Sabir Hussain works as a senior content manager, who is also a rewrite hand for the newspaper and the web. He has worked across newspapers, wire services and television for over 25 years.
Articles by Sabir Hussain
Tributes pour in as MS Dhoni calls time on international career
Another Union minister and former BCCI president Anurag Thakur said Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s legacy will inspire generations of cricketers.
Published on Aug 15, 2020 10:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Telangana revenue officer caught red-handed accepting ₹1.1 crore bribe, arrested
The revenue officer allegedly took a bribe of ₹1.10 crore from a real estate developer from Uppal to settle a dispute pertaining to 19.39 acres of agricultural land at Rampally Dayara village on the outskirts of Hyderabd.
Published on Aug 15, 2020 09:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally now over 5.84 lakh with 12,614 new cases
In the last one week, Maharashtra has added 80,000 new cases of Covid-19.
Published on Aug 15, 2020 08:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
ED grills Kerala CM’s former secretary in gold smuggling case
M Sivasankar was suspended last month after his alleged links with Swapna Suresh, one of the main accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case surfaced.
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 06:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Cop who ran marathons to fund education now a winner of 2 President’s gallantry medals
Rajesh Khandwe was posted in the Maoist hotbed of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra in 2015 and has been part of 16 encounters with the extreme left wing rebels since then.
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 11:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Manish K Pathak| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Sushant Singh’s autopsy report skips mention of one crucial detail, claims family’s lawyer
“The post mortem report that I have seen doesn’t mention the time of death which is a crucial detail. Whether he was hanged after being killed or he died by hanging can be cleared with the time of death,” Vikas Singh was quoted as saying by ANI
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 06:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Governor Jagdeep Dhankar calls for violence-free elections in Bengal
Violence has marked all recent elections in West Bengal and dozens have been killed in the run up to the elections and in post-poll violence.
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Nepalese PM KP Sharma Oli calls Narendra Modi to greet him on I-day
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s phone call came amid Indo-Nepal ties hitting a rough patch after the Himalayan country recently unveiled a new map showing parts of Uttarakhand as its territory.
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 07:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Bombay HC grants bail to teenager booked for raping girlfriend
The FIR, prima facie reveals that the survivor never complained about the physical relationship till the relationship took a U-turn and both mutually decided to part ways, justice Bharati Dangre noted while granting bail to the teenager, booked by Cyber Cell of the Mumbai police on July 7.
Published on Aug 15, 2020 01:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Kanchan Chaudhari| Edited by: Sabir Hussain
J-K police in Rajouri to collect DNA samples of relatives of 3 ‘militants’ killed in encounter
Relatives of the three men say they were labourers who had gone to Shopian to work in apple orchards before the disappeared last month.
Published on Aug 14, 2020 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jammu | Ravi Krishnan Khajuria | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Determined to work for people of Rajasthan, tweets Sachin Pilot after meeting with CM Ashok Gehlot
Gehlot and Pilot came face-to-face at the Congress Legislature Party meet on Thursday, underscoring that grievances of the dissident MLAs will be addressed and that the episode should now be buried for good.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Three-day old baby in Tripura dies after swab taken for Covid-19 test, govt orders probe
The fbaby’s parents said he started bleeding from the nose after his swab sample was taken and died shortly thereafter.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Air India pilots’ unions write to Hardeep Puri again for meeting over pay cuts
The letter flagged the pilots’ pay cuts and said that flight safety and the working conditions of the pilots of Air India group companies cannot be seen in isolation.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 06:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Two UP cops hurt in mob attack in UP’s Kaushambi during raid to nab thieves
The mob that attacked the police team with bricks and iron rods included family members of the two thieves.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 02:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Prayagraj | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Odisha plans one lakh tests per day as Covid-19 cases cross 50k mark
The Covid-19 tally in Odisha rose to 50,672 on Wednesday with the highest single-day surge of 1,876 cases.
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Several Naga bodies oppose removal of Nagaland Governor as interlocutor for peace talks
The NNPGs are a group of seven Naga outfits and organizations who along with NSCN-IM are also involved in talks with the Centre to sign a final agreement to the Naga issue.
Published on Aug 12, 2020 10:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Customs seek details of diplomatic consignments from Kerala protocol officer as gold probe widens
The state protocol officer issues exemption certificates for diplomatic bags after obtaining details like weight and country of origin.
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 09:42 PM IST
Hindustan Timjes, Thiruvananthapuram | Ramesh Babu| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Govt panel on Covid-19 vaccine protocol discusses delivery mechanism
The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 also discussed broad parameters guiding the selection of Covid-19 vaccine candidates for the country.
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 08:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Ashok Gehlot loyalists return to Jaipur hotel ahead of Rajasthan trust vote
While Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s loyalists returned to the Fairmont hotel in Jaipur, Sachin Pilot’s supporters were not invited.
Published on Aug 12, 2020 07:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini| Edited by Sabir Hussain
1 dead as SUV plunges into gorge in Uttarakhand, monsoon mayhem blights state
The MeT department has issued a red alert for the next two days and has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall across Uttarakhand
Published on Aug 12, 2020 06:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | HT correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Goa cuts red tape for telecom towers to address poor connectivity concerns
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the decision to streamline the processes for setting up towers in the state was made in a bid to improve connectivity.
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza| Edited by Sabir Hussain
SIT to probe Bulandshahr topper’s death in accident
A four-member SIT of Uttar Pradesh police will probe the death of Sudeeksha Bhati.
Published on Aug 12, 2020 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Meerut | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
BJP’s horse-trading politics defeated in Rajasthan, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the developments in Rajasthan has showed that the BJP can be countered .
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 04:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
DGCA chief has no technical knowledge, 2 pilots’ unions tell Hardeep Puri to remove him
The two pilots’ unions took umbrage at DGCA Arun Kumar’s language in television interviews following the crash of an Air India Express flight in Kozhikode last week.
Published on Aug 11, 2020 10:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Haven’t demanded any post, says Sachin Pilot on his return to Jaipur
On his return to Jaipur, Sachin Pilot stressed that here should not be any vendetta politics.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 08:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Swollen by rain, Uttarakhand rivers flow near danger mark, Badrinath highway closed
The Ganga and the Alaknanda rivers were flowing close to the danger mark in Haridwar, Rishikkesh and Srinagar while landslides disrupted road transport in many places in Uttarakhand.
Published on Aug 11, 2020 05:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Trader’s son killed during violent robbery in Bihar’s Nawada
Police said the robbers killed the teenager after he woke up due to noises in the house.
Published on Aug 11, 2020 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, patna | Avinash Kumar | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Oil India’s crude and gas production takes a hit after Baghjan fire
The gas well at Baghjan suffered a blowout on May 27 and caught fire on June 9.
Published on Aug 11, 2020 02:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustan times.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Covid-19 patient attempts to end life twice in hospital in Gwalior
The man survived a fall from the third floor of the hospital but was badly injured.
Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gwalior/Bhopal | Mahesh Shivhare| Edited by Sabir Hussain
After bruising battle with Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot calls for restraint and humility
Sachin Pilot insisted that there were issues that needed to be raised for the Congress party’s interest.
Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain