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  PM Convenes All-Party Meeting On Lokpal On Wednesday

  India | December 10, 2011 22:00 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10: With the threat of Anna Hazare's agitation looming large, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting next week to evolve a broad consensus on the Lokpal Bill and ensure

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  Singhvi Lashes Out At Team Anna

  India | December 10, 2011 20:09 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10: Accusing Team Anna of “practising an extreme form of intolerance”, Abhishek Singhvi, Chairman of the Parliamentary panel on Lokpal, said attacking those who do not agree with their view is a

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  Par Panel Rejects Independent Phone Tapping Powers For Lokpal

  India | December 09, 2011 22:02 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 9: A Parliamentary Committee has favoured an equilibrium in power among the “trinity” of Lokpal, CBI and CVC under which the CBI would not be subordinate to the ombudsman and rejected independent

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  Hazare To Visit Chennai On December 18

  India | December 09, 2011 20:09 IST

  Chennai, Dec 9: Social activist Anna Hazare and his team would visit the city next week as part of stepping up their demand for a stronger Lokpal.“Anna and his team will be here on December

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  Par Panel Report On Lokpal Legally Complicated : BJP

  Politics | December 09, 2011 19:56 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 9: BJP today expressed strong disasgreement with the Parliamentary Committee report on Lokpal Bill, alleging that it has been unnecessarily made legally complex and wondered if this was an attempt to make

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  Constitutional Status To Lokpal Guarantees Authority, Says Khursheed

  India | December 09, 2011 17:55 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 9: Law Minister Salman Khurshid today defended Government's move to give Constitutional status to proposed Lokpal, saying it gives special guarantee of authority and integrity to an institution.  He also said Rahul

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  Team Anna Attacks Par Panel; Govt Wants Anna To Hold Back Stir

  India | December 09, 2011 22:17 IST

  Ralegan Siddhi/New Delhi, Dec 9: Accusing the Parliamentary panel on Lokpal of fooling people, Team Anna today questioned the credibility of its report, claiming only 12 of the 30 MPs supported its proposals, even as

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  CBI Wants More Functional Autonomy

  India | December 08, 2011 22:19 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 8: As the debate goes on over bringing CBI under the ambit of proposed Lokpal, the investigating agency wants it should be given more functional autonomy and the process for selection of

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  We Are Not Here To Please Team Anna : Singhvi

  India | December 07, 2011 22:42 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: Asserting that it was for Parliament to take a final view on inclusion of Prime Minister under the ambit of Lokpal, Parliamentary Standing Committee chairman Abhishek Singhvi today said the panel

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  PM Issue Left To Parliament; Rahul Aide Dissents On Group C Staff

  India | December 07, 2011 22:42 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: A Parliamentary Committee today left it to the “wisdom” of Parliament the issue of inclusion of Prime Minister in Lokpal's ambit but a Rahul Gandhi aide and two other Congress members

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  MPs Want Quota For SC, Minorities, Women In Lokpal

  India | December 07, 2011 16:44 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: A group of MPs today demanded reservation for SCs, STs, minorities and women in the institution of Lokpal and the judiciary and said they will be forced to disrupt proceedings in

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  Team Anna Attacks Singhvi For Excluding Group C From Lokpal

  India | December 07, 2011 16:43 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: Lashing out at Abhishek Singhvi on the draft Lokpal Bill, Team Anna today accused the Congress leader of disrepecting Parliament by going against its commitment of including lower bureaucracy and Citizens'

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  Panel On Lokpal Leaves PM Issue To 'Good Sense' Of Parliament

  India | December 06, 2011 21:34 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 6: In the face of sharp divisions, the Parliamentary panel scrutinising the Lokpal Bill has decided to leave the issue of inclusion of Prime Minister under the ambit of the ombudsman to

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  Group 'C' Employees Must Be Brought Under Lokpal : Team Anna

  India | December 05, 2011 16:46 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 5: Team Anna today rejected Government's proposal of excluding lower bureaucracy from Lokpal's ambit, saying they must be covered to fight graft like alleged swindling by Group C employees of over Rs

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  Team Anna Invites Politicians To Fast

  India | December 05, 2011 16:12 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 5: Team Anna today invited leaders of all parties to Jantar Mantar on December 11, when Anna Hazare plans to sit on a day-long fast, to put their views on Lokpal Bill,

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  Gopalkrishna Gandhi Foresees Another Popular Stir Over Lokpal

  Politics | December 04, 2011 12:15 IST

  Chennai, Dec 4 : As the government grapples with enactment of a strong Lokpal Bill, former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has expressed hope that a “highly respected and credible” anti-corruption watchdog will be created

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  Par Panel Trying To Make 'Enquiry-Pal' Of Lokpal : Bedi

  India | December 01, 2011 22:25 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 1: As Parliamentary Standing Committee went back on some of its recommendations on Lokpal Bill, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight slammed it as an effort to make the ombdusman an “Enquiry-pal”

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  Cong U-Turn Forces Parliamentary Panel On Lokpal Overturn Key Decisions

  India | December 01, 2011 22:08 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 1: In a sudden U turn, Congress members today forced the Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill to keep group C fficials out of the Lokpal's ambit and not to tamper with

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  Paswan Boycotts Meeting Of Par Panel On Lokpal

  India | December 01, 2011 20:29 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 1: LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan today boycotted the emergency meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee scrutinising Lokpal Bill to press his demand for reservation for Dalits and minorities in the proposed body.  Paswan,

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  Parl Panel On Lokpal Divided On PM Inclusion

  India | November 30, 2011 22:23 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 30: The Parliamentary Committee on Lokpal Bill was today sharply divided with members from BJP and the Left demanding inclusion of the Prime Minister within its ambit while those from Congress favoured