Aiswarya Raj is a Senior Correspondent for The Indian Express, one of India's most respected media houses, specialising in in-depth coverage of Uttarakhand and the Himalayan region. Her work focuses on delivering essential, ground-up reporting across complex regional issues....Read More
Aiswarya Raj is a Senior Correspondent for The Indian Express, one of India's most respected media houses, specialising in in-depth coverage of Uttarakhand and the Himalayan region. Her work focuses on delivering essential, ground-up reporting across complex regional issues.
Aiswarya brings significant journalistic experience to her role, having started her career at The Indian Express as a Sub-Editor with the Delhi city team. She subsequently developed her reporting expertise by covering Gurugram and its neighboring districts before transitioning to her current focus. She is an accomplished alumna of the prestigious Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) and the University of Kerala.
Her reporting is characterized by a commitment to narrative journalism, prioritising the human element and verified facts behind critical events. Aiswarya’s beats demonstrate deep expertise in state politics, law enforcement investigations (e.g., paper leak cases, international cyber scams), human-wildlife conflict, environmental disasters, and socio-economic matters affecting local communities.
This specific, sustained focus on critical regional news provides the necessary foundation for high trustworthiness and authoritativeness on topics concerning Uttarakhand.
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The victim, Anjel Chakma, an MBA student at a private university in the capital, was assaulted and...
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Amid a sharp escalation in human-wildlife conflict this year, The Indian Express spoke to Subodh...
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According to police, the initial investigation points to a monetary dispute as the motive. When...
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A 28-year-old Kashmiri shawl vendor was allegedly assaulted by a group linked to a right-wing...
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The matter assumes significance as Mussoorie has witnessed land grabbing, illegal construction and...
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Dec 24, 2025 19:56 IST
In his complaint to the police, Rawat said the video was posted to malign his image by the...
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A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said: “What seems...
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Dec 22, 2025 17:59 IST
Second attack at same school, where 12 students are enrolled: ‘It is as if the animals know there...
Mon, Dec 22, 2025
Dec 21, 2025 12:33 IST
Uttarakhand has been witnessing a spate of human-wildlife conflict, with a woman attacked by a bear...
Sun, Dec 21, 2025
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Once a sleepy military outpost with its chai points and pine trails, Landour and the larger...
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Former Deputy Army Chief, Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh was viewed as an appointment by BJP to appease...
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Rakesh Maurya, who hailed from Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar, went to Russia in August, reportedly...
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An Ordinance will now be passed to incorporate the changes suggested and will be sent for the...
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Dec 17, 2025 13:14 IST
SSP Ajai Singh said the main accused, Amit Sehgal, is a digital media journalist and the second...
Wed, Dec 17, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 08:00 IST
As the Supreme Court hears a challenge to a 2022 eviction order, 50,000 residents of Banbhoolpura...
Mon, Dec 15, 2025
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One of them, Manish, recently got his passport made to apply for a job in...
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A large police force was deployed during the exercise that started at 5 am on...
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A camera trap with a timestamp from May 16 captured the big cat, making it one of the highest...
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While Garhwal MP Anil Baluni raised the issue in the Lok Sabha, state BJP head Mahendra Bhatt...
Fri, Dec 05, 2025
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BlueChip Group scam, Ravindra Nath Soni arrest: ‘Although he was arrested for a case registered...
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Dec 03, 2025 07:00 IST
Observations of Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (retd) gave fodder to the Congress to train its guns on the...
Wed, Dec 03, 2025
Dec 02, 2025 18:50 IST
At the centre of case: Contentious piece of land that Railways says has been encroached...
Wed, Dec 03, 2025
Nov 29, 2025 07:14 IST
She is the third person to be arrested by the CBI, which is investigating the Uttarakhand...
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Somanath says India’s future technologies should not be imported: ‘They will be imagined,...
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Both Revenue and Forest departments stake claim to land. DM writes to state govt seeking...
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