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Joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill meets for first time

The 10-member joint committee comprising five ministers and five civil society representatives, for drafting the anti-graft Lokpal Bill met in New Delhi on Saturday for the first time. The meeting chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was held at North Block and attended by Ministers P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, M Veerappa Moily and Salman Khurshid […]

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SC grants bail to Binayak Sen

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh trial court for sedition and helping Naxalites to set up a network to fight the State. The apex court said it was giving no reason for granting bail to 61-year-old Sen and left […]

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Political forces against anti-corruption movement: Hazare

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday charged “political and criminal forces” of trying to dilute the nationwide movement against graft by defaming and criticizing the campaign for a comprehensive Lokpal Bill. “Some political and criminal forces are afraid of recent awakening and huge support of the common man to the Jan Lokpal Bill. They are […]

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BRICS vows to oppose trade protectionism

Five fastest growing economies, including India, on Wednesday vowed to oppose trade protectionism as they agreed to coordinate their positions in the multilateral fora, including the G-20 and climate change negotiations, to uphold the interests of developing countries. The Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) Economic and Trade Ministers, who met in China on the eve of the grouping’s […]

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Helped Mumbai attack terrorists at behest of Pak Govt: Hussain Rana

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the Pakistani Canadian accused in the Mumbai terror attack case, has claimed before a court in Chicago that he provided material support to the terrorists at the behest of the Pakistan Government and its spy agency ISI and not the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. The court documents have been published by Canadian newspaper […]

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Anna to celebrate victory with breakfast

The social activists group led by Anna Hazare spearheading the campaign to press for the Jan Lok Pal Bill to effectively deal with corruption has reached an understanding with the Government. An announcement to this effect was made by Mr. Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi late on Friday. Talking to reporters the […]

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Corruption hurting inclusive growth: Pranab

Admitting that the benefits of high growth have not reached a large section of the country, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said inclusive growth cannot be achieved without removing corruption. “Governance failures and corruption in the system affect the poor disproportionately. An inclusive development agenda cannot succeed without addressing these issues,” Mukherjee said while […]

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Food inflation down to 9.18 pc for week ended 26th March

Food inflation fell to 9.18 per cent for the week ended 26th March, the lowest level in almost four months, on the back of a decline in the prices of pulses. Food inflation stood at 9.50 per cent in the preceding week. The last time food inflation was lower than this level was during the […]

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Govt open to suggestions on Lokpal, never said no to JC: Moily

A day after social activist Anna Hazare launched his fast-unto-death on the Lokpal Bill issue, Government on Wednesday said it was was open to any suggestion on the proposed legislation and had not turned down his demand for a joint committee. Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said that the government was open to suggestions even […]

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PAC questions Anil Ambani, others in 2G spectrum scam

Reliance Communications Chairman Anil Ambani was on Tuesday questioned by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC, in connection with alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation. Etisalat DB Telecom CEO Atul Jham was also questioned by the panel headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. The PAC had on Monday quizzed Tata Sons Chairman Ratan […]