Breather perhaps, but Chidambaram still in trouble
February 2nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court ruling on the 2G scam may have provided him a breather. But Home Minister P. Chidambaram, facing unending flak since 2009, ... Read more...
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Cricket first, poll meet with PM later!
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 2 (IANS) In India, cricket always wins the day - even if it happens at the cost of a crucial meeting with the prime minister on key ... Read more...
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Gram sabhas above assemblies, parliament, says Hazare (Lead)
January 26th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Stating that gram sabhas (village councils) were above state assemblies and parliament, activist Anna Hazare Thursday called for legislation to empower local bodies and ... Read more...
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Budget session likely from March second week
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The budget session of parliament is likely to begin from the second week of March, informed sources said Monday.The union budget for 2012-13 could be ... Read more...
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Show courage on Lokpal bill, Hazare urges PM
January 22nd, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Anna Hazare Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to show courage in passing a stringent Lokpal bill, like he did on the India-US ... Read more...
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Dikshit accuses BJP of levelling baseless charges
January 14th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in a "slanging match" by leveling baseless charges against her government."They ... Read more...
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Chidambaram denies policy paralysis in government
January 12th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday rejected the view that there is a policy paralysis in the government that has delayed decision-making and affected administrative ... Read more...
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Government to take states on board over food bill
January 10th, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Still nursing the sting of ally Trinamool Congress opposing the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha citing issues of federal autonomy, the United Progressive ... Read more...
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Delhi Governor expresses hope in MCD trifurcation
January 9th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna Monday expressed hope that with trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi the day-to-day problems of residents will be ... Read more...
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BJP doesn’t know what it wants on Lokpal, says Congress
January 5th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not know what it wants on the Lokpal issue, the Congress said Thursday after the opposition party met ... Read more...
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Reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill, BJP tells Patil (Fourth Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the anti-graft Lokpal ... Read more...
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BJP tells Patil to reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill (Third Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the Lokpal bill ... Read more...
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BJP leaders meet president on ‘parliament subversion’ (Second Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including president Nitin Gadkari and veteran L.K. Advani, met President Pratibha Patil to complain about what ... Read more...
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BJP delegation meets president to discuss Lokpal bill (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party leader L.K. Advani met President Pratibha Patil Thursday to discuss the Lokpal bill.Party president Nitin ... Read more...
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BJP to meet president over Lokpal
January 5th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will meet President Pratibha Patil Thursday to raise the issue of the Lokpal bill not being ... Read more...
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BJP, Team Anna causing confusion on Lokpal bill: Moily
January 3rd, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Anna Hazare on the fiasco over the Lokpal Bill, Congress leader and union Corporate Affairs ... Read more...
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Advisory council to focus on workers welfare
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Pursuing its social welfare agenda, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) will take up Jan 16 the issues of welfare of unorganised sector ... Read more...
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Moily hopeful of passing Companies Bill in budget session
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Amid political uncertainty over the Companies Bill which was withdrawn from parliament after being tabled in the Lok Sabha, Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily ... Read more...
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Congress, BJP resume trading charges on Lokpal bill (Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday resumed trading charges on the Lokpal bill, holding each other responsible for the bill not ... Read more...
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Congress slams BJP for reservations on Ansari’s decision
January 1st, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Congress Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its reservations over Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari adjourning the house sine die Thursday ... Read more...
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Will sort out Lokpal differences with Trinamool: Chidambaram
December 30th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Agreeing there were differences of opinion with ally Trinamool Congress on the Lokpal bill, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Friday said it will ... Read more...
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None of promised four anti-graft bills passed
December 30th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The government, at the start of parliament's winter session, had promised to pass four anti-graft laws but none of them saw the light of day ... Read more...
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187 amendments played spoiler to Lokpal bill: Government (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The government Friday shifted the entire blame for the Lokpal fiasco on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the opposition with "an understanding with ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill waiting since 1968 for parliament’s nod
December 30th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) First introduced in 1968, the Lokpal bill is yet to get parliament's nod, and faces an uncertain future with the Rajya Sabha Thursday night ... Read more...
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Winter session embarrassed UPA government
December 30th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Though not a washout as compared to last year, the winter session of parliament (Nov 22-Dec 29) proved to be an embarrassment for the ... Read more...
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Trinamool, RJD helped UPA sabotage Lokpal bill: Yechury (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Holding the government responsible for the Lokpal bill not being passed in the Rajya Sabha, the Communist party of India-Marxist accused the ruling UPA ... Read more...
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Government to consult poll panel on budget session
December 30th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) In view of the assembly polls in five states early next year, the government will consult the Election Commission before deciding the schedule of the ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned amid chaos, minus Lokpal (Second Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Two days after the Lokpal bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha, it failed to get past the Rajya Sabha Thursday as the house ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die without Lokpal vote (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Chairman Hamid Ansari adjourned the Rajya Sabha sine die after a ruckus in the house ahead of the scheduled vote on the contentious Lokpal bill."There ... Read more...
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Rare late night sitting in Rajya Sabha (Sidelights)
December 30th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) It was a rare occasion for the Rajya Sabha to sit late into the night Thursday, which led to some self-congratulatory pats from MPs.An MP ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, stormy session ends
December 29th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Thursday bringing an end to a stormy winter session - half of which was lost to protests ... Read more...
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Government seeks support on Lokpal, opposition for changes (Second Lead)
December 26th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) With parliament set to debate the Lokpal bill from Tuesday, the government Monday appealed to members to join in passing the anti-graft legislation, even ... Read more...
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Anna set for fast, political class dubs him ‘impatient’ (Intro Roundup)
December 26th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Anna Hazare Monday prepared to take on the UPA government over his insistence for a strong Lokpal with a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai ... Read more...
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Anna set for fast, political class dubs him ‘impatient’ (Roundup)
December 26th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Anna Hazare Monday prepared to take on the UPA government over his insistence on a strong Lokpal with a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai ... Read more...
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Bansal appeals to Lok Sabha to pass Lokpal bill
December 26th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Ahead of the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Lokpal bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal appealed to members to help pass the ... Read more...
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