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Hemendra Chaturvedi is based in Agra serving as an Assistant Editor, covering districts of Agra and Aligarh division of western Uttar Pradesh. He has been with HT since 1992 and has completed three decades of association with HT.
Articles by Hemendra Chaturvedi
PDA formula scripts success for SP in Braj region
Akhilesh , in his speeches, kept the BJP and RSS on target and blamed them for designs to change the Constitution . A man dressed as Baba Saheb with a book in hand stood on stage and Akhilesh Yadav received a copy of the Constitution from him with a vow to protect it.
Updated on Jun 06, 2024 06:22 AM IST
Rashtriya Hindu Parishad chief smashes TV, sets it on fire over election results
After BJP fell short of its “Abki Baar 400 Paar” claim, Rashtriya Hindu Parishad chief Govind Parashar smashed the TV inside the office and set it on fire.
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 12:31 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi | Edited by Arfa Javaid
2024 LS polls: Much at stake for BJP in Braj region
BJP has much at stake in Braj region with 8 Lok Sabha seats. SP focuses on Mainpuri, Firozabad; Congress eyes Fatehpur Sikri. Ministers also in the race.
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 05:44 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Chained child admitted to IMHH after video goes viral
On Sunday, a video went viral, showing a 10-year-old boy on the pavement, tied with chains. He was accompanied by his parents and all were braving the heat along the road near Agra College . Naresh Paras, a social activist working for child rights, got active and took up the matter with officials of Agra Nagar Nigam to find a place for the family in a shelter home. Dr Dinesh Rathore, director, of Institute of Mental Health and Hospital was contacted and the child was then taken to the Institute.
Updated on Jun 03, 2024 08:18 AM IST
Name on card but not invited: Lawyer sues in-laws
In his complaint case filed on May 28 in the court of judicial magistrate (second) in Mainpuri, the lawyer claimed that his in-laws were liable to be prosecuted by police under section 499 (defamation), 500 (punishment for defamation) and 501 (printing defamatory content) of Indian Penal Code and prayed before court to summon the opposite parties. He said hey printed his name on a wedding card but did not invite him to the function.,
Updated on May 30, 2024 07:00 AM IST
Tourist footfall decreases at Taj as Agra continues to sizzle
Agra, City of Taj, swelters at 46.5 degrees Celsius as intense heat wave hits. Tourism at Taj Mahal impacted, with visitors falling ill due to heat.
Updated on May 19, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Mainpuri only 3rd phase seat in Uttar Pradesh to see higher polling % now than in 2019
The third phase of polling was held on May 7 in Sambhal, Hathras (SC), Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on May 12, 2024 05:08 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Kamakhya Devi temple existed on Sikri premises, claims suit in Agra court
The suit has been filed on behalf of deity Shri Bhagwan Sri Kamakhya Mata as the main petitioner represented through next friend and lawyer Ajay Pratap Singh and five others
Published on May 10, 2024 04:56 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Akash Anand – Whose 'exit' is more talked about than his ‘entry’
Akash Anand, BSP’s anointed heir apparent, was sacked by party chief and aunt. Did BSP miss a trick by removing him in the middle of the elections?
Published on May 10, 2024 12:46 AM IST
Campaigning ends for 6 seats of Braj region
These six Lok Sabha seats are now gearing up for polling on May 7 in the third phase. Union minister of state for health and family welfare SP Singh Baghel is a candidate from the reserved seat of Agra. UP minister of tourism and culture Jaiveer Singh is locked in a fight with Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri, the stronghold of Yadav clan. Anup Valmiki, another minister of state in UP is contesting the reserved seat of Hathras.
Updated on May 06, 2024 06:02 AM IST
Insult to Maharana Pratap in SP’s road show: Yogi leads BJP’S attack on SP; three held
“Case has been registered under sections 147 (riot), 188 (Disobedience to order promulgated by public servant), 295A (insulting religious beliefs), 504 (provocation to breach public peace), and Section 171H of the Indian Penal Code against unidentified accused,” the PRO said.
Updated on May 06, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Shoe hurled at SP Maurya during election meeting
Swami Prasad Maurya was in Doki to campaign for Hotam Singh Nishad, candidate of Rashtriya Soshit Samaj Party. The man was nabbed by police present on the spot but continued to raise slogans against Swami Prasad Maurya. He took out a black cloth from his pocket and waved it as police dragged him away from the spot.
Updated on May 04, 2024 07:04 AM IST
Priyanka calls Modi arrogant, urges masses to identify “real leaders”
On the other hand is a mass leader, Rahul Gandhi, who travelled 4,000km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, and from Manipur to Mumbai. Based on his experiences with the common people he met, the Congress prepared its manifesto - ‘Nyay Patra’, she says
Published on May 03, 2024 08:41 PM IST
Lok Sabha election: In ‘Suhag Nagari’ Firozabad, issues on ground wedded to larger poll picture?
The electoral scene has changed in Firozabad since the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Samajwadi Party’s ‘chacha-bhatija’ feud is now a thing of the past. The BJP is out to retain the seat in ‘Suhag Nagari’, which is famous for bangles, but faces a strong challenge from the SP.
Updated on May 03, 2024 06:46 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Voting for oppn alliance will be grave sin: Yogi
Uttar Pradesh CM addressed three public meetings in Yadav heartland having Lok Sabha seats of Mainpuri, Etah and Firozabad
Updated on May 03, 2024 05:04 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Bulldozers line up during Yogi’s roadshow in SP bastion Mainpuri
UP CM Yogi Adityanath's roadshow in SP stronghold Mainpuri featured symbolic bulldozers, boosting BJP cadre's morale ahead of polls.
Updated on May 02, 2024 10:55 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
BSP contesting to win, says Mayawati in Mainpuri
Mayawati says BSP candidates are contesting to win, not to make others lose. Claims BSP might come first, leaving SP and BJP at second and third.
Updated on May 02, 2024 08:44 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Taj city’s poll issues unchanged with unfulfilled promises
Poll issues remain unchanged election after election, be it the demand for a separate bench of the high court in west UP, international airport, Agra barrage, or international sports stadium
Published on May 02, 2024 06:38 PM IST
No one will be poor in next 10 yrs of BJP rule: Rajnath
Rajnath Singh was in Jarar village of Agra district where he addressed a public meeting to seek votes for BJP candidate and sitting MP Raj Kumar Chahar who showered praise on Rajnath Singh and called him his political guardian.
Updated on May 02, 2024 06:02 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra
Agra encapsulates the churn within the community and the battle of two ideas that are shaping the general elections this year.
Updated on May 01, 2024 04:02 AM IST
From INDIA bloc’s ‘Fauji Baba’ to rebel trouble, things get challenging for BJP’s Chahar in Fatehpur Sikri
Forty kilometres from Agra stands the Buland Darwaza (the Door of Victory) – believed to be the world’s highest gate, built by Mughal Emperor Akbar at his walled capital city of Fatehpur Sikri to commemorate his triumph over Gujarat. Four centuries later, the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, a Gujarati, is facing a stiff challenge from the Congress candidate, a former army man, while a BJP rebel is already causing sleepless nights for the sitting BJP MP.
Updated on Apr 30, 2024 08:14 AM IST
We promise both ‘aata and data’, says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Agra
SP chief was addressing a public meeting in Agra on Monday in support of SP-Congress alliance candidates.
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 08:43 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Amit Shah renews focus on Uttar Pradesh, attacks SP over dynastic politics
Choice between those who opened fire at karsevaks and those who built Ram temple, says Union home minister at rallies in Mainpuri and Etah in U.P.
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 09:20 AM IST
Hemendra ChaturvediHaider Naqvi, Agra/kanpur
AMU to re-allot hostel rooms to check outsiders
The step is being undertaken as there have been incidents related to law and order issues on the campus wherein outsiders were found involved time and again. It was traced that they were illegally residing in halls (hostels) of the university.
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 05:10 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Raj Babbar missing in Agra elections after 25 years
Raj Babbar began his political career with the VP Singh-led Janata Dal in 1989 but joined Samajwadi Party which gave him Rajya Sabha seat from 1994 to 1999
Published on Apr 27, 2024 07:07 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Amroha clocks 64.02% turnout, Mathura lowest at 49.29%, raises eyebrows
Phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls: The 12% drop in turnout in Mathura since 2019 left all guessing about the possible impact even as polling was held peacefully on all 8 West U.P. seats
Updated on Apr 27, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra/meerut
Yogi hits back on Dimple’s ‘mangalsutra’ remark
“The SP leader (Dimple Yadav) should answer about ‘mangalsutra’ of six innocents killed with Krishnanand Rai. Mafia patronised by SP killed Nand Kishore Rungta, the international treasurer of VHP after kidnapping him . What happened to his widow?” roared Yogi blaming the SP for not repenting for its misdeeds.
Updated on Apr 26, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Congress wants to snatch OBC rights with religion-based quota: PM Modi in Agra
Appeasement politics behind friendship of ‘do ladke (two boys), Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a dig at Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh
Published on Apr 25, 2024 09:39 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
Congress seeking votes to change Constitution for religious quota: Modi in Uttar Pradesh
I am an OBC too and scared of Cong’s Karnataka model, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he addresses rallies in Agra, Aonla and Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 09:27 PM IST
Campaigning ends in Mathura, Aligarh; voting on April 26
On the last day of campaigning, BJP sitting MP, Hema Malini, aiming for a hat trick of wins, went on a road show in the interior parts of Mathura city
Published on Apr 24, 2024 07:16 PM IST
Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra
