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
BPSC refutes prelims question leak rumours, chairman calls it mischief
At the Bapu Exam Centre, examinees alleged that the question paper along with OMR answersheet had reached outside and the exam’s sanctity had been compromised.
Updated on Dec 13, 2024 06:34 PM IST
Governor intervenes to break PU deadlock, fresh exam schedule to be announced
The association today signed an agreement with the university on the lines of what was agreed at the Raj Bhawan, and later opened the gates of the institutions.
Published on Dec 13, 2024 04:43 PM IST
Bihar’s premiere PU under locks for a week, exams derailed as deadlock continues
Losers are the students who were set to take their semester exams from December 5 when the strike started.
Published on Dec 11, 2024 08:18 PM IST
33,000 teachers request transfer in Bihar: Edu dept
Over 33,000 transfer applications from Bihar teachers have been received in just eight days, as the government reopens the application window.
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 06:44 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
33000 transfer requests from teachers, Bihar edu deptt says nos. manageable now
Bihar government received 33000 transfer requests from teachers within 8 days after window for transfer requests was opened.
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 11:12 AM IST
BPSC chairman terms students’ protest ‘unwarranted’, says normalisation not on
Many protesters also demanded extension in exam date as lakhs of them could not fill out the forms due to problem in the BPSC server.
Published on Dec 06, 2024 09:00 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Road to 2025: Nitish, Tejashwi take Yatra route to voters
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Opp leader Tejashwi Yadav will embark on political yatras in December to gauge public sentiment ahead of the 2025 polls.
Updated on Dec 01, 2024 05:46 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar govt to take over 15K acres of Bettiah Raj land
Bihar government passes a bill to take over 15,215 acres of Bettiah Raj property for public welfare amid concerns over land encroachment.
Updated on Nov 26, 2024 10:23 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Relief for lakhs of old teachers as CM Nitish Kumar rules out transfers, for now
Kumar made the announcement during a function organised for the distribution of appointment letters to already working teachers who cleared the competency test.
Updated on Nov 20, 2024 04:01 PM IST
Lakhs of acres locked in Bihar land survey stir row
Bihar's government locks land records, sparking fears of litigation and claims of ownership issues, while officials assert it's to prevent misuse.
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 09:40 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar puts on hold transfer/posting of lakhs of teachers
Bihar government halts new teacher transfer policy amid concerns and court hearings, planning to address issues after competency tests completion.
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 06:48 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar puts on hold contentious transfer/posting policy for lakhs of teachers
State Education minister said transfer & posting of teachers would now be done together for all teachers after completion of 5 competency tests for old teachers
Published on Nov 19, 2024 06:41 PM IST
Cops, excise officials love liquor ban, means big money: Patna high court
Justice Purnendu Singh also underlined how only a few cases were registered against the liquor kingpin and enforcement action was mostly aimed at the poor
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 06:40 PM IST
Contributions of tribals to freedom movement ignored, says PM targeting past govts
PM Modi asserted that he worshipped the ‘Adivasi Samaj’ and his govt took the decision to celebrate Munda’s birth anniversary as ‘Janjaatiya Gaurav Divas’ because the community never got its due
Published on Nov 15, 2024 03:33 PM IST
How marginalised are the marginalised in India
There is an urgent need to have an official estimate of the poverty line and bring in policy changes to impact the lives of the social groups less fortunate
Published on Nov 14, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Bihar bypolls: Stakes are high for all parties, with an eye on 2025 assembly elections
The bypolls to four assembly constituencies in Bihar will be held on November 13, while the results will be announced on November 23.
Published on Nov 12, 2024 05:08 PM IST
Lalu Yadav delivers unity message in Belaganj that voted RJD for 3 decades
Vishwanath Yadav is the son of eight-time legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav who has represented Belagnj seat in the Bihar assembly since 1990
Updated on Nov 11, 2024 07:57 PM IST
Retired bureaucrats made VC, registrar of Bihar’s first sports university
The Bihar sports Academy and Bihar Sports University was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on August 29, 2024.
Published on Nov 10, 2024 08:00 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Many Bihar school teachers set to lose jobs due to ineligibility, fake documents
The district education officers have been seeking clarification from suspect teachers with regard to lack of CTET eligibility or forged documents frequently.
Published on Nov 05, 2024 01:29 PM IST
Opposition attacks Nitish Kumar over hooch deaths in Bihar’s Siwan, Saran
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said there was a so-called liquor ban in Bihar but liquor was available at every square and intersection
Updated on Oct 17, 2024 02:50 PM IST
Arun Kumar
Jan Suraaj fields ex-Army dy chief in bypoll
Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party has nominated Lt Gen Krishna Singh for the Tarari assembly bypoll in Bihar, set for November 13.
Updated on Oct 16, 2024 07:50 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
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