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HEALTH Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad may have set the cat among the pigeons last year when he said that medical students, before going to the US to study, will have to sign a bond that they will be back after finishing the course or else repay the government the money spent on their education, but the ministry is now finding out that such rules are easier to announce than to execute. How does one recover money from a person who is not in the country at all? Is it legally tenable to ask his family to fulfil bond conditions? Perplexed, the ministry has now sought the Law Ministry's opinion on this tricky issue.

Morale Booster

THE Central Industrial Security Force has got a new theme song, which has contributions from three prominent personalities of the Hindi music industry — Javed Akhtar, Sunidhi Chauhan and Sonu Niigaam. The song was unveiled by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday. The song Desh ki Rakshaa Humaaraa Dharm Hai, Desh ki Rakshaa Humaaraa Karm Hai aims to boost the morale of the force. The song will now be a part of all the official ceremonies and graduation parades of the force.

Family Connections

THE description of the Railway Budget by the BJP as 'Rae Bareli Budget' was on expected lines. But the criticism of the budget proposals from Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose SP supports the UPA government, came as a bit of a surprise. Yadav said he had no problems about the projects going to Rae Bareli but was disappointed by the fact that areas of Etawah, Mainpuri, Badaun, Firozabad and Etah had been completely ignored. Quite clearly, Yadav was showing his concern not for all the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, but only for those controlled by his family.

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