Two top lawyers' contest on Lokpal
Two top lawyers - Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress - set the pace of debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with their debat
Jethmalani's blackmoney remarks create flutter in RS during Lokpal debate
Noted advocate and BJP member Ram Jethmalani today created a flutter in the Rajya Sabha when he made certain remarks against persons having money stashed away in Swiss banks.
Participating in the de
Constitutional status for Lokpal: Government takes a hit
Government suffered a major embarassment in the Lok Sabha late on Tuesday when it defeated the Bill giving Lokpal a constitutional status.
The Bill, which was an idea of Rahul Gandhi to give constit
Govt hopeful of introducing Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha
Government today expressed hope that it will be able to introduce the Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha this afternoon.
"Hopefully, the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011 will be tabled in Rajya Sabha this af
Documentary on Anna Hazare likely to release next month
Anna Hazare and his campaign against corruption has inspired a budding director to make a documentary film, which is likely to be released next month.
Ankit Narayan has made 'Jai Bharat', a 26-minut
Constitution bill: Action to be taken against absent MPs
Action will be taken against Congress MPs who were absent in the Lok Sabha yesterday which led to the defeat of the bill giving Constitutional status to the Lokpal.
"The absence of MPs will be taken
Lokpal: Govt scrambles for numbers in RS
With no majority on its own in the Rajya Sabha, the Government today scrambled for numbers to get the Lokpal Bill passed to avoid an embarrassment it faced in the Lok Sabha over the defeat of Constitu
Anna Hazare makes into CIA's Factbook
Anna Hazare and his organisation - India Against Corruption - has made it into the American spy agency CIA's World Factbook as a political pressure group in India, joining the league of RSS, Bajrang D
'Work-obsessed' Mumbai blamed for dwindling Day 2 crowd at Anna's fast
Describing the Lokpal bill passed by the Lok Sabha as 'useless', Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday said there was no point in giving a constitutional status to a 'weak' Lokpal.
"We are n
Anna Hazare calls of fast, jail bharo campaign
In a sudden climb down, Anna Hazare today made a surprise announcement of calling off his campaign to fill jails from Friday and ended his fast.