Arun Kumar is Senior Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times. He has spent two-and-half decades covering Bihar, including politics, educational and social issues.
Articles by Arun Kumar
Bihar govt to give more time to land owners, but firm on survey to end disputes
Bihar revenue and land reforms minister Dilip Jaiswal said the land mafia were deliberately trying to spread rumours to create confusion and chaos, but that would not work
Published on Sep 21, 2024 02:47 PM IST
Amid fear of salary & pension in festive season, teachers seek CM intervention
Into the third month without payment, the joint action committee of the two main teachers’ bodies have sought the intervention of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Published on Sep 18, 2024 08:33 PM IST
Bihar government plans to rank its schools in a bid to improve quality
The ranking will be done separately for primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary schools on specific yardsticks
Published on Sep 18, 2024 04:40 PM IST
Bihar plans to rank its schools in quality quest
Bihar government has decided to rank government schools using specific quantifiable parameters to improve the quality of schools.
Published on Sep 18, 2024 04:03 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar’s new problem: Students bringing guns to schools
Psychiatrists and psychologists say the dangerous inclination points to the decaying environment, quest for quick fame through short-cuts and eroding family and social values that earlier worked as a big deterrent.
Published on Sep 11, 2024 09:00 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Give charge of principal posts to most senior profs only: Bihar Guv to varsities
The direction will not apply to Nalanda Open University, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Bihar Agriculture University and Bihar Animal Science University as they don’t have constituent colleges under them.
Published on Sep 06, 2024 08:14 PM IST
HC stays order banning plying of diesel school buses in Patna
The court ordered stay on the notification, published in the state gazette on February 23, to ban diesel school buses while hearing a petition by the Association of independent schools.
Published on Sep 04, 2024 09:19 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Govt school teacher falls into Ganga on way to duty on boat, feared drowned
The 25-year-old teacher was boarding the boat in Patna to go to his school in a riverine area when he slipped and fell into the river
Published on Aug 23, 2024 09:19 PM IST
Amid large-scale teachers’ recruitment, broad-ranging discrepancies in Bihar
Despite recruitment through BPSC, It is turning out to be channelling exercise to weed out undeserving teachers who managed to hoodwink the process to get jobs.
Published on Aug 23, 2024 02:30 PM IST
Upendra Kushwaha, Manan Mishra file nominations for Bihar Rajya Sabha bypolls
With the last date of filing on August 21, both the candidates are set to be elected unopposed, as the opposition has not fielded any candidate
Published on Aug 21, 2024 03:12 PM IST
BJP picks BCI chairman Manan Mishra for RS
Mishra, a native of Gopalganj in Bihar, emerged as a dark horse after the high-level meeting of BJP leaders in New Delhi.
Published on Aug 20, 2024 09:42 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Punishment nature dept’s prerogative: Patna HC on teacher’s ‘forced retirement’
The Patna HC heard the petition filed by Kumar Sunil Sinha, the former in-charge headmaster of Arwal Ambedkar Residential Girls High School.
Published on Aug 19, 2024 07:57 PM IST
Arun Kumar, New Delhi
NIRF Rankings 2024: Reality check for Bihar institutions
In the college category, Patna Women’s College was in the 101-151 rankings and it was the only college in the top 300. Rest did not feature in the ranking.
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 04:16 PM IST
Bihar’s new universities gripped with old syndrome: No UGC 12-B status yet
3 new state universities in Bihar has got recognition under Section 12-B of the UGC after 6 years of formation.
Published on Aug 12, 2024 07:33 AM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar: Raj Bhavan issues show cause notice to Patliputra University vice chancellor
The show cause notice was served after alleged irregularities, of giving charge to junior teachers, were brought to the fore.
Published on Aug 09, 2024 06:24 PM IST
Former Jharkhand BJP leader Saryu Roy joins Nitish Kumar’s JD(U)
The move is expected to strengthen JD(U), which is a key BJP ally at the Centre and in Bihar, ahead of the assembly polls in Jharkhand this year
Published on Aug 05, 2024 08:42 AM IST
Results of Bihar job exams on basis of prevailing quota rule, AG tells HC
The education department has already reverted to the old 50% formula for teachers’ recruitment.
Published on Aug 03, 2024 06:26 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar govt keeps fingers crossed despite SC refusing to stay HC order
The HC order triggered another wave of politics on reservation and the NDA government would certainly not like to let it become a weapon for the Opposition.
Published on Aug 01, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Explained: Bihar's bill to check unfair means in exams
This bill proposes harsh punishment to deter the organised gangs and anti-socials involved in paper leaks or trying to influence exam results in any manner.
Published on Jul 27, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Bihar witnessing high growth amid rising fiscal stress: CAG report
Experts find these anomalies worrying and indicate the need for a comprehensive review of the state’s budget preparation process.
Published on Jul 26, 2024 01:49 PM IST
Bihar: ₹4700-cr worth of tenders from GA rule cancelled, fresh process underway
Public health and engineering department minister Niraj Kumar Singh revealed the information during the ongoing monsoon session in Bihar assembly.
Published on Jul 25, 2024 04:32 PM IST
Speaker carries on with Question Hour despite Opposition ruckus in Bihar Assembly
JD-U spokesperson Neeraj Kumar questioned the continued absence of Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav throughout the monsoon session.
Published on Jul 25, 2024 02:24 PM IST
Bihar assembly passes bill to curb paper leaks
The legislation was moved by state parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary amid a walkout by the Opposition.
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 06:28 AM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar assembly passes bill to curb paper leaks amid Opposition walkout
The Bill stipulates severe punishment for those involved in such malpractices, including a prison term of three to five years and a fine of ₹10 lakh
Published on Jul 24, 2024 03:46 PM IST
Nitish Kumar calls budget “progressive”; Tejashwi Yadav says it lacked revival plan
The statement comes on the day when Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced major announcements for Bihar while presenting the budget
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 07:57 PM IST
Bihar assembly passes three amendment Bills amid Opposition walkout
The assembly passed the Bihar state university service commission (amendment) Bill, 2024, the Bihar school examination board (amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Bihar municipality (amendment) Bill, 2024.
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 06:13 PM IST
BPSC gears up for TRE-3 after paper leak embarrassment
The examination will be held in one sitting on three days - July 19-21 - and two sittings on July 22 across over 400 centres in 27 districts.
Published on Jul 15, 2024 06:21 PM IST
DPO of Bihar’s Krishnaganj over deplorable condition in schools, details here
Bihar’s education department called for reports from the district magistrates last month after it received large-scale complaints about their functioning.
Published on Jul 01, 2024 09:01 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi to attend JD-U’s national executive meet on Saturday
The party’s old demand from the Centre for a special category status to Bihar may come up in the meeting, according to party sources
Published on Jun 28, 2024 04:53 PM IST
From 2-tier test to NTA abolition, experts suggest ways to stem NEET rot
HT caught up with teachers and those into medical coaching to know how could things be improved to give meritorious students the confidence.
Updated on Jun 27, 2024 03:29 PM IST