Avinash, a senior correspondent, reports on crime, railways, defence and social sector, with specialisation in police, home department and other investigation agencies.
Articles by Avinash Kumar
Ajay Kanu, who plotted 2005 Jehanabad jail break, seeks RJD ticket for wife
Ajay Kanu alias Ajay Sao told reporters in Patna that he met RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday to pitch for a party ticket from Jehanabad
Published on Mar 27, 2024 07:22 PM IST
Bihar: AC coach of Danapur-LTT special train catches fire; passengers evacuated safely
Eyewitnesses said that seeing the flames, the passengers panicked and pulled the alarm chain and jumped out after the train stopped
Published on Mar 27, 2024 03:46 PM IST
Paper Leak: BPSC TRE 3.0 held on March 15 cancelled, new date later
BPSC TRE 3.0 held on March 15 cancelled. A new date for the examination will be announced later.
Published on Mar 20, 2024 05:01 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar road accident: 7 dead in tractor, car collision
The impact of the collision was such that both the SUV and the tractor suffered heavy damage and all seven persons died on the spot
Published on Mar 18, 2024 10:33 AM IST
ED arrests Lalu’s aide Subhash Yadav in money laundering case
ED’s official familiar with the matter told HT that the central agency conducted raids at least eight locations linked to Yadav and his relatives in connection with the sandmining case
Updated on Mar 11, 2024 06:16 AM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Micro light aircraft of Officers’ Training Academy in Gaya makes emergency landing
Police said the crash took place in fields adjoining Kanchanpur village under Bodh Gaya block, when the pilots tried to make an emergency landing
Published on Mar 05, 2024 10:49 AM IST
Bihar: Unable to repay loan, elderly couple dies by suicide
Police suspect that the couple took the extreme step due to repeated calls from the lenders and an investigation is underway
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 04:18 PM IST
ED conducts searches at three locations of former RJD MLA in PMLA case
Separate teams of the central agency first arrived at the ex-RJD MLA’s house located at Agiaon village in Bhojpur and then later at his wife’s official residence
Published on Feb 27, 2024 05:31 PM IST
Bihar: Nine killed, six injured in road accident in Lakhisarai
Police suspect the incident occurred when the truck driver lost control and rammed into the auto-rickshaw, carrying 14 passengers, that was coming from the opposite direction
Published on Feb 21, 2024 10:40 AM IST
Over 40 injured in communal clashes across Bihar during Saraswati idol immersion
Officials said that internet services were suspended in Darbhanga district on Saturday for 48 hours following violence and continuing tension between the two communities since Wednesday
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 08:16 PM IST
Illegal liquor seized from bullock cart in Bihar; smugglers flee, oxen detained
Excise officials in Gopalganj district were in for a surprise when they recovered huge quantities of liquor bottles being ferried past them on a bullock cart.
Updated on Feb 15, 2024 06:32 PM IST
Rabri’s brother Subhash gets a taste of Nitish Kumar's ‘rule of law’
Yadav had started his career as a Group-D employee in the Vidhan Sabha but quit his job after his sister Rabri Devi took over the state’s reins from Lalu Prasad
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 09:40 PM IST
AIMIM leader shot dead in Bihar; second such killing since December
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over the law and order situation in the state and asked were only their leaders the target
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 12:54 PM IST
Family of four set on fire while asleep in Bihar town, all critical: Police
45-year-old Vidyanand Singh and his three granddaughters suffered serious burn injuries and were admitted to Mayaganj Hospital in Bhagalpur for treatment
Published on Feb 02, 2024 04:19 PM IST
Land-for-jobs scam: ED interrogates Tejashwi; RJD attacks Centre
Tejashwi was accompanied by his sister and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti, brother Tej Pratap Yadav, and lawmaker Manoj Jha.
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 03:42 AM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
After Lalu, son Tejashwi quizzed by ED for close to 9 hours in land-for-job case
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav reached the ED office in Patna at 11.25am with a large number of party supporters shouting slogans against ED and the BJP.
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 02:27 AM IST
Tejashwi Yadav appears before ED for questioning in money-laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned his father and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the same case
Published on Jan 30, 2024 12:11 PM IST
Land-for-jobs scam: ED questions Lalu for 10 hours; RJD stages stir
ED on Monday questioned former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for 10 hours in a money-laundering case linked to the land-for-jobs scam.
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 05:30 AM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Land-for-jobs case: Lalu grilled by ED for 10 hours
Lalu Prasad, along with his elder daughter Misa Bharti, a Rajya Sabha MP, reached the ED office around 11am. Bharti, who was not allowed inside, sat outside the ED office campus along with a host of legislators till 9.05 pm, when her father walked out after the marathon questioning.
Published on Jan 29, 2024 09:41 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Land for jobs case: Lalu Prasad Yadav appears before ED for questioning in Patna
The ED case is based on a CBI FIR which alleged that Railway jobs were given to people in 2008-09 when Prasad was Railways Minister in lieu of land
Published on Jan 29, 2024 12:16 PM IST
Patna HC refuses to quash FIR against IPS officer Amit Lodha in DA case
The Patna high court has directed the special vigilance unit to take the investigation of this case to its logical end within a period of six months
Published on Jan 23, 2024 05:46 PM IST
Bihar to set up 43 more police sub-divisions to tackle communal violence
The move comes as part of the state home department’s measures to ensure better policing in the wake of a directive from chief minister Nitish Kumar to improve law and order in the state
Updated on Jan 21, 2024 05:27 PM IST
Bihar cops move court to seek arrest warrant against Lalu’s kin in assault case
An executive officer in Gaya district was brutally beaten up by a group led by Tanuj and Nayan Yadav, sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s nephew, Nagendra.
Updated on Jan 21, 2024 06:06 AM IST
Land for jobs: Fresh ED summons for Lalu, Tejashwi
While Prasad has been asked to depose on January 29, Tejashwi has been called the next day, on January 30.
Published on Jan 19, 2024 09:29 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar official, thrashed by goons on Patna road, battling for life in hospital
Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said he has sought information about the incident and promised action against the culprits
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 02:40 PM IST
Phulwari Sharif rape and murder: Arrested man a serial offender, had earlier raped and killed 72-yr-old woman
On January 9, body of an eight-year-old girl was found in a field at Hinduni village while her 12-year-old friend was found lying unconscious nearby and is currently undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Patna.
Published on Jan 13, 2024 10:01 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna:
Patna rape-murder: Cops make first arrest, say case cracked
On January 9, one of the two girls was found dead in a field at Hinduni village while another was found lying unconscious nearby.
Published on Jan 12, 2024 09:21 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Patna rape and murder: Minor survivor still unconscious, suspects yet to be identified
An eight-year-old girl was bludgeoned to death and her 12-year-old friend critically injured at Phulwari Sharif in Patna.
Updated on Jan 10, 2024 09:18 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar couple eloped in 2021, return home with 1-yr-old daughter; all 3 killed
The young couple, in their early twenties, was killed along with their daughter hours after they returned to their village in Bihar’s Nawgachhia police district
Published on Jan 09, 2024 09:39 PM IST
Man evading arrest after parole since 2013 arrested from Muzaffarpur
Police said the man, who faces more than 18 criminal cases, was arrested and forwarded to judicial custody in 2012 by Delhi police on the charges of carrying contrabands
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 05:42 PM IST