Lokpal Bill Tabled In Parliament

• Government fast-tracks Lokpal Bill, tabled in Rajya Sabha

  The government's plan to quickly push the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha today could run into trouble again, with the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party warning it against diluting provisions of the proposed anti-corruption law.

• Some goodwill in Parliament too: Jaitley to table house panel's report on Lokpal

  They are at war over the FDI in retail issue, but the Opposition and the government will also demonstrate rare unity today when Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley tables a select committee's report on the Lokpal Bill.

• Highlights: Govt can pass Lokpal Bill later with consensus, says Salman Khurshid

  Amid much pressure from activist Anna Hazare, the government tabled the Lokpal Bill in Parliament this winter session. However, the bill was passed only in the Lok Sabha where the government has a majority. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned without a vote on the bill. Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, says the Oppos...

• Lokpal Bill tabled in Lok Sabha

  After two adjournments of the Lok Sabha, the government finally tabled the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill in Parliament today, well past the scheduled time of 2 pm. The BJP, Anna Hazare's team of activists, and Lalu Prasad Yadav have all rejected it for different reasons. The Bill will be debated on December 27 after which it will be put to a vote. Wh...

• Reject Lokpal Bill, it is even weaker than earlier version: Team Anna

  Reject Lokpal Bill, it is even weaker than earlier version: Team Anna

• Lalu's two bits on Lokpal keep Lok Sabha in splits

  In a tense Lok Sabha, Lalu Prasad Yadav brought some smiles as he objected to the Lokpal Bill in his inimitable style on Thursday evening. The RJD leader had risen to say that the Bill should not be hurried with. He took objection to activist Anna Hazare bringing pressure on Parliament with a deadline to pass the Bill, saying that the House could n...

• Read the Lokpal Bill

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• Lokpal minority quota: Govt accepts Lalu's demand

  After a fierce protest by Lalu Prasad, the government has decided to bring back the minority quota for the nine-member Lokpal or ombudsman in the Lokpal Bill, scheduled to be tabled in Parliament today.

• Lokpal Bill: BJP not content with what's on offer

  The government will introduce or table the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha today but the BJP has already given the 70-page bill a poor review. The main opposition party says it will ask for major amendments to the anti-corruption bill. Many of the BJP's objections mirror those that have been flagged repeatedly by activist Anna Hazare.

• Lokpal Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha at 2 pm

  The government will introduce the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha in a short while from now. At 9 am, main opposition party, the BJP made it clear that the battlelines were drawn for a showdown in Parliament today and then next week, when the House is expected to debate and vote on the Bill on December 27, in a three-day extension of t...

• 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.".

• Lokpal: Cabinet clears draft to be tabled in Parliament on Dec 22; angry Anna starts fast on Dec 27

  The Union Cabinet met this evening and cleared the Lokpal Bill draft to be tabled in Parliament. Sources say the bill may be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and in Rajya Sabha on Friday, now that plans to extend the Winter Session of parliament have been vetoed by some parties.

• Cabinet clears Lokpal draft to be tabled in Parliament on Dec 22; angry Anna starts fast on Dec 27

  The Union Cabinet met this evening and cleared the Lokpal Bill draft to be tabled in Parliament. Sources say the bill may be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and in Rajya Sabha on Friday, now that plans to extend the Winter Session of parliament have been vetoed by some parties.

• PM approves Cabinet note on Lokpal Bill, will the Winter Session be extended?

  The government now has its Lokpal Bill plans in place. It has extended the Winter Session of Parliament to discuss and pass the Bill next week on December 27, 28 and 29. The Prime Minister has given his nod to a final cabinet note on the contours of the Lokpal Bill, which will be reviewed and approved by the Union Cabinet this evening. It will then...

• Anna's anti-graft campaign good for country: Murthy

  Software icon and Infosys' founder N R Narayana Murthy on Monday said he was hopeful that the draft of Lokpal bill, expected to be tabled in the Parliament in a day or two, would satisfy all well meaning citizens.