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Ajmal Abbas

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Covers:  Politics, law, stories from the south and more.
Doesn't Cover: Sports, entertainment.
Chief Sub Editor with @IndiaToday. Ex @TimesNow, @Tehelka, @PTI_News, @ReporterTV | @IIMC_India Alumnus.

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Ajmal Abbas is an Assistant Editor with India Today. Previously, he was a Senior Special Correspondent with Times Now Digital, covering urban governance, transportation and civic administration.

Started as a cub reporter at the Press Trust of India in Delhi, his career spans several media houses including Tehelka Magazine, The Newsrupt and DoolNews. He also served as News Editor with Reporter TV.

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Muslim and a gay; the many fights ahead for a Muslim queer

Muslim and a gay; the many fights ahead for a Muslim queer

A deep and detailed conversation with Kerala's first Muslim Gay to come out in open.

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Penning tradition: World’s last manuscript newspaper is alive and kicking in Chennai

Penning tradition: World’s last manuscript newspaper is alive and kicking in Chennai

The story talks of a still-running Urdu manuscript newspaper.

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For people of Neduvasal to live, they have to rebel and they are doing it

For people of Neduvasal to live, they have to rebel and they are doing it

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Land grab and Dalit resistance: The realities of Naidu’s ‘modern’ Andhra

Land grab and Dalit resistance: The realities of Naidu’s ‘modern’ Andhra

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Off Saudi death row, 2 decades and Rs 34 crore later. A lucky Kerala man's story

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By Ajmal Abbas 
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Ajmal Abbas Imagine being a 24-year-old who's leaving his hometown in Kerala and boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia with a suitcase packed with clothes and a mind packed with dreams. Like thousands of young Malayali men before you, you want to build a house, support your family, and carve out a decent future. Now imagine that just a few weeks later, those dreams vanish in the split second of an accident. Instead of in a driver's seat, you find yourself sitting in a bleak Saudi prison cell.
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Prabhakaran, Tamil identity and TVK: Is Vijay building a neo-Dravidian project?

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By Ajmal Abbas 
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Ajmal Abbas In 2008, at the height of the Sri Lankan government's military offensive against Tamil militants, actor Vijay joined a hunger strike in Chennai in solidarity with Sri Lankan Tamils. "Let freedom dawn for Eelam Tamils," he appealed, urging "everyone who carries the essence of Tamil identity within them" to support the cause.
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MLAs favoured KC Venugopal, yet he was passed over for Kerala CM. Here's why

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By Ajmal Abbas 
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Ajmal Abbas Ten days of intense deliberations, top-level huddles in Thiruvananthapuram and Delhi, fierce factional battles and intense lobbying within the party, the Congress finally announced its Chief Minister in Kerala -- VD Satheesan . The party high command chose the outgoing Leader of the Opposition over senior leaders KC Venugopal and Ramesh Chennithala.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Copy editing and occasional city reporting at the Press Trust of India.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Through email. ajmalaramam@gmail.com

When's the best time to pitch you?

10 AM to 7 PM any day.

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