Salik covers education in Rajasthan; occasionally does videos.
Articles by Salik Ahmad
Demand for meat fuels chinkara poaching in Rajasthan
On paper, the chinkara is supposed to have the highest protection under the Wildlife Protection Act . But in reality, the endangered animal is easy meat for poachers in western Rajasthan.
Updated on Oct 22, 2017 10:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bikaner/Jodhpur | Salik Ahmad
For this Rajasthan village, green Diwali means shunning firecrackers, planting trees
The villagers of 12 TK in Raisinghnagar are also planting trees and screening films on environment
Updated on Oct 17, 2017 09:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad
No more skinning, burying dead cows, Rajasthan gaushala gets gas-fired crematorium
The gas-fired crematorium costs Rs15 lakh and cremating a dead cow will require two and half commercial cylinders of gas and will cost a little more than Rs 2,000.
Updated on Oct 09, 2017 09:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Rajasthan: Govt school alumnus sponsors principal, staffers’ holiday
In an unusual act of gratitude, a former student decided to bankroll holiday trips of hsi school’s principal and all other staff members.
Updated on Oct 09, 2017 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
Rajasthan college students to get app aid for job tests
The app, Dishari, is likely to be launched in the first week of October.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 08:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Battling all odds, girl from tribal Rajasthan journeys to Minnesota
Launched in 2010-11 by the Ashok Gehlot government, the scheme sponsors foreign education of three girl toppers of Class 10 from government school every year with the annual cap of ₹10 lakh (now ₹25 lakh). Only two girls have availed the scheme in the past six years, an official of the government’s Balika Shiksha Foundation said.
Updated on Sep 11, 2017 09:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
1 dead as protests erupt in Jaipur, curfew imposed after police ‘assault’ woman
According to locals, Friday’s clash erupted after a Muslim woman was allegedly hit by a cop with a baton while evicting illegal street vendors around 8 pm.
Updated on Sep 09, 2017 12:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee & Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Jaipur: Dogs found dead with limbs, mouth tied up
Two stray dogs with their feet and mouth tied up with a rope, were found dead at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
Updated on Sep 06, 2017 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
Student election: AAP wins president post in 12 colleges
The performance has given a boost to the image of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas who took over the reins of the state unit four months ago as a trade-off for not quitting the party.
Updated on Sep 05, 2017 09:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manoj Ahuja and Salik Ahmad
Driven out of house, woman with newborn recovers at Jaipur hospital
Had life not been so cruel to 21-year-old Soniya Bano, she would have been busy with festivities on Eid-ul-Adha, the Muslim festival that was celebrated on Saturday
Published on Sep 02, 2017 08:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Thief on run arrested after 23 years
Spurred by the new superintendent’s drive to nab fugitives in old cases, the Ajmer police arrested Hamid recently
Updated on Aug 29, 2017 07:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Rebels set up big fight for RU Student Union election for presidential post
The students’ election for the presidential post at University of Rajasthan, the state’s largest in terms of enrolment, is set be a keen contest this year
Published on Aug 24, 2017 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
End to cruelty: Triple talaq victims hail Supreme Court verdict
The Supreme Court struck down the practice of saying “talaq”, or divorce, three times in one go - a controversial Islamic instant divorce law - as arbitrary and unconstitutional, and said it violated women’s right to equality and was against the tenets of Islam.
Updated on Aug 22, 2017 05:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad/ Jaipur | Peeyush Khandelwal and Salik Ahmad
Maharana Pratap turned battle to hills: How Rajasthan Class 12 texbook describes Battle of Haldighati
The controversy around Maharana Pratap began in March when Rajasthan education minister Vasudev Devnani said the king won the battle of Haldighati against Mughal emperor Akbar
Updated on Aug 18, 2017 11:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
Propped by Rajasthan government scheme, Bhilwara girl gets into US varsity, eyes civil services
Aafreen’s US dreams took wings in April 2016 when she got a letter informing her about the chief minister’s sponsorship scheme for three girl toppers from the state wishing to go abroad for higher studies, with a scholarship of Rs 25 lakh a year.
Updated on Aug 11, 2017 08:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
No Gandhi Jayanti holiday in Rajasthan universities this year
In October, there are holidays only for Moharram (October 1) and Diwali (October 13-21), according to the new holiday calendar for the academic year 2017-18.
Updated on Aug 11, 2017 07:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
‘Orphaned’ hockey turf used as doormats, carpets in Rajasthan village
The turf in Dausa village now serves as doormats outside classrooms after lying for a year in a cleared ground where it was meant to be laid.
Updated on Aug 09, 2017 08:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
All-woman sanitary pad unit in Rajasthan an entrepreneurial hit
Within less than a year of starting production, Anandi -- a sanitary pad brand – has become a household name among women of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
Updated on Aug 03, 2017 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
Government school doubles enrolment in 2 years, ropes in alumni for funds
The enrolment has gone up from about 360 to over 800.
Updated on Jul 28, 2017 08:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Heavy rain kills 700 cows in Rajasthan’s Jalore
Over 700 cows died in Jalore district after it rained for 3-4 days because of which the cows became extremely weak and sat down on the ground.
Updated on Jul 27, 2017 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
New universities, girls’ colleges, vocational courses, in Rajasthan government’s higher education plan
The Rajasthan higher education department has drawn up a detailed plan for introducing reforms in higher education institutes to make colleges future-ready
Updated on Jul 27, 2017 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
After school, Rajasthan varsity to teach Akbar’s Haldighati ‘defeat’ by Maharana Pratap
A book highlighting Akbar’s ‘failure’ in capturing or killing Maharana Pratap is likely to be included in the recommended reading list of Rajasthan University’s MA history course
Updated on Jul 18, 2017 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Salik Ahmad, Japiur
Who is Anandpal Singh and why Rajputs in Rajasthan erupted in anger at his killing?
Since he was killed, Rajput bodies across the state have blocked roads and vandalised public property in demand for an inquiry into what they allege was a staged encounter.
Updated on Jul 13, 2017 04:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad and Deep Mukherjee
Student suicides only a minor hiccup as coaching hub Kota marches on
Nearly 1.25 lakh students prepare for NEET, IITJEE in Rajasthan’s Kota. Reports of suicides have failed to diminish the rush to the town.
Updated on Jul 04, 2017 04:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Kota
Why Rajputs in Rajasthan have erupted in anger over gangster Anandpal’s encounter killing
Rajput bodies across the state have blocked roads, vandalised public property and demonstrated against police to press for an inquiry into what they allege was a staged encounter to kill Anandpal Singh.
Updated on Jul 13, 2017 10:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
Man secures 10,000 acres of grazing land for cows
The initiative is led by a retired electricity department employee and other like-minded citizens secured the land. He says pastures and not cow shelters will save the bovines.
Updated on Jun 30, 2017 08:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
People now say there is contractor raj or company raj, not our raj: Activist Aruna Roy
Civil servant-turned-rights activist Aruna Roy says now we have propaganda, jargon, tweets and Mann Ki Baat. But Mann Ki Baat is one person telling us his mann ki baat. There are 1.2 billion mann ki baats in India, and they need to be heard.
Updated on Jun 24, 2017 07:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Salik Ahmad
Sanskrit professor accused of awarding PhD in 10 days is now registrar at the university
The panel probing the PhD fiasco had recommended that the professor not be given any administrative charge in future.
Updated on Jun 22, 2017 08:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Jaipur
Rajasthan man lynched: Locals resent govt policy of naming, shaming open defecators; say they don’t have choice
In Pithoragarh district of Rajasthan, a man was lynched allegedly by sanitation officials for protesting against photography of women defecating in the open
Updated on Jun 18, 2017 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad, Pratapgarh
Rajasthan man lynched for objecting to officials clicking photos of women defecating was a ‘pillar of support’
Zafar Hussain, who was brutally thrashed by civic officials for objecting to photography of defecating women, was the only pillar of support for many in Pithoragarh’s Jagwas Kachchi Basti
Updated on Jun 18, 2017 09:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Salik Ahmad