Migrant workers play a very vital role in building the nation and their rights cannot be ignored at all, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while asking the Centre to devise a mechanism so that they receive food grains without ration cards.

As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the legislations.

Special judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the agency and directed it to file a reply on Michel's plea, which had stated that he had not named anybody in connection with the deal during investigation by the ED and that even though the court has not taken cognisance of the documents, in order to make the entire case a sensation again in the media, the agency had leaked the chargesheet.

Michel's counsel appeared with the application before Special Judge Arvind Kumar who issued notice to the probe agency and sought its reply by Saturday when he will take up the matter.

The chargesheet said according to the 'budget sheet, 30 million were paid to Air Force officers.

The Congress for its part urged Modi not to politicise the armed forces.

"There is a recent trend of people expecting that everything has to be done by the government," he said.

Business Standard Motoring Team tells you everything you must know about the the Mahindra Rodeo RZ.

Scientists at the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute are working on a project to develop frost-tolerant varieties of bio-fuel bearing Jatropha plant for large-scale plantation in the US.

Scooters, which almost disappeared into the dark alleys of nostalgia, are making a grand comeback. The golden days of the early 80s, when scooters had a 64 per cent market share, are still far away. But the revival signals are strong.

The Mumbai-based company will take on Hero Honda, Bajaj Auto and HMSI and will have models in the 100cc, 125cc and 150cc mobike segments, and also in the ungeared low and high-powered scooter segments. Hero Honda has a 60 per cent share of the motorcycle segment, while HMSI commands a 58 per cent of the scooter market. Anand Mahindra said: "Our two-wheeler project is complete; we have already begun marketing the fleet in Bangalore."

A Mahindra in every household wouldn't be realised without two-wheelers.

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The Bajaj XCD 125! The XCD 125 brought a new scale of value-for-money to the volume-end of the Indian motorcycle market.

The i10 managed to impress the Business Standard Motoring jury across various counts, including build quality, ride, handling, driveability, comfort and safety features. A compelling price tag and above average fuel efficiency further clinched the deal for Hyundai's made-in-India car for the world.

Two thousand seven will be a busy year for two-wheeler manufacturer Kinetic Motor Company Limited.

Two wheeler manufacturer Kinetic Motors on Tuesday sold a 11.1 per cent stake to Taiwan-based Sanyang Industry Company Ltd for Rs 13.63 crore (Rs 136.3 billion).