“The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice strongly feels that it is expedient to enact law for giving statutory backup to Model Code of Conduct leaving no vacuum for EC to exercise its power.

In a big step towards completion of Jaitapur nuclear power project, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCL) has started working on the basic infrastructure such as office and roads at the project site from last week.
Out of six villages, 308 landholders have accepted part of the compensation.

D. Netto-trained Chal Bhai Chal was well ridden by A. Imran Khan to win the Nawab Khaja Moinuddin Khan Memorial Cup 1400 metres, the main event of races held here on Monday.

The ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh may field new faces in half of the Assembly constituencies in the state to counter anti-incumbency factor in the November polls, a senior party leader said here on Monday.

With an aim to address the problems of transgender community, the ministry of social justice and empowerment held the first ever consultation meeting with the concerned ministries along with various experts and researchers.

Patrick Quinn-trained Star Empire looks set to win the Tangiers Cup 1400 metres, the main event of the races to be held here on Tuesday.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s steep political differences with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi has deprived Bihar’s farmers an opportunity to gain the latest agricultural insights by attending a global farmers’ convention planned next month in Ahmedabad.

Making a strong pitch for smooth passage of the landmark Food Security Bill, the Congress president said the measure is a “historic opportunity” to provide food security to tens of millions of people in the country, which will end the problem of hunger once for all.

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will now make a concerted effort to win back traders who had, once, formed the base of the party.

The Congress party played the Food Security Card to blunt the Opposition’s campaign on corruption and price rise in the Lok Sabha elections ahead.