Articles by S Raju
Who will succeed Ponty Chadha?
Control over the family business has been cited as the main reason for the raging feud between Gurdeep Singh Chadha alias Ponty and his brother Hardeep Singh Chadha alias Satnam. S Raju reports.
Updated on Nov 19, 2012 10:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Fake Gauri Bhonsle befools UP cops
She is no Gouri Bhonsle. And neither is she British. But she used the name, aired on TV channels as the promotion of a new serial, to make good her escape from the 'captivity' of her husband and almost got away with it. S Raju reports.
Updated on Nov 01, 2012 11:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Saharanpur
Models held captive for hours in Ghaziabad hotel
Dozens of models were held captive for hours after their host--organiser of a fashion show--did not show up at the hotel booked for auditions in Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 24, 2012 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Lucknow
Delhi blasts accused got his driving license from Hathras
Delhi and Bengluru blasts accused Indian Mujahideen member Fasiah Mohammad got his driving license from the road transport office of district Hathras in Western UP by submitting fake address proof and other supporting documents. S Raju reports.
Updated on Oct 23, 2012 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Abducted owner of batmaker BDM freed
A leading UP industrialist whose sports equipment firm manufactures and exports the popular ‘BDM’ brand of cricket bats was rescued by the police on Wednesday, a day after he was kidnapped.
Updated on Oct 11, 2012 02:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Baghpat panchayat bans mobiles for women, police says no idea
Police in Uttar Pradesh's Asara village said that it is not aware about a ban imposed by the panchayat which decreed that women of 40 years and less can't use mobile phones and also directed them not to visit markets without a male companion. S Raju reports.
Updated on Jul 13, 2012 02:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Sweeper treated patients in Bulandshahar district Hospital
Paying no heed to the worries of the high court about growing menace of quackery in the state the district hospital officials permitted a sweeper to treat the injured of road accidents in emergency ward of the hospital in Bulandshahar in Meerut.
Updated on Jul 11, 2012 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Delhi executive killed on Meerut airstrip
The 40-year-old chief executive of a Delhi company died on Saturday morning at the Partapur airstrip here after being hit by the microlite aircraft that had been hired by his club for training.
Updated on May 13, 2012 01:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Rahul, Jayant work the crowd, mock BSP rule
Rahul resorts to familiar elephant-money jibe, Jayant spoofs sarvjan slogan. S Raju reports. Poll trivia
Updated on Feb 03, 2012 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Deoband calls on people to unite against ban
Darul Uloom, Deoband, a leading Islamic seminary, has called upon the people to raise their voice against the ban on the Bhagwad Gita in Russia.
Updated on Dec 22, 2011 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut/bhopal
Students forced me to quit: V-C
Chaudhary Charan Singh University's vice-chancellor HC Gupta resigned on Thursday, just two months after his appointment, bemoaning poor relations with student leaders.
Updated on Sep 02, 2011 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Vastanvi supporters won't take shoora decision lying down
The faction owing allegiance to Ghulam M Vastanvi, who was sacked as rector (mohatamim) at influential Islamic seminary Darul Uloom on Sunday, is preparing to challenge his dismissal in court.
Updated on Jul 25, 2011 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Darul Uloom sack Vastanvi
Influential Islamic seminary Darul Uloom of Deoband sacked its rector Ghulam M Vastanvi on Sunday after a panel probing his alleged praise of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi submitted a disputed report.
Updated on Jul 25, 2011 02:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Zia Haq and S. Raju, New Delhi
Brokers running UP: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi chose to rest in the house of labourer Uday Vir in Marorgarhi village on Thursday evening, after traversing 27 km on the third day of his ‘Kisan Sandesh Yatra’ and targeting the BSP government in Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on Jul 08, 2011 02:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Jahangarh
Rahul's march takes him by Maya's expressway
The dust road running alongside Yamuna Expressway was lined with anxious crowds. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi took his time, greeting and shaking hands with everyone — ice cream vendors, tongawalas, children and labourers.
Updated on Jul 07, 2011 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Alawalpur
‘Lack of political will holding state back’
Uttar Pradesh has all that it takes to become a ‘dream state’, but lack of political will has made it a backward one in comparison to many other states of the country, which are flourishing under the leadership of their able politicians. S Raju reports.
Updated on Jun 28, 2011 07:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Close aides of BSP MLA arrested for attempt to rape
Five people, including two close aides of the BSP MLA from Bijnor city, Shahnawaz Rana and his wife, were arrested on Thursday on charges of abduction and attempted rape of two Delhi-based women.
Updated on Jun 24, 2011 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Tikait grew in stature with relentless struggle
Mahendra Singh Tikait, who spearheaded farmer movements for 25 years, lived a life of relentless struggle, his friends recalled on Sunday. S Raju and Vasistha Bhardwaj reports.
Updated on May 16, 2011 02:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju and Vasistha Bhardwaj, Muzaffarnagar
Mahendra Singh Tikait passes away
Stalwart farmer leader and president of Bhartiya Kisan Union Mahendra Singh Tikait breathed last this morning at the residence of his elder son in Muzaffarnagar, UP. Tikait was suffering from cancer and liver problem and succumbed to his illness. S. Raju reports.
Updated on May 15, 2011 12:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S. Raju, Meerut
Vastanvi stays Darul V-C but is powerless
Darul Uloom today appointed an interim rector to run the seminary, seizing all powers from incumbent Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, whose alleged praise of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had enraged elders at the influential theological centre. Zia Haq and S. Raju report.
Updated on Feb 24, 2011 01:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Zia Haq and S. Raju, New Delhi/deoband
Anti-Vastanvi wave: Jamiat trying to regain prominence
The ongoing controversy in Darul Uloom over pro Narendra Modi remarks of its new vice-chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi seems to be a fallout of Jamiat-e-Ulema bid to venture into the seminary and get a hold on it.
Updated on Jan 28, 2011 01:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S. Raju, Deoband
Deoband split over new V-C’s stand on Modi
"Whatever (Gujarat CM) Narendra Modi has achieved today is a different thing. But this does not absolve him of his wrongdoing (alleged complicity in the killing of Muslims in 2002),” said a Darul Uloom official of Deoband on anonymity.
Updated on Jan 21, 2011 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Deoband
Same gotra marriage unacceptable: Khap
In a marathon meeting that continued through out the day, heads of different khaps discussed various social issues in detail, mainly focusing on 'marriages within same caste' and allegations on khaps for supporting honour killings.
Updated on Nov 15, 2010 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Rafi rediscovered
Two unreleased songs sung by the legendary playback singer Mohd Rafi have been lying in a vault in Meerut for over 40 years.
Updated on Jun 29, 2010 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Mumbai
Rafi’s unreleased songs rediscovered
Two unreleased songs sung by legendary singer Mohammad Rafi have been lying in a vault in Meerut for the past 40 years. The songs will be released in a locally produced film in Meerut
Updated on Jun 28, 2010 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S. Raju, New Delhi
Yamuna turns into an open desert in UP
Pandit Anand Swaroop Sharma, 62, is deeply offended. Being a devout Hindu he, through out his life, always began his daily chores after having holy dip in Yamuna every morning, reports S Raju.
Updated on Jun 23, 2010 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Baghpat
Here lived the Yamuna. R.I.P.
Anand Sharma would begin his day with a dip in the Yamuna, continuing a centuries-old Hindu tradition.
Updated on Jun 23, 2010 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S. Raju, Baghpat (uttar Pradesh)
Girl killed for honour
A girl was murdered allegedly by her father and brother after she married against their wishes. The girl, Khamosh (18), married 21-year-old Sumat belonging to the same caste and same village — Nangla Kanwara, 80 km from Delhi, in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on Jun 01, 2010 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Martyrs' families stare at uncertain future
S Raju and Rahul Karmakar who tracked the families of the CRPF martyrs across the country found dozens of similar tales – of retirement plans being reworked and lives being painfully reordered – in many families that, ironically, belong to the socio-economic strata the Maoists claim to represent.
Updated on Apr 11, 2010 12:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju and Rahul Karmakar, Meerut/guwahati
Blind to love, panchayat orders death for couple
Six days after the Supreme Court sentenced five people to death in an honour killing case, a panchayat in Khekra town in Baghpat district on Sunday allegedly pronounced a sentence of death for a couple and directed the villagers to “socially boycott” them.
Updated on Apr 07, 2010 12:06 AM IST
None | S Raju, Meerut