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Delhi Cabinet likely to pass Jan Lokpal Bill on Tuesday
The Jan Lokpal Bill is likely to be approved by the Delhi Cabinet tomorrow as its draft has almost been finalised by a panel headed by the Chief Secretary.
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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.
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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.
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Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report
Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report
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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.
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CBI not under Lokpal ambit? Team Anna cries foul
The one point where there was unanimity in an all-party panel preparing a draft Lokpal Bill - giving full autonomy to the CBI in investigating corruption cases - seems to now be the key sticking point. Team Anna is not in agreement.
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Parliamentary panel divided over inclusion of PM in Lokpal
One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the anti-corruption ombudsman's ambit. The last meeting of the parliamentary standing committee drafting the Bill ended today, with no consensus on this key point.
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No decision made yet on PM in the Lokpal ambit: Abhishek Manu Singhvi to NDTV
One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the ambit. This still has no consensus within the Parliamentary panel that is drafting the Lokpal Bill. The draft accessed by NDTV has so far remained absolutely silent on the issue. But now as the panel meets for its last set of discussion...
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Parliamentary panel considers Constitutional Amendment Bill on Lokpal
A move to grant constitutional status to Lokpal has gained momentum with a Parliamentary Committee considering a draft legislation to this effect with a provision which will not require ratification by states.
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Lokpal Bill: Now UPA allies divided
Bowing to Anna Hazare's fast against corruption in April, the government had agreed to setup a drafting committee to discuss the formation of a Lokpal (Ombudsman)."We will sit with Anna Hazare and draft a good bill," Congress leader and one of the members of the drafting committee, Kapil Sibal, had said in April.But the drafting process now faces t...
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Consensus evasive, two drafts of Lokpal Bill likely
More birthing pains for the law that's aimed at checking corruption in India. After the seventh meeting of the drafting panel today, the activists who're drafting the bill along with five ministers said that the meeting was a write-off. "It was not good...nothing came of it," said Arvind Kejriwal, an activist-member of the committee. (Watch)Mr Kejr...
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Anna Hazare rules out differences over panel
Anna Hazare, the man who successfully led the anti-corruption crusade for a Lokpal Bill, had to clarify after reports emerged that there is disagreement among some panel members over the constitution of the committee which will now draft the bill."I heard some reports that there are differences among the committee members. Baba Ramdev said that Kir...
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Delhi Cabinet likely to pass Jan Lokpal Bill on Tuesday
The Jan Lokpal Bill is likely to be approved by the Delhi Cabinet tomorrow as its draft has almost been finalised by a panel headed by the Chief Secretary.
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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.
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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.
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Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report
Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report
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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.
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CBI not under Lokpal ambit? Team Anna cries foul
The one point where there was unanimity in an all-party panel preparing a draft Lokpal Bill - giving full autonomy to the CBI in investigating corruption cases - seems to now be the key sticking point. Team Anna is not in agreement.
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Parliamentary panel divided over inclusion of PM in Lokpal
One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the anti-corruption ombudsman's ambit. The last meeting of the parliamentary standing committee drafting the Bill ended today, with no consensus on this key point.
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No decision made yet on PM in the Lokpal ambit: Abhishek Manu Singhvi to NDTV
One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the ambit. This still has no consensus within the Parliamentary panel that is drafting the Lokpal Bill. The draft accessed by NDTV has so far remained absolutely silent on the issue. But now as the panel meets for its last set of discussion...
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Parliamentary panel considers Constitutional Amendment Bill on Lokpal
A move to grant constitutional status to Lokpal has gained momentum with a Parliamentary Committee considering a draft legislation to this effect with a provision which will not require ratification by states.
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Lokpal Bill: Now UPA allies divided
Bowing to Anna Hazare's fast against corruption in April, the government had agreed to setup a drafting committee to discuss the formation of a Lokpal (Ombudsman)."We will sit with Anna Hazare and draft a good bill," Congress leader and one of the members of the drafting committee, Kapil Sibal, had said in April.But the drafting process now faces t...
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Consensus evasive, two drafts of Lokpal Bill likely
More birthing pains for the law that's aimed at checking corruption in India. After the seventh meeting of the drafting panel today, the activists who're drafting the bill along with five ministers said that the meeting was a write-off. "It was not good...nothing came of it," said Arvind Kejriwal, an activist-member of the committee. (Watch)Mr Kejr...
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Anna Hazare rules out differences over panel
Anna Hazare, the man who successfully led the anti-corruption crusade for a Lokpal Bill, had to clarify after reports emerged that there is disagreement among some panel members over the constitution of the committee which will now draft the bill."I heard some reports that there are differences among the committee members. Baba Ramdev said that Kir...
