Salik Ahmad
Salik covers education in Rajasthan; occasionally does videos.
Articles by Salik Ahmad
Muslim man killed by Hindu woman’s family in Bikaner over love affair, say police
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2018 10:47 PM IST
Police said the man was killed due to the woman’s family disapproval of the relationship between the couple. The family broke the man’s legs and dumped in a wastewater pond. He later died in a hospital.
Muslim man killed by Hindu woman’s family in Bikaner over love affair, say police
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2018 10:46 PM IST
Police said the man was killed due to the woman’s family disapproval of the relationship between the couple. The family broke the man’s legs and dumped in a wastewater pond. He later died in a hospital.
Two days before rape verdict, state govt pushes Asaram idea
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2018 10:13 PM IST
Two days before the verdict in a rape case against self-styled godman Asaram was to be pronounced, the state education department rolled out an order stating that February 14 will be celebrated as ’Matri-Pitri pujan diwas’
Ex-constable clears UPSC, likely to become IPS, was inspired by Sunny Deol’s ‘Indian’
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2018 10:06 PM IST
Considering the last year’s allotment of services by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Rawat, a candidate from the scheduled castes (SC) category, is likely to get into the IPS.
How Rajasthan cops kept the peace for Asaram verdict, from court in jail to watch on devotees
By Salik Ahmad and Dinesh Bothra | Hindustan Times, Jodhpur
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2018 01:06 PM IST
Keeping in mind last year’s violence in Haryana following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Rajasthan Police began preparations for Asaram’s verdict ahead of time.
Asaram rape case verdict: Buzz missing outside ashram of ‘godman’ in Ahmedabad
By Hiral Dave and Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad/Jodhpur
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2018 12:07 AM IST
Gujarat police have stepped up security outside Asaram’s two ashrams in Ahmedabad and Surat.
As trial ends in tears, Asaram set for life as Qaidi No 130
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2018 11:12 PM IST
Asaram broke down in tears after a court in Jodhpur Central Jail sentenced him to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2013.
Top cop who led probe in Asaram rape case received 2,000 threat letters, phone calls
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jodhpur
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2018 05:59 PM IST
Ajay Pal Lamba was the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Jodhpur West, when Asaram was accused of raping a minor at his ashram. While leading the investigation, Lamba didn’t send his daughter to school for a while and his wife didn’t step out of their house.
Cottage where Asaram raped 16-year-old is now a deserted site
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jodhpur
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2018 03:20 PM IST
Cottage owner, a follower of Asaram, says the rape charge is a conspiracy by Christian missionaries and police are complicit in the case.
Rajasthan schools and colleges told to observe Ambedkar Jayanti
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2018 10:05 PM IST
Opposition slammed the move as mere “tokenistic” and one taken by a “desperate” government.
Rajasthan RSS worker immolates himself shouting ‘save the country’, dies in Delhi hospital
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur, Jaipur
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2018 10:15 PM IST
The man has left behind a four-page suicide note.
Rajasthan woman who drowned in 1.5-ft-deep water tank watched Sridevi’s death coverage on TV
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON MAR 19, 2018 09:33 PM IST
A 35-year-old woman, who allegedly committed suicide by drowning in the water tank at her house in Udaipur last week, had closely watched the coverage of actress Sridevi’s death on television, her husband said.
Son’s cross border wedding in two days, mother awaits visa
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON FEB 15, 2018 10:22 PM IST
The visa is still “under process”.
In death, Rajasthan woman pays price of loving a Dalit
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Bhilwara
UPDATED ON FEB 11, 2018 11:18 PM IST
Balai returned to the village in the morning with the body in a taxi. There was no one to lend a hand. He carried Devi in his arms and gently put the body on the floor of the house the two shared
No Padmaavat screening in Rajasthan as ‘real’ Karni Sena continues protest
By Manoj Ahuja and Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON FEB 03, 2018 04:47 PM IST
Despite the Mumbai faction of Karni Sena group withdrawing its protest, Padmaavat will not be screened in Rajasthan as Shri Rajput Karni Sena claims his is the ‘real’ Karni Sena.
Rajput pride, moustachioed men and legacy: What drives the Karni Sena protests against Padmaavat
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2018 09:12 AM IST
Shri Rajput Karni Sena, of which Kalvi is the chief patron, is spearheading the protests against Bhansali’s film Padmaavat.
Man steals bikes to pay panchayat fine to live with woman, but she elopes with another
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JAN 23, 2018 10:44 AM IST
The panchayat said the money was to be paid to assuage the anger of the woman’s family and for him to be able to live with her again.
72% rural teens in state have not used computer, internet: ASER
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2018 09:47 PM IST
According to the report, the awareness indicators for the country are better than that of Rajasthan.
Brahmagupta II gave law of gravitation 1,000 years before Newton, claims Rajasthan education minister
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2018 09:17 PM IST
Vasudev Devnani had last year claimed that cow is the only animal that inhales and exhales oxygen.
On a 3-km stretch in Pokhran, speeding trains kill 42 vultures in five weeks
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2018 08:54 PM IST
The vultures were run over by trains while feeding on carcass of animals on the railway tracks in four separate incidents
Killed Afrazul by mistake, somebody else was target: Rajsamand’s Shambhu Lal Regar to police
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2017 08:02 AM IST
Shambhu Lal Regar wanted to kill another man but ended up hacking to death a 48-year-old migrant labourer in Rajsamand on December 6, police said on Monday.
RU postpones semester exam dates, NSUI sees ‘ABVP influence’
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2017 04:25 PM IST
The University of Rajasthan (RU) postponing its semester examinations scheduled on December 22-27 on a day the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) announced its state level meeting in Jaipur on December 24-26 has given opposition an opportunity to point fingers at the university’s decision
Tension, uneasy calm at Alwar’s anti-cow smuggling outposts
By Salik Ahmad, Alwar | Hindustan Times, Alwar
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2017 11:25 PM IST
According to police figures, 226 people were arrested in Alwar in connection with the smuggling of bovine in 2015 while 116 were arrested in 2014. Till October this year, 82 people have been arrested.
Who is Shambu Lal Regar? A man who didn’t seem capable of murder, say neighbours in Rajasthan
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Rajsamand
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2017 10:07 PM IST
Shambu Lal Regar, the Rajasthan man who uploaded a chilling video of himself hacking and burning a migrant worker, was engaged in marble business earlier but was unemployed for more than two years
Man hacked to death, set ablaze in Rajasthan: Nephew says Afrazul didn’t wrong anyone
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Rajsamand
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2017 09:57 AM IST
Afrazul’s family says he was harmless and worked to help others from his village in Malda find employment in Rajsamand.
Body found hanging in Nahargarh fort: Family alleges murder while cops say suicide
By Deep Mukherjee and Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2017 10:57 PM IST
Police in a press conference reiterated that no evidence was found in the case that would suggest murder.
A birth and a death, life’s cruel twist plays out in slain cattle trader Umar’s house
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Bharatpur
UPDATED ON NOV 17, 2017 08:11 PM IST
Cattle trader Umar Mohammed’s body was found on the railways tracks in Alwar last week. His family has claimed that cow vigilantes murdered him.
Alwar: Police hint self-styled cow vigilantes killed Muslim cattle trader
By Devendra Bhardwaj, Salik Ahmad and Deep Mukherjee | Hindustan Times, Jaipur/Bharatpur
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2017 08:02 PM IST
Alwar SP Rahul Prakash said an FIR for murder had been lodged and five people named in it on the basis of the statement of a minor boy, who the police cited as an eyewitness.
Women should grind ‘chakki’, sweep floors and do other household chores to stay fit: Rajasthan education dept magazine
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON NOV 11, 2017 02:21 PM IST
The magazine said while early morning walks, running, cycling, horse-riding, swimming or any other sports are good for health, women can also stay fit by doing various household chores.
Raje govt wants Rajasthan colleges to install Vivekananda statue
By Salik Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
PUBLISHED ON OCT 29, 2017 10:35 PM IST
The move has received criticism with academics saying that the government is turning educational institutes into places where personality cults are worshipped.
