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
Most of Varanasi's 3 lakh Muslims still not swayed by Modi
Images of some Muslim men waving at the Narendra Modi outside a mosque during his road-show in Varanasi on Thursday made for some good PR for the Parivar.
Updated on Apr 27, 2014 02:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey and Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi draws many challengers to Kashi
Narendra Modi’s candidature, it appears, is reason enough for political enthusiasts to contest form the Varanasi parliamentary seat.
Updated on Apr 27, 2014 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi checkmates Congress, AAP with hit show
Vikas Huda and Rajesh Gangwani, two local businessmen who had closed their shops to be at the Modi show, told HT that this was their first brush with a nomination procession. “There was so much hype, such expectation and such euphoria that one felt like witnessing it live.”
Updated on Apr 26, 2014 01:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey and Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi wave makes a big splash as Varanasi spills onto streets
It was a hero’s welcome that awaited Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi here. It also highlighted, largely in the saffron colour, the burden of expectations he has to carry as the BJP’s prime ministerial choice.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey, Pawan Dixit and Ajay Kumar, Varanasi
Narendra Modi turns river city into a sea of saffron
On a day when well over 100 million voters decided the fates of several political heavyweights, only someone with the star power of Narendra Modi could steal the show by doing something as mundane as filing his nomination papers.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 07:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey and Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Vadodara to Varanasi: Modi's assets up Rs 14 lakh; BJP says party transferred fund
Narendra Modi on Thursday disclosed total assets worth Rs 1.65 crore - a rise of Rs 14.34 lakh from his declaration for Vadodara Lok Sabha seat a fortnight back.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 07:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
1 lakh Kashiites, 108 Brahmins, three statues waiting for Modi
Kashiites, legends say, are of three types —Alhad the motor-mouth, Phakkad the happy-go-lucky and Malang the lost one, a marijuana consumer in most cases.
Updated on Apr 24, 2014 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey and Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi’s Varanasi show today, Kejriwal files papers
The battle for Varanasi has begun with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal filing his elections papers Wednesday, a day before BJP’s PM nominee Narendra Modi makes official his entry into the contest after a roadshow, his first outside Gujarat.
Updated on Apr 24, 2014 02:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit & Rajesh Ahuja, Varanasi/new Delhi
'Fakir' from New Delhi AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal is a crorepati
In his characteristic style, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal tried to strike a chord with the people of Varanasi on Wednesday. "I am a fakir," he told them repeatedly.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 02:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
ATS commandoes guard Kejriwal, only symbolic opposition by Modi supporters
Opposition to Arvind Kejriwal's road show, if any, was only symbolic. A handful of BJP supporters at Teliyabagh raised Modi slogans and waved traditional victory sign at Arvind Kejriwal as his vehicle passed through.
Updated on Apr 24, 2014 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Varanasi: Arvind Kejriwal files nomination, hits at Modi, Rahul's 'chopper democracy'
Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday filed nomination papers for the most-watched contest of this election, while attacking Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for their 'helicopter democracy'.
Updated on Apr 24, 2014 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Veerappan’s nephew to fight Modi in Varanasi
PN Ramachandran, the nephew of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, filed his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on Monday. The 34-year-old Ramachandran is the son of Veerappan’s sister and a native of Nagamarai Puture.
Updated on Apr 23, 2014 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
This Narendra wants to be a record loser
People do the bizarre to get into the record books — such as eating glass, sleeping with cobras, piercing faces with needles and running backwards. But Narendra Nath Dubey’s idea of setting a Guinness record is to lose the most elections.
Updated on Apr 22, 2014 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Bismillah’s family refuses to be proposers for Modi
Family members of late shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna awardee Ustad Bismillah Khan have rubbished reports of backing BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi.
Updated on Apr 22, 2014 07:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit and Vinod Khanal, Varanasi/allahabad
BJP releases booklet to ‘expose’ Arvind Kejriwal
After posters mocking Aam Admi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come up with a booklet 'AAP Aisa Hai' to attack Kejriwal, who is contesting against BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi.
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 08:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Tea seller to be Modi proposer in Varanasi too
Doing a Vadodara in Varanasi, Narendra Modi’s two proposers of his nomination from the holy city on April 22 will be a tea stall vendor and a person from an under-privileged section of society.
Updated on Apr 16, 2014 01:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Unfazed by absconder tag, Kejriwal in Varanasi
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is still being chased around by his decision to exit the Delhi government after 49 days, arrived from New Delhi for a month-long campaign tour in Varanasi, where he is contesting against BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi.
Updated on Apr 16, 2014 08:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Varanasi: Rai’s entry makes AAP rethink strategy
With the Congress fielding five-time MLA Ajay Rai against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and AAP chief Arvind Kejrwal for the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi, AAP has been compelled to review its strategy in this key constituency.
Updated on Apr 11, 2014 01:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Ansari bows out of Varanasi, Cong, AAP may gain
Don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday announced he will not contest the Varanasi seat against the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and the Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal.
Updated on Apr 11, 2014 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
People know Modi as a rioter from Gujarat: Congress Varanasi candidate Ajay Rai
Pitted against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Congress’ Ajai Rai has been the latest to enter the fray in Varanasi. But Rai regards both as outsiders, who practically stand no chance.
Updated on Apr 10, 2014 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit
BJP's east UP war room comes up in Varanasi
The BJP’s use of technology has come a long way since the 2004 Lok Sabha polls when the party lost the general election despite all the hype generated by its India Shining campaign.
Updated on Apr 09, 2014 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Congress fields Ajay Rai against Narendra Modi
The Congress on Tuesday fielded sitting MLA Ajay Rai against the BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and the Aam Aadmi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi/new Delhi
Kashi astrologers want Modi to file papers on April 17, Kejri to follow suit
Astrologers in Kashi have come up with April 17 as the most auspicious day for the BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi to file his nomination papers.
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 08:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
With backing of Shah, Varanasi Congressmen switch to BJP
The delay —largely unexplained so far — in announcing its candidate against the BJP’s PM nominee Narendra Modi is frustrating the Congress vote-bank. Also, its loyal leaders have already started switching over to the Modi bandwagon.
Updated on Apr 04, 2014 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Transgender to take on Modi, Kejriwal in Varanasi
At a time when gay rights have found a place in the manifestos of two political parties, a member of the transgender community has decided join the big fight from Varanasi. "Varanasi is the city of ardhnarishwar (lord Shiva)," says Kamla, the TG candidate.
Updated on Mar 30, 2014 08:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Durga shloka gets Modi-fied in Varanasi, causes uproar
Modi on Saturday declared 2014 the “year of the kamal and Modi”, drawing flak for “being self-obsessed”. The same day, a BJP poster in Varanasi featuring a distorted shloka with Modi’s name inserted in place of Goddess Durga. Modi tells supporters to stop 'har, har' chant
Updated on Mar 30, 2014 10:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput and Pawan Dixit, Baghpat/varanasi
Weavers want Modi to ring out fake Banarasis
Some 500,000 silk weavers here regard the Gujarat development model as a parasite. For it has bombarded the market with machine-made fake Banarasi silks, sucking their livelihood.
Updated on Mar 30, 2014 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Brajesh Kumar & Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Cong workers in Varanasi unhappy at delay in picking candidate
All eyes are on the Congress camp, which is yet to field a candidate to take on BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal from the Varansai Lok Sabha constituency.
Updated on Mar 29, 2014 08:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, New Delhi/varanasi
U’khand journalist gang-raped in UP, one held
A 27-year-old journalist on assignment was allegedly gang-raped by two persons in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night.
Updated on Mar 29, 2014 04:32 PM IST
None | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Now, Modi's younger brother turns vote-catcher
Pankaj Modi, younger brother of the BJP’s PM nominee, is on a mission to rope in potential backers. He visited Swami Adgadnanda’s ashram at Sakteshgarh in Mirzapur district on Thursday and stayed the night.
Updated on Mar 29, 2014 03:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi