Prabhu Razdan has been a journalist for over two decades. He has covered insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, and has reported from Jaipur, Jodhpur and Varanasi. He now writes on politics, crime, social issues and developmental issues in Faridabad.
Articles by Prabhu Razdan
J&K cops return empty handed
THE JAMMU and Kashmir police team from whose custody a Lashker-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorist of Pakistani origin had escaped on January 18 went back empty-handed. Reason: the terrorist who was nabbed by villagers the same day was not allowed by a court to be taken to Jammu and Kashmir.
Published on Jan 23, 2006 12:34 AM IST
None | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
Rajnath?s Nyay Yatra faces uncertainty
RAJNATH SINGH?s elevation to the post of Bharatiya Janata Party national president seems to have cast a shadow on the much publicised and ?incomplete? Nyay Yatra, started by him on December 14.
Published on Jan 22, 2006 12:54 AM IST
None | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
LeT chief behind my plight
THE LASHKAR-e-TAYYEBA (LeT) terrorist who made a three-nation tour without getting caught anywhere in these countries after crossing over to the Indian side of the border from Pakistan spewed venom against his terrorist outfit chief based in Pakistan for his present ?plight?. Top intelligence sources confided to Hindustan Times that the LeT terrorist Abu Ali Ahmed during the course of interrogation on Thursday revealed that Pakistani Embassy officials in Dhaka talked to his LeT boss over phone to inquire about him.
Published on Jan 21, 2006 12:59 AM IST
None | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
Kashi Temple security beefed up
SECURITY HAS been intensified in and around the historic Kashi Vishwanath Temple here following a sensational e-mail regarding possible threat to this shrine among other sensitive installations in the country.
Published on Jan 08, 2006 12:44 AM IST
PTI | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
Banarsi music is passion for this artiste
THE BANARASI style of music is unparalleled and appreciated by people of different corners of the country. Meet Pandit Channu Lal Mishra, an artiste with a difference. A resident of Hariharpur village in Azamgarh district, Mishra was born in 1936. He shifted to Muzzaffarpur in Bihar for nine years to learn music under the tutelage of Abdul Ghani Khan. He finally came to Banaras (now Varanasi) where he was groomed in music by Padm Bhushan Thakur Jai Dev Singh.
Published on Jan 06, 2006 12:19 AM IST
PTI | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
What is Mulayam?s cause of concern?
WHAT EXACTLY is troubling Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav? Has he launched a campaign for the Assembly election? Or is he on his way to retrieve ?lost political ground?? Whatever the case may be, he does seem to be in a hurry! He might have denied that his government was ?on its way out? due to vociferous opposition by rival parties, especially the Congress, but Yadav virtually kicked off a ?campaign? for the forthcoming Assembly election and also a long drawn battle against Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Published on Jan 01, 2006 09:22 PM IST
PTI | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
Mulayam offers to quit...
DAMPENING THE celebrations of BJP president-designate Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today offered to resign from his post if Rajnath?s association with the mafia was not proved.
Published on Jan 01, 2006 12:44 AM IST
PTI | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
I will prove phone-tapping case
EVEN AFTER the Centre rejected the allegations that telephones of some Samajwadi Party leaders were being tapped, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday reiterated his charges saying he would provide documentary evidence in this matter. Addressing a public rally here on the death anniversary of noted SP leader Raj Narayan, Yadav lashed out at the Congress high command for allegedly conspiring to topple his government. They failed in their nefarious designs and have now indulged in tapping the phones of our leaders .
Published on Jan 01, 2006 12:10 AM IST
PTI | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
Samajwadi Party takes a beating this year
IT WAS a year of hectic political activity with by-polls, Panchayat elections and students? union elections, causing much embarrassment to the ruling Samajwadi Party.
Published on Dec 31, 2005 12:07 AM IST
PTI | Prabhu Razdan, Varanasi
Dissent costs BJP big in Uttar Pradesh
In a major upset for the BJP, the ruling Samajwadi Party and its allies were set to sweep the polls, leading in 40 of the 80 seats in the state.
Updated on May 14, 2004 02:35 PM IST
PTI | M. Hasan and Prabhu Razdan, Lucknow