Chandrashekar is a Senior Editor at Hindustan Times. A journalist with 11+ years across print and digital media, he also has degrees in Sociology and Economics. He has worked in the political, business, sports, and entertainment news spaces, but is happiest just watching football.
Articles by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
'Modi wave' takes Guj, may edge Cong in Himachal; AAP a distant 3rd: Exit polls
Exit polls 2022: Gujarat voted Dec 1 and 5, while Himachal Pradesh voted on Nov 12. Counting of votes for both states - and for the Delhi civic polls, which was held Dec 4 - will be on Dec 8.
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 10:04 PM IST
Gujarat election news: Isudan Gadhvi votes, says AAP will win this many seats…
2022 Gujarat polls: The BJP is battling to retain control of prime minister Narendra Modi's home state for an unprecedented seventh consecutive term.
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 10:13 PM IST
G7's price cap on Russia oil 'to benefit low, medium-income nations': US
On Friday the G7 (in which the EU is an additional member) and Australia said they had agreed on a per barrel price cap for Russian seaborne crude oil.
Updated on Dec 03, 2022 01:11 PM IST
'Their own minister jailed...': Kiran Bedi on Satyendar Jain prison videos row
Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Updated on Nov 23, 2022 03:16 PM IST
'A sign of humanity...': Amid Savarkar row, Raut-Gandhi's olive branches
VD Savarkar row: Sanjay Raut said Rahul Gandhi had spoken to him after his release from jail and inquired after his health.
Updated on Nov 21, 2022 11:23 AM IST
'Putin will lose, China will strengthen': Boris Johnson's predictions for world
Ex British PM slammed Putin as a 'master of propaganda' and warned he would spin his 'certain' defeat as a victory for Russia, and said he expected the Russians to swallow the story.
Updated on Nov 12, 2022 04:12 PM IST
Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
'When PM goes abroad he receives great honour...': Gehlot's praise | VIDEO
The prime minister and the chief ministers of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh were at an event to commemorate a massacre of tribal community members by the British in 1913.
Updated on Nov 01, 2022 01:49 PM IST
'Kejriwal is kingpin in liquor scam…': Anurag Thakur slams Delhi CM, AAP
Union minister Anurag Thakur was in Punjab's Mohali for an event at the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research.
Updated on Oct 31, 2022 12:05 PM IST
'Beautiful thing about India...': Top UN counter-terrorism official's praise
The UNSC counter-terrorism committee's meeting was held over two days - in Mumbai on October 28 and Delhi on October 29.
Updated on Oct 29, 2022 03:13 PM IST
'In 2005, when BJP….': Gehlot on girls being auctioned in Rajasthan
Bhilwara girls auctioned on stamp papers: The horrific incident was highlighted in a NHRC report released earlier this week.
Updated on Oct 29, 2022 12:06 PM IST
Where is proof Muslim, Yadav voters were deleted in UP polls, EC asks Akhilesh
The Samajwadi Party lost heavily to the BJP in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, winning just 47 seats to its rivals 312.
Updated on Oct 27, 2022 05:40 PM IST
'Ye perfect hai…': BJP leader's Shivaji-on-note dig at Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal had suggested images of Ganesha and Lakshmi be used on currency notes to help boost the Indian economy.
Updated on Oct 27, 2022 11:54 AM IST
In UP, teen girl lay bleeding, asking for help as men stood around filming her
The young girl reportedly left home Sunday to go to the local market and never came back, prompting the family to file a police complaint.
Updated on Oct 25, 2022 12:39 PM IST
'Worst to come... 2023 will feel like recession': IMF warns, cuts India forecast
The IMF's revised global forecast is 0.2 points down from July expectations and the growth profile is the 'weakest' since 2001
Updated on Oct 11, 2022 08:59 PM IST
'We hope...': China says after 'many' die in missile strikes on Ukraine cities
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of 'trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the Earth'.
Updated on Oct 10, 2022 02:09 PM IST
'So-called aam aadmi': Cong leader's swipe at Bhagwant Mann over 42-car convoy
The RTI reply was provided by the state's transport commissioner and covered the period from March 2007 to September.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 05:30 PM IST
'Picked up human body parts...': Teacher after blast at Afghan exam centre
Kabul bomb blast: This is the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since a blast ripped through a mosque in the western Herat province earlier this month.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 03:46 PM IST
'Such a leader...': Pilot supporters' demand as Cong prez picks are revealed
Congress president election: Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor confirmed his candidature, as did Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge, with Jharkhand leader KN Tripathi joining the list
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 05:05 PM IST
'Up to Sonia Gandhi…': Gehlot's cryptic reply to question on future as Raj CM
Congress presidential polls: The veteran politician also confirmed his withdrawal from the party's presidential election and that he had apologised for the crisis caused by rebellion of his MLAs.
Updated on Sep 29, 2022 03:54 PM IST
'Undemocratic...': PFI affiliate says will challenge government's ban in court
Popular Front of India ban: The government's ban on PFI came after two rounds of nationwide raids on leaders and offices in over a dozen states that led to over 100 arrests and detentions.
Updated on Sep 28, 2022 07:08 PM IST
Veteran Cong leader to meet Sonia Gandhi at 5 pm, help with Rajasthan crisis
Former union minister AK Antony, 81, enjoys considerable influence within the party and the Gandhis will hope it is enough to quell further unrest within the Rajasthan camp.
Updated on Sep 28, 2022 03:43 PM IST
After Jaishankar's 'not fooling anybody' jab, US responds on F-16 aid to Pak
Pakistan F-16 fighter jet aid: United States recently provided Pakistan with a $450 million package that Pentagon called a 'F-16 case for sustainment and related equipment'.
Updated on Sep 27, 2022 03:47 PM IST
SC nixes Narayan Rane's plea against demolition of parts of his Mumbai bungalow
Bombay HC had ordered demolition of Rane's eight-floor family bungalow over violation of CRZ and other municipal laws.
Updated on Sep 26, 2022 03:10 PM IST
What Digvijaya Singh said on Congress president election bid: Report
Congress presidential poll: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and ex union minister Shashi Tharoor are the principal candidates to replace Sonia Gandhi as the party's 'full-time' chief.
Updated on Sep 23, 2022 02:51 PM IST
Ahead of Amit Shah's Bihar visit, Tejashwi Yadav has a question to ask...
Amit Shah Bihar visit: The union home minister will be in Bihar on a two-day visit and will address a rally in the Seemanchal region, which is home to a sizeable Muslim population.
Updated on Sep 22, 2022 06:11 PM IST
'Zero tolerance...': Rahul Gandhi on NIA-ED-police raids on PFI, SDPI leaders
Over 100 PFI and SDPI leaders and workers have been taken into custody following pan-India raids by the National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and local police forces.
Updated on Sep 22, 2022 03:38 PM IST
NIA raids PFI-SDPI in Kerala, Bengal, other states. 105 arrested, details here
The Popular Front of India (PFI) called the raids an example of the government 'using agencies to silence dissenting voices'.
Updated on Sep 22, 2022 12:01 PM IST
'Not sure he's in control...': UK minister on Putin's 'we have weapons' warning
Russia-Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin, in a televised address to the nation, said he had 'lots of weapons to reply' to the West's ‘threats’.
Updated on Sep 21, 2022 12:44 PM IST
As Cong prez polls near, Sonia Gandhi summons top party leader to Delhi: Report
Congress presidential election: Voting - assuming there is more than one candidate - to replace Sonia Gandhi has been scheduled for October 17, with results due October 19.
Updated on Sep 20, 2022 01:05 PM IST
Cong prez polls: Tharoor v Gehlot to replace Sonia Gandhi? Rahul a dark horse?
Congress president elections: Race for top post in GOP - and to possibly replace Sonia Gandhi - appears set to be between Shashi Tharoor and Ashok Gehlot
Updated on Sep 20, 2022 11:03 AM IST