Now a temple for Lalu Prasad and wife

May 19th, 2009 PATNA - Now that he has ceased to be railways minister, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has lost out on some of the trappings that go along with the senior position. The security cover of the Railway Protection Force has been withdrawn from his Patna residence, official sources said Tuesday.

May 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has tasted victory and defeat in the same breath Saturday - winning one Lok Sabha seat and losing another one. Lalu Prasad won the Saran seat beating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavyweight Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

May 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday lost the polls in Pataliputra, but managed to defeat the BJP's candidate Rudy Pratap Singh at Saran. Lalu was initially trailing behind Saran in the votes tally.

May 11th, 2009 PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had 'sacrificed his secular image' by sharing a dais with a 'murderer' like Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad said Monday. A day after the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) show of strength at an election rally in Ludhiana, where Janata Dal-United's (JD-U) Nitish Kumar and BJP's Narendra Modi held hands in a sign of camaraderie, Lalu Prasad hit out at his Bihar rival.

May 4th, 2009 PATNA - Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi said here Monday that she was confident that her husband, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, will become the prime minister of the nation some day. 'Saheb (Lalu Prasad) will become the prime minister one day,' Rabri Devi told reporters before setting out to campaign for her husband, who is contesting the parliamentary polls from Patliputra seat in Patna district.

April 21st, 2009 PATNA - Congress leader and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated Tuesday that Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad was no longer an ally of the party. 'It has become difficult to keep him as an ally.

April 17th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Friday filed his nomination for the newly-formed Patliputra parliamentary constituency. Prasad is contesting the polls from two constituencies.

April 17th, 2009 PATNA - Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Friday filed his nomination papers from Bihar's Patliputra constituency for the Lok Sabha polls. Lalu Prasad filed his papers at the district administration office here.

April 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday accused his BJP rival Rajiv Pratap Rudy and the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government in Bihar of electoral malpractice. Lalu, whose political future is to be decided by the voter turnout today, claimed that socially underprivileged sections like Dalits were not allowed to vote in his Saran (Chhapra) parliamentary constituency on Thursday, and those who attempted to do so, were attacked by upper caste voters.

April 14th, 2009 RANCHI - Railways Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad was arrested and released Tuesday in an unsafe helicopter landing case in Garwah district of Jharkhand, an official said. Lalu Prasad was arrested following an Election Commission notice.

March 28th, 2009 PATNA - Railways Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday filed his nomination papers from Saran constituency in Bihar. Soon after he filed the nomination papers, Lalu Prasad said he was confident of his victory.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh today said that party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad may join hands, and added that the SP also wants Ram Vila Paswan to come on board. "There is likelihood of Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh Yadav coming together.

February 28th, 2009 PATNA - Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Friday inaugurated an ambitious plan to build 36,500 km of roads to connect villages in Bihar. At a function here Lalu inaugurated the plan to connect villages under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Saturday described the Left as a 'permanent friend' and that his Rashtraiya Janata Dal (RJD) may contest elections in alliance with the communists. 'They (Left) are our permanent friends and they will remain our friends.

January 31st, 2009 PATNA - Love has a new adversary. It's Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, the rustic charmer, who has come out against love marriages, saying youngsters ought marry according to their parents' wishes.