Birsa Munda Jail

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren will be brought to the Enforcement Directorate's office from the Birsa Munda jail for questioning on Saturday.

The RJD will seek an appointment with the Jharkhand Governor Monday to apprise her of the administration's decision of not allowing visitors to meet jailed party president Lalu Yadav, a day after his aides were not allowed to see him at a hospital in Jharkhand capital Ranchi.

Jharkhand cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday, approved setting up of a 25-ft statue of freedom fighter Birsa Munda at the old Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi, which is now being converted into a museum.

The RJD leader was moved to Room 11 on Wednesday night, RIMS Superintendent Vivek Kashyap told reporters on Thursday. He said permission was granted by the Superintendent of the Birsa Munda Central Jail to shift him.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Saturday after he fell ill at the Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi, hospital sources said.

Lalu Yadav's two helpers found it easy to get into jail just before their boss walked in after being sentenced in a fodder scam case last week. Despite their best efforts, they couldn't make it stick. Laxman Mahto and Madan Yadav have been granted bail by a court in Jharkhand's Ranchi, to their chagrin. Their release came through after the police c...

Lalu Yadav was back on Wednesday, standing before the CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh who had last week handed out a 3.5 years jail sentence for corruption in a fodder scam case. The RJD chief on Wednesday made a feeble request for bail but quickly came back to the one point that has been pinching him ever since he walked into Jharkhand capital Ranchi's B...

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav may have had a premonition that he will be sent to jail in a fodder scam case heard in court last month. Nothing else explains why two of his personal aides made sure they were already in a jail in Jharkhand before he walked in.

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was convicted in a second case of fodder scam -- involving the embezzlement of more than Rs. 89 lakh in government funds -- was given three-and-a-half-year's jail term and a fine of Rs 10 lakh by a special court in Ranchi today. It is unclear whether the 69-year-old will be able to walk out of jail in the ...

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was found guilty in a corruption case, will receive his quantum of sentence today from a special court. Mr Yadav has been in Ranchi's Birsa Munda Central Jail since December 23. Mr Yadav's lawyer has told reporters that they would seek minimum punishment.

Several workers and leaders of Lalu Yadav's RJD arrived at the Birsa Munda Jail in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Monday, New Year's Day, hoping to meet the party chief with a new week bringing with it a fresh visitors' quota. Prison rules, being enforced with rigour by the jail authorities, allow Mr Yadav only three visitors a week; three party legislators...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who was convicted by a special CBI court on Friday in a fodder scam case, is entitled to a newspaper and a television set at the Birsa Munda jail, a senior jail officer said.

With hundreds of visitors flocking the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi, authorities have demanded that a magistrate be appointed to maintain order at the entrance of the prison where RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is lodged.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad, lodged in Ranchi's Birsa Munda jail since he was convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam, had a surprise visitor on Sunday.

Officials of the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi are yet to decide what job they should allot to RJD president Lalu Prasad.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren will be brought to the Enforcement Directorate's office from the Birsa Munda jail for questioning on Saturday.

The RJD will seek an appointment with the Jharkhand Governor Monday to apprise her of the administration's decision of not allowing visitors to meet jailed party president Lalu Yadav, a day after his aides were not allowed to see him at a hospital in Jharkhand capital Ranchi.

Jharkhand cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday, approved setting up of a 25-ft statue of freedom fighter Birsa Munda at the old Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi, which is now being converted into a museum.

The RJD leader was moved to Room 11 on Wednesday night, RIMS Superintendent Vivek Kashyap told reporters on Thursday. He said permission was granted by the Superintendent of the Birsa Munda Central Jail to shift him.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Saturday after he fell ill at the Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi, hospital sources said.

Lalu Yadav's two helpers found it easy to get into jail just before their boss walked in after being sentenced in a fodder scam case last week. Despite their best efforts, they couldn't make it stick. Laxman Mahto and Madan Yadav have been granted bail by a court in Jharkhand's Ranchi, to their chagrin. Their release came through after the police c...

Lalu Yadav was back on Wednesday, standing before the CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh who had last week handed out a 3.5 years jail sentence for corruption in a fodder scam case. The RJD chief on Wednesday made a feeble request for bail but quickly came back to the one point that has been pinching him ever since he walked into Jharkhand capital Ranchi's B...

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav may have had a premonition that he will be sent to jail in a fodder scam case heard in court last month. Nothing else explains why two of his personal aides made sure they were already in a jail in Jharkhand before he walked in.

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was convicted in a second case of fodder scam -- involving the embezzlement of more than Rs. 89 lakh in government funds -- was given three-and-a-half-year's jail term and a fine of Rs 10 lakh by a special court in Ranchi today. It is unclear whether the 69-year-old will be able to walk out of jail in the ...

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was found guilty in a corruption case, will receive his quantum of sentence today from a special court. Mr Yadav has been in Ranchi's Birsa Munda Central Jail since December 23. Mr Yadav's lawyer has told reporters that they would seek minimum punishment.

Several workers and leaders of Lalu Yadav's RJD arrived at the Birsa Munda Jail in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Monday, New Year's Day, hoping to meet the party chief with a new week bringing with it a fresh visitors' quota. Prison rules, being enforced with rigour by the jail authorities, allow Mr Yadav only three visitors a week; three party legislators...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who was convicted by a special CBI court on Friday in a fodder scam case, is entitled to a newspaper and a television set at the Birsa Munda jail, a senior jail officer said.

With hundreds of visitors flocking the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi, authorities have demanded that a magistrate be appointed to maintain order at the entrance of the prison where RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is lodged.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad, lodged in Ranchi's Birsa Munda jail since he was convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam, had a surprise visitor on Sunday.

Officials of the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi are yet to decide what job they should allot to RJD president Lalu Prasad.