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
Mall cuture in UP villages too
Not many know that malls exist in villages too and they are growing faster in numbers than the urban ones. These rural malls are posh, sleek and are driven by state-of-the-art technology akin to urban malls.
Updated on Jul 13, 2010 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
NREGA to statehood, musically
A rural boy band is making waves in Bundelkhand region. The boys entertain in regional dialect though none of their songs are romantic. The group is christened 'Sur Lehariya' and says its music is of 'awareness' genre.
Updated on Jun 27, 2010 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Banda
Rahul Gandhi is clean-shaven again
There is news for those of Rahul Gandhi's female fans who didn't like his bearded look --- the scion to the Gandhi legacy is clean shaven again, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on May 11, 2010 02:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal
Bill Gates in UP villages with Rahul Gandhi
American business magnate, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates accompanied by AICC general secretary, Rahul Gandhi met rural women in Rae Bareli and Sultanpur today. Bill Gates' foundation is expected to strike a partnership with Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust that runs welfare activities in both the districts. Pankaj Jaiswal reports.
Updated on May 11, 2010 12:41 PM IST
Pankaj Jaiswal, Jais (rae Bareli)
Heritage walk in other UP cities as well
Enthused with the successful take-off of Lucknow Heritage Walk, the UP Tourism Department now plans to run similar heritage walks in Agra, Varanasi, Mathura, Kanpur and a few other cities of the state.
Updated on May 10, 2010 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent/Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
US eyes UP
The United States (US) seems to be getting closer to Uttar Pradesh (UP). It’s evident from back-to-back visits of two American dignitaries — Melinda Gates and Erin Soto — to the state.
Updated on May 02, 2010 11:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Where tribals kill hunger with flowers
Most children belonging to the 400 tribal families in the foothills of the Vindhyas in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district have a prominent rib cage or a heavily protruding belly — both signs of severe malnutrition. Pankaj Jaiswal reports.
Updated on Apr 18, 2010 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Banda (uttar Pradesh)
‘Feel light, didn’t stay at Bachchans’
In a statement that shows a lukewarm attitude towards the Bachchans, expelled Samajwadi Party member Amar Singh wrote on his blog on Saturday: “This time during my Mumbai visit I did not stay at the Bachchans’ residence. I feel light.”
Updated on Jun 29, 2012 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Banks that provide insulation against hunger!
Here's an insurance against hunger in the times of drought. Villages in drought-afflicted Bundelkhand region of both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are increasingly having 'grain banks' against hunger. A report by Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Apr 10, 2010 02:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Banda/tikamgarh
Mulayam not sorry, justifies 'sexist' remarks
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday in reference to his recent 'sexist remark' said that it was a thought-after and deliberate one and indeed led to the effect he desired. He said it was not a slip of tongue, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Mar 25, 2010 04:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Gates takes away a key from Indian villagers
Melinda Gates, the co-chair and trustee of Bill & Milenda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday, took a 'key' away from illiterate villagers living 85 kilometers from the state capital.
Updated on Mar 24, 2010 06:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Bhuli Gadha Rampur, Shivgarh
Mulayam fears an all-women parliament
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav explained the calculation in a press conference in Lucknow today and said: "representation of men in the parliament and state assemblies would drop to zero (negligible) after two elections." Pankaj Jaiswal reports.
Updated on Mar 14, 2010 05:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Women's Bill a conspiracy: Mulayam
Calling the Women's Reservation Bill a conspiracy, especially, against the Muslims, the Samajwadi Party president, 'feared' that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party would pass the bill in the Parliament tomorrow.
Updated on Mar 07, 2010 04:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Amar threatens Mulayam over corruption cases
The expelled Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh in Thursday's Azamgarh rally threatened SP president, Mulayam Singh Yadav over the corruption cases pending against the latter, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Feb 25, 2010 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Amar threatens Mulayam over corruption cases
The expelled Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh in Thursday's Azamgarh rally threatened SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav over the corruption cases pending against the latter.
Updated on Feb 25, 2010 10:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Fourth anniversary expose of rural job scheme in Bundelkhand
The national rural job guarantee scheme, despite its immense relevance in a crisis-ridden region like Bundelkhand , has proved irrelevant there.
Updated on Feb 24, 2010 08:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Fourth anniversary expose of rural job scheme in Bundelkhand
The national rural job guarantee scheme, despite its immense relevance in a crisis-ridden region like Bundelkhand, has proved irrelevant there. An audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), on its fourth anniversary, by an organised band of drought activists in the region indicates implementation failure.
Updated on Feb 23, 2010 10:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Fourth anniv expose of rural job scheme in Bundelkhand
The national rural job guarantee scheme, despite its immense relevance in a crisis-ridden region like Bundelkhand has proved irrelevant there. An audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), on its fourth anniversary, by an organized band of drought activists in the region indicates implementation failure, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Feb 23, 2010 05:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Sacked by SP, Amar Singh ‘relieved’
Ending its tenuous relationship with its former national general secretary Amar Singh and Lok Sabha member Jaya Prada, the Samajwadi Party expelled both of them for engaging in anti-party activities and damaging the SP’s socialist image by “infiltrating capitalism and communalism” into the party. Pankaj Jaiswal and Srinand Jha report. Balance sheet
Updated on Feb 03, 2010 10:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal & Srinand Jha, Lucknow / New Delhi
Amar Singh, Jaya Prada expelled from SP
Calling it a "capitalist and communalist invasion" Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday expelled former national general secretary, Amar Singh and MP Jaya Prada from the party. Four UP MLAs associated with Amar Singh have also been expelled. Pankaj Jaiswal reports.
Updated on Feb 03, 2010 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
An agriculture university that can not pay its teachers
Teachers at Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad are on a non-cooperation movement since December 17 last year, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Jan 25, 2010 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Teachers at Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology on strike
Teachers at Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad are on a non-cooperation movement since December 17 last year, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Jan 24, 2010 07:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Mulayam courts arrest in Lucknow
Leading an agitation against the rising prices of essential food items in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Mulayam Singh Yadav, 71, courted arrest. Pankaj Jaiswal reports.
Updated on Jan 19, 2010 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Mulayam Yadav taken into custody
The Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav was on Tuesday courted arrest along with thousands of his supporters in Lucknow. The police also resorted to repeated lathicharge around the SP headquarters
Updated on Jan 19, 2010 02:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT correspondent/Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Mulayam accepts Amar Singh's resignation
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav today accepted Amar Singh’s resignation from all posts. The letter of acceptance has been faxed to Singh who had been the national general secretary of the party, reports HT Correspondent.
Updated on Jan 18, 2010 01:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Lord Ram’s abode in search of an identity!
Spread across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Chitrakoot, the ‘Abode of Gods’, now wants an identity of its own – with the status of a free zone.
Updated on Jan 16, 2010 11:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Getting UP-ites hooked into eating fish
Can people used to gorge on mouth watering Avadhi kebabs be made to develop a taste for fish kebabs? The UP Fisheries department thinks it can. It would be rolling out Mobile Fish Parlous across the state in an attempt to get Upites hooked into eating fish, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Jan 13, 2010 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Amar Singh turns down Mulayam’s invite
Amar Singh on Tuesday turned down Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son, Akhilesh Yadav’s invitation to Saifai Mahotsav in Yadav’s ancestral village.
Updated on Jan 13, 2010 01:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Samajwadi Party's Saifai Mahotsava loses its USP
The political party's pet festival, Saifai Mahotsava, does not have any star attraction with the resignation of Amar Singh, who has Bollywood and corporate connections, reports Pankaj Jaiswal.
Updated on Jan 11, 2010 09:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Will Rahul Gandhi marry a Dalit, asks Ramdas Athavle
Republican Party of India-A president Ramdas Athavle said it was high time that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi got married to a Dalit girl considering his 'Dalit prem' (love for Dalits).
Updated on Jan 09, 2010 09:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow