Harinder Baweja anchors special projects for Hindustan Times. She has been a journalist for three decades and has focussed on covering conflict zones, including Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Articles by Harinder Baweja
Army calls Budgam boys killings a mistake
In an unusual move, the Indian Army admitted the killing of two Kashmiri youths in Budgam on November 3 was a mistake. Excessive firing by the army led to their killing and injuring two others, HT has learnt.
Updated on Nov 08, 2014 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi/srinagar
Trilokpuri, 1984: Memories of anti-Sikh riots return to haunt
For the past one week, the east Delhi locality has been on the edge after clashes between Hindus and Muslims. For Kanwaljit Singh, the violence brings back memories of his brothers being burnt to death. "I cannot become a riot victim for the second time," he says.
Updated on Nov 01, 2014 05:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
BSF pounds terrorists waiting to infiltrate, pushes them back
Trained terrorists waiting at the India-Pakistan border in a bid to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir have been forced to retreat after punitive firing by the Border Security Force (BSF), a senior official told HT.
Updated on Oct 15, 2014 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Inside story of flag meetings in the theatre of the absurd
Less than a month ago, BSF jawans could not fathom why they were greeted by a burst of fire from Pakistan at the International Border (IB) when all they were doing was planting a mango sampling well within Indian territory.
Updated on Oct 12, 2014 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, Jammu
‘Ready to face any hostility, enhanced threat from Pak’
'We are prepared for any hostility and an increased threat from Pakistan,' General Officer-in-Command, 16 Corps, Lt Gen KH Singh told HT in an exclusive chat.
Updated on Oct 11, 2014 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, Nagrota (jammu)
Govt’s bullet-for-bullet policy lifts morale of armed forces
Over the past week, the 192-km international border has been on fire and mortars have been met with mortars. But this time the Modi government has drawn a new red line in its Pakistan policy: fire will be matched with fire and the BSF is gung-ho.
Updated on Oct 11, 2014 11:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, Akhnoor
Indian Army believes Pak chose to fire along International border to unsettle Hindus
If the Pakistani army is indeed working on a religious sum game while daring the Narendra Modi government, it has added a whole new layer to the conflict between the two neighbours. Sharp decline in firing by Pakistan
Updated on Oct 10, 2014 01:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, Gakhrial/arnia (jammu)
From a hockey defeat to near war, a tale of two neighbours
At the various posts along the border with Pakistan, officials know when and why the firing started. Several that HT spoke with said the firing started soon after Pakistan lost the Asian games hockey final to India.
Updated on Oct 09, 2014 01:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, Gakhrial, Jammu
Ceasefire violations: Govt toughens stand, asks forces not to seek meeting
The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday directed the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indian Army not to seek a flag meeting with Pakistan on the international border that has witnessed heavy firing in the last two days.
Updated on Oct 08, 2014 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Pak not bothered about civilian casualties: BSF DG
The flare-up at the international border will likely continue for a few more days is the assessment of the Director General of the Border Security Force, DK Pathak, who is currently at a forward position in the Jammu sector where Pakistan shelling killed five civilians.
Updated on Oct 08, 2014 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
India to seek US help in hunt for Dawood Ibrahim
Wanted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts that killed 250 people, Dawood is believed to be living in Pakistan under the patronage of the country’s dreaded spy agency the ISI.
Updated on Oct 02, 2014 09:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Will continue to meet Hurriyat: Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz
A day after he conceded that the timing of Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit’s meeting with Hurriyat leaders was 'perhaps not totally right,' Pakistan national security and foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz on Monday said they would continue to meet the separatists.
Updated on Sep 30, 2014 08:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Modi govt set to give police more teeth for anti-Maoist operations
Police in Maoist-affected states do not even know the names of the rebels operating in their respective areas, a review of the Congress-led UPA government’s policy on left-wing extremism has revealed.
Updated on Sep 15, 2014 10:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
India started it, must make first move if it wants talks: Sartaj Aziz
Islamabad will not push for revival of the dialogue after New Delhi called off foreign secretary-level talks objecting to the Pakistan high commissioner meeting Kashmiri separatists, said Sartaj Aziz, adviser to the Pakistan PM on security and foreign affairs.
Updated on Sep 07, 2014 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
India issues visas to 30 Pak traders for Mumbai expo
In a fresh sign of engagement, India Tuesday cleared 30 visas for Pakistani businessmen scheduled to visit Mumbai for a trade exhibition ‘Made in Pakistan’ on August 31.
Updated on Aug 27, 2014 01:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Suspension of Indo-Pak talks have repercussions for Kashmir
Since the Indo-Pak talks have been suspended, and it is difficult to see how they can be resumed in the absence thus far of any back channel diplomacy, over a meeting between Basit and separatist leader Shabir Shah, there are consequences for Kashmir.
Updated on Aug 20, 2014 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja
Why Modi decided to call off the Indo-Pakistan meeting
The decision to call off foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan, according to Indian diplomatic and intelligence sources, was well thought out and taken by PM Narendra Modi. Poll:Can Indo-Pak ties ever improve?
Updated on Aug 19, 2014 01:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja and Prashant Jha, New Delhi
Is the Congress party reeling under financial crunch?
The Congress took a big overdraft from banks during the Lok Sabha elections. Party treasurer and Rajya Sabha MP Moti Lal Vora, admitted to the overdraft, but tried to underplay it by saying it's not 'abnormal'.
Updated on Aug 10, 2014 08:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja and Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Nobody credits Manmohan Singh with a stiff spine: Natwar Singh
Former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh’s autobiography ‘One Life is not Enough’ has been creating a stir. Here, he reveals his views on Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress.
Updated on Aug 03, 2014 12:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja and Manjula Narayan
LeT threat slowing down 26/11 trial: Pak PM’s aide
Citing 'some fear' of the LeT in the judiciary, the Nawaz Sharif government is pondering the possibility of holding in-camera proceedings to add speed to the 26/11 trial being conducted in an anti-terror court in Islamabad.
Updated on Jul 27, 2014 08:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Katju charge: Ex-SC judge blames Lahoti
Former SC judge justice Ruma Pal had put her objections in writing on getting to know that a 'tainted' Madras HC judge was given an extension overlooking the reservations of the collegium she was part of.
Updated on Jul 24, 2014 08:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
DMK sought extension for HC judge: Bhardwaj
Former law minister HR Bhardwaj has told HT that his cabinet colleagues from the DMK had approached him seeking an extension for a Madras HC judge, adding he had written to then CJI RC Lahoti about the extension.
Updated on Jul 22, 2014 11:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
I would meet Hafiz Saeed again, says Vaidik
Ved Pratap Vaidik shot into the headlines after a meeting with 26/11 mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed. Vaidik, who claims proximity to Modi, speaks to HT about his infamous meeting with LeT chief.
Updated on Jul 21, 2014 04:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja
ISIS clams up, blow to efforts for release of 39 Indian workers
Iraq’s Sunni militants holding 39 Indians hostage have slammed the doors shut on all negotiations. The Iraqi Red Crescent Society, too, indicated that securing the release would be a ‘long haul.’
Updated on Jul 16, 2014 03:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
'US propaganda against LeT at the behest of India'
Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the Pakistani charity fronting for Lashkar-e-Taiba, predictably dismissed US designating it a terrorist organisation saying it “has no value for us”.
Updated on Jun 26, 2014 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja and Yashwant Raj, New Delhi/washington
ISIS unwilling to negotiate release of Indian workers abducted in Iraq
Members of ISIS who continue to control the fate of from Mosul in Northern Iraq are not open to any negotiations for their release. Indian officials in Baghdad and Delhi have been trying to knock on several doors since then to secure their release but to no avail.
Updated on Jun 25, 2014 01:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
ISIS militants may use 39 abducted Indians as human shields, fears govt
ISIS militants may use the remaining 39 Indian hostages as human shields in case of a military offensive by Iraqi or US authorities, the only person among the group to flee the captors has told government officials.
Updated on Jun 22, 2014 10:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
One Indian worker among 40 abducted in Iraq flees; in touch with MEA
Iraqi Red Crescent’s president Dr Yaseen Abbass confirmed on Thursday that one of the 40 construction workers abducted by a heavily-armed militia has now been taken to safety. Full coverage on Iraq
Updated on Jun 20, 2014 11:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi
Badaun case: Akhilesh accuses BSP of 'influencing and paying' gang-rape victims’ families
Under siege for his government’s handling of the Badaun case, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav sought to deflect attention to rival BSP, accusing it of “influencing and paying” the victims’ families. UP govt suspends Badaun SP, transfers top officers
Updated on Jun 08, 2014 07:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, Lucknow
Indian consulate warned priest abducted in Herat
Weeks prior to his kidnapping, Kumar postponed a trip to Sohadat village, 25 km out of Heart, after locals warned him not to come because the Taliban was looking for him.
Updated on Jun 06, 2014 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harinder Baweja, New Delhi