BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi on Friday alleged Congress never wanted the Lokpal bill to be passed by Parliament. "The government`s intention was not right since the beginning and the Congress itself did not want the Lokpal bill to
Government on Friday projected the BJP as the villain in rajya sabha`s failure to pass the Lokpal Bill on Thursday night and accused it of choreographing the fiasco but refrained from blaming key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress which had moved
Angry at the "undemocratic act" of scuttling voting on Lokpal Bill, BJP today launched an agitation against the government accusing it of "murdering" democracy by orchestrating events in Rajya Sabha last night as per a "pr
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today appeared to raise questions over rajya sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari`s conduct during the debate on Lokpal Bill in the upper house. "In everyone`s life there come moments where one can rise above. This
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into Maharashtra government`s decision to sell a land plot measuring over one acre, occupied by the army in suburban Kandivli here, to a private company. The case is simila
Suspected Maoists killed three villagers and abducted four others from Kanaudi village in Bihars Jamui district, police said today. Superintendent of Police R N Singh said the ultras raided the village late last night and killed Mumtaz Ans
In the light of the ongoing crisis in India`s microfinance sector, there is a need for an `early warning system` that would predict disruptions in the sector, says, Elizabeth Larson, the regional manager for Asia at Microfinance Information Exchan
Team Anna on Friday attacked the government for its failure to get Lokpal Bill passed by rajya sabha and accused it of not doing enough home work to bring other political parties on board to respect the `Sense of the House` on this issue.
Attacking the opposition for Rajya Sabha`s failure to pass the Lokpal Bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Bansal today said the Bill will be taken up for consideration in the Bedget session of parliament. "The Conduct of the op
It is unfortunate that vice president of India Hamid Ansari while presiding over a choreographed Rajya Sabha sitting for the debate on the Lokpal bill on Thursday failed in his duty by not taking any instant and strong action against Rajniti Prasa
The Gujarat high court on Thursday issued a notice to special investigation team (SIT) on a petition by a convict sentenced to death in the Godhra train carnage, demanding that additional evidence in form of CDs of a TV sting operation be brought
All three major anti-corruption bills -- Lokpal, Judicial Accountability and Protection of Whistleblowers -- could not be passed in the winter session of parliament as the government was not able to muster support from its allies and the oppositio
(This piece, first published in the September 16-30 issue of the Governance Now magazine, is relevant after the midnight fiasco in Rajya Sabha last night.) Some fortresses are so sturdily built that the only danger they are
The Lokpal Bill has always appeared to be a jinxed affair, the history of last 40 years shows. With the rajya sabha adjourning sine die midnight amid uproar without passing the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011, even after day-long debate, i
Under fierce attack from the opposition, the government tonight defended the move to adjourn the rajya sabha sine die saying it needs time to study the nearly 200 amendments moved by the opposition on the Lokpal Bill. "We have to stud
Political parties, including UPA ally Trinamool Congress, on Thursday night cried foul after the rajya sabha failed to pass the Lokpal Bill terming it as a "black day" for democracy and the opposition demanded resignation of the governme
A day after Anna Hazare called off his agitations on Lokpal, Team Anna on Thursday admitted that his fast did not create the desired pressure on government and said there was no point in passing this "completely useless" bill. Th
Key UPA ally Trinamool Congress on Thursday strongly opposed the Lokpal Bill, asserting that it seeks to encroach upon the authority of states and weaken the country`s federal structure. Participating in the debate on the Lokpal and Lokayu
The opposition put the government on the mat on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday citing a dozen infirmities that will make it impossible and unworkable to punish the corrupt and reduce it to be a hollow and weak
The Samajwadi Party, which has 5 MPs, and RJD with 4 MPs may vote against the Lokpal Bill in the rajya sabha on Thursday. Party sources said its 22 MPs, who walked out of the Loksabha before voting on the Lokpal Bill on Tuesday, said that
