Notwithstanding its grand headquarters at the prime ITO area in the national capital, Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal continues to occupy an office in VP House at a meagre rent of Rs 333 per month.
As per the Supreme Court order, the verdict on the petition had to be delivered before the court closes for the summer vacation from May 21.
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Kumar, who had been away in New Delhi since Saturday, returned to the state capital on Monday evening and held an emergency review meeting on the AES situation with officials.
People were asked to rate their chief minister's work as excellent, good, bad or average. The ratings were prepared by accumulating `excellent' and `good' rating points and then subtracting `bad' points from it.
Among them is Shivanand Tiwari (Excise) who had accused RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav being responsible for his defeat from the Buxar Lok Sabha seat.
The Jharkhand governor was given the additional charge of Bihar following the resignation of M Rama Jois on October 28.
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The I-T Department has served notices of attachment of assets to Lalu's daughter Misa Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar, his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and daughters Chanda and Ragini Yadav.
'There were times when my courage and confidence would fail and I was close to giving up,' says Jyoti Kumari who wanted to bring her father home safely. So she began the cycle ride of her life.
Supreme Court has objected to the law ministry's opinion not to appeal against the dismissal of income tax cases against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi.
A case under various sections of IPC, Arms Act and Explosive Substance Act was registered against the Union minister.
Following allegations that the UPA government was trying to dilute the fodder scam and income tax cases against Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi, the SC sought 'every possible' detail of proceedings in these cases.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's counsel today demanded that a Supreme Court judge make public the name of the person who had "socially interacted" with him on the issue of transfer of a Patna judge hearing cases against the RJD chief
Nitish 'sent his emissary, Prashant Kishor, to me on five different occasions.' 'Kishor seemed to indicate that if I were to assure in writing my party's support to the JD-U, the latter would pull out of the BJP alliance and rejoin the Mahagathbandhan.' A revealing excerpt from Lalu Prasad Yadav's Gopalganj To Raisina: My Political Journey.
He becomes the second National Democratic Alliance-appointed governor to make exit in less than a week. The first was senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Madan Lal Khurana who quit as Rajasthan governor to return to active politics.
The Bihar State Electricity Board on March 17 served a notice regarding outstanding dues amounting to about Rs 1.25 crore pertaining to the past five years.
Mishra was catapulted to the chief ministership of Bihar following the assassination of his elder brother Lalit Narayan Mishra in 1975.
The man, who once lorded over Bihar, was pushed to the margins after the 2010 assembly elections.
Irked by frequent disruptions from senior members, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday advised them to desist from it as they would present a bad example before the newly elected members of Parliament.
Election officials said 40 per cent votes were cast for the 93 seats in Bihar and 25 per cent for the 28 in Jharkhand till late afternoon.\n
Despite the show of unity, JD-U spokesmen Neeraj Kumar, however, said the coalition dharma is bigger than showing obstinacy.
The Ganga, which is in spate all along its course in the state, continues to pose a major threat to state capital Patna.
Meanwhile, George Fernandes visited the families of those killed. He said it was time that the state government went.
The RJD chief said four STF teams, each headed by a DSP, were working round-the-clock to secure the release of Hindustan Times photojournalist Ashok Karn, who was abducted on December 27.
The young RJD leader is yet to earn the trust of the crowd and many senior party members believe he is no patch on his father.
Arvind Dave replaced Ved Marwah as governor of Manipur. Marwah in turn replaced M Rama Jois in Jharkhand, and Jois moved to neighbouring Bihar.
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