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In a bid to look after projects which are left in limbo in the constituencies where MPs have been changed after elections, Government is planning to prepare a project model for the Members of Parliament which would suggest them ways to complete the pending project work left by their predecessors.

A special CBI court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of three if the accused in NRHM case till March 5.

BJP leader Aarti Mehra on Wednesday said the party has made conscious efforts to reach out to the Christian community in Goa, where they comprise 23 per cent of the total population.

The Delhi Commission for protection of Child Rights opposed the Delhi High Court's order of decriminalising gay sex in Supreme Court here on Wednesday. The Commission said that cases that lead to harassment of a particular class (gay community) under Section 377 should be included in the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta directing him to file his reply on a writ petition challenging recommendation of a CBI probe against former minister Babu Singh Kushwaha in graft cases.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured her that the proposed anti-terror hub will not become operational till consultations with the states were completed.

In an embarrassment for the Mayawati government, Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta on Wednesday recommended a CBI probe against one of its most powerful ministers Naseemuddin Siddiqui and his wife Husna, an MLC.

Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna, arrested in Bhanwari Devi case on Wednesday sought 40 days parole from the CBI on ground of appearing in the state Assembly session starting February 27.

A local court on Wednesday sent sitting BSP MLA from Nizamabad Angad Yadav to jail here in connection with a two decade-old arms case.

In a bid to regulate and ensure transparent bidding mechanism in the government purchases, the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to tackle corruption approved the draft Public Procurement Bill here on Wednesday.