Hardik Anand is a correspondent, who reports from Rohtak in Haryana. From petty crimes to big data stories, he is interested in covering them all.
Articles by Hardik Anand
A govt school in Haryana gets modern toilet complex built by IIT engineers
A government school gets a modern toilet complex that cleans itself, equipped with sanitary napkin vending machine in Haryana.
Updated on Oct 13, 2017 07:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Caught on camera: Haryana Class 12 student attacks teacher in class after scoring low marks
The teacher is in a critical condition as he has suffered serious injuries in his head.
Updated on Oct 13, 2017 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Missing PGIMS newborn: Docs ready for lie-detection test, but continue strike; healthcare crippled
The doctors had earlier refused to undergo the test and the police had alleged that they were not cooperating in the probe.
Updated on Oct 05, 2017 02:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Against rules, BJP MLAs favoured in Haryana CM Khattar’s model village scheme
Violation of norms: Govt not following norms that the CM set; against Rs 50 lakh for a village, ruling parts MLAs get Rs 90 lakh; similar pattern in at least six other villages.
Updated on Oct 03, 2017 01:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Police stop Panchkula boy’s Rohtak friend from suicide for Blue Whale Challenge
The two boys were playing the 50-day online challenge which ends with players committing suicide. Rohtak police found that the Panchkula teen had sent the game’s final challenge link to his friend before dying.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 10:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Days after infant’s disappearance, PGIMS doc booked for ‘manhandling’ VC in public
Notably, the accused – Dr Bijender Dhillon – was earlier charge-sheeted for lapses pertaining to the disappearance of a newborn from the hospital’s gynaecology ward on September 10.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 08:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Now, INLD tries to woo farmers with jailed ex-Haryana CM Chautala’s message
Party assures to waive their loans and agriculture-related electricity bills.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 02:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhiwani | Hardik Anand, Bhiwani
Sonepat schoolgirl ‘gangrape’: Cops to seek permission for polygraph test of 2 accused
Meanwhile, the school management has shrugged off the allegation calling it a conspiracy of their competitors to defame the name of their institute.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 02:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Congress leaders free to contest party chief’s post against Rahul Gandhi, says Deepender Hooda
HT spoke to Congress MP Deepender Hooda who accompanied Rahul Gandhi during the US visit, over all the issues that cropped up in this context.
Updated on Sep 25, 2017 09:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Haryana: Girl writes anonymous letter to police alleging gang-rape in school by 2 officials
Copies of letter sent to PM, school director and local media; clerk Karambir and accountant Sukhbir of private school in Gohana booked for allegedly raping victim; no arrests yet
Updated on Sep 24, 2017 07:16 PM IST
HindustanTimes, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
No girls’ toilets in 140 Haryana govt schools, reveals RTI
5,000 girl students and hundreds of female faculty members affected, reveals govt reply to RTI query.
Updated on Sep 16, 2017 09:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Shortage of teachers behind 30 Haryana govt schools showing 0% results
Not even a single student from these schools could clear the examination, raising concerns on quality of education being given to students in these government-run schools.
Updated on Sep 14, 2017 04:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
‘Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim has 15-20 guards inside Rohtak jail’
Man released from Rohtak jail where Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been incarcerated says fellow prisoners are angry over restrictions
Updated on Sep 10, 2017 12:01 AM IST
Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Rohtak villagers on dharna against BJP leader’s construction company
Contractor Narender Dhankar of Simli village alleges that Kundu Construction Company did not even pay him Rs 3.83 crore decided by the panchayat ‘ex-parte’ as final settlement on August 14.
Updated on Sep 06, 2017 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Want quota in two months or will choke Delhi, Jat leaders warn govt
“More than 18 Jat youths are still locked in jail in Abhimanyu’s case. If he doesn’t withdraw cases, the community will be forced to boycott him,” AIJASS president Yashpal Malik asked said.
Updated on Sep 04, 2017 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jhajjar | Hardik Anand, Jhajjar
RTI shows Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s sex ratio figure claim skewed
The state saw an increase in sex ratio at birth under the BJP government as it cracked down on illegal practices to successfully implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign.
Updated on Sep 02, 2017 12:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Gurmeet Ram Rahim was revered like god...acted like beast, says judge
A CBI court on Monday sentenced self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in jail and fined him Rs 30 lakh for raping two disciples, saying he acted like a “wild beast” and didn’t even spare his “pious” followers.
Updated on Aug 29, 2017 04:19 PM IST
Rohtak/Chandigarh, Hindustan Times | Hardik Anand and Surender Sharma
Ram Rahim breaks down, pleads for mercy as judge sends him to jail for 20 years
Flamboyant chief of Dera Sacha Sauda sect was last week found guilty of raping two woman disciples.
Updated on Aug 29, 2017 08:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak/Chandigarh | Hardik Anand and Surender Sharma
Ram Rahim conviction: Ahead of sentence, 18 army columns called in Rohtak
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday ordered the Haryana government to make necessary arrangements for the special CBI judge and two staff members to be flown to the Rohtak district jail.
Updated on Aug 26, 2017 09:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Dera chief Ram Rahim lodged in Rohtak jail, questions raised over VIP treatment
The Dera Sacha Sauda chief was on Friday evening brought to Rohtak in an army helicopter after a special CBI court convicted him for raping his follower.
Updated on Aug 26, 2017 09:03 AM IST
Hindustan TImes, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Now, undergraduate students in Haryana to learn ‘why cow is called the mother’
“The young students need to be taught the importance of cows so they grow up respecting the animal and work for its protection,” Gauseva Aayog chairman Bhani Ram Mangla told HT.
Updated on Aug 19, 2017 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
No azaadi yet from stray cattle in Haryana as govt misses Aug 15 deadline
The stray cattle problem had particularly increased in Haryana after the government passed tough laws banning cow slaughter with stringent punishment for violations.
Updated on Aug 16, 2017 07:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Chandigarh stalking case: Who is the other accused Ashish Kumar?
Ashish was on the passenger seat last Friday night when he and his friend Vikas Barala, son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, allegedly stalked DJ Varnika Kundu oin Chandigarh. While the case has made headlines, Ashish, who allegedly got off twice and sought to open Varnika’s car door forcibly, has not got as much attention as Vikas has.
Updated on Aug 10, 2017 09:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
In war, people from both sides die: Amit Shah on increasing soldiers’ killings in J&K
“When a war is fought, people from both sides die. However, we have eliminated a record number of terrorists in our attempt to bring back peace in the Kashmir valley,” he said.
Updated on Aug 03, 2017 08:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Rohtak schools forced to declare holiday as buses deployed for Amit Shah’s rally
Many schools on Tuesday night sent texts to parents to inform them of the holiday.
Updated on Aug 03, 2017 12:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Go door to door, tell people about BJP’s feats: Amit Shah to partymen in Rohtak
The BJP chief will remain in Rohtak till August 4, and have lunch with a Dalit partymen as well.
Updated on Aug 03, 2017 06:48 PM IST
Hindustab Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Amid games, studies and TV, 10-year-old Rohtak rape survivor pines for mother
The child was found to be 18-22 weeks pregnant by a medical board of a Rohtak hospital. After the court left it to the hospital to go by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, doctors decided to abort her foetus as it was less risky than delivery.
Updated on Jul 30, 2017 08:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Nine Haryana jails jampacked; Rewari filled four times its capacity
Scramble for space: The Rewari district jail houses 130 inmates against its capacity of 30.
Updated on Jul 23, 2017 12:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohatk | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Haryana: Gaushalas are like jails, says fasting sadhu
Sant Gopal Das is on a hunger strike to free pasture land in villages from encroachments.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
HT Spotlight: Problem of plenty in Haryana gaushalas
Haryana‘s predicament With the state coming down with a heavy hand on cow slaughter, gaushalas here are overflowing with cattle; even as the government has increased financial outlay for the Gau Sewa Aayog from ₹7 lakh in 2010 to ₹20 crore, the 430-odd gaushalas in the state are in dire straits
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Karnal/Rohtak/Sirsa | Neeraj Mohan and Hardik Anand, Karnal/rohtak/sirsa