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  Trinamool to Decide on Controversial MP Tapas Pal: 10 Developments

  Amid huge outrage over remarks made by its controversial MP Tapas Pal, the Trinamool Congress will take a decision on his fate today. On hazy footage aired by local TV channels, Mr Pal, a two-term MP, has been caught making shocking comments on rape.

• 'Chop Their Heads, Slit Their Throats': More From Trinamool's Controversial MP Tapas Pal

  Soon after Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal issued a letter of apology on Tuesday for his shocking comment on rape caught on camera, a second video recording was aired by Bengali news channels in which he is seen asking party supporters to slit the throats of opposition workers.

• For Trinamool MP Tapas Pal's Rape Threat, Wife's Apology and Defence

  Amid widespread outrage at Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal's shocking comment on rape, his wife Nandini has apologised, but has also defended her husband saying he "did not have ill-intentions."

• Lokpal fiasco: Congress promises action against MPs who defied whip

  The Congress is fighting a wicked political hangover from last night's vote on the Lokpal Bill, and ensuring that it is protected against further humiliation in the Rajya Sabha. So before the Lokapl Bill reaches the Rajya Sabha, the government is wooing allies and opposition parties to ensure the Bill is not defeated in the upper house, where the g...

• Lokpal Bill battle: Team Anna writes open letter to PM, MPs; government steps up attack

  As Congress has stepped up its attack on Anna Hazare with less than two days to go before his scheduled fast at Mumbai's MMRDA Ground, Team Anna's India Against Corruption (IAC) group today wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister and Members of Parliament, re-voicing their demand for a 'stronger' Lokpal Bill.

• Lokpal Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha at 11 am tomorrow

  It's war again. Sonia Gandhi has set the tone for the government's next steps on the Lokpal Bill that it plans to table in Parliament tomorrow. After a meeting of party MPs today, the Congress president she said she was "always ready for a fight.".

• Confusion over Rahul-Sarpanch meet: Thomas accepts blame

  Congress MP PT Thomas met the sarpanch of Anna Hazare's native village in Delhi this morning over the confusion on his reported meeting with party leader Rahul Gandhi. After meeting him, the Congress MP from Idukki said it was miscommunication from his office that led to the mix-up.

• Manish Tewari to stay in Standing Committee on Lokpal: Sources

  Sources have told NDTV that Congress spokesman and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari has been re-nominated as a member of the Standing Committee that is reviewing the Lokpal Bill. On Wednesday, Mr Tewari said he had decided to recuse himself from the parliamentary panel, saying he supported "a strong, effective Lokpal Bill, but I do not want any controve...

• Manish Tewari recuses himself from Parliamentary panel on Lokpal

  Congress spokesman and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari has opted out of the Standing Committee that is reviewing the Lokpal Bill. Tewari has been most famous recently for his stringent criticism of and subsequent apology to Anna Hazare, the man in the headlines for the last two weeks.

• Anna issue handled inappropriately: Congress MP

  In a letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Praveen Singh Aron said the issue was dealt with "inappropriately" and sought a "thorough inquiry" within the party to ascertain whether it was done deliberately or was a mistake.

• The Standing Committee looking into the Lokpal Bill

  Four days after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha, the Lok Pal Bill was referred to Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on August 8. This committee is headed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Manu Abhishek Singhvi.