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TopicRashtriya Janata Dal

Topic: Rashtriya Janata Dal

RJD moves SC seeking extension of Bihar SIR deadline. ‘Electors erroneously deleted would be left out’

RJD said the limited booth-level agents need more time to reach all voters. BLAs are identifying voters whose names aren't on the draft electoral roll to help them file claims.

Tejashwi flips the script on NDA’s charge of dynasty politics, advises Nitish to ‘form damad aayog’

Appointments to SC commission, women's panel & apex court raise eyebrows, but JD(U) says appointees have been active in politics & Lalu family 'dynasty politics' is different.

Fake schools, forged signatures, CBI argues in land for job scam against Lalu Yadav

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.

Haryana debacle hurts Congress leverage. Demanding allies, satraps rear heads as more key polls loom

The defeat in Haryana has weakened the party’s position in seat-sharing talks with allies in poll-bound Maharashtra & Jharkhand, where the INDIA bloc is unable to reach a consensus.

Rohini Acharya fails to reclaim dad Lalu’s legacy seat, BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy scores hattrick in Saran

Acharya, who holds an MBBS degree and lived in Singapore until the party announced her candidature, shot to prominence in 2022 when she donated one of her kidneys to her father.

RJD signalling strategy shift vis-a-vis Ram Mandir? Party’s Misa Bharti says ‘will visit after polls’

At a rally Sunday, Modi said RJD chief Lalu Prasad had declined invite to Ram Mandir inauguration. Since then, Bharti & brother Tejashwi have stressed on family's 'Sanatani' identity.

Nil for BSP, mere 14 cr for SP — how Oppn parties in UP fared among electoral bonds recipients

SP, BSP accuse BJP of misusing state machinery to secure political contributions, endorse ex-CEC’s idea that exchequer fund political parties based on their electoral performance.

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.

MBA, reluctant politician & Tejashwi’s billiards partner — who is RJD’s Rajya Sabha pick Sanjay Yadav

From changing party’s perception & convincing Tejashwi to go all out with promise of 10 lakh govt jobs, Sanjay Yadav has over the years risen to position of number 2 within the RJD.

CBI raids RJD leaders Kiran Devi, Arun Yadav in land-for-jobs case

The agency is probing former Bihar chief minister and Union Railways minister Lalu Parasad Yadav, his family for alleged gift of land parcels to the Yadav family in lieu of jobs.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.