Laloo

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya's bid to reclaim the Saran Lok Sabha seat, once represented by her father, is being challenged by a namesake of her father - Laloo Prasad Yadav.

All three key parties of Bihar, the ruling BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United, and opposition Laloo Yadav 's Rashtriya Janata Dal, will formally launch their election campaign for the coming assembly election in the state today.

RJD President Lalu Prasad on Friday said he was no less an actor than any silver screen star and would like to play himself if a film was made on his life.

Meghalaya government has embarked on 'Destination Meghalaya' with thrust on education, health care, hospitality and investment on renewable natural resources in the next seven years, Deputy Chief Minister R C Laloo said here today.

The Meghalaya government on Wednesday sought financial assistance of Rs.3,072 crore for restoring propery damaged by floods and landslides due to incessant rains following cloudburst in the Garo Hills region.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Monday said the devastation left by last week's flash flood and landslide has taken the state back to what it was ten years ago.

The ruling Congress in Meghalaya today turned down a resolution for creation of separate state for the Garos and Khasis maintaining the issue could disturb the socio-economic fabric of the state.

On July 15, a court in Ranchi will decide whether politician Lalu Prasad Yadav is guilty of embezzling Rs 30 crore from the government during his earlier term as chief minister of Bihar. Mr Yadav may attempt to change that by asking the Supreme Court to transfer the judge hearing the case.

A Pakistani lawmaker surprised his colleagues today by suggesting that the country's railways should be handed over to former Indian Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav if the government was unable to tackle the state-run entity's numerous problems.

Nitish Kumar was being seen as the great hope of Bihar, the man who put the state wrecked by Lalu Prasad on the path of recovery. Mr Kumar inherited a state crumbling under corruption, an almost complete absence of law and order, casteist violence fed by abject poverty and no solution in sight.

Pranab Mukherjee files nomination for President: Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA's candidate for President polls, has filed his nomination papers. Seated next to Mr Mukherjee as he signed his nomination papers at Parliament House were Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. UPA Allies, friends like Laloo Prasad Y...

The Railway Minister does not have a room in Parliament. And a reminder has not worked. So in gentle protest, Dinesh Trivedi met Laloo Yadav formally in the corridor right outside Room No 6 - vacant, but not handed over to him.

Lalu Prasad Yadav, routed in the Bihar elections, has congratulated Nitish Kumar on his victory and assured the new government of his party's cooperation.But he was pointed in saying that he was not congratulating the BJP.Lalu conceded defeat saying the results were unexpected and said he accepted the people's mandate. He also he would introspect o...

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar again, and with a landslide victory.   Once it was clear he was back with a huge majority, Nitish Kumar thanked Bihar and said this was a victory of the people and not that of his alliance. He promised to work hard for Bihar and its people. He said development had won in Bihar.(Watch)Nitish said...

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar again, and with a landslide victory.  Trends are now available for all the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly and show the JD(U)-BJP combine surging ahead. And it is the junior partner in the state, the BJP, that has made the more major gains. It has swept urban Bihar. A vote for development, says ...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya's bid to reclaim the Saran Lok Sabha seat, once represented by her father, is being challenged by a namesake of her father - Laloo Prasad Yadav.

All three key parties of Bihar, the ruling BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United, and opposition Laloo Yadav 's Rashtriya Janata Dal, will formally launch their election campaign for the coming assembly election in the state today.

RJD President Lalu Prasad on Friday said he was no less an actor than any silver screen star and would like to play himself if a film was made on his life.

Meghalaya government has embarked on 'Destination Meghalaya' with thrust on education, health care, hospitality and investment on renewable natural resources in the next seven years, Deputy Chief Minister R C Laloo said here today.

The Meghalaya government on Wednesday sought financial assistance of Rs.3,072 crore for restoring propery damaged by floods and landslides due to incessant rains following cloudburst in the Garo Hills region.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Monday said the devastation left by last week's flash flood and landslide has taken the state back to what it was ten years ago.

The ruling Congress in Meghalaya today turned down a resolution for creation of separate state for the Garos and Khasis maintaining the issue could disturb the socio-economic fabric of the state.

On July 15, a court in Ranchi will decide whether politician Lalu Prasad Yadav is guilty of embezzling Rs 30 crore from the government during his earlier term as chief minister of Bihar. Mr Yadav may attempt to change that by asking the Supreme Court to transfer the judge hearing the case.

A Pakistani lawmaker surprised his colleagues today by suggesting that the country's railways should be handed over to former Indian Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav if the government was unable to tackle the state-run entity's numerous problems.

Nitish Kumar was being seen as the great hope of Bihar, the man who put the state wrecked by Lalu Prasad on the path of recovery. Mr Kumar inherited a state crumbling under corruption, an almost complete absence of law and order, casteist violence fed by abject poverty and no solution in sight.

Pranab Mukherjee files nomination for President: Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA's candidate for President polls, has filed his nomination papers. Seated next to Mr Mukherjee as he signed his nomination papers at Parliament House were Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. UPA Allies, friends like Laloo Prasad Y...

The Railway Minister does not have a room in Parliament. And a reminder has not worked. So in gentle protest, Dinesh Trivedi met Laloo Yadav formally in the corridor right outside Room No 6 - vacant, but not handed over to him.

Lalu Prasad Yadav, routed in the Bihar elections, has congratulated Nitish Kumar on his victory and assured the new government of his party's cooperation.But he was pointed in saying that he was not congratulating the BJP.Lalu conceded defeat saying the results were unexpected and said he accepted the people's mandate. He also he would introspect o...

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar again, and with a landslide victory.   Once it was clear he was back with a huge majority, Nitish Kumar thanked Bihar and said this was a victory of the people and not that of his alliance. He promised to work hard for Bihar and its people. He said development had won in Bihar.(Watch)Nitish said...

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar again, and with a landslide victory.  Trends are now available for all the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly and show the JD(U)-BJP combine surging ahead. And it is the junior partner in the state, the BJP, that has made the more major gains. It has swept urban Bihar. A vote for development, says ...