Anirban Roy is the Deputy Resident Editor of HT’s Bhopal and Indore editions. A journalist for last 22 years, he has reported from India’s north-east and closely covered the Maoists’ Peoples’ War in Nepal.
Articles by Anirban Roy
The garbage capital of Nepal
The historic capital city of Nepal is stinking. During the last two weeks, the Kathmandu Municipal Corporation did not remove garbage from the streets of the capital, for which, the entire city has virtually turned into a solid waste dumping area, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Jan 17, 2009 02:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
'Bird flu detected in Nepal'
Months after Bird-flu epidemic in eastern Indian states of Assam and West Bengal, the killer avian-influenza has now hit the Himalayan nation as well, Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Jan 16, 2009 04:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Freedom eludes Charles Sobhraj
Bikini-killer Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj’s “dream” to be a free-man was shattered as Nepal’s Supreme Court set aside his plea for release and forwarded a forged passport case to a lower court, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Jan 14, 2009 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
'New constitution for Nepal soon'
As people of Nepal are worried with the dilly-dally in constitution writing process, newly-elected chairman of the Constitutional Committee Madhav Kumar Nepal promised to draft the new constitution within the stipulated time.
Updated on Jan 13, 2009 05:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Journalist’s murder sparks tension
Even as gender-equality and women’s rights are top agenda of the Maoist-led government in “new” Nepal, gruesome murder of a woman journalist has created tension in the holy city of Janakpur and protests across the country.
Updated on Jan 12, 2009 04:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
20 hrs of load-shedding likely in Nepal
The irony of Nepal’s crippling electricity deficit is that after Brazil, its water resources are the second largest in the world, worth an identified capacity of nearly 1,00,000 MW of hydro-power, Anirban Roy explores.
Updated on Jan 10, 2009 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
MJF not to pull-out of Govt
In a desperate face-saving exercise, Madheshi Janadhikar Forum’s chairman Upendra Yadav on Thursday said that the party has no plans to pull out of the government. Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Jan 08, 2009 04:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Madhesi party struggling to resolve differences
Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Ma partner in the Maoist-led government in Nepal, is in a serious crisis, as its members have demanded to immediately call back its ministers.
Updated on Jan 07, 2009 05:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Protest over temple priests continue
Even after the ban on protests and rallies around Pashupatinath temple, people on Tuesday continued with demonstrations close to the holiest Hindu shrine of Nepal, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Jan 07, 2009 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Shabana Azmi for a stronger political will to check human trafficking
Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi on Tuesday emphasized on the need for a stronger political will to check human trafficking along the porous borders in South Asia, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Jan 06, 2009 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Protest continue over Pashupatinath priests appointments
Even after the ban on protests and rallies around Pashupatinath temple, people on Tuesday continued with demonstrations close to the holiest Hindu shrine of Nepal. Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Jan 06, 2009 03:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Mulayam Singh tells Prachanda to resolve Pashupatinath crisis
The Samajvadi Party also on Monday termed the problem as a bad omen and requested the Nepal government to resolve it immediately.
Updated on Jan 05, 2009 08:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Defence minister trains gun at Army chief
While the Maoist-led government in Nepal is under tremendous pressure over the removal of Indian priests from Pashupatinath temple, the Defence minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has started training guns at the Nepal Army, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Jan 05, 2009 05:54 PM IST
AFP | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
PM plays down sacking of priests
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' says appointment of Nepalese priests in place of Indians was a "mere coincidence" and not intended to oust the Indians.
Updated on Jan 05, 2009 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy and PTI, Kathmandu
Maoists announce yatra to defuse Pashupatinath row
Nepal's Maoist government on Sunday resorted to a desperate damage-control exercise and decided to start a yatra for religious concord.
Updated on Jan 04, 2009 07:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Breaking gender barriers
Be it at home or outside, the Nepalese society never treated women at par with men. But, they are now showing the world that cricket is no more a “gentlemen’s game” in Nepal, writes Anirban Roy.
Updated on Dec 27, 2008 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
In search of a capital
After Nepal’s political transformation as a democratic republic, people in the Himalayan nation are now keen to have a new capital and dream of a bright future, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Dec 20, 2008 10:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Newars tempt tourists’ palates
Food is very closely connected to the ritual and religious life of the Newars (indigenous group of Kathmandu) of Nepal. Be it a marriage, birthday, death anniversary, meat-eating is the central aspect of the occasion, writes Anirban Roy.
Updated on Dec 13, 2008 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Kathmandu’s vanishing hippies
When legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand visited Kathmandu in May this year, he said the city has transformed, and did not appear pulsating as before. He is right — the Hippy Trail has really gone cold now. Read on...
Updated on Dec 07, 2008 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Boucher cancels visit to Nepal
As China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi completed his three-day visit to Nepal, the US government announced the suspension of the visit of Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia.
Updated on Dec 04, 2008 05:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
China to extend financial support
As Nepal government is getting ready for the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Chinese government claimed to offer a special financial package to the impoverished Himalayan nation.
Updated on Dec 01, 2008 05:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Parallel constitution: Ex PM
Angry with the delay in the progress of constitution writing, Nepal’s former PM Girija Prasad Koirala today threatened that his party may be forced to put in writing its own the new constitution of the Himalayan nation.
Updated on Nov 30, 2008 05:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Strikes, strikes and more strikes
Though Nepal government is now desperate to bring about a major economic growth, protests, strikes and bandhs have become the order of the day across the impoverished Himalayan nation, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 30, 2008 12:25 AM IST
None | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Chinese FM plans visit to Nepal
Within hours of Indian external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee’s successful visit to Nepal, China on Thursday announced its Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s visit to the Himalayan nation, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 27, 2008 06:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
India, Nepal to sign new extradition treaty
At the end of his three-day visit to Nepal, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday that officials of both the countries are now trying to expedite the process of signing of the new agreement.
Updated on Nov 26, 2008 04:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
India to help restore peace in Nepal
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee promised Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda to extend all possible help for peace and development of the Himalayan nation, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 26, 2008 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
GP Koirala seeks India's help
Nepal’s octogenarian leader and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday sought New Delhi’s immediate help to “preserve” the democratic characters of the Himalayan nation. Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Nov 25, 2008 09:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Indian teachers demand equal rights, pay
Nepal’s new Maoist government always talks about social equality. But, its egalitarian policy is not right for more than 500 teachers from India, who are still fighting for equal rights in the recently democratised Himalayan nation, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 23, 2008 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
5 killed, 17 injured in Nepal accident
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and 17 others were seriously injured when a passenger bus plunged into a river at Tanahu district in Central Nepal.
Updated on Nov 21, 2008 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Indian diplomat attacked in Nepal
Head of Chancery of Embassy of India in Kathmandu, SK Joshi had a miraculous escape as 4 bricks landed on the windscreen of his vehicle. Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Nov 20, 2008 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu