Lokpal bill
Controversy casts shadow on first Lokpal panel meet
The 10-member joint committee for drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill holds its first meeting on Saturday morning amid controversy over some of its members from civil society.
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Lokpal Bill: Joint drafting committee meet begins
Eight days after Gandhian Anna Hazare called off his fast demanding a stronger Lokpal law, the joint committee to draft the bill met here on Saturday for the first time amid a controversy over a CD allegedly involving eminent lawyer and panel co-chairman Shanti Bhushan.
New vs old, activists slightly tweak Jan Lokpal Bill
As the civil society on Saturday brought out a new version of the Jan Lokpal Bill, the major changes were also made in the composition of the Lokpal selection panel, lending it higher political involv
Hazare's associates close to BJP, says Digvijay
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said people close to Anna Hazare are 'somehow close' to BJP and questioned the inclusion of father-son lawyer duo of Shanti and Prashant Bhushan in the ten-
Lokpal Bill drafting committee to meet on Saturday
The joint committee for drafting the anti-graft Lokpal Bill will hold its first meeting here on Saturday, government sources said.
Lokpal committee members should come with open mind: Govt
Days before the Joint Drafting Committee meets for the first time to prepare a stronger Lokpal Bill, government on Wednesday said members should come with an open mind and refrain from drawing lines beyond which they would not retreat.
August 15 deadline for Lokpal possible if all cooperate: Moily
Law minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the August 15 deadline to pass the Lokpal Bill set by social activists could be met if all cooperate, and added that the government was keen on passing the bill. "If all political parties agree for introduction and passing, that is a welcome move.
Joint committee to decide on demand to videograph: Khurshid
A decision to videograph the proceedings of the Joint Committee on Lokpal Bill as sought by Gandhian Anna Hazare has to taken by the drafting panel itself, its member Union minister Salman Khurshid said on Monday.
Hazare demands Sibal's resignation
Gandhian Anna Hazare today said Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal should resign from the joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill 'if he feels nothing will happen' out of this institution.
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UPA favours placing Lokpal Bill in Monsoon Session
Welcoming BJP leader L.K. Advani's statement of pledging support to the Lokpal Bill, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that the UPA government was in favour of placing the Bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
