Rakesh Singh has worked on Desk for about two decades with the Hindustan Times, Patna. While working on Desk he has also written on issues of human interest.
Articles by Rakesh Singh
Bihar relies on village chowkidars to resolve land disputes early, reduce crime
According to the National Crime Bureau Record (NCRB), in Bihar in 2019, there were 3,707 crime incidents related to land and property disputes, while the number of people killed were 5,227, or 3.1% per lakh
Published on Mar 03, 2021 09:43 AM IST
Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Patna
Bihar plans mutation reform to curb fraud
Bihar revenue department officials and some circle officers will enlist practical problems they might face in implementing the new process.
Updated on Feb 24, 2021 04:38 PM IST
Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Patna
Wonder App to Ashwin portal: Bihar ups tech game to bolster health facilities
CM Kumar said the Wonder App will benefit pregnant women while the Ashwin portal will ensure timely payment to Asha workers.
Updated on Feb 22, 2021 12:13 AM IST
Craze for learning Chinese among Bihar tourist guides falls sharply
Earlier some guides used to teach Chinese at Bodh Gaya, but now they don’t have students.
Published on Feb 15, 2021 09:30 AM IST
Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Patna
Bihar gets its act together for Paddy procurement after Nitish Kumar’s warning
There was no distress sale of paddy by farmers in Bihar this kharif season owing to several corrective measures, claimed a senior government official.
Published on Feb 14, 2021 11:34 AM IST
Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Patna
Bodh Gaya tourism in deep coma sans international flights and domestic visitors
The situation is unlikely to improve anytime soon since the peak season of earning in Bodh Gaya is from October to February.
Published on Feb 09, 2021 09:28 AM IST
Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Patna
Passport applicants in Bihar drop by half as Covid-19 hits movement abroad
Three districts that topped the chart with respect to the number of applications for the past few years, witnessed almost half the number of passport seekers.
Updated on Jan 31, 2021 07:38 PM IST
Rakesh Singh, Patna
In Bihar, ‘Kamalam’ has been helping farmers earn a decent livelihood for years now
Farmers willing to put in ₹6-8 lakh as one-time initial investment , are easily earning ₹8-10 lakh per annum from a hectare of land in Kosi and Seemanchal areas of Bihar
Updated on Jan 25, 2021 12:11 PM IST
Farmers involved in opium cultivation in Bihar’s Gaya to get help to grown legal crops
The drug mafia is involved in the illegal cultivation near the Grand Trunk Road, say the authorities
Published on Jan 15, 2021 01:16 PM IST
Cong asks Nitish Kumar to intervene as doctors’ strike hits health services
The health services in all the nine medical colleges and hospitals across the state have been crippled due to the strike.
Published on Dec 29, 2020 09:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Thousands march to Governor’s house in Patna against farm laws, lathicharged
Eyewitnesses said thousands of farmers, under the banner of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti and other Left parties, had assembled in Patna since early morning and began their march from the historic Gandhi Maidan.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Bihar issues guidelines for reopening of schools, colleges at 50% capacity
The decision to reopen remaining classes will be taken after a review meeting on January 18, 2021.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 08:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
Stellar performance revives Left in Bihar, adds numbers to Grand Alliance
Before the announcement of seat-sharing, the three Left parties held several rounds of meetings separately with RJD state president Jagdanand Singh demanding more share in the GA pie.
Updated on Nov 10, 2020 11:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Bihar polls: Voters shy away; Digha, Bankipur, Kumhrar witness lowest polling
Urban voters in constituencies falling under Patna district shied away from casting their votes.
Updated on Nov 03, 2020 08:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Wages, caste and family pride in play at Jehanabad
The three seats -- Jehanabad, Ghosi and Makhdumpur (reserved for scheduled castes) – have influential leaders from both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition Grand Alliance.
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 05:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Covid-19 scuttles meetings in Bihar’s urban areas to decide voting on caste lines
While the fear of Covid-19 is stopping people in urban areas from holding meetings on caste lines to decide the voting pattern, there is a churn among both so-called upper and lower castes in the rural areas to decide who should be voted en bloc.
Updated on Oct 25, 2020 01:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
2 former students of JNU set to make electoral debut in Bihar assembly polls
Sandeep Saurav is contesting the Paliganj seat in Patna district on a CPI (ML) ticket while Nikhil Anand is the BJP candidate in Maner which is also in Patna district.
Updated on Oct 20, 2020 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
In Bihar, Purnia range IG dies of Covid-19, death toll close to 1,000-mark
With 1,152 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the total cases in the state rose to 2,04,212, while with six deaths, the death toll rose to 996—four short of the 1,000 mark. The highest number of 316 cases was reported from Patna.
Updated on Oct 19, 2020 02:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Faux pas: Bihar candidates’ affidavits show some aged by a decade since last election
JD(U) MLA was 46-year-old, however, according to the affidavit filed for the 2020 polls, he is now 56.
Updated on Oct 18, 2020 06:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Bihar Panchayati Raj minister’s condition worsens; state adds 1,302 fresh Covid-19 cases
Nearly 1,302 fresh Covid-19 cases were detected pushing the count of positive cases to 1,96,268, while the recovery rate shot up to 93.86% in Bihar.
Updated on Oct 12, 2020 01:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Kanhaiya Kumar, former student leaders show up in Left parties’ star campaigners list for Bihar polls
The Left parties, including CPI (ML), CPI and CPI-M, are partners of the Grand Alliance (GA), whose major constituents are RJD and Congress. Under the seat-sharing pact, the RJD has got 144 seats, Congress 70 and Left parties 29. The CPI-ML has got 19 seats, CPI six and CPI-M four.
Updated on Oct 11, 2020 06:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
This Maoist-turned-politician of Bihar has more cases against him than party chief Pappu Yadav
Maoist-turned politician Sudhir Kumar Verma alias Vinod Marandi has 37 cases lodged against him, which include heinous crimes.
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 07:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Bihar elections: Maoist-turned-politician facing more cases than party chief Pappu Yadav
The former Maoist used to run an extortion racket in Bihar’s Magadh region and in the neighbouring areas of Jharkhand
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 04:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
Bihar assembly election: 5 ministers have little margin for error this time
These ministers had managed to scrape through in the last assembly elections by a very small margin.
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 03:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
Mahabodhi temple’s legendary peepal tree gets ‘natural advantage’ amid Covid-19 lockdown
Without any spraying of nutrients in past nine months, the condition of tree is quite healthy and it is abundant with leaves.
Updated on Sep 19, 2020 06:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Over 3 million tested in Bihar for Covid-19, recovery rate climbs 87%
Patna still remains a Covid-19 hotspot with detection of 253 cases on Sunday and pushing the city’s tally to 20,889.
Published on Aug 30, 2020 09:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, patna | Rakesh Singh
Covid-19 lockdown extended in Bihar till September 6
The home department issued the order to extend the lockdown after a high-level meeting.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 04:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
Testing scaled up as Bihar set to cross 1-lakh mark
Seeing the spike in cases, the state government has given permission to open plasma bank in Jayaprabha Hospital, Paras HMRI Hospital, Patna, Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and JLNMCH, Bhagalpur.
Published on Aug 13, 2020 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Spotlight on private hospitals over charging Covid patients in Bihar, cases rise to 86,812
Capital Patna has most number of Covid 19 infections in Bihar.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 09:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
Returning migrant workers boost tractor sales in Bihar, state records highest June sales in country
Tractor dealers say that they are struggling to meet the demand in August which is generally considered lean for the sale of these farm machines.
Updated on Aug 09, 2020 06:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh |Edited by Anubha Rohatgi