Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses....Read More
Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses.
Ritika joined The Indian Express in 2015. Previously, she was part of the political bureau at The Economic Times, India’s largest financial daily. Her journalism career began in Kolkata, her birthplace, with the Hindustan Times in 2006 as an intern, before moving to Delhi in 2007. Since then, she has been reporting from the capital on politics, education, social sectors, and the Election Commission of India.
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Wed, Dec 16, 2015Dec 13, 2015 03:02 IST
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Sun, Dec 13, 2015Dec 10, 2015 02:54 IST
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Thu, Dec 10, 2015Dec 10, 2015 01:43 IST
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Thu, Dec 10, 2015Dec 04, 2015 03:15 IST
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Fri, Dec 04, 2015Dec 01, 2015 00:09 IST
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Tue, Dec 01, 2015Nov 30, 2015 02:19 IST
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Mon, Nov 30, 2015Nov 27, 2015 02:04 IST
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Fri, Nov 27, 2015Nov 23, 2015 03:58 IST
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Mon, Nov 23, 2015Nov 19, 2015 00:00 IST
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Thu, Nov 19, 2015Nov 17, 2015 01:02 IST
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Tue, Nov 17, 2015Nov 15, 2015 13:55 IST
"India is with France in such challenging circumstances and that's the message we want to send with...
Sun, Nov 15, 2015Nov 13, 2015 01:49 IST
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Fri, Nov 13, 2015Nov 07, 2015 03:02 IST
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Sat, Nov 07, 2015Nov 06, 2015 03:30 IST
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Sun, Nov 08, 2015Nov 05, 2015 03:33 IST
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Thu, Nov 05, 2015Nov 04, 2015 19:46 IST
EC in its fresh advisory said despite the direction certain advertisements of "offending nature"...
Wed, Nov 04, 2015Nov 03, 2015 03:08 IST
ICHR chief Rao’s criticism comes against the backdrop of more than 50 historians expressing...
Tue, Nov 03, 2015Oct 31, 2015 03:14 IST
The HRD ministry is set to announce the constitution of a five-member committee that will be...
Fri, Dec 25, 2015Oct 31, 2015 00:31 IST
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Fri, Dec 25, 2015Oct 30, 2015 00:07 IST
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Fri, Dec 25, 2015Oct 28, 2015 03:19 IST
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