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  BJP To Move Amendments Against Certain Provisions In Lokpal

  India | December 22, 2011 22:21 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 22: Dubbing the Lokpal Bill introduced by the government in Lok Sabha as “weak”, BJP today said it will move amendments against provisions like reservation for minorities, which it maintained is unconstitutional,

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  Lokpal To Cost Rs 200 Crore Every Year

  India | December 22, 2011 22:02 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 22: How much will Lokpal cost the exchequer every year?According to the financial memorandum attached with ‘The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011', the anti-corruption body is expected to incur an expenditure of

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  Chidambaram Would Be In Jail If CBI Comes Under Lokpal, Says Anna

  India | December 21, 2011 21:29 IST

  Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 21: Attacking the government for keeping the CBI out of Lokpal, Anna Hazare today accused it of "cheating" the people by bringing a weak Bill to "save" corrupt politicians. A day after

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  Constitutional Lokpal Gets Cabinet Clearance

  India | December 20, 2011 22:08 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 20: The Union Cabinet tonight approved a historic bill for creation a Lokpal with Constitutional status that will have no control over CBI but brings within its purview the Prime Minister with

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  Anna To Go Ahead With Fast From Dec 27

  India | December 20, 2011 22:22 IST

  Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 20: Accusing the UPA of ignoring the voice of people, Anna Hazare today said he will go ahead with his fast and ‘jail bharo' agitation from December 27, alleging that a “weak”

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  Bring CBI Under Lokpal, Demands Kiran Bedi

  India | December 20, 2011 18:46 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 20: Team Anna today said extension of Winter Session of Parliament will be worth only if a strong Lokpal Bill is brought with CBI out of government control.“Extension will be worth if

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  BJP To Force Amendments On Lokpal If Suggestions Not Included

  India | December 20, 2011 13:02 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 20: BJP today decided to seek amendments in the Lokpal Bill if its suggestions and concerns on the legislation are not incorporated.This decision was taken at a meeting of BJP Parliamentary Party

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  Anna Hazare : Quit, We Don't Need A Government Like This

  India | December 17, 2011 21:59 IST

  Bangalore, Dec 17: Speaking to the public in Bangalore on Saturday, a charged up Anna Hazare called the present form of the proposed Lokpal bill is "worthless" and asked the government to "quit" adding that

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  Have Patience, Narayanasamy Tells Hazare

  India | December 16, 2011 19:08 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 16: A Union minister today asked Anna Hazare to have “patience” after his threat to fill up jails if the government does not bring a strong Lokpal Bill in the current session,

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  Anna Threatens 'Jail Bharo' From Jan 1

  India | December 15, 2011 22:48 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 15: Stepping up pressure, Anna Hazare today announced a new agitation of filling up jails (jail bharo) from January 1 if Parliament does not pass a strong Lokpal law, amid indications that

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  Country Needs A Hangman More Than A Lokpal : Thackeray

  India | December 15, 2011 18:07 IST

  Mumbai, Dec 15: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has criticised Team Anna for pressurising Parliament to get the Lokpal bill passed.“More than a Lokpal, we need a hangman to execute Afzal Guru, convicted in Parliament

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  No Consensus At All-Party Meet On Lokpal

  India | December 15, 2011 9:58 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 14: All-party meeting tonight failed to reach consensus on Lokpal Bill with parties voicing divergent views on key elements like inclusion of PM and lower bureaucracy, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

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  CVC, CBI Chiefs Meet PM Over Lokpal

  India | December 14, 2011 21:47 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 14: The heads of CVC and CBI today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss various issues related to the proposed Lokpal bill.Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar and CBI Director A P

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  PM Holds Consultations With UPA Allies On Lokpal

  India | December 13, 2011 22:40 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13: On the eve of the all-party meeting on Lokpal issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight held consultations with UPA constituents after which a “broad consensus” was reported on the approach to

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  CBI Expresses Unhappiness Over Some Lokpal-Related Issues

  India | December 13, 2011 22:31 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13: The CBI today wrote to the government expressing its unhappiness over various issues related to Lokpal saying many of the clauses would severely impair the functioning of the investigating agency.In its

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  Govt Under Pressure To Include PM In Lokpal

  India | December 13, 2011 18:19 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13: Government today came under intense pressure from political parties to include the office of Prime Minister, Group C and D employees and the anti-corruption wing of CBI within the purview of

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  BJP To Seek Inclusion Of PM, Lower Bureaucracy Under Lokpal

  India | December 13, 2011 13:42 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13 : BJP has decided to press for the inclusion of Prime Minister, lower bureaucracy and Citizens' Charter under Lokpal at the all-party meeting tomorrow and will move amendment in the Bill

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  Opposition Backs Team Anna On PM, Lower Bureaucracy

  India | December 11, 2011 16:27 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 11: Sharing Anna Hazare's platform, Opposition parties today backed his demands for inclusion of Prime Minister and lower bureaucracy under the ambit of Lokpal but some counselled Team Anna to be flexible

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  Hazare's Methods Are Not Gandhian: Tushar

  India | December 11, 2011 13:26 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 11 : As Anna Hazare sat on a one-day fast demanding a strong Lokpal, Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson Tushar Gandhi today attacked the activist saying his methods are “not Gandhian” as they

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  Kiran Bedi Says, Third Phase Of Stir Inevitable

  India | December 10, 2011 22:04 IST

  Chennai, Dec 10: Strongly advocating bringing CBI under the ambit of the Lokpal bill, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today alleged the agency was not independent and said a third phase of agitation by the