Sunetra Choudhury is the National Political Editor of the Hindustan Times. With over two decades of experience in print and television, she has authored Black Warrant (Roli,2019), Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous (Roli,2017) and Braking News (Hachette, 2010). Sunetra is the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.
Articles by Sunetra Choudhury
Sena, Ajit’s faction may join NDA meet on July 18
As HT reported on June 10, the BJP is attempting to recreate the old NDA in its 25th year anniversary
Updated on Jul 11, 2023 12:24 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
HT interview| Mother tongue key, English can’t be barrier: Dharmendra Pradhan
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the NCERT has removed “mischievous” topics from the textbooks during its rationalisation exercise.
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 04:35 AM IST
Only repetitive, mischievous topics removed from books: Dharmendra Pradhan
In an interview with HT, Pradhan also said that a focus on mother tongue in early childhood education is necessary in a country such as India.
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 12:07 AM IST
BJP steps up efforts to build alliance before 2024 general elections
Many parties are eager to join the NDA and the NCP has just taken the lead, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said in Kangra on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 05, 2023 04:18 AM IST
Many NCP MLAs wanted to tie-up with BJP... Sharad Pawar knew this: Praful Patel
NCP parliamentarian Praful Patel said he doesn’t acknowledge his sacking by Sharad Pawar as he had acted according to the wishes of party colleagues.
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 12:29 AM IST
‘Shiv Sena was more rabid’: Praful Patel defends NCP move to back BJP govt
Praful Patel said the NCP's decision to tie up with BJP was being mulled over for the past year and even Sharad Pawar was aware of their moves
Updated on Jul 03, 2023 09:51 PM IST
Decision on Congress working committee likely this week
The announcement, likely in early July, is also expected to include new heads of all frontal organisations such as the National Students Union of India.
Updated on Jun 27, 2023 04:49 AM IST
Hit, but not politically: Water mission gives BJP planners food for thought
BJP's internal surveys reveal that voters give full credit to Modi government's housing for all scheme, but are indifferent about the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 06:34 PM IST
BJP looks to bring old allies on board for 25 years of NDA
The BJP won 282 seats on its own in 2014, and the NDA together, 336; in 2019, the BJP won 303 and the NDA 352
Updated on Jun 10, 2023 12:33 PM IST
8 days before Odisha accident, Railway board briefed on safety-first approach
The national transporter showcased an index based on the number of accidents per million train kilometres.
Updated on Jun 07, 2023 05:37 AM IST
Team PK, and where they are now
A band of election strategists who started out with Prashant Kishor are in high demand. Meet four of them, including one who just became chief advisor to a CM
Published on Jun 04, 2023 12:31 PM IST
Truck drivers to UPSC aspirants, more ‘impromptu’ meets planned for Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi’s team members said that these meetings were a continuation of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the 4,000km journey on foot from Tamil Nadu to J&K.
Updated on May 27, 2023 04:45 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Secret power-sharing deal, 2024 polls helped Congress break Karnataka impasse
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge met with each of the claimants – Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar – five times.
Updated on May 19, 2023 10:41 AM IST
Karnataka elections: Son-of-soil Mallikarjun Kharge gets job done
The first elected Congress chief who took over the party’s reins from the Gandhi family after 24 years, Kharge is off to a start.
Updated on May 14, 2023 10:25 AM IST
New book delves into Vajpayee’s engagement with Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas, Nehru’s politics
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee began his political life critical of some movements and strategies adopted by Mahatma Gandhi and was similarly opposed to the policies of Jawaharlal Nehru, according to a new biography.
Updated on May 10, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Shah, Kharge unlikely to face EC action over poll speeches in Karnataka
Congress accused Amit Shah of making “hateful and provocative statements”, and the BJP filed a counter complaint against Kharge a day later.
Updated on May 05, 2023 04:17 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Amid SC hearing, TMC, Left back same-sex marriages, many parties undecided
At an event on Thursday, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee endorsed marriage equality.
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 06:31 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
‘7-8 daily posts…’: BJP MPs told to strengthen presence on social media
A note circulated by the party, a copy of which was seen by HT, mandated that each member of Parliament should post every day or hire a team to do so for them.
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 06:10 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
BJP starts widespread surveys to prepare plans for ’24 Lok Sabha poll battle
At least four widespread surveys will help formulate the BJP’s strategy to fight the general elections, according to three persons involved in these plans.
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 05:06 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
30-yr-old incident, former CM Veerendra Patil become focus of Karnataka poll campaign
Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah have referred to the fate of the twice-elected chief minister Veerendra Patil in an effort to blunt the Congress’ strategy of attacking the ruling party for what they see as neglect of the Lingayat community
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:18 AM IST
I won’t consider myself an Oppn leader, I will stay neutral: Ghulam Nabi Azad
In his memoir ‘Azaad’, the former J&K chief minister and Congress rebel is critical of his former party, describing its behaviour as “bloopers and bombast”
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 11:36 AM IST
BJP forms 50-member team to begin election work in Karnataka
The meeting had a single point agenda -- to assign key persons who would help boost the party’s prospects in the state.
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 05:22 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Centre plans to rope in private companies to help secure govt servers, websites
The government’s IT services are managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which hosts 3.3 million email accounts and maintains more than 10,000 websites and services
Updated on Mar 17, 2023 04:10 AM IST
Binayak Dasgupta and Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Jagan’s party on EC radar, its constitution under lens
Last Friday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) termed the Shiv Sena’s 2018 constitution, which had not been placed on record with the poll panel, as undemocratic because it vested too much power in the hand of the leader, although this wasn’t the reason why it ruled that the Eknath Shinde faction of the party was the real Shiv Sena (support of legislators and parliamentarians tiled the balance)
Published on Feb 24, 2023 03:02 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
No breaking point... parties did not give a concrete offer: TIPRA Motha chief
In the upcoming assembly elections in Tripura, the TIPRA Motha party, led by former Congress leader Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, is being wooed by all national parties for an alliance.
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 02:04 PM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Sunetra Choudhury picks her favourite reads of 2022
A classic on dealing with debilitating sorrow, a book on living in the present, and a surprisingly honest political autobiography
Published on Dec 30, 2022 04:35 PM IST
Charles Sobhraj needs open-heart surgery, says Nepal order
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered the serial killer's release on humanitarian grounds. Sobhraj, 78, has been in jail since 2003.
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 08:44 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Silent troubleshooter Bhupendra Patel helps his party buck anti-incumbency
Bhupendra Patel’s impressive election victory, winning by a record 212,480 votes, added to his achievements – a feat that found mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech
Updated on Dec 09, 2022 08:31 AM IST
Canada’s federal police urged to act on gangsters operating from its soil
In general, New Delhi expects Ottawa to deport people like Brar who are in Canada on student visas, but are involved in organized crime back home
Updated on Dec 08, 2022 04:09 AM IST
HT interview: Data bill in line with global practices, says Vaishnaw
Union minister says carve-outs in India’s new privacy bill are consistent with Constitution provisions
Updated on Dec 02, 2022 12:34 PM IST
Deeksha Bhardwaj, Sunetra Choudhury and R Sukumar