Avijit has around 20 years of experience in journalism and reports across beats for HT from Bhagalpur and adjoining districts of eastern Bihar.
Articles by Avijit Biswas
President, PM miss out on Zardalu from Bihar
The Bhagalpur administration, which traditionally sent gift packs containing Zardalu mangoes on the state government’s behalf, feels the produce this year is not up to the mark.
Published on Jun 08, 2016 02:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Now, Bihar pitches for climate smart villages
How about climate smart villages in Bihar? Yes. That’s one of the recommendations made by agricultural scientists to fight climate change which threatens to compromise crop yields and leave Bihar farms bare of production.
Published on May 04, 2016 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Bihar: JD(U) MLA’s ‘supporters’ threaten to throw cop into Ganga
The men, driving an SUV, allegedly threatened RK Gupta, deputy superintendent of police (headquarters), after he stopped them on the 4-km long Vikramshila Setu late on Monday. The SUV had jumped a long queue of vehicles stranded in a traffic snarl-up on the bridge that connects Bhagalpur with Naugachia.
Updated on Nov 25, 2015 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Dharhara: No longer Bihar’s ‘model village’
In April last year, diarrhoea killed 18-month-old Rani in India’s marquee village Dharhara that celebrates the birth of a girl child by planting at least 10 fruit-bearing trees. This incident underlined the absence of healthcare in rural Bihar.
Updated on Oct 10, 2015 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Dharhara (bihar)
Now, PM Modi’s turn to display his ‘swabhiman’ in Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have his chance to hit back at the leaders of the anti-BJP alliance when he takes the stage in Bhagalpur on Tuesday for what will be his last rally before Bihar assembly poll dates announcement.
Updated on Sep 17, 2015 05:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arun Kumar and Avijit Biswas, Patna/bhagalpur
Bhagalpur: WWII-era airbase to host PM Modi's final Bihar rally
A World War-era airbase in Bhagalpur will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s final rally in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, an event that state BJP leaders say will be marked by some serious hard talk.
Updated on Sep 17, 2015 06:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arun Kumar and Avijit Biswas, Patna/bhagalpur
Rotten eggs, ink thrown at AAP's Tomar as he leaves Bihar university
Rotten eggs and ink were thrown at Delhi's former law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Friday after he was brought to Bihar's Bhagalpur district as part of a probe into his alleged fake law degree, television visuals showed.
Updated on Jun 13, 2015 07:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Bihar: Man tied to bike, set on fire
A man was tied to his motorcycle and set on fire over a suspected property dispute in Bihar's Bhagalpur last Thursday.
Updated on Sep 13, 2014 03:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Bihar: Huge haul of explosives in Munger
In the run up to election, security forces on Monday recovered a large quantity of explosives and wireless sets from a place in the Maoist-affected Munger district.
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 05:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar/Avijit Biswas/HTC, Patna/munger
Bihar: Cook set ablaze for refusing to serve 'daal'.
A female cook of a middle school in a Banka village was allegedly set on fire Saturday by some students following her "refusal" to serve them extra "daal" (pulse) as per their demand a few days ago.
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 07:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Dhartipakad’s next targets Modi, Kejriwal
He fought to lose 184 elections. But that has not stopped Nagarmal Bajoria from contesting yet again, this time against BJP’s Narendra Modi and Aam Admi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi.
Updated on Mar 20, 2014 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Maoists abduct 6, set petrol pump on fire in Bihar
Officials said armed Maoists abducted six persons engaged in lifting sand from Kiul river bed, between Jamui and Chanan in south eastern Bihar and set afire two sand drilling machines, late on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 15, 2014 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Avijit Biswas and Ajay Kumar, Patna/bhagalpur/muzaffarpur
Six children electrocuted in Bihar
Six children, including three of a family, lost their lives to electrocution on Thursday noon when a high tension wire fell on them in Jamui district.
Updated on Jan 30, 2014 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Jamui, Bihar
Maoists stop train in Bihar, kill 3 rly troops, abduct 1
In another major attack, Maoists attacked the Sahebganj- Danapur Inter city express (13235) between Bhagalpur and Jamalpur on Saturday evening, killing three government railway policemen and injuring three others seriously, including a woman.
Updated on Dec 01, 2013 12:35 AM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Avinash Kumar and Avijit Biswas, New Delhi
Bhagalpur silk players charge rupee with ‘murder’
'I would have registered an attempt to murder case against it,' said Ahad who has been effectively run out of his handloom silk business, thanks to the currency’s plunge to unfathomed depths in recent months.
Updated on Aug 29, 2013 02:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Shahnawaz to take Bodh Gaya issue to parliament
BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, MP, has threatened to petition the privilege committee of parliament against the Gaya administration, for stopping him from visiting the Mahabodhi Temple. Avijit Biswas reports
Updated on Jul 12, 2013 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Bihar village shows the green way to celebrate birth of a girl
Kavita Devi gained iconic status in Kaluchak village for having planted a tree when her daughter was born three years back. Father-in-law Umesh Singh, 58, as well as husband Avinash, 26, could not have been happier. Avijit Biswas writes.
Updated on Jun 05, 2013 03:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas Avijit Biswas, Kaluchak (bihar)
College student gang raped in Bihar, 2 held
Two persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gang rape a 22-year-old college student on Mandar hill in Banka district of south-eastern Bihar, about 45 kilometres from Bhagalpur, late Tuesday.
Updated on May 22, 2013 09:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Maoists kill construction manager in Bihar
Maoists have killed an employee of a construction company in Bihar's Jamui district and torched three vehicles, police said on Friday.
Updated on Apr 26, 2013 04:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Cops say no gangrape, woman committed suicide in Bhagalpur
There is a twist to the death of a 32-year-old Delhi-bound train passenger, whose body was found hanging from a tree in a mango orchard at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of south-eastern Bihar on Sunday.
Updated on Jan 14, 2013 04:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Patna
Bihar girl rape accused nabbed in New Delhi
The Delhi police drew a blank when they raided a village in Aurangabad district of south central Bihar on Wednesday in search of New Delhi gang rape accused Akshay Thakur.
Updated on Dec 20, 2012 02:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Priest performs ‘self-sacrifice’
A priest in a Banka village ended his life on Sunday night. However, if villagers are to be believed it was not a suicide. What Gopal Jha, the priest, did was a ‘self-sacrifice’ to propitiate the deity he worshiped daily, the villagers said.
Updated on Dec 19, 2012 02:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
RJD ready to lead mass movement, says Lalu
Kicking off his fifth leg of Parivartan Yatra from Lakhisarai, Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said a mass movement against the Nitish Kumar government had already taken off and would now be steered by his party to oust the present dispensation.
Updated on Oct 11, 2012 01:50 PM IST
None | Avijit Biswas, Lakhisarai
Stay away all ye morning walkers, the CM's coming!
Security for Nitish Kumar to visit Sandy's Compound in Bhagalpur on Sunday, morning walkers advised to skip the place.
Updated on Oct 06, 2012 02:07 PM IST
None | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Nitish had 'scuttled' Bihar spl status demand: Lalu
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has accused chief minister Nitish Kumar of 'scuttling' Bihar's demand for special category state status demand during his tenure as a union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
Updated on Oct 04, 2012 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
MCI unfair to Bihar, claims health minister
Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has alleged discrimination against Bihar medical institutions by the medical council of India (MCI) with regard to grant of recognition to courses being imparted by them.
Updated on Sep 04, 2012 12:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
12-year-old abducted, rescued in Munger
Anjan Kumar, 12-years-old, was abducted from village Sujwa under Asarganj police station area of Munger district in the afternoon today.
Updated on Aug 29, 2012 05:10 PM IST
None | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Mandar Hill-Hansdiha train services soon
Direct train services from here to a larger part of Santhal Parganas division in Jharkhand could soon be a reality. Malda divisional railway manager (DRM) Ravindra Gupta on Friday said subject to clearance by the commissioner railway saftey (CRS), passenger train services on the Mandar Hill (Banka district) and Hansdiha (Santhal Parganas) section would be introduced from here in morning and evening hours soon.
Updated on Aug 26, 2012 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur
Poverty forces Bihar couple to miss son's funeral rites
As India celebrates its Independence Day, the misfortune of this couple from a remote village in Bihar underscores just how far the country still has to go. Avijit Biswas and Rashpal Singh report.
Updated on Aug 16, 2012 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas & Rashpal Singh, Bhagalpur/jaipur
Maoists in scholarly pursuits in jail
Jailed Maoist central committee members are improving their vocabulary and reading books of nationalist leaders between spells of interrogation and other routine functions in prison.
Updated on Aug 11, 2011 09:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur