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
Siwan, Gopalganj Lok Sabha seats have maximum emigrants in Bihar, fewer job avenues
Migration of labourers has been a burning issue during polls. In the absence of job opportunities and poor industrial growth, people emigrate from the state, either to other states or, if they can, overseas.
Published on May 09, 2019 04:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Government hiding another shelter home rape case, alleges CPI-ML
Krishnan said six persons were arrested but two could not be traced.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 03:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, PATNA | Rakesh Singh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Misa Yadav, Ram Kripal file nominations from Patliputra seat
Rajya Sabha member Misa Bharti (RJD) and sitting MP Ram Kripal Yadav of the BJP filed nominations from Patliputra Lok Sabha seat while Raju Yadav of CPI (ML) filed papers from Ara on Thursday.
Published on Apr 26, 2019 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: To counter Kanhaiya, RJD too brings in student leaders from JNU, AMU, Jamia
RJD’s Begusarai candidate, Tanveer Hassan has brought in student leaders from JNU, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jamia Millia Islamia to canvass for him in a bid to counter the campaign of former JNUSU president and CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar.
Published on Apr 25, 2019 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 | CPI asks Tejashwi Yadav to ‘retire’ RJD’s Begusarai candidate in favour of Kanhaiya Kumar
Begusarai is among the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar where polling would be held on April 29. The other seats are Darbhanga, Ujjiarpur, Samastipur (SC) and Munger.
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 05:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: JMM’s Kishanganj candidate Shukal Murmu has zero assets
Bihar state president of JMM, Pranav Kumar, said Shukal Murmu, contesting from Kishanganj, is a social worker who works for the uplift of tribals.
Published on Apr 16, 2019 11:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Lok Sabha elections 2019: 1st phase turnout at 53.06% in Bihar
The four constituencies, Nawada, Gaya, Jamui and Aurangabad, witnessed 2.27% increase in voting as compared to 2014 parliamentary polls. The average polling in the first phase was 53.06%.
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 08:21 AM IST
Patna | Rakesh Singh and Anil Kumar Ojha
Kanhaiya Kumar files nomination papers from Begusarai, comrades in tow
The highway, from Bihat to Begusarai, witnessed a huge vehicular traffic congestion due to a large number of people joining Kanhaiya’s motorcade on SUVs and motorcycle. The unseasonal rain also added to the woes of the commuters.
Published on Apr 10, 2019 09:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Kushwaha announces list of candidates, will himself contest from two seats in LS polls
“A deadly attack was made on me in the state capital when I took out a march after quitting the NDA. I want to teach a lesson to those people. My mission is to defeat the NDA,” Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha said.
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 12:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Bihar Board BSEB intermediate results 2019 declared in record time
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) intermediate (class 12) results, declared in a record time on Saturday, had many firsts this time.
Updated on Mar 30, 2019 08:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Kanhaiya Kumar’s crowdfunding platform hacked but stars line up for campaign
Bollywood actors Swara Bhasker, Nandita Das, Prakash Raj, Shabana Azmi and lyricist Javed Aktar have expressed their desire to campaign for Kanhaiya. Besides, Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar, Patidar leader Hardik Patel and Bollywood director Imtiaz Ali were also expected to join Kanhaiya in poll trail.
Published on Mar 29, 2019 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Kanhaiya strikes gold, other JNUSU presidents not so lucky
Whether Kanhaiya will win or lose is to be seen, but it appears certain now that Begusarai, the Leningrad of Bihar, will be a launchpad for the former JNUSU president, taking him to the higher echelon of politics.
Updated on Mar 27, 2019 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Electoral fight only with BJP’s Giriraj Singh,says Kanhaiya Kumar
Senior CPI leaders, including national secretary K Narayana and Bihar secretary Satyanarayan Singh, announced the candidature of Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai Lok Sabha seat on Sunday.
Published on Mar 25, 2019 05:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Lok Sabha polls 2019: CPI (ML) to contest from four seats in Bihar
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, CPI (ML) state secretary Kunal regretted that by keeping the Left parties out of the GA, polarisation of votes against BJP had weakened.
Published on Mar 24, 2019 09:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Left out of Bihar alliance, Kanhaiya Kumar to be CPI candidate in Begusarai
The Grand Alliance in Bihar on Friday announced its seat sharing pact for 40 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Updated on Mar 24, 2019 12:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Jitan Ram Manjhi redraws his line, demands 5 seats from grand alliance
Manjhi said the 11-member parliamentary board took the decision based on the caste equation in constituencies and the party’s winnability factor. He said the GA partners had broadly agreed on allotting four seats to the HAM-S.
Published on Mar 17, 2019 02:53 AM IST
Patna | Rakesh Singh
It’s wedding versus Lok Sabha Elections in Bihar for next two months
In Bihar, polling is due on April 11, 18, 23, 29 and May 12 and 19. This means there will be four days, April 18, April 23, May 12 and May 19, when the polling day will also see a number of wedding functions across the state.
Updated on Mar 14, 2019 11:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh, Patna
Muslims by religion, Hindu by tradition, nomads in Buxar excite scholars
They participate in all Hindu festivals. However, during weddings, they put on vermilion of different colours. “On the fifth day, after ‘sindoor daan’, they recite kalma in presence of a maulvi for completion of the wedding ceremony,” said Sinha.
Published on Mar 01, 2019 03:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Bihar Board Exam 2019 concludes, 55 ‘Munna Bhais’ arrested,162 expelled
To monitor the exams, in addition to a WhatsApp group, a 24X7 control room was made. In the WhatsApp group all the district magistrates, district education officers and district nodal officers were attached.
Published on Mar 01, 2019 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Bihar Boards 2019: Chapra girl uses toes to take Class 12 exam
She writes so legibly using her toes that those using hands will wonder,” said Shashi Bhusan Singh, SST teacher of Smt Uma Pandey Ramlakhan Das Project Girls High School, Harpur in Saran district, where Ankita studies.
Updated on Feb 14, 2019 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Bihar braveheart turns tragedy into career
Rakesh Srivastava, who has made a career in prosthetics and orthotics in the US after surviving a near-fatal mishap in Bihar’s Begusarai that led to amputation of his left leg, now wants to bring affordable prosthetics to the country
Published on Jan 25, 2017 06:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh