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“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.