Aman Sethi was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Aman Sethi
13 guilty of murder in 2012 Maruti factory riot that killed one, 117 acquitted
Thirty-one people were convicted in the 2012 factory riot in a Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar, Haryana, in which a HR manager was killed.
Updated on Mar 17, 2017 03:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | Aman Sethi, Gurgaon
How the legal battle united Maruti workers
Additional district and sessions judge RP Goyal on Friday pronounced judgment in the 2012 Maruti Suzuki case in which 13 men were found guilty of murdering human resources manager Awanish Dev, and another 18 were found guilty of rioting, destruction of property, causing grievous injury and criminal trespass and 117 co-accused were acquitted of all charges.
Updated on Mar 10, 2017 10:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, Gurgaon
UP polls: Promotion struggles consolidate Dalit govt staff behind Mayawati
Public sector employees have long played a crucial role in Dalit politics. Those with government jobs contribute generously to Dalit causes, and wield considerable influence within the community.
Updated on Feb 24, 2017 11:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Aman Sethi
2005 blast: Kashmir alienated by Delhi Police jailing the wrong man
Records that showed Rafiq Shah was in class at Kashmir University were hidden and a fake witness planted as the case dragged on for 12 years.
Updated on Feb 22, 2017 06:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar/Delhi | Aman Sethi, Prawesh Lama and Abhishek Saha, On The Radar
In Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati’s foot soldiers spread her message
The Bahujan Volunteer Force (BVF) comprises thousands of BSP cadres across Uttar Pradesh who are tasked with ensuring security at the party’s public programmes.
Updated on Mar 06, 2017 06:52 AM IST
Shivarajpur, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Reserved seats not a given, Mayawati tells core voters don’t be misled
Dalits comprise the BSP’s most ardent supporters, suggesting the party should do well in reserved seats such as Bilhaur, but BSP supporters say that such seats are often the hardest to win
Updated on Mar 06, 2017 06:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bilhaur | Aman Sethi and Gurman Bhatia
UP polls: In Bijnor’s Kanshi Ram colony, votes split between Akhilesh, Mayawati
Ram colony is a fascinating social experiment where Uttar Pradesh’s rigid lines of caste and religion have been replaced by a fuzzy awakening of class.
Updated on Feb 13, 2017 05:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bijnor | Aman Sethi and Chandan Kumar
Chhattisgarh top cop Kalluri posted back to police HQs from Bastar: Here’s why
On February 7, Kalluri was posted back at the Jharkhand police headquarters in Raipur with “immediate effect”, potentially ending an embarrassing standoff between the controversial officer and the state administration.
Updated on Feb 08, 2017 08:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Raipur/ New Delhi | Aman Sethi
Husband jailed for rioting, wife gets BJP ticket for UP election
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP’s Bijnor candidate is campaigning on a single point agenda: her husband jailed for allegedly inciting a riot that left three Muslims dead.
Updated on Feb 03, 2017 04:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bijnor | Aman Sethi and Chandan Kumar
Budget 2017: Mudra loans miss targets, FM quotes old figures, Shah overstates numbers
In his budget speech on Wednesday, finance minister Arun Jaitley spoke in glowing terms of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a scheme intended to provide loans of up to Rs 10 lakhs for small enterprises.
Updated on Feb 02, 2017 05:01 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Budget 2017: Actual MNREGA funds hike is just 1% and here’s why
In his budget speech on Wednesday, finance minister Arun Jaitley announced a record allocation of Rs 48,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) – prompting the obvious questions:
Updated on Feb 02, 2017 07:36 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
This Goa election, parties hedge their votes on thriving casinos
For many Goans, casinos are the most visible symbol of the unaccountable nexus between politics and big business.
Updated on Jan 25, 2017 04:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Aman Sethi
Goa election 2017: In saffron vs saffron fight, why this man makes BJP see red
Opposition in disarray in the state, but the ruling party’s threat lies within .
Updated on Jan 18, 2017 11:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Rift in Goa: Central leader could return as CM says Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could bring in a central leader to head the government in Goa, should the party win the upcoming polls.
Updated on Jan 12, 2017 11:49 PM IST
Panaji | Aman Sethi
‘BJP in Goa has become completely corrupt’: RSS rebel leader in Q&A with HT
Why a die-hard RSS member is fighting the BJP in Goa
Updated on Jan 12, 2017 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Aman Sethi
‘Ready for change’: Underdog AAP fancies chances in Goa elections
Party senses favourable undercurrent and sees state as perfect platform to establish credentials as a national alternative to BJP
Published on Jan 12, 2017 08:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Aman Sethi
There comes a time when you say enough is enough: Elvis Gomes, AAP’s Goa CM face
Elvis Gomes, the Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face in Goa, believes his experience as a bureaucrat places him in the best possible position to transform its sclerotic administration.
Updated on Jan 10, 2017 07:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Snoop dog
A versatile collection of New Yorker pieces that keeps our hopes alive in the essay form. Aman Sethi elaborates.
Updated on Jan 08, 2010 10:03 PM IST
None | Aman Sethi
Free till Five
Last week, Google finally buckled under pressure from major news organisations and modified its ‘first click free’ policy that allowed us to read ‘subscription only’ content for free, reports Aman Sethi.
Updated on Dec 06, 2009 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Tale of two commissions
Last week, the Delhi High Court struck down a right to information application filed at the Election Commission, bringing an unprecedented standoff between two of India’s most respected institutions to a temporary halt.
Updated on Nov 22, 2009 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
The pleasures of release
Freeing hostages and good-naturedly scribbling slogans on trains appears like a far more civilised way of fomenting revolution, writes Aman Sethi.
Updated on Oct 29, 2009 09:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Far from home
Sitting on the roof of a public bus as the flood waters rose around him, Najmul Hassan Jaffery, 30, stared at the tattered remains of his passport and swore never to return to the city of Mumbai.
Updated on Oct 10, 2009 11:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, Noida
India scores on development, trips on rank
India ranks 134 out of 182 countries, according to the Human Development Report 2009 released by the United Nations Development Programme.Where they stand
Updated on Oct 06, 2009 02:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, New Delhi
Down the drain
The sight of the Narmada bursting through the gates of the Indira Sagar Dam, India’s largest, makes for great photographs, but the river’s flow conceals a truth that the government wants to keep hidden from you, Aman Sethi writes.
Updated on Oct 01, 2009 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, New Delhi
Can you trust the vote machine?
These are the headquarters of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), one of the two state-owned companies that manufacture the electronic voting machine (EVM) — a shoebox-sized device on which rests the efficacy of electoral politics in this nation with 714 million registered voters.
Updated on Sep 21, 2009 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, Bangalore
Our reforms, their reforms
In the IFC's Doing Business list for 2010, Rwanda, still in the midst of a border conflict with Congo, emerged as the top reformer. Aman Sethi reports.
Updated on Sep 11, 2009 01:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, New Delhi
‘To get a good job’
The English language giveth, the English language taketh away. In the 63rd year of India’s independence, her citizens grapple with the ever-increasing importance of the global language, write Aman Sethi & M R Venkatesh. See graphic
Updated on Aug 10, 2009 11:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi & M R Venkatesh, New Delhi And Chennai
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