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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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Lokpal Bill: Cabinet keeps PM out, Anna's version dumped
The Cabinet has approved the Lok Pal draft Bill at a meeting today. Sources said the Prime Minister has not been included in the purview of the Lok Pal in the version cleared. Neither has been the higher judiciary, they said.
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Government's Lokpal Bill a joke, says Anna Hazare in letter to PM
The Lokpal Bill is meant to usher in a new law to combat corruption among politicians and bureaucrats. After months of trying to develop a common blueprint, the government and activists like Mr Hazare were unable to reconcile their differences. Each team produced its own version of the Bill.Today, in a letter to the Prime Minister, activist Anna Ha...
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Lokpal Bill: No consensus at all-party meeting
It was expected to be fiery, and it didn't disappoint. The all-party meeting on the Lokpal Bill on Sunday saw a combative and largely united Opposition slamming the government for its handling of the Bill, which is meant to rout corruption among politicians and bureaucrats. (Read: The draft Lokpal Bill)There was also some tense sparring with the BJ...
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Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare meets Nitish Kumar, Sonia Gandhi meeting soon
He wanted to meet Sonia Gandhi today but did not get an appointment. Now the Congress has indicated that the party chief will meet Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, though a time for that meeting has not been announced yet. Anna Hazare is trying to cobble political support for the draft Lokpal Bill that members of the civil society have readied....
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Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare to meet Sonia Gandhi today
Anna Hazare will try to persuade Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to include the post of Prime Minister in the Lokpal when he meets her today. Team Anna is also scheduled to meet CPI's AB Bardhan later today.The Gandhian activist has been in the Capital since Monday meeting leaders of political parties - amongst them Ajit Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Dal,...
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Lokpal row: Activists complain about 'real draft'
On July 3, political parties will meet to discuss the Lokpal Bill which has established itself as the persistent political headline of this summer. The Bill is intended to help rout corruption among politicians and bureaucrats. How has become a fierce dissent between the government and activists. Five ministers and five activists ...
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Lokpal Bill: Shanti Bhushan writes to Pranab about misleading statements
In a letter written by Lokpal Bill drafting co-chair Shanti Bhushan to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee - who is also the co-chair from the government's side - Mr. Bhushan has said the comparative chart prepared by Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on the contentious Bill, does not represent their views accurately.Here's the letter by Mr. Bh...
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What's on offer in Ministers' draft of Lokpal Bill
At a press conference this evening, the ministers who are on the Drafting Committee of the Lokpal Bill explained the highlights of their draft of the Bill - it differs radically from the draft prepared by the five activists who are headed by Anna Hazare and are also members of the Drafting Committee."Can we have a parallel investigative agency outs...
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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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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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Lokpal Bill: Cabinet keeps PM out, Anna's version dumped
The Cabinet has approved the Lok Pal draft Bill at a meeting today. Sources said the Prime Minister has not been included in the purview of the Lok Pal in the version cleared. Neither has been the higher judiciary, they said.
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Government's Lokpal Bill a joke, says Anna Hazare in letter to PM
The Lokpal Bill is meant to usher in a new law to combat corruption among politicians and bureaucrats. After months of trying to develop a common blueprint, the government and activists like Mr Hazare were unable to reconcile their differences. Each team produced its own version of the Bill.Today, in a letter to the Prime Minister, activist Anna Ha...
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Lokpal Bill: No consensus at all-party meeting
It was expected to be fiery, and it didn't disappoint. The all-party meeting on the Lokpal Bill on Sunday saw a combative and largely united Opposition slamming the government for its handling of the Bill, which is meant to rout corruption among politicians and bureaucrats. (Read: The draft Lokpal Bill)There was also some tense sparring with the BJ...
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Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare meets Nitish Kumar, Sonia Gandhi meeting soon
He wanted to meet Sonia Gandhi today but did not get an appointment. Now the Congress has indicated that the party chief will meet Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, though a time for that meeting has not been announced yet. Anna Hazare is trying to cobble political support for the draft Lokpal Bill that members of the civil society have readied....
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Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare to meet Sonia Gandhi today
Anna Hazare will try to persuade Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to include the post of Prime Minister in the Lokpal when he meets her today. Team Anna is also scheduled to meet CPI's AB Bardhan later today.The Gandhian activist has been in the Capital since Monday meeting leaders of political parties - amongst them Ajit Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Dal,...
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Lokpal row: Activists complain about 'real draft'
On July 3, political parties will meet to discuss the Lokpal Bill which has established itself as the persistent political headline of this summer. The Bill is intended to help rout corruption among politicians and bureaucrats. How has become a fierce dissent between the government and activists. Five ministers and five activists ...
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Lokpal Bill: Shanti Bhushan writes to Pranab about misleading statements
In a letter written by Lokpal Bill drafting co-chair Shanti Bhushan to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee - who is also the co-chair from the government's side - Mr. Bhushan has said the comparative chart prepared by Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on the contentious Bill, does not represent their views accurately.Here's the letter by Mr. Bh...
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What's on offer in Ministers' draft of Lokpal Bill
At a press conference this evening, the ministers who are on the Drafting Committee of the Lokpal Bill explained the highlights of their draft of the Bill - it differs radically from the draft prepared by the five activists who are headed by Anna Hazare and are also members of the Drafting Committee."Can we have a parallel investigative agency outs...
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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...
