Pawan Dixit has been a journalist for over a decade. He has extensively covered eastern UP for around five years, covered 2012 UP assembly polls, 2014 Lok Sabha polls while being stationed in Varanasi. Now, in Lucknow, he covers outstation political assignments, reports special cases from district court, high court and state information commission
Articles by Pawan Dixit
Investment summits in Uttar Pradesh: Local focus to pave the way for big gains
Uttar Pradesh government reaches out to investors by holding summits in the districts to propel the state’s economy
Updated on Feb 04, 2023 12:51 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Ram Lalla’s idol: Sculptors to test two rocks from Nepal
The two rocks from Nepal are referred to as Devshila (sacred rocks). Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust also has other stones as options for chiselling Ram Lalla’s idol and has sourced stones from Odisha and Karnataka as well.
Published on Feb 04, 2023 12:41 AM IST
Sculptors to test two rocks from Nepal for Ram Lalla idol
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has kept aside other options for chiselling Ram Lalla’s idol. These include stones from Odisha and Karnataka.
Published on Feb 03, 2023 11:45 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Rare Shaligram stones reach Ayodhya from Nepal, handed over to temple trust
The trust is likely to use them to carve the idol of Lord Ram and place it at the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple.
Updated on Feb 03, 2023 12:28 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
‘Happy to be out’: Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan after 28 months behind bars
Kappan was booked by the Uttar Pradesh government under the UAPA after being arrested from Mathura toll plaza, along with three others, while on his way to cover the Hathras gangrape in 2020
Updated on Feb 02, 2023 02:57 PM IST
Stones for Ram temple likely to reach Ayodhya from Nepal by early Feb
The shaligram stones found in the Kali Gandaki river basin in the Muktinath area of Nepal are considered to represent Vishnu.
Published on Jan 28, 2023 11:52 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Lucknow building collapse: Two dead, 14 rescued, Yogi Adityanath orders probe
Three-member panel to submit report on Lucknow building collapse within a week, FIR lodged against three; former SP minister’s son arrested
Published on Jan 25, 2023 11:57 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
2014 inflammatory speech : Allahabad HC’s Lko bench rejects Delhi CM’s discharge application
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has rejected Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s revision application seeking discharge in a case related with inflammatory speech in Sultanpur district during campaigning for 2014 Lok Sabha polls
Published on Jan 17, 2023 11:27 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
District-level summit ahead of Global Investors’ Summit 2023: Surpassing target, Lucknow gets investment proposals worth ₹56,299 cr
The Lucknow administration signed 262 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with entrepreneurs at the daylong summit held at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.
Published on Jan 11, 2023 12:40 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh: Man gets 5-year jail term for abducting minor
The court of additional district and sessions judge here on Saturday awarded five years’ jail term to a man for abducting a minor girl nine years ago
Published on Jan 07, 2023 11:19 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Ayodhya temple trust asks sculptors to send their models for Ram statue
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust — set up for the construction and management of the temple in Ayodhya — has asked the sculptors to send within 15 days their models of the statue, measuring nine to 12 inches.
Published on Jan 06, 2023 11:50 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Makar Sankranti most auspicious for installing Ram Lalla idol: Trust indicates 2024 date
At present, Ram Lalla is being worshipped in a pre-fabricated temple at Ram Janmabhoomi which was installed there before construction of the Ram temple began.
Published on Jan 06, 2023 11:24 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
No one can be against Bharat Jodo: Ram temple trust’s gen secy
Lucknow: The general secretary and treasurer of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya have extended their wishes to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday
Updated on Jan 05, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Ram Mandir Trust welcomes Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in UP
A day before the yatra entered Uttar Pradesh, Ram temple chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das wished Rahul success in the yatra, good health and long life.
Updated on Jan 04, 2023 01:34 PM IST
Immediately notify UP civic polls without OBC quota, orders Allahabad high court
The high court ruled that the government could not notify OBC reservations till three conditions laid down by the Supreme Court’s constitution bench in 2010 were fulfilled.
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 05:35 PM IST
OBC reservation in Uttar Pradesh civic polls: Lucknow bench of HC completes hearing, reserves order for December 27
Additional advocate general Vinod Kumar Shahi, who is representing the state government, opposed the petitioner’s argument for conducting civic polls on reserved seats as general category seats
Published on Dec 24, 2022 11:39 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
NRHM scam: Court summons ex-BSP minister, former IAS,three others to face trial
On December 19, district and sessions judge Sanjay Shanker Pandey, who is also special judge PML Act, summoned Pradeep Shukla, Babu Singh Kushwaha and three brothers Rakesh Kumar Tandon, Pradeep Kumar Tandon and Anoop Kumar Tandon on the plea of Directorate of Enforcement, Lucknow office.
Published on Dec 21, 2022 11:22 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh number 1 in domestic tourism, says Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath says tourism in Ayodhya will increase by 10 times after Ram temple comes up
Published on Dec 18, 2022 11:59 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Mass conversion racket: Allahabad HC denies bail to Umar Gautam, four others
Gautam had moved the high court earlier this year after his bail plea was rejected by the court of additional district and sessions judge, NIA/ATS, in May
Published on Dec 17, 2022 10:09 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
1991 Pilibhit fake encounter: HC sets side life term, sentences 43 PAC personnel to 7 years’ rigorous imprisonment
Earlier, the special CBI court, Lucknow, on April 4, 2016, had convicted 47 PAC personnel under Section 302 of the IPC and had awarded life sentence to them. The personnel had challenged the trial court’s order in the high court.
Published on Dec 16, 2022 12:51 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
High court restrains State Election Commission from announcing urban local bodies’ election dates in Uttar Pradesh till today
Also, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court directed the Uttar Pradesh government not to issue the final order for reservation of wards based on the draft order issued on December 5.
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 01:07 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh civic polls: Ticket seekers throng AAP office in Lucknow after MCD election win
The Uttar Pradesh civic polls in are due and the State Election Commission will issue notification anytime. The AAP plans to contest in all municipal corporations across the state and the nagar panchayats.
Published on Dec 11, 2022 12:02 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
New concerns shroud Ayodhya as it marks 30 years of Babri Masjid demolition
It was only in late 2019 that the Supreme Court finally ensured closure in the dispute, ruling in favour of a temple at the site, but also that the demolition of the mosque was a crime , and asking that land for a new mosque be provided elsewhere in Ayodhya.
Updated on Dec 06, 2022 08:45 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Road widening in Ayodhya: Shops, temples razed at Naya Ghat
Around 450 shops and 30 temples will be demolished during the drive that started on Sunday (December 4)
Published on Dec 04, 2022 09:47 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Yogi Adityanath reiterates commitment to turn Ayodhya into global tourist destination
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath launches ₹1057 crore development projects, says Ayodhya was kept in darkness earlier but now shining
Published on Nov 27, 2022 10:31 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Ram Mandir panel finalises the design of temple sanctum sanctorum
The Ram Temple Construction Committee is being headed by former bureaucrat Nripendra Misra and includes professor Pradeep Kumar, director of CBRI- Roorkee and its former director professor Gopal Krishnan, besides other experts. Ashish Sompura, the architect of the temple, is also a part of this team.
Updated on Nov 27, 2022 04:55 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Allahabad high court acquits rape accused after he spends 21 years in jail
The Allahabad high court also took serious note of the fact that the appeal was not listed for hearing for 14 years.
Published on Nov 21, 2022 11:46 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
UP court refuses to stay Azam Khan’s conviction
A sessions court in Rampur on Thursday refused to stay the conviction of senior SP leader Azam Khan in a 2019 hate speech case that led to his disqualification from the Uttar Pradesh assembly last month.
Updated on Nov 11, 2022 12:36 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Rampur court refuses to stay Azam Khan’s conviction in 2019 hate speech case
The sessions court heard Azam Khan’s appeal on the direction of the Supreme Court, which had also asked the Election Commission not to issue the bypoll notification for the Rampur Sadar assembly seat till November 10.
Published on Nov 10, 2022 11:22 PM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
HC rejects plea against Babri Masjid case acquittals
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed a criminal appeal filed against a lower court order acquitting BJP leaders LK Advani, Uma Bharti and 30 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
Published on Nov 10, 2022 12:36 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
