A Delhi court has framed charges against the RJD chief, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, and their son Tejashwi, in a case being investigated by the CBI.
The charges come in connection with alleged corruption in the tender for two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri during the tenure of RJD leader as railway minister.
Congress’s fall in Bihar was a long process that began well before Emergency & Lalu’s political dominance, including caste realignments & rising regional forces.
RJD leader's response came after EC issued him a notice alleging he holds 2 Electoral Photo Identity Cards. A complaint has also been filed at Digha Police Station in Patna.
Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Yadav, sought the stay by contending that there was no prior approval obtained by CBI under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The CBI has alleged that RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav & others gave Indian Railways jobs in return for land. The case is listed before the Rouse Avenue court.
In a hearing before Special Judge Vishal Gogne, the probe agency claimed that several applications to railways were cleared the same day allegedly in exchange for gifts to Lalu Yadav & aides.
Within a fortnight of being suspended from the party by father and senior leader Lalu, the Bihar MLA said that greedy people have played politics with him.
This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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