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  Mamata Tells Centre, Leave Lokayuktas To States, Ensure Consensus On Lokpal

  India | January 03, 2012 15:32 IST

  Kolkata, Jan 3: The Centre should talk to all political parties before arriving at a consensus on the Lokpal Bill, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said and stuck to her stand that it

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  BJP Attacks Congress On Lokpal Bill

  India | January 02, 2012 20:36 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 2: BJP today hit out at Congress on the Lokpal Bill fiasco in Rajya Sabha, alleging it was spreading baseless and factually incorrect views about the Opposition's role in the Upper House's

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  CPI Trains Guns On Cong, BJP For Non-Passage Of Lokpal Bill

  Politics | January 02, 2012 9:03 IST

  Hyderabad, Jan 2: CPI general secretary A B Bardhan on Sunday blamed Congress and BJP for non-passage of Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha.CPI would also discuss ways to fight for a strong anti-graft ombudsman in

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  Congress Should Seek A Fresh Mandate : Nitish

  India | January 01, 2012 9:34 IST

  Patna, Jan 1: After the failure of the Parliament to pass the Lokpal Bill, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Congress-led UPA government has lost the moral right to continue ruling at the

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  Content Of Bills Matter, Not Numbers : Bedi To Govt

  India | December 31, 2011 23:09 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 31: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh counselled patience on effecting various laws to counter corruption, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight reminded the government that it is not the number of bills

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  RJD Leaders Deny 'Match-Fixing' Over Lokpal Bill In RS

  Politics | December 30, 2011 21:28 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: RJD MP Rajniti Prasad, who was seen tearing copy of Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, today said there was no “match-fixing” between his party and the Congress to scuttle voting on

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  Cong Not To Rest Till Strong Lokpal Bill Is Passed : Rahul

  India | December 30, 2011 20:54 IST

  Saharanpur (UP), Dec 30: As the Lokpal Bill failed to get Parliament's nod, Rahul Gandhi today said Congress will not rest till a strong law is passed and slammed the BJP, saying those who used

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  Chandrababu Says, Congress Has Left Lokpal Bill Orphaned

  Politics | December 30, 2011 19:28 IST

  Hyderabad, Dec 30: Accusing the UPA Government of leaving the Lokpal Bill “orphaned”, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today demanded that a strong anti-corruption ombudsman be created in the country.It was the “bounden duty and responsibility”

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  Chidambaram Says, People Will Teach Lessons To Parties Who Stalled Lokpal Bill

  India | December 30, 2011 18:40 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: Home Minister P Chidambaram today hit out at the BJP, who he alleged, in "connivance" with some other parties (read Left)  orchestrated yesterday's stalling of Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

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  No Party Wanted Lokpal Bill Passed In Rs, Says Santosh Hegde

  India | December 30, 2011 17:18 IST

  Bangalore, Dec 30: Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde today blamed all political parties for non-passage of Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, saying it was “choreographed by everybody”.Political parties did not want to pass

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  CPI-M Says, Govt Sabotaged Lokpal Bill

  India | December 30, 2011 17:09 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: The CPI(M) today accused the UPA government of “subterfuge and sabotage” in not allowing voting on the Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, saying “chaos” was created in an “orchestrated” manner to

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  Anna Hazare Should Introspect, Says Bal Thackeray

  India | December 30, 2011 22:36 IST

  Mumbai, Dec 30: Anna Hazare should introspect why and due to whom his fast for a strong Lokpal bill at the MMRDA ground here, fizzled out, Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray said today.“Even his favourite

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  Khurshid Slams BJP On Lokpal Bill

  India | December 30, 2011 16:43 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: Law Minister Salman Khurshid today accused BJP of not speaking about its problems with Lokpal Bill before the debate on it in Rajya Sabha and sought to know from the party

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  Bansal Promises To Bring Lokpal Bill Again In Budget Session

  India | December 30, 2011 14:18 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: Attacking the opposition for Rajya Sabha's failure to pass the Lokpal Bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal today said the Bill will be taken up for consideration in the Bedget session

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  Lokpal Will Be Brought In Budget Session : Govt

  India | December 30, 2011 12:11 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: Putting up a brave front after it failed to muster the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, Government today said the Lokpal Bill will “definitely” be brought before the Rajya Sabha during

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  Govt Should Have Done Its Home Work : Team Anna

  India | December 30, 2011 11:57 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: Team Anna today attacked the Government for its failure to get Lokpal Bill passed by Rajya Sabha and accused it of not doing enough home work to bring other political parties

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  Major Anti-Graft Bills Faced Roadblocks In Par Winter Session

  India | December 30, 2011 10:08 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: All three major anti-corruption bills—Lokpal, Judicial Accountability and Protection of Whistleblowers—could not be passed in the Winter Session of Parliament as the government was not able to muster support from its

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  RS Session Ends Without Passing Lokpal Bill

  India | December 30, 2011 9:18 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: The Lokpal Bill yet again failed to get Parliament's nod when Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Thursday night abruptly amid high drama and Opposition accusing the the government of

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  Govt Defends RS Adjournment , Says Lokpal Bill Needs More Amendments

  India | December 30, 2011 8:52 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: Under fierce attack from the Opposition, the government tonight defended the move to adjourn the Rajya Sabha sine die saying it needs time to study the nearly 200 amendments moved by

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  Lokpal Bill, A 'Jinxed' Affair

  India | December 30, 2011 8:39 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 30: The Lokpal Bill has always appeared to be a jinxed affair, the history of last 40 years shows.With the Rajya Sabha adjourning sine die midnight amid uproar without passing the Lokpal