Lokpal Bill War

• 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.

• BJP should create internal Lokpal to admit only corrupt applicants, says Congress

  A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took the Lokpal war to the President, Congress has hit back saying BJP first needs to weed out corruption from within. Congerss spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter that instead of sending a petition on the Lokpal Bill to the President, the BJP should create an internal...

• Lokpal war: It was opposition's plan to 'scuttle' the Bill, says Chidambaram

  A day after the main opposition party, the BJP, alleged that the government manipulated the proceedings in the House to ensure that on Thursday night, the Lokpal Bill was not put to vote in the Rajya Sabha, the government today shot back and insisted that it was indeed the opposition's plant to "scuttle" the Bill through the "ingenious tool of 187 ...

• Lokpal war: Mamata's amendment finds wide support

  Mamata Banerjee has made it very difficult for the government to get the Lokpal Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha today.

• Lokpal war: Mamata firm on amendment, wants Lokayuktas clause dropped

  As the government preps for a tough battle in the Rajya Sabha over the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, the focal point of its concern is a key partner, Mamata Banerjee. She wants 14 pages of the bill which deal with Lokayuktas or anti-corruption agencies at the state level to be dropped because she believes this section violates the autonomy of states...

• Best one-liners from the Lokpal debate

  As Anna Hazare began a three-day fast in Mumbai demanding a strong Lokpal Bill, the Lok Sabha debated and passed the legislation on Tuesday. A bitter war of words was witnessed during the debate. Here are the best one-liners from the Parliament Debate.

• Lokpal Bill war: Time for sacrifice once again, says Anna Hazare

  Gandhian activist Anna Hazare began his three-day fast against the government's version of the Lokpal Bill at Mumbai's MMRDA Ground today. Here are the highlights of what he said.

• Lokpal Bill war: Anna heads to MMRDA Ground

  As Anna sets up camp at MMRDA Ground, with a crowd that's expected to run into thousands, Parliament will debate the Lokpal Bill.

• Lokpal Bill war: Kejriwal slams govt as Anna fasts at MMRDA Ground

  Amidst cheering supporters, Anna Hazare today began his three-day fast here for a strong Lokpal Bill even as Lok Sabha initiated a debate on the proposed law. Mr Hazare, who is suffering from a viral infection, arrived at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex of suburban Mumbai along with his close aides Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Manish S...

• Lokpal war: Lalu objects to minority quota being dropped

  The Lokpal Bill brought to Parliament today has altered the reservation quota to drop minorities for the nine members of the new Lokpal or ombudsman. Predictably, politicians like Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan have objected fiercely to the change.

• Lokpal Bill: Ready to fight, says Sonia, in warning to Team Anna and opposition

  Lokpal Bill: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has signalled that the government is ready for war with both the opposition and Team Anna over the Lokpal Bill once it is introduced in Parliament. She told a meeting of Congress MPs this morning that the Lokpal Bill is "path-breaking" and that "Team Anna must accept it." Kiran Bedi, a close aide of activ...

• 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.".

• Parliament reconvenes, Anna Hazare steps up pressure on Govt

  Anna Hazare's political Lokpal debate at a public venue has sparked a new war of words between the government and the opposition, who will now discuss the anti-corruption Bill next on Wednesday at a meeting called by the Prime Minister.