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Pankaj Jaiswal

Pankaj Jaiswal

Pankaj Jaiswal is Chief of Bureau, Uttar Pradesh and covers politics. His continued interest in rural, distress, and development journalism, fetched him a handful of prestigious awards and fellowships. Pankaj is a photo-journalist too and tweets at @augustus29lotus

Articles by Pankaj Jaiswal

UP: Two Bareilly traders killed as car rams truck at illegal cut near Gajraula

Police said that the truck was driven by a resident of Ropar in Punjab, who was transporting boiler equipment for a sugar mill to the Chandausi area (Representative photo)

Published on Oct 31, 2025 11:38 am IST

Pakistan not only harbours terrorism but is directly involved in it: Yogi Adityanath

Continuing his criticism of Pakistan, Adityanath said that the armed forces gave Pakistan a befitting reply. (ANI file photo)

Published on May 09, 2025 11:33 am IST

Budget 2025-26 speech: Verse-wise UP fin min’s couplets makes even Oppn smile

Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna (HT File Photo)

Published on Feb 21, 2025 04:00 am IST

Ahead of U. P. bypolls, Yogi, Akhilesh fire fresh salvos as war of words escalates

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. (FILE PHOTOS)

Published on Sept 19, 2024 09:38 pm IST

Unlikely victory that jolted BJP’s Hindutva push

Samajwadi Party MP from Faizabad constituency Awadhesh Prasad at the Parliament House complex during the first session of 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 25. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 16, 2024 06:24 am IST

Will Samajwadi Party field its Faizabad winner’s son in Uttar Pradesh assembly bypoll?

Samajwadi Party’s Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad. (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 08:14 am IST

Hry, Maha polls likely to be test of SP-Cong alliance dharma

The polls for the 90-member Haryana assembly, the 228-member Maharasthra Assembly, besides the UP bypolls will show the roadmap for the SP-Congress alliance within the INDIA bloc. (File Photo)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 08:26 am IST

SP, Cong seat-sharing likely to continue in U.P. assembly bypolls

INDIA bloc partners the SP and the Cong jointly won 43 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (For Representation)

Updated on Jun 14, 2024 05:30 am IST

SP to seek membership cancellation of rebel MLAs who cross-voted in RS polls

Rebel SP MLAs, including Manoj Pandey (in cap), with UP deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and minister Dayashankar Singh during polling for the Rajya Sabha polls in Lucknow. (HT file)

Updated on Jun 07, 2024 08:49 pm IST

Akhilesh Yadav man of the moment, SP single-largest party in UP, 3rd in country

A Samajwadi Party supporter carries portraits of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. (AP PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 05, 2024 06:25 am IST

Samajwadi Party registers best-ever performance in Lok Sabha elections

A Samajwadi Party supporter in Lucknow on Tuesday. (AP)

Published on Jun 04, 2024 08:23 pm IST

Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni faces tough contest in Kheri, SP has a lead

Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 12:53 pm IST

Riding on Modi show of strength in Kashi, BJP seeks consolidation in Purvanchal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union home minister Amit Shah, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and BJP national president JP Nadda leaves after filing his nomination for Lok Sabha elections, in Varanasi, Tuesday. (PTI Photo)

Published on May 14, 2024 09:52 pm IST

Kashi soaked in festivity as PM holds mega road show

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with UP CM Yogi Adityanath during a road show in Varanasi on Monday. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 14, 2024 07:06 am IST

Modi to file nomination today, holds roadshow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Varanasi on Monday. (PTI)

Updated on May 14, 2024 06:14 am IST

SP fields sitting BJP MP against Anupriya Patel

Anupriya Patel (File)

Published on May 12, 2024 10:31 pm IST

BJP’s 400+ slogan a realistic one, INDIA bloc’s X-ray desire will lead to recession: Rajnath Singh

Defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh says the lower turnout is not against the BJP. (Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 07, 2024 04:02 pm IST

Restive opposition camp breathes easy with Rahul Gandhi’s Rae Bareli candidature

Rahul Gandhi with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh last month. (Ajay Aggarwal/ HT Photo)

Updated on May 03, 2024 04:22 pm IST

Election in Pincodes: In cradle of Yadav politics, battle for legacy and future

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s under-construction memorial in Safai.

Updated on May 02, 2024 05:19 am IST

SP names Tej Pratap as its Kannauj pick, rests speculations on Akhilesh

SP names Tej Pratap as its Kannauj pick, rests speculations on Akhilesh (file)

Updated on Apr 23, 2024 08:18 am IST

Caste census like X-Ray, will get it done if voted to power: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at a joint rally in UP’s Amroha on April 20. (HT photo)

Updated on Apr 21, 2024 03:37 am IST

A dilemma or strategy? Akhilesh maintains suspense over Kannauj

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav (HT File)

Updated on Apr 19, 2024 06:32 am IST

BJP, SP in a war of words over contrasting perceptions on Mukhtar

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at the latter's residence, in Ghazipur, Sunday (PTI)

Updated on Apr 08, 2024 06:40 am IST

Will it be another son-rise in SP this LS poll in Uttar Pradesh?

Senior SP leader Shivpal Yadav’s son Aditya Yadav. (Sourced)

Updated on Apr 03, 2024 05:58 am IST

Samajwadi Party Rampur-Moradabad drama sows seeds of Azam Khan-Akhilesh Yadav rift?

Akhilesh Yadav has been under fire for not championing the jailed Azam Khan’s cause with the expected zeal. (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 29, 2024 06:38 am IST

In NDA vs INDIA contest, four pockets of likely resistance in Uttar Pradesh’s saffron pollscape

Since the party’s inception in 1992, the SP held sway in the Mainpuri, Firozabad, Etawah and Kannauj belt, collectively known as Yadavland . (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 17, 2024 05:26 am IST

Rahul aur Akhilesh ki khaatir...SP, Cong strike musical note

The video version of the song has clips from the joint show that Akhilesh and Rahul put up in Agra on February 25 when the former joined Rahul’s Nyay Yatra in Taj City; more campaign songs are in the works (File Photo)

Updated on Mar 13, 2024 09:03 pm IST

Rebels play spoilsport for SP, seven cross-vote, one abstains

Samajwadi party MLAs Manoj Pandey, Rakesh Pratap Singh and Abhay Singh, along with UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and minister Dayashankar Singh (Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 28, 2024 07:10 am IST

Rajya Sabha polls in U.P.: Pallavi Patel votes for SP, says PDA is her soul

Apna Dal (K) leader and Samajwadi Party’s Sirathu (Kaushambi) MLA Pallavi Patel waving during the Rajya Sabha polls in Lucknow on February 27. (HT photo)

Updated on Feb 28, 2024 05:10 am IST

RS Polls: A tale of crossover voting, breach of trust and upset

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Alok Ranjan with party MLAs after the polling (HT Photo)

Published on Feb 27, 2024 10:47 pm IST

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