Reeti Malhotra
Staff Reporter
reeti.malhotra@yale.edu
Originally from Singapore, Reeti Malhotra is a sophomore in Silliman College. She covers cops and courts for the News and also writes for WKND. Beyond the newsroom, she is a prospective Ethics, Politics, and Economics major, Cinemat Secretary, and Directed Studies Undergraduate Teaching Assistant.
Author Archive
MAIA NEHME & REETI MALHOTRA
Connecticut agrees to $3.75 million settlement for homicide of man in New Haven prison

The homicide of Carl “Robby” Talbot following the excessive use of force and chemical agents by correctional officers was settled by appalled Connecticut lawmakers nearly six years after Talbot’s death.

March 4, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
The Fiction of the One

Real love will be a bulldozer.  You will meet them in a calamitous fashion — as your maid of honor or best man will recount […]

February 14, 2025

Aileen Santiago
REETI MALHOTRA
Recent drug busts spotlight evolving CT narcotics trade

Successful busts of drug traffickers in New Haven, Bristol and Stamford represent concerted efforts to mitigate the ever-present opioid and illicit narcotics epidemic in Connecticut.

February 14, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA & NORA MOSES
Neo-Nazis hold demonstration outside local bookstore

The demonstration at Never Ending Books— which was orchestrated by an unspecified group of self-identified neo-Nazis — has shaken the New Haven and Yale communities.

February 12, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Growing Pains

The night before I left home, I decided to take a solitary walk on the beach. Every day since I was 12 years old — […]

February 7, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Liquor Control Commission temporarily suspends 144 Temple St. nightclub and bar

Connecticut’s Liquor Control Commission, a division of the Department of Consumer Protection, temporarily suspended and imposed a $13,000 fine on 144 Temple St. for the alleged violation of six statute counts.

February 3, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Generator theft grounds Jitter Bus

The generator for a popular coffee bus was stolen in a Friday morning burglary amid a city-wide rise in thefts from vehicles.

January 21, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
A home away from home

In the middle of January, Mariah Carey blasting in the background, I found myself huddled around a small common room table, exchanging crudely wrapped Secret […]

January 17, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
New Haven Police Department hopes to increase recruitment with new contract

The recently approved six-year bargaining agreement, with the increased pay and benefits, may ameliorate the New Haven Police Department’s historic shortage issue.

November 19, 2024

REETI MALHOTRA
The road not taken

Content warning: This article contains references to suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. To speak with a certified listener, call 1-800-273-8255.  Crisis Text Line is a texting service for emotional crisis support. To speak with a trained listener, text HELLO to 741741.  On-call counselors from Yale Mental Health and Counseling are available at any time: call (203) 432-0290.  Additional resources are available in a guide compiled by the Yale College Council here.

November 15, 2024

REETI MALHOTRA
MALHOTRA: My fellow privileged internationals, the election is that deep

This election is monumental. It is not about us, but it is about the fate of a democracy, a populace and our planet.

November 11, 2024