Lokpal Draft Report

• House panel recommends: Bring Prime Minister under Lokpal

  A parliamentary panel set up to iron out sharp political divisions over the shaping of the Lokpal Bill, today adopted a draft report, indicating that most of the contentious issues may have now been sorted out.

• Wasn't invited to Lokpal debate: Sharad Pawar

  Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said today that his party did not participate in the Lokpal debate held yesterday because it wasn't invited. Mr Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, said "the debate will be in Parliament. We will present our opinions in front of the PM."

• Lokpal Bill row: Prime Minister calls all-party meeting

  As veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare readies for his day-long fast tomorrow in Delhi in protest against the parliamentary panel's report on the Lokpal Bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the issue again.

• Standing Committee fooling people of entire nation: Anna Hazare

  On the eve of his day-long fast against the Parliamentary Standing Committee's report on the Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare hit out at the government, saying the committee that had released the report on the anti-graft bill was "fooling people of the entire nation."

• Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report

  Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report

• What the parliamentary committee recommends for Lokpal

  A parliamentary committee today adopted its report on the contentious Lokpal Bill leaving it to the wisdom of Parliament to decide on inclusion of Prime Minister in its ambit while Congress members gave dissenting notes demanding inclusion of Group C officials within its purview.

• Anna on Lokpal draft: Highlights

  Team Anna has its own version of the bill, called the Jan Lokpal Bill. After 74-year-old Anna's epic fast in August, parliament formally agreed to consider Anna's three must-haves for the Lokpal. The Gandhian says the draft of the Lokpal Bill is a betrayal of this assurance.

• Lokpal Standing Committee seeks extension for submission of report

  Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress MP from Rajya Sabha and Chairman of the parliamentary panel looking into drafting the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, has sought a week's extension for submitting the panel's draft of the bill.

• Lokpal draft: Govt betrayed us, will fast on Dec 11, says Anna

  The government is bracing for a winter of severe discontent. In Parliament, it's battling a united Opposition over its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment in retail. Now, Anna Hazare has expressed his unhappiness over the Standing Committee report on Lokpal saying he may have to restart agitation.

• Disappointed with Lokpal draft, Kiran Bedi says it's time for mass movement again

  Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight expressed disappointment at the recommendations in the draft report of Standing Committee on Lokpal Bill, saying going back on commitment given by Parliament will call for mass movement again.

• Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Kiran Bedi

  Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight expressed disappointment at the recommendations in the draft report of the Standing Committee on the Lokpal Bill, saying going back on the commitment given by Parliament will call for a mass movement again.

• New crisis? No Lokpal Bill debate till Anna Hazare agrees to end fast

  Lokpal Bill row: Yet again, a new deadlock in the Anna Hazare saga just as a breakthrough seemed round the corner. Less than an hour before Parliament convened on Friday - when there were reports that it would begin a debate on the Jan Lokpal Bill among other draft Bills - a new standoff emerged.