Neha Pant
Neha Pant is a senior correspondent at Hindustan Times based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She writes on a range of topics including civic issues, urban development, politics, health, women and youth issues, culture and lifestyle.
Articles by Neha Pant
Coming up in Doon, a forensic lab to examine cyber crime evidence
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON FEB 01, 2018 10:39 PM IST
Dehradun will house the laboratory -- the first such facility in the state
Civic election: Poll panel doubles expenditure limit for candidates
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 31, 2018 09:40 PM IST
The state election commission on Wednesday doubled the expenditure limit for campaigning for candidates who wish to contest the upcoming civic polls in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand gets ‘in principle agreement’ for ADB loan
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 31, 2018 08:52 PM IST
The Uttarakhand government has received “in principle agreement” for grant of loan from the Asian Development Bank for infrastructure development works in the hill state
Bend it like Panwars: Uttarakhand brother-sister duo shine for FC Pune City
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON FEB 05, 2018 06:02 PM IST
Sahil and Raksha Panwar, a brother-sister footballer duo from Dehradun are living the dream in the ongoing Indian Super League tournament, with both plying their trade for FC Pune City.
After a dramatic car chase, police nabs five cattle smugglers from UP in Doon
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 30, 2018 09:24 PM IST
The men from Saharanapur were wanted in connection with the kidnapping of a Dehradun girl and sexual assault on another
Traffic rules go for a toss in Cong bike rally in Dehradun
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2018 10:18 PM IST
Cong workers give helmets a miss, indulge in triple riding in open violation of law
Congress turns to ‘octopus posters’ to fire salvo at BJP
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2018 08:46 PM IST
Ahead of its mega bike rally here on January 29, the Congress has fired a fresh salvo at the ruling BJP through a series of caricature posters
‘Drunk’ man vandalises idols at Dehradun temple, locals want culprit arrested
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2018 08:27 PM IST
As the news spread in the state capital, a number of locals led by right wing activists rushed to the spot demanding immediate police action against the culprit.
Doctors ‘socially adopt’ Doon transgender who wants sex reassignment surgery
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2018 06:42 PM IST
Hounded for being ‘queer’, a transgender has finally found some solace after doctors at one of Dehradun’s leading hospitals decided to fund his medical needs and even raise funds for a surgery to change his gender.
In the heart of Doon, a British-era well shrouded in oblivion
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 24, 2018 09:47 PM IST
In the heart of the state capital, a British-era well - almost two centuries old - lies shrouded in oblivion and forgotten by most even though it is situated right next to the office of district collectorate.
Congress turns heat on BJP over ‘farmer suicide’ in Uttarakhand
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JAN 24, 2018 09:38 PM IST
After suicide by a debt-ridden Haldwani transporter, who’d blamed demonetization and GST for his losses earlier this month, the Congress now turned the heat on the ruling BJP over the latest in a series of alleged farmer suicides in the state
Uttarakhand pins hope on Centre for revival of ADB-funded works
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JAN 23, 2018 09:37 PM IST
The Uttarakhand government is pinning hope on the Centre for revival of Asian Development Bank funded works, the loan period for which came to an end on Tuesday
Congress lashes out at BJP for ‘saffronizing’ waste plant’s launch
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 23, 2018 09:21 PM IST
The construction work of the plant started in October 2016 after a delay of about eight years since the project’s conceptualisation in 2008.
Harassed on Doon buses? Blow whistle to raise alarm
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2018 10:30 PM IST
Delimitation of wards over, Congress steps in to woo new voters in Uttarakhand
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2018 10:11 PM IST
With the process of delimitation of wards over for 86 urban local bodies, the state Congress has jumped in to join the race for adding ‘new voters’ ahead of the civic polls
Ahead of Doon waste plant launch, BJP takes steps to avert protests at CM function
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2018 09:53 PM IST
The BJP has jumped into action to avert any “embarrassment” to it and its government when the chief minister inaugurates Uttarakhand’s first waste processing plant on Dehradun’s outskirts on January 23
Nigerian, NE man arrested from Delhi for duping property dealer
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2018 10:01 PM IST
Former state Congress chief looks to find ways to ‘save Uttarakhand’
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2018 08:48 PM IST
Many activists and intellectuals gathered to brainstorm on pertinent issues facing the state.
Activists want stringent rules to save village land from real estate agents
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2018 10:11 PM IST
The activists urged chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to introduce rules on the lines of Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act.
With no deterrent, parking spaces in complexes being used as party halls, shops, storage points in Doon
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2018 09:54 PM IST
Despite dearth of parking spaces, parking lots in a number of commercial complexes in Dehradun are being used for other purposes
Woman drug peddler arrested in Doon, second in two days
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2018 09:35 PM IST
A woman drug peddler was caught in Dehradun’s Sahaspur area with over 1.6 kg of charas in her possession on Tuesday, making her the second woman drug dealer to be arrested in two days in the district
Congress to study note ban impact in Uttarakhand’s industrial belts
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 15, 2018 09:19 PM IST
Dehradun police grills wanted gangster of Punjab
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2018 09:14 PM IST
Harsimrandeep Singh was remanded to two-day police custody by a Dehradun court on Sunday.
From Nabha jailbreak aides to Punjab gangster: criminals chose Dehradun as a hideout
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 14, 2018 08:46 PM IST
Transporter’s death: Government’s credibility at stake, says Indira Hridayesh
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 13, 2018 08:45 PM IST
Leader of the Opposition Indira Hridayesh on Saturday said the BJP government’s credibility was at stake for evading the responsibility of providing financial aid to the family of debt-ridden transporter Prakash Pandey
Doon activist urges PM to ban plastic toys given with fast food
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2018 09:11 PM IST
Activist Ajay Kumar had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November, urging him to ban plastic toys that are given as freebies with packaged snack items.
Two interstate sex determination rackets busted in U’khand in 6 months, both with Haryana links
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2018 09:09 PM IST
Two interstate sex determination rackets have been busted in Uttarakhand – both with links to Haryana which is notorious for its skewed sex ratio – within a span of six months
International cricket stadium in Dehradun awaits shot in arm
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 10, 2018 06:04 PM IST
Dehradun’s Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, which was made at a cost of ₹237 crore, has been lying in a state of disuse in the absence of a private partner to maintain and run the facility
Unused international cricket stadium in Dehradun awaits shot in the arm
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2018 12:27 PM IST
Unable to run the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Dehradun on its own due to the cost, the Uttarakhand government decided to hand it over to a private operator to maintain it. Three tenders have been floated so far inviting interested private players, but with slow movement of government machinery, final selection of a private operator is yet to be made.
Meet the Martians: Doon students undertake three Mars simulation missions in 6 months
By Neha Pant | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2018 11:57 AM IST
N Adhithiyan and Rohan Chandra, both third-year aerospace engineering students at Dehradun’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, represented India at the Poland Mars Analogue Simulation in the east European country last year. This was followed by two remote simulation missions for US-based projects.
