Ashish Tripathi

Editor, TOI

He has been associated with TOI Lucknow as a journalist for over 25 years. A secularist to the core, he also writes on social and political issues for TOI blogs. Apart from journalism, he loves to re ...

He has been associated with TOI Lucknow as a journalist for over 25 years. A secularist to the core, he also writes on social and political issues for TOI blogs. Apart from journalism, he loves to read and watch thrillers and dramas.

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Stories by the author

• How saffron surge altered the swing on UP poll pitch

  
  09 Jan 2022 10:28 AM IST
• 25 years on, SP-BSP alliance could again spell success

  
  12 Jan 2019 11:23 AM IST
• Land united UP tillers, religion now divides them

  
  27 Jan 2017 11:05 AM IST
• So, what's the right caste mix in Uttar Pradesh?

  
  24 Jan 2017 11:21 AM IST
• Samajwadi Party-Congress pact would mean sweep in 2012, rout in 2014

  
  20 Jan 2017 10:40 AM IST
• Samajwadi Party-Congress pact would mean sweep in 2012, rout in 2014

  
  19 Jan 2017 11:21 AM IST
• Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur writes to PM Narendra Modi to seek justice

  
  23 Nov 2015 11:42 AM IST
• Is Mayawati’s flirtations with brahmans over?

  
  06 Nov 2014 11:40 AM IST
• Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati seer meets Muslim cleric, discusses Ayodhya

  
  12 Oct 2014 01:11 PM IST
• UP unrest linked to coming bypolls?

  
  07 Aug 2014 12:30 PM IST
• Elections 2014 Results: BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh, Congress, SP, BSP heading for big defeat

  
  16 May 2014 12:45 PM IST
• 93 crorepatis in 19 seats of wretched eastern Uttar Pradesh

  
  10 May 2014 11:14 AM IST
• LS polls 2014: Voting for Congress, BJP would mean betraying God and country, says Kejriwal

  
  03 May 2014 01:05 PM IST
• Voting for Congress and BJP would mean betraying God and country: Arvind Kejriwal

  
  02 May 2014 07:02 PM IST
• Lok Sabha polls 2014: AAP's Jaaved Jaaferi, Adarsh Shastri file nominations from Lucknow

  
  09 Apr 2014 04:10 PM IST
• Now, BJP workers 'Modify' Durga chant to praise Narendra Modi

  
  28 Mar 2014 11:37 AM IST
• UP rallies: Mulayam Singh Yadav and Narendra Modi ensure no clash in timings

  
  24 Jan 2014 11:07 AM IST
• Riot survivors' demand status verification by Supreme Court

  
  20 Jan 2014 10:46 AM IST
• Muzaffarnagar communal violence: Why did Samajwadi Party allow BJP MLAs a free run?

  
  10 Sep 2013 11:43 AM IST
• Army called in after communal violence kills nine in UP's Muzaffarnagar, curfew imposed

  
  08 Sep 2013 08:45 AM IST
• Durga-Nagpal

  
  06 Aug 2013 10:37 PM IST
• UP cops arrest dalit writer for Facebook post criticizing UP govt on Durga Nagpal issue

  
  06 Aug 2013 10:35 PM IST
• Mayawati justifies caste-based rallies, demands ban on RSS and VHP

  
  14 Jul 2013 02:53 PM IST
• Mulayam Singh Yadav dares Narendra Modi to contest from UP

  
  10 Jul 2013 05:07 PM IST
• 43 IPS officers in UP transferred 40 times in their career

  
  22 May 2013 02:31 PM IST
• Mayawati's men siphoned off Rs 1,400 crore in dalit memorial scam, UP lokayukta says

  
  20 May 2013 07:34 PM IST
• UP minister Azam Khan 'humiliated' in US, to cut short visit in protest

  
  26 Apr 2013 01:41 AM IST
• Martyr's family on hunger strike, wants govt to bring back severed head

  
  12 Jan 2013 06:47 PM IST
• Arvind Kejriwal holds big rally in Farrukhabad, dares Sonia Gandhi to take action against Salman Khurshid

  
  01 Nov 2012 10:41 PM IST
• Arvind Kejriwal holds big rally in Farrukhabad, dares Sonia Gandhi to take action against Salman Khurshid

  
  01 Nov 2012 10:40 PM IST
• Akhilesh Yadav blames PM for economic crisis, says SP ready for snap polls

  
  22 Sep 2012 08:32 PM IST
• Anonymous donors 'run' political parties in India, Congress tops the list

  
  10 Sep 2012 08:42 PM IST
• Anonymous donors 'run' political parties in India, Congress tops the list

  
  10 Sep 2012 08:39 PM IST
• Sweepers stitch wounds, ward boys administer injections in Bulandshahr government hospital

  
  09 Jul 2012 10:40 PM IST
• The final call is always mine, Akhilesh Yadav says in interview with TOI

  
  26 Jun 2012 06:15 AM IST
• Will UP CM, Akhilesh Yadav, allay Facebook techie’s fears?

  
  31 Mar 2012 08:05 AM IST
• Now, Mayawati expresses possibility of mid-term elections, asks party workers to be ready

  
  11 Mar 2012 10:05 PM IST
• After poll drubbing, Mayawati sets sights on Delhi

  
  10 Mar 2012 10:26 PM IST
• Election results: SP inching towards majority in UP, set to form govt

  
  06 Mar 2012 02:18 PM IST
• Election results: SP likely to form next govt in UP, may not need Congress support

  
  06 Mar 2012 12:24 PM IST
• UP Phase 3 Polls: Royalty, dynasty & ministers in UP East mega fight, key Congress constituencies will vote

  
  15 Feb 2012 12:37 PM IST
• UP Elections: High turnout worries parties

  
  10 Feb 2012 11:20 AM IST
• UP Assembly Election 2012: BSP has a poor track record on reserved seats

  
  08 Feb 2012 10:11 AM IST
• UP assembly election: Opposition parties grab tainted BSP leaders

  
  25 Jan 2012 04:12 PM IST
• Mayawati's 'operation clean' on election eve, sacks four ministers

  
  25 Dec 2011 10:06 PM IST
• Rahul Gandhi blames 22 years of non-Congress rule responsible for UP's backwardness

  
  24 Dec 2011 11:01 PM IST
• Give me UP as Birthday gift: Mayawati

  
  19 Dec 2011 10:29 AM IST