Neha Pant is a senior correspondent at Hindustan Times based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She writes on a range of topics including civic issues, urban development, politics, health, women and youth issues, culture and lifestyle.
Articles by Neha Pant
Girls run away from shelter home in Doon, security under scanner
Ironically, no one is allowed to leave or visit the shelter home without the district magistrate’s permission, so how could the girls leave without the security staff that includes three home guards being alarmed?
Bonding over cricket: Yesterday once more at The Doon School
It’s yesterday once more at The Doon School where former students of top four boarding schools of the country have gathered for the Alumni Cricket Bash, one of the most prestigious school-based cricketing events of India
Delhi man bludgeons wife to death, drives to Mussoorie to dump body in gorge
Lalit Jain and his family were arrested on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 16, 2017 08:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Dehradun | Shiv Sunny and Neha Pant
Bodies found inside spiritual centre in Doon, probe on
Barely a fortnight after an engineer was found dead near the Clock Tower, two bodies were found inside the premises of a spiritual organisation in Dehradun on Friday
Local bodies in rush to achieve open defecation-free tag
Urban local bodies (ULBs) of Uttarakhand are in a rush to achieve the open defecation free (ODF) tag as the state government has asked them to try to meet the target by the end of this month
₹124 cr already spent, ₹26 cr needed: Is Gairsain House a ‘white elephant’?
Successive governments have failed to take a final call on the permanent and summer capital issue.
Charge sheet to be filed soon in kidney racket case
“We will file the charge sheet in the kidney racket case in the court very soon. We have gathered evidence against the accused and are hopeful of building a strong case against the accused (in the court),” Dehradun SP (rural) Sarita Dobhal says.
Architects fret over MDDA choice of ‘expensive’ software
The old system of online submission of maps at the MDDA is currently in a transition phase as it is being transferred to a new improved online system.
Doon the biggest gainer as Uttarakhand fixes population criteria for corporator seats
As per the notification, the minimum number of corporators in a municipal corporation would be 40 (for a population ranging from 1.01 to 2 lakh) while the maximum number would stand at 100 (for a population of more than 7.01 lakh
Swachh battle intensifies as all Uttarakhand urban local bodies to compete this time
In Swachh Survekshan 2017, none of the seven participating cities of the hill state could make it to the list of top 200 of total 434 cities countrywide
MLAs may need more than political fire to turn the heat on in ‘icy’ Gairsain House
Ahead of assembly session beginning December 7 at Gairsain, Dehradun Meteorological Centre says mercury likely to roll down to 2 degree Celsius there
Another ignominious Himalayan high for Uttarakhand, pips J&K in number of arms seized
Mountain state reports 96% jump in seizure of arms, is ranked at top among the Himalayan states, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2016 report
Local body expansion: BJP will ask Uttarakhand government to ‘reconsider’ decision in areas of intense protests
Amid growing unrest over expansion of urban local bodies in Uttarakhand, BJP said that it will ask the state government to ‘reconsider’ its decision in areas where the protests were intense
Suspecting infidelity, man hacks wife to death in Doon
The couple’s landlord discovered the murder in the morning and alerted the police.
Chinese national on tourist visa found working in Doon, issued ‘leave India’ notice
Wenchang Xie will have to leave the country within three days
Uttarakhand witnesses 75% jump in economic offences
Among 36 states and union territories, Uttarakhand was ranked at the 19th spot in reporting such cases.
Crimes against children: Uttarakhand fares the worst among Himalayan states
The mountain state, with 676 such registered cases is followed by Himachal Pradesh (467) at the second place.
Feeling the pinch of stringent RERA norms, Uttarakhand realtors seek relief from government
Over 500 real estate agents, small builders and those engaged in plot dealings in and around Dehradun have come together under the umbrella of Doon Real Estate Association
A murder that wasn’t: Cops crack Doon body case, says man had committed suicide
The discovery of the youth’s body from a spot near the iconic Clock Tower Monday had sent shockwaves across Dehradun and had also put a question mark over the efficacy of the night patrolling
Eye on polls, BJP asks workers to begin reaching out to residents in ‘outer’ areas
With the ULB polls due in April next year, the BJP has asked its workers to start contacting locals in the newly-incorporated areas and convey to them the benefits of merging rural areas into the urban ones
IMA seeks changes in clinical establishment rules in Uttarakhand
Private doctors associated with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have sought changes in rules of the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act – which requires health care institutions to follow certain standards for medical services — in Uttarakhand
Waste management facility to get functional on December 1, no nod from green body yet
The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) is yet to grant ‘consent to operate’ to waste processing plant and scientific landfill site coming up at Shishambara
Murdered youth’s body crops up in heart of Doon, questions raised over night patrol efficacy
The site where the body was found is very close to the Clock Tower, and to a prominent city police outpost. The Uttarakhand secretariat and the police headquarters are also not very far away from the location.
Doctor couple wanted in kidney racket nabbed from Ghaziabad
Dr Sanjay Das and wife Dr Sushma were Sunday arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, where they had gone to attend a wedding, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti Kumar said
Shock waves in Doon as youth found murdered in the heart of the city
The deceased has been identified as Yatin Verma, a resident of Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand, who worked in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Father, please give her away, says Uttarakhand teen rape victim of her child
Girl’s family says she has been struggling to come to terms with the fact that she has become a mother, and has been unable to focus on Class 10 studies
Updated on Nov 27, 2017 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Neha Pant, Dehradun
Congress wants ballot paper in local body polls, BJP asks if it is ‘scared’
Congress corporators approached the state election commission, demanding that EVMs be completely kept away from the upcoming local body polls in Uttarakhand
