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Pawan Sharma

Pawan Sharma, based in Chandigarh, is Assistant Editor in HT and presently writes on Haryana's politics and governance. During different stints over the past two decades, he covered Punjab extensively for 10 years and before that judiciary and Himachal Pradesh with focus on high-impact news breaking and investigative journalism.

Articles by Pawan Sharma

Haryana assembly adjourned after ruckus over minister Sandeep Singh, Nuh arson

Oppn Congress MLAs troop to well of House, demanding Sandeep Singh’s resignation on moral grounds

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar (centre) interacting with his predecessor and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda (right) as state home minister Anil Vij looks on at the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Monday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Updated on Aug 28, 2023 03:29 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Nuh: Prohibitory orders put in place, net suspended amid yatra rumours

Two groups insisted that they will go ahead with procession on August 28, despite the district administration denying permission for any religious procession.

Dozens of shops in Nuh and Gurugram and religious places were burnt or vandalised by mobs during and after the July 31 violence in Nuh. (Parveen Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 27, 2023 04:49 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Prohibitory orders in Haryana’s Nuh, mobile internet services suspended

District administration imposes Section 144 of CrPC (prohibiting assembly of four or more people in an area) as a precautionary measure

A vehicle being set on fire by miscreants after clashes broke out during a religious procession in Nuh on July 31. Six people had died in the flare-up that had spread to neighbouring Gurugram district. (HT file photo)

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Updated on Aug 26, 2023 09:32 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Monsoon session of Haryana assembly: Congress corners govt on PPP

Even though the Congress desisted from cornering the government on the issue of communal violence in Nuh during the opening sitting of the monsoon session of Haryana assembly, the principal opposition party pointedly launched a blistering attack on the ruling BJP-JJP coalition government, highlighting the inherent flaws in the PPP portal.

The Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP), the flagship programme that chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been implementing despite stiff opposition, was at the center of Congress’ renewed offensive on Friday in the assembly. “This PPP is actually a permanent pareshani patra,” quipped Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, after Rohtak MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra raised the matter. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Updated on Aug 26, 2023 01:15 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Moon mission sparks credit war in Haryana assembly

The trouble began soon after Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar read out a resolution congratulating ISRO scientists and Prime Minister Modi for Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success on the opening day of the monsoon session of the assembly in Chandigarh.

When people were rejoicing on Friday watching the much-awaited video of the Pragyan rover leaving the Indian emblem imprint on the lunar surface, Haryana BJP and Congress leaders were engaged in a verbal duel in the assembly over who should be credited with Mission Moon’s success in Haryana assembly. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Updated on Aug 26, 2023 01:12 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Moon mission credit war rocks Haryana assembly

Monsoon session gets off to rocky start as state home minister Anil Vij and Congress legislature party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda lock horns over Nehru’s vision vs Modi’s role in ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 success

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar addressing the opening day of the monsoon session of the assembly in Chandigarh on Friday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 25, 2023 01:31 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Panipat court holds cop guilty of ‘hiding evidence’ in murder case

Panipat court recommends suitable action against the inspector, then posted as the SHO of Chandnibagh police station of Panipat, for gross negligence, carelessness, mala fide intention that “cannot be described in words”

The court stated that it was unbelievable that the IO was not in the knowledge of the footage of the incident captured by CCTV cameras whereas the same was produced on record by the accused and admitted to be true by the complainant. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Aug 19, 2023 12:34 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Congress sharpens offensive as blame game over Nuh violence intensifies

A day after Haryana BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar charged the Congress with sparking communal clashes in Nuh during the VHP-led Mewat Brij Mandal dharmik yatra, the Congress on Thursday stepped-up offensive against the state government

Former chief minister and Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda held the CLP meeting to fine-tune the floor strategy of the party, while the state government on Thursday issued a set of instructions to the officers for smooth conduct of House proceedings when the session will start on August 25. (HT File)

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Updated on Aug 18, 2023 12:50 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

No vulnerable section should feel insecure: Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur

Reassuring Haryana women, children, elderly, Scheduled Castes and minorities that henceforth they will get more attention of the police, director general of police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur on Wednesday said that these “five vulnerable groups of society” are often at the receiving end of criminals.

IPS officer Shatrujeet Kapur takes charge as the new DGP of Haryana on Wednesday. (Sant Arora /HT)

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Updated on Aug 16, 2023 11:47 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana female coach who filed FIR against minister Sandeep Singh suspended

The Haryana sports department suspended a woman athletic coach who accused a state minister and ex-captain of the Indian hockey team of sexual misconduct.

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Updated on Aug 16, 2023 04:23 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Haryana govt suspends 1 official, chargesheets 3 over jamming of Delhi ITO barrage gates

The action against the officers in question has been taken for dereliction of duty on the basis of the fact-finding inquiry report: Irrigation secy

n a statement on Wednesday, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar also said that “due to non-opening of four gates of the barrage near ITO in Delhi, excess water could not be cleared in time... causing massive water logging and floods”.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2023 12:41 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana suspends official for jammed barrage gates at Delhi’s ITO

All the 32 gates of Delhi’s ITO barrage are under the administrative control of the Haryana government

A waterlogged ITO after the rise in water level of the Yamuna in New Delhi on July 15. (ANI)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2023 11:56 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Didn’t know of Nuh clash till 3pm, says Haryana home minister Anil Vij

Vij also said that the state’s CID chief Alok Mittal had not shared any intelligence input with the home department, even though “he reports to the CM”.

Haryana home minister Anil Vij. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 05, 2023 08:53 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Didn’t know about Nuh clashes till 3pm: Haryana home minister Anil Vij

Haryana home minister Anil Vij says top police and government functionaries were clueless, he was first informed about the clashes by a private individual

Haryana home minister Anil Vij said no one had even informed him about the religious yatra which was attacked by the rioters. (HT File)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2023 11:52 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Probe suggests cyber criminals of Mewat linked to Nuh violence: Haryana govt

The Haryana government on Thursday said initial probe into Nuh violence indicated that one of the prime conspirators of the “pre-planned attack” on religious procession that sparked communal hostilities were the cyber-criminal gangs which were raring to retaliate after the state police raided cyber thugs of Mewat and busted pan-India cyber frauds.

Paramilitary personnel stand guard in Haryana's Nuh as curfew is imposed following clashes between two groups, in Nuh on Thursday. (ANI)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2023 12:38 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

1,000 IRB personnel to be stationed in Nuh: Khattar

While widening the scope of Police Enforcement Bureau, Khattar said it has been decided to entrust the bureau with the responsibility of cow protection in Nuh.

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar addresses a press conference regarding the violence that recently occurred between two groups in Nuh, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (ANI)

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Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:57 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana violence: Rajasthan free to act against Monu Manesar, says CM Khattar

Monu Manesar has been on the run after his alleged involvement in the killing of two Muslim cattle traders in February

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Updated on Aug 02, 2023 11:51 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Larger conspiracy at play to disrupt peace: Haryana CM on Nuh violence

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that it is clear that there was a well thought out conspiracy behind the attack as the anti-social elements didn’t just target members of the procession but also the cops, thereby managing to disrupt the yatra

A day after violence broke out in Haryana’s Nuh district, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the prevailing situation. (HT File)

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Updated on Aug 01, 2023 04:10 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Nuh violence aftermath: Haryana CM Khattar convenes high-level meeting

Haryana home minister Anil Vij, who on Tuesday ordered probe into the Nuh violence, will also be present in the meeting to be held in Chandigarh.

Clashes had broken out in Haryana’s Nuh on Monday afternoon after a religious procession passing through the district was attacked. (HT File)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2023 02:07 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana WCD dept calls for proactive steps to check worsening sex ratio

The January to June cumulative SRB of Haryana has come down to 906 female births per 1,000 males from 917 in December 2022

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Updated on Jul 23, 2023 12:48 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana swings into action as sex ratio begins to dip again alarmingly

After HT highlighted slide in sex ratio at birth, woman and child development department held a virtual meeting on July 21 with all deputy commissioners and chief medical officers asking them to combat the heinous menace of female foeticide

The January to June cumulative SRB of Haryana has come down to 906 female births per 1,000 males from 917 in December 2022. (HT File)

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Updated on Jul 22, 2023 07:49 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

January to June: Sex ratio at birth in Haryana slips to six-year low

According to official data, the 906 sex ratio at birth recorded till June has registered 10 points fall in comparison to the same period in 2022 when it stood at 916 in Haryana. This dip in the SRB numbers is contrary to previous years trends when it had steadily improved during the same period from 870 in 2015 to 891 in 2016, 910 in 2017, 916 in 2018, 918 in 2019, 917 in 2020, and 911 in 2021.

Haryana government’s showpiece programme to stop female foeticide has suffered a major blow with the January to June cumulative sex ratio at birth (SRB) sliding to 906 female births per 1,000 males, a development that is being seen as a wake-up call for the Manohar Lal Khattar government. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jul 20, 2023 12:43 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

After showing steady improvement, sex ratio begins to worsen again in Haryana

The state, notorious for its skewed gender ratio in the past, showed significant improvement since 2015.

According to the civil registration system data up to June 2023, of 22 districts, the SRB of eight districts, including seven districts of the National Capital Region (NCR) were below 900. (Representational Image)(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 20, 2023 12:43 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

IAS, IPS officers accepting awards from private bodies violates norms: Centre

Centre says awards given by private institutions may be accepted only with approval of competent authority in exceptional circumstances and without monetary component .Reiterating that it is inappropriate if members of AIS accept awards from private bodies, the Union government has said that IAS-IPS officers can accept awards from private bodies only after prior approval of the competent authority.

The Centre has informed the state governments that members of All India Services (AIS) are violating instructions about accepting awards from private institutions and directed the chief secretaries to ensure that IAS-IPS officers stick to the guidelines. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jul 19, 2023 12:20 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Admission to Haryana technical colleges: Parivar Pehchan Patra a ‘roadblock’ for Kashmiri migrants seeking quota

When the Kashmiri migrant students apply using their PPP, or the Aadhaar which is also linked to the PPP, the site doesn’t show them to option of applying under the seats reserved for the displaced community.

At least 5% seats of the sanctioned intake in each course (BE/B Tech) are reserved for the KM students and filled on the basis of All India Rank of JEE Mains 2023. (HTC)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2023 09:10 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

3 days after Sirsa rally, Amit Shah holds meeting with top Haryana BJP leaders

The Wednesday’s meeting assumes significance as it was held in the backdrop of Sirsa rally of Amit Shah on June 18 and earlier Haryana BJP in-charge Biplab Kumar Deb holding meetings with Independent MLAs which had triggered a fresh debate over the fate of the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government.

Amid rumblings between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) over the fate of their alliance and three days after Sirsa rally, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday held a lengthy meeting with top Haryana BJP leaders in Delhi. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 22, 2023 12:46 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Sunflower seed slugfest: Haryana committed to pay promised price difference: Agri minister

JP Dalal says govt will pay the difference between MSP and market price on lines of release of ₹29cr as interim payment earlier

Haryana agriculture minister Jai Prakash Dalal (File photo)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2023 12:14 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

HT Interview: BJP-JJP alliance important to keep Congress out of power in Haryana, says Ajay Singh Chautala

Just four months before completing four years in power, BJP-JJP alliance has hit a rough patch in Haryana. JJP national president Ajay Singh Chautala, however, tells HT that the BJP is their natural ally

Ajay Singh Chautala, JJP national president (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 13, 2023 09:12 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

Haryana farmers surpass government target on direct seeded rice

This year, Manohar Lal Khattar govt set aside ₹81 crore to promote paddy cultivation using direct seeded rice (DSR) technique in 2 lakh acres in Haryana, but till Friday, 36,317 farmers had already registered for growing paddy in over 2.64 lakh acres using the DSR method in place of the water-guzzling manual transplantation technique

Last year when 16,641 verified cultivators in Haryana grew paddy in 72,900 acres using the direct seeded rice (DSR) technique that saves water, the Manohar Lal Khattar government released over <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>29 crore as incentive directly to bank accounts of farmers after field inspections. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2023 09:56 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Chandigarh

Rattan Lal Kataria: Unassuming BJP leader who turned odds into opportunity

Ambala BJP MP breathed his last at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, at 3.30am on Thursday after a brief illness

Three-time Ambala Lok Sabha MP and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rattan Lal Kataria passed away at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, on Thursday after a brief illness. (HT file photo)

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Updated on May 18, 2023 07:52 PM IST

ByPawan Sharma

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Oppn Congress MLAs troop to well of House, demanding Sandeep Singh’s resignation on moral grounds

Two groups insisted that they will go ahead with procession on August 28, despite the district administration denying permission for any religious procession.

District administration imposes Section 144 of CrPC (prohibiting assembly of four or more people in an area) as a precautionary measure

The trouble began soon after Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar read out a resolution congratulating ISRO scientists and Prime Minister Modi for Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success on the opening day of the monsoon session of the assembly in Chandigarh.

Monsoon session gets off to rocky start as state home minister Anil Vij and Congress legislature party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda lock horns over Nehru’s vision vs Modi’s role in ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 success

Panipat court recommends suitable action against the inspector, then posted as the SHO of Chandnibagh police station of Panipat, for gross negligence, carelessness, mala fide intention that “cannot be described in words”

A day after Haryana BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar charged the Congress with sparking communal clashes in Nuh during the VHP-led Mewat Brij Mandal dharmik yatra, the Congress on Thursday stepped-up offensive against the state government

The Haryana sports department suspended a woman athletic coach who accused a state minister and ex-captain of the Indian hockey team of sexual misconduct.

The action against the officers in question has been taken for dereliction of duty on the basis of the fact-finding inquiry report: Irrigation secy

All the 32 gates of Delhi’s ITO barrage are under the administrative control of the Haryana government

Vij also said that the state’s CID chief Alok Mittal had not shared any intelligence input with the home department, even though “he reports to the CM”.

Haryana home minister Anil Vij says top police and government functionaries were clueless, he was first informed about the clashes by a private individual

While widening the scope of Police Enforcement Bureau, Khattar said it has been decided to entrust the bureau with the responsibility of cow protection in Nuh.

Monu Manesar has been on the run after his alleged involvement in the killing of two Muslim cattle traders in February

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that it is clear that there was a well thought out conspiracy behind the attack as the anti-social elements didn’t just target members of the procession but also the cops, thereby managing to disrupt the yatra

Haryana home minister Anil Vij, who on Tuesday ordered probe into the Nuh violence, will also be present in the meeting to be held in Chandigarh.

The January to June cumulative SRB of Haryana has come down to 906 female births per 1,000 males from 917 in December 2022

After HT highlighted slide in sex ratio at birth, woman and child development department held a virtual meeting on July 21 with all deputy commissioners and chief medical officers asking them to combat the heinous menace of female foeticide

The state, notorious for its skewed gender ratio in the past, showed significant improvement since 2015.

When the Kashmiri migrant students apply using their PPP, or the Aadhaar which is also linked to the PPP, the site doesn’t show them to option of applying under the seats reserved for the displaced community.

JP Dalal says govt will pay the difference between MSP and market price on lines of release of ₹29cr as interim payment earlier

Just four months before completing four years in power, BJP-JJP alliance has hit a rough patch in Haryana. JJP national president Ajay Singh Chautala, however, tells HT that the BJP is their natural ally

Ambala BJP MP breathed his last at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, at 3.30am on Thursday after a brief illness

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