Heat over coal

Naveen Jindal losing his cool over the burning coal allocation issue

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Business Standard New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

The latent heat of the coal scandal appears to have transferred itself to Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal, who is facing charges of alleged favouritism in coal block allocations. Accosted by the media on the sidelines of an event earlier this week, the normally affable and media-friendly Jindal lost his temper with a cameraman of a private news channel and publicly accused him of showing “rubbish” against his (Jindal’s) company on the channel.

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First Published: Sep 13 2012 | 12:07 AM IST

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