Lalu gets 5 years in jailLalu Prasad has been sentenced to five years in jail for corruption in a case linked to the massive fodder scam that unfolded while he was Chief Minister of Bihar. He has also been fined Rs. 25 lakh and stands disqualified as an MP.
Dropping OrdinanceThe government has decided to withdraw a controversial ordinance that protects convicted parliamentarians and triggered a furious critique from Rahul Gandhi last week, who described the policy as "nonsense."
Gandhis...Then and NowIndia celebrates Gandhi Jayanti, the 144th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India`s independence movement and the father of the nation.
No more Fodder ScamsA longtime political heavyweight from northern India, Lalu Prasad, was found guilty Monday of participating in a scheme that siphoned off public money for more than a decade, ending a trial that was seen as a watershed in India`s struggle with corruption......