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
Lotus made you pearl, Rajnath tells JD (U)
BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday delved into allegory to get it across to the JD (U) leadership what it had risked, by jettisoning his party a week to date.
Updated on Jun 23, 2013 08:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Nitish's party lost bypoll because of Modi bashing: Bihar BJP
The uncalled for criticism of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by the JD (U) leadership, selection of the wrong candidate and increasing dependence on the bureaucracy led to the defeat of the JD (U) nominee P K Sahi in the Maharajganj by-election, feel top Bihar BJP leaders.
Updated on Jun 05, 2013 05:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
AIIMS-Patna to start medicare from August 15
The hospital services of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna (AIIMS-P) will be operational from August 15 this year. Currently, only its college wing is working.
Updated on Apr 28, 2013 06:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
JD (U), BJP divide seen at Bihar function
The divide between the two allies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) exhibited itself today through the absence of BJP representatives at a major state government programme. Binod Dubey reports.
Updated on Apr 24, 2013 07:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
70 food outlets face prosecution for adulteration
Food safety commissioner Sanjay Kumar has granted sanction to prosecute owners of 70 food and sweets outlets who allegedly used adulterated ingredients in violation of various provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which came into force in the state last year.
Updated on Dec 20, 2012 02:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Three MBBS students in IGIMS found fake
While two of them were still in first year, as they had failed to clear the MBBS exam, the third one had been promoted to second year after passing the supplementary test
Updated on Dec 19, 2012 02:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Beware! Recycled sweets flood market this Diwali
The recycled sweets, say medical experts, can permanently damage vital organs of human beings
Updated on Nov 07, 2012 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
BSHSA says docs won’t be peons of bureaucrats
Medical officers owing allegiance to the Bihar State Health Services Association (BSHSA) will strike work on January 15 and 16, 2013, to protest against the nonacceptance of their long-pending demands, including, an improvement in working conditions of serving doctors in the state.
Updated on Nov 01, 2012 01:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar levels with India, improves child life record
The sample registration system (SRS) survey report of the government of India, which has just come in, registers a sharp fall in the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the state. With a mortality of 44 infants per 1,000 live births, Bihar has now matched the national average for IMR and left behind several states, including UP, Rajasthan and MP in improving the indices.
Updated on Oct 22, 2012 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Medical councils, boards in the state face probe
In a major move, the Bihar health department has decided to investigate the functioning of various councils and boards in the state, which are responsible for registering graduates of different streams and providing them permission to practice. Binod Dubey reports.
Updated on Oct 19, 2012 07:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Mobile phones for 2 lakh health workers
In an innovative programme, the Bihar government is planning to provide dedicated mobile phones to two lakh frontline health workers to improve maternal and child health in the state.
Updated on Oct 13, 2012 01:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
State govt says no to NEET, to file petition in HC
The Bihar government may file a writ petition in the Patna high court against the Medical Council of India's proposed move to hold a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to post graduate medical courses and MBBS courses from the next academic sessions countrywide.
Updated on Sep 25, 2012 01:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Formal approval required for drug trials now
In view of the reported cases of clandestine drug trials by doctors in many parts of the country and in league with the pharmaceutical industries, the Ethical Committee (EC) of the Patna Medical College Hospital has alerted heads of all its departments and asked them not to permit any such exercise without the approval of the committee.
Updated on Sep 15, 2012 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
ISO award for six hospitals in Bihar
Six state government hospitals have received ISO: 9001- 2008 certification- a rare and very welcome movement in the normally stagnant health sector in Bihar.
Updated on Aug 30, 2012 04:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Now, committee to address doctors' issues
The Bihar health department has constituted a standing committee to deal with the myriad issues related to appointments, promotions and transfers of doctors in the state.
Updated on Aug 29, 2012 04:38 PM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Mystery disease kills 2 more kids, toll rises to 87
A mystery disease stalking Bihar’s children claimed two more lives on Sunday, taking the death toll to 87 in the last 19 days and forcing the state to seek the Centre’s help for tackling the health nightmare. Binod Dubey and Ajay Kumar report.
Updated on Jun 11, 2012 02:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey and Ajay Kumar, Patna/muzaffarpur
'Land grab' rocks Bihar assembly
The alleged illegal allotment of the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) land to wards of ministers, legislators, MPs and bureaucrats rocked the state legislative council on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 20, 2011 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey/HT correspondent, Patna
BJP rides on Nitish growth mantra
On Wednesday, the 15-year-old JD(U)-BJP alliance looked the best-ever crafted tie-up that swept the Bihar elections - with brand Nitish Kumar as its logo. But six months ago the alliance was almost on the brink.
Updated on Nov 25, 2010 01:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey & Shekhar Iyer, Patna/new Delhi
Criminals in the fray, again
If you thought the poll process in Bihar had been thoroughly cleansed, you may be in for a surprise.
Updated on Nov 24, 2010 09:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Dev Raj & Binod Dubey, Patna
Poverty no more a poll issue in Bihar
The last Communist bastion in the Seemanchal is threatened this time. Ironically, the constituency of Balrampur steeped in poverty for decades has lately seen better days.
Updated on Oct 15, 2010 08:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Barsoi (katihar)
Too many dummies to ensure victory in Bihar
Wanna win? Put many in the field! That seems to be the funda for elections for all parties in the fray.
Updated on Oct 14, 2010 02:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Katihar
Nadir of neglect, Manihari stuck in a time warp
Readers of the popular Bengali writer Balai Chandra Mukhopadhyay alias Banaphool would have a grand vision of his homeland Manihari in Bihar, which he depicted gloriously in many works, including his famous novel Hate-Bajare.
Updated on Oct 13, 2010 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Manihari
Another Kosi? 14 lakh people face flood threat
Bihar faces a 2008 Kosi-like flood situation, with the Gandak River, flowing from Nepal, threatening to breach its embankments in the Barrauli block of Gopalganj district in North Bihar. Binod Dubey reports. River in spate
Updated on Sep 16, 2010 01:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
BJP wants to contest 103 seats in Bihar
The BJP will contest in the coming Bihar elections in at least 103 constituencies, which was its share in which it fought in alliance with the JD(U) in the polls of 2005.
Updated on Jul 15, 2010 02:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Gandak plays havoc with tiger reserve
The internationally known and Bihar's sole tiger conservation unit, the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district, may soon be history.
Updated on Jul 08, 2010 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Valmiki Nagar, Bihar
New BJP state unit president soon
The name of the new president of the Bihar BJP is likely to be announced at party’s national office-bearers’ meeting in New Delhi on April 8.
Updated on Apr 06, 2010 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Arsenic blinds Bhojpur’s babies
At least 18 babies in several hamlets of Bihar’s Bhojpur district have been born blind in the past three months because their families consume groundwater containing alarming levels of arsenic, doctors have told Hindustan Times.
Updated on Apr 01, 2010 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey & V.K. Tripathi, Patna/ara
People suffering from rare disease found
The detection of three cases of rare Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome associated with leprosy in Bihar has alarmed the doctors. Binod Dubey reports.
Updated on Jan 07, 2010 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar Minister tsts positive for swine flu
Bihar cabinet minister (Art, culture and youth affairs) Renu Devi has tested positive for Swine Flu. She contracted the H1N1 infection in New Delhi during her recent sojourn there, reports Binod Dubey
Updated on Dec 08, 2009 12:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
595 people were recorded HIV positive every month in 2009
As the world observed 'AIDS Day' on Tuesday, these figures may not sound music to the ears of health planners in Bihar: An average 595 people were recorded HIV positive every month in 2009 as against zero cases reported in the State before 2001.
Updated on Dec 01, 2009 07:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna