There is a meeting of Congress core group today, in which they will decide whether to call for a special session of Parliament or to pass an ordinance on the Food Security Bill. Earlier, a meeting based on the same issue was held on 17th May which did not have inconclusive.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the silver jubilee of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai today. On the occasion, a commemorative postage stamp and a book on the history of the Indian securities market will be released.
IPL boss Rajiv Shukla has once again reiterated that strict action will be taken against culprits in Spot Fixing that rocked the ongoing edition of the tournament. However for the first time he came out in support of strong law against fixing in sports.
The group of ministers (GoM) set up to secure more autonomy for the CBI held its first meeting today, with minister of state for personnel, briefing the GoM on scope of CBI's powers as defined by existing and proposed laws as well as court judgements.
