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8226; PM Manmohan Singh came on his own this week. First, following a goof-up, he asked cabinet ministers to avoid public pronouncements on policy issues without referring it first to his office. The PM also made it clear that he would stand by raising of FDI in telecom and civil aviation sectors

8226; CEC T S Krishnamurthy proposed a radical set of electoral reforms to the PM, starting with a ban on anyone chargesheeted at least six months before elections

8226; HRD Minister Arjun Singh scrapped the Joshi order requiring all donations to government-run institutions to be routed through the Bharat Shiksha Kosh

8226; With polls ahead, Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde announced his party8217;s decision to 8216;8216;provide free electricity to farmers8217;8217;

8226; Maninder Pal Singh Kohli confessed to raping and killing 17-year-old Hannah Foster