New Delhi: It's going to be a battle for numbers in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when the Lokpal Bill will be debated. For now it seems that allies like the TMC and regional parties like the RJD, Samajwadi Party and the BSP will play a crucial role. The Congress leadership is cracking the whip on erring MPs who were absent from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. It's also trying...
10:18 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: Amidst confusion about the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper House has been adjourned till Thursday, after the Government on Wednesday afternoon said the legislation will be debated on Thursday. The Lokpal Bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday but the discussion and voting on the proposed legislation was deferred. MoS Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said that the Rajya Sabha will take up...
05:29 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Shiv Sena questioned the need of the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Shiv Sena leader Anant Geete questioned, "Who will be the Lokpal? Someone like us, a citizen of India. Who will give gurantee about his integrity?" He also criticised bringing the Prime Minister under the ambit of the Lokpal saying, "Why are they lowering the dignity of the Prime Minister's office?" Calling the...
04:36 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav took a dig at the government in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, saying that the Lokpal Bill brought by the government cannot curb corruption. Taking on Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for his response to the BJP in the Lok Sabha, Sharad Yadav said that the government should improve the Lokpal Bill rather than saying that the Supreme Court will decide. Sharad Yadav questioned,...
03:38 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: In the wake of questions over the fate of Lokpal Bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed confidence that it will be passed by Parliament. "Had we not been confident, we would not have introduced it," he said while entering Parliament just ahead of the consideration of the crucial bill by the Lok Sabha. His assertion came amid questions over the fate of the bill as a number of...
12:41 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash Kashyap explains the procedure of passing the Lokpal Bill. ...
08:27 AM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: The stage is set for a showdown between the UPA government and Team Anna starting Tuesday. The first battle will be fought in Parliament which takes up the Lokpal Bill for a debate on Tuesday. While the government has the numbers for now in the Lok Sabha, passing the Bill in the Rajya Sabha won't be easy. As the big fight gets set to begin, the government is...
07:25 AM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: As the government prepares its strategy for the Lokpal Bill debate in Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to move amendments to the Bill. Sources say the BJP plans to move four amendments to the Bill. It is against the setting up of Lokayuktas in states, saying it violates India's federal structure. The BJP also wants the minority clause to be dropped from the Bill...
01:23 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court came down heavily on Anna Hazare and his team, who had sought permission to use the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai for his fast, saying that the court "cannot allow parallel canvassing when Parliament is seized with a debate on the Lokpal Bill". "Wouldn't your stir interfere with the functioning of Parliament?" the two-judge division bench of justices PB Majmudar and Mridula Bhatkar asked Team Anna....
01:49 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: As the government is set to table the Lokpal Bill draft in Parliament on Thursday, CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of the bill. Anna Hazare and his team have slammed the draft, calling it 'very weak'. According to the government's draft, the jurisdiction of the Lokpal will include Prime Minister, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Groups A, B, C and D officers and officials of Central Government. Matters pending...
10:36 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The government's contentious Lokpal Bill is finally set to be tabled in Parliament on Thursday. While it may have the numbers as well as the full backing of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, attempts to derail it can't be ruled out. The Congress is keen to table the Bill and pass it in an extended winter session. But the Opposition BJP is opposed to the government's version of the...
07:23 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The government will introduce the much anticipated National Food Security Bill in Lok Sabha on Thursday, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 60 per cent of the country's population. The bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet without any discussion on Monday. It's being billed as the most ambitious program of the UPA after the Employment Guarantee Scheme. In rural areas up to 75 per...
05:40 AM, Dec 22, 2011
Mumbai: Maintaining that Rs 3.5 lakh per day rent for the MMRDA ground was too steep, Team Anna on Wednesday sought the state government's intervention for lowering the amount and said they may move court if the issue is not settled amicably. "We have told the chief minister and Mumbai Police Commissioner to inform us where to sit (on fast). We cannot pay such steep rent. We don't have that...
12:46 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday refuted suggestions it had an "understanding" with the government on the Lokpal Bill, insisting the party will stick to the dissent notes it had submitted to the Parliamentary panel dealing with the Bill and also move amendments where it does not agree. Though senior BJP leaders maintained they were unaware of the contents of the Lokpal Bill and can react only when the copy...
11:08 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna on Wednesday night accused the government of "blatantly" defying Parliament by coming out with a separate grievance redressal bill when it has passed a resolution that such a provision will be part of Lokpal. The Anna supporters said the 'Right of Citizens for Time Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011' was "impractical" and "fully centralised". In a statement, they...
10:57 PM, Dec 21, 2011
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