Utpal is a Senior Assistant Editor based in Guwahati. He covers seven states of North-East India and heads the editorial team for the region. He was previously based in Kathmandu, Dehradun and Delhi with Hindustan Times.
Articles by Utpal Parashar
Nepal’s Indian casino king in trouble
Nepal’s casino industry, which is battling tax evasion charges, got another bad news on Tuesday with threat of licences getting cancelled. Utpal Parashar reports.
Updated on Dec 29, 2010 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Casinos in Nepal face bleak future over tax evasion
Casinos in Nepal who were eyeing some sunshine due to the festive New Year season got a bad news on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 28, 2010 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
A different game of musical chairs
In a game of musical chairs, the last two remaining players compete for a chair and the one able to occupy it when the music stops is declared winner. Nepal witnessed a different version of the popular game this year.
Updated on Dec 26, 2010 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Forged Nepali passports threat to India
Nepali passports made with forged documents have worried Indian authorities about them being used by terrorists for gaining illegal entry through the open border between both nations.
Updated on Dec 24, 2010 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Army chief made Army hon general
Continuing a tradition of friendship between both armies, Indian Army Chief General VK Singh was decorated with the honorary rank of General of Nepal Army on Wednesday.
Updated on Dec 22, 2010 11:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Army chief made honorary General of Nepal Army
Continuing a tradition of friendship between both armies, Indian Army Chief General VK Singh was decorated with the honorary rank of General of Nepal Army on Wednesday.
Updated on Dec 22, 2010 05:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Action plan for rehab of Maoist combatants
With less than two weeks remaining for the UN mission in Nepal (UNMIN) to exit, an action plan for rehabilitation and integration of former Maoist combatants has been mooted. Utpal Parashar reports.
Updated on Dec 21, 2010 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Action plan for integration of Maoist combatants
With less than two weeks remaining for the UN mission in Nepal (UNMIN) to exit, an action plan for rehabilitation and integration of former Maoist combatants has been mooted.
Updated on Dec 20, 2010 02:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Family drama: Son versus son-in-law
Nepal witnessed a ‘family’ drama last week with former crown prince Paras, son of deposed king Gyanendra Shah, and Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala’s Bangladeshi son-in-law as lead actors.
Updated on Jan 12, 2011 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
'China 'pays' Nepal to hand over Tibetan refugees'
Is China paying Nepali security force officers to handover Tibetans who attempt to enter Nepal? A fresh release by whistleblower website Wikileaks suggests such a possibility.
Updated on Dec 19, 2010 01:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal parties ready for fresh tussle
After a 45-day hiatus since the 16th round of voting, political parties in Nepal are getting ready for a fresh tussle over the deadlocked prime ministerial poll. Utpal Parashar reports.
Updated on Dec 19, 2010 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal parties ready for fresh tussle over deadlocked PM poll
Forty five days after the 16th round of voting, political parties in Nepal are getting ready for a fresh tussle over the deadlocked prime ministerial poll.
Updated on Dec 18, 2010 01:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Death unites Nepali pilots, again
'Every mornin(g) I wake up expecting (yo)ur cal(l)........... Now that (you are) gone, I miss you.' This was the message posted by Tara Air co-pilot Sachindra Shrestha on his Facebook wall remembering Sofiya Singh. Utpal Parashar reports.
Updated on Dec 17, 2010 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal President calls special parliament session
The deadlocked prime ministerial poll in Nepal could finally get resolved with President Ram Baran Yadav calling a special session of parliament beginning December 19.
Updated on Dec 14, 2010 02:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Fmr prince in gun brawl with min kin
Nepal Police are investigating a case against former crown prince Paras Shah following publication of news reports that he fired in the air and threatened the country’s foreign minister’s relative.
Updated on Dec 13, 2010 04:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Terrorists entered India via Nepal
Sixteen terrorists allegedly entered India via Nepal and proceeded to Kashmir in the first six months of last year--says a fresh release of US diplomatic cables by whistleblower website Wikileaks.
Updated on Dec 12, 2010 02:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepali mongrels are a hit at Sonepur fair
Every year thousands of minor girls from Nepal are illegally trafficked into India and sold to brothels.
Updated on Dec 11, 2010 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal constitution caught in impasse
As if the ongoing deadlock over electing a new prime minister was not enough, Nepali lawmakers are engaged these days in a war of words over the country’s new constitution.
Updated on Dec 09, 2010 01:42 AM IST
None | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
War of words entangles Nepal constitution
As if the ongoing deadlock over electing a new prime minister was not enough, Nepali lawmakers are engaged these days in a war of words over the country’s new constitution.
Updated on Dec 08, 2010 04:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
The other Koirala does Nepal proud
Good news sometime comes in small packages. Nepal had one recently when a 61-year-old brought smiles to every lip in the good-news-starved nation.
Updated on Dec 06, 2010 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal peace process at critical phase, says UN
With less than six weeks remaining for its mission in Nepal to leave the country, United Nations feels that the fragile peace process in the Himalayan nation is at a critical phase.
Updated on Dec 04, 2010 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal new haven for militants?
Rajkumar Meghen, chairman of the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF) of Manipur, also known as Sana Yaima, has yet another name - a Nepali one.
Updated on Dec 03, 2010 01:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
India to stay away from Nepal deadlock for now
Call it a case of once bitten twice shy or diplomatic pragmatism, but India has decided to stay away from the Nepal political deadlock—for now.
Updated on Dec 02, 2010 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Foreign trips prolong nepal deadlock
Foreign trips by caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and senior leaders of his party have further prolonged the deadlocked prime ministerial poll in Nepal.
Updated on Dec 01, 2010 12:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal awaits Cablegate release
There are no red faces yet. But like many other nations across the globe, Nepal too is waiting with anticipation for release of the US embassy cables relating to the Himalayan nation.
Updated on Nov 30, 2010 12:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar/HT Correspondent, Kathmandu
India Inc tests Nepal
India accounts for 45% of total foreign investment in Nepal. But Indian ventures are facing a tough time in the Himalayan nation due to political instability and unfair treatment.
Updated on Nov 30, 2010 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
India Inc tests Nepal’s insecure waters
India accounts for 45% of total foreign investment in Nepal. But Indian ventures are facing a tough time in the Himalayan nation due to political instability and unfair treatment.
Updated on Nov 29, 2010 01:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Between a rock and a hard place
Four months ago, I wrote about the dangers of being a journalist in Nepal – a country “where journalists are murdered on a recurring basis and governments are unable or unwilling to prosecute the killers”.
Updated on Nov 28, 2010 11:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
UN wants mechanism to monitor former child soldiers in Nepal
Stating that there were still challenges in implementing the action plan to rehabilitate former child soldiers in Nepal, the United Nations has called for creation of a separate mechanism.
Updated on Nov 27, 2010 03:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar/HT Correspondent, Kathmandu
Nepal refutes mediator claims of Lanka
Nepal has refuted claims made by a Sri Lankan minister that it had sought the island nation's help to diffuse the ongoing political crisis in the Himalyan nation.
Updated on Nov 26, 2010 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu