Articles by Ramesh Vinayak
Wild cards make it too close to call
It's an unusually tough contest between the SAD-BJP alliance and Congress. Adding to the intrigue are the Manpreet and dera factors. Ramesh Vinayak reports.
Updated on Jan 30, 2012 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, Chandigarh
Expecting higher returns on produce, farmers all for deep-discount stores
The math is stark: Six hundred million versus five million. The farming population outnumbers the traders by 120 times.
Updated on Dec 02, 2011 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Chandigarh/new Delhi
Ramesh Vinayak, Anshu Seth & Zia HaqAnna campaign has served purpose: PM
Acknowledging that the Anna Hazare movement has served its purpose, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the recent debate over corruption has awakened the country to the harmful consequences of corruption. Ramesh Vinayak reports.
Updated on Oct 20, 2011 01:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, On Board Pm's Special Plane
India, Brazil, SA push for reforms in UNSC, IMF
The 5th India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, which started on Tuesday, made a strong pitch for global governance reforms in multilateral international bodies including the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Updated on Oct 18, 2011 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, Pretoria
IBSA summit to reflect countries’ common positions
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived at this picturesque capital of South Africa on Monday to attend the 5th India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, which is expected to reflect the three countries’ common positions on a range of hot-button global issues.
Updated on Oct 18, 2011 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, Pretoria
Manmohan Singh in South Africa for three-day IBSA Summit
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh arrived at the picturesque capital of South Africa on Monday to attend the three-day 5th IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Summit, which is expected to reflect the common position of the three countries on a range of hot-button global issues.
Updated on Oct 18, 2011 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, Pretoria
My breezy encounter with Obama in ’04
As US President Barack Obama’s four-day maiden trip to India draws to a close, it’s time to relive and savour my “Obama moment” that dazzled me more now than it did six years ago when it actually occurred.
Updated on Nov 08, 2010 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, Chandigarh
Nirmal Yadav prosecution: CJI says he wasn’t asked
Dismissing allegations that he refused to allow the prosecution of a Punjab High Court judge in the cash-for-judge scam, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on Wednesday clarified he wasn’t even asked.
Updated on Feb 11, 2010 02:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , New Delhi
Satya Prakash and Ramesh VinayakQuiet burial for judge scam
It was no coincidence that three independent inquiries conducted by the police, the CBI and an in-house judges’ panel into the cash-at-judge’s doorstep case had a common conclusion: Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had received an unaccounted cash packet of Rs 15 lakh in mid-August of 2008.
Updated on Jan 18, 2010 12:47 AM IST
None | , Chandigarh
Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan SharmaPunjab judge got Rs 15 lakh: Governor
Two weeks after the ‘cash-at-judge’s door’ scandal rocked the Punjab and Haryana High Court in mid-2008, Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gen SF Rodrigues (retd) had concluded that Justice Nirmal Yadav, sitting High Court judge, had been paid Rs 15 lakh, records at Raj Bhawan reveal. Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma report...
Updated on Jan 17, 2010 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Chandigarh
Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan SharmaPunjab Gov goes ballistic against Union Minister
The Chandigarh Mega projects row : Punjab Governor questions the Home Ministry's authority to put his land acquisition under the scanner. " I am guilty of not allowing people to do something wrong" Gen Rodrigues tells Hindustan Times Resident Editor Ramesh Vinayak, in an exclusive interview.
Updated on Oct 20, 2009 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak, Punjab
HT Excl: SC panel wanted Punjab judge sacked
The Union government is not allowing the prosecution of a High Court judge suspected of receiving bribes — including whiskey bottles and a mobile phone — and fixing illegal land deals. But it now emerges that an in-house inquiry committee constituted by the Chief Justice of India has recommended the removal of Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma report.
Updated on Jun 08, 2009 09:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Chandigarh
Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan SharmaSaini, judiciary’s bugbear
In Punjab’s bureaucratic and public spheres, Sumedh Singh Saini, evokes strong — and often extreme — reactions.
Updated on Jun 05, 2009 01:34 AM IST
None | Ramesh Vinayak, Chandigarh
Punjab phone taps: A story of tapes, touts and judges
In an unusual report by a state government on its judiciary, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau says it has found leads to a slew of malpractices in the Punjab and Haryana HC that could, if investigated, incriminate two of its senior judges. The claims, made in the 60-page report, a copy of which is in possession of the HT, have far-reaching consequences not just for Punjab but also for India’s judiciary, report Pawan Sharma and Ramesh Vinayak. Key findingsThe tape trail | Tell-tale tapes | The big cases
Updated on Jun 04, 2009 02:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Chandigarh
Pawan Sharma and Ramesh VinayakTime for those reforms
Time for those reforms back in 1993, a public-spirited advocate, Anupam Gupta, hit the headlines for raising the issue of nepotism and corruption in the judiciary.
Updated on Jun 04, 2009 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak
Sad times for SAD
The Congress romped home in eight of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab but its tally fell short of expectations in the face of a stiff fight from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine, which bagged five seats, reports Ramesh Vinayak.
Updated on May 17, 2009 02:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak
Dera chief offers to apologise
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh on Sunday offered to submit a fresh apology to Akal Takht for appearing in public dressed like Guru Gobind Singh.
Updated on Apr 20, 2009 01:12 AM IST
None | Ramesh Vinayak, Sirsa
Cong candidates Tytler, Sajjan out of poll race
Journalist Jarnail Singh’s size-9 Reebok shoe may have missed P. Chidambaram on Tuesday, but two days later, it brought down two Delhi political heavyweights, Congress MPs and candidates Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Ramesh Vinayak report.
Updated on Apr 10, 2009 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , New Delhi
Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Ramesh Vinayak Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Ramesh Vinayak Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Ramesh Vinayak Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Ramesh VinayakIt’s political harakiri
The decision to field Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as its Lok Sabha candidates has provoked an avalanche of outrage and opprobrium from the Sikhs, most notably in Delhi and Punjab, writes Ramesh Vinayak.
Updated on Apr 06, 2009 11:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak
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