With over 25 years of journalistic experience, he has expertise in health and environment reporting. He also reports on politics, covering the BJP in Bihar.
Articles by Binod Dubey
Muslim-majority belt test for BJP’s inclusive agenda
The BJP’s bid to be seen as a more inclusive party faces an acid test in Bihar’s Muslim-dominated Seemanchal belt encompassing 24 assembly constituencies where election will be held in the fifth and final phase on Thursday.
Published on Nov 04, 2015 11:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Three-party Grand Alliance an outcome of desperation, says Jaitley
The BJP-led NDA will form the next government with two-thirds majority in Bihar due to the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.
Updated on Oct 29, 2015 04:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Insecure leaders kept me out of Bihar campaign: Shatrughan
Apparently piqued at being ‘ignored’ by the BJP leadership as electioneering peaks in Bihar, cine star and Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha expressed his ‘agony’ in a series of tweets Sunday, saying it is not by his choice that he was not campaigning, but due to machinations of local leaders that he is out of public scene.
Updated on Oct 26, 2015 02:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
BJP will sweep remaining 3 phases of polls: Jaitley
Senior BJP leader and finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday his party will get a clear majority in the Bihar assembly elections and form a government in the state on its own.
Updated on Oct 24, 2015 11:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar polls: Maoist shadow over battle of ballots in Suryagarha
No party will officially acknowledge it but it is an open secret that the support of the CPI-Maoist – the dominant Left-wing insurgent group in the state – is crucial for winning the electoral battle in Suryagarha constituency which goes to the polls on October 12.
Updated on Oct 09, 2015 08:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Suryagarha
Modi strikes pro-poor pitch, slams Nitish govt’s ‘arrogance’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed his first rally in Bihar on Friday after the announcement of assembly poll dates, saying India would not progress without growth and development in the state.
Updated on Oct 02, 2015 09:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Banka
Lalu may come under EC scanner for ‘casteist remark’
Chief election commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Monday said the Bihar chief electoral officer (CEO) will examine any complaint on caste remarks allegedly made by RJD president Lalu Prasad
Published on Sep 29, 2015 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey and Ruchir Kumar, Patna
Bihar polls: BJP fields just two Muslim candidates out of 153
Despite claiming to have given adequate representation to Muslims, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded only two Muslim candidates out of the 153 declared so far.
Updated on Sep 20, 2015 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar polls: BJP fields just two Muslim candidates out of 153
Despite claiming to have given adequate representation to Muslims, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded only two Muslim candidates out of the 153 declared so far.
Updated on Sep 20, 2015 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar polls: BJP releases second list of 99 candidates
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of 99 candidates on Saturday, accommodating its allies, senior leaders' kin and several rebels of the Nitish Kumar led Janata Dal (United).
Updated on Sep 19, 2015 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mammen Matthew & Binod Dubey, Patna
RSS has its say in BJP's first list for Bihar elections
The BJP finalised its first list of candidates, which was released on Tuesday, for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls on the basis of three highly classified surveys conducted by the central leadership of the saffron party and the RSS, a source said.
Updated on Sep 17, 2015 09:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar polls: No CM face for BJP, but no dearth of aspirants
Though the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided not to project a chief ministerial candidate for fear of a caste backlash, its list of potential leaders for the post has kept growing.
Updated on Sep 17, 2015 02:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Modi believes in equal rights and freedom of faith: MJ Akbar
Noted journalist MJ Akbar, now the national spokesperson of the BJP, has emerged as a prominent Muslim face of the party. He had earlier represented Kishanganj in the Lok Sabha as a Congress member. He says Muslims are quite inclined to the BJP and even contentious issues like "Ghar Wapsi (Home Coming)" will not impact them in polls this year.
Updated on Sep 15, 2015 07:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey
Manjhi questions Paswan's status as Dalit leader, rocks NDA
NDA ally Jitan Ram Manjhi has queered the pitch for the alliance’s seat-sharing arrangement ahead of the Bihar assembly polls by demanding a greater share for his party than the 15 seats promised by the BJP.
Updated on Sep 17, 2015 05:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Nitish's DNA went wrong after aligning with Lalu: BJP leader Rudy
BJP leader and Union minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday claimed that under the leadership of Lalu Prasad, the grand alliance of RJD, JD (U) and Congress was out to create a division between upper and lower castes to get political mileage in the assembly polls in Bihar.
Updated on Sep 17, 2015 05:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Musahar community wants Manjhi back to finish development work
Members of the dominant Musahar community in Parvarti Nagar village, nestled in the foothills of a hillock in Khizrsarai block of Gaya district, are seething with rage.
Updated on Aug 26, 2015 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Magadh
Inside BJP's war room in battleground Bihar
The Bihar campaign is micromanaged by Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah. He has deployed 245 video vans or ‘parivartan raths'(chariots), over 62,000 booths and has handpicked three key men, union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, party state in-charge Bhupender Yadav and business professional Rituraj Sinha for all execution.
Updated on Aug 26, 2015 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Serial blasts fail to deter tourist inflow in Bodh Gaya
It may sound strange, nevertheless it is a statistical fact that the number of pilgrims - both foreign and domestic - visiting the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya, has nearly doubled, post 2013 serial bomb blasts on the temple complex.
Updated on Aug 17, 2015 10:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Bodh Gaya
PM Modi backs Chouhan and Raje despite Opposition fire
Prime Minister Narendra Modi backed BJP leaders Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje on Sunday as the two chief ministers facing Opposition fire for their alleged links to the Vyapam exam scam and Lalit Modi controversy.
Updated on Aug 10, 2015 03:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey and Anil Kumar, Gaya
Serious governance deficit in Bihar: Raghubar Das
Das said people of the state were no longer interested in the circus and would reject the Kumar-led government thoroughly in the upcoming assembly polls.
Updated on Aug 03, 2015 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
BJP's Muslim teams from Gujarat to campaign in Bihar
The BJP is set to deploy members of its Gujarat-based Muslim wing to allay fears associated with the party’s perceived pro-Hindu image in poll-bound Bihar and field several candidates from the community this assembly election.
Updated on Jul 24, 2015 06:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Former JD(U) MP Sabir Ali re-inducted in BJP
Former Rajya Sabha MP Sabir Ali, whose induction in the BJP had created tremors in the party last year owing to stiff opposition by several saffron party leaders -- particularly union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, and whose membership had been cancelled in less than 24 hours of his joining, was re-inducted in the BJP here on Thursday.
Updated on Jul 23, 2015 02:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar: BJP ‘factions’ put up own names for CM candidates
Though the top leadership of the BJP has almost decided not to project anyone as the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar and that the party would go to the polls with the tried and tested face of Prime Minister
Updated on Jun 30, 2015 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
I'll sign on dotted lines, where NaMo wants me to: Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan made it quite clear that he was 'not a chief ministerial candidate' of the NDA for the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar.
Updated on Jun 30, 2015 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar people scared of Lalu, can't think of supporting JD(U)- RJD alliance: Sushil Modi
Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi is the frontrunner for the top job in the state if the BJP and its allies win the assembly elections due in September-October. Popularly known as 'SuMo', Modi talks to Binod Dubey on the political scenario in Bihar and the challenge the party faces from the Janata Parivar.
Updated on Jun 11, 2015 05:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Janata Parivar is a promise of quick political divorce, says Bihar BJP
Even though the BJP leadership claimed that neither the Janata Parivar alliance, nor Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate would impact the party's poll prospects, saffron party strategists on Monday met to finalise an action plan to take on the Parivar in light of the new developments.
Updated on Jun 11, 2015 05:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar trust vote: BJP MLAs want to back CM Manjhi, Delhi to take final call
BJP legislators were in favour of backing Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi during this week’s trust vote, a party spokesperson said on Wednesday, as the month-long political flux in the state is headed towards an endgame.
Updated on Feb 19, 2015 11:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey and Ashok Mishra, Patna
Nitish responsible for Bihar mess, says Amit Shah
The Kumar-Sushil Modi NDA duo was doing well, but it was solely because of Kumar’s soaring ambition and personal ego to become prime minister that the symphony was disturbed, putting Bihar in such a mess says Amit Shah, BJP national president
Updated on Jan 24, 2015 02:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey/Anil Kumar, Patna`
MCI quizzes 300 docs, scrutiny of documents underway
After the completion of quizzing of about 300 doctors, including 20 from Bihar, by the Medical Council of India (MCI), the process for scrutiny of their documents by the council is now underway.
Updated on Jan 20, 2015 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Petroleum ministry to spend Rs. 25,000cr on Bihar projects
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas will be spending over Rs. 25,000 crore on various projects in Bihar in the next five years. This includes enhancement of the Barauni oil refinery’s capacity from the existing six million tonnes to nine million tonnes.
Updated on Jan 19, 2015 02:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Begusarai