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
BJP Faridkot candidate Hans Raj Hans holds roadshow, faces farmers’ ire
BJP candidate Hans Raj Hans faced farmer's protest during his campaign in Faridkot. Farmers raised slogans against BJP for not fulfilling demands.
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Pak juveniles’ wait return home gets longer
Despite being acquitted by the juvenile justice board, the boys still wait to return home. Two weeks ago, the ministry of external affairs had granted approval for their release, and the duo was finally released from the Faridkot juvenile home on Thursday morning
Updated on Mar 29, 2024 06:52 AM IST
Faridkot dera dy head murder: Punjab VB moves court, seeks nod for polygraph test of accused cops
Punjab VB submitted an application in the court of additional sessions judge Rajiv Kalra seeking permission to conduct a polygraph test of SP Gagnesh Kumar, DSP Sushil Kumar and sub-inspector Khem Chand Prashar.
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Year after acquittal, 2 Pak teens to return home next week
Despite being acquitted by the juvenile justice board almost a year ago, the teens had been languishing in an observation home in Faridkot, awaiting their release.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 05:32 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Sidhu Moose Wala’s parents welcome baby boy
Moose Wala’s father Balkaur Singh announced the birth his newborn boy by sharing picture with him and portrait of Moose Wala on social media platforms.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 04:21 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Terror-gangster nexus: NIA raids on in Moga, Faridkot, Ferozepur
Raids were conducted across Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh by NIA teams as part of the agency’s crackdown against terror activities, NIA said in a press statement.
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 06:12 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Terror-gangster nexus: NIA raids on in Moga, Faridkot, Ferozepur
NIA raids in Moga, Faridkot, and Ferozepur districts over suspicious calls to foreign countries, including Pakistan, in ongoing terrorist-gangster nexus case.
Updated on Mar 12, 2024 02:03 PM IST
Faridkot dera deputy head murder: On the run for 8 months, SP surrenders before Vigilance in ₹20-lakh graft case
The bribe was allegedly sought to “re-nominate a prime accused” in the murder case of Harka Das Dera deputy head Dayal Das, who was shot dead at Kot Sukhia village in Faridkot
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
2015 Kotkapura police firing case: Court directs SIT to file status report on probe before next hearing
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal’s counsel, senior advocate RS Cheema had on Saturday termed the SIT probe a never-ending process.
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
2015 Kotkapura police firing case: SIT chargesheet lacks evidence, says Sukhbir Badal’s counsel in court
The SIT, led by ADGP LK Yadav, in its 130-page supplementary chargesheet submitted in court on Monday, had observed that Sukhbir, who was then the state’s home minister, had conspired with the then director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini, to conceal the role of Dera Sacha Sauda followers’ in the sacrilege cases preceding the firing incident as they form a major vote bank of the party.
Updated on Mar 03, 2024 07:06 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Cops ignored intel, ‘deliberately’ didn’t act against dera men: SIT’s supplementary chargesheet in Kotkapura Firing
Chargesheet says there was ‘direct interference’ of then home minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, then DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in the probe
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 10:16 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Faridkot dera deputy head murder: HC denies bail to absconding SP in ₹20 lakh bribe case
The bribe was allegedly sought to “re-nominate a prime accused” in the murder case of deputy head of Harka Das dera Dayal Das, who was shot dead at Kot Sukhia village in Faridkot on November 7, 2019.
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 09:40 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
2015 Kotkapura firing: Sukhbir, Saini hatched deep-rooted conspiracy to take political benefits, says SIT’s supplementary chargesheet
SIT-led by ADGP LK Yadav filed the fourth supplementary challan in the court of judicial magistrate, Faridkot, on Monday along with additional evidence including forensic and ballistic reports of weapons used in the incident and documents against the accused. SIT also submitted a fresh list of witnesses
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Behbal Kalan firing accused’s wife appointed assistant AG in Punjab
The appointment order, accessed by HT, for the engagement of advocates as assistant advocate general in the office of Punjab AG, was issued by the department of home affairs and justice on February 10
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 09:22 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Haryana borders fortified as Punjab farmers on the move
Convoys of farmers left from the south Malwa districts, Amritsar and other parts of the state even as police beefed up security at the Punjab-Haryana border
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 09:20 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Chandigarh/patiala/faridkot
Ahead of LS polls, Kaler’s arrest shifts focus back on sacrilege cases
Pardeep Kaler was arrested by a team of the crime investigation agency (CIA) of Faridkot police from Gurugram, Haryana, on Friday and is presently in the custody of Faridkot police till Monday.Kaler was purportedly seen during the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in the pictures that went viral on social media.
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 08:08 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
‘Delhi Chalo’ call: 3 Union ministers to hold another meeting with farmers on Monday
Three central ministers will hold a meeting with farm bodies from Punjab and Haryana, who are planning a protest march to Delhi, on Monday. The farmers are demanding the fulfilment of promises made by the central government in 2021.
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber/ Parteek Singh Mahal, Chandigarh/ Faridkot
2015 sacrilege incidents: Faridkot police get two days to quiz key conspirator Pardeep Kaler
Pardeep Kaler, 42, was arrested by a team of crime investigation agency (CIA) of Faridkot police from Gurugram, Haryana, on Friday
Updated on Feb 11, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
On run for 6 years, key accused in 2015 sacrilege incidents in Punjab, lands in police net
Pardeep Kler’s arrest will complete the chain of command and establish direct evidence against Dera chief, say cops
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 08:36 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Moose Wala murder: Singer’s father seeks status report on probe into gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s jail interviews
Balkaur said that on September 18 last year, he submitted an application to the Mansa SSP Nanak Singh demanding that the two TV interviews of gangster Bishnoi from inside the jail should be made part of the investigation in the Moose Wala murder case and be brought on record
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 08:08 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Faridkot dera dy head murder: HC asks accused SP to submit affidavit in ₹20-lakh bribe case
SP Gagnesh Kumar is an accused in a bribe case sought to allegedly ‘re-nominate a prime accused’ in the murder case of Harka Das Dera deputy head of Dayal Das, who was shot dead at Kot Sukhia village in Faridkot on November 7, 2019.
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 07:58 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Acquitted 10 months ago, two Pakistani teens still await release
As per information, on September 1, 2022, Tarn Taran police had arrested two juveniles, Abbas and Hassan, both residents of Lahore in Pakistan, near the Indo-Pak border in Tarn Taran. Both the Pakistan juveniles were 15 years old when Punjab police arrested them. The duo was booked under Section 3 of the Passport Act 1920 and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act 1946 for allegedly crossing the international border and confined in the juvenile observation home since then.
Updated on Feb 04, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
₹20-lakh bribery case: HC stays absconding SP’s arrest till Feb 6
The Punjab and Haryana high court has granted interim relief from arrest to absconding superintendent of police Gagnesh Kumar in a bribery case. The court has also ordered Punjab Police to file a detailed reply and investigate inspector general of police Pardeep Kumar Yadav in the case.
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 09:34 AM IST
Navjot Sidhu holds rally in Moga, organisers get notice
This was his fourth ‘Jittega Punjab, Jittegi Congress’ rally at Moga. The former cricketer-turned-politician had earlier held three rallies, including two in Bathinda and one in Hoshiarpur, without consulting the state unit.
Updated on Jan 22, 2024 05:16 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Moga
‘Jittega Punjab, Jittegi Congress’ rally: Navjot Sidhu all set to address 4th rally in Moga
Under the banner of ‘Jittega Punjab, Jittegi Congress’ catchphrase, former cricketer-turned-politician has held three rallies, including two in Bathinda and one in Hoshiarpur, without consulting the state unit.
Updated on Jan 21, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
National parties trying to weaken SAD, says Sukhbir
Claiming that national parties were trying to weaken the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), party president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday indirectly targeted its former ally --- the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) ---alleging that a separate gurdwara committee was created for Haryana and even the Delhi committee was given into the hands of anti-SAD forces
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 07:52 AM IST
Moose Wala murder: Mansa CJM expedites judicial process
Commits chargesheet against key conspirator Sachin Bishnoi to sessions court within two weeks of SIT submitting challan
Updated on Jan 10, 2024 03:16 PM IST
Gangster Deepak Tinu’s escape from custody: Year on, CJM yet to forward challan to sessions court
Gangster Tinu, one of the accused in the Moose Wala murder case, had fled from the custody of the crime investigation agency (CIA) unit of the Mansa police on October 1 and rearrested by Delhi police from Ajmer on October 19
Updated on Jan 07, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Sidhu Moose Wala murder: SIT fails to submit reply on Bishnoi & Bhagwanpuria discharge pleas
As per the SIT probe, Chetan had provided fake number plates used on the Bolero car, which tailed Moose Wala on the day of the murder, from Amritsar through another accused Keshav. The fake number plates were delivered at Fatehabad in Haryana. Four shooters of the Haryana module were travelling in the Bolero
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 06:20 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
Moose Wala murder: SIT files fourth chargesheet
Gangster Sachin Bihsnoi named in the chargesheet. He is one of the four gangsters that hatched a conspiracy to kill Moose Wala
Updated on Jan 03, 2024 07:52 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot