Lokpal Panel

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  Senior Lawyer Mukul Rohatgi Appointed Eminent Jurist In Lokpal Panel: Centre

  Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as an eminent jurist in the selection committee for appointment of the Lokpal, the Centre told Supreme Court today.

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  Lokpal Selection Panel to Include Opposition After All: Sources

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has reportedly decided to make a major political concession and include an opposition member on the panel that will select a Lokpal or the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

• Lokpal panel row: BJP's Sushma Swaraj meets President Pranab Mukherjee

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today met President Pranab Mukherjee to escalate her party's opposition to the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the Lokpal panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

• Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report

  Lokpal Bill: Standing Committee's Final Draft Report

• BJP must project unity: Jaswant Singh

  Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh has suggested to NDTV that reports of a divide among its top leaders on several major issues are not entirely speculative."I agree it is relevant that the BJP must come across as a unified, united, conceptually one front to lead a revived NDA to answer the needs of the country," he said.When asked if his party is mov...

• Government has betrayed India, will fast from August 16: Anna

  The government has fixed July 3 for a discussion with all political parties on the Lokpal Bill, the basis of a tough new law against corruption.  Parties will study two drafts of the same Bill - one prepared by the government, the other by activists led by Gandhian Anna Hazare. (Read: Team Anna's draft of Lokpal Bill) | (Read: Government's v...

• Lokpal meet: One step forward, two big steps back

  Today's crucial meeting on the Lokpal Bill seemed like a case of one step forward, two steps back.  And that one step forward was a baby step. The ministers working on the Lokpal Bill feel their meeting today with activists headed by Gandhian Anna Hazare was a "breakthrough."  Team Hazare was less effusive.  While agreeing that today...

• Lokpal Bill: Govt, civil members to meet on Monday

  Amid sharp differences between representatives of government and civil society, the two sides will meet on Monday in a last ditch attempt to resolve contentious issues and hammer out a consensus on the Lokpal Bill.On the eve of the meeting of the Lokpal joint drafting committee - the eighth since April 16, Senior ministers held discussions for ne...

• 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...

• After slugfest, Lokpal panel meets today

  Just two days after a bitter and ugly slugfest between civil society representatives and the government, the Lokpal drafting panel meets today. The last meeting was boycotted by the civil society members, but ahead of today's meeting, Anna Hazare struck a conciliatory note. Mr Hazare said all differences can be sorted out through dialogue and that ...

• How can Anna Hazare call us cheats, asks Kapil Sibal

  The tenuous relationship between the government and civil society activists led by Anna Hazare seems to now be in the hazard zone.  Senior minister Kapil Sibal took on Mr Hazare for deciding to skip today's meeting of the committee that's drafting the new law against corruption, the Lokpal Bill. Mr Sibal also suggested that the government is r...

• Post-Ramdev, govt faces Hazare's 'mantri-to-santri' idea

  After dealing with Baba Ramdev's hunger strike, the government is likely to face another challenge soon from the Anna Hazare-led civil society which wants to bring 'mantri to santri' (minister to sentry) under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill.Sources said the government was wary on a few issues which the civil society members in the Lokpal Bil...

• PM appeals to Baba Ramdev to call off his fast

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev to call off his proposed fast against corruption.In a letter to Ramdev, the Prime Minister said, "Corruption is a big problem and we are making serious efforts to tackle it. It's not a divisive issue. We have to work with Baba Ramdev and look for solutions. I have already asked him...

• Differences over inclusion of PM in Lokpal purview

  The inclusion of the Prime Minister under the ambit of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill does not have to be a straight forward 'Yes or No' choice says the Government..  According to Home Minister P Chidambaram, "This is not a binary choice...there could be a yes, no or a yes with qualifications."Responding to reports that talks on the Lokpal bi...

• PM Manmohan Singh appeals to Baba Ramdev to call off his fast

  The Government seems to be under pressure, and does not want another mass movement like Anna Hazare's galvanising the people.  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev to call off his proposed fast against corruption.In a letter to Ramdev, the Prime Minister said, "Corruption is a big problem and we are making seriou...