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Rakesh Singh

Rakesh Singh

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

A couple was arrested for attempting to kill elderly parents over land dispute in Odisha’s Keonjhar.

Updated on Mar 3, 2021 04:13 IST

Bihar plans mutation reform to curb fraud

The spatial mutation of land is likely to create a clear record of changes in ownership reducing frauds and disputes.

Updated on Feb 24, 2021 11:08 IST

Wonder App to Ashwin portal: Bihar ups tech game to bolster health facilities

File photo: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.

Updated on Feb 21, 2021 18:43 IST

Craze for learning Chinese among Bihar tourist guides falls sharply

The attraction of the Chinese language has lessened among tourist guides in Bodh Gaya due to strained India-China ties and the uncertainty about Chinese tourists' inflow in the future.

Updated on Feb 15, 2021 04:00 IST

Bihar gets its act together for Paddy procurement after Nitish Kumar’s warning

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had warned of action against officials responsible for confusion over paddy procurement registration process. (HT file)

Updated on Feb 14, 2021 06:04 IST

Bodh Gaya tourism in deep coma sans international flights and domestic visitors

Resident monks of Bodh Gaya temple had even offered special prayers to mitigate the spread of coronavirus last year.

Updated on Feb 9, 2021 03:58 IST

Passport applicants in Bihar drop by half as Covid-19 hits movement abroad

The numbers also point towards the reluctance in people of Bihar to migrate outside the country during the pandemic.

Updated on Jan 31, 2021 14:08 IST

In Bihar, ‘Kamalam’ has been helping farmers earn a decent livelihood for years now

A dragon fruit plantation at Thakurganj in Kishanganj district of Bihar. (HT photo)

Updated on Jan 25, 2021 06:41 IST

Farmers involved in opium cultivation in Bihar’s Gaya to get help to grown legal crops

Representational Image. (HT file)

Updated on Jan 15, 2021 07:46 IST

Cong asks Nitish Kumar to intervene as doctors’ strike hits health services

Junior doctors demonstrating outside Patna Medical College and Hospital on the seventh day of their strike demanding higher stipends.

Updated on Dec 29, 2020 15:48 IST

Thousands march to Governor’s house in Patna against farm laws, lathicharged

The farmers lathicharged by the police in Patna. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 29, 2020 09:45 IST

Stellar performance revives Left in Bihar, adds numbers to Grand Alliance

The CPI, contesting on six seats, including Bakhri, Teghra, Bachhwara in Begusarai district besides Harlakhi and Jhanjharpur in Darbhanga and Rupauli in Purnia district made a good performance in Begusarai district considered ‘Leningrad of Bihar’.

Updated on Nov 10, 2020 17:58 IST

Wages, caste and family pride in play at Jehanabad

A key local campaign issue is the demand to raise the salaries of roughly 350,000 government school teachers appointed since 2006 through panchayats and city municipalities.

Updated on Oct 26, 2020 23:42 IST

Covid-19 scuttles meetings in Bihar’s urban areas to decide voting on caste lines

In contrast to large turnouts in election rallies for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, people in urban areas are not holding meetings to decide on who to vote for.

Updated on Oct 25, 2020 07:32 IST

2 former students of JNU set to make electoral debut in Bihar assembly polls

JNU alumni Sandeep Saurav (Left) and Nikhil Anand. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 20, 2020 17:50 IST

In Bihar, Purnia range IG dies of Covid-19, death toll close to 1,000-mark

The bulletin said in the past 24 hours 1,079 patients recovered in Bihar while 1,19,456 tests were conducted in the same period. Till now the health department has conducted 91,34,927 tests in the state.

Updated on Oct 18, 2020 20:46 IST

Bihar Panchayati Raj minister’s condition worsens; state adds 1,302 fresh Covid-19 cases

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man for coronavirus testing in Patna.

Updated on Oct 11, 2020 20:00 IST

Over 3 million tested in Bihar for Covid-19, recovery rate climbs 87%

A medic takes swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 test at Gardiner Hospital in Patna.

Updated on Aug 30, 2020 15:44 IST

Testing scaled up as Bihar set to cross 1-lakh mark

Chief minister Nitish Kumar had been stressing to increase the testing to 1 lakh per day, which was achieved on Thursday. Fourteen days back (July 31), Bihar was conducting just 22,742 tests in 24 hours. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 13, 2020 18:10 IST

Super spreader weddingPatna DM invokes Epidemics Act

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Updated on Jul 2, 2020 14:47 IST

Super-spreader wedding near Patna leaves 79 infected with coronavirus

At least 79 of the 394 fresh cases of Covid-19 reported Monday were people who had attended a marriage ceremony at Paliganj near Patna

Updated on Jun 30, 2020 13:36 IST

Bihar reports 15th Covid death, tally tops 3K

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Updated on May 27, 2020 17:22 IST

Beggars outside Gaya temple on the brink as their ‘bank’ goes bankrupt

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Updated on May 16, 2020 16:38 IST

Covid-19 positive cases in Bihar reach 242 as 8 districts report fresh cases

A police personnel directs commuters during lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Dak Bungalow crossing, in Patna.

Updated on Apr 26, 2020 01:48 IST

In Bihar, farmers form grain bank to help feed the needy

Farmers seen at work during wheat harvesting season, in Patna, Bihar, India, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Updated on Apr 15, 2020 22:54 IST

Virus fear puts a halt on political activities in poll-bound Bihar

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Updated on Mar 16, 2020 13:17 IST

Kanhaiya concludes anti-CAA rallies across 38 Bihar districts

CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar addresses the gathering during ‘Nagrikta Bachao – Desh Bachao Rally’ against CAA and NRC, at Gandhi Maidan, in Patna.

Updated on Feb 28, 2020 02:10 IST

Bihar: A govt school that runs for one student

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Updated on Jan 24, 2020 04:06 IST

Bihar school has two teachers and a cook for single student

The lone, ‘pricey’ student, Jhanvi Kumari, gets special attention of the two teachers.

Updated on Jan 24, 2020 04:09 IST

Congress rally in Patna stopped midway, cops use tear gas to disperse workers

Police personnel use water cannons to disperse Congress workers during a rally in Patna, Bihar, on Sunday.

Updated on Nov 25, 2019 24:23 IST

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