Pavneet Singh Chadha

Pavneet Singh Chadha is a media professional based in Delhi. He has over six years of experience in journalism, academia and content management. As a journalist, he has worked with English dailies - Hindustan Times and The Tribune - and reported extensively on politics, crime, culture, society, municipalities and city specific issues in Chandigarh, Mohali and Gurgaon. He has worked as a researcher with a think tank and written on international relations, geopolitical developments and conflicts and terrorism. He also has experience in conducting seminars, round table discussions and liaising with media and publications.

Tribuneindia News Service •

Cracker of an idea

THERE’S no smoke without fire, right? Not always, ask Dr Samrat Ghosh, assistant professor at the department of chemical sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali. The ‘bomb specialist’ — the moniker is thanks to his band of researcher-students — has developed a prototype of a smoke-free firecracker. So, add more of zeitgeist to all your celebrations, if you’d like. It promises an alternative to pollution-causing traditional firecrackers. The prototype ‘
Hindustan Times •

Sohna to vote for development

Located at a distance of over 25 kilometres from the Millennium City, Sohna changes character as one drives past the high-rise corporate offices, half-built condominiums and several private educational institutions that adorn the sides of the Sohna Road. As one approaches the main town, the buildings, which have come up over the last decade, give way to vast open spaces and old tombs. The road that leads up to the main town offers a clear picture of its past, of villages still trying to keep p
Hindustan Times •

Meet city’s super cop, a pooch with an acute sense of smell

Gurugram It is 11.30 on a December morning. In a daring heist pulled off overnight, a jewellery store in Sector 14 has been robbed, and the loot is estimated to be worth several crores. The police say the thieves had climbed on to the terrace of the store using knotted ropes and broken a door, before drilling their way into the strong room. Several policemen from the crime branch are combing the crime scene. Tom arrives in a police control room van with two associates and inspects the hole dril
Hindustan Times •

1,200 cops, 1 week, 3 cities: How Gurugram cops nailed a ‘serial killer’

A week to the day a three-year-old girl’s unclad body was found in a room in Sector 66, the man accused of raping, torturing and bludgeoning her to death was arrested from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh after the Gurugram Police launched a massive manhunt, pressing into service 1,200 cops from across police stations and crime units for round-the-clock combing operations in Gwalior, Jhansi and Delhi. The police on Tuesday said the accused man, 20-year-old accused Sunil Kumar, was a ‘serial killer’ and