Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Lokpal Bill debate: PM in Lok Sabha

Lokpal Bill debate: PM in Lok Sabha


Lokpal Bill debate: PM in Lok Sabha

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:23 AM PST

Here are the highlights of what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said during the debate on the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha: The nation awaits with bated breath how the collective wisdom will be refle...


British teenager arrested for Indian student killing

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:12 AM PST

A 17-year-old British teenager has been arrested by the UK police in connection with the killing of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve. Anuj was shot dead early last morning in what the police have...


Lukewarm start to Team Anna's protest in national capital

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:10 AM PST

Team Anna's protest here against a "weak" Lokpal Bill today elicited a lukewarm response with supporters blaming the winter chill and absence of Anna Hazare for the low turnout at Ramlila Maidan.


Lokpal Bill: Govt to move amendments based on opposition's views

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:07 AM PST

To ensure that the opposition does not block the Lokpal Bill, the government is finalising amendments that it will introduce to the anti-corruption bill that's being debated today in the Lok Sabha.


Lokpal Bill debate: What Sushma, Sibal said

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:44 AM PST

Lokpal Bill debate: Here are the highlights of what BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and union minister Kapil Sibal said in Parliament during the Lokpal Bill debate.


Lokpal Bill war: Time for sacrifice once again, says Anna Hazare

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:11 AM PST

Gandhian activist Anna Hazare began his three-day fast against the government's version of the Lokpal Bill at Mumbai's MMRDA Ground today. Here are the highlights of what he said.


Lokpal debate: CBI should be made independent, says Dara Singh

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:53 AM PST

Highlights of what Dara Singh Chauhan of the BSP said in Lok Sabha


Hazare refuses Team Anna's appeal to end fast

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:48 AM PST

Within an hour of Anna Hazare begining his three-day fast, his prominent supporters Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi today appealed to him to end the hunger strike taking into consideration his ill heal...


Lokpal Bill debate: Sharad Yadav in Lok Sabha

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:36 AM PST

Here are the highlights of what Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav said during the debate on the Lokpal Bill in the Lower House. Country is sick with a disease called bhrashtachar (corruption)

Lokpal Bill debate: Mulayam Singh in Lok Sabha

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:19 AM PST

Lokpal Bill debate: Highlights of what Mulayam Singh said during the Lokpal Bill debate in the Lok Sabha: Sarkar ko gussa kyun aata hai (why does government become angry)...


Lokpal Bill war: Kejriwal slams govt as Anna fasts at MMRDA Ground

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:42 AM PST

Anna Hazare fast: Amidst cheering supporters, Anna Hazare today began his three-day fast here for a strong Lokpal Bill even as Lok Sabha initiated a debate on the proposed law. Mr Hazare, who is suffe...


Lokpal Bill debate: BJP's ideology is to destroy, says Kapil Sibal

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:37 AM PST

Lokpal Bill debate: Here are the highlights of what union minister Kapil Sibal said during the Lokpal Bill debate in Lok Sabha.


Bring better Lokpal Bill in 3 months: Sushma Swaraj

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:07 AM PST

Here are the highlights of BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's speech in Parliament.


BJP seeks series of amendments in Lokpal Bill

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:48 PM PST

A series of amendments submitted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeks to force key changes in the Lokpal Bill that is being debated in the Lok Sabha today. These include dropping the provision se...


Parliament to begin Lokpal Bill debate, BJP ready to strike

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:15 PM PST

Lokpal Bill debate: In Mumbai, Anna Hazare has settled down at the MMRDA Grounds for his three-day fast to protest against the Lokpal Bill that Parliament starts debating at 11 am. In Delhi, oppositi...


'Anna Ki Rasoi' at MMRDA Ground to feed supporters

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:47 PM PST

Anna Hazare is on a fast for a "strong" Lokpal, but elaborate arrangements have been made to feed his supporters during the three-day protest.


Mother kills three children, commits suicide

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:47 PM PST

A woman killed her three children by adminstering poison in their beverage and later committed suicide in the same manner at Kadaganalli near Sathayamangalam forest area in the district, police said.


Black flags waved as Anna drives past in Mumbai

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:15 PM PST

A handful of anti-Anna Hazare protesters today showed black flags to the anti-graft campaigner, who is set to begin his three-day fast in Mumbai against the "weak" Lokpal Bill.


Lokpal Final Act: Tale of two cities, Anna in Mumbai, debate in Delhi

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:18 PM PST

Anna Hazare arrived late on Monday evening in Mumbai for his three-day hunger strike against a bill that parliament will begin debating at 11 am today. So Tuesday will, for India, be a tale of two cit...


Why are Kejriwal, Bedi not fasting: Digvijaya

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:17 PM PST

The day Anna Hazare starts his three-day fast for a strong Lokpal at Mumbai's MMRDA ground, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh continued his attack on the Gandhian and his team of social activ...

Full transcript of Salman Khurshid's interview with NDTV

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:46 AM PST

On the eve of the debate in the Lok Sabha over the Lokpal Bill, an event coinciding with the start of Anna Hazare's three-day fast in Mumbai, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said that the despite s...


Mumbai Police gears up for 50,000 people at Anna's fast

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:57 AM PST

Mumbai's MMRDA Grounds is about to become a national landmark. Starting today, 50,000 people are expected to visit the venue where 74-year-old Anna Hazare will begin a three-day hunger strike against ...


Rajasthan doctors' strike claims 50 lives

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:53 AM PST

Patients at government hospitals across Rajasthan continued to suffer on the sixth day of doctors' strike on Monday, and officials said the toll due to the strike has gone up to 50 across the state. O...


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