Anupam Trivedi provides impetus to HT’s coverage from Uttarakhand and has covered politics, environment, policing, entertainment for close to 17 years.
Articles by Anupam Trivedi
Khanduri lost to internal politics, outsider plank
The BJP, expecting a comeback in Uttarakhand, received a major jolt when chief minister BC Khanduri, who was brought back to office after a gap, lost from Kotdwar by more than 4,000 votes. Khanduri was earlier removed when the BJP lost all the five seats in Uttarakhand in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Mar 07, 2012 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Celebration, missing, only calculation
Lal Chand Sharma, 52, a senior Congress leader from Dehradun, was surfing TV channels at the party office on Tuesday morning. Like hundreds of party workers, he was expecting a landslide victory.
Updated on Mar 07, 2012 12:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
BJP, Cong so near, yet so far
Who will form the government in Uttarakhand is as hazy as it is clear in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Anupam Trivedi reports. Decisive factors | Celebration, missing, only calculation | Khanduri lost to internal politics, outsider plank
Updated on Mar 07, 2012 08:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Uttarakhand agrees upon providing land to Army
Uttarakhand has agreed upon providing to the tune of 23 thousand acres land to Army for its crucial strategic projects in the hill state that shares boundary with Nepal and China.
Updated on Feb 16, 2012 09:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Border villages deserted
Almost every hill district in the state has witnessed migration, but the exodus from border districts is of major concern. The two neighbouring districts - Chamoli and Pithoragarh share boundaries with China. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 24, 2012 03:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Chamoli/dehradun
For corruption, look in the mirror, Rahul tells BJP
In the last leg of his campaign in the poll-bound Uttarakhand, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) why it did not see corruption in BJP-ruled states. He cited several instances to stress that the BJP government in Uttarakhand had siphoned off funds and was involved in scams. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 24, 2012 02:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Vikasnagar
Shoe hurled at Rahul near Dehradun
After team Anna it was Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's who faced shoe missile while addressing poll rally near Dehradun on Monday afternoon. Kuldeep Singh (26) hurled shoe towards Rahul's dais while latter dubbed him a 'BJP man'. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 24, 2012 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Vikasnagar
Ghost villages
Migration from hills is rampant. Ironically, the issue remains missing from manifestos of major political parties in the state, writes Anupam Trivedi.
Updated on Jan 21, 2012 03:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Rudraprayag
Top Congress leaders facing speed breakers
Riding on an anti-incumbency wave, the Congress is hoping to win the Uttarakhand poll. However, there seem to be 'speed breakers' coming in the way of top leaders as they are stuck between rebels and complex local equations.
Updated on Jan 20, 2012 03:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Team Anna plans campaign, Cong cries foul but BJP happy
Team Anna's proposed three-day campaign to sensitise Uttarakhand voters against corruption is likely to warm up politics in the hill state. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 20, 2012 01:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Congress tries to buy peace
The party has decided to rope in central leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, CP Joshi, RK Dhawan and Motilal Vora to woo sulking rebels. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 15, 2012 02:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi
Promises galore
The Congress on Friday released a sop-full manifesto for the upcoming elections in the state, aiming to woo the voters to its side.The main promises include unemployment allowance, interest-free loan for higher studies, no fee from the unemployed applying for government jobs and a separate ministry for minorities. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 14, 2012 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Congress manifesto for Uttarakhand released
Congress manifesto promises unemployment allowance, ministry for minorities; party to probe alleged scams of BJP government.
Updated on Jan 13, 2012 07:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Ex-soldiers' party gives Cong and BJP the jitters
Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha (URM), a regional political party formed by retired army officers just four months ago, is gaining mass acceptance in Uttarakhand and is likely to make a dent in the vote banks of the Congress and the BJP.
Updated on Jan 13, 2012 01:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Will Fauji Factor work?
URM, the outfit floated by ex-serviceman TPS Rawat is banking on voters with military background to win seats. Anupam Trivedi reports.
Updated on Jan 12, 2012 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Cong watching rebels
After releasing the final list of candidates for Uttarakhand polls, the Congress focus is now on checking rebellion inside the party. A team of two-dozen observers is camping in different parts of the state for this reason.
Updated on Jan 10, 2012 04:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Rahul carves out a toehold for youth
Mission 2012 may be Rahul Gandhi’s personal crusade for Uttar Pradesh. But he plans to leave his mark on the other states too.
Updated on Jan 07, 2012 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manpreet Randhawa & Anupam Trivedi, Chandigarh/dehradun
Uttarakhand to get 50 more Grain Banks
Even as winter has approached the state of Uttarakhand, the people residing in 50 villages in the state perhaps would not have to bother about ‘food security’ as the World Food Programme (WFP)-supported ‘Grain Bank’ will be opened in the villages across the border districts.
Updated on Nov 22, 2011 07:27 PM IST
NewsX | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Advani's yatra gimmick, Anna's yatra for civil society: Kejriwal
Amid the report of cracks within Anna Hazare's team over support to proposed nationwide yatra of Bhartiya Janta Party's (BJP) leader LK Advani against graft, Arvind Kejriwal, a key member of the team Anna termed Advani's yatra as a political gimmick.
Updated on Sep 19, 2011 04:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
For stronger lokayukta, with CM in its ambit
Uttarakhand chief minister Major General (retd) BC Khanduri has a one-point agenda ahead of the assembly polls in February next year. In his second innings as CM, Khanduri, 76, wants to weed out corruption from the government. Anupam Trivedi in an interview with BC Khanduri.
Updated on Sep 12, 2011 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Khanduri for powerful Lokayukt and bringing CM in its purview
In his second tenure as chief minister of Uttarakhand, Maj Gen (retd) BC Khanduri has indicated that he intends to set some examples. Among his priorities CM said he is for a giving more teeth to Lokayukt in state and brining CM in its ambit.
Updated on Sep 11, 2011 06:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Uttarakhand CM's second leg of Vikas Yatra in August
Buoyed by the success of the recently concluded Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) meeting in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is now getting ready for the second leg of his Vikas Yatra (development tour) in August.
Updated on Jul 31, 2011 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
Autopsy done, swami buried
Bowing to the pressure of the Matri Sadan, which alleged poisoning as the main reason behind Swami Nigmanand's death, a second autopsy was done and his viscera was preserved. This delayed the Swami's burial by three hours.
Updated on Jun 17, 2011 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Haridwar
State orders CBI probe into Swami’s death
The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday asked for a CBI probe into the death of Swami Nigamanand even as fellow-travellers of the deceased did not budge from their original belief that he had been poisoned.
Updated on Jun 16, 2011 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehra Dun
Activist swami dies after 115 days' ordeal
Swami Nigamanand, whose fast against quarrying in the river Ganga could not generate the same publicity and political pitch that yoga guru Baba Ramdev did, died on Monday after an ordeal of 115 days.
Updated on Jun 14, 2011 11:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi & Radhika Nagrath, Dehradun/haridwar
Baba lands in more trouble
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev appears to have yet another charge of illegal land possession to answer to.
Updated on Jun 10, 2011 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Haridwar
Passport trouble for aide
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s trusted aide Acharya Balkrishna, who is at pains to assert he is Indian and not Nepalese, got an Indian passport and arms licences on the basis of fake documents, says an intelligence report of Haridwar police.
Updated on Jun 09, 2011 02:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Haridwar
Baba Ramdev thanks SC for notice to govt
Baba Ramdev who is sitting at Satyagrah (fast unto death) against corruption in Haridwar thanked Supreme Court for issuing notice to Union government, Delhi government and Delhi police commissioner on police action against his supporters at the Ramlila ground in New Delhi on Saturday night.
Updated on Jun 06, 2011 03:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Haridwar
Angry Ramdev blames Sonia, claims Cong wants him dead
Opening front against Congress party, Baba Ramdev whose Satyagrah against graft ended abruptly on Saturday night in New Delhi, blamed the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for police action against him and workers of Bharat Swabhiman Trust. Anupam Trivedi reports. Ramdev's eviction sets off political war of words | Govt rules out further talks with Ramdev | BJP launches 24-hr long agitation | Ramdev is a cheat: Digvijaya | Listen to podcast | Pics
Updated on Jun 05, 2011 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Haridwar
UKD expels cabinet minister Diwakar Bhatt from party
After withdrawing support from Ramesh Pokhriyal led Bhartya Janta Party (BJP) government, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) headed towards another spit on Tuesday as party expelled Diwakar Bhatt, cabinet minister from UKD.
Updated on Jan 04, 2011 12:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anupam Trivedi, Dehradun
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