Lok Pal
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Lokpal Will Not Solve Menace Of Corruption, Says Azim Premji
Jan 21, 2012, 09:09 PM ISTBangalore, Jan 21: Addition of more bodies like Lokpal to the governance system would not help solve the menace of corruption, IT czar and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji said here today.“Just keeping on adding bodies
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Get Rid Of Street-Smart Team Members, Digvijay Advises Anna
India | Dec 31, 2011, 09:42 PM ISTBangalore, Dec 31: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today asked social activist Anna Hazare to get rid of “street-smart people” around him and alleged their whole campaign was anti-Congress and pro-BJP. “I cannot advise Annaji...
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Govt May Accept One Or Two Trinamool Amendments On Lokpal, Says Chidambaram
India | Dec 31, 2011, 09:38 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 31: Indicating that ally Trinamool Congress' demand for total deletion of provisions relating to Lokayukta in the Lokpal Bill may not not be easy to meet, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the
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Advani Targets PM On Lokpal, Questions 'Conspiratorial Silence'
National | Dec 31, 2011, 04:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 31: BJP leader L K Advani today hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Lokpal fiasco in Rajya Sabha, alleging that he had chosen “conspiratorial silence and acquiescence” while the
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Team Anna Blames Ansari For Lokpal Fiasco In Rajya Sabha
India | Dec 30, 2011, 09:12 PM ISTGhaziabad, Dec 30: Team Anna today faulted Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for abruptly adjourning the Upper House sine die without a vote on the Lokpal Bill. Former Law Minister and prominent Team Anna member
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Govt Has Lost Its Moral Right To Rule, Say Jaitley, Sushma
India | Dec 30, 2011, 10:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 30: BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj today said UPA government has lost its moral right to rule after running away from the vote on Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha on
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Lokpal Not Needed : Omar
India | Dec 30, 2011, 10:02 AM ISTSrinagar, Dec 30: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said there was no need for special laws like Lokpal as the state already had such provisions.“What Anna Hazare is demanding today, our
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DMK, Trinamool Oppose Constitution Amendment Bill
India | Dec 28, 2011, 10:25 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 28: Key UPA allies DMK and Trinamool Congress today expressed apprehensions that the Constitution Amendment Bill may erode the powers of states which are derived from the federal setup of the country.
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BJP Asks Cong To Put Its Own House In Order
India | Dec 28, 2011, 10:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 28: The BJP today hit back at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul for blaming opposition for the fall of Constitution Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, saying it was not their responsibility
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Don't Go By Numbers For Gauging Public Support, Says Kiran Bedi
India | Dec 28, 2011, 08:47 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 28: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today downplayed the low turnout at Anna Hazare's fast in Mumbai, saying one should not just go by the number of people who turn up at
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Bedi Cuts Short Her Mumbai Stay; Returns To Delhi
India | Dec 27, 2011, 09:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 27: Activist Kiran Bedi tonight cut short her stay in Mumbai and returned to the national capital to take part in the Delhi leg of Team Anna's agitation for a strong Lokpal.“I
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Hazare Refuses To End Fast Despite Deterioration In Health
India | Dec 27, 2011, 10:15 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 27: The deterioration of his health notwithstanding, Anna Hazare, who began his three-day fast against the government's ‘weak' Lokpal Bill today, refused to give up his agitation despite requests from close aides. “When
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UPA Allies Strike Discordant Note On Lokpal
India | Dec 27, 2011, 09:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 27: UPA partners, Trinamool Congress and DMK, today struck a discordant note saying the Lokpal Bill provisions to create Lokayuktas would encroach upon the rights of the states.“Don't undermine the rights of
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Requests Anna To End Fast
India | Dec 27, 2011, 08:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 27: Concerned over Anna Hazare's health, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today appealed to the social activist to end his fast and continue his agitation.“I appeal to Annaji to
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Hazare Supporters Stage Protests
India | Dec 27, 2011, 06:40 PM ISTJammu/Chennai, Dec 27: As Anna Hazare embarked on his fast in Mumbai and Team Anna held fort in Delhi today, scattered protests by his supporters against a “weak” Lokpal Bill were reported elsewhere in the
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PM Calls For Keeping CBI Outside Lokpal, Appeals To Parties To Pass Lokpal Bill
India | Dec 27, 2011, 09:35 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 27: Pushing for passage of the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today rejected demands for bringing CBI under the purview of the anti-graft ombudsman, warning that no
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PILs In Bombay, Karna HC To Declare Hazare's Fast As "Illegal"
India | Dec 26, 2011, 10:08 PM ISTMumbai/Bangalore, Dec 26: On the eve of Anna Hazare's fast in Mumbai, two separate PIL petitions were moved before the Bombay High Court and the Karnataka High Court today with a plea to declare the
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Kejriwal Meets Muslim Leaders To Clear Air On RSS Link Charges
India | Dec 26, 2011, 07:18 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 26: Against the backdrop of the allegations that Anna Hazare has links with the RSS, Arvind Kejriwal, a key Team Anna member today met representatives of Muslim organisations here to clear the ‘misconceptions'.
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Govt Has Done Nothing Against Graft : Anna Hazare
India | Dec 26, 2011, 04:22 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi/ Mumbai/ Delhi, Dec 26: Anna Hazare has said that he will continue with his fight against corruption till the end. Putting an end to speculations on his health, Hazare said that he was
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Kejriwal Tells India TV, Leaders Like Lalu Will Be The First To Go To Jail If CBI Comes Under Lokpal
India | Dec 23, 2011, 08:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 23: Senior Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal today lashed out at RJD chief Lalu Prasad saying he made the entire Lok Sabha introductory debate on Lokpal Bill "frivolous". In a live chat