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NEWS BYTE “How can I be punished?”, asks Lalu Prasad Yadav. "When I have not done any crime, how have I been punished?” This was Lalu Prasad's instant reaction when a CBI court jailed him for five years for his involvement in the fodder scam. Telecom M & A guidelines to be in place by Nov 1 The most awaited telecom mergers and acquisition guidelines which were expected to be released on 15th October,2013, will be released, in about next two weeks time, said Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal. Coal scam: Case registered against Birla, former coal secretary CBI lodged a case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P.C. Parekh on charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks eight years back. India still far behind in the Global Hunger Index The level of hunger remains at ‘alarming levels’.India has moved from 65 to 63 in the Global Hunger Index, making a marginal improvement since 2012, but continues to languish far behind other emerging economies.