Dismissing talk that he is a 'lameduck' Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh today said he has been entrusted with the job by the Congress party from which he has not heard 'any contrary view'.

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The Supreme Court today declined to give immediate hearing on a petition seeking to restrain the government from circulating the draft of the proposed Lokpal Bill to parliamentarians.

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After a not so pleasant experience of engaging with Anna Hazare's team in drafting of the Lokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experiment in the future.

Powers to tap phones, issuance of letters rogatory and recommendations for changes in work practices to reduce scope for corruption are among the proposals made by the Anna Hazare team in their Jan Lo

The proposed Lokpal will have powers to attach property of public servants accused of corruption and its investigating officers will have rights enjoyed by the police like conducting searches, the government draft says.

The government will convene a meeting of all political parties July 3 to discuss the draft anti-graft Lokpal bill, official sources said on Wednesday.

At the meeting, the draft bill and notes on the

The post of Prime Minister may be brought under the purview of Lokpal with certain riders like holding the enquiry only after the person demits office, notwithstanding the intense face-off between the

Anna Hazare on Sunday night said the civil society representatives will decide on Monday whether he should first undertake a nationwide tour against corruption before undertaking fast if a strong Lokp

Terming the meeting between the government and civil society representatives on the proposed Lokpal bill a 'major breakthrough, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said there has be

Civil society activists, led by Gandhian Anna Hazare,on Monday described the meeting with government representatives for drafting the Lokpal bill as 'cordial', but said a few 'differences persisted' b