Laloo Yadav wins Chhapra seat

Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate and Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav on Wednesday won the Chhapra Lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest Bharatiya Janata Party rival and former Union minister......

Laloo Yadav is a joker: Thackeray

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday criticised former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Laloo Prasad Yadav for making remarks against his party."Laloo Yadav is a joker in......

Lalu Yadav Is Back Where He Belongs

How we have missed his pithy observations on the rivers of Indian politics! For the last four years, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been silent, exiled from politics, first by......

Memories of Elections from another day

As the 2019 Lok Sabha election approaches, some rare photographs from the 1996 election campaign, which saw a Bharatiya Janata Party prime minister for the first time in India's history, albeit......

Govt reconstitutes CCEA

The Union government has reconstituted the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman.The reconstituted CCEA would have ten other ministers including......

How Subhash Chandra plans to launch ICL

Having grappled with problems like securing a playing arena and last-minute uncertainly over key international players like Brian Lara, ICL will take guard with live performances by Bollywood......

Hassan-M'lore train service soon

The much-delayed passenger train service between Hassan-Mangalore is likely to be commissioned shortly. Indications are that the demand for the passenger service will be met within a month or so,......

Lalu plans bonanza for rail passengers

In a bonanza for travellers, the railway ministry is planning to introduce 50 new garib raths and 450 AC trains with pantry cars in Railway Budget 2007-08. The ministry also plans to float special......

'Meeting Laloo Prasad Yadav was a useless encounter'

Actor Nawazuddin Siddique was recently in Patna to conduct a pre-poll survey for a television show, ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections. The show required him to meet with the aam......

READERS' CHOICE: Sreesanth, Mayawati, Laloo in Bigg Boss

It’s heartening to see just how full of surprises you are, dear readers. We asked you which ‘celebrities’ (using the term very loosely indeed) you’d like to see in......

READERS' CHOICE: Sreesanth, Mayawati, Laloo in Bigg Boss

It’s heartening to see just how full of surprises you are, dear readers. We asked you which ‘celebrities’ (using the term very loosely indeed) you’d like to see in the Bigg......

Why are politicians OBSESSED with Hema Malini's cheeks?

It began with the irrepressible Laloo Prasad Yadav who famously promised to make the roads in Bihar 'as smooth as Hema Malini's cheeks.' A Madhya Pradesh mantri said likewise recently as did......

Rewards pour in for Sushil

Rewards started pouring in for Sushil Kumar who won bronze medal in Beijing Olympics on Wednesday with the Railway Ministry and Delhi Government announcing cash awards to a total of Rs 1.05 crore......

ICL ready to rumble

The rebel tournament of Zee group chief Subhash Chandra, the Indian Cricket League, is set to take birthat Chandigarh's Tau Devi Lal stadium on Friday; though pangs remain. Having grappled with......