Prawesh Lama covers crime, policing, and issues of security in Delhi. Raised in Darjeeling, educated in Mumbai, he also looks at special features on social welfare in the National Capital.
Articles by Prawesh Lama
Manipur: Tracking a campaign behind close doors
An advisory by the Meitei radical group Arambai Tenggol has directed political parties to keep election campaigning low-key this year
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:20 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Imphal
Increased intel and camp push behind ops’ success in C’garh
Twenty-nine Maoists were killed in an encounter with joint forces of the Chhattisarh Police and the Border Security Force on Tuesday
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 08:30 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Imphal
29 Maoists dead in fierce Chhattisgarh operation
The encounter comes days before the Left Wing Extremism-hit constituencies in south Chhattisgarh go to the polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 06:55 AM IST
Modi’s priority to restore peace in Manipur: Shah
The priority of the next government at the Centre under PM Modi would be to restore peace in strife-torn Manipur through talks, the Union home minister said.
Updated on Apr 16, 2024 05:35 AM IST
A snapshot of life at a camp for former militants
Around 2000 Kuki National Army members await renewal of Suspension of Operations agreement in Manipur. Uncertain future amid ethnic clashes and elections.
Updated on Apr 16, 2024 09:23 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Churachandpur
Bhagwant Mann, Sanjay Singh likely to meet Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail today
Kejriwal is currently lodged in jail number 2 after being arrested for his alleged role in the money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy
Published on Apr 15, 2024 09:15 AM IST
Two killed in Manipur gunfight as hostilities flare afresh
Violence erupts ahead of general elections, highlighting ethnic tensions between Kukis and Meiteis.
Updated on Apr 14, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Imphal
HT interview: Both sides working to find peaceful solution, says Manipur CM
In an interview with HT, Manipur chief minister Biren Singh spoke about efforts to find a peaceful solution to the ethnic conflict that has raged for 11 months
Updated on Apr 13, 2024 07:44 AM IST
Amit Shah likely to visit Manipur on April 15
In May last year, the union home minister had come to Manipur to review security measures, visited both valley and hill districts
Published on Apr 11, 2024 10:20 AM IST
No Mann-Kejriwal meeting; gaffe over names: Officials
Mann’s name was added to the list of visitors after a senior Punjab Police officer wrote to the Tihar DG last week at the Punjab chief minister’s request
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 05:28 AM IST
41-day lull in ethnic violence holds ray of hope in Manipur
Strife-torn Manipur has not reported a single case of ethnic clashes, gunfights or killings for 41 days now, officials on the ground said on Sunday
Updated on Apr 08, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Tihar reviews Delhi chief minister Kejriwal’s security protocol
Two warders are deployed outside Kejriwal’s cell in Tihar Jail number 2, and two more are posted near a small garden enclosure on the way to his cell
Updated on Apr 04, 2024 05:40 AM IST
Bail to Sanjay Singh won’t adversely impact probe: ED
Since the agency felt Singh is “not a flight risk” a “last minute decision” was taken to not oppose his bail, these officers said on the condition of anonymity
Updated on Apr 03, 2024 04:55 AM IST
Delhi’s CM in Tihar’s Jail No. 2: Books and home food allowed
Prison officials said he was allowed to carry several books – including the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and How Prime Ministers Decide by Neerja Chowdhury.
Updated on Apr 02, 2024 05:18 AM IST
In Maoist-hit Bastar, an upsurge in aggression from both sides
Government data accessed by HT shows that across every indicator, numbers for the first three months of 2024 show a sharp increase from 2022 and 2023
Updated on Mar 29, 2024 07:18 AM IST
Sadanand Date, who played key role in 26/11 Mumbai operations, to head NIA
Date had set a courageous example for the police force when he took on two of the 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives who stormed Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 01:00 PM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Govt approves appointments of new NIA, NDRF, BPRD chiefs
Maharashtra cadre officer Sadanand Vasant Date has been appointed the new NIA chief, Piyush Anand the NDRF DG and Rajeev Kumar Sharma as the director general of BPRD
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 10:36 AM IST
Kejriwal in jail: Delhi’s Tihar prepares... just in case
The Delhi chief minister is in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate at its office until March 28
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 05:52 AM IST
Violence casts shadow over LS poll campaign in strife-torn Manipur
Manipur DGP deploys 13 security personnel to guard Congress leader Alfred Kanngam Arthur after gunmen open fire at his meetings, raising concerns during election campaigning.
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 08:22 AM IST
SSC declares revised Manipur selection list
SSC releases revised results for Manipur constable recruits after controversy over tribal candidates clearing test; at least 84 non-tribal candidates pass.
Updated on Mar 22, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
SSC withdraws Manipur para recruitment result citing ‘clerical error’
Of the 232 male candidates who cleared the constable (general duty) examination, 231 were from various tribes while one was a Meitei
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:30 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
A unending battle to counter mule ships of a Pak drug kingpin
Pakistani fishermen turned drug mules for Haji Salim cartel captured by joint Indian agencies, revealing modus operandi of drug smuggling network.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 04:18 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
65k paramilitary personnel tobe sent to Bengal for Lok Sabha polls
The Centre will send nearly 65,000 personnel from paramilitary forces to West Bengal for security arrangements during the Lok Sabha elections, an official said
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 07:40 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Polling stations near relief camps in strife-hit Manipur
The ECI reviewed the ground situation and found that a large number of electors from different constituencies of Manipur were displaced from their native places
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 04:35 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
In Manipur conflict, vehicles of all kinds on hit list
Armed militants in Manipur have been looting vehicles for various purposes, leading to chaos and fear in the state amid an ongoing violent conflict.
Updated on Mar 12, 2024 05:02 AM IST
NCB arrests TN politician, movie producer Jaffer Sadiq in drug trafficking case
NCB arrests former DMK functionary and Tamil movie producer Jaffer Sadiq in Rs.2,000 crore drug trafficking racket. Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu protest.
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 01:28 PM IST
Delhi: Peaceful march by central govt employees on March 7 over promotions, vacancies
On Monday afternoon, hundreds of CSS employees protested by holding a peaceful march at the Raisina Hills, near the offices of the different ministries including home and defence
Published on Mar 05, 2024 12:57 PM IST
Senior IPS officer Anurag Agarwal appointed Parliament security chief
Anurag Agarwal, a 1998 batch officer, currently serves as the Shillong-based Inspector General of the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) North East Sector
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 03:38 PM IST
Explained: Suspension of Operations agreement with Kuki militant groups in Manipur
The SoO agreement was signed by the Centre and the Manipur government with Kuki militant groups in August 2008
Published on Feb 29, 2024 12:48 PM IST
Massive narcotics haul on vessel near Gujarat coast
Most of the southeast Asian drug trade flows through the so-called golden triangle, making the Indian waters a lucrative corridor to smuggle contraband to other regions in the neighbourhood
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 06:26 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi