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
Journalist 'gang-raped' in UP by 2 persons, 1 held
27-year-old journalist on assignment was allegedly gang-raped by two persons in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night. The woman, who claims to be associated with a Hindi newspaper of Haridwar in neighbouring Uttarakhand, lodged a complaint with the police on Friday.
Updated on Mar 28, 2014 08:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
AAP leader Bharti jeered out of Varanasi stadium
Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti was jeered at the Sigra stadium here on Wednesday when he went there to interact with morning walkers.
Updated on Mar 27, 2014 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Mukhtar Ansari to take on Modi in Varanasi
A don and a yoga guru added a few hundred watts to two high-voltage fights in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and Rae Bareli constituencies on Wednesday.
Updated on Mar 27, 2014 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Gandhigiri: Kejriwal answers BJP jeers with flowers
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was clearly not prepared for the extended Holi season in the temple town. He was inked, ‘egged’ and made very uncomfortable on his arrival here by the obvious suspects – BJP workers.
Updated on Mar 26, 2014 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Kejriwal greeted with eggs, faces stiff BJP opposition in Varanasi
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal faced stiff opposition in Varanasi on Tuesday by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and was greeted with eggs when he came out of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
Updated on Mar 25, 2014 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal reaches Varanasi, battle in the air
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Varanasi to kickstart what would be the most-watched political contest in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Mar 25, 2014 08:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Brajesh Kumar, Pawan Dixit & Rajesh Kumar Singh, New Delhi/varanasi/lucknow
SP workers deface Modi posters in Varanasi
Samajwadi Party workers defaced Bharatiya Janata Party prime minister nominee Narendra Modi's posters at Rajendra Prasad ghat in Varanasi on Monday even as they hit out at the 'Har Har Modi' slogan with one that goes 'Thar Thar Modi, Dar Dar Modi'. HT Poll: Was the 'Har Har Modi' slogan a mistake?
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 01:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
We're better off without Modi, say Muslims in Varanasi
If discussions at tea stalls in Muslim-dominated areas are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) prime minister nominee, Narendra Modi, might not get the votes of the Muslim community.
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 08:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Security beefed up in Varanasi, Azamgarh
Security arrangements have been beefed up in Varanasi in view of a possible face-off between Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) prime minister nominee, Narendra Modi, and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Updated on Mar 23, 2014 02:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Varanasi/lucknow
Gowda fires his first salvo at Cong, BJP
The Janata Dal (Secular) on Thursday announced a list of 15 candidates to spoil the party for both the BJP and the Congress. For, many of its candidates can hit the BJP’s comeback man, BS Yeddyurappa, and some key Congress leaders.
Updated on Mar 21, 2014 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Century-old tea stall brews poll gossips
The quintessential Benarasi loves sipping tea at Pappu Ki Adi. For, spiced with local wisdom, the cuppa cheer is served here with politics.
Updated on Mar 21, 2014 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Cong weighs options to stop Modi's Varanasi march
The Congress is no mood to allow Narendra Modi a walkover in Varanasi. It is considering a few options to give him a tough time and, possibly, turn the tide.
Updated on Mar 19, 2014 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
LS polls: In Varanasi, fans and rival predict a Modi wave
The BJP’s decision to field its PM candidate Narendra Modi from Varanasi has completely changed the politics of the temple town. Now, any opposition to Modi – both from within his own party and rivals – will at the best be symbolic.
Updated on Mar 17, 2014 09:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Celebrations erupt in Varanasi, Lucknow
Narendra Modi's supporters didn't wait for the formal announcement declaring him the Lok Sabha candidate from Varanasi seat, as they had taken it for granted that BJP's PM nominee would get the ticket, despite Murli Manohar Joshi's reluctance to vacate the seat.
Updated on Mar 15, 2014 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey/Pawan Dixit, Lucknow/varanasi
Japanese man found hanging on Varanasi ghat
A 24-year-old Japanese national was found gruesomely murdered on Friday morning with his body hanging from a bamboo pole on the banks of the Ganga.
Updated on Mar 15, 2014 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Japanese national found murdered at Varanasi Ghat
A 24-year old Japanese national was found murdered on the banks of River Ganga at Varanasi's Samne Ghat on Friday. Locals spotted the body at the ghat on Friday morning and informed cops.
Updated on Mar 14, 2014 01:38 PM IST
None | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Ground prepared for Modi in Varanasi, Rajnath in Lucknow
One of the world’s oldest temple cities has suddenly become a political hotbed, with top BJP leaders, PM nominee Narendra Modi and sitting MP Murli Manohar Joshi, staking claim to the Varanasi seat.
Updated on Mar 08, 2014 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi-Joshi feud takes centre stage in Varanasi
Even before the voting takes place, there is a preliminaries of sorts going on between sitting Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Murli Manohar Joshi and party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over the Varanasi parliamentary seat.
Updated on Mar 07, 2014 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Rahul meets rickshawpullers, promises aid
Policies and manifesto of the Congress will not be framed according to the wishes of the politicians but of the poor and needy people’s requirements, said Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday while interacting with rickshaw pullers in Varanasi.
Updated on Mar 06, 2014 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
UP woman killed for opposing tree felling
A woman in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district was killed by two men she confronted for illegally felling trees.
Updated on Feb 10, 2014 07:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
NaMo’s hands stained with blood: Mulayam Singh Yadav
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday referred to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a leader whose hands were stained with blood and said no government at the Centre could be formed without his party’s support.
Updated on Jan 24, 2014 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Witness in Purulia arms drop case found murdered
Mangla Prasad Pandey, 48, a taxi driver at the Lal Bahadur Shastri airport, who was one of the government witness in the sensational Purulia arms drop case, was found murdered near a railway track in Patna on Monday.
Updated on Jan 07, 2014 11:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
UP minister slaps boy at blanket distribution function
Uttar Pradesh PWD minister Surendra Patel lost his cool and pushed a teenager and slapped him on the back of his head. The youngster had come face to face with the minister by chance.
Updated on Dec 30, 2013 07:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
BSP MP Dhananjay Singh denied poll ticket
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP from Jaunpur constituency Dhananjay Singh, jailed in connection with the murder of a maid at the New Delhi residence of his dentist wife, has been dropped as the party’s candidate for the next general election from the seat.
Updated on Dec 22, 2013 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
'Hello Modi uncle, salam aleikum'
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, was thus greeted by a group of Muslim men who had assembled at Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque to offer congregational Friday prayers.
Updated on Dec 20, 2013 06:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Modi gets NSG cover, sky-high security in Varanasi
Parts of Varanasi have been put under lockdown as part of a major security operation on the eve of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's arrival here on Friday.
Updated on Dec 20, 2013 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
UP: Sandalwood necklace worn by Kabir stolen
The original sandalwood (chandan) necklace of 15th century mystic poet Sant Kabir Das, gifted to him by his guru Ramananda, was stolen from Kabir math (monastery) here on Sunday allegedly by an absconding Buddhist monk who was a regular there.
Updated on Dec 02, 2013 06:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Police encounter not the solution: NHRC chairman
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman and former chief justice of India justice KG Balakrishnan has said police encounters with criminals are not the solution to the problem (of lawlessness).
Updated on Nov 26, 2013 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Varanasi: deputy jailor shot dead by six miscreants
Anil Tyagi, deputy jailor of district prison, Varanasi, was shot dead on Saturday morning by six motorcycle borne miscreants.
Updated on Nov 23, 2013 12:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi
Muslim women perform aarti of Ram in Kashi
At the time when violence in Muzaffarnagar has cast a shadow on communal harmony in the state, a group of Muslim women in Lallapura area of Varanasi is continuing a wonderful tradition founded on the principle of unity in diversity by performing aarti of Lord Ram on Diwali.
Updated on Nov 04, 2013 10:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Dixit, Varanasi