Ranchi: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Tuesday appeared before a special CBI court which recorded his statement in connection with a fodder scam case. The court of Pravas Kumar Singh recorded the statements under CrPc 313 in the case pertaining to alleged fraudulent withdrawal of about Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa treasury between 1992 and 1995. Lalu faces charges in six fodder cases - five...
01:16 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Ranchi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday summoned two of former Bihar chief ministers - Lalu Yadav and Jagannath Mishra - in connection with the fodder scam case. The two are likely to appear before a Ranchi court on Monday to record their statements regarding the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore from the Chaibasa treasury. The case which surfaced in 2009 also dragged some prominent...
08:39 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's fourth daughter Ragini on Saturday night tied the nuptial knot with the son of a Samjawadi Party MLA who recently joined Congress. Vice President Hamid Ansari, senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Rajnath Singh, LJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit were among the those present on the occasion. Ragini married Rahul, son of the outgoing Samjawadi Party MLA from...
10:12 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: RJD MP Rajniti Prasad on Sunday rubbished BJP's allegation that Lalu Prasad had "orchestrated" his action of tearing the Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, saying his party chief had not tutored him to do so. "Laluji had not tutored me to take any such action (tearing the Lokpal Bill)," he said. "There was no ring master behind my action...Whatever I did was an outcome of my emotional outbursts...
08:53 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Patna: BJP on Saturday charged RJD chief Lalu Prasad with playing a "villainous" role at the behest of Congress to ensure that the Lokpal Bill was not passed in the Rajya Sabha. "Laluji plays a villainous role in the script written by Congress to ensure that the Bill was not passed in the Rajya Sabha," BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad told. BJP was ready for debate on the issue even...
06:34 PM, Dec 31, 2011
I am opposed to provisions of Lokpal Bill which are against minorities, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said. ...
08:03 PM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad should be declared the 'National Personality' of the country, like peacock, the National Bird. This demand was made in the Lok Sabha on Thursday by cinestar and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, amid all-round laughter and thumping of desks. Sinha, who was speaking during Zero Hour on the need to include Bhojpuri language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, said the language was also spoken by...
03:24 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: Terming Anna Hazare's agitation on Lokpal bill in Mumbai as "flop", RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Thursday said the people have 'rejected' Team Anna as they have understood its 'gameplan'. "They (Team Anna) were selling in the name of people. They have made a business of it. It has all flopped," Prasad said outside Parliament House. Hazare had called off his agitation on Wednesday in the wake of...
03:14 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: RJD MP Lalu Prasad hit out at Anna Hazare and the BJP while taking part in the Lokpal debate in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. While addressing Parliament Lalu criticised Anna Hazare's fast, says that fast is not the solution to all problems. Lalu also dared the BJP to bring an all-party proposal demanding a new Lokpal Bill. Lalu further said that there is no unity among Team Anna...
07:08 PM, Dec 27, 2011
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the government's Lokpal Bill is an attack on the federal structure of the country. ...
04:22 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: With so many political parties finding faults with several provisions of the Lokpal Bill, passing the anti-corruption legislation is going to be a mammoth task. The latest announcement by BJP says that it plans to introduce 37 amendments to the Bill when it is introduced in Parliament on Monday afternoon for debate. The BJP has opposed reservation for minorities and has also demanded for change in appointment process...
01:44 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: As the government prepares its strategy for the Lokpal Bill debate in Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to move amendments to the Bill. Sources say the BJP plans to move four amendments to the Bill. It is against the setting up of Lokayuktas in states, saying it violates India's federal structure. The BJP also wants the minority clause to be dropped from the Bill...
01:23 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad was at his irrepressible best in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as he used his rustic wit and humour to send a message against rushing through the Lokpal Bill, taking potshots at Anna Hazare and his Team. "Don't put the noose around your neck," the RJD chief appealed to the packed House, saying "Parliament cannot be run from the footpath. We are the lawmakers." Prasad's poser...
11:50 PM, Dec 22, 2011
As the contentious Lokpal Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday several MPs voiced their protests on different provisions of the anti-corruption legislation. To watch what they said, hover your cursor over the image below. ...
08:17 PM, Dec 22, 2011
RJD chief Lalu Prasad said that Anna Hazare's Jail Bharo movement would fizzle out as not even 10 people would go for it. ...
07:49 PM, Dec 22, 2011
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