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Sunetra Choudhury

Sunetra Choudhury

Sunetra Choudhury is the National Political Editor of the Hindustan Times. With over two decades of experience in print and television, she has authored Black Warrant (Roli,2019), Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous (Roli,2017) and Braking News (Hachette, 2010). Sunetra is the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.

Articles by Sunetra Choudhury

Essential Commodities Act invoked to prioritise LPG production for domestic use

The ministry on Monday night notified the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026, invoking the Essential Commodities Act (ESMA) of 1955 — giving the directive overriding authority over all existing gas sale agreements and commercial arrangements.(Raju Shinde/HT Photo) )

Updated on Mar 11, 2026 09:01 am IST

Centre plans design changes in Char Dham road stretch

HT reported last year that the Uttarakhand forest department has approved forest diversion for an 8.70-km stretch. (HT File)

Published on Mar 10, 2026 06:30 am IST

Central govt officials pause work to recite 1-hour ‘Seva Sankalp’ pledge

Sushil Kumar Singh, IRSME, Chairman with IRS, Deputy Chairman Nilabhra Dasgupta, and other officials read out Seva Sankalp Resolution, in Kandla on Monday.(@Deendayal_Port X)

Updated on Mar 03, 2026 11:55 am IST

Govt officials leaking sensitive info may face Official Secrets Act action

The note has raised eyebrows in bureaucratic circles because of its departure from the original December,1998 version, which was more of an advisory and didn’t have any reference to OSA(Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 19, 2026 08:36 am IST

After Naravane book row, govt weighs 20-yr publishing curb on ex-officials

Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs a document at Seva Teerth, the newly inaugurated Prime Minister's Office. ( PMO photo)

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 12:05 pm IST

6 stanzas of Vande Mataram a must before national anthem | What new rules state

Vande Mataram new rules: Written by Bengali literary icon Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in Sanskritised Bengali in the 1870s, Vande Mataram was first adopted by the freedom movement to praise the motherland.(PTI)

Updated on Feb 11, 2026 12:27 pm IST

Sunetra Choudhury picks her favourite reads of 2025

Abhishek Choudhary’s Believer’s Dilemma (Picador India)

Published on Dec 26, 2025 05:39 pm IST

NDA's landslide win will cause ripples far beyond Bihar

The first place where the impact of the Bihar elections will be felt will be in Parliament’s winter session. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 15, 2025 01:29 am IST

Seat-sharing spat strains Rahul-Tejashwi ties

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are likely to hold just one more joint rally (PTI)

Published on Nov 02, 2025 04:34 am IST

NDA, Oppn bloc in close contest, reveals survey

The NDA survey –– reviewed by HT –– gives the edge to the ruling coalition, which it predicts might marginally better its 2020 showing of 125 seats by getting around 130 seats out of 243 (HT Photo)

Published on Oct 14, 2025 05:44 am IST

Indian officials optimistic of US tariff breakthrough

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he sits next to a sign that reads

Published on Sept 20, 2025 03:47 am IST

V-P pick CP Radhakrishnan missed Union cabinet bus twice in the past

CP Radhakrishnan (ANI)

Published on Aug 22, 2025 02:11 am IST

Former J&K governor Satyapal Malik who spoke out for farmers dies

Former J&K governor Satyapal Malik who spoke out for farmers dies

Published on Aug 06, 2025 08:14 am IST

Vice President’s resignation caught staff off guard; MPs question abrupt move

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s decision to step down took his own staff by surprise (PTI)

Updated on Jul 22, 2025 05:03 am IST

Interview: I am not positioning myself as future CM, says Chirag Paswan

LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan spoke to HT about the reason he wants to contest, the Waqf law, and the proposal to amend the preamble to the constitution. (PTI)

Published on Jul 02, 2025 07:16 am IST

2030 key focus for double-engine PMO in Modi 3.0

Under Modi, especially, the PMO has become front and centre of policy and governance, pushing through key reforms, and overseeing the implementation of important projects. (PMO)

Updated on Jun 11, 2025 05:40 am IST

How India laid out a digital line of control for its adversary

Operation Sindoor: Besides launching a conventional attack, officials in Delhi mobilised for a parallel battle in the digital realm. Government cyber teams tripled in size overnight to counter what became an unprecedented flood of disinformation—including sophisticated deepfakes (Representational image.)(HT)

Updated on May 18, 2025 11:26 am IST

How India laid out a digital line of control for Pakistan during Op Sindoor

The digital countermeasures during Op Sindoor included blocking approximately 8,000 social media accounts, 90% of which were Pakistan-based.(AP)

Published on May 18, 2025 10:06 am IST

Justice Varma’s defence in plea rests on proof of money stash

Justice Yashwant Varma,(PTI)

Updated on May 17, 2025 09:46 am IST

Highly confidential manual guided India’s top officials during conflict with Pak

While its contents are a secret, this 15-year-old manual is being publicly cited by all authorities. (ANI)

Updated on May 12, 2025 11:56 am IST

Was it a war or conflict? A battle of semantics

Sometimes, the semantics change over the course of a conflict (AFP)

Published on May 11, 2025 10:11 am IST

Had intel about attack on tourists but in Srinagar, around April 19: Officials

Four days before the PM’s scheduled visit, taking note of the meteorogical departhment’s warning of bad weather around April 18-19, the Prime Minister’s Office cancelled the trip (AFP)

Updated on May 04, 2025 06:15 am IST

Karnataka caste survey: Some see Rahul Gandhi's Revanth Reddy praise as trigger

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah during the CWC meeting in Ahmedabad. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 16, 2025 06:19 am IST

Karnataka caste survey suggests quota shake-up

The survey was initiated in 2015 during Siddaramaiah’s earlier tenure as chief minister.(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Apr 14, 2025 05:04 am IST

Union minister HDK signs up for Hindi lessons

Kumaraswamy’s efforts come at a time when the Centre is often at odds with Southern states including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala for what they term ‘Hindi imposition’. (AP PHOTO)

Published on Feb 08, 2025 08:18 am IST

NDA to keep up heat on opposition in Ambedkar row

Senior NDA leaders at a key meeting of the coalition partners in Delhi on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 03:00 am IST

Ajit Pawar to attend Sharad’s birthday dinner

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. (PTI)

Published on Dec 12, 2024 10:11 am IST

Top 3 sealed, hectic parleys for key posts continue in Mahayuti

Mahayuti leaders Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. (ANI)

Published on Dec 05, 2024 09:23 am IST

‘Don’t think I’ll face such a tough election again’: Jharkhand’s Hemant Soren

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren (HemantSorenJMM- X)

Updated on Nov 23, 2024 03:02 pm IST

‘Congress misled people... we will easily win Maharashtra polls’: Nitin Gadkari

HTLS 2024: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said the government has increased the domestic happy human index by protecting the ecology and environment and also by reducing air, water and land pollution (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 04:54 am IST

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