Kalyan Das covers crime, transport, human rights and central government offices from Bhopal and Indore.
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Uttarakhand elections: BJP drops 10 sitting MLAs in first list
The ruling BJP on Thursday dropped 10 sitting MLAs and gave tickets to all 11 ministers in the first list of candidates for the assembly elections in Uttarakhand.
Published on Jan 21, 2022 12:11 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
Uttarakhand polls: BJP announces list of 59 candidates, drops 10 sitting MLAs
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, his 11 cabinet colleagues and the BJP Uttarakhand president Madan Kaushik have been given tickets to contest from their constituencies without a change
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 04:10 PM IST
Will not contest Uttarakhand elections: Trivendra Singh Rawat
In a letter to BJP national president JP Nadda, Rawat wrote that he wanted to dedicate his time “to ensuring the return of BJP in power in the 2022 polls”.
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 05:41 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
Expelled Uttarakhand minister for seeking two tickets: BJP
Harak Singh Rawat denied having asked for two tickets and added the party believed some social media reports of him joining Congress
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 04:44 PM IST
Haridwar hate speech: Seer Narsinghanand booked for assaulting 3 reporters
The seer, meanwhile, was sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the hate speeches he made at a three-day-long Dharm Sansad in Haridwar on December 17-19.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:27 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
Seer Narsinghanand held in Haridwar hate speech case
This is the second arrest in the case registered on December 23 after public uproar as videos of the event were widely circulated on social media and after the Supreme Court sought a response from the state government on what it had done about the alleged hate speeches
Updated on Jan 16, 2022 01:21 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
First arrest made in the hate speech case
This is the first arrest in the case registered on December 23 after public uproar as videos of the event were widely circulated on social media and comes a day after the Supreme Court sought a response from the state government on what it had done about the alleged hate speeches made at the Dharam Sansad (religious parliament).
Published on Jan 14, 2022 06:36 AM IST
Accused No 1 in Haridwar hate speech case arrested, others sent notice
Jitendra Narayan Tyagi’s arrest comes a day after the Supreme Court issued notice to the state government on a plea demanding stringent action against those involved in making hate speeches at the religious event held in Haridwar last month
Published on Jan 13, 2022 09:04 PM IST
Sandeep Rawat and Kalyan Das
Bulli Bai app case: 3rd accused arrested from Uttarakhand
Hundreds of Muslim women, including vocal activists or top professionals, were listed for “auction” along with their photographs sourced without permission
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 11:44 AM IST
Vijay Kumar Yadav, Kalyan Das
GitHub row: 18-year-old U'khand woman, Bengaluru engineering student arrested
The arrests were made by Mumbai Police, which is probing two such controversial webpages hosted on the code sharing platform, GitHub. The first web page was floated in July 2021 and the second, Bulli Bai, surfaced on January 1.
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 06:04 AM IST
Manish K Pathak & Kalyan Das, Hindustan Times, Mumbai/dehradun
Uttarakhand girl arrested in Bulli Bai app case is a class 12 pass-out. She’s 18
Bulli Bai app case: The Mumbai police team is waiting for a female police officer to reach Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur town to accompay the 18-year-old to Mumbai where a case was registered on Sunday.
Updated on Jan 04, 2022 07:27 PM IST
Kalyan Das
Haridwar event: 5-member SIT set up to probe hate speech case
A five-member special investigation team (SIT) was constituted on Sunday by Uttarakhand Police to probe the hate speeches at a religious gathering in Haridwar
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 05:59 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Hindustan Times, Dehradun
10 days after FIR, SIT set up for ‘fair and unbiased’ probe in Haridwar speeches
Haridwar hate speeches: The Uttarakhand Police said a five-member SIT led by a superintendent of police (SP) has been formed “for a fair and unbiased probe” into the December 23 FIR registered for hate speeches at the Dharma Sansad event in Haridwar.
Published on Jan 02, 2022 01:47 PM IST
Yati Narsinghanand and another seer named in U’khand hate speech FIR
The number of people accused of giving hate speeches at a three-day religious congregation rose to five in the complaint filed at the Kotwali police station in Haridwar.
Updated on Jan 01, 2022 11:21 PM IST
Forces’ ex-chiefs write to President, PM Modi on Haridwar, Delhi hate speeches
The letter has also been addressed to CJI NV Ramana, home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla.
Updated on Jan 01, 2022 04:46 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
Modi in U'khand: Cong ignored development despite knowing its a border state
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Haridwar in the poll-bound state, his second poll-related programme in Uttarakhand.
Published on Dec 30, 2021 11:50 PM IST
Ankur SharmaKalyan Das, Haldwani/dehradun
Top cop seeks report after officer is seen laughing with hate speech accused
Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar has sought a report from Haridwar’s senior police superintendent over a video that purportedly showed an investigation officer sharing a laugh with the Dharam Sansad hate speech accused
Published on Dec 29, 2021 04:35 PM IST
Haridwar hate speech case: 2 summoned; accused files cross-complaint
Notices have been served to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, previously known as Wasim Rizvi, and Pooja Shakun Pandey, alias Annapurna Maa. However, a similar notice couldn’t be served to the third accused, Dharamdas Maharaj.
Updated on Dec 29, 2021 07:04 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
Police yet to summon accused in Haridwar hate speech case
“Police haven’t yet send notices to the three named accused so far in the case to record their statements,” said inspector Rakendra Kataith, station house officer of Haridwar Kotwali police station, where a case was registered on December 23.
Updated on Dec 28, 2021 03:35 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Hindustan Times, Dehradun
Police add names of two more seers in Haridwar hate speech case
The Haridwar police in its ongoing probe of the case against accused seers who allegedly delivered hate speeches against minorities during a three-day event in the city, have added names of two more seers in the case, said police on Sunday morning
Updated on Dec 26, 2021 11:56 AM IST
Day after minister Harak Rawat walks out of cabinet, Dhami says issue resolved
State BJP chief Madan Kaushik and MLA Umang Sharma were among the other leaders who termed reports of Harak Singh Rawat’s exit as ’baseless’
Updated on Dec 26, 2021 02:16 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Hindustan Times, Dehradun
‘He hasn’t resigned, issue is resolved’: Uttarakhand minister’s close aide
On Friday, minister Harak Singh Rawat stormed out of the cabinet meeting citing “government inaction” on proposed medical college in his constituency
Published on Dec 25, 2021 12:13 PM IST
Uttarakhand minister storms out of cabinet meet, BJP says he hasn’t resigned
BJP party state president Madan Kaushik dismissed reports of Rawat’s resignation.
Updated on Dec 25, 2021 03:55 AM IST
Haridwar case: Police verifying videos and identifying seers
A day after it registered a criminal case against several people, Uttarakhand Police on Friday said it is verifying videos of a controversial religious event, where speakers allegedly made hate speeches in Haridwar last week, “to gather evidence against the accused and add more names in the case”
Updated on Dec 25, 2021 03:48 AM IST
Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh storms out of cabinet meeting, says I resign
Uttarakhand government spokesperson and minister Subodh Uniyal denied that Harak Singh Rawat has resigned. He, however, added that Harak Singh was unhappy over an issue. State BJP chief Madan Kaushik said the party will resolve any issue.
Published on Dec 25, 2021 12:26 AM IST
Kalyan Das and Neeraj Santoshi
U'khand polls: Some parties dividing people for vote bank politics, says PM Modi
“There are some political parties in the country which have always created a divide in the society to appease a section,“ PM Modi said ahead of February 2022 assembly polls in Uttarakhand.
Updated on Dec 05, 2021 05:03 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
PM Modi to launch key corridor in Uttarakhand today
Political analysts said, the ruling BJP will once again depend on the “charisma” of PM Modi to help them win a second consecutive term in the state. The party has planned at least six more rallies of the PM, besides the one in Dehradun on Saturday, before the elections.
Updated on Dec 04, 2021 06:48 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Hindustan Times, Dehradun
Uttarakhand withdraws Char Dham Act ahead of polls
The Uttarakhand government analysed the report before taking the decision as per a Cabinet subcommittee’s recommendations.
Updated on Nov 30, 2021 11:17 PM IST
Seminar on infrastructure building in Uttarakhand, HP border areas held
On the first day of the seminar, the experts from WIHG, BRO, IIT-R and IIRS spoke on the technical and geological aspects of infrastructure development in the border areas of the two Himalayan states near the Line of Actual Control
Published on Nov 27, 2021 11:10 AM IST
Political parties look to change narrative in poll-bound Uttarakhand
The imposition of three farm laws was a major issue in Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar districts, which has sizeable Sikh and Punjabi farmer population, and the ruling BJP had been trying to counter the Congress campaign in the districts
Updated on Nov 20, 2021 02:16 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Hindustan Times, Dehradun