M Tariq Khan is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times political bureau in Lucknow. He has spent over a decade doing development and investigative journalism. Apart from covering political parties and various departments of Uttar Pradesh Government, he also writes on minorities politics and has a flair for offbeat stories.
Articles by M Tariq Khan
NGOs enjoy foreign mewa for no sewa!
WITH HIGH-SOUNDING titles like Mahila Sewa Trust, Adarsh Sewa Sansthan, they call themselves non-profit organizations working for public good. But the only ?sewa? (service) they seem to have rendered so far is to line their own pockets with foreign funds collected in the name of such overt welfare schemes.
Published on Apr 17, 2006 12:38 AM IST
None | M Tariq Khan
Scraping Awadh sky
LESS THAN a decade ago, the suggestion of a flat in a high-rise building in Lucknow invited a smirk unless it was a job perquisite. The argument against investing in a flat would be : why buy a property in which only the ceiling is yours and not one in which you become the owner of the land as well. Higher disposable income, smaller family size, double income couples and unheard of pay packages have contributed to the profusion of housing schemes, mostly by private players, offering paradise within a 1000 square feet.
Published on Apr 16, 2006 01:24 AM IST
None | M TARIQ Khan and SIDDHARTHA Mathur, Lucknow
You may land in a frying PAN!
BEWARE! Your PAN card or driving licence are becoming a handy tool for unscrupulous elements to commit identity frauds in the city. The photocopies of PAN cards or driving licences with photographs of the original card-holder being replaced with another are only a tip of the ice berg of the number of ways being utilised to submit an application for seeking a wide variety of loans, opening a savings bank or Demat account by unscrupulous elements.
Published on Mar 22, 2006 12:05 AM IST
None | Santosh Chowdhury & M Tariq Khan
SC stays city Master Plan 2021
THE SUPREME Court on Monday stayed the Lucknow Master Plan-2021 that provided for acquisition and conversion of green belt areas of the city for residential purposes.
Published on Mar 21, 2006 01:41 AM IST
None | M. Tariq Khan/HTC, New Delhi/lucknow
PCS, now IIM, what else?
WHEN RAHUL Singh, PCS officer, posted as Additional City Magistrate (ACM) II in the city, walked up to the convocation podium at IIM-L to receive his diploma, a big applause greeted him.
Published on Mar 19, 2006 12:48 AM IST
None | M Tariq Khan and Manish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow
Probe? Or just a guided tour?
THE TWO-MEMBER probe panel set up by the State Government to probe Friday?s communal flare-up visited the affected localities on Sunday to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation. The panel, however, also took along with them those in the line of fire. The inquiry team in question comprises Agriculture Production Commissioner NC Bajpai and Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Bua Singh.
Published on Mar 06, 2006 12:30 AM IST
None | M Tariq Khan
Probe term ending, probe yet to begin
FORGET AN inquiry report. The one-man commission constituted post Vipul Khand plots allotment fiasco by the State Government to probe the allotment process, prevalent in the development authorities and UP Avas Evam Vikas Parishad (UPAVP), is yet to take off.
Published on Feb 28, 2006 01:31 AM IST
None | M Tariq Khan
HC thrusts CBI spear in LDA guts
By ordering a CBI probe into LDA's Jankipuram land scam, the Allahabad High Court seems to have done something that the officials of the development agency have always dreaded. Why? Because Jankipuram is just the tip of an iceberg and an independent probe by the country's premiere investigating agency could result in several such skeletons tumbling out of LDA's cupboard.
Published on Feb 23, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | M Tariq Khan
LDA babus leave 400 Ashrayaheen!
LUCKNOW DEVELOPMENT Authority?s Jankipuram housing scheme is proving to be a can of worms. Already reeling under the ripples created by the suspension of its 14 officials, the department has been hit by yet another scam. The only difference this time round is that those at the receiving end of the devious ways of the development agency are poor and underprivileged sections of society, who have been taken for a ride for a roof over their heads.
Published on Feb 16, 2006 12:16 AM IST
None | M Tariq Khan
Right to Information? LDA says... my foot!
IF YOU think that the Right to Information Act (RTI) has provided you with the freedom to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, consistent with public interest try asking LDA. The development agency it appears is still to come to terms with the idea of sharing information with the citizens. Not even if the information being sought is consistent with public interest.
Published on Jan 06, 2006 12:17 AM IST
PTI | M Tariq Khan
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