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
Conflicting signals from BJP on Uma
Amid conflicting reports about her possible return to the BJP, Uma Bharti struck a belligerent posture on Thursday with the war cry, reports Ranjan.
Book Chouhan and wife: Lokayukta
Lokayukta directs the Special Police Establishment to lodge an FIR against the Madhya Pradesh chief minister and his wife for amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income, reports Ranjan.
Wordsmiths
Translations begins when the author senses a situation, the situation is translated into an inspiration, the inspiration is translated into the idea of a story, writes Ranjani I Mohanty.
Updated on Oct 28, 2007 10:22 PM IST
None | Ranjani I. Mohanty
After 15 yrs, ostracized villager protests
A villager approaches the Orissa Human Rights Commission after being ostracized by his community for 15 years following a trivial quarrel his sister had with a woman over a sari, reports Priya R Sahu.
Updated on Oct 15, 2007 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Sambalpur
Students save money for Mahatma
When elders plan a project, they think about funds. But for children, motivation is at times the sole driving force, reports Priya Ranjan Sahu.
Updated on Oct 02, 2007 01:18 AM IST
None | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Sambalpur
Orissa woman prepares pyres, rewrites rules
According to Hindu rites, women are not allowed inside crematoriums. But Shanti Behera, 49, spends most of her time inside the Sambalpur municipality crematorium preparing funeral pyres, reports Priya Ranjan Sahu.
Updated on Sep 17, 2007 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Sambalpur
RSS raises issue of PM’s faith
The RSS hit out at Manmohan Singh for the controversial affidavit on the Ram Setu filed in the Supreme Court, pointing to his Sikh faith and references to Ram in its holy texts.
Updated on Sep 16, 2007 03:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aloke Tikku and Ranjan, New Delhi/bhopal
Bovine hunt 'disrupts' train movement
Some local farmers, in search of a missing buffalo, forced the 565 UP Patna-Mughalsarai passenger train to stop several times, reports P Ranjan.
Updated on Aug 08, 2007 10:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Prashant Ranjan, Ara
She fought her way back to school
Life was never easy for Tuni Muduli, 16. The daughter of daily wagers Padlam Muduli and Nabina, she and her three siblings learned to fend for themselves from a very young age. Priya Ranjan Sahu tells the entire story.
Updated on Jul 10, 2007 04:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Koraput
Cub reporters make news, bring change
Some 1,500 cub reporters have been instrumental in heralding a change in Orissa's koraput, rated as one of the five most backward districts of the country by the Planning Commission, reports Priya Ranjan Sahu.
Updated on Jul 04, 2007 01:07 AM IST
None | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Koraput
To ask or not is the question
In business, reviews are very important and if done well, they bring a sense of discipline and movement, writes Ranjan Acharya.
Updated on Jun 29, 2007 02:38 AM IST
None | Ranjan Acharya
What do you think?
Negotiations are an integral part of business. If the negotiation is done well, both parties have the satisfaction of having squeezed the best out of the deal, writes Ranjan Acharya.
Updated on Jun 22, 2007 01:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ranjan Acharya
Chastise if you must, but gently
But there is something called criticising constructively. This falls directly within the gamut of business etiquette because it can be a great performance tool in an organisation, writes Ranjan Acharya.
Updated on Jun 15, 2007 05:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ranjan Acharya
Ash saree designer hits back
Chaturbhuj Meher, accused by painter Kailash Meher of lifting the design of an Ash saree from his painting, has hit back by saying that the painting itself was plagiarised, reports Priya Ranjan Sahu.
Updated on Jun 14, 2007 01:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Sambalpur
Aishwarya saree lands designer in soup
Two cousins are involved in a legal battle. And all over Aishwarya Bachchan’s wedding sari, reports Priya Ranjan Sahu.
Updated on Jun 13, 2007 01:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Priya Ranjan Sahu, Sambalpur
Few tips on interviewing etiquette
Interviewing is a skill and is central to employee engagement and that brings it directly into the ambit of business etiquette, writes Ranjan Acharya.
Updated on May 02, 2007 09:47 PM IST
None | Ranjan Acharya, New Delhi
Little breaks cut down exam blues
Education counsellors say that little breaks between studies can take away the last-minute panic.
Published on Feb 17, 2007 10:37 AM IST
None | Ranjana Narayan, IANS, New Delhi
Little breaks cut down exam blues
The best way to help an already overwrought student get over last-minute panic would be to crack light jokes and insist on breaks between studies for some recreation, say education counsellors.
Updated on Feb 17, 2007 11:06 AM IST
None | Ranjana Narayan, IANS, New Delhi
Mercury thermometer can kill!
Mercury readily turns into vapour at room temperature and when inhaled attacks the nervous system.
Updated on Feb 05, 2007 12:38 PM IST
None | Ranjana Narayan (IANS), New Delhi
Umashankar gets a jolt in BJP shake-up
ALTHOUGH STATE BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar has ruffled many a feather in the party announcing his new team on Tuesday, jolt to Bhopal (South) MLA Umashankar Gupta appears to be the severest.
Published on Jan 18, 2007 02:52 AM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
BJP infighting comes to the fore
KAPTAN Singh Solanki?s removal from the State BJP organising general secretary?s post on Tuesday brought out party infighting in the open. A section of the RSS leaders was unwilling to see him continue on the post ? he occupied for over 4 years ? any more.
Published on Jan 17, 2007 03:01 AM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Educating kids on Nithari ?uncles?
FAR AWAY from Nithari in Noida, alleged serial killer Moninder Singh?s image scares the children here. Yet it educates them too.
Published on Jan 16, 2007 01:45 AM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Rotate players, even captains!
Captaincy should be rotated among the top players. See, Tendulkar one-time captain, has come back as a vice captain. Rotate captaincy amongst Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dravid and Kumble, the senior players, in next couple of years. Whoever will captain, will fall short in his department a little. Ganguly did. Dravid has. So rotate. It is not a prestige issue. Rotate different series amongst top 36 players. If you don't, fortune will through injury, form, etc. Players are humans. Not performance or entertainment machines!
Published on Jan 12, 2007 07:02 PM IST
None | Sharbani Ranjan Kundu, Sharbani.ranjan@google.com
Cong gears up to hold tribal conventions
WITH VETERAN Congress leader Jamuna Devi gearing up to hold tribal conventions across the State in reply to the tribal panchayat organised at the Chief Minister?s residence, problems of the most oppressed community in the State are expected to come in sharper focus in the coming days.
Published on Jan 10, 2007 03:17 PM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Sangh fire over Dhar test track
DHAR IS following in Singur's footsteps ? but the fire this time is within the saffron ranks. A Sangh Parivar outfit is set to oppose the BJP government?s plan to acquire nearly 4,000 acres of land for an auto-testing track near the Pithampur Industrial Area in Dhar district.
Published on Jan 04, 2007 04:37 PM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
MPs may complain to Kalam
THE BJP Members of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh led by Sushma Swaraj are likely to meet the President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam in the next few days to lodge their protest against Governor Dr Balram Jakhar?s recent remarks.
Published on Dec 14, 2006 02:31 PM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Kailash threatens to spill beans on Jakhar
GOVERNOR Balram Jakhar?s directive to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take up the multi-crore social security pension scam before the Cabinet has snowballed into a face-off between him and PWD Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya. An angry Vijayvarigya on Tuesday warned that if he disclosed the nature of works Jakhar recommended to him, this would create a major political storm.
Published on Dec 13, 2006 02:33 AM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Jakhar-stung BJP mulls fresh probe
EVEN AS Governor Balram Jakhar on Sunday expressed confidence about action against the guilty in the Indore social security scam, the BJP is mulling over institution of a probe in the case as a damage-control exercise.
Published on Dec 11, 2006 04:53 PM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Golwalkar film moved BJP bigwigs
THE DOCUMENTARY on RSS second sarsanghchalak Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar moved many veteran BJP leaders to tears, according to the film?s director Nitish Bharadwaj.
Published on Dec 07, 2006 02:52 PM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal
Inauspicious month may delay Cabinet reshuffle
WOULD THE inauspicious month of ?kharmas? cause further delay in much-hyped State Cabinet reshuffle? The words doing rounds in the BJP are that the reshuffle might be delayed up to mid-January when ?kharmas or malmas? month comes to an end with festival of Makar Sankaranti.
Published on Dec 07, 2006 02:52 PM IST
None | Ranjan, Bhopal