Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Lokpal Row: How Govt, Team Anna are inching towards compromise

Lokpal Row: How Govt, Team Anna are inching towards compromise

Lokpal Row: How Govt, Team Anna are inching towards compromise

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The Anna-Hazare-government standoff continues, the 74-year-old Gandhian is still fasting. But moves are afoot now to ensure a compromise is reached to break the impasse.


Hazare loses 5.5 kg, vital parameters fine

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Anna Hazare has lost around 5.5 kg but his vital parameters were fine, aides of the anti-corruption campaigner said on Tuesday as his fast for a strong anti-corruption law entered day eight.


2G scam: 'Will call PM as a witness,' warns Kanimozhi's lawyer

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In court today, DMK leader Kanimozhi, like others arrested for the telecom scam, included the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram in her line of defense.


Fasting for Anna, barefoot farmer pulls cart 400 km to Mumbai

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For the Centre's crisis managers who have been writing off Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement as an uprising of the city-bred middle-class, here's refreshing news: rural India is standing by the corruption crusader and is ready to die for him.


Jagan Mohan Reddy to be questioned by the CBI?

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Andhra Pradesh MP Jagan Mohan Reddy could soon be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the disproportionate assets case against him. Jagan Mohan quit the Congress late last year, and launched his own party named after his father, the YSR Congress.


Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare appears on stage, says I am fine

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Lokpal Bill row: Amid concerns about his health and hunger strike, Anna Hazare appeared on stage at his camp against corruption in Delhi and said, "I have been fasting for eight days but I am fine. There is no cause for concern. The doctors attending to me won't let me die. I've lost 5.5 kilos," the 74-year-old said, seen today without his trademark Gandhi topi or cap.


Anna's BP normal, eyes watery: Manish Sisodia

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Doctors have advised Anna Hazare, whose fast entered eighth day today, not to venture into the Sun as it could have a negative impact on his health.


Bhatta Parsaul protests: Police asked to register rape case against cops

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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought registration of FIRs against policemen accused of raping seven women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages during an agitation against by farmers.


Govt likely to bend, PM will be covered by Lokpal

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Anna Hazare's fast is in its eighth day now. That the 74-year-old Gandhian is steadily getting weaker and that he has mobilized unparalleled public support is not lost on a government now accelerating efforts to seek a compromise solution. It has called for an all-party meeting at 3.30 pm tomorrow to discuss the Lokpal Bill. And, sources say, it is considering reworking the Lokpal Bill to add key provisions from Anna's Jan Lokpal Bill. This might include the key demand that the PM be brought under the purview of the Lokpal, sources say.


Lokpal bill can be amended 80 per cent: Singhvi

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A parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill can amend it up to 80 percent and all stakeholders should "show flexibility" on the issue, the panel's head and Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Monday.


Horoscope is a weak proof of birthdate: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has held a horoscope is a weak piece of material to prove age of a person and the "heavy onus lies" on the person to prove the authenticity of the horoscope he is relying upon to prove a new date of birth.


Camp Anna packed, Government hunts for truce

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35,000 people that gathered this evening at Anna Hazare's mass-protest against corruption were given a simple message by the activist's aides: come again, and bring others. "Let us all pray for Anna," said Kiran Bedi, "and come and hear what we have to say." That invitation is being widely accepted by Delhi, which has shown no hesitation in backing the Gandhian and his team.


YSR a criminal conspirator? We quit, say 26 Congress MLAs

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The Congress has another crisis of sorts to contend with in Andhra Pradesh, where it is in power. 26 of its MLAs garlanded a statue of party leader YSR Reddy before resigning from the state assembly.


Anna's fast: 6 kilos lost in 160 hours

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After 160 hours without food, Anna Hazare has lost six kilos. The 74-year-old Gandhian has made it clear he will not end his hunger strike till his version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill is adopted.


Under fire, Congress MPs back Anna Hazare

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A call from Ramlila Maidan in Delhi has seen anti-corruption activists knocking at the doors of MPs demanding that Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill be passed in Parliament. At some doorsteps, the protestors met solid support - very conspicuously from Congress MPs like Priya Dutt and Sanjay Nirupam in an Anna Hazre cap, in Mumbai.


112-year-old former Army man wishes to join Hazare's fast

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A 112-year-old ex-Army man has come out in support for Anna Hazare in the fight against corruption. He also wishes to fast with the 74-year-old Gandhian.


The Standing Committee looking into the Lokpal Bill

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Four days after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha, the Lok Pal Bill was referred to Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on August 8. This committee is headed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Manu Abhishek Singhvi.


I'd rather not be Anna, says Arundhati Roy

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Indian Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy launched a scathing attack on Monday on the "aggressive nationalism" behind the anti-corruption drive led by hunger-striking campaigner Anna Hazare.


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