Ravinder Vasudeva is a principal correspondent who writes for the Punjab bureau of Hindustan Times.
Articles by Ravinder Vasudeva
HT Explainer: What’s ailing Ayushman Bharat scheme in Punjab
Punjab private hospitals halt treatment under Ayushman Bharat scheme, citing unpaid dues of ₹600 crore, amidst ongoing controversies since 2019.
Updated on Sep 25, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Punjab mulls implementing Act to regulate pvt hospitals
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government is mulling the implementation of the Punjab Clinical Establishments Act-2020 in the state to regulate the functioning of private hospitals.
Published on Sep 21, 2024 10:17 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Drones dropping arms, drugs on rise in Punjab
State has witnessed 388 sightings of drones, of which BSF shot down 150, in past eight months that shows unabated smuggling by unmanned aerial vehicles to strike terror in border state.
Updated on Sep 19, 2024 05:04 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Chandigarh blast: Second accused arrested from Delhi
The accused has been identified as Vishal and he was arrested from Delhi by a team of State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar, in coordination with central agencies, a senior police official, who did not wish to be named, added.
Updated on Sep 15, 2024 06:46 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Chandigarh blast case: Main accused arrested in Amritsar
9mm Glock pistol along with ammunition recovered from him, while second accused also identified, says Punjab DGP
Published on Sep 13, 2024 12:50 PM IST
BJP’s membership drive gets tepid response in Punjab
The ongoing membership drive of the Bharatiya Janata Party has received a tepid response in Punjab with the party able to enrol only 1.3 lakh members to date.
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:36 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Punjab anti-drug task force gets more teeth, new name
Bhagwant Mann says Anti-Narcotics Task Force will be equipped with additional manpower, resources and technology to combat drug menace
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
PM’s review by month-end, Punjab puts land acquisition on fast lane
Nearly 17 kilometres of land for the project was acquired in the past week in Punjab, with more than 25km acquired this month.
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 07:04 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Nabha jailbreak mastermind extradited from Hong Kong
5-member Punjab Police team brings back Ramanjit Singh, alias Romy, to Delhi, will be produced in Nabha court
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Punjab: Nabha jailbreak mastermind Romy extradited from Hong Kong
Punjab Police team, comprising AIG CID, Patiala, Harvinder Virk and Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) DSP Bikram Brar, brings back 2016 jailbreak accused Ramanjit Singh, alias Romy, to Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi on Thursday evening.
Published on Aug 22, 2024 04:51 PM IST
Rajya Sabha bypoll: BJP fields Ravneet Bittu from Rajasthan
BJP has nominated Ravneet Singh Bittu for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Rajasthan, set for September 3. Bittu, a former Congress leader, is currently Union minister of state.
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 08:44 AM IST
PIT-NDPS Act: Proposals awaiting nod, Punjab Police mull approaching MHA
Last week, NCB managed to detain three smugglers after getting sanctions from the Union home ministry
Updated on Aug 19, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
2 more smugglers detained under PIT-NDPS Act, sent to Assam jail
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday detained two drug smugglers Akshay Chhabra and Jaspal Singh, alias Goldy, under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act and sent them to Dibrugarh Jail in Assam.
Published on Aug 17, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Land acquisition hurdles puts brakes on NHAI projects in Punjab
Apart from the law and order situation, the land acquisition problems in Punjab are the major reason for the stalling of the National Highway projects, especially the Delhi-Katra Expressway projects.
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 08:40 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Drug smuggler Billa Havellian detained under PIT-NDPS Act, sent to Assam jail
Invoking the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act for the first time in Punjab, the police, in a joint operation with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), took notorious drug smuggler Balwinder Singh, alias Billa Sarpanch, alias Billa Havellian, into preventive custody and sent him to Dibrugarh Jail, Assam.
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 06:14 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
8 PWD officials, contractor booked for ‘misappropriation’ of ₹11.5 crore
Eight officials of the public works department (PWD) have been booked for allegedly making excess payments to the tune of ₹11.5 crore to a contractor for the construction of the judicial complex in SBS Nagar. The contractor — Ms Tung Builders — has also been booked.
Updated on Aug 12, 2024 06:24 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Gadkari urges Punjab CM to take action on threats to NHAI contractors
Minister says if the situation does not improve, NHAI will have no other option but to cancel/terminate eight other severely affected projects spanning 293 km and costing ₹14,288 crore
Published on Aug 10, 2024 02:00 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Punjab Police nabs kingpin of international drug smuggling case
Punjab Police said the accused, Simranjot Sandhu, used his international links to play a major role in smuggling drugs into India and other European countries
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 12:21 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Drug inspector under scanner for links with smugglers deposited ₹2 cr in parents’ accounts: STF probe
STF probe has further released that the accused had deposited a similar amount in the accounts of his in-laws and teenage daughter
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 06:42 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Nihangs caught on wrong side of law
Hacking of a shopkeeper to death allegedly by nihangs on Tuesday at Patti town of Tarn Taran district over a monitory dispute is not an isolated incident. There has been a disturbing rise in such incidents in the past few years where they have taken law into their hands and killed at least five persons and injured many in the name of “on-the-spot justice”
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 06:36 AM IST
BJP rejig: After Rajasthan & Bihar, all eyes on Punjab
A Congress veteran and former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Sunil Jakhar, joined the BJP in 2022 and was appointed state chief on July 4, 2023.
Updated on Aug 01, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
84% posts vacant, Punjab govt plans ₹80K monthly incentive for super-specialists
The idea aims to increase the retention rate by making the salary competitive with what they get in the private sector. According to a senior health official, the monthly salary of a super-specialist in a private hospital ranges between ₹2.5 lakh and ₹3.5 lakh whereas they hardly get ₹1.20 lakh per month in the government institutions.
Updated on Aug 01, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Loan repayment, no RDF a double whammy for cash-strapped Punjab mandi board
The board, which oversees the expenditure of RDF, hasn’t received funds from Centre since 2021 and is also repaying loans raised by previous Congress govt
Updated on Jul 26, 2024 08:36 AM IST
Thrust on technology to curb road mishaps, nail offenders, says ADGP Rai
Till now, the attempts to improve traffic management has been ad hoc in nature and therefore they haven’t borne much fruit, says additional director general of police (traffic and road safety) AS Rai.
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Eye on drug cases, Punjab govt to double STF’s strength
More police personnel, having training in technical investigations, will be deployed with the Special Task Force.
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 06:42 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
200 inmates running drug racket from jails shifted to Bathinda’s ‘dead zone’
Authorities have shifted 200 inmates lodged in prisons across Punjab to Bathinda Central Jail, a “dead zone” where there is no signal to operate mobile phones.
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 05:04 AM IST
Punjab sees spurt in Ice drug seizures
Rise in Ice drug recovery poses new challenge for Punjab Police as supply of heroin decreases due to Taliban control over opium cultivation in Afghanistan.
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 09:00 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh:
2015 police firing: 5 yrs after suspension, Punjab govt reinstates Umranangal
The Punjab government on Thursday reinstated inspector general of police-rank officer Paramraj Singh Umranangal, more than five years after his arrest and suspension in the 2015 Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura firing cases in the aftermath of Bargari sacrilege incidents
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:32 AM IST
To disrupt drug supply chain: Punjab cops take over 900 peddlers into preventive custody
As per the data accessed by Hindustan Times, most of the arrests have been made from Tarn Taran, followed by Amritsar Rural and Gurdaspur police districts. Police refused to share district-wise breakup since the drive was still ongoing.
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Amritpal to be back in Assam jail after taking oath as MP on Friday
Though the NSA detainee has been sanctioned up to four days of temporary release, the radical Sikh preacher will be flown back to Dibrugarh jail after he is administered the oath in the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chamber.
Updated on Jul 04, 2024 04:57 PM IST