Aurangzeb Naqshbandi covers politics and keeps a close watch on developments in Jammu & Kashmir. He has been a journalist for 16 years.
Articles by Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
‘Pilibhit drama part of larger BJP plan’
Varun Gandhi’s alleged hate speech against Muslims and his “arrest drama” on Saturday is part of a larger BJP plan to communalise the Lok Sabha election campaign, said the Congress. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.
Updated on Mar 29, 2009 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Congress toes Rahul youth line
Emphasis on youth is part of the Congress manifesto for the upcoming elections - a significant move in the light of the fact that youth account for about 17 crore of India's 71.5 crore voters. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.
Updated on Mar 26, 2009 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Congress’s unkept promises
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said 80 per cent of promises made in the UPA’s common minimum programme had been fulfilled. See graphics
Updated on Mar 25, 2009 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Sack Kodnani: Cong, NCP
Opposition MLAs urged President Pratibha Patil to ask Narendra Modi to dismiss his controversial ministerial colleague Maya Kodnani, an accused in the communal riots that rocked the state in 2002. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.
Updated on Mar 17, 2009 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Cong fields Pranab to fend off new threat
The Congress on Saturday fielded Pranab Mukherjee to attack the Third Front’s viability, relevance and ability to provide a stable government or offer a vision of governance, report Saroj Nagi and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Mar 15, 2009 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saroj Nagi and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Commemorative stamp on K.K. Birla released
A special commemorative stamp was released on Friday in honour of noted industrialist Dr Krishna Kumar Birla, who passed away in Kolkata on August 31, 2008.
Updated on Mar 14, 2009 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Hanging up on mobile manners
India, which has 362.3 million cellphone users and a booming mobile phone market, lacks basic cellphone etiquette, observed a parliamentary panel, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Mar 10, 2009 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
The Mahatma’s belongings come home to a row
Mahatama Gandhi’s belongings are coming back to India. But what a homecoming it will be for the items – his spectacles, a watch, a plate and a bowl, and sandals — auctioned in New York late on Thursday night. Coming home to a row. Nandini R Iyer and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi report.
Updated on Mar 07, 2009 12:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nandini R Iyer and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
After roadblock, Congress, SP back on talking terms
Desperate efforts are on to save the poll alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with channels of communication between the two parties being reopened a day after talks collapsed. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi & Srinand Jha report.
Updated on Mar 06, 2009 02:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi & Srinand Jha, New Delhi
Lone may join LS poll race
People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone may contest the coming Lok Sabha elections from the Baramulla parliamentary constituency.
Updated on Feb 27, 2009 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
States slip on pension scheme
The Centre recently announced pension schemes for widows and disabled living below the poverty line (BPL), but records of a similar scheme for the elderly show they benefit little, with many states contributing next to nothing towards it. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.
Updated on Feb 23, 2009 01:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Govt plans garibi hatao by 2015
As the Lok Sabha elections draw near, the UPA government has chalked out an ambitious plan to attract the rural poor. It has come out with a rural household centred strategy to eradicate poverty from India by 2015, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Feb 17, 2009 02:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Govt plans garibi hatao by 2015
As the LS polls draw near, the UPA government has chalked out an ambitious plan to attract the rural poor. It has come out with a rural household centred strategy to eradicate poverty from India by 2015, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Feb 16, 2009 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Naxalites allow roads, only if they’re paid
The naxalites do not mind the government building roads in their strongholds so long as the roads do not lead to one of their hideouts, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Feb 16, 2009 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Army goes all out to recruit J&K youth
The Indian army plans to hold special training sessions for Kashmiri youth so that they can have careers in not just the army but also the CRPF and BSF, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Feb 12, 2009 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Dukhtaran sound V-Day warning in Valley
After anonymous hoardings in Srinagar city warned couples of dire consequences, it is now the turn of Dukhtaran-e-Millat. The Kashmiri women separatist group has asked shopkeepers not to sell gifts or cards for Valentine’s Day, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Feb 06, 2009 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
V-Day vigilantes to protect lovers
Armed with red chillies and pepper, National Panthers Party activists have announced that they would be lying in wait across Delhi on February 14 to take on those opposing and obstructing Valentine’s Day, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Feb 01, 2009 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
No Pandit in J&K Assembly
The ruling National Conference- Congress coalition in Jammu and Kashmir is willing to walk the extra mile to give representation for Kashmiri Pandits in the state cabinet, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 31, 2009 12:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Defeated candidates seek security in J&K
The Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn the security cover of all the defeated candidates in the recent assembly polls immediately after the results, reoprts Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 30, 2009 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Fix rules to avoid Satyam repeat: Prez
President Pratibha Patil in her address to the nation on the eve of the Republic Day listed out the priorities — securing the country from terrorists as well as fundamentalist forces, and ushering in strong corporate governance to avoid losses as brought by the Satyam scam, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 26, 2009 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Cross-border travel takes a hit
Days after Home Minister P Chidambaram talked about the possibility of snapping business and tourism ties with Pakistan, the chill in bilateral relationship in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks has already begun to tell on cross-border travel, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 16, 2009 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Minister wants all to take ‘pot’ shots
With hardly 21 months to go for the Games, Delhi cuts a sorry figure on the sanitation front.
Updated on Jan 15, 2009 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Tourism to hitch ride on J&K float
Change has come to Jammu and Kashmir and it’ll be for all to see come Republic Day. With new government in place, the focus squarely is on development and promoting tourism, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 14, 2009 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Separatists bicker in post-poll J&K
The huge voter turnout in the just-concluded elections in J&K has found separatist leaders blaming each other for the failure of their poll boycott campaign, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 12, 2009 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, Srinagar
Somali pirates free ship with 7 Indian crew members
Somali pirates on Friday freed an Iranian ship with a crew of 25, including seven Indians, after 53 days in captivity in the Gulf of Aden, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Jan 12, 2009 04:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Red flag flying, thanks to Pandit votes
The lone legislator holding the Red flag in J&K would not have been elected to the state assembly this time but for the migrant Pandit voters, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Dec 31, 2008 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Thrifty Modi govt spoils job scheme
A parliamentary standing committee on rural development headed by senior BJP leader Kalyan Singh has discovered that the Gujarat government pays the least wage anywhere in India under the scheme, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Dec 30, 2008 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
Women benefit least from rural job plan
A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over the involvement of a very low percentage of women in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the UPA government's flagship job scheme, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Dec 28, 2008 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi
No need for CBI inquiry, says Maya
UP CM Mayawati rejected the demand for a CBI probe into the murder of state public works department engineer MK Gupta. His autopsy report revealed that he was brutally beaten up and given electric shocks, report M Hasan and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi. Listen to Podcast
Updated on Dec 26, 2008 01:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | M. Hasan and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, Lucknow / New Delhi
Maya under fire, SP calls bandh
The Samajwadi Party has called an UP ‘bandh’ to protest against the killing of a PWD engineer allegedly by a BSP MLA and his supporters for refusing money for CM Mayawati's birthday celebrations, reports Aurangzeb Naqshbandi.
Updated on Dec 25, 2008 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi & Agencies, New Delhi / Lucknow