Moushumi Das Gupta writes on infrastructure, urban development, water, and gender issues.
Articles by Moushumi Das Gupta
India may not sign Hague convention on international child abduction
Around 90 countries are signatories to the convention that protects children under 16 from “wrongful removal or retention” by a parent.
Updated on Jun 19, 2018 07:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Ministerial panel okays proposal to make district magistrates final authority in child adoption cases
800 to 850 adoption cases are pending in civil and family courts at any given time.
Updated on Jun 18, 2018 08:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Journalist Shujaat Bukhari was killed because he tried to find a middle path: Jitendra Singh
BJP minister Jitendra Singh talks about the Centre’s decision to end Ramzan ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir, the party’s alliance with PDP and journalist Shujaat Bukhari’s killing in the Valley. Edited excerpts from the interview.
Updated on Jun 19, 2018 09:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja and Moushumi Das Gupta
‘Centre restricting federal system’: CMs of West Bengal, Andhra, Kerala, Karnataka support Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s protest
West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka’s H D Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh’s Chandrababu Naidu met in the capital.
Updated on Jun 16, 2018 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sweta Goswami and Moushumi Das Gupta, New Delhi
NRI husbands must now register marriage within a week, update marital status on passport
An inter-ministerial panel on Wednesday came up with the new norm in an attempt to prevent NRI husbands from abandoning their wives.
Updated on Jun 14, 2018 07:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Govt wants Ola, Uber to let women choose ride-sharing partners
The trigger for the meeting was the June 5 incident in which an Ola cab driver in Bengaluru allegedly forced a woman passenger to strip.
Updated on Jun 14, 2018 07:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Bureaucrats unhappy over govt’s lateral entry move, call for reforms in policy
Senior bureaucrats term the government’s move to have lateral entry in government as retrograde, say such experimentation should be encouraged.
Updated on Jun 12, 2018 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Interim operations in Chabahar port in Iran to start by next week
India has selected an Iranian company, Kaveh Port and Mar ine Services, for running the operations for 18 months till it selects a firm to manage and maintain the facility for long term.
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 07:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Law against indecent depiction of women on anvil; will cover WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram
The Ministry’s proposal also includes strengthening of the existing safeguards to prevent indecent representation of women through any media form on the other, said the ministry statement.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 11:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Four years of Modi govt: Roadways revived, but real challenge is raising money for expansion
If the Vajpayee government’s success was in upgrading the national highways, the NDA-II government has the Bharat Mala — building 24,800 kms of roads connecting coasts to borders to expressways.
Updated on May 26, 2018 01:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Dalit outreach, outlining policies on agenda for Modi govt’s 4-year festivity
The BJP will establish contacts with 1 lakh intellectuals to brief them about the achievements of the Narendra Modi government and make another bid to reach out to Dalits.
Updated on May 23, 2018 07:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam and Moushumi Das Gupta
Delhi’s Janpath Hotel will be demolished to make way for govt offices
Last year, the government decided to exit four ITDC-run hotels across India, including Janpath Hotel, as part of its ₹72,500 crore disinvestment plan for 2017-18.
Updated on May 22, 2018 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Measures proposed against NRIs who desert their wives ‘untenable’: Law ministry
Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi has written to external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to call another meeting to end the deadlock that threatens to derail the move to help abandoned wives.
Updated on May 21, 2018 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Road to 2019: PM Narendra Modi plans big infrastructure push
The road ministry, a second official said, has drawn up a list of 416 ongoing projects worth ₹3.26 lakh crore that are being implemented by the National Highways Authority of India
Updated on May 19, 2018 05:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Not dreaming of becoming PM, says Nitin Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari says he has no plans to contend for the Prime Minister’s post in 2019, and claims the Opposition is creating perception of over-centralisation in the functioning of the Narendra Modi government.
Updated on May 14, 2018 08:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta and Prashant Jha
Trade between Bay of Bengal countries to become easier as draft motor vehicle pact ready
Agreement will improve movement and trade between Bay of Bengal nations once it is finalised in Nepal.
Updated on May 12, 2018 09:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta and Jayanth Jacob
Open eastern expressway before May 31, Supreme Court asks NHAI
The Supreme court, which was hearing a petition related to air pollution in Delhi, said the Eastern Peripheral Expressway project should be inaugurated on or before May 31, or be thrown open to traffic from the following day.
Updated on May 10, 2018 11:25 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Moushumi Das Gupta and Bhadra Sinha
Iran’s Chabahar port work on but fear of US sanctions loom
Chabahar opens a transit route to Iran and Afghanistan that will also give India access to markets in Central Asia.
Updated on May 10, 2018 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta and Jayanth Jacob
Survivors may get to report sexual abuse as a child till age 25
If the move gets a nod from the Centre, it will mean survivors will have to file a complaint before they turn 25, after which the statute of limitations will expire.
Updated on May 06, 2018 11:16 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Moushumi Das Gupta
President Kovind unhappy with I&B ministry’s handling of National Film Awards
Around 50 award winners skipped the ceremony on Thursday stating they were “disappointed” and “dejected” that President Ram Nath Kovind would hand over only 11 honours.
Updated on May 05, 2018 07:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Govt recommends green registration plates for electric vehicles
According to the proposal, the registration plates of private electric vehicles will have a green background with numbers and letters in white, and commercial electric vehicles will have a green background with numbers and letters in yellow.
Published on May 04, 2018 07:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Controversy clouds 65th National Film Awards as President limits presence at presentation ceremony
A letter written by the recipients of the 65th National Film Awards to the Directorate of Film Festivals, specified that their move did not constitute a “boycott”, but was an expression of disappointment over President Kovind’s decision.
Updated on May 04, 2018 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Moushumi Das Gupta
National film awardees disappointed as Kovind will not present all awards
Information and broadcasting minister Smriti Irani reportedly visited Vigyan Bhavan, the venue of the ceremony, on Wednesday to meet some of the winners to ease their sense of disappointment.
Updated on May 03, 2018 01:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Smriti Kak Ramachandran & Moushumi Das Gupta
War memorial near India Gate to be completed by Independence Day
Designed in concentric circles, the memorial will be spread over approximately 40 acres, and have a 15-metre-high obelisk at its centre.
Updated on Apr 28, 2018 10:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Will death penalty for rape of children help reduce crime?
Ever since the Centre invoked the law, it has attracted intense criticism from child activists, human rights organisations and the intelligentsia over the futility of awarding the death penalty to child rapists
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 08:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta, New Delhi
Over 12,000 sexual assault cases pending due to backlog at forensic labs
Only three of the six central forensic science laboratories in India have the facility to test DNA samples.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
How Venkaiah Naidu stayed ahead of the curve on impeachment notice against CJI Misra
Venkaiah Naidu had started consulting constitutional and parliamentary experts long before he was formally handed over the impeachment notice against CJI Dipak Misra.
Updated on Apr 24, 2018 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta
Congress to move SC against Venkaiah Naidu’s decision to reject notice seeking removal of CJI Dipak Misra
The announcement came within hours of the Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu rejecting the Congress-led Opposition move to remove CJI Dipak Misra
Updated on Apr 23, 2018 11:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Venkaiah Naidu rejects Opposition notice for CJI’s impeachment, says it lacks merit
Rejecting the Opposition notice seeking the removal of CJI Dipak Misra, Venkaiah Naidu says it would be inappropriate and irresponsible act to accept statements which have little empirical basis.
Updated on Apr 23, 2018 03:34 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Moushumi Das Gupta
PM’s housing scheme gets tepid response from the middle class
Housing sector experts blame the tepid response to a slew of factors including poor awareness oft the scheme, stringent eligibility criteria, and the state of the real estate market.
Updated on Apr 22, 2018 11:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta