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  Centre asks states to roll up sleeves, boost foodgrain supply

  India | July 07, 2015 16:47 IST

  New Delhi:  Concerned over price rise in pulses and other commodities, the Centre today asked state governments to take stringent action against hoarders and boost supply in "vulnerable areas" prone to shortages.The states have also

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  Nobody from LJP will be a CM candidate: Ram Vilas Paswan

  Politics | June 23, 2015 17:03 IST

  Patna:  Scotching rumours about his ambition to become Bihar Chief Minister and friction within NDA over it, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today categorically stated that he was not

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  Maggi in deeper soup: Centre files complaint before NCDRC

  India | June 03, 2015 19:58 IST

  New Delhi:  In further troubles for Nestle over Maggi issue, the government has filed a complaint on its own with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) -- using a provision for the first time

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  Prasad, Paswan sworn in as Bihar bags 5 seats in Modi Cabinet

  Politics | May 26, 2014 23:54 IST

  New Delhi: Bihar has received a bounty of five ministers in the just sworn-in Narendra Modi Cabinet as against the duck the state had ended up with in UPA-II.With three Cabinet berths, one Minister of

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  Paswan questions Nitish on continuing ties with NDA

  India | April 10, 2013 19:47 IST

  Nawada, Apr 10: With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi emerging as a key player in BJP in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan today asked Nitish Kumar to

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  JD(U) Lambasts Prasad, Paswan For Criticising Nitish

  Politics | April 16, 2012 20:40 IST

  Patna, Apr 16: Ruling JD(U) today pilloried RJD chief Lalu Prasad and LJP supremo Ramvilas Paswan for their allegations against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for participating in the Bihar Divas Programme in Mumbai saying they

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  Paswan Wants Special Court To Dispose Of Cases Against Muslims

  Politics | October 08, 2011 18:50 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 8: LJP today demanded setting up a special fast track court for the speedy time-bound disposal of cases of “innocent people” from the Muslim community lodged in jails on “false charges of

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  Lalu, Paswan Will Continue To Hanker For Berths, Says Sushil Modi

  Politics | July 12, 2011 19:29 IST

  Patna, Jul 12: Describing as “power-hungry” RJD chief Lalu Prasad and LJP counterpart Ram Vilas Paswan, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi today said they would continue to strive for ministerial berths despite not

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  RJD, LJP Rift Widens Over Purnia Bypoll

  Politics | June 20, 2011 20:41 IST

  Patna, Jun 20 : The rift in the RJD-LJP alliance widened today, with the LJP deciding to support Congress candidate in the bypoll to the Purnia Assembly seat ignoring RJD's appeal.State LJP president Pashupati Kumar

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  Opp On Warpath; Maya Govt Cracks Down On Protesters

  India | May 12, 2011 21:49 IST

  Greater Noida/Lucknow, May 12: An all out political war broke out among Congress, BJP and BSP over the issue of farmers' agitation in Uttar Pradesh with Chief Minister Mayawati accusing Opposition parties of spreading “lies

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  RJD-LJP To Form Government : Lalu, Paswan

  Politics | November 18, 2010 22:36 IST

  Patna, Nov 18: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan today claimed that their alliance would pull off a spectacular victory and form the government with two third majority under Prasad. The people

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  Paswan Will Never Join Congress: Lalu

  Politics | October 16, 2010 11:53 IST

  Patna, Oct 16 : RJD chief Lalu Prasad today dismissed the possibility of his ally Ram Vilas Paswan joining the Congress after the Bihar Assembly elections, saying it was a baseless rumour being spread by

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  Paswan Releases List Of 58 Candidates In Bihar

  Politics | October 01, 2010 17:27 IST

   Patna, Oct 1 :  LJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan today released the list of party candidates for the 58 assembly seats in Bihar, fielding his both brothers Pashupati Kumar Paras and Ramchandra Paswan from Alauli and

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  Bihar Govt Can't Take Credit For Cops' Release: Lalu, Paswan

  Politics | September 06, 2010 12:21 IST

  Patna: RJD and LJP leaders Lalu Prasad and Ramvilas Paswan on Monday said that the three Bihar policemen held hostage for eight days by Maoists had been freed on humanitarian grounds and the Nitish Kumar

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  Nitish, Modi Will Be Jailed : Lalu, Paswan

  Politics | July 16, 2010 20:17 IST

  Virtually kicking off a joint campaign for the assambly polls in Bihar slated for the year end, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his LJP counterpart Ramvilas Paswan on Friday  accused the ruling NDA of unleashing

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  Life Hit By Bihar Bandh; Lalu, Paswan Among 11,360 Detained

  India | July 10, 2010 21:06 IST

  Normal life was affected in Bihar on Saturday during a bandh called by RJD and LJP against fuel price hike with protesters blocking roads and railway tracks while the chiefs of the two parties Lalu

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  Paswan, Rudy Win RS Poll In Bihar

  Politics | June 17, 2010 20:13 IST

  LJP president Ramvilas Paswan, BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy and three other official nominees of Bihar's ruling NDA and opposition RJD won the Rajya Sabha poll to five seats in the state on Thursday .

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  Fire Guts Two Swanky Cars In Paswan's Delhi House

  India | April 02, 2010 19:47 IST

  A fire broke out in the residence of former Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan in New Delhi on Friday afternoon, in which two cars, including an Audi, were gutted.  The blaze was reported from the garage

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  Paswan Accuses BJP Of Double-Speak On Shah Rukh Issue

  Politics | February 07, 2010 16:51 IST

  LJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan on Sunday attacked BJP for its statement that it does not agree with Shiv Sena's stand on Shah Rukh Khan episode and accused the saffron party of double-speak. "It is just

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  People Like Bal, Raj Thackeray Should Be Arrested: Paswan

  Politics | February 05, 2010 21:52 IST

  People like Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and head of Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray should be put behind the bars for trying to break the unity of the country by fomenting regionalism,