Anna Hazare Sibal

• Lokpal Bill passed in Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha to debate it today

  The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Lokpal Bill, which provides for the appointment of a powerful anti-graft ombudsman to investigate wrongdoing in government, ending years of dithering as public anger has mounted over a string of corruption scandals.

• Rajya Sabha passes Lokpal Bill: who said what

  The Lokpal Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha after a debate that took place in an atmosphere of rare political consensus. The Bill will be taken up in the Lok Sabha tomorrow, the government announced soon after its ally Samajwadi Party backed down on its threat to block the bill at any cost.

• Signs of reconciliation, will support Kejriwal if he runs for office: Anna

  Activist Arvind Kejriwal's courtesy call to his mentor, Anna Hazare, hasn't taken long to show dividends. 75-year-Anna said this evening that if Mr Kejriwal runs for office, he will support him. "And if he stands against (minister) Kapil Sibal from Chandni Chowk, I will personally campaign for him," he quipped

• Lokpal row: PM holds high-level meet, Pranab briefs Cabinet

  The Prime Minister today chaired a high-level meeting on the cabinet note to be circulated ahead of tomorrow's cabinet meet on the Lokpal Bill. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy were at that meeting.

• 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.

• Team Anna blames Sibal, Chidambaram

  As Anna Hazare's fast entered the tenth day on Thursday, his team accused "some strong elements" in the government of nullifying the entire dialogue process and said that they have become victims of Congress' "internal politics".

• Anna: Government defaming me; Sawant report doesn't say I am corrupt

  It was a defiant Anna Hazare that faced the cameras on Sunday evening. Taking on the government, who had charged him with allegations of corruption, Hazare stated his innocence and challenged the government to prove otherwise. ''There is nothing more undemocratic than what Anna is doing. The Lokpal Bill is the property of the Parliament not that o...

• Press release: Team Anna's referendum on Lokpal Bill

  Anna Hazare and his supporters took their battle for a new tough law against corruption to Kapil Sibal's doorstep today. They conducted what they describe as a referendum in his constituency - Delhi's Chandni Chowk - and said an overwhelming majority of voters support their version of the Lokpal Bill. A sarcastic Mr Sibal said, "They are being mode...

• Anna's poll on Sibal's turf: '82% want PM under Lokpal'

  Anna Hazare and his supporters took their battle for a new tough law against corruption to Kapil Sibal's doorstep today. They conducted what they describe as a referendum in his constituency - Delhi's Chandni Chowk - and said an overwhelming majority of voters support their version of the Lokpal Bill.

• Civil society not to be used again in drafting of law: Sibal

  After a not-so-pleasant experience of engaging with Anna Hazare's team in drafting of the Lokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experiment in the future.HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, one of the key members of the joint committee for drafting the Lokpal Bill, also maintains that it cannot be cited as a precedent.He says the draft o...