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
Jat quota stir in Haryana: After failing to control violence, police botched up probe too
Of 909 FIRs lodged at 7 police stations in Rohtak, epicentre of agitation, cops could not trace accused in 851 cases.
Updated on Jul 18, 2017 11:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
IIM Rohtak reports threefold increase in number of girl students, but they’re far behind the boys
IIM Rohtak has registered a threefold increase in the number of girl students enrolling in the postgraduate management programme this year as compared to the previous one
Updated on Jul 04, 2017 09:26 AM IST
Haryana: Neighbours shoot video as woman stabbed by husband cries
The police said the incident took place on the evening of June 30 when the husband came back home drunk and threw chilli powder in the woman’s eyes.
Updated on Jul 03, 2017 08:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Brother of rape-murder victim in Haryana’s Rohtak accused of raping widow
The man’s sister was brutally raped and murdered, triggering national outrage over women’s safety in Haryana as the incident was compared with the fatal December 2012 gang-rape of a paramedical student in New Delhi.
Updated on Jun 30, 2017 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Rohtak twins crack NEET in first attempt, want to go to same medical college
The students of Scholars Rosary School in the district took no additional tuitions and thanked each other for their support for achieving the results.
Updated on Jun 27, 2017 03:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
‘When people can laugh at sweet little things, why be abusive?’
Aashqeen, along with his friends, started a Facebook page on which they initially posted amateur videos. Little did they know that their videos will build a support base of 15 lakh followers within a year.
Updated on Jun 24, 2017 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
World celebrates Yoga Day but fervour eludes Ramdev’s native village in Haryana
During a visit to Ramdev’s native village in Mahendragarh to take stock of preparations for the grand event, Hindustan Times found that villagers were not even aware of the day commemorated for yoga in 2014
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Saidalipur | Hardik Anand, Saidalipur
Late army officer’s kin in Rohtak denied insurance claim
Claim rejected by insurance company, saying it received relevant documents one day late
Updated on Jun 13, 2017 05:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
PG medical admissions: PGIMS refuse refund of Rs 5 lakh bond to students vacating seat
Parents of some students created ruckus after the college refused to refund the counselling bond on Saturday.
Updated on Jun 10, 2017 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
RTI reveals Rs 190 crore spent on advertising by Haryana govt in 2 years
According to the information, the state government paid Rs 173 crore to print media and Rs 11.5 crore to electronic media between October 20, 2014 and January 4, 2017 for advertisements
Updated on Jun 04, 2017 05:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Haryana’s Himanshu Jain who cracked UPSC exam rejected Rs 22 lakh Amazon offer
Himanshu Jain, from Haryana’s Jind, ranked 44 in the civil services exam this year.
Updated on Jun 02, 2017 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
IAS officer who drowned in Delhi cremated at his native village in Sonepat
Prior to becoming an IAS officer, Dahiya was working as a DSP with Himachal Pradesh Police in Sirmaur district.
Updated on May 30, 2017 08:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
IAS trainee who drowned saving woman colleague had received gold medal in pass-out training
Belonging to Haryana’s Sonepat, Dahiya was a 2016 batch IAS officer who was allotted the Jammu and Kashmir cadre. He had secured 53rd rank in the UPSC exam.
Updated on May 30, 2017 05:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Rewari court to put four women on trial for filing ‘false rape cases’
A Rohtak court had recently directed complaints against four women in separate cases, where their versions of rape complaints fell flat during police investigation and court trials.
Updated on May 25, 2017 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Rohtak: Hospital aborts pregnancy of 10-year-old who accused stepfather of rape
The girl was admitted to the PGIMS in Rohtak after her mother found out that she was pregnant. The child accused her 20-year-old stepfather of raping her multiple times and coercing her to not speak to anyone.
Updated on May 20, 2017 07:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand
Haryana Board (HBSE) 2017 Class 12 topper Harish Sharma wants to be a doctor, says tuitions are a waste of time
HBSE 2017 Class 12 topper Harish Sharma secured 491 out of 500 marks and stood first in the entire state
Updated on May 18, 2017 06:50 PM IST
Mother of 10-yr-old Rohtak girl raped by stepfather wants husband to be set free
She said she did not believe her daughter when she told her that her stepfather had raped her many times. “When he (her husband) agreed to have done it, only then could I believe it had happened.
Updated on May 25, 2017 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Rohtak: Doctors to abort baby of 10-year-old who was raped by stepfather
The medical termination of pregnancy act prohibits abortion after 20 weeks, except when the mother’s life is under risk.
Updated on May 25, 2017 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Rohtak: Abortion, delivery risky for 10-yr-old rape victim, hospital tells court
The minor’s pregnancy was found to be at the borderline of the 20 weeks.
Updated on May 25, 2017 11:37 PM IST
Rohtak, Hindustan Times | Hardik Anand
SIT to probe Rohtak gang-rape, mutilation of woman beaten to death with bricks
A 20-year-old girl was beaten to death with bricks and her private parts mutilated by her jilted lover and his associate.
Updated on May 15, 2017 10:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Don’t give birth to daughters to avoid seeing this day: Rohtak rape victim’s mother
“I would ask everyone to not give birth to daughters to avoid seeing this day that I’m seeing..every woman fears this day for their daughters since these goons are alive,” said mother of the victim.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 02:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak:
Jilted lover rapes woman with friend, beats her to death with bricks in Rohtak
The crime has jolted Rohtak, which was shaken by the rape and murder of a mentally challenged Nepalese woman in the district in 2015
Updated on May 15, 2017 10:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Woman gets 7-year jail for false gangrape complaint
The woman, Meenakshi, 28, had in June 2010 filed a complaint alleging she was gangraped by a Rohtak resident and his two brother-in-laws after they gave her lift in their car.
Updated on May 06, 2017 11:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
At event run on stolen power, Khattar advises villagers to refrain from theft
While the officials first denied the allegations, they later put the entire blame of the power theft on the contractor who had arranged for the tent for the event after the shocking visuals of power theft surfaced on social media.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 09:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Now, policemen in Rohtak to work with body cameras
In yet another hi-tech initiative of the Rohtak Police, cops in the district will work with cameras fitted on their bodies that will record their activities of the entire day.
Updated on Apr 26, 2017 09:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
384 five-star rooms, 200 air tickets: Haryana govt’s freebies for NRIs
The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana provided 384 five-star hotel rooms, 100 to and fro air tickets for free to the NRIs who had came to attend the two-day Pravasi Haryana Divas in Gurgaon in January this year.
Updated on Apr 25, 2017 09:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
Now, get Rs 1,000 for reporting cops violating traffic rules in Rohtak
It have also announced an award of Rs 1,000 to the Good Samaritans whose complaints lead to challaning of the cops.
Updated on Apr 24, 2017 10:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hardik Anand, Rohtak
BSF ex-soldier to move court, wife says dismissal to ensure no one raises voice
BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav had complained in January about bad food at his unit, which triggered a row.
Updated on Apr 19, 2017 08:19 PM IST
Rohtak/Jammu | Hardik Anand and Ravi Krishnan Khajuria
Man alleges harassment for being a Dalit on video, hangs self from tree in Sonepat after
A 38-year-old man recorded a video of him committing suicide on Sunday after alleging that he was being harassed by three men for ‘being a Dalit’. Police said the deceased, identified as Vijay, a resident of Delhi’s Harewali village near Bawana, hanged himself from a tree in Sonepat’s Tewari village. Investigators have seized the video clip from Vijay’s phone and registered an FIR on Tuesday on his brother’s statement.
Updated on Apr 18, 2017 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Hardik Anand, Rohtak/delhi
After rats, dogs found feeding on body in Haryana hospital mortuary
If the viral images of rats nibbling on bodies at mortuaries in Haryana hospitals were not disturbing enough, now a video of dogs feeding on a body at the Jind civil hospital in Haryana has surfaced on social media.
Updated on Apr 18, 2017 12:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Hardik Anand, Rohtak