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Yashovardhan Azad

Yashovardhan Azad

Articles by Yashovardhan Azad

How Delhi Gymkhana closure will hit India's image, writes ex-IPS Azad | Opinion

Delhi Gymkhana Club in New Delhi has been served a notice to vacate by June 5.

Updated on May 25, 2026 01:20 IST

To fight mob lynching, police reforms a must

The states, so far, have been miserly in allocating funds to the police

Updated on Aug 22, 2023 17:03 IST

No room for vigilante justice in our society

Should encounter killings be celebrated in a democracy? Certainly not. (ANI)

Updated on Apr 16, 2023 15:07 IST

India should rein in cow vigilante groups

In 2018, the Supreme Court issued guidelines to curb acts of violence in the name of cow protection. States governments should have paid heed (ANI Picture Service)

Updated on Feb 28, 2023 03:15 IST

What CBI’s shrinking jurisdiction implies

The daily tu tu mai mai (back and forth) between the ruling party and the Opposition over the alleged misuse of central agencies is costing the nation. Indian democracy needs to move ahead (Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 21, 2022 14:32 IST

How to insulate the police from politics

All operational posts in the police are under the scanner of the political executive. In most states, the ruling party cadre wields influence over the police working in their areas (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 17, 2022 15:53 IST

Make police reforms a national mission

Police reforms languish because of the lack of political will, weak police leadership and an inefficient bureaucracy (Santosh Kumar / HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 30, 2022 15:54 IST

Cheering for Pakistan’s cricket team isn’t sedition

Babar Azam looks up to Virat Kohli as his role model. MS Dhoni shirts are worn by Pakistani fans. The cricket fraternity speaks a different language, quite distant from that of politics (ANI)

Updated on Nov 1, 2021 12:13 IST

15 years after SC’s order, police reforms languish

It is unrealistic to expect CMs to allow autonomy to the police beyond a certain degree. In every democracy, the police function under a mayor or elected government, and in ours, where grassroots politics constantly hovers round thanas, kachahris and tehsils, it’s difficult to conceive of a police force that is impervious to political overtures. (HT archive)

Updated on Sep 21, 2021 12:15 IST

Insulating Kashmir from Kabul

Kashmir lies at the intersection of the agenda of LeT, JeM and ISI. With fears raised due to India’s response to terror, the Pakistani handlers of these outfits may shift jihadi training camps to Afghanistan and keep the staging posts near the Indo-Pak border to push in militants. (AFP)

Updated on Sep 7, 2021 12:04 IST

Pegasus: India needs urgent surveillance reform

Snooping is a grim reality since the days of Chanakya, or indeed, ever since human beings constituted themselves as political units and statecraft evolved. But while recognising the compelling circumstances that may make it necessary at times, it constitutes a grave threat to democracy. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 10, 2021 13:29 IST

Scrap sedition. Stop UAPA’s misuse

From 2016 to 2019, there were 5,922 arrests under UAPA, but it resulted in only 132 convictions, a pitiable rate of 2.2%. (Representational image/ANI)

Updated on Jul 21, 2021 24:56 IST

Enable the Covid-19 task force to take decisions

Software professionals assist municipal authorities inside a "war room" focused on tracking the spread of Covid-19 at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike office in Bengaluru. (File photo)

Updated on May 12, 2021 11:54 IST

Maoism remains India’s biggest internal security threat

Security forces officers carry the body of a colleague, who was killed in an attack by Maoist fighters, during a wreath laying ceremony, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, April 5, 2021 (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 6, 2021 14:25 IST

In the heart of Mumbai, a corrupt nexus

The Vaze incident is reflective of a deeper crisis. Maharashtra is a money-minting factory for political funding in electoral politics, cutting across all political lines, and Mumbai is its most productive core (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 23, 2021 14:11 IST

In poll season, the security of leaders

Central and state security agencies have to play a much more assertive role; candidates must adhere to security and safety norms; EC should accept some measure of responsibility for lapses and take corrective measures (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2021 13:57 IST

Can a protest toolkit attract sedition law?

A woman holds a placard next to policemen during a protest against the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi, Bengaluru, February 15, 2021 (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 19, 2021 12:54 IST

Lessons from the tractor rally on R Day

In light of the destruction of public property and the attack on policemen, the damage done to the image of the Capital and to our democratic governance outweighs any advantage accrued by granting permission (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 1, 2021 01:12 IST

Data bill: The security vs privacy debate

The JPC, hence, has a daunting task ahead, balancing the needs of State security against individual privacy. Giving entry to security agencies will compromise the encryption grid and data of millions. The State has to collaborate with tech giants in using the meta-data more meaningfully and for meeting other requirements without breaking the encryption. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jan 24, 2021 24:56 IST

HTLS 2020: Assessing risks and countering security threats in the new era

Law enforcement agencies, trying to keep up with the latest technology on internet-based platforms, want to play it safe by gathering maximum data on their suspects and targets.

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Updated on Dec 9, 2020 01:28 IST

The police must stop acting like a political instrument

Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in Mumbai, October 27, 2020

Updated on Nov 5, 2020 16:21 IST

Hathras horror: India must wake up, repair its justice system

The Hathras shame is a gaping wound in the conscience of a nation aspiring to be a major global power.

Updated on Oct 7, 2020 07:33 IST

How the Delhi riots probe polarised society | Analysis

It was a mammoth exercise to conduct a probe in the riots which claimed 53 lives and injured 583 others

Updated on Sep 24, 2020 13:29 IST

A tale of the failure of the media, police forces

Sushant Singh Rajput’s death touched a chord in many people. Further, there was huge empathy for Rajput within Bollywood and outside, due to his film contracts allegedly being terminated

Updated on Aug 24, 2020 14:41 IST

Vikas Dubey symbolises the failure of the State | Opinion

Dubey’s rise through the ranks of crime hierarchy began as a grassroots worker in the 1990s when he was patronised by local politicians

Updated on Jul 10, 2020 24:35 IST

The RTI regime failed India during Covid-19

The political class and information commissioners need to step up

Updated on Jun 5, 2020 16:23 IST

Protect India’s brave health workers

A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to check the temperature of a woman during a door-to-door verification of people to find out if they have developed any coronavirus disease symptoms, Kolkata, April 21, 2020

Updated on Apr 23, 2020 11:55 IST

Policing in the times of Covid-19

Uttar Pradesh Police personnel screen vehicles for identity cards, Noida, April 06, 2020

Updated on Apr 7, 2020 13:42 IST

Delhi riots: Six lessons for the State and police | Opinion

Forensics and police personnel investigate at communal violence-hit Khajuri Khas, northeast Delhi, February 28

Updated on Mar 2, 2020 14:14 IST

India’s police force is under stress

How should the police tackle protests in metros, under the constant gaze and scrutiny of the media and public?

Updated on Feb 4, 2020 14:01 IST

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