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Manish Chandra Pandey

Manish Chandra Pandey

Manish Chandra Pandey is a Lucknow-based Senior Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times’ political bureau in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Along with political reporting, he loves to write offbeat/human interest stories that people connect with. Manish also covers departments. He feels he has a lot to learn not just from veterans, but also from newcomers who make him realise that there is so much to unlearn.

Articles by Manish Chandra Pandey

Advani’s Rath Yatra reshaped country’s politics

FILE: BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Narendra Modi on the chariot during the 1990's Rath Yatra.(PTI)

Updated on Feb 04, 2024 05:20 AM IST

BJP to roll out ‘Ram Darshan Yatra’ plan today

Pilgrims in large numbers near the Hanuman Garhi Temple, in Ayodhya. (PTI File Photo)

Updated on Feb 02, 2024 05:56 AM IST

With Nitish away, coordination among Oppn groups won’t be easy: JD(U) leader

Janata Dal (United) KC Tyagi is a close aide of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 29, 2024 04:07 AM IST

Odisha leader Baijayant Panda named BJP’s U.P. incharge for polls

BJP’s Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda (File)

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 07:08 AM IST

To regulate pilgrim flow, Astha special trains to Ayodhya deferred till February

Devotees arrive to offer prayers in Ayodhya. (PTI PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 09:10 AM IST

Ayodhya: Better crowd management smoothens Ram Lalla’s darshan

Devotees moving in a queue at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. (Manish Chandra Pandey/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 08:28 AM IST

Degrees of devotion in the journey of faith in Ayodhya as Ram Temple inaugurated

A youth rubbed his face into the ground each time while pulling his body forward on way to the Ram Mandir, a ritual he started from Hanuman Garhi, some 1.5 km away. (Manish Chandra Pandey/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 24, 2024 04:17 AM IST

Ram Lalla rises: PM Modi inaugurates Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Priests sit near the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya on Monday. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 23, 2024 02:10 AM IST

Ayodhya basking in Treta Yuga glory: Yogi Adityanath as Ram temple inaugurated

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a gathering after the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya, Monday. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 23, 2024 04:24 AM IST

Ayodhya’s grand tryst with faith, history today

A view of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Sunday evening. (Deepak Gupta/HT )

Updated on Jan 22, 2024 02:07 AM IST

Hot spots that narrate the journey of Ram temple movement

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Karsevakpuram. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 22, 2024 08:46 AM IST

No one goes hungry in Ram’s city

A free kitchen in Ayodhya. (HT)

Updated on Jan 22, 2024 05:00 AM IST

Laddoos, love and progress, Ayodhya’s triumph unfurls

Laddoos prepared for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. (Manish Chandra Pandey/HT)

Updated on Jan 21, 2024 07:24 AM IST

Love, legends and Ayodhya’s Jagmag dharamshala

Plaque at Amaniganj Gurudwara that states it was built by Jagmag Devi in memory of a police inspector. (Manish Chandra Pandey/ht)

Published on Jan 19, 2024 08:55 PM IST

Five-yr-old Ram Lalla, made in Karnataka, picked for temple in Ayodhya

A view of the golden door being installed at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 12:45 AM IST

Ram temple to be open for devotees from January 23

The Ram temple in Ayodhya. (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 01:29 AM IST

After turning down consecration invite, Cong leaders take holy dip in Ayodhya’s Saryu river

Congress general secretary/In-charge Avinash Pande, Uttar Pradesh president Ajay Rai along with party leaders Aradhana Misra-Mona, Supriya Shrinate and others take a holy dip in the Saryu on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, at Naya Ghat in Ayodhya on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Published on Jan 15, 2024 08:39 PM IST

Journey through Ayodhya: From slumber to stirring, a moment in time

The ongoing expansion of the temple town is palpable—in widened roads, innovative corridors, beautification initiatives, and the emergence of a flourishing township.(HT File)

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 05:08 PM IST

BJP to roll out ‘gaon chalo’ campaign in U.P. from Feb

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during an election campaign rally of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (AP File Photo)

Updated on Jan 12, 2024 07:48 AM IST

After Ram temple in Ayodhya, Sufi Circuit plan on cards? What ex-AMU VC said

After the grand event in Ayodhya, union minister for minority affairs Smriti Irani is expected to meet the delegation of Muslim scholars like former Aligarh Muslim University vice-chancellor-turned-BJP lawmaker in UP, Tariq Mansoor to discuss the subject. (File photo)

Updated on Jan 12, 2024 04:08 AM IST

Ahead of polls, BJP ramps up ‘biggest’ doorstep delivery of welfare schemes

For Representation Only (PTI File Photo)

Published on Jan 10, 2024 04:53 PM IST

Two Ayodhyas: Ancient aura, modern marvel

The changing Ayodhya exudes an unmistakable aura of big metamorphosis. (HT file photo)

Updated on Jan 08, 2024 08:45 AM IST

Ahead of Ram temple opening, symbolism, subtle messaging from Ayodhya palpable

Caption: Meera Majhi has put the cup on which PM Modi had tea at her residence among the idols of gods at her Ayodhya residence (sourced)

Updated on Jan 08, 2024 04:45 AM IST

Pilgrim travel, booklet & community feasts: BJP lines up activities in Ayodhya

BJP is lining up an array of activities in Ayodhya to tap temple appeal. (Deepak Gupta/ht)

Updated on Jan 04, 2024 08:58 AM IST

After JD (U) rider, Cong-BSP pact buzz appears to fizzle out in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai’s appeal to BSP chief Mayawati to join the Congress-led opposition alliance sparked buzz about BSP-Congress pact but JD (U) has made it clear that no pact is possible without taking Samajwadi Party on board (HT file photo)

Updated on Jan 03, 2024 09:30 AM IST

VHP’s ‘rice’ initiative gathers steam, BJP looks to cash in on temple appeal

VHP’s Pujit Akshat drive under way in Lucknow. (Manish Chandra Pandey/HT)

Updated on Jan 03, 2024 05:10 AM IST

Rival camps in Uttar Pradesh to aim at ‘additional seats’ in Rajya Sabha, Council polls

UP legislative assembly where the voting for Rajya Sabha, Council polls will take place in March and April 2024. (Pic for representation)

Published on Dec 25, 2023 09:44 AM IST

Beyond politics: Lucknow’s Atal connection lives on

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Lucknow MP for the five consecutive terms. (File photo)

Published on Dec 25, 2023 09:09 AM IST

BJP making fresh overtures to Jats in western UP?

Of the 16 seats that BJP lost in UP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, seven were from west UP, including all six seats in Moradabad division. (Pic for representation)

Updated on Dec 22, 2023 05:32 AM IST

Purchased beer? Now, you’re ‘permitted’ to sip it at the vend

Beer vends would be given permits, enabling their owners allow consumers permission to consume it if they have 100 sq ft space adjacent their vends. The police won’t harass such people, provided they behave decently in public, said the minister. (Pic for representation)

Updated on Dec 20, 2023 05:02 AM IST

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