Articles by Alok Kumar
Urban health: Slipping through the cracks
This article is authored by Indrani Gupta & Alok Kumar Singh, CSEP.
Published on May 31, 2024 11:59 AM IST
Rooftop solar waits for its moment under the sun
Rooftop solar saves precious land and also generates seven times more jobs as compared to large ground-mounted ones and provides cost-effective power
Published on Jan 31, 2024 09:50 PM IST
Rejuvenating UP’s education sector
From implementing NEP to setting up e-learning parks and colleges for vocational training, the state has taken a slew of steps to boost education. This can help economic and social progress
Published on Feb 07, 2023 08:09 PM IST
Alok Kumar Rai
The good, bad, and sober news that the NFHS data presents
As always, national averages belie inter-state differentials. Of note is the change in such differentials over the 2005-20 period
Updated on Dec 14, 2021 07:54 PM IST
Sandhya Venkateswaran and Alok Kumar
How can young employees plan their careers
With so many new jobs coming up every other day, thanks to the technological disruption, automation, etc., retaining employees has become a genuine concern.
Published on Oct 16, 2019 02:35 PM IST
Alok Kumar
Teachers can excel only when provided with a strong support system
To attain the best learning outcomes in classrooms, we must make systematic efforts to empower teachers
Published on Jun 25, 2019 07:56 PM IST
Alok Kumar
3 held in Japanese tourist rape case
The Gaya police arrested three of the five accused of raping a Japanese tourist near Bodh Gaya on Friday.
Updated on Apr 19, 2010 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
3 held in Japanese tourist rape case
The Gaya police arrested three of the five accused of raping a Japanese tourist near Bodh Gaya on Friday.
Updated on Apr 18, 2010 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
India is like my home: Dalai Lama
The head of the Tibetan government in exile, the Dalai Lama, feels more welcome and at home in this country than ever before.
Updated on Jan 05, 2010 12:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rai Atul Krishna/Alok Kumar, Bodh Gaya
Taking lessons from the MountainMan
Ramchandra Das,53 has emulated the ‘Mountain man of Gahlaur’. He has cut a road through the hill chain with chisels and hammer, 30 feet long, 13.5 feet wide and cut the village’s distance to the block headquarters at Atri by a full 4 kms, reports Alok Kumar.
Updated on Nov 28, 2009 06:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Buddhist monks to intesify stir for take over temple control
The Buddha Gaya Mahabodhi Vihar All India Action Committee, a representative body of monks, has resolved to enroll more members and open branches in different states to put pressure on the government for amending the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee Act, 1949.
Updated on Nov 27, 2009 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Explosives haul in Bihar
In the biggest ever seizure of explosives in Bihar, Patna police seized 4.9 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and other bomb-making materials —enough to blow up bridges and multi-storeyed buildings — from two Maoist safehouses in a village near Gaya.
Updated on Nov 12, 2009 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar & Alok Kumar, Patna/gaya
49 quintals of explosive material seized
In what has been stated as the 'biggest recovery' in Bihar's criminal history, the Patna police on Thursday seized 49 quintals of high grade explosive material stocked in two houses in Gaya district’s Mainpur area in the wee hours of Thursday, 120 kms south of the state capital. Timeline of the explosives seized
Updated on Nov 12, 2009 04:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar /Alok Kumar, Patna
Maoists strategize to counter CoBRA offensive
The CPI (Maoist) are planning to counter the operation that is to be launched by the newly established central para-military force, Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), in Bihar, on the lines of Lalgarh in West Bengal, reports Ramashankar & Alok Kumar.
Updated on Oct 27, 2009 08:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar/Alok Kumar, Patna/gaya
Maoists' strategy to counter Cobra battalion
Is the CPI (Maoist) planning to counter the operation to be launched by the newly established central para-military force, Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), in Bihar on the lines of Lalgarh in West Bengal?
Updated on Oct 26, 2009 06:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar/Alok Kumar, Patna/gaya
Foreigners flock to Gaya for offering 'pinda daan'
It’s not just the members of Hindu community, even foreigners and Muslims are offering 'pinda daan', an annual ritual for the salvation of ancestors’ soul, in the Falgu river in Gaya this year. Alok Kumar reports.
Updated on Sep 12, 2009 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
All aboard the learning train
Pramod, Pradeep and Santosh were all hawkers, selling groundnuts, gram or books on local trains in and around Gaya.
Updated on Jan 06, 2009 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya (bihar)
Maoists attacked railway construction camp in Gaya
Armed Maoists attacked a railway construction camp and set the machines on fire engaged in the work between Jharna and Saren village in Gaya district.
Updated on Nov 13, 2008 09:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Mountain man Dashrath Manjhi dies in Delhi
Dashrath Manjhi, the septuagenarian ‘mountain man’ of Gehlour who sat on the chair of CM for a shortwhile, dies at the AIIMS in New Delhi on Friday evening.
Updated on Aug 17, 2007 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Maoist area commander arrested in Gaya
A suspected Maoist area commander is arrested after a gunbattle between the CRPF jawans and ultras at Hasanpur, reports Alok Kumar.
Updated on Apr 09, 2007 08:35 AM IST
None | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Aurangzeb?s book stolen
A RARE manuscript written in golden letters by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and worth Rs one crore was stolen from the Tekari Raj Inter School on Sunday.
Published on Dec 13, 2006 02:33 AM IST
None | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Rare manuscript stolen from Gaya
The thieves scaled the wall on the rear side of the school building, broke the locks and took away the manuscript "Gulistan" written in Persian, reports Alok Kumar.
Published on Dec 12, 2006 09:20 PM IST
None | Alok Kumar, Gaya
Bodhi ?damage?: Probe on
Controversy gripped the Mahabodhi Mahavihara campus in the Buddhist heritage town of Bodh Gaya on Thursday, when the 110-year- old Mahabodhi tree was found damaged.
Updated on Jul 21, 2006 01:34 AM IST
None | Alok Kumar, Gaya