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Ruchir Kumar

Ruchir Kumar

Ruchir writes on health, aviation, power and myriad other issues. An ex-TOI, he has worked both on Desk and in reporting. He over 25 years of broadcast and print journalism experience in Assam, Jharkhand & Bihar.

Articles by Ruchir Kumar

Air Marshal Bharti gives fresh fame and pride to parents and Purnia

Son of Purnia, Air Marshal AK Bharti, during a press conference on 'Operation Sindoor' in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI)

Updated on May 12, 2025 09:07 PM IST

Bihar man donates organs, gives new lease of life to six in Gujarat

Chamaklal Yadav with wife

Published on Apr 18, 2025 05:19 PM IST

Bihar Budget 2025-26: Nitish govt announces plans to develop 15 airports

Bihar deputy CM and finance minister Samrat Choudhary at the assembly before presenting 2025-26 state budget on Monday. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo)

Published on Mar 04, 2025 01:52 PM IST

Need to develop medical infrastructure further in Bihar: President

The President said decentralisation of good medical institutions across the country would prove helpful in removing the problems patients face when they go out of the state for treatment. (PTI)

Published on Feb 26, 2025 10:58 AM IST

Cyber slavery, cyber frauds on the rise in Bihar

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, commonly referred to as I4C, in June last year shared with police a list of 347 people from Bihar who went on tourist/visitor visas to southeast Asian countries including Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, since 2022, but did not return. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Updated on Feb 12, 2025 06:10 PM IST

Bihar: Schools till Class 8 closed in Patna, Darbhanga due to cold

Vehicles crossing in low visibility due to fog at JP Setu in Patna, Bihar, India, Wednesday,15, 2025.(Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 08:11 AM IST

Patna schools up to class 8 closed till January 11 due to cold

Patna schools up to class 8 closed till January 11 (Representative image)

Updated on Jan 06, 2025 08:56 AM IST

Delhi-Shillong SpiceJet flight lands in Patna after technical glitch

The aircraft has been temporarily grounded (HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 09, 2024 01:11 PM IST

Tractor breaks down near Patna airport runway, holds up Indigo flight in sky

(Representative Image/Hindustan)

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 10:38 PM IST

Govt removes Patna’s AIIMS executive director who was indicted by inquiry panel

An inquiry panel set up by the union health ministry recommended divesting Dr Pal of his responsibilities at AIIMS Patna. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 05, 2024 04:11 PM IST

Non-creamy layer tag for Patna AIIMS head’s son under probe

AIIMS Patna head Dr Gopal Krushna Pal.

Published on Sep 24, 2024 08:33 AM IST

Work on Darbhanga AIIMS to begin soon: Nadda

BJP president and Union health minister J P Nadda with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and others at the inauguration of the eye building of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science hospital in Patna. (HT photo)

Published on Sep 06, 2024 09:19 PM IST

99-year-old PMCH gets nod for superspecialty course in nephrology, neurology

99-year-old PMCH gets nod for superspecialty course in nephrology, neurology

Published on Sep 03, 2024 08:09 PM IST

Patna AIIMS gets nod to begin kidney transplants

Patna AIIMS (HT file)

Updated on Aug 27, 2024 09:09 PM IST

When the chips were down, she took a shot

A Dalit girl from Narindrapur, a nondescript village in Siwan’s Ziradei block, the hometown of India’s first President Dr Rajendra Prasad, Ruby was born to a poor family and her, Surendra Ram, worked at a brick kiln before turning a farmer.

Updated on Aug 17, 2024 08:10 AM IST

Bihar govt hands over 150-acre land to Centre for AIIMS Darbhanga

The AIIMS at Darbhanga will be the second in the state, after the one in Patna. (HT file photo)

Updated on Aug 12, 2024 04:43 PM IST

Nitish Kumar calls budget “progressive”; Tejashwi Yadav says it lacked revival plan

Nitish Kumar expressed his happiness after the state announced major financial outlay in the budget. (ANI photo)

Updated on Jul 23, 2024 07:57 PM IST

Bihar man files FIR against neighbour after electric fence kills 4 street dogs

Uday Kumar, SHO of the Ekma police station, said they were waiting for the postmortem report (Anipixels.com via Peta India)

Updated on Jul 17, 2024 09:48 PM IST

14 barred Patanjali products sold across counter at dedicated stores

HT visited Patanjali stores across four major Indian cities — New Delhi, Lucknow, Patna and Dehradun — and was able to procure most of these products, procuring a receipt in each of these cases. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Jul 11, 2024 09:27 AM IST

First time MP: ‘I practised the oath so that I don’t stumble’

An alumna of LSR and Delhi School of Economics, Shambhavi Choudhury was a director in a Patna school for a few years. (Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 02, 2024 06:16 AM IST

21 newly elected Bihar Lok Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases: ADR report

Of the 12 BJP MPs, as many as eight (67%) have declared criminal cases. (Representative file photo)

Published on Jun 19, 2024 11:19 AM IST

LS polls: Campaign ends, 8 seats in Bihar up for grabs in last lap

Polling staff collect election material from a centre in Patna for the last phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (HT PHOTO)

Published on May 30, 2024 09:35 PM IST

Bihar to explore imparting medical education in Hindi

Bihar government to explore imparting medical education in Hindi

Published on May 29, 2024 09:35 AM IST

Lok Sabha polls: Legacy, development aspirations key factors in Hajipur seat

Ram Vilas Paswan’s brother Pasupati Paras is the Hajipur MP, but the seat has now been given to LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 18, 2024 01:15 AM IST

Chirag Paswan might face stiff opposition from RJD’s Shiv Chandra Ram

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan (File Photo)

Published on May 18, 2024 12:56 AM IST

No cakewalk for Chirag in Hajipur amid silent Paras play

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chirag Paswan at his rally in Hajipur on May 13. (HT)

Published on May 17, 2024 09:18 PM IST

Worth ₹36 cr, Rohini richest candidate in Bihar in 5th phase

RJD candidate from Saran, Rohini Acharya, filed her nomination paper for Lok Sabha elections on April 29. (HT file)

Updated on May 12, 2024 09:42 PM IST

Seven doctors in LS fray in Bihar on party tickets, IMA backs

Former union minister and sitting BJP MP from Patna Sahib constituency, Ravishankar Prasad, comes out after filing his nomination paper for Lok Sabha polls. To his left is Dr C P Thakur, one of the most eminent doctors of Bihar who also served as union health minister. (HT photo)

Published on May 10, 2024 09:53 PM IST

Losing deposit no bar for LS, assembly bids in Bihar

Satyendra Baitha, an Independent candidate, rode a donkey to file his nomination for Gopalganj Lok Sabha seat recently.

Published on May 08, 2024 09:51 PM IST

LS polls: Bihar sees 60% turnout in five seats in 3rd phase

At a polling booth in Khagaria on Tuesday. (HT photo)

Published on May 07, 2024 09:48 PM IST

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