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
Alwar locality locked down after surge in Covid-19 cases, Barmer still under 15-hour curfew
The lockdown which came into force at 4 am caught most people unawares in Alwar.
Published on Jul 30, 2020 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | HT Correspondents| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Nepal tells India not to restrict movement of its people in contested areas in Uttarakhand
Nepal says Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh belongs to it and its people can move freely in these places.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Kalyan Das| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Rajasthan HC sends notices to Speaker, 6 BSP MLAs who joined Congress
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had moved the Rajasthan high court arguing that the merger of six of its MLAs with the Congress was unconstitutional.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 05:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Jaykishan Sharma| Edited by Sabir Hussain
India’s Covid-19 recovery now over 64%, 16 states have higher rates
The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in India has risen substantially from 7.85% in April to over 64% now.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 05:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Islamabad high court forms special bench to hear Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case
Islamabad High Court chief justice Athar Minallah will head the bench while a lawyer will be appointed for Jadhav on Monday.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 03:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Islamabd | Imtiaz Ahmad| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Woman in MP’s Betul plotted murder of judge and family, arrested with 5 others: Police
Police said the woman plotted the murder of the judge and his family after she could not meet him frequently because his wife and sons had joined him in Betul.
Published on Jul 29, 2020 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Betul | Mayank Bhargava | Edited by Sabir Hussain
105-year-old woman in Kerala beats Covid-19 in nine days
The woman had tested positive for Covid-19 on July 20 and was admitted to the hospital with breathing difficulties and persistent cough.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 10:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | Ramesh Babu| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally crosses 4 lakh mark with 9,211 new cases
Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally now stands at 4,00,651 while the death toll has mounted to 14,463.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 09:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Govt junks night curfew under Unlock 3, schools to stay closed
Educational institutions will remain closed under Unlock 3 which will come into force from August 1.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Assam forest officials seize kangaroo, exotic wildlife from smugglers near Mizoram border
A red kangaroo from Australia, six hyacinth macaws, two capuchin monkeys from South America, three Aldabra giant tortoises, were found packed in plastic and cartons in a truck.
Published on Jul 29, 2020 07:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Sachin Pilot congratulates Rajasthan’s new Congress chief, hopes he will be unbiased
Govind Singh Dotasra took charge of the Rajasthan unit of the Congress on Wednesday in Jaipur.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 08:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustaimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Third minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet tests positive for Covid-19
Two of the three ministers tested positive for Covid-19 within a span of 12 hours.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 06:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Ranjan| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Physically challenged man charred to death as car explodes after hitting truck in AP
The man could not get out of the car which caught fire and exploded after being dragged for three km.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Assembly polls in Bihar unlikely amid Covid-19, says Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor said that Bihar was yet to get Covid-19 pandemic could worsen in the days to come.
Published on Jul 29, 2020 03:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar | Edited by Sabir Hussain
I-T dept felicitates 4 women centenarians in MP, Chhattisgarh for regular tax payments
According to officials, Girija Bai Tiwari (117), a resident of Bina town in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh may be the oldest taxpayer in the country at present.
Published on Jul 28, 2020 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sagar/ Bhopal | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
I am not a stakeholder in politics, Governor Dhankhar tells Mamata Banerjee
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar wrote a letter to Mamata Banerjee after she criticised him without taking name during a virtual interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
Published on Jul 28, 2020 10:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
NIA arrests DU professor Hany Babu in Bhima Koregaon case
The NIA said Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil was propagating Naxal activities and Maoist ideology and was a co-conspirator with other arrested accused.
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 10:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neeraj Chauhan| Edited by Sabir Hussain
With more rain forecast, Bihar’s flood situation set to worsen
In Darbhanga district, the swollen Adhwara river set a new highest flood level (HFL) of 48.5 metres at Bishunpur after 35 years.
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 08:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Subhash Pathak/Bishnu K Jha | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Tripura villagers say Covid-19 an urban disease, shun door-to-door survey
Authorities have so far failed to convince the villagers to take part in the door-to-door survey.
Published on Jul 28, 2020 07:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman| Edited by Sabir Hussain
NIA opposes Sudha Bhardwaj’s bail plea, says she is getting best treatment in jail
Sudha Bhardwaj has been lodged in jail since 2018 after her arrest in the Elgar Parishad case.
Published on Jul 28, 2020 07:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | K A Y Dodhiya| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Corbett has India’s largest tiger population among 50 reserves: report
Wildlife experts say good prey base is the major factor for thriving of big cats in Corbett Tiger Reserve.
Published on Jul 28, 2020 06:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Neeraj Santoshi| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Congress asks why Chinese company allowed into power sector in J&K
The Congress said that while the government has banned Chinese apps it made no sense to allow a Chinese company foothold into a vital sector in strategic locations like Jammu and Srinagar
Published on Jul 28, 2020 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hinduatntimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
India’s Covid-19 fatality rate falls to 2.25%, recovery rate crosses 64%
The Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of Covid-19 patients in India has reduced from around 3.33% in mid-June to 2.25%.
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Disclosing names of Covid-19 patients involves risk of victimisation: Bombay HC
Two petitioners in a PIL had contended that on several occasions Covid-19 patients are unable to recognise and give complete information about the people, who had come into their contact, because of which contact tracing becomes an arduous task and many suspect cases fall through the cracks.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Kanchan Chaudhari| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Dissent mars BJP’s first anniversary of returning to power in Karnataka
The names of four of the 24 MLAs appointed to head various state government boards and corporations were withdrawn within hours of the announcement.
Published on Jul 27, 2020 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Venkatesha Babu| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Filmmaker in Hyderabad captures travails of Covid-19 warriors, contracts virus
In the first week of June, Satyanarayana embarked on making a series of documentary films on frontline warriors of Covid-19 – starting with doctors, paramedical staff and other healthcare workers.
Published on Jul 27, 2020 11:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Odisha man dies after ambulance driver refuses to take him to hospital over Covid-19 fears
The man who was also a diabetic and suffered from high blood pressure, died on the verandah of his house even as his family hailed an autorickshaw tto take him to hospital.
Published on Jul 27, 2020 10:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty| Edited by Sabir Hussain
22 of Assam’s 33 districts still affected by floods, major rivers continue to be in spate
Goalpara is the worst-hit district where teh floods have affected 4.62 lakh people.
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 09:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar| Edited by Sabir Hussain
NIA grills Kerala CM’s former secretary for 9 hours in gold smuggling case
The IAS officer was suspended from service after his alleged association with Swapna Suresh, one of the accused in the gold smuggling case came to light.
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 09:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
Maharashtra adds almost 8K new cases of Covid-19, tally goes past 3.8 lakh
Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally now stands at over 3.83 lakh while the death toll has climbed to 13,883 .
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain