Ashutosh Sharma Special Correspondent

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Ashutosh works with Frontline’s New Delhi bureau.

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A farmer at the Punawal grain market, at full capacity due to the slow paddy procurement, in Sangrur district of Punjab on November 2, 2024.

Punjab faces its worst paddy procurement crisis in 25 years

In mandis across Punjab, unsold paddy rots under open skies as the Centre and State play blame games, pushing farmers towards desperation and debt.

Ashutosh Sharma

District Magistrate Monika Rani and Superintendent of Police Brinda Shukla conducted a route march to maintain peace in the violence-hit area of Maharajganj, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, October 17, 2024.

Was the Bahraich communal flare-up motivated?

BJP MLA’s FIR against party youth wing leaders, demolition notices for Muslim properties, and leaked videos of “sponsored violence” deepen suspicions.

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Punjabi Lehar, a YouTube channel with 7,86,000 followers, is dedicated to documenting Partition stories and bridging the divide between East and West Punjab.

India-Pakistan and the bullet-proof bonds

A new era of virtual connections is seeing people-to-people relations between the two sparring neighbours flourish even as diplomatic ties falter.

Ashutosh Sharma

Wangchuk addresses a press conference about his “Delhi Chalo Padyatra”, in Chandigarh on September 27, 2024. His detention renewed concerns over the space to stand up for one’s rights.

Sonam Wangchuk’s detention raises concerns over democratic freedoms

Police preventing protesters from entering the capital on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti is a reminder of the shrinking space to stand up for one’s rights.

Ashutosh Sharma

Arvind Kejriwal at a roadshow in support of the party’s candidate Kuldeep Gadran ahead of the Haryana Assembly election, in Sirsa on September 23.

Is Kejriwal’s exit as Delhi Chief Minister a masterstroke or blunder?

The AAP’s future hangs in the balance as its founder bets on pragmatism over power.

Ashutosh Sharma

AAP leader Atishi, Delhi’s CM-designate, addresses media after Arvind Kejriwal resigns in New Delhi on September 17, 2024

Atishi as Delhi Chief Minister: Can her credentials and close ties with Kejriwal steer AAP through turmoil?

Kejriwal’s surprise resignation catapults a party founder to power, but corruption allegations and upcoming elections pose daunting challenges.

Ashutosh Sharma

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, Union Minister V.K. Singh, and other party leaders during the Clean Delhi campaign event launched by the Dera Sacha Sauda at India Gate in New Delhi in May 2017.

The law bends for godmen

Controversial godman Ram Rahim’s latest furlough, aimed at helping the BJP in Haryana electorally, raises serious questions about the justice system.

Ashutosh Sharma

Admiral Arun Prakash at his farewell given by the Eastern Naval Command at its headquarters in Visakhapatnam on September 28, 2006, as his successor, Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta, looks on.

National security cannot be made negotiable: Admiral Arun Prakash

Former Chief of the Naval Staff critiques the Agnipath scheme’s impact, its fiscal flaws, and offers recommendations.

Ashutosh Sharma

Aspiring Agniveers undergo a physical test during a recruitment drive Patna in December 2022.

Agnipath: Playing with fire?

The general election is over, and with it the opposition’s jibes over the Agnipath scheme, but concerns about its sociopolitical implications persist.

Ashutosh Sharma

In March, Wangchuk observed a 21-day-long hunger strike, that he called a “climate fast”, in support of Ladakh residents who have been demanding safeguards under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.

There is a significant democratic deficit in Ladakh: Sonam Wangchuk

The activist laments Ladakh’s power structure, arguing locals are sidelined while appointed officials call the shots, leaving democracy in the lurch.

Ashutosh Sharma

Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda.

Unified command will ensure cohesive strategy against terrorists: Lt General D.S. Hooda

The former chief of the Northern Command says India must take robust and strategic measures to eliminate terrorist activities within its own borders.

Ashutosh Sharma

The Romeo Force of the Indian Army and personnel of the Poonch Police keep vigil at LKG forest during a search operation, in Poonch on January 14.

Spike in militancy in Jammu exposes security vulnerabilities

Experts attribute the resurgence to gaps in the counter-terror grid and the collapse of human intelligence gathering networks.

Ashutosh Sharma

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