Lokpal Bill
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Hazare Renews Demand For Withdrawing Govt's Lokpal Bill
India | Mar 23, 2012, 10:15 PM ISTNoida, Mar 23: With political parties failing to arrive at a consensus on the Lokpal issue, Anna Hazare today renewed his demand for withdrawing the government's “useless bill” as there was no pointing in having
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Key UPA Allies Want Lokayukta Provision Deleted From Lokpal Bill
India | Mar 23, 2012, 10:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 23: The contentious provision relating to Lokayuktas in the Lokpal Bill may undergo change as key UPA constituents joined the Opposition in demanding its deletion but differences still persist on some other
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Hazare Threatens 'Big Protest' For Strong Lokpal Bill
India | Mar 16, 2012, 12:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 16: Threatening to launch a “big protest” for a strong Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare today said the government will have to go if it does not bring a strong anti-corruption law.He said
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Govt Agrees To Take Up Lokpal Bill Vote In First Half Of Budget Session
India | Mar 14, 2012, 01:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 14: The government today said it wants to bring the bill to set up anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal, in Rajya Sabha during the first part of the current Budget session of Parliament.Replying to
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Anna Hazare Appears To Be Extending Strong Lokpal Bill Deadline To 2014
India | Mar 12, 2012, 06:08 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi, Mar 12: Anna Hazare today appeared to be extending the deadline for the passage of a strong Lokpal Bill to next general elections in 2014 and threatened to return to Ramlila Maidan in
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Sibal Accuses SAD, BJP Of 'Double Standards' On Lokpal Issue
India | Jan 29, 2012, 08:13 AM ISTJalandhar, Jan 29 : Criticising Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP for their resistance to the Lokpal bill at the Centre, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said that the parties were adopting “double standards” on the
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Pranab Accuses BJP Of Changing Stand On Lokpal Bill In 24 Hrs
National | Jan 24, 2012, 06:56 PM ISTDehra Dun, Jan 24: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee accused BJP of being responsible for the Rajya Sabha's failure to pass the Lokpal Bill by changing its stand within 24 hours.Due to the change in
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Team Anna To Campaign In Punjab For Lokpal
India | Jan 23, 2012, 01:53 PM ISTChandigarh, Jan 23 : Carrying forward their fight for a strong Lokpal, Team Anna members will campaign in Punjab tomorrow.The team's visit to Punjab will coincide with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi's second visit to the
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Show Some Courage On Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare Writes To PM
India | Jan 22, 2012, 09:20 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi, Maharashtra, Jan 22: In a bid to project a non-partisan face, Anna Hazare and his team on Sunday shot off a series of letters to leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi
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Govt May Bring Corporates Under Proposed Anti-Graft Law
Jan 22, 2012, 02:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 22: In view of complaints of corruption in the private sector, the government is considering bringing corporates under a proposed anti-graft law.Official sources said the chiefs of the Central Vigilance Commission, the
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Team Anna Attacks Centre For 'Toothless' Lokpal Bill
India | Jan 21, 2012, 09:22 PM ISTDehra Dun/Haridwar, Jan 21: Team Anna today began its campaign in five election-bound states accusing the Centre of bringing a “toothless” Lokpal Bill which is like a “dead body strewn with flowers”.Addressing rallies, Arvind Kejriwal
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Team Anna Advocating Un-Gandhian Law , Says Arundhati Roy
India | Jan 21, 2012, 12:29 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 21: Stating that the anti-corruption agitation by Team Anna is a “corporate-sponsored media campaign”, writer Arundhati Roy on Friday said that the law (Lokpal) they are advocating is “un-Gandhian”. Roy also criticised Team
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Team Anna To Begin Campaign From Haridwar On Jan 21
India | Jan 19, 2012, 03:25 PM ISTDehra Dun, Jan 19: Team Anna will start its campaign in five election-bound states from Uttarakhand from January 21.Members of team Anna will campaign for a strong Lokpal bill, against corruption and other issues such
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Rahul Says, BJP Killed Lokpal Bill
India | Jan 10, 2012, 08:55 PM ISTBallia/Azamgarh(UP), Jan 10: Asserting that a “strong Lokpal” would be brought in the next session of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi today trained his guns on the BJP, saying it had “killed” the Bill for granting Constitutional
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Hazare Discharged From Hospital, Advised Month's Rest
India | Jan 08, 2012, 01:59 PM ISTPune, Jan 8 : Social crusader Anna Hazare was discharged from hospital today and said he would apply his mind to the next phase of the anti-corruption movement started by him on the Lokpal Bill
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Sibal Says, Even If Mamata Supported, Lokpal Bill Could Not Have Been Passed In RS
India | Jan 06, 2012, 05:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 6: Downplaying differences between Congress and its UPA partner Trinamool Congress, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today squarely blamed the Opposition for the Government's inability to get through the Lokpal Bill and FDI.Dismissing
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Lalu To Congress, Why Entertain Hazare?
India | Jan 05, 2012, 05:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 5: Days after his party MP tore a copy of Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today criticised the government for “entertaining” Anna Hazare and asserted that he would
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BJP Leaders Ask President For Early Reconvening Of Parliament To Pass Lokpal Bill
India | Jan 05, 2012, 01:54 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 5: The entire phalanx of the senior BJP leadership today marched to Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet the President and demand early reconvening of Parliament to pass the pending Lokpal Bill. Led by
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Anna Hazare Not To Campaign In Assembly Polls
India | Jan 05, 2012, 05:22 PM ISTPune, Jan 5: Setting at rest speculation over Anna Hazare's proposed tour of five poll-bound states, his close aide Kiran Bedi today said he would not campaign as planned earlier on medical advice.“Anna is not
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Khurshid Favours Reaching Out To Opposition, Allies On Lokpal
India | Jan 03, 2012, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 3: Law Minister Salman Khurshid has favoured reaching out to the Opposition as also allies on the issue of Lokpal and other issues and dismissed suggestions that Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee