
Jitendra Dixit
जीतेंद्र दीक्षित (Jitendra Dixit) मुंबई में बसे एक लेखक और पत्रकार हैं. अपने 29 साल के पत्रकारिता के करियर में जीतेंद्र ने आज तक, स्टार न्यूज, एबीपी न्यूज, एनडीटीवी, नवभारत और सामना जैसे समाचार संस्थानों के साथ काम किया और देश, विदेश की कई बड़ी घटनाओं पर रिपोर्टिंग की. उन्होंने अंग्रेजी और हिंदी भाषाओं में छह किताबें लिखी हैं, जो राजनीति, आतंकवाद, कश्मीर समस्या और मुंबई के समकालीन इतिहास पर आधारित हैं. उनकी हालिया किताब "बॉम्बे आफ्टर अयोध्या," काफी चर्चित हुई. 2015 में कश्मीर पर बनाई गई उनकी डॉक्यूमेंट्री को रेड इंक पुरस्कार मिल चुका है. लेखन के अलावा समुद्र में गोताखोरी करना उनका शौक है।
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Opinion: Malegaon Blast And Pragya Singh's Big Charge Against Probe Agency
Was the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad or ATS putting pressure on Sadhvi Pragya Singh to implicate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the Malegaon bomb blast case?
- Monday August 4, 2025
- Opinion
- Jitendra Dixit
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Opinion | Terror Accused To MP To Acquittal: Behind The Fall And Rise Of Pragya Thakur
"Blessing in disguise" and "opportunity in adversity" are phrases that have proven true for Pragya Singh, the saffron-clad woman from Madhya Pradesh, whom her followers address as a sadhvi.
- Thursday July 31, 2025
- Opinion
- Jitendra Dixit
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Excerpt | Revolver That Was Silent For 21 Years: Life Of 'Encounter Specialist' Daya Nayak
Daya Nayak, an encounter specialist in the Mumbai Police, has not fired a single shot from his revolver in the last 21 years. He last used it in 2004 to kill an alleged gangster in Malad.
- Wednesday July 30, 2025
- Book Excerpts
- Jitendra Dixit
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Excerpt | 'Jeetu Bhai, Many Have Been Killed': A Journalist Recounts 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts
"'Jeetu bhai!!! A bomb has exploded in a train outside my building! Many people have been killed. Send a camera unit fast,' Odysteven Gomes from my channel screamed on the phone...I hastily left the cinema hall and rang the cops to get more details.
- Monday July 21, 2025
- Book Excerpts
- Jitendra Dixit
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Analysis | From Jest To Jolt: What Fadnavis' 'Offer' To Uddhav Really Means
While Fadnavis may have said it facetiously, the 'offer' to Uddhav Thackeray to join the government has been interpreted differently in Maharashtra's political landscape.
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- India News
- Jitendra Dixit
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"Mumbai Blasts Could've Been Averted If...": Ujjwal Nikam On Sanjay Dutt
The government's key lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who is now stepping into politics with a seat in Rajya Sabha after a recommendation from the President of India Droupadi Murmu, took a relook at his career in law today in an exclusive interview with NDTV.
- Monday July 14, 2025
- India News
- Reported by Jitendra Dixit
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Analysis - Hindi Row: D Fadnavis' Masterstroke Or Thackeray Brothers' Win?
The withdrawal of the government resolution regarding the teaching of Hindi in Maharashtra's primary schools is being viewed differently across the state's political spectrum.
- Tuesday July 1, 2025
- India News
- Written by Jitendra Dixit
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How Death In A Cinema Hall Paved The Way For Raj Thackeray's Shiv Sena Exit
In the early 1990s, Shiv Sena, led by its firebrand leader Bal Thackeray, had grown into a formidable political force in Maharashtra. During those days, two young men would accompany Bal Thackeray to public events
- Sunday April 20, 2025
- India News
- Reported by Jitendra Dixit, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
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Opinion | Shootout At Bandra: Baba Siddique's Murder And Flashbacks From '90s
So far, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has been involved in two incidents in Mumbai. If Bishnoi tries to profit from terror by making extortion calls to the rich, then the Police will need to brace for another war against the underworld.
- Tuesday October 15, 2024
- Opinion
- Jitendra Dixit
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"Leaders Going To BJP Because Of ICE - Income Tax, CBI, ED": Supriya Sule
Leaders from Opposition parties are not going to the BJP because they like its ideology, but because of "ICE - Income Tax, CBI and ED", three-time MP Supriya Sule told NDTV today
- Sunday March 24, 2024
- India News
- Reported by Jitendra Dixit, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
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Blog: They Fought Fear To Buy Dawood Ibrahim's Properties. What They Say Today
They fought fear and decided to make a point by buying properties belonging to India's most-wanted terrorist, but were rewarded for their courage with threats and legal battles stretching for over 20 years.
- Thursday January 4, 2024
- Opinion
- Jitendra Dixit
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Blog: "Dawood Ibrahim Poisoned To Death" - Take It With A Pinch of Salt
Although Dawood Ibrahim escaped from India in 1986, his home and mine shared the same PIN code 400003, which was once dreaded as Bombay's "number 3".
- Tuesday December 19, 2023
- Opinion
- Jitendra Dixit