She is a senior reporter based at Bhopal. She covers higher education, social issues, youth affairs, woman and child development related issues, sports and business & industries.
Articles by Shruti Tomar
National sailing championship: Ekta hogs limelight in 1st sailing playoffs
Despite doctor's suggestion not to participate in the 1st Inland National Sailing Championship 2014, Ekta Yadav not only participated but is also running on the number 3 position after the second round.
Updated on Aug 08, 2014 03:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Don't harass women, 'Operation Majnu' is here to take on you
Next time before you make any attempt at harassing a woman, you should think twice else you're in for trouble. This is what happened to two in their 20s who were following a woman in MP Nagar.
Updated on Aug 04, 2014 10:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
After scam embarrassment, MPPSC passes test of character
The opposition's vociferous protest over the MP Public Service Commission exam scam in and outside the state assembly seems to have had a positive impact on the functioning of the commission.
Updated on Jul 28, 2014 01:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Dalit woman sarpanch not allowed to hoist flag
A dalit woman sarpanch has been deprived of the honour of hoisting the national flag on the Republic Day and the Independence Day at her village in Morena district in the past four years. Reason: A former sanpanch who belongs to upper caste has not allowed the woman to do so. Instead, he hoists the flag on these two occasions.
Updated on Jul 23, 2014 09:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bhopal youngsters take tech route to spirituality, read holy books on cellphones
Several youths in Bhopal have converted their cellphones into a holy book. There are many others who download various applications to read verses of holy books like Ramayan, Geeta, Bible and Guru Granth Sahib.
Updated on Jul 13, 2014 09:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Rachna Dhingra to fight LS polls on AAP ticket from Bhopal
Social activist Rachna Dhingra who works for the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bhopal as an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate.
Updated on Mar 02, 2014 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
MP: Four acid attack cases reported in 7 days
Four acid attack cases have been reported in Madhya Pradesh over the past week, but the state government has done nothing to crack down on the sale of the chemical, activists said.
Updated on Feb 15, 2014 12:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar and Yogendra Pratap Singh, Bhopal
Ishwar Pandey: From watching a selection trial to Indian team
It was his sheer destiny when young Ishwar Pandey accompanied his friend to watch the selection trials for Under-17 divisional cricket team at his hometown Rewa, a divisional headquarters in Madhya Pradesh.
Updated on Jan 18, 2014 05:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
'Except Gavaskar and Kumble, no Indian captain exited gracefully'
Except Sunil Gavaskar and Anil Kumble, none of the Indian cricket captains exited gracefully from the Indian team, not even Kapil Dev, said former Indian cricketer Chetan Sharma on his visit to Bhopal on Monday.
Updated on Oct 21, 2013 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bid to discharge Datia stampede victims in a hurry
Many of the Ratangarh stampede victims got a rude shock on Wednesday morning when they were issued discharge slips by the Datia district hospital. Umesh Singh/Shruti Tomar report.
Updated on Oct 17, 2013 01:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Umesh Singh/Shruti Tomar, Gwalior/ Bhopal
Covert Chinese ‘presence’ in Indian polls
Products from China will grab a large slice of the market for election material in Madhya Pradesh, where the assembly polls will be held in November. The stuff on offer are simple badges, bands, colourful lights, gas balloons and masks.
Updated on Sep 11, 2013 09:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bhopal : Medal winners abroad, but clerks back home
In end-August, appointments letters were handed over to Vikram award-winning spotspersons at the Shikhar Khel Alankaram Samaroh. Most of them were disappointed to find that they were given clerical jobs that clearly didn’t fit their stature.
Updated on Sep 04, 2013 10:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Price rise hurts common man, Centre faces flak
The soaring prices of commodities have not only upset consumers but also hit the market. The rise in prices of all the commodities, including petrol, diesel, vegetables, fruits, gold and silver, have created a new record.
Updated on Sep 02, 2013 09:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Learn self-defence, Mary Kom tells girls
Olympic bronze medallist pugilist MC Mary Kom feels that girls should avoid to go at risky places in the night hours and should know the self-defence techniques to save themselves from the anti-social people.
Updated on Aug 29, 2013 10:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Implementation belies MP CM’S claims
Despite a lot of announcements and assurance by the chief minister, girls are not feeling secure for their future as they are not getting benefits of several schemes of the government.
Updated on Aug 27, 2013 09:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bhopal man eager to turn Martian!
Meet 31-year-old Vinod Kotiya from Bhopal, who dreams of making it to Mars and settle on the planet permanently. Kotiya is among 31 Indians who have applied for a one-way ticket to Mars. Shruti Tomar reports.
Updated on Aug 18, 2013 08:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Soaring gold prices again disappoint customers
Gold price hit a six month high at Rs 30,000 per 10 gram as the Central government increased customs duty on gold from 8% to 10% resulting in disappointment among people.
Updated on Aug 16, 2013 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bhopal girl Anuradha Singh chases her dream
Anuradha Singh, a longdistance runner from Bhopal, ran her heart out to cover the distance from the dusty, concrete roads of Bhopal to the red synthetic smooth track of Belfast, Northern Ireland within four years.
Updated on Aug 14, 2013 10:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Old venom, new bottle
The recent suicide by a medical student, fed up of being constantly harassed, has once again put the spotlight on ragging.
Updated on Aug 12, 2013 09:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | M Poornima/ Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Government offers praise, no reward for hockey
The new crop of women hockey players have failed to get any positive response from the state government despite their consistent splendid performance both at the national and international level including the recent junior world cup in Germany.
Updated on Aug 08, 2013 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
MP boys manufacture low- cost sports car
Two boys from Hoshangabad are all set to clinch a place in record books by manufacturing the cheapest sports car with a maximum speed of 140km/hour and modelled on the dimensions of Formula One cars.
Updated on Aug 06, 2013 10:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
HC verdict on sports village project on Aug 3
The Jabalpur bench of Madhya Pradesh high court will give its judgment on the state government’s most ambitious Satgarhi sports village project on August 3. A petition has been filed by Essel Group.
Updated on Aug 02, 2013 10:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Tax exemption notice took 17 days to reach cinema houses
The Madhya Pradesh CM’s decision to offer entertainment tax exemption to promote Hindi film ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ reached the cinema halls 17 days after the film’s release and by that time most of the people interested in watching the film on flying Sikh of India had already been to cinema halls.
Updated on Aug 01, 2013 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Rising prices hitting hard
Earlier, people used to talk about pulses or onions or petrol when they talked about rising prices and its impact on their lives, but now it’s tea , samosa, idli or food, etc.
Updated on Jul 24, 2013 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
MANIT B Tech counselling: confusion among candidates
Even as the third round of counselling and upgrading of seats for the candidates seeking admission to BTech courses at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) begins on Friday, there seems to be confusion galore among the students as to how to get the branch of their choice.
Updated on Jul 19, 2013 11:14 AM IST
None | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bidding adieu to 160-yr-old telegram!
“Telegram!”–a shrill voice from outside–was enough to create anxiety in the minds of people as no other mode of communication could. For obvious reasons, a telegram was always associated with either good or bad news as it stood for urgency of purpose.
Updated on Jun 28, 2013 01:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Pricey veggies depleting common man’s pocket
The arrival of vegetables in the market dips during summer. At the time of onset of monsoon too, the situation remains more or less the same.
Updated on Jun 13, 2013 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bhopal: Players oppose temple at city’s SAI regional centre
Construction of Lord Shiva’s temple in Sports Authority of India’s ( SAI) regional centre has not gone down well with the inmates of the centre.
Updated on Jun 12, 2013 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Players oppose temple at city’s SAI regional centre
Construction of Lord Shiva’s temple in Sports Authority of India’s ( SAI) regional centre has not gone down well with the inmates of the centre.
Updated on Jun 12, 2013 02:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Govt should take over BCCI: former Olympians
Government of India should control Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India, this was the opinion expressed by Olympics champions Sushil Kumar and Vijay Kumar.
Updated on Jun 05, 2013 02:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shruti Tomar, Bhopal