Pawan Dixit has been a journalist for over a decade. He has extensively covered eastern UP for around five years, covered 2012 UP assembly polls, 2014 Lok Sabha polls while being stationed in Varanasi. Now, in Lucknow, he covers outstation political assignments, reports special cases from district court, high court and state information commission
Articles by Pawan Dixit
Girl set afire for opposing eve teasing in Azamgarh
Cops have launched a massive manhunt for all seven accused named by the victim’s sister in the FIR. Victim’s father is in CRPF and is posted in Varanasi. At present he is on poll duty in Mainpuri. All the accused are next door neighbours of the victim.
Updated on Sep 11, 2014 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent / Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Controversy over Bismillah Khan's 'missing' shehnai
The shehnai of legendary player Bismillah Khan has landed in a controversy after some of his family members claimed that it has been stolen.
Updated on Sep 10, 2014 06:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
BJP goes all out to ensure Apna Dal win in Rohaniya
With the nomination process for assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh over, the stage is set for a two-pronged contest between Apna Dal and Samajwadi Party in the pre-dominantly Patel-dominated Rohaniya assembly segment in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency.
Updated on Aug 30, 2014 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
1 dead, 17 missing as boat capsizes in Varanasi
An overcrowded boat, ferrying 40 passengers capsized in Ganga near Shooltankeshwar, around 20 km from the Varanasi on Tuesday.
Updated on Aug 05, 2014 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Terror alert in Varanasi as 145kg explosives found
Police recovered the explosives at the Dafi toll barrier on the National Highway-2 on the city outskirts during a vehicle checking drive that was being carried out a day after a high alert was declared in Varanasi.
Updated on Jun 14, 2014 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
At Modi's swearing-in, Varanasi to have a presence
When Narendra Modi is sworn in as Prime Minister on Monday, Kashi will have a significant representation at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Besides high-profile guests from all SAARC nations, Modi's four proposers from the time of his nomination-filing in Varanasi will attend the swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi.
Updated on May 24, 2014 07:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
My association with Varanasi will continue: Kejriwal
Despite losing to Narendra Modi by a margin of over 3.71 lakh votes, Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal is overwhelmed by the response of Kashites. Kejriwal secured 2,09,167 votes against Modi's 5,80,432.
Updated on May 18, 2014 12:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Varanasi: Modi thanks Maa Ganga, performs aarti
Thousands mobbed prime minister-designate Narendra Modi as he made a triumphant entrance in Varanasi after a victory lap in New Delhi to celebrate his historic win in the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on May 18, 2014 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit & AFP, New Delhi/varanasi
BJP makes merry in Varanasi, 'Har Har Modi' chant in air again
Though Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime minister designate, had urged party supporters to refrain from using the 'Har Har Modi' slogan in the future, party supporters couldn't resist intoning the chant after his victory was announced.
Updated on May 16, 2014 07:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi to take part in Ganga aarti on May 17
Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Varanasi the day after the election results are declared on Friday, to fulfill his wish to take part in Ganga aarti and perform Ganga poojan.
Updated on May 15, 2014 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Varanasi: Kejriwal, Rai ahead of Modi in poll expenditure
The BJP prime ministerial candidate spent just Rs 30 lakh during his entire campaign in the temple town, says a report submitted by expenditure observer Srinivasu Kolipaka of the election commission.
Updated on May 15, 2014 03:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Election Commission raids BJP's office in Varanasi, backs off within hours
On the orders of the district administration, the police carried out a raid on the BJP office and seized publicity material from an SUV parked just outside the premises
Updated on May 12, 2014 07:56 AM IST
None | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Akhilesh attacks Modi, Mayawati in Varanasi show
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav signed off Samajwadi Party's election campaign with an impressive road-show in this temple town from where BJP has fielded its PM hopeful Narendra Modi.
Updated on May 10, 2014 09:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
How Modi threw security to the wind in Varanasi
A camera-mounted drone called ‘Camcoptor’ used by a news channel to cover Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Varanasi on Thursday has turned into a new challenge for his security detail, government sources told HT.
Updated on May 10, 2014 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Ahuja and Pawan Dixit, New Delhi/varanasi
AAP leaders Gul Panag, Raghu ‘chased away’ from BHU campus
Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Gul Panag and MTV VJ Raghu were on Friday allegedly manhandled inside Varanasi's Banaras Hindu University campus after a scuffle broke out between AAP supporters and a group of students allegedly belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party's student wing.
Updated on May 10, 2014 09:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
BJP denied permission for Modi rally in Varanasi, party leaders to sit on dharna today
A controversy has erupted over an alleged denial of permission for BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi's rally at Beniyabagh in Varanasi on Thursday. Arun Jaitley announced he would sit on a dharna in the temple town on Thursday.
Updated on May 08, 2014 08:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Rahul hits out at Narendra Modi, accuses him of being double-faced
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi attacked BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in his election rallies in east UP on Tuesday. “Narendra Modi has not appointed Lokayukta in Gujarat. The day Modi appoints Lokayukta in his state he will be behind bars,” Rahul said in Mirzapur.
Updated on May 07, 2014 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Congress leaders don't want Kejriwal to emerge as No 1 challenge to Modi in Varanasi
To counter Kejriwal and his appeal among Muslims, senior Muslim leaders of the Congress, Salman Khurshid, Ghulam Nabi Azad, K Rahman Khan, have hit the campaign trail in the city’s Muslim-dominated areas.
Updated on May 06, 2014 03:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Shankaracharya not to campaign against Modi
Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, who had objected to the coining of 'Har Har Modi' slogan used in the latter's rally here, will not campaign against BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
Updated on May 05, 2014 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
'Lodge another case if you don’t like what I am saying'
A combative Narendra Modi Sunday took on the poll panel for failing to check "rigging and violence" in Bengal, Bihar and UP, daring it to take action against him and also tore into CM Mamata Banerjee over "illegal Bangladeshi migrants". Modi not challenging Election Commission: MJ Akbar
Updated on May 05, 2014 11:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Khanal/Pawan Dixit, Allahabad/varanasi/asansol
Modi turns focus to east Uttar Pradesh
Ever since Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was announced the BJP’s PM candidate, he has been campaigning tirelessly to fulfil his party’s Mission 272+ for 16th Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on May 04, 2014 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Students, young volunteers add to campaigning blitz in Varanasi
Since the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat has come under the election spotlight, not just political heavyweights but student leaders of various parties have made the constituency their base.
Updated on May 04, 2014 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Ghulam Nabi Azad’s moves help Congress win Muslim votes in Varanasi
Qaumi Ekta Dal leader Mukhtar Ansari’s support to Congress candidate Ajay Rai was touted as a guarantee of the Muslim support. But it took the political acumen and electioneering experience of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to achieve the desired result.
Updated on May 03, 2014 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
BHU prof held for instigating attack on Somnath
A professor of the Banaras Hindu University was arrested on Thursday for allegedly instigating BJP workers to attack Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bharti at Assi Ghat in Varanasi last week.
Updated on May 02, 2014 08:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
AAP's campaign stumps its rivals in Varanasi
The AAP had redefined the political campaign with its 'personal touch' in the December 2013 assembly elections in Delhi. The rookies are now hoping to repeat the feat in Varanasi with Arvind Kejriwal holding the party's flag against Narendra Modi.
Updated on May 02, 2014 01:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Will Muslims in Varanasi follow Mukhtar's decision?
Politics over Muslim votes has intensified in Varanasi after Quami Ekta Dal (QED) extended its support to Congress candidate Ajay Rai. But, many in the city are wondering, will QED be able to transfer its Muslim vote bank to Congress?
Updated on May 01, 2014 02:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Alka Rai, wife of slain BJP MLA, slams Cong candidate
Alka Rai, wife of slain BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, has slammed Congress candidate Ajay Rai for taking support from Mukhtar Ansari, accused in the sensational murder of Congress candidate's brother.
Updated on Apr 29, 2014 09:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Varanasi: To stop Modi, Ansari backs ‘enemy’ Rai
In a major development in the political hot seat of Varanasi, Quami Ekta Dal leader Mukhtar Ansari on Tuesday extended support to long-time rival and Congress candidate Ajay Rai.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 02:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Kejriwal accuses BJP of terrorising Varanasi
A day after AAP volunteers were attacked allegedly by BJP workers in Varanasi, Kejriwal came down heavily on the saffron party, blaming it for triggering an "atmosphere of terror" and asking whether it had any tacit pre-poll understanding with the Congress.
Updated on Apr 29, 2014 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Parties go whole hog as UP's big battles approach
The four superstars of the Great Indian Poll Movie are expected to be runaway successes in Uttar Pradesh (UP). But their campaign managers would rather ensure – to cite a cinematic maxim – all’s well that ends well.
Updated on Apr 28, 2014 10:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sunita Aron and Pawan Dixit, Lucknow/rae Bareli/amethi/varanasi