Whereas there is no plan of AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal to visit Shahkot to canvass for Rattan, the state leadership has also shown reluctance to make its presence felt in the segment.

AAP candidate for Shahkot bypoll , Rattan Singh Kakkar with party supporters during his campaign at Shahkot on Wednesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 17, 2018 12:08 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot bypolls: No big rallies, SAD and Congress canvass through ‘nukkad’ meetings

The SAD and Congress candidates are visiting around 15 villages every day and going door to door to garner votes.

Congress candidate for Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia addressing a public meeting in village Jafarwal on the out skirts of Shahkot on Sunday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on May 14, 2018 09:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot (jalandhar)

Shahkot bypoll: SAD, Cong hope to grab AAP share to get edge

Congress and the SAD are both now eyeing at least a chunk of 41,000 votes that last year went to the AAP, which finished fewer than 1,000 votes behind Ladi and 6,000 behind the winner.

(Top)SAD candidate Naib Singh Kohar and (below) AAP’s Rattan Singh Kakkar Kalan submitting nomination papers to SDM Jagjit Singh, the returning officer for Shahkot assembly bypoll, on Wednesday.(HT File)

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Updated on May 12, 2018 10:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot bypoll: SHO who booked Congess candidate arrested from Jalandhar court

Eyewitnesses said Bajwa, who was carrying his licensed revolver, was asked to keep his weapon outside the court by a police official. But Bajwa allegedly pushed the official out of the way, and made his way into the court.

SHO Parminder Singh Bajwa (in green T-shirt) in police custody outside court in Jalandhar,on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 11, 2018 09:36 PM IST

ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

Shahkot bypoll: Amarinder Singh accompanies Cong candidate Ladi as he files nomination papers

CM Amarinder said that every vote for Ladi would be a vote for the future of Punjab as the Congress was the only party that could bring the state’s progress back on track.

Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia along with CM Amarinder Singh and other Congress leaders filling his nomination papers for the Shahkot assembly bypoll, at Shahkot on Thursday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on May 10, 2018 06:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar (Shahkot) | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot bypoll: Want to arrest Cong candidate Ladi, will go to HC if pressured, says SHO

When asked about alleged hurry in lodging the FIR, which was registered early morning, hours after Ladi was named candidate, the SHO said that if he did not do it, “the FIR won’t have been registered at all due to the pressure”.

SHO inspector Parminder Singh Bajwa(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 07, 2018 11:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot bypoll: Jakhar says ‘sting video’ no proof against Ladi

Sunil Jakhar termed the FIR against Ladi “mockery of the law”.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sunil Jakhar(HT File)

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Updated on May 07, 2018 09:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Shahkot bypoll: CCTV shows SHO at hotel, Ladi urges poll panel to order probe

The case was registered against Ladi on Friday, within hours of the declaration of his candidature for the Shahkot assembly bypoll, which is scheduled for May 28

Congress Shahkot candidate Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia(HT File)

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Updated on May 06, 2018 10:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

SHO who booked Cong candidate resigns citing pressure, withdraws

The SHO had filed an FIR against Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia on Friday.

Congress’ Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia was on Friday booked on charges of illegal sand mining.(For representation)

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Updated on May 04, 2018 09:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot (jalandhar)

15 hours after being named as Congress nominee, Ladi booked for illegal mining

Mohan Singh, general secretary of the Bhatha Major Union, in his complaint stated that “illegal mining was on in villages with the support of Congress Halka in-charge Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia”.

Congress leader Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia(HT File)

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Updated on May 05, 2018 09:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot (jalandhar)

MR vaccination in Doaba: Immunisation drive fails to achieve target on Day 1, docs blame rumours

Campaign marred by fake viral messages and videos on social media warning it may have long-lasting effects on kids’ health.

The drive started on Tuesday and will continue till May 25. It will cover all children, including those of government and private schools, anganwari centres and outreach centres.(Representative image)

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Updated on May 04, 2018 01:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

Shahkot bypoll: Despite illegal mining charges, Hardev Singh Ladi is Cong candidate again

Bypoll to the Shahkot assembly constituency seat, which fell vacant following the death of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Ajit Singh Kohar, will be held on May 28.

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Updated on May 03, 2018 08:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Stubble burning: 81 cases detected in Punjab’s Doaba region, only three farmers fined

Ignoring 78 alerts, the Punjab Pollution Control Board authorities have only penalised three farmers, two of Rs 2,500 and one of Rs 5,000

The Punjab government’s inaction is particularly glaring, as the NGT order mentions.(HT File)

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Updated on May 02, 2018 03:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

OPD centres for drug addicts in hospitals, eight jails in Punjab from May

The project is similar to the programme that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) runs to rehabilitate injectable drug users

Punjab health minister Brahm Mohindra(HT File)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2018 11:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Caste clash in Punjab: 30 booked for burning a flag in Jalandhar; Phagwara calm now

Members of Shiv Sena Hind gathered at the same spot later and argued with the police for “letting” the Dalits burn the flag.

Members of Dalit community burn a saffron flag purportedly symbolising the “upper caste” Hindu right wing — Shiv Sena factions and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh — at Shastri Chowk on Tuesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2018 09:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar/Phagwara | ByParampreet Singh Narula and Jatinder Mahal

Wheat harvesting: More rain can cause damage, say experts

Untimely rainfall consecutively from April 9 to April 11 across the state had dampened the festive spirit among farmers, who couldn’t perform the age-old ritual of harvesting wheat crop on Baisakhi.

As the recent rains led to increase in moisture content of the wheat crop, Jalandhar grain markets have witnessed less arrival of crop even after three days of Baisakhi.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2018 10:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

Capt Amarinder, Sunil Jakhar share bonhomie at Ambedkar birthday event

During the event, the CM also rolled out a scheme to waive loans of members of the scheduled caste and backward class (SC/BC) categories by symbolically distributing no due certificates to 20 beneficiaries.

Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and Gurdaspur MP Sunil Jakhar along with ministers handing over a no-due certificate to waive loans of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, in Jalandhar on Saturday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 15, 2018 10:37 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Illegal mining spotted by Amarinder: Questions over police probe in Nawanshahr

In the tweet, Amarinder had posted pictures of JCB machines along the river. As part of action, the police had booked six contractors. Machinery had been seized and 20 people arrested.

Three of six contractors booked are yet to join probe.(HT File)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2018 01:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula

Maruti cars were soft target for this ‘Dhoom’- inspired thief

Police officials said that the thief learnt the decoding of security system of Maruti cars from YouTube.

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Updated on Mar 25, 2018 07:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

Amarinder inaugurates martyrs’ museum at Bhagat Singh’s village

The memorial-cum-museum is a centrally-funded Rs 26-crore project. Its foundation stone was laid by former Union home minister P Chidambaram nine years ago.

Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and others during the inauguration of the martyrs’ museum at Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahr on Friday.(Pardeep Pandit/HT)

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Updated on Mar 24, 2018 09:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Khatkar Kalan (Nawanshahr) | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Khatkar Kalan (nawanshahr)

Cong, SAD-BJP stake claims over martyrs’ museum launch in Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village

“In a state-level function, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh will dedicate the Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh memorial and museum to the nation on March 23, 2018,” the invitation card reads.

The newly-built museum of Bhagat Singh at his ancestral village in Khatkar Kalan.(HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 23, 2018 10:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Nawashahr | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Nawanshahr

Rise in potato prices brings some relief to Punjab farmers

The past few years have witnessed surplus production of potatoes in the state and lack of buyers forced farmers to dump their crop on roads after a steep crash in prices.

The past few years have witnessed surplus production of potatoes in the state and lack of buyers forced the farmers to dump their crop on roads after a steep crash in prices.(HT File)

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Updated on Mar 22, 2018 01:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar

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Parampreet Singh Narula

Parampreet Singh Narula is a staff correspondent with the Jalandhar bureau at Hindustan Times. He covers political, rural and agriculture issues in Punjab.

Punjab Congress president and Gurdaspur MP Sunil Jakhar and local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu addressed a press conference in Jalandhar, congratulating Laddi on the thumping win.

He was detained by a flying squad in the afternoon for taking his licensed revolver inside the polling booth in Malsian

The bypoll is being seen as a popularity test of the 14-month-old Congress government in Punjab.

The roadshow, which started from Lohian and passed through Malsian and Shahkot, will conclude at Mehatpur in the evening.

The bypoll, scheduled to be held on Monday, was necessitated by the death of former MLA and SAD leader Ajit Singh Kohar. Delhi MLAs Alka Lamba and Naresh Yadav started the roadshow from Lohian Khas village and they were joined by Mann.

Untimely rain causes melons to swell, thereby making them tasteless.

Billa was shot dead on the night of June 3, 2016, when he was sitting in his Toyota Fortuner (PB-08 BW 8006) car outside the Allahabad Bank near the Company Bagh Chowk here.

Lally was among five Congress leaders who had sought a “non-controversial” candidate for Shahkot bypolls.

Whereas there is no plan of AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal to visit Shahkot to canvass for Rattan, the state leadership has also shown reluctance to make its presence felt in the segment.

The SAD and Congress candidates are visiting around 15 villages every day and going door to door to garner votes.

Congress and the SAD are both now eyeing at least a chunk of 41,000 votes that last year went to the AAP, which finished fewer than 1,000 votes behind Ladi and 6,000 behind the winner.

Eyewitnesses said Bajwa, who was carrying his licensed revolver, was asked to keep his weapon outside the court by a police official. But Bajwa allegedly pushed the official out of the way, and made his way into the court.

CM Amarinder said that every vote for Ladi would be a vote for the future of Punjab as the Congress was the only party that could bring the state’s progress back on track.

When asked about alleged hurry in lodging the FIR, which was registered early morning, hours after Ladi was named candidate, the SHO said that if he did not do it, “the FIR won’t have been registered at all due to the pressure”.

Sunil Jakhar termed the FIR against Ladi “mockery of the law”.

The case was registered against Ladi on Friday, within hours of the declaration of his candidature for the Shahkot assembly bypoll, which is scheduled for May 28

The SHO had filed an FIR against Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia on Friday.

Mohan Singh, general secretary of the Bhatha Major Union, in his complaint stated that “illegal mining was on in villages with the support of Congress Halka in-charge Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia”.

Campaign marred by fake viral messages and videos on social media warning it may have long-lasting effects on kids’ health.

Bypoll to the Shahkot assembly constituency seat, which fell vacant following the death of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Ajit Singh Kohar, will be held on May 28.

Ignoring 78 alerts, the Punjab Pollution Control Board authorities have only penalised three farmers, two of Rs 2,500 and one of Rs 5,000

The project is similar to the programme that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) runs to rehabilitate injectable drug users

Members of Shiv Sena Hind gathered at the same spot later and argued with the police for “letting” the Dalits burn the flag.

Untimely rainfall consecutively from April 9 to April 11 across the state had dampened the festive spirit among farmers, who couldn’t perform the age-old ritual of harvesting wheat crop on Baisakhi.

During the event, the CM also rolled out a scheme to waive loans of members of the scheduled caste and backward class (SC/BC) categories by symbolically distributing no due certificates to 20 beneficiaries.

In the tweet, Amarinder had posted pictures of JCB machines along the river. As part of action, the police had booked six contractors. Machinery had been seized and 20 people arrested.

Police officials said that the thief learnt the decoding of security system of Maruti cars from YouTube.

The memorial-cum-museum is a centrally-funded Rs 26-crore project. Its foundation stone was laid by former Union home minister P Chidambaram nine years ago.

“In a state-level function, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh will dedicate the Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh memorial and museum to the nation on March 23, 2018,” the invitation card reads.

The past few years have witnessed surplus production of potatoes in the state and lack of buyers forced farmers to dump their crop on roads after a steep crash in prices.

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