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Articles by Punya Priya Mitra
Vajpayee was the best PM: LK Advani
Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani said on Tuesday that even though the US had imposed sanctions against India after the nuclear explosion, the BJP-led NDA government ensured that there was no inflation in the country for six-and-a-half years that Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister.
Updated on Nov 19, 2013 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Ratlam
Indore: Bank accounts of 3 chit fund companies sealed
District collector Aakash Tripathi on Friday evening issued orders to seal the bank accounts of three chit fund companies functioning in Indore. Punya Priya Mitra reports.
Updated on May 04, 2013 04:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Clash, lathicharge at Bhojshala
Basant Panchami at the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula premises on Friday was a ticking time bomb that, thankfully, did not explode. But it was not completely peaceful either.Punya Priya Mitra and Ritesh Mishra report.
Updated on Feb 16, 2013 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra and Ritesh Mishra, Dhar
Investors meet 'global' only in name
The three-day Global Investors Summit in Indore from October 28 to 30, was 'global' only in name; its flavour was overwhelmingly domestic. Though, delegates came from 15 countries, most went away without committing anything.
Updated on Nov 02, 2012 10:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Govt approves MP Swastha Suraksha Yojana
The new scheme will cover the police personnel, his wife and three children till they are 24 years. The benefits will continue post retirement too. Those covered in the schemes will be entitled to Rs 8 lakh a year in treatment for self, wife and three kids.
Updated on Sep 12, 2012 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Cartoonist pays for Modi cartoon
A cartoonist with a local Hindi eveninger was arrested by the Indore police on Tuesday night on charges of fanning communal sentiment after members of the local Muslim community objected to an offensive cartoon of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Punya Priya Mitra writes.
Updated on Sep 29, 2011 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Samjhauta blast made in Indore: NIA
It reads like a normal traveller's last-minute shopping list: a suitcase cover with Apollo 600 written on it from a shop in Indore's bustling Kothari Market, and a blue denim cloth for the same from another shop…
Updated on Jul 03, 2011 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shams Ur Rehman Alavi and Punya Priya Mitra, Bhopal
Five SIMI activists held
Five SIMI activists of whom two are wanted in the Ahmedabad blast case of July 2008, were arrested hereby a joint team from Madhya Pradesh Police’s ATS and the Indore Police on Tuesday night.
Updated on Oct 22, 2009 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Five SIMI activists nabbed
Five Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists of whom two are wanted in the Ahmedabad blast case of July 2008, were arrested from the Khajrana area of city, by a joint Madhya Pradesh ATS and Indore police team on Tuesday night, reports Punya Priya Mitra.
Updated on Oct 21, 2009 06:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
3 members of Hindu group grilled
A team comprising police officers and CBI officials interrogated at least three people on Monday allegedly linked to Hindu right wing groups, in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express blasts.
Updated on Oct 20, 2009 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Salil Mekaad and Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
‘Statement against sadhvi under duress’
In yet another setback to the Mumbai ATS, two of its witnesses told a local court in Indore that they were forced to implicate Sadhvi Pragya Singh in the Malegaon blast case, reports Punya Priya Mitra.
Updated on Nov 27, 2008 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Global meltdown takes 4 lives in two cities
As the meltdown of Indian stocks continued since Monday in the wake of global cues, it seems to have melted the hopes of a sub-broker and his family in Hyderabad in Indore, report Ashok Das and Punya Priya Mitra.
Updated on Sep 18, 2008 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ashok Das and Punya Priya Mitra, Hyderabad/indore
Man almost drowns in reality TV stunt
A 22-year-old almost died while taking part in a dangerous stunt for a TV reality show performed at a mall in Indore, report Punya Priya Mitra & Manoj Ahuja.
Updated on Jul 15, 2008 01:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra and Manoj Ahuja, Indore
Six hrs in MP: Rahul makes a promise, some conversation
Rahul also quizzed people about the effectiveness of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, reports Punya Priya Mitra.
Updated on Apr 29, 2008 02:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Jhabua
Your letter may be sold as scrap
Post at your own risk. Recently, over 200 letters meant to be delivered were found at a scrap dealer’s shop near the city’s Navlakha bus stand, reports Punya Priya Mitra.
Updated on Jul 05, 2007 01:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
30 flashpoints in division
THE DISPUTE over Karbala Maidan between two communities has been continuously keeping the entire administration on tenterhooks, but what is worrying is that there are 30 such potential flashpoints in Indore division, which are mired in dispute.
Published on Feb 09, 2007 04:12 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Communal riots in two villages in Dhar
Communal tension has been reported in Haatpipliya and Chapra in neighbouring district of Dewas after a man from a particular community allegedly molested an eight-year-old girl in Haatpipliya on Wednesday morning, reports Punya Priya Mitra.
Published on Feb 07, 2007 11:50 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Dhar village aims at Nirmal Gram status
IT IS not yet dawn in Jabra village, situated 22 km from the tehsil headquarters of Badnawar in neighbouring tribal district of Dhar. But, braving the biting winter chill, the vigilance committee comprising female Sarpanch Raj Kunwar Jat and others, armed with torches and lathis are out patrolling the village. Not to guard against looters, but to put to shame those defecating in the open.
Published on Feb 07, 2007 08:13 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Private numbers of mobiles stopped
THE STATE Police Headquarters (PHQ) has decided to put an end to issuing of mobile phone private numbers by the telecom companies due to security reasons and its possible misuse. And if at all private numbers were to be issued, they had to be authorised at the PHQ level and not by the district SP, as was being done at present.
Published on Jan 18, 2007 01:55 AM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Dacoities and Bhumi?s horrific murder shook City
THE YEAR 2006 will be remembered in crime annals for Bangladeshi dacoit gangs who struck in Indore, not once but twice. On both occasions the gangs were caught, but during the first wave of dacoities they gave sleepless nights to the police and spread terror among people living in suburbs.
Published on Dec 27, 2006 01:55 AM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
54 pc cast vote, polling peaceful
POLLING FOR the Pandhana by-elections passed off peacefully on Monday with around 54.68 per cent of the electorate exercising their franchise.
Published on Dec 05, 2006 01:35 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Pandhana (khandwa District),
BJP hopes to do a hat-trick
AS PANDHANA goes to polls on Monday, the BJP would be hoping that after winning the Vidisha and Bara Malhera by-polls they would be able to do a hat-trick by winning this one also.
Updated on Dec 04, 2006 05:25 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
No star campaigners for Cong
NO BIG names from the Congress party, save former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh and Agriculture Minister Kantilal Bhuria (if one considers him a vote-catcher) have campaigned for its candidate Hiralal Silawat, while the other two major parties in fray ? BJP and Bharatiya Janshakti - appear to be putting in a more concerted effort to win the election.
Published on Dec 02, 2006 03:12 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
BJP lacked quality candidate: Uma
BHARATIYA JANSHAKTI leader Uma Bharti on Thursday attacked the BJP for promoting ?parivarvad? by naming Devendra Verma as their candidate for the by-election.
Updated on Dec 01, 2006 05:09 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Khandwa
Chouhan sidesteps thorny issues
CHIEF MINISTER Shivraj Singh Chouhan neatly sidestepped the contentious issues of roads and power with humour and a counterattack while addressing a public meeting at Chegaon Makhan on Thursday afternoon while canvassing for BJP candidate Devendra Verma for the Pandhana by-elections.
Updated on Dec 01, 2006 05:09 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Pandhana (khandwa)
Pandhana: Voters resigned to their fate
IT?S A by-election thrust on them due to the brutal murder of the sitting BJP MLA, and the 1.53 lakh voters of the reserved Pandhana constituency appear more wrapped up in their own humdrum life and supplicating leaders into solving their pressing problems than any other issues.
Published on Nov 30, 2006 06:51 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Pandhana (khandwa)
Caste factor holds key
Caste is still playing a pivotal role in the by-poll to Pandhana Assembly constituency in Khandwa district - and no one knows it better than the major political parties who are fine-tuning their strategy with an eye on that factor.
Published on Nov 29, 2006 05:27 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
Caste key factor in Pandhana by-elections
THE ERA of egalitarianism notwithstanding, caste is still playing a pivotal role in the by-elections to Pandhana Assembly constituency in Khandwa district - and no one knows it better than the major political parties who are fine-tuning their strategy with an eye on that factor.
Published on Nov 29, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
IMC wants land, police refuse to oblige
THE INDORE police and IMC are at loggerheads over the corporation?s proposal to develop 19,225 square meter of prime land - which at present houses the Central Kotwali police station, Mahila police station and provides accommodation for several senior police officers ? into an open space, and the police have refused to budge citing security and other reasons.
Published on Nov 28, 2006 04:34 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore
DPOs smart as wings clipped
IN AN order that is going to have far-reaching effect on the criminal justice system, the Director Prosecution has directed all district prosecution officers (DPOs) that they should not scrutinise the case diaries prepared by the police before filing of challan in court; rather, the DPOs should get involved only in the trial stage and allow the police to file the challan in court on their own.
Published on Nov 10, 2006 03:30 PM IST
None | Punya Priya Mitra, Indore