Aakash Ghosh is a correspondent with Hindustan Times and is based out of Lucknow. Apart for covering local crime and policing in the state capital, he covers other significant beats including Railways, Science & Technology, Culture and heritage. He loves to write off-beat, human-interest stories as he believes it makes an instant connect with the readers. Prior to Lucknow, he is trained and worked with multiple print & digital newsrooms-based Mumbai, Patna, and Kolkata.
Articles by Aakash Ghosh
Less chaos, better flow: New ‘zero light, zero cop’ system beats old signals
As the name suggests, this system rids junctions of traffic lights and cops’ intervention, and directs vehicular flow through road dividers or blocks
Published on Apr 30, 2025 09:10 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Terror strikes tourism: Mass cancellation of Kashmir bookings in UP after Pahalgam attack
Calls from panicked clients flood travel agencies across the state; significant impact felt in Lucknow, where over 1,000 tour bookings cancelled in a day
Published on Apr 23, 2025 09:48 PM IST
Unprotected heritage scripts another chapter in book of neglect
Baba Hazara Bagh, Nawabi-era memorial to a spiritual leader from Punjab, lies in disrepair in Old Lucknow
Published on Apr 18, 2025 05:14 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Swipe right for trouble: Dating apps new playground for criminals?
Dating apps like Grindr expose users to serious dangers, as recent crimes involving theft, murder, and assaults highlight the risks of meeting strangers.
Published on Apr 12, 2025 07:24 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Teen’s birthday bash turns into month-long ordeal
The incident came to light when the victim’s father filed a complaint at the Krishna Nagar police station on April 8. Seven classmates of the victim were arrested by police.
Published on Apr 10, 2025 10:31 PM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Lucknow gets 60 cyber-trained cops amid digital crime spike
Special training is being given to 60 selected policemen who will be posted at the cyber help desks in 54 police stations across the city.
Published on Apr 08, 2025 05:22 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Lucknow bank heist: Deposits not returned even three months later, locker owners left in despair
A 73-year-old retired HAL employee allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday after he failed to get back jewellery worth ₹26 lakh that he had stored in one of the 42 lockers that were targeted.
Published on Apr 03, 2025 07:02 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Malihabad murder: ‘Roaming’ criminals continued to have free run for long
Despite having several cases pending against them, two brothers drove e-autorickshaw and remained out of police net
Published on Mar 23, 2025 05:26 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Malihabad rape bid, murder: Main accused killed in police encounter, brother arrested
The police also seized the e-auto-rickshaw from Dinesh’s possession that was allegedly used by the accused for abducting the woman on the pretext of ferrying her to Chinhat, where the deceased’s brother lives
Published on Mar 22, 2025 09:24 AM IST
Malihabad murder: With ‘predators’ on prowl, victim in wrong place at wrong time?
Auto rickshaw driver took a detour 35km away from the Alambagh bus terminal, told victim that the diversion was due to ‘Metro work’, assured her family on call too
Published on Mar 21, 2025 10:26 AM IST
‘We were held captive...life was worse than animals’: Myanmar fake job scam victims from UP
Made to work 18 hours a day, locked in a garage for months, given meal only once a day; electric shock for refusing work, lament youths after homecoming
Published on Mar 13, 2025 08:32 AM IST
Paarth Republic fire: Accident or arson?
On February 20, flat no. 401 on the fourth floor of Tower 3, which was inhabited by Om Tiwari and five of his family members, caught fire. Tiwari, 40, died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
Published on Feb 25, 2025 07:34 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
E-cigarettes: Banned but available...!
Local pans shops, and even general merchant shops sell these items despite ban imposed in 2019, reveals HT investigation
Published on Feb 18, 2025 08:38 AM IST
Animesh Mishra Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Destination Prayagraj: Packed trains, jostling a daily scene at Lucknow station
Prayagraj faces chaos as pilgrims rush for Mahakumbh, with overcrowded trains and tight security at Lucknow's Charbagh station amid safety concerns.
Published on Feb 17, 2025 08:00 AM IST
Rajeev Mullick Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
After Ranveer Allahbadia row, UP police deny Bassi 's show permission due to…
Post the Ranveer Allahbadia controversy and State Women Commission's "objectional content" claims, comedian Anubhav Singh Bassi’s Lucknow show cancelled
Updated on Feb 16, 2025 03:56 PM IST
Despite red flags, chinks in fire safety at coaching institutes in Lucknow
Reality check finds many institutes running with only one entry/exit point, putting lives of students at risk; chief fire officer seeks cancellation of their licences
Published on Feb 12, 2025 08:46 AM IST
Chinhat bank heist: Locker contents recovered, but not returned; owners’ wait continues
Police recovered ₹13 lakh cash and gold and silver valuables weighing nearly 20 kilos from the accused, all of whom had either been arrested or killed in police encounters.
Published on Feb 01, 2025 07:08 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Lost in melee forever, kin grieve loss of loved ones
Families mourn loved ones lost in the Mahakumbh stampede, as they retrieve bodies for last rites, reflecting on the tragedy and shock of the incident.
Updated on Jan 30, 2025 10:42 PM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Half a life on the run, man nabbed after 3 decades for vandalism at VS
In 1991, Congress workers were accused of breaking the gate of the Vidhan Sabha and vandalising the premises
Updated on Jan 23, 2025 05:20 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Murder at Madeyganj: Killing of E-rickshaw driver unsolved even after being ‘worked out’
Post-mortem examination report makes no mention of the police’s shooting claim. Body to be exhumed for another examination.
Published on Jan 14, 2025 10:58 PM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Car bonnet cakes, crackers and chaos on Lko road
An undated video of the celebration recently surfaced on Instagram, showing men standing on car bonnets, cutting cakes, lighting crackers, and recording videos.
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:06 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Arshad first attempted to kill mother, sisters in Jaipur: Lko police
Arshad failed to execute his plan there and later brought his family to Lucknow under the pretext of a meeting with chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Updated on Jan 02, 2025 09:50 PM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Father-son duo kills five of family in hotel room
Arshad confessed to murdering his mother and sisters with the help of his father; he also alleged land-related harassment by his neighbours in Agra: Police
Updated on Jan 02, 2025 08:20 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
HT INVESTIGATION: Want to get ‘high’? Everyone knows where, but cops turn a blind eye?
HT investigation unearths network in Lucknow and how easily narcotics are available in the market amid the craze for intoxication gripping young party goers to corporate workers, individuals to nightclubs. The state capital has everything to offer right from weed, hashish to MDMA and even cocaine for those who have the money.
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 07:46 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh Animesh Mishra, Lucknow
Ati Vishisht Rail Sewa Award: U.P. shines at awards function, RDSO bags one, NER takes three
Uttar Pradesh excelled at the 69th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Awards, with North Eastern Railways winning three awards and RDSO's Abhishek Kumar Gautam honored for freight improvements.
Updated on Dec 21, 2024 09:41 PM IST
Aakash Ghosh, New Delhi
Charbagh rly stn: Despite 100 CCTVs, high security fails to prevent 5-year-old’s abduction and murder
The mother, a resident of Pilibanga, Rajasthan, had arrived at the station around 6-7 pm on Sunday, intending to change trains. After falling asleep, she awoke to find her son missing. In a panic, she reported the disappearance to the GRP, but despite immediate searches, there was no sign of Kanchan’s son.
Updated on Dec 18, 2024 06:30 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
2023 Parliament security breach: ‘Son not a criminal, only his actions were wrong’
Sagar Sharma's family defends him as a non-criminal after his arrest for a gas attack at Parliament, citing financial struggles and a lack of legal support.
Updated on Dec 14, 2024 06:12 AM IST
Murder of delivery executive in Lko: 2.5 months after incident, police yet to recover body
Police are struggling to locate the body of Bharat Kumar, a delivery executive allegedly murdered for his phones, nearly three months after the incident.
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 08:45 PM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow
Lucknow: Lack of beds to patient care, hospitals in poor health
A four-hour overnight spot check by HT exposes ailments in the healthcare system amid the harsh reality of unavailability of beds at KGMU Trauma Centre and elsewhere in Lucknow. Numerous patients are left with no option but to return home or take admission in pvt hosps. Not much seems to have changed even after the death of a patient at the Lari Cardiology Centre recently.
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Yet another hit-and-run tragedy; four kids orphaned
The incident seems like a repeat of the March incident, wherein a gardener and a sales manager, were fatally wounded by speeding car in Mahanagar
Updated on Dec 05, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow