Haidar Naqvi covers central UP and Bundelkhand. He closely tracks developments in internal security in the region and beyond.
Articles by Haidar Naqvi
UPFC case: Prasad on sticky wicket
SENIOR IAS officer Sunanda Prasad could find herself in a tight spot after decks were cleared to lodge a case against a lawyer under the Officials Secrets Act. The lawyer had filed a PIL in the high court challenging the appointment UP Finance Corporation chairman, Dr Shiv Prasad Yadav, whose battle with then MD Prasad had made headlines for weeks on a trot.
Published on Mar 22, 2006 12:07 AM IST
None | HAIDAR Naqvi, Kanpur
MLA, aides let loose a reign of terror
A SAMAJWADI Party MLA let loose a reign of terror in a Auraiya village for defying his diktats during the village panchayat and block pramukh elections on Tuesday. Over a dozen men and women were injured in the indiscriminate firing by MLA?s henchmen.
Published on Mar 15, 2006 01:21 AM IST
None | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
Waqf boards move to check mafia
BOTH THE Sunni and the Shia Central Waqf boards have repealed all their orders issued to district magistrates and commissioners in last couple of years. The decision, landmark in its own way, has been taken to check mafia who were taking advantage of the style of functioning of Board officials.
Published on Mar 15, 2006 12:21 AM IST
None | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
Police turned deaf ear to Salar inputs
THE UP police scored big points when it gunned down Lashkar militant Salim, alias Salar ? whom it claims was responsible for the Varanasi blasts ? in a record 12 hours. But the success automatically poses an embarassing question for the police: Why didn?t they act on precise inputs on Salar made available to them by the Intelligence Bureau for the last three years?
Published on Mar 10, 2006 01:34 AM IST
None | HAIDAR Naqvi, Kanpur
IB inputs on LeT man not pursued
DREADED TERRORIST Salim Salar, was gunned down by the UP Police. However, the success story raises a question: Why did the UP Police never act on the inputs being provided by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), on Salar, to STF, for the past three years. According to highly placed sources, the UP Police?s indifference to those reports only helped the militant establish a network of Lashkar throughout the state.
Published on Mar 10, 2006 12:40 AM IST
None | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
Salar?s journey from Ratlam to Lucknow via Pakistan
SALIM AKA Salar, the Lashker terrorist who was gunned down by the UP police on Wednesday, is believed to be the militant who was involved in the sensational kidnapping of five foreign nationals by the Al Faran group in Kashmir. The FBI had announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh on him.
Published on Mar 09, 2006 01:53 PM IST
None | Shams Ur Rehman Alavi/ Haidar Naqvi, Bhopal/kanpur
Solanki ensures the guilty escape onus
IF A tragedy has direct bearing on an SP MLA, the district officials crawl when asked to bend. That?s how industrialists and contractors easily escaped punishment even after their negligence cost three workers, none of them beyond 23 years of age, their precious lives.
Published on Mar 08, 2006 12:41 AM IST
None | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
Protest against Quranic verses printed on cloth
Even before protests against Danish cartoon and US President George W Bush?s visit to India could subside, Kanpurites today woke up to another controversy when the cloth used to make undergarments was found imprinted with Quranic verses. There were demonstrations at several places after the Friday prayers and people demanded stringent action against the textile mill. The district administration convened a meeting of peace committee late in the evening and ordered security beef-up in the to meet any eventuality.
Published on Mar 04, 2006 12:29 AM IST
None | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
How LeT change of mind saved IIT-K
A LAST minute change in plan stopped terrorists from inflicting a big blow on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on January 26 ? the date Lashkar-e-Taiyaba (LeT) had set for the attack in an e-mailed threat to the institute. In fact, LeT operatives had stocked enough quantity of C4 explosive so closely to the institute that the terror act could have been executed at any given point of time.
Published on Feb 16, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | HAIDAR Naqvi, Kanpur
Dhoni dhamak: Celebration turns tragic, five dead
FIVE PERSONS were killed when two boys, celebrating the fireworks of Mahendra Singh Doni at the Faisalabad Test, burst crackers outside a shop stashed with firecrackers, setting up a chain reaction, in Auraiya on Tuesday morning.
Published on Jan 25, 2006 12:30 AM IST
None | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
UP?s No. 1 target gets shelter in MP
JAGJIVAN PARIHAR is the new lord of the ravines. While the UP police have placed the burly bandit on top of its hit list, across the border, in Madhya Pradesh, the cops treat him like a blue-eyed boy. No wonder, Parihar stays in MP helping the police track down Ram Babu Gadariya and Salim Gujjar, while his men ravage UP and get full protection from any ?official? onslaught in turn.
Published on Jan 14, 2006 12:24 AM IST
None | HAIDAR Naqvi, Kanpur
ZP chief: SP spoils BSP equations
EAGLE-EYED POLL managers of the Samajwadi Party practically spoiled the Bahujan Samaj Party?s Dalit-Brahmin equation to gain the coveted chairmanship of Zila panchayat.
Published on Jan 07, 2006 12:21 AM IST
PTI | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
IIT alumni fail to make commitment
IT SEEMS the alumni no longer want to donate funds to their alma mater. This attitude was quite evident at the IIT, Kanpur. For four days, the premier institution bustled with IITians (1971 & 1981 batch) reliving the best of their days with their wives and children. But the alumni, many of them doyens of the Silicon Valley, fell short of committing funds for the IIT like other batches, which came and went in the last three years.
Published on Jan 04, 2006 12:19 AM IST
PTI | HAIDAR Naqvi, Kanpur
IIT-K out to secure best brains
AS THE terrorists look for the soft targets, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, is planning to secure the best brains and facilities through what it?s best at: technology.
Published on Dec 31, 2005 12:06 AM IST
PTI | Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur
BJP divides, Cong unites: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi accused BJP of dividing the society and pledged to fight against communal and divisive forces.
Updated on May 03, 2004 11:26 AM IST
PTI | Haidar Naqvi and PTI, Kanpur
BJP divides, Congress unites, says Rahul Gandhi
Charging BJP with dividing India on communal lines since Independence, Rahul Gandhi said the party was now seeking votes from the minority community, reports Haidar Naqvi.
Published on May 03, 2004 01:04 AM IST
PTI | Haidar Naqvi and PTI, Kanpur
Outsourcing way of life in Unnao
Backwardness may be a way of life in Unnao but lack of initiative is not something the people here can be accused of. Not when they are giving a new definition to the word 'outsourcing'.
Published on May 02, 2004 04:06 PM IST
PTI | Haidar Naqvi, Unnao