Avijit has around 20 years of experience in journalism and reports across beats for HT from Bhagalpur and adjoining districts of eastern Bihar.
Articles by Avijit Biswas
Denied nod to hold public meeting at Bhagalpur, Tejashwi sits on midnight dharna
Citing security reasons, the Bhagalpur district administration has denied permission to RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav to hold rally in Bhagalpur’s Sabour. Yadav has gone to Bhagalpur to expose the government fund transfer scam, involving an NGO.
Updated on Aug 17, 2017 01:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Welfare officer’s flat raided in Rs 700-cr Bihar government fund transfer scam
The Bhagalpur senior superintendent of police said the flat of the district welfare officer was raided after “convincing evidences of his involvement in the scam” was found.
Published on Aug 14, 2017 01:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
NGO siphons of Rs 295-cr govt funds in Bihar; Big scam, says Nitish, orders probe
Soon after CM Kumar announced the detection of the scam, in Patna, a team of officials, led by GS Gangwar, IG, economic offence unit, left for Bhagalpur to start probe into the misappropriation of funds.
Published on Aug 09, 2017 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Police plan Lok Samvad in Maoist strongholds in Munger, Bhagalpur from next month
The objective of extending the Lok Samvad programme to Maoist strongholds in Banka, Jamui, Munger and Lakhisarai districts in eastern Bihar is building confidence of people in policing.
Published on Aug 09, 2017 12:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Woman branded witch, shot dead in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district
Sita Devi, 50, was allegedly held responsible for the death of a calf, born premature, and shot dead in Naugachia subdivision of Bhagalpur district.
Published on Jul 25, 2017 05:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Intel alert of possible terror strike at NTPC Kahalgaon super thermal power plant in Bihar
The intelligence bureau has issued security alert as part of its security audit of vital installations undertaken last month.
Published on Jul 21, 2017 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Bihar’s Bhagalpur varsity FIR against Delhi ex-minister Tomar in fake law degree case
The FIR was filed on Thursday, about four months after Tomar’s ‘fake’ degree was cancelled by the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur university, after receiving approval of its academic council, syndicate and senate.
Published on Jul 20, 2017 10:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Branded as police informers, Maoists bludgeon woman, her two sons in Bihar’s Jamui district
Suspecting a mother and her two sons to be police informers, Maoists raided a Jamui village in Bihar, picked them from their home, took them to a distance and bludgeoned them with boulders.
Published on Jul 14, 2017 04:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Shravani Mela: Police to escort pilgrims in Maoist areas of Bihar
The 11 km dense Gangta forest area in Bihar’s Jamui district is notorious for Maoist activities. Police have made arrangements to escort vehicles of pilgrims in a convoy through the forest patch.
Updated on Jul 14, 2017 04:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Four police constables arrested for consuming liquor in dry Bihar
The constables were also suspended after the senior superintendent of police of Bhagalpur in Bihar found them consuming liquor at a police outpost.
Updated on Jul 16, 2017 01:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
40 years on, an irrigation project in Bihar is ready for inauguration
The cost of Ganga Pump Nahar Yojana (GPNY), an irrigation project initiated in 1977, has escalated to Rs 828 crore from the estimated Rs 13.77 crore.
Published on Jul 05, 2017 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Bihar drags feet on Central varsity in Bhagalpur; district identifies three chunks of land
Two years after the Centre proposed setting up the Vikramshila central university in Bhagalpur, the district administration has shortlisted three chunks of land for consideration.
Updated on Jun 26, 2017 02:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
IIIT-Bhagalpur to become functional from August; IIT-Guwahati to mentor
The Indian Institute of Information Technology, first in Bihar, will function from its temporary campus on the premises of Bhagalpur College of Engineering with 120 students in the first batch.
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 02:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Class 10 student gangraped, pushed out of train in Bihar’s Lakhisarai
The victim was allegedly picked up by a group of youngsters living in her neighbourhood when she ventured out of her home late evening on Thursday.
Updated on Jun 19, 2017 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Two Maoists killed in Jamui (Bihar) encounter
The encounter between Maoists and central para military forces took place in Barmasia forest under Barhat police station of Jamui district of south eastern Bihar, on Sunday.
Updated on Jul 14, 2017 04:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
‘Drunk’ man kills son, injures another in dry Bihar: How did he get alcohol?
While the injured victim told the Hindustan Times that his father shot his brother and him in a drunken state, aggrieved as he was over their resistance to his drinking habit, police say there was no evidence to suggest that the crime was committed under influence of liquor.
Updated on Jun 08, 2017 05:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
From Bihar, with love: Jardalu mangoes for Prez Mukherjee before he demits office
Bihar sends to VIPs in Delhi Jardalu, a highly prized mango. Last year, there was a break in the custom of sending Jardalu gift packs
Published on Jun 03, 2017 09:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Hit by coal shortage, NTPC advances maintenance work at Bihar plant to save reserved stock
The NTPC Kahalgaon plant in Bihar is experiencing coal short supply of 7,000 metric tonnes (approx) per day. The shutdown is likely to help the plant save 5000 metric tonnes of coal per day.
Updated on May 26, 2017 06:09 PM IST
Avijit Biswas, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Govt school teacher shot dead in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district
Vijay Kumar, a contractual teacher in a government middle school in Khagaria district, was shot dead by unidentified criminals when he was returning home in Naugachia subdivision of Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.
Updated on May 25, 2017 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Job at stake for TMBU grad due to gaffe, erring principal fined Rs 50,000
Bhagalpur -based TMBU has put on hold the student’s degree and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the principal of DNS College in Bihar’s Banka district, which allowed her to take the combination of subjects, not prescribed by the university.
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 02:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Mutilated body of woman killed for dowry found buried in farm field
While searching for the victim, a police team noticed loose soil in an agriculture field in Naugachia subdivision of Bihar’s Bhagalpur district. When the loose soil was cleared to a certain depth, the police noticed the mutilated body .
Updated on May 25, 2017 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
BAU’s ad film to promote non-alcoholic neera in dry state
Bihar Agriculture University vice chancellor (VC) Ajoy Kumar Singh said the film, without any comparative reference to other non-alcoholic beverages, “attempts to establish neera as a healthy drink”.
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 02:51 PM IST
Bihar woman suffers rare burst abdomen problem after C-section
The patient, Biwi Gudiya, had undergone a caesarean section at Bhagalpur sadar hospital on May 9. Family members alleged that her stitches were removed before they had properly dried.
Published on May 18, 2017 02:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Bihar: Woman’s abdomen bursts, guts spill out after C-section
The patient, Biwi Gudiya, had undergone a caesarean section at Bhagalpur sadar hospital on May 9. Family members alleged that her stitches were removed before they had properly dried.
Updated on May 20, 2017 10:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
After failed suicide attempt, Jharkhand police officer jumps to death in Bihar hospital
A Jharkhand assistant sub-inspector of police, admitted to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, committed suicide by jumping to death from the four-storey hospital building. He had survived an earlier suicide attempt on May 4.
Published on May 10, 2017 11:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Wild elephant kills two people in Bhagalpur
Shortage of water and drying of leaves in forest area due to summer heat is causing elephants to deviate from their traditional migration route
Published on May 08, 2017 09:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Girl student of Bihar college murdered, body found on campus, police suspect affair
A young girl was bludgeoned to death on college campus. Police suspect it to be a love affair gone awry.
Updated on May 07, 2017 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
50 kg ganja seized from Rajdhani Express in Bihar, three arrested
Three persons, travelling in A-4 coach of the premier train, were arrested with the consignment kept in three bags near Chapra junction in Bihar.
Updated on May 03, 2017 05:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
Maoists kill JCB driver, set six vehicles on fire in Bihar
Donning police uniform, suspected Maoists attacked the hub of the illegal sand trade in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district and fired 15 to 20 rounds, killing the driver of a JCB payloader, and set on fire five trucks, parked there for lifting the illegally mined sand and a motorcycle.
Published on Apr 15, 2017 11:41 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Patna/Bhagalpur | Avinash Kumar/ Avijit Biswas
Bihar: University forgets to print question papers, exam postponed
Ninety four students taking the second semester postgraduate Hindi examination of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University had to return without writing the test as question papers were not printed.
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 02:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas