Ashutosh Sharma Special Correspondent

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Ashutosh works with Frontline’s New Delhi bureau.

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VIDEO | Militancy returns to Jammu, disrupting 15 years of relative peace

The Pir Panjal region of Jammu and Kashmir is seeing a fresh bout of terrorist attacks.

Ashutosh Sharma

The nowhere people of Tughlakabad

Ashutosh Sharma

Members of Bhairav Sena burn an effigy during an agitation against the love jehad in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on June 4, 2023.

Communal strife in Uttarakhand aimed at masking government failures

Escalating communal tensions in Uttarakhand’s Purola reveal a worrying trend of interfaith strife and polarisation. But there’s more.

Ashutosh Sharma

A view of Tughlakabad’s Bengali Basti on May 15 after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s demolition drive.

How government neglect left thousands homeless in Delhi’s Tughlakabad

The recent demolitions here show yet again how migrant labourers are routinely deprived of even the right to shelter.

Ashutosh Sharma

Members of Bhairav Sena Sangathan stage a protest against the increasing cases of “love jehad” in Uttarakhand, in Dehradun on June 11

Urgent call for judicial intervention as hate crimes target Muslims in Uttarakhand

Prominent intellectuals and human rights group PUCL demand immediate action to address escalating hate crimes and communal tensions in Uttarakhand.

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Lt. General (retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain

‘Deployment of Rashtriya Rifles must not be disturbed’: Lt. General (retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain

The former GOC of 15 Corps in Jammu and Kashmir says that public outreach programmes cannot be effective without taking the Muslim clergy on board.

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Five soldiers of Rashtriya Rifles Unit deployed for counterterrorist operations lost their lives when militants ambushed a truck at Bhata Durian on April 20.

Militancy returns to Jammu after 15 years of relative peace

The Pir Panjal region of Jammu and Kashmir is seeing a fresh bout of terrorist attacks.

Ashutosh Sharma

Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force evacuate people following the gas leak in Giaspura on April 30, 2023.

Gas poisoning deaths in Giaspura reveal infrastructure neglect

The urban slum for migrant workers in Ludhiana exposes the government’s neglect of planning and pollution control.

Ashutosh Sharma

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Sushil Kumar Rinku, the newly elected AAP MP from Jalandhar, in New Delhi on May 14.

AAP gets much-needed boost with Jalandhar Lok Sabha byelection victory

The seat was a bastion of the Congress, which had won it for four consecutive terms.

Ashutosh Sharma

Vivek Sultanvi (centre) on the Allahabad University campus.

VIDEO | Revolution on the horizon: Vivek Sultanvi performs ‘Zamaane ki haalat badal ke rahegi’

Ramesh Ranjak’s poem discusses the lasting impact of poverty and the difficult living conditions faced by millions.

Ashutosh Sharma

‘Encounter Pradesh’ model of instant justice indicates terror may become state policy

The Adityanath government has ushered in an era of unapologetic state vigilantism in Uttar Pradesh.

Ashutosh Sharma

The police stick a wanted poster of Amritpal Singh at a railway station in Amritsar on April 13.

Where is Amritpal Singh? Drama unravels in Punjab around missing preacher

But serious questions remain: How did he escape the police dragnet? Is a scare around his persona being built to polarise Punjab?

Ashutosh Sharma

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