Sudhir Kumar is Varanasi based senior staff correspondent.He covers all developments, politics, education--primary, secondary and higher -- crime, offbeat, tribes and human angle stories
Articles by Sudhir Kumar
Want to crack IIT-JEE? Take up chess like this Varanasi lad
Playing chess helps Adarsh Srivastava, AIR 355 in IIT-JEE (Advanced) concentrate better and give careful thought to each question in mathematics
Updated on Jun 12, 2017 01:16 PM IST
‘No point renaming Mughalsarai station, tackle important issues’
Yogi Adityanath government’s decision to rename the Mughalsarai railway station after RSS ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya has not gone down well with many locals.
Updated on Jun 18, 2017 08:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mughalsarai | Sudhir Kumar, Mughalsarai
UP’s centre of excellence: This Jaunpur college has produced over 150 bureaucrats
The institution, which completed 100 years of its existence recently, attracts many meritorious students who cannot afford to move to Delhi or other big cities for higher education
Updated on Jun 07, 2017 04:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Truck driver’s son clears civil services exam, gets IPS
In 2012, he had cleared the civil services exam and got allied service. He worked in railways as an officer for about two and a half years. Later, he cleared the UP PCS exam and is presently working as a BSA in Azamgarh. Pramod now wants to give another shot at the exam so as to qualify for the IAS.
Published on Jun 02, 2017 02:14 PM IST
Lucknow, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
BHU’s centre for teachers’ training, NCERT to work for quality education in UP schools
Inter-University Centre for Teacher Education (IUCTE), at Banaras Hindu University and National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will conduct interactive sessions with teachers
Updated on Jun 01, 2017 01:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar
Girls from PM Narendra Modi’s adopted village Nagepur to form self-defence squads, impart training
After completing their training, they will form ‘self-defence sisters squads’ which will train girls in nearby areas including the Prime Minister’s first adopted village Jayapur
Published on May 29, 2017 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Bins go missing from boats in Varanasi; clean Ganga mission affected
Some locals and boatmen were said to have had taken the bins home even as the municipal authorities assured a crackdown.
Updated on Jul 16, 2017 09:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
After dispute over ‘band-baaja’, bride’s father returns ‘baarat’
The argument over arrangement of orchestra resulted in a free-for-all situation with friends and relatives from both the sides exchanging blows and manhandling each other
Updated on May 22, 2017 03:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Police officer develops software to assign duties to cops in Modi’s Varanasi
It ensures that all police personnel get assignments without any discrimination
Updated on May 17, 2017 09:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar
After Jayapur, solar power to light up another village adopted by Modi
Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Authority (UP NEDA) is in the process of setting up a 50 KV solar plant in Nagepur village
Published on May 10, 2017 03:56 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Varanasi’s ranking good, but ground reality not so good!
A mound of garbage was seen around the big dustbin placed by Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) near BHU. Reason: Locals, instead of using the bin, dump the waste around it.
Published on May 06, 2017 12:42 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Swachh Bharat survey: PM’s constituency Varanasi the only UP city among top 100
Urban Development Ministry had launched the Swachch Survekshan 2017 on January 4. The survey, conducted by the Quality Council of India, ranked 434 cities across the country on cleanliness and other aspects of urban sanitation.
Updated on May 05, 2017 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
100 village heads take WhatsApp route to share development ideas
The WhatsApp group was created around a month back. Upadhyaya, the group administrator, wants to add the heads of 150 villages to the group.
Published on May 04, 2017 02:14 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Museum to come up at Lamahi, showcase Premchand’s characters, era
The museum will give contrasting glimpses of socio-economic conditions at the time of Premchand and those that prevail now.
Published on May 03, 2017 12:59 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Coming soon: Film to depict Benares through Ghalib’s verses
Working in association with Ghalib Institute, New Delhi, Beenu says she researched for over nine months before starting to shoot for the documentary.
Updated on May 04, 2017 04:51 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Daily report on Varanasi projects to be sent to PMO, CM’s office
The PMO has instructed divisional commissioner Nitin Ramesh Gokarn to give a day-to-day report about the progress of the projects in Varanasi.
Published on Apr 24, 2017 05:58 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Giving up ‘blue beacon’ will hamper duty: PCS officers
The officers say they should be allowed to use the privilege as the blue beacon facility helps them reach the spot of the incident without much hassle.
Published on Apr 23, 2017 04:28 PM IST
Lucknow, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Rename Azamgarh as Aryamgarh, demands Yogi Adityanath’s Hindu Yuva Vahini
HYV is a right-wing outfit floated by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in 2002.
Updated on May 30, 2017 06:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
In pics: Government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh runs from a hut
Students of 5 grades huddle on 3 mats spread out on the ground in a government-run primary school in Naugarh developmental block of Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district.
Published on Apr 19, 2017 12:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
This biker has wheel-power to help mishap victims in Varanasi
On reaching the site, Aman provides first aid to accident victims by cleaning and dressing their wounds.
Published on Apr 18, 2017 12:33 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
American saxophone player Brooks mesmerises Varanasi
Saxophone player George Brooks performed at a recent event organised at Sankatmochan Temple in Varanasi.
Updated on Apr 17, 2017 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar
India’s rabab maestro strikes a chord in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, he teaches locals the rudiments of playing the lute-shaped musical instrument which is quite akin to the sarod.
Published on Apr 17, 2017 01:17 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Pollutants in Ganga destroying river purifying algae colonies: Study
Colonies of a major group of algae, which grow inside the river Ganga and act as its purifier, have fallen considerably due to change in river chemistry following human generated pollutants and sewage falling indiscriminately into the river.
Updated on May 16, 2017 04:58 PM IST
Lucknow, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
At Kashi Vishwanath Temple, flowers power Muslim duo’s faith
For decades, Mohammad Sabir and Rahat Ali have been sending garlands for the shayan aarti of Lord Vishwanath at the temple. They say it is because of the deity’s grace that they are able to earn enough to make ends meet.
Updated on Apr 16, 2017 01:31 PM IST
Lucknow, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Hopes of Chitra’s return fade as she breaks down at Kashi event
In 1990, Chitra and Jagjit suffered a big shock when their 20-year-old son Vivek died in a car accident, after which Chitra stopped singing. In 2011, Jagjit Singh passed away.
Updated on Apr 16, 2017 01:11 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar
Varanasi heritage app in the pipeline for tourists
The process to develop the Varanasi Heritage mobile app has already begun. The app comprising information about major 86 tourist spots will help tourists in a big way.
Published on Apr 15, 2017 01:08 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
UP: Meat sellers stage protest at PM’s public relations office in Varanasi
The protesters demand alternative means of livelihood, ban on cow vigilantes, condemn Alwar incident
Published on Apr 11, 2017 06:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | Sudhir Kumar
At this primary school in Varanasi, students converse in English!
At present 325 students are studying in this primary school and all of them have raised the bar high for students of other primary schools.
Published on Apr 10, 2017 03:10 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
If saffronisation means shaping talent of students, I am doing it, says BHU VC
Tripathi says if saffronisation means overall personality development of the students, enhancing their knowledge and inculcating moral values in them, he is making serious efforts for all these.
Published on Apr 10, 2017 03:05 PM IST
Varanasi, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Cops constitute ‘Gulabi’ gang in villages to tackle social evils
The gang, comprising housewives as its members, will act as social crusaders in villages where men, who are into social vices, end up targeting women.
Published on Apr 05, 2017 03:04 PM IST
Lucknow, Hindustan Times | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi