Patna Apr 22 PTI An Iftar feast hosted at the residence of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi here on Friday turned out to be an occasion for huge political opticsChief Minister Nitish Kumar who lives just across the road walked down with a posse of his personal and security staff leaving spectators to dig their memories to recall when was the last time the JDU leader had visited the residence of his predecessor in power who happens to be the wife of his arch rival RJD supremo Lalu PrasadPolitical acrimony gave way to social niceties as all members of Rabri Devis family including her son and party heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav accorded a warm welcome to the chief ministerOnce Kumar took his seat Chirag Paswan who had arrived a little earlier greeted him by touching his feet Those who might have been taken in by Chirags relentless attacks on the JDU leader an old associate of his late father Ram Vilas Paswan could hardly believe their eyesChirags rebellion ahead of the 2020 assembly polls has been singularly blamed by the JDU for its losses at the hustingsPaswan junior has been relentless in his attacks on the CM his own political isolation notwithstandingBut it remained an occasion for bonhomie that belied the political equations normally on display in Bihar Kumar partook of the delicacies on offer seated alongside Prasads maverick elder son Tej Pratap Yadav in a gesture of avuncular forgiveness for the latters many personal jibesSeated at a close distance were other members of Prasads family including eldest daughter and Rajya Sabha member Misa Bharti The RJD supremos progenies may not be on the best of terms with each other but for the time being they seemed to have left all behindWith the release of their ailed and ageing father from jail still not in sight the siblings were clearly drawing some comfort in the company of Kumar whom they have all called chacha unclePredictably the social media was busy speculating if this was a sign of yet another political volte-face by Kumar The chief ministers presence at Tej Pratap Yadavs wedding a few years ago when he was photographed hugging Prasad warmly had led to similar predictions which however did not turn out to be correctBe that as it may Kumar who hosted an Iftar himself last week and has been making it a point to attend similar feasts organised by political peers seems to have sent out a message loud and clearHis old ties with the BJP notwithstanding the Bihar CM has kept the politics of Hindutva at an arms distance and his gesture less than 24 hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shahs scheduled visit to the state could not have been more loaded with meaning PTI NAC BDC BDC

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Lalu Prasad who was discharged from AIIMS here around 3 am after being kept under observation overnight was brought to the hospital again on Wednesday and admitted in a general ward official sources saidThe former Bihar chief minister 73 was first shifted to AIIMS Delhi at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Ranchi as his health condition deteriorated therePrasad was kept under observation in the emergency department overnight He was evaluated and discharged at around 3 am a source here said on Wednesday morningHe was brought to the emergency department around 1230 pm again and has been admitted in a general ward under Dr D Bhowmik a professor in the department of Nephrology the source saidPrasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scamThe court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtuallyThe incarcerated politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad had said TuesdayHis kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity he had said PTI PLB TIR TIR

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Lalu Prasad who was discharged from AIIMS here around 3 am after being kept under observation overnight was brought to the emergency department again around 1230 pm Wednesday sources saidThe former Bihar chief minister 73 was brought to AIIMS here at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Ranchi as his health condition deteriorated therePrasad was kept under observation in the emergency department overnight He was evaluated and discharged at around 3 am a source here said on Wednesday morningHe was brought back to the emergency department around 1230 pm again the source said later onPrasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scamThe court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtuallyThe incarcerated politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad had said TuesdayHis kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity he had said PTI PLB TIR TIR

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Lalu Prasad who was brought to AIIMS here on Tuesday was kept under observation overnight in the emergency department before being discharged at around 3 am official sources saidThe former Bihar chief minister 73 was brought to AIIMS here at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Ranchi as his health condition deteriorated therePrasad was kept under observation in the Emergency department overnight He was evaluated and was discharged at around 3 am a source here said Prasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scamThe court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtuallyThe incarcerated politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad had said TuesdayHis kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity he had said PTI PLB TIR TIR

Ranchi Mar 22 PTI Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD supremo Lalu Prasads health condition has deteriorated and he will be shifted to AIIMS New Delhi for better treatment officials said on Tuesday A medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS here referred him to AIIMS New Delhi The former Bihar chief minister is most likely to be shifted to the hospital in the national capital on Tuesday itself they said Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad told PTI The medical board has recommended that Prasad be referred to AIIMS New Delhi as his condition has deteriorated We have forwarded the recommendation to the jail superintendent Prasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scam The court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after virtually hearing the arguments Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati said The ebullient politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems His kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity Dr Vidyapati said Jharkhand IG Prisons Manoj Kumar said The order has been given to shift Lalu Prasad to AIIMS New Delhi As per procedure the jail superintendent on basis of medical board recommendations sought formal permission for shifting the convicted patient to another hospital Kumar said that the jail superintendent in coordination with the district administration will make arrangements for shifting the patient either by train or air ambulance Sources said that Prasad will most likely be shifted to the hospital in the national capital during the day After his conviction in the Rs 13935 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case the fifth and final one against him in the fodder scam the ailing 73-year-old was lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail and then shifted to state-run RIMS on health grounds In jail since December 2017 Prasad served most of his sentence period at the RIMS He was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi in January last year after his health condition deteriorated PTI SAN NAM ACD ACD

Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 31 (ANI): The schools and other educational institutes in Tripura re-opened on Monday after the state government lifted the suspension of physical classes with strict maintenance of COVID-19 protocols.

New Delhi Oct 27 PTI J Sathya Narayana Prasad was on Wednesday appointed as an additional judge of the Madras High CourtThe Department of Justice in the Law Ministry issued a notification about Prasads appointmentAdditional judges are usually appointed for a period of two years before being made permanent judgesAs on September 1 the Madras High Court had a sanctioned strength of 75 but was functioning with 56 judges -- a shortfall of 19 PTI NAB ANB ANB

Patna Oct 26 PTI After RJD president Lalu Prasad commented that he will ensure visarjan immersion of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the October 30 by-elections the JDU leader retorted that the former can get him shot but cannot do anything elseThe war of words between the two leaders started a couple of days after Prasad reached Patna after a gap of three years and said he will campaign for the by-polls to Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seatsI will ensure the visarjan of Nitish Kumar and the NDA in the state Prasad said about the chief minister his arch-rival whose JDU seeks to retain the two seatsThe RJD boss is scheduled to campaign for RJD candidates in the constituencies on WednesdayAsked to comment on Prasads remark Kumar said If he wants he can get me shot He cannot do anything else People have not forgotten the jungle raj in the state during his tenure Let him say whatever he is saying The NDA is winning both the seats The RJD which has the largest number of MLAs in the 243-strong assembly has been claiming that it will wrest the two seats from the ruling NDA and trigger a khela upheaval in the states politics PTI PKD NN NN

Patna Oct 24 PTI Weathered by old age and ill-health RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday returned to his home turf of Bihar from where imprisonment in fodder scam cases had kept him away for three yearsPrasad who was released from jail a few months ago arrived here accompanied by wife Rabri Devi and eldest daughter Misa Bharti at whose Delhi residence he had been putting up for medical help he needs for the multiple ailments he suffers fromChants in praise of the messiah of the poor rent the air as the haggard-looking septuagenarian walked out of the airport with a shuffling gait tiredly waving at the huge boisterous crowdPrasad was last seen here in September 2018 after which he returned to Ranchi to serve his sentences upon expiry of the period of his bail granted to attend elder son Tej Prataps wedding and extended a number of times to help him avail medical treatmentAt the airport Tej Pratap and his younger brother Tejashwi appeared to have buried the hatchet while receiving their father who wore a green cap and had a gamchha traditional towel of the same colour wrapped around his neckThe former Bihar Chief Minister drove straight to his wifes residence much to the disappointment of journalists looking forward to some juicy quotes for which the flamboyant leader has been knownA large number of supporters was also seen outside Rabri Devis 10 Circular Road bungalow situated right across the Chief Ministers residence and police and security personnel had to sweat it out to keep their enthusiasm under checkMinutes later Tej Pratap was seen leaving the house furiously complaining of humiliation at the hands of state RJD chief Jagadanand Singh and MLC Sunil Singh whom he accused of preventing him from spending some time with his fatherThe mercurial elder son who has lost the spotlight to younger sibling Tejashwi had been fuming since morning when posters were put up at some places welcoming his father Tej Prataps photo was conspicuous by its absence in the poster which featured Tejashwi Rabri Devi and Misa among othersI have nothing to do with the RJD henceforth I am though a devoted son and will continue to dote on my father said the maverick MLA whose run-ins with functionaries of his party keep making headlinesHectic politicking is expected in the days to come as Prasads return comes at a politically charged time The former Union minister has made it clear that he intends to take part in the campaign for October 30 by-polls to Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seatsHe was asked by journalists in Delhi earlier in the day as to whether he would not be violating conditions laid down by the court while granting him bail on health reasons if he campaignsIt is nonsense Who said I have been granted bail on health reasons I got entitled to bail because I have spent half of my sentence behind bars Nothing can now prevent me from campaigning said PrasadBy-elections to the two seats have been necessitated by deaths of the respective MLAs both belonging to the JDU of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Prasads arch-rivalThe RJD has the largest number of MLAs in the 243-strong assembly and it has been claiming that it will wrest the two seats from the ruling NDA and trigger a khela upheaval in the states politicsHowever the party has got caught in a quagmire with its old ally the Congress which accused the RJD of betraying the coalition dharma and fielded its own candidates for both seatsThe Congress has also announced that it will go it alone in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 PTI NAC NN NN