Manish Chandra Pandey is a Lucknow-based assistant editor with Hindustan Times’ political bureau in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Along with political reporting, he loves to write off beat/human interest stories that people connect with. Manish also covers departments. He feels he has a lot to learn not just from veterans but from the newcomers who make him realise that there is so much to unlearn
Articles by Manish Chandra Pandey
Uttar Pradesh government’s cultural policy on anvil, to be in sync with Centre’s
Online digital directory of groups that enact the Ram Leela or local folk singers to be formed, cultural centres will be set up at panchayat level
Updated on May 18, 2023 11:28 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
BJP’s Kamal Mitras to connect with women in each Lok Sabha constituency
Ahead of 2024 polls, these campaigners will be trained to impart details of 15 women-centric schemes of the central government in nine languages
Updated on May 18, 2023 10:32 PM IST
BJP has golden numbers to roll out big ticket projects in UP ahead of 2024 LS polls
The saffron party has notched up numbers it never had earlier in various municipal corporations of UP. The party could readmit those who had rebelled, contested as independents and won the civic polls. If that happens, the BJP’s overall strength in the corporations would go up further
Updated on May 16, 2023 08:57 PM IST
Yogi’s sway key factor behind BJP’s sweep in UP mayor elections
The UP urban local body polls were used by all major political parties to experiment and test the mood of the urban voters before the 2024.
Updated on May 15, 2023 02:36 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
BJP win in U.P. civic polls cushions impact of K’nataka jolt
The BJP also won in several minority-dominated areas for the first time – its win in Suar assembly seat in Muslim-dominated Rampur in the assembly by-poll, for instance, means Samajwadi Party’s third straight loss to the BJP in its bastion.
Updated on May 14, 2023 01:16 AM IST
Battle for UP bypolls: Azam Khan talks tough in Rampur, it’s ‘bahu vs beti’ in Mirzapur
A tough contest is expected in Rampur’s Suar assembly seat where Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam have campaigned for the Samajwadi Party while BJP despite leaving the seat for its ally Apna Dal (S) has actively campaigned. BJP has left the Chhanbey seat too for its ally where sympathy factor is on play
Updated on May 10, 2023 01:33 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
Parties using Uttar Pradesh civic elections to feel pulse for 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Muslim voting pattern of key interest in the two-phase urban local bodies’ elections that will begin in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday
Updated on May 03, 2023 11:10 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
BJP ups ante against SP as Nitish Kumar meets Akhilesh
Samajwadi Party says it would file a defamation case against those responsible for the musical video put out by the BJP, in which Akhilesh was mentioned
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 10:25 PM IST
Nitish Kumar to meet Akhilesh Yadav amid talk of broad coalition against BJP
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Kumar’s deputy, Tejashwi Yadav, was also expected to attend the meeting between leaders of the key parties of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 01:03 PM IST
UP civic polls: BJP to showcase firm resolve against criminals
As this is the last big political exercise to assess the mood of the urban electorate ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP and its top leadership are set to use the ‘mafia tamed in Yogi 2.0’ line to convince people of the restoration of rule of law under the BJP
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 01:26 AM IST
Dalit politics takes centre stage: Now, UP BJP to raise ‘Lucknow guest house incident’
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has tasked its SC/ST wing to connect with Dalits and tell them how the BJP had saved Maya from being targeted by a mob comprising SP cadre.
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:24 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
Tariq Mansoor resigns as AMU V-C after nomination as UP MLC
Once Mansoor takes oath as a member of the legislative council, he will become BJP’s fourth Muslim MLC in the 100-member House
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 10:54 PM IST
Civic polls in UP: Revised reservation criteria, changing fortunes
Much has changed since December 5 , when the Yogi 2.0 govt first issued notification. For instance, the Lucknow mayor’s seat, which was reserved for women in 2017, declared a general seat in December 5 notification has again been reserved for women, forcing parties to rechart the selection process
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 10:37 PM IST
Maya raises student suicides, blames ‘caste exploitation’
Government neglect, lack of rule of law and increasing caste exploitation are leading to increasing cases of suicide in higher educational institutes. The governments need to take urgent steps to check the trend, Maya said.
Published on Mar 16, 2023 01:59 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh: BJP brainstorms over Mission Opposition at core committee meeting
Possible MLC picks for six vacancies, organisational changes and party plan for civic polls also likely to have been discussed at the BJP core committee meeting at CM Yogi Adityanath’s official residence in Lucknow
Updated on Mar 05, 2023 12:56 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
Prayagraj killings: Maya could show the door to Atiq’s wife
In a tweet on Saturday, Mayawati advocated strong action against the guilty in the Prayagraj killing in which unidentified assailants shot dead Umesh Pal and his security personnel
Published on Feb 26, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
After Abdullah’s disqualification, BJP eyes expanding base in Rampur
BJP Rampur Sadar MLA Akash Saxena writes to EC, demands removal of Abdullah Azam’s name from the voter list
Published on Feb 17, 2023 12:30 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
FTAs will open up market access, help U.P.’s wineries: Piyush Goyal
There are many countries where people want to taste Indian wine and liquor, said the Union commerce and industry minister
Published on Feb 12, 2023 11:39 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
UP Global Investors Summit: LuLu group to set up food processing units, more malls in Uttar Pradesh
Investors from partner countries at UP Global Investors Summit said there has been a change in mindset about investing in Uttar Pradesh
Published on Feb 11, 2023 11:39 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
UP Global Investors Summit: Denmark to set up river lab in Varanasi, Singapore says it has pledged ₹29,000 crore investments
UP Global Investors Summit: Partner country leaders praise Yogi Adityanath for state’s image makeover
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 01:34 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
History is a living subject, should be revisited: Ashoka University chancellor
Ashoka University chancellor Rudrangshu Mukherjee strongly feels that mathematics and history both are among the worst taught subjects in most Indian schools, both suffer from same lacunae.
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 08:33 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
OBC politics plays out in UP, now deputy CM Maurya backs demand for caste census
The demand for a caste census is based on the premise that it would help the government rework social justice rollout and identify such caste groups that are unrepresented or underrepresented.
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 08:38 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
‘I’m happy a debate is on’, says SP leader Swami Maurya on Ramcharitmanas remark
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya recently courted a controversy after flagging some verses in the Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas as ‘anti-backward and anti-women’.
Updated on Feb 03, 2023 03:19 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh: BJP to connect with voters who have stayed away from party
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath and the party’s state president Bhupendra Chaudhary mentioned how “religious and caste barriers” had broken down in Uttar Pradesh because of the party’s ‘pro-poor’ push.
Published on Jan 22, 2023 11:57 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’ slogan has spread globally: Yogi Adityanath at BJP meet
BJP’s spectacular winning streak will continue, says Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath at the party’s state working committee meeting in Lucknow
Published on Jan 22, 2023 11:44 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
As stars revolt, walls closing in on ‘netaji’ who rules with an iron fist
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a six-time parliamentarian who first entered the Lok Sabha in 1991, is the sitting MP from Kaiserganj in UP.
Published on Jan 20, 2023 05:11 AM IST
The man facing Indian wrestling's greatest rebellion
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a six-time parliamentarian who first entered the Lok Sabha in 1991, is the sitting MP from Kaiserganj in UP
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 11:46 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh panel on OBC quota holds meet, says report in 3 months
The newly constituted five-member committee to decide the other backward classes (OBC) reservation in the Uttar Pradesh urban local body elections, on Saturday said it will take at least five to six months to complete the task
Published on Dec 31, 2022 10:38 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against Allahabad high court order on OBC quota in local body polls
The state government, in its appeal against the Allahabad high court’s December 27 order, said the HC wrongly quashed the December 5 draft notification which provided for reservation of seats in the urban body polls for OBCs apart from those for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women
Published on Dec 30, 2022 12:41 AM IST
UP forms panel on OBC quota after court order
Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday announced a five-member commission to look into the issue of other backward classes (OBC) reservation in local-body polls, barely a day after the Allahabad high court scrapped backward quotas and asked the government to go ahead with the polls.
Updated on Dec 29, 2022 04:54 AM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
