Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Lokpal Bill to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today

Lokpal Bill to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today

Lokpal Bill to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:59 AM PST

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which delivers a new national ombudsman with nine members to investigate charges of corruption among government servants, was passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday. At 11 ...

Anna's health deteriorates, doctors want him to end fast

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST

After the Lok Sabha passed a Lokpal Bill that Team Anna is extremely unhappy with, Anna Hazare's health has become a major growing cause of concern for both his team and the government. At the end of ...

Whistle-blowers Bill passed in Lok Sabha

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:06 PM PST

A Bill which seeks to provide for setting up a regular mechanism to encourage persons to disclose information on corruption or willful misuse of power by public servants, including ministers was passe...

Best one-liners from the Lokpal debate

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:03 PM PST

As Anna Hazare sits on a three-day fast in Mumbai demanding a strong Lokpal, a debate is on in Parliament over the proposed legislation. A bitter war of words was witnessed during the debate. Here are...

Pranab, Yashwant trade barbs over PM's 'farewell speech'

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:01 PM PST

BJP leader Yaswhant Sinha today took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Lokpal Bill debate speech in Lok Sabha, calling it a "farewell speech". Mr Sinha's observation during the debate on the Lo...

Lokpal Bill passed in Lok Sabha, but no constitutional status

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:56 PM PST

As an ambulance waited to take activist Anna Hazare to hospital in Mumbai, the Lok Sabha in Delhi passed the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which delivers a new national ombudsman with nine members to i...

Mumbai did not pause for Anna Hazare

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:51 PM PST

He could not pull the numbers he had in his August protest in Delhi, but Anna Hazare's speech did not seem to hold any misgivings as he thanked the people for giving him energy and warned the governme...

Tests to determine if Malkhan Singh fathered Bhanwari's daughter

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:24 PM PST

A top doctor today revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had given him an application to send a team of experts for conducting a DNA test on Luni MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi and Gungun...

Anna's fever climbs, refuses to end fast, may be moved to hospital

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:12 PM PST

Activist Anna Hazare is not well, his doctors say. At the end of the first day of his hunger strike, the 74-year-old is reportedly down with fever once again. But he is determined not to eat. Doctors ...

Lokpal Bill: Under pressure, government makes these big changes

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:10 PM PST

As the Parliament debate on the Lokpal Bill entered its final phase, the government was gearing up to move a series of amendments to the bill to reflect the opinions of large opposition parties like t...

Lokpal vote: Mayawati and Mulayam's parties walk out

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:54 PM PST

Members of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party today staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha shortly before the voting on the Lokpal Bill tonight in protest against Government bringing a "weak...

Foreign media on Lokpal Debate and Anna's fast

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST

India's Parliament on Tuesday began a contentious debate over a bill to create an independent anti-corruption agency, while the activist Anna Hazare sought to rally public support for his own anti-cor...

Two UK teenagers arrested for Indian student's murder

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST

The British Police on Tuesday arrested two teenagers in connection with the unprovoked killing of 23-year-old-Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead on Monday in what could be a hate-crime....

Strong 6.6-magnitude quake rocks Siberia in Russia

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:30 PM PST

A strong earthquake on Tuesday hit Russia's Siberian region of Tyva on the border with Mongolia but caused no casualties or damage, Russian officials said....

Kiran Bedi cuts short her Mumbai stay; returns to Delhi

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:28 PM PST

Activist Kiran Bedi cut short her stay in Mumbai and returned to the national capital to take part in the Delhi leg of Team Anna's agitation for a strong Lokpal....

What to look for at Kim Jong Il's funeral

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST

Wailing and sobbing mourners beat their chests and dropped to their knees as North Korean President Kim Il Sung's hearse, draped with a red flag and bedecked with white magnolias, crawled through the ...

Poor turnout at fast venue but Anna remains undeterred

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:38 PM PST

He could not pull the numbers he had in his August protest in Delhi, but Anna Hazare's speech did not seem to hold any misgivings as he thanked the people for giving him energy and warned the governme...

On Benazir's death anniversary, son Bilawal writes op-ed

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST

Bhutto family scion and ruling PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari forcefully pitched for a "democratic Pakistan" and ''independent judiciary'' on Tuesday, while batting for a "strong" but apolitical mil...

Anna's village worried about his health, will visit him tomorrow

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST

Concerned about Anna Hazare's health, villagers of Ralegan Siddhi will arrive in Mumbai tomorrow. "About seven to eight vehicles, carrying people of Ralegan, including the village sarpanch, will reach...

Lokpal Bill Debate: Key allies Mamata and DMK differ with government

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST

UPA partners, Trinamool Congress and DMK, today struck a discordant note saying the Lokpal Bill provisions to create Lokayuktas would encroach upon the rights of the states....

Mukesh, Anil Ambani come together in Chorward

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST

This will be for the first time in several years that the duo will be seen together.

Lokpal Debate: PM defends bill

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:38 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...

Lokpal Debate: Yashwant Sinha in Lok Sabha

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:37 AM PST

Here's what BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said in the Lok Sabha.

Indian legal eagles to battle 'ban Gita' move in Russia

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:28 AM PST

Aghast over a Siberian court's move to ban the Bhagavad Gita in Russia, Indian and international legal eagles, including those working with the United Nations (UN), have taken up the battle against To...

Egypt court orders end to 'virginity tests'

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST

A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered the Egyptian army to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees....
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