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
Buoyed NDA ready for ‘early’ polls in Bihar
Nitish Kumar concludes his Pragati Yatra, hinting at possible early elections as NDA expresses readiness and highlights positive governance in Bihar.
Updated on Feb 22, 2025 05:51 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
BPSC announces Mains date from April 25-30, terms allegations unfounded
The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Wednesday announced the dates for the Mains exam from April 25-30, except April 27, at Patna centres.
Updated on Feb 19, 2025 07:34 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
BPSC set to announce Mains date, terms allegations unfounded
BPSC joint secretary Kundan Kumar said that the BPSC had taken serious note of the unfounded allegations.
Updated on Feb 19, 2025 01:15 PM IST
Technical glitch halts salaries of teachers, employees of universities in Bihar
A senior official of the department of education said that the salary up to December had been released around 15 days ago, but due to a snag money could not be processed
Published on Feb 18, 2025 01:39 PM IST
Bihar to integrate 836 Class 6-12 schools under PM-SHRI scheme to align with NEP
The PM-SHRI scheme is a program launched in 2022 by the Government of India to improve the quality of education in schools over 5 years.
Published on Feb 18, 2025 11:41 AM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Patna HC reinstates Bihar university registrar removed by governor in 2024
Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan quashed the order transferring Sanjay Kumar from the university in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur to his parent college on June 20, 2024
Published on Feb 14, 2025 08:18 PM IST
Arun Kumar
Nitish walks the talk on Bihar’s premiere girls’ college with development plan
Nitish Kumar government on Thursday gave administration approval of ₹47.23-crore to Bihar’s premiere Magadh Mahila College.
Published on Feb 14, 2025 06:09 PM IST
Bihar: Asst Profs recruitment faces forged experience certificate challenge
BSUSC is facing new challenge of fake experience certificates allegedly issued by competent university authorities.
Published on Feb 13, 2025 01:11 PM IST
Tariq Anwar asks Cong to clear haze on alliance with RJD to avoid Delhi-like debacle
Delhi election losses prompt Congress leaders to call for clarity on Bihar strategy, debating coalition versus solo approach ahead of upcoming polls.
Updated on Feb 11, 2025 06:05 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
BSUSC chairman terms allegations baseless, says process transparent
BSUSC advertised 4,638 vacancies of assistant professors in 52 subjects on September 23, 2020, just ahead of the announcement of state assembly elections.
Published on Feb 05, 2025 08:01 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar land survey: Over 17.8-lakh acres of govt land identified
Bihar government identifies 31.6 lakh khesra in a special land survey, aiming for transparency and resolution of land disputes by July 2026.
Updated on Feb 03, 2025 06:52 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
With budget boost, IIT Patna plans tech park, hostel expansion, faculty hiring
This announcement follows finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union budget proposal on Saturday, which outlined plans to expand IIT Patna and develop additional infrastructure
Published on Feb 02, 2025 04:16 PM IST
Clad in Madhubani art saree, Nirmala wins heart of Mithila
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore a Madhubani saree gifted by artist Dulari Devi during her Budget speech, honoring Mithila's rich art heritage.
Published on Feb 01, 2025 06:59 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Draped in saree with Madhubani art, FM’s focus on Mithila in poll-bound Bihar
Dulari Devi, a renowned Mithila painter from Bihar, gifted the saree to Sitharaman at a credit outreach programme at the Mithila Art Institute
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 01:15 PM IST
ASER Report: Bihar joins national trend to show improvement, yet long way to go
Bihar has also witnessed improvement in the learning outcome, but the pace of progress is slower, says the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) – 2024.
Published on Jan 28, 2025 06:57 PM IST
‘Karpoori Thakur was a true statesman, ahead of his time’: V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar
Describing Karpoori as a people’s leader who never encouraged ‘dynastic politics’, Dhankhar said the socialist icon was conferred with Bharat Ratna 36 years after his demise, though he deserved it much earlier.
Published on Jan 24, 2025 04:01 PM IST
BPSC releases 70th CCE prelims results with Patna HC rider
Despite protests and politics and Patna High Court rider, BPSC on Thursday released the preliminary results of the 70th combined competitive examination.
Updated on Jan 24, 2025 07:35 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Legacy line-up: Bihar parties vie for marking subaltern icon Karpoori’s 101th birthday on Friday
In Bihar, political parties are celebrating Karpoori Thakur's 101st birth anniversary to claim his legacy ahead of upcoming assembly polls.
Updated on Jan 23, 2025 05:54 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Two tunes in NDA: Chirag backs BPSC agitation, Manjhi sees politics in it
Bihar's BPSC aspirants' agitation intensifies political tensions ahead of elections, with Dalit leaders split on demands for re-examinations.
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 06:32 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Decline in sittings of legislatures a matter of concern: Om Birla in Patna
Birla said the legislatures should be a place for meaningful and result-oriented discussions and for that all the political parties should come together to have a code of conduct for their respective parties
Updated on Jan 20, 2025 04:02 PM IST
After HC order, Bihar State University Service Commisison cancels interview
The Commission had on January 3 published a list of 185 shortlisted candidates for interview with cut-offs as per reservation roster.
Updated on Jan 17, 2025 08:41 PM IST
BPSC prelims result to be subject matter of final outcome of petition: Patna HC
Patna HC said that any result of the preliminary examination, conducted by the Commission, will be the subject matter of the final outcome of this petition.
Published on Jan 16, 2025 07:21 PM IST
BPSC protest: Guv meets students’ delegation, PK terms it positive development
BPSC protest: A senior Raj Bhawan functionary said that the Governor held talks with the students’ delegation comprising 12 members.
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 07:14 PM IST
BPSC protest: Guv meets student delegation in bid to break impasse
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan met with BPSC aspirants, promising to relay their grievances as students await Patna HC's decision on exam retest.
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 07:00 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
HC to hear Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party's plea for BPSC re-test on Jan 15
We have prayed for cancellation of exam citing irregularities and direction not to publish result till re-test is held,” said advocate Pranav Kumar.
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 06:09 PM IST
Bihar gets four new vice chancellors after CM’s consultation with governor
Nalanda Open University Pro-VC Sanjoy Kumar has been appointed in Munger University, while Prof Vivekanand Singh has been given charge of Purnea University.
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 07:52 AM IST
Fifth Bihar university goes under ad hoc arrangement
Pataliputra University is the fifth University in the state to be put under ad hoc arrangement.
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 07:46 PM IST
BPSC exam can be cancelled if probe finds lapses: BJP minister
Amid the BPSC exam controversy, Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal said that cancellation is possible if irregularities are proven.
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 03:41 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
BPSC re-exam for 1 centre today, protest spruces up
Bihar PSC denies full re-exam despite protests; only one centre's test rescheduled for January 4. Opposition parties support candidates' demands.
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 07:16 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Arif Mohammad Khan sworn in as Governor of poll-bound Bihar
Arif Mohammad Khan, a former union minister who has held several portfolios ranging from energy to civil aviation, arrived in Patna on December 30
Updated on Jan 02, 2025 02:07 PM IST