Parteek Singh Mahal is a multimedia correspondent based at Faridkot in Punjab. He covers medical education, politics and Punjab police.
Articles by Parteek Singh Mahal
Moose Wala murder: Bishnoi appeared before court just once since filing of chargesheet seven months ago
Bishnoi had recently given two interviews to a TV channel through video calls, wherein he made claims about the murder of Moose Wala and also threatened to kill actor Salman Khan
Published on Mar 30, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
DA case: Ex-minster Kangar fail to submit property, income detail as VB deadline ends
Former Congress minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar has failed to submit details of his property and sources of income to the vigilance bureau as the one-week deadline ended on Tuesday.
Updated on Mar 28, 2023 09:31 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
2016 Faridkot incident: 6 years on, four get 10-year RI for abetting Dalit family’s suicide
Six years after four members of a Dalit family ended their lives in Faridkot, a district court on Monday sentenced four accused to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for abetment to suicide.
Published on Mar 27, 2023 10:23 PM IST
2015 Kotkapura firing case: Badals submit bail bonds in Faridkot court
Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday submitted bail bonds of ₹5 lakh each that were accepted by the Faridkot court in the 2015 Kotkapura firing case.
Published on Mar 23, 2023 11:00 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
2015 Kotkapura firing case: Badals submit bail bonds in Faridkot court
The court supplied copies of the chargesheet filed by the ADGP LK Yadav-led special investigation team (SIT) to the accused
Published on Mar 23, 2023 02:44 PM IST
Faridkot court rejects bail pleas of Saini, Umranangal
A Faridkot court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of former director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini, suspended inspector general of police Paramraj Singh Umranangal and former senior superintendent of police Charanjit Singh Sharma in connection with the 2015 Kotkapura firing incident.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 09:52 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Kotkapura firing case: Ex-CM Badal, Sukhbir move anticipatory bail pleas
Two weeks after the special investigation team probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case, former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday submitted anticipatory bail applications in the Faridkot court in connection with this case.
Published on Mar 09, 2023 09:38 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Rajasthan boy caught for sending threatening emails to Sidhu Moosewala’s father
Mansa SSP says motive for sending threatening emails being ascertained, but boy has no link with any gang
Updated on Mar 07, 2023 03:30 PM IST
7 years after Kotkapura firing: SIT seeks identification of suspected person from pre-incident video
More than seven years after the post-sacrilege police firing incident at Kotkapura, the special investigation team led- by ADGP LK Yadav has released a video of the protest site minutes before the incident seeking help from people to identify a suspected person.
Published on Mar 05, 2023 11:16 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Bargari sacrilege cases: Transferring cases only for safety of petitioners, says SC
The Supreme Court in its detailed order, made available on Saturday, has said that the transfer of the trial against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim and seven dera followers in three interlinked cases of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari in 2015 from court in Faridkot to Chandigarh was solely for the safety of the petitioners.
Published on Mar 04, 2023 10:39 PM IST
Behbal Kalan firing case: Victims’ kin refuse to lift protest till final chargesheet is filed
The protesters, including family members of the victims and Sikh organisations, on Saturday, announced that “Beadbi Insaaf Morcha” will continue its protest till the final chargesheet in the Behbal Kalan firing case is submitted in the court.
Published on Mar 04, 2023 10:35 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Kotkapura firing: SIT summons ex-CM Badal’s principal secy, 2 former IPS officers
A week after submitting a chargesheet in Faridkot court, the Punjab Police special investigation team probing the post-sacrilege police firing incident at Kotkapura in 2015 has summoned two former IPS officers and then principal secretary to the chief minister on Monday for questioning.
Published on Mar 03, 2023 10:19 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Transfer trial against Ram Rahim, others to Chandigarh: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of the trial against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim and seven Dera followers in three interlinked cases of sacrilege involving the Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari in 2015, from a court in Faridkot to Chandigarh.
Published on Mar 01, 2023 03:03 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
War on drugs: Punjab Police constable loses job, life to drugs
Gurpreet Singh, 30, of Saleena village in Moga district was found dead in a field with a syringe stuck to his right arm on April 6, 2022
Updated on Mar 01, 2023 02:32 AM IST
War against drugs: Elderly parents lose son, struggle to raise grandson in Punjab
Punjab is witness to a growing number drug overdose deaths in recent months with victims, from youngsters to police personnel, falling prey to easy availability of adulterated chitta (heroin). Hindustan Times brings out stories of families, comprising elderly parents, hapless widows and clueless children, in the hinterland left to fend for themselves as sole breadwinners lose everything to drug abuse.
Published on Mar 01, 2023 02:21 AM IST
Supreme Court orders transfer of three Bargari sacrilege cases out of Punjab
Trial against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim and seven dera followers in three interlinked cases of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari in 2015 has been transferred from Faridkot court to Chandigarh
Published on Feb 28, 2023 03:18 PM IST
Moose Wala killing: British MP asks UK govt to support Indian authorities to bring culprits to justice
British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has asked the UK government to support authorities in India to bring culprits to justice in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder and also asked if they are holding talks with their Indian counterparts on this matter.
Published on Feb 25, 2023 08:02 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Sacrilege case: Cops name Badals, ex-DGP as accused
The SIT, set up by Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in May 2021, filed a 7,000-page charge sheet in a local court in Faridkot on Friday.
Updated on Feb 25, 2023 04:47 PM IST
2015 firing incidents, Mann’s assurance: Don’t trust anyone who claims to deliver justice: Kunwar Vijay
In yet another embarrassment for Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab, party MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh posted a video clip, part of his last year’s speech, in which he is cautioning the victims of the 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing cases not to “trust anyone who claims that he will deliver justice.”
Published on Feb 14, 2023 08:58 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
From small-time criminals to Punjab’s most wanted
South Malwa’s gangsters Goldy Brar, Arsh Dala and Sukha Dunneke are operating organised crime network in Punjab while sitting abroad through cross-border funding and extortion
Published on Feb 13, 2023 01:03 AM IST
Moose Wala’s father to drive singer’s bullet-riddled Thar to highlight law and order issue
Slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s father Balkaur Singh Sidhu said gangsters know nothing will happen to them if they are caught
Published on Feb 13, 2023 12:26 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
1986 Nakodar police firing victims’ kin write to CM Mann for justice
The letter comes a day after Punjab chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann assured that the state government is fully committed to ensure justice in the 2015 post-sacrilege firing incidents at Behbal Kalan and Kotakpura
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 10:23 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Behbal Kalan firing: After CM’s appeal, protesters open one side of Amritsar-Bathinda NH
After Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s appeal to protesters to lift the blockade, families of the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing victims and Sikh organisations on Friday opened one side of the Amritsar-Bathinda national highway (NH-54).
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 10:11 PM IST
Punjab CM appeals to Behbal Kalan protesters to lift blockade on Amritsar-Bathinda highway
Punjab agriculture minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal to meet protesters, who remain firm on their demand for justice in sacrilege and police firing cases of 2015
Published on Feb 10, 2023 02:21 PM IST
Punjab: Smartphone recovered from gangster Monu Dagar in high-security Faridkot jail
Gangster had arranged two shooters of the Haryana module of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to carry out Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder last May
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 03:10 PM IST
Resigned after home secy refused to share Bargari sacrilege SIT report, says Kunwar Vijay
The former IPS officer and Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh who has been airing differences with the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab over its handling of the 2015 sacrilege and police firing cases for some time now, joined Behbal Insaaf Morcha in Faridkot on Thursday.
Published on Feb 03, 2023 12:16 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
6 months on, BFUHS awaits regular V-C, thanks to govt delay
Amid controversies, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot is functioning without a full-time vice-chancellor for the last six-months.
Published on Feb 01, 2023 12:49 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
DA case: Punjab vigilance questions ex-Faridkot MLA, seek records of properties
Punjab vigilance bureau on Monday questioned former Congress MLA from Faridkot, Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon aka Kiki Dhillon, for more than an hour in connection with an ongoing inquiry into the alleged disproportionate assets.
Published on Jan 30, 2023 10:16 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Moose Wala’s mother targets CM Mann’s media adviser
Slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s mother Charan Kaur on Sunday targeted the director of media relations to Punjab chief minister, Baltej Pannu, for allegedly ‘leaking information of her son’s security downgrade’.
Published on Jan 29, 2023 09:37 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
History-sheeter’s father fires at Bathinda cops mistaking them for gangsters
The father of a history-sheeter fired at the counter-intelligence team of Bathinda police from his licenced rifle in a locality in Moga city on Saturday.
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 09:15 PM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot