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Topic: Rabri Devi

Lalu-Rabri’s daughter Rohini to contest LS polls from Saran? RJD leader’s FB post sparks speculation

Rohini Acharya will become the fourth among her siblings to enter electoral politics if RJD fields her from Saran, which BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy won in 2014 and 2019.

A day after grilling wife Rabri Devi, CBI questions Lalu in land-for-jobs scam

CBI has accused the RJD supremo, his wife, 2 daughters in the case where railway land was allegedly procured at dirt cheap prices in lieu of handing out jobs.

CBI questions Rabri Devi in Patna home in alleged land-for-jobs scam

The probe agency registered an FIR in 2022 and named Rabri, husband and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, their 2 daughters and 12 others.

Sons in Bihar cabinet, daughters wed to Mulayam kin — sprawling Lalu family tree spans party lines

Many of Lalu and Rabri's 9 children are in politics or married into political families. The eldest son-in-law has courted criticism for accompanying Tej Pratap to meetings.

Mumbai Police question BJP leader who called CM’s wife Rashmi Thackeray ‘Marathi Rabri Devi’

Mumbai Police called in Jiten Gajaria, member of Maharashtra BJP’s social media wing, on the basis of a tweet. BJP says it doesn’t know who complainant is, 'but this is not right'.

Lalu sons’ rivalry at rock bottom as Tej Pratap backs Congress against Tejashwi’s man in bypoll

Allies RJD & Congress are facing-off in Kusheshwar Asthan & Tarapur bypolls. Tej Pratap has asked his supporters to back Congress in the first and his own party in the second.

Bollywood’s Mayawati, Rabri Devi biopics easy. Will it ever touch BJP-RSS leaders?

Be it Modi or Mayawati, Bollywood’s political biopics have either crashed and burned or been mediocre and forgettable. Can Rabri Devi-based Maharani change that?

When Nitish Kumar took over 1 Anne Marg from Lalu-Rabri, his aides saw ‘occult practice’ signs

In ‘The Battle for Bihar’, Arun Sinha writes about Nitish Kumar’s struggle to move into his official residence as chief minister, and the reluctance of Lalu Prasad Yadav.

On its 24th foundation day, Lalu Yadav’s RJD stares at bleak future under his son Tejashwi

Lalu is in jail, Rabri is no longer leader of the opposition in the legislative council, and allies are refusing to accept Tejashwi as the face for polls.

RJD ‘virtually dead’: 5 MLCs join JD(U), ex-Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh resigns

As 5 of 8 MLCs jump ship, Rabri Devi removed as leader of opposition in 75-member Vidhan Parishad. Defectors say ‘no activity and no hope’ in Lalu’s party.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.