Ranjan Srivastava leads HT’s coverage from Bhopal. He has spent more than two decades in journalism in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, covering political and other affairs. For the past 16 years, he has been working in Madhya Pradesh.
Articles by Ranjan
Did PDP spoil BJP’s game plan in J&K?
A lot of anecdotal reporting was suggesting that independent candidates would damage the prospects of the NC-Congress alliance and make government-formation a complicated affair
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 04:45 AM IST
BJP lures swing voters to deepen its Haryana footprint
A statistical analysis of the results besides these headline numbers shows a more comprehensive story of a growing and deepening BJP footprint in the state.
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 04:47 AM IST
Number Theory: 3 charts that explain the Haryana, J&K election results
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Updated on Oct 09, 2024 09:55 AM IST
In Haryana, BJP exploits anti-Congress sentiment to deepen footprint
BJP’s success in Haryana is consolidating the anti-Congress vote rather than taking away the Congress vote
Updated on Oct 08, 2024 11:45 PM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Number Theory: 3 things to watch out for in the 2 assembly election results
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Updated on Oct 08, 2024 01:26 AM IST
Number Theory: Three crucial factors that will decide the Haryana elections
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Updated on Oct 04, 2024 06:43 PM IST
Teen social media use: Why banning isn’t the answer
This article is authored by Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research, New Delhi and Anne Collier, global expert on Online Trust & Safety.
Published on Oct 01, 2024 10:11 AM IST
Ranjana KumariAnne Collier
Number Theory: The Model Code, and its governance impact
How significant is the direct disruption because of holding state and national elections separately?
Published on Sep 28, 2024 01:16 PM IST
Delhi’s changing stance on trade-labour linkages
India, through the IPEF, has accepted global law allowing other countries to review its labour law compliance as part of international economic agreements
Published on Sep 23, 2024 09:03 PM IST
Number Theory: Caste calculus of the 2024 Haryana polls
Because Haryana does not have data on caste-wise population shares, it is not possible to account for their representation or lack of it.
Published on Sep 23, 2024 11:01 AM IST
Agnipath scheme: Are four years enough for combat maturity?
The government should carefully look into the argument made for enhancing the term of engagement of Agniveers from four to eight or 10 years.
Published on Sep 18, 2024 08:15 AM IST
Number Theory: An electoral history of Jammu and Kashmir decoded in 3 charts
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Updated on Sep 18, 2024 12:04 AM IST
If Dhaka wants Delhi to extradite Hasina
Bangladesh may read the law in its favour, but the call on the former Bangladesh PM’s extradition will have to be a political decision
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 08:43 AM IST
CM Mohan Yadav’s religious agenda seen as attempt to consolidate his position
Mohan Yadav wants to assert his authority, consolidate his position in the government and the party and also to create a mass following for himself.
Number Theory: Can Champai Soren help the BJP in Jharkhand polls?
If the BJP has to wrest Jharkhand back from the JMM, it needs to focus on the larger challenge of undoing the tribal consolidation behind the JMM.
Published on Aug 30, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Number Theory: Social representation in council of ministers
This four-part data journalism series evaluated the social representativeness or lack of it in all councils of ministers in India.
Updated on Aug 26, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Number Theory: State representation in council of ministers
Out of 25 Cabinets so far, Uttar Pradesh had the highest share of portfolios in 16 Cabinets. Andhra Pradesh had the highest share in the portfolios twice
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 10:23 AM IST
Number Theory: Caste matrix of India’s council of ministers
This is the second of a four-part series based on HT’s caste database of council of ministers in India. The first part introduced the database and methodology.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 04:25 PM IST
Number Theory: Decoding India's council of ministers, 1952 to 2024
HT has built a caste database of all persons who have ever been a part of the Union council of ministers.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 04:26 PM IST
ICJ ruling on Israel should spur a rethink in the West
This case adds to the already momentous pressure on Israel to comply with its international law obligations.
Published on Jul 31, 2024 08:42 PM IST
MP: Self-reliant cow shelters yet to take off as mismanagement claims grow
As per the census, the number of stray cattle which include calves, cows and bulls stood at 853971 in 2019, thus 95% increase as compared to that of 2012 census
Assessing the impact of the climate crisis on public health & nutrition security
This paper has been authored by Shweta Khandelwal, Pooja Arora, Snigdha Ranjan, Shoba Suri, ORF.
Published on Jul 24, 2024 03:40 PM IST
Shweta KhandelwalPooja AroraSnigdha RanjanShoba Suri
Prioritising women-led development in India’s Budget
This article is authored by Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research, New Delhi.
Published on Jul 22, 2024 03:45 PM IST
Nuances of Doda terror strike and the way forward
“We have lost too many soldiers in J&K: 3598 to be precise (since the year 2000) and the sole driving force behind their supreme sacrifice has been patriotism.”
Published on Jul 17, 2024 09:04 PM IST
Number Theory: Is Congress really parasitic? Here’s what numbers show
In head-to-head comparison, the BJP has had a lead over the Congress in every Lok Sabha election since 1989, except 1991 and 2009.
Published on Jul 08, 2024 08:50 AM IST
GCCs are tapping Gen AI to unlock new growth frontiers
This article is authored by Shiv Ranjan, head of technology management & transformation, Sun Life Global Solutions.
Published on Jul 06, 2024 12:03 PM IST
Number Theory: Can CPI (M) recover from its Kerala debacle?
While the LDF has enjoyed a vote share premium in assembly elections in the past too, this dominance reached a new high in the 2021 assembly elections.
Published on Jul 03, 2024 09:19 AM IST
Number Theory: Can RJD win back its dominance in Bihar?
This is last of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The first part explained the 2024 results in Bihar from RJD’s perspective
Published on Jun 28, 2024 10:30 AM IST
The indispensability of revival of political process in J&K
Many J&K watchers suggest that elections should be held before the grant of statehood, drawing an analogy with the Constitutional status of Delhi.
Published on Jun 26, 2024 06:52 PM IST
Number Theory: What do the 2024 results mean for the RJD in Bihar?
This is first of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The second part will look at past election results in Bihar.
Published on Jun 24, 2024 08:14 AM IST