Vijay is chief of bureau, Patna. He has spent 21 years in journalism and covers political beats and public affairs.
Articles by Vijay Swaroop
MP investment hopes ride on Modi wings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence at the fourth Global Investors Summit on Thursday has injected business circles in Madhya Pradesh with new buoyancy as hopes rise that some of India’s top industrialists would see it as a signal to invest heavily in the state.
Updated on Oct 08, 2014 08:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop and Ranjan, Indore
Indore's RRCAT scientists celebrate Mangalyaan's successful launch
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in Indore has enough reasons to be proud as it has played a major role in making Mangalyaan project successful. HT interactive:Ride the Mangalyaan
Updated on Sep 24, 2014 08:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
MP: Assembly by-polls a test of popularity for Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Many see the by-polls for three assembly seats as a sort of referendum on chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's popularity that took a beating because of the recent exam and recruitment scam.
Updated on Aug 21, 2014 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
As assembly polls approach, RSS plans to again give BJP a leg up
The RSS, which made its swayamsevaks work for the BJP in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, may also help it in the forthcoming assembly elections.
Updated on Jul 02, 2014 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Kumar Uttam & Vijay Swaroop, New Delhi/indore
Modi waves sweeps away Congress in Madhya Pradesh
The Modi wave virtually swept away the Congress in Madhya Pradesh with the ruling BJP winning 27 out of the 29 seats in the state on Friday. The Congress could retain only the Guna and Chhindwara seats as the state reposed its faith in the BJP.
Updated on May 16, 2014 07:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Bhopal
BJP on course for record-breaking victory in MP
The BJP appeared set to hand out a comprehensive drubbing to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, wining one and leading in 25 others out of 29 parliamentary seats in the state.
Updated on May 16, 2014 03:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Bhopal
Live: Third and final round of voting begins in MP
Balloting for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh and one state assembly seat began Thursday, officials said.
Updated on Apr 24, 2014 12:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
After Jayalalithaa’s barb, Modi picks Muslim as speech translator
BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi had a Muslim woman functionary of the BJP to translate his speech in rallies in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, a day after AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa dubbed the BJP's election manifesto as 'anti-secular.'
Updated on Apr 17, 2014 09:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shekhar Iyer & Vijay Swaroop, New Delhi/krishnagiri/ratlam
Modi gets Muslim translator at TN rally
Narendra Modi had a Muslim woman functionary of the BJP to translate his speech in rallies in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, a day after AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa dubbed the BJP’s election manifesto as "anti-secular."
Updated on Apr 17, 2014 08:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shekhar Iyer & Vijay Swaroop, New Delhi/krishnagiri/ Ratlam
Vadodara has been my 'karmabhoomi', says Narendra Modi after filing nomination
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from the Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency in his home state.
Updated on Apr 09, 2014 03:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Vadodara
Modi uncut: tailor who stitches for BJP leader
The vital statistics of trademark Narendra Modi style kurta – with half sleeves, buttoned up standing collar – has not changed since 2002. The waist line remains at 41 inch and so have the belly (45 inch), chest (44 inch) and shoulder (8.5 inch).
Updated on Apr 09, 2014 09:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Dahod
BJP aims for 'world-record' victory margin for Modi in Vadodara
Since the BJP seems assured of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's victory from Vadodara, party workers have set a victory margin target.
Updated on Apr 07, 2014 09:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Vadodara
Vandana Bahadur: A woman of steel in all-male gram panchayat
Through sheer determination, 32-year-old sarpanch of Khalkhandvi gram panchayat Vandana Bahadur has given woman a voice in this remote part of Jhabua district, around 170km west of Indore. Full coverage
Updated on Mar 08, 2014 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
MP: New BJP MLA performs ‘Asaram puja’
After the BJP distanced itself from the Asaram episode for four months, a party legislator could not resist showing her reverence for the jailed self-styled godman.
Updated on Jan 03, 2014 10:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
Chouhan does a Rahul to woo Dalits ahead of polls
In a bid to get Dalits on his side ahead of the 2014 general elections, not only has the CM taken to visiting them at the slums of Bhopal and Indore, he was also seen relishing pot luck at their hovels.
Updated on Dec 18, 2013 02:06 AM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
Modi 'not a factor', Muslims voted for Chouhan
"Had Modi not been projected as the BJP’s PM candidate, Chouhan would have got more votes," said the Indore city qazi. Vijay Swaroop reports.
Updated on Dec 10, 2013 12:48 PM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
12 rallies a day, Scindia blazes election trail
Scindia's name has unfailingly drawn crowds even in the remote parts of the state.
Updated on Dec 10, 2013 05:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
MP tribals root for Modi
The bright lights of Gujarat are luring the tribals of Madhya Pradesh giving headaches to the Congress.
Updated on Dec 07, 2013 02:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Jhabua Jhabua
MP minister distributes money, dares poll panel
Madhya Pradesh industries minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is facing heat for violating the model code of conduct by distributing money at a public function, has now challenged the code, saying excesses are being committed in its name.
Updated on Oct 16, 2013 12:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
Burqas for BJP: Tailor says mystery man named Ankur took quotation, but no order
After Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday accused BJP of ordering 10,000 burqas for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally in Bhopal, the tailor in question said a quotation for the burqas had been issued in the name of Ankur.
Updated on Sep 25, 2013 02:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent/ Vijay Swaroop, Indore
For me, work of chief minister more important than PM’S, says Chouhan
In the wake of growing clamour for the post of Prime Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ruled out that he was anywhere in the race.
Updated on Aug 08, 2013 11:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Bhopal
Work of CM more important than PM’s: Chouhan
In the wake of growing clamour for the post of Prime Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ruled out that he was anywhere in the race.
Updated on Aug 07, 2013 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Manawar (dhar)
'If five MPs are corrupt, that doesn't mean that entire Parliament is corrupt'
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Jagdale on Thursday expressed his anguish over the admissions made by Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra. Vijay Swaroop reports.
Updated on Jun 06, 2013 09:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
Rahul Gandhi in MP on a two-day visit, holds meeting
Disconnect between party and people, factionalism and the level of preparedness for the assembly elections later this year - dominated the deliberations of state leaders with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the first day of his two-day visit to Madhya Pradesh.
Updated on Apr 24, 2013 02:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Dhar
Women are unsafe in MP, says survey
For a state that never tires of tom-tomming its pro-woman programmes, Madhya Pradesh has been found to be one of the worst states on the Female Security Index (FSI).
Updated on Mar 07, 2013 01:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
IRCTC passes service tax on to passengers
From April, the Indian Railways' online ticket booking portal IRCTC will start levying service tax on service charge for e-tickets.
Updated on Mar 02, 2013 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
BJP defeats Cong in cricket match, claims ‘electoral’ win
When the political class is playing cricket in an election year, then don't expect anything but double entendre, sharp quips and a lot of chatter about how the real 'match' will be played out later this year.
Updated on Feb 05, 2013 03:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop, Indore
A region struggles with its radicals
A look at Indore and its surrounding areas which seem to have become a hub for radicalisation of Hindu youth. Vijay Swaroop writes.
Updated on Jan 27, 2013 12:46 AM IST
'Women hit by domestic violence often use dowry law to strike back'
A probationary IAS officer might have been booked for allegedly demanding dowry, but more and more youngsters are getting averse to this social ill. And not just that, they want heavy punishments for the dowry-seekers.
Updated on Dec 07, 2012 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop and Hussain Malvi, Indore
Better days for Bihar?
MNS chief Raj Thackeray's comments about Biharis have put the spotlight on the state. But is Nitish Kumar's Bihar a place that people want to leave in large numbers? A look at how the state scores on over-all development. Ashok Mishra and Vijay Swaroop write.
Updated on Sep 23, 2012 09:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ashok Mishra and Vijay Swaroop