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Amitabh Maitra is an assistant editor with Hindustan Times in Lucknow. He has been with HT in Lucknow since 1997.
Articles by Amitabh Maitra
Mosque lowers loudspeaker volume after Allahabad varsity V-C seeks ban on azaan
Kaleem-ur-Rehman, the caretaker of the Lal Masjid, said after police informed them about the problem, the committee immediately took steps to address the issue
Updated on Mar 17, 2021 05:54 PM IST
Poet’s daughter alleges house arrest; UP police say ‘not aware’
Munawwar Rana’s daughter and activist, Sumaiyya Rana, said she has been put under house arrest for launching a poster campaign against the government following a spate of crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh
Updated on Oct 05, 2020 05:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Amitabh Maitra
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 : Back from 48-hr poll ban, Maneka Gandhi wants Sultanpur renamed Kushbhawanpur
Maneka, who had previously drawn an emotional connect with the constituency with which her late husband Sanjay Gandhi had a deep association, said, “I am contesting the polls as a mother. Sultanpur is known as land of lord Kush and it should be named Kushbhawanpur.”
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Amitabh Maitra
How many times will you humiliate me? Shivpal’s swipe at Akhilesh
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav played peacemaker to bring Akhilesh and Shivpal together on stage after the two had been embroiled in a bitter turf war for over a month.
Updated on Nov 05, 2016 02:11 PM IST
Amitabh Maitra, Hindustan Times, Lucknow
The write attitude
Scribbler lived on hope. He wanted to be a writer and believed he would make it. But, he did not know the write law: Writers are born, not made. He had no clarity of thought, lucid language or engaging style. In his hands, sentences turned into labyrinths constructed by an untrained mind, trapping the reader.
Published on Dec 08, 2006 12:16 AM IST
None | Amitabh Maitra
Fresh polio case surfaces in UP
Polio cases are on the rise in many districts of UP with the latest detected at Kheri, reports Amitabh Maitra.
Published on Oct 30, 2006 06:28 PM IST
None | Amitabh Maitra, Lakhimpur Kheri
Will-o-Vancouver
TOO BAD, Shakespeare did not play cricket. Why waste my time on him,? I wondered aloud. The struggle was futile. I decided to slam shut a copy of Macbeth.
Published on May 26, 2006 12:26 AM IST
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