Tag Archives: Lokpal Bill
Lokpal Bill after budget passage
New Delhi : The government on Friday stepped up efforts to iron out differences on contentious aspects of the Lokpal Bill, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting leaders of various parties during which it was decided that the legislation...
Lokpal bill could be in LS on Wednesday
New Delhi: The Lokpal Bill has been “cleaned up” and its final draft is being prepped this evening, said Law Minister Salman Khurshid. The Cabinet will meet tomorrow at 2 pm to review the Bill ahead of tabling it in Parliament....
Govt agrees to voice vote, Anna will end fast right after
New Delhi : The government will move a resolution on the Lokpal Bill in Parliament today at the end of the debate that is on. That resolution will be voted upon, sources say. At Ramlila Maidan, Anna Hazare’s aides say he will end his...
Govt should accept Anna’s demands: Gadkari
New Delhi: The main opposition BJP on Thursday asked the government to immediately accept the conditions set by Anna Hazare, so that the deadlock on the Lokpal Bill could be resolved. Addressing a press briefing, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari said,...
Manmohan does U-turn, says no to PM under Lokpal
Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 1:
Defending the Congress’s stand of keeping the Prime Minister’s Office out of the ambit of the Lokpal, PM Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the move was not considered advisable and a decision had been taken...
Cabinet okays Lokpal draft; PM, Judiciary left out
New Delhi, Jul 28 : The Union Cabinet, Thursday, approved the Lokpal Bill draft and announced that it will be introduced in the Monsoon session of Parliament, set to begin on August 01.
The most important issue that was mulled over during the...
