The Supreme Court accepts Banthia Commission report paving way for reservation for OBCs in Local Body Elections in Maharashtra. The Supreme Court has accepted the report of the Banthia Commission and directed the Maharashtra State Election Commission to hold elections as per the report.
Commonly known as the 'anti-defection law', it has meant to arrest the practice of legislators from changing political affiliations during their term in office
The central government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal to make Minimum Support Price (MSP) more effective and transparent.
A week-long traditional Kharchi festival, offering prayer to 14 gods and goddesses, began with thousands of devotees converging at Khayerpur on the eastern outskirts of Tripura.